>> to sit in a boat with a line. no way. progress, ed. 2014. >> good to have you with us, lionel. thank you. that is "the ed show." "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the gop's rush to judgment. republicans don't care about the facts of sergeant bergdahl's capture and release. they only care about their pet talking points. but the reality is a lot more complicated. today, t"the new york times" reported that two times, twice prior to bergdahl's capture by the taliban, he had wandered away from assigned areas, including once from a training range in california. these past incidents raise big

questions about his 2009 disappearance. whether bergdahl was, quote, a deserter who simply slipped away for a short adventure and was then captured is one of the many mysteries the military is investigating. bre we don't have the details yet. but many republicans have now stopped even pretending they care about the facts. senator john mccain is a leading critic of the release. he said the administration's briefing this week failed to sway him. >> i learned nothing in this briefing nor did i expect to learn anything in the briefing. i can't comment on what went on there except that i didn't learn anything i didn't already know. >> he learned nothing from the briefing? maybe that's because he didn't listen to it.

quote, senator john mccain stayed long enough to ask one question but left after shouting over an unsatisfactory answer. what a surprise he didn't learn anything. he was too busy shouting. and there's senator saxby chambli chambliss, racing out of the briefing before it ended. moments later he popped up on fox news. >> in fact, the briefing is still going on, but i don't see how anybody can walk out of there with any kind of comfortable feeling that the administration from a notification standpoint, and i emphasize that, did what they should have done. >> that's ridiculous. the senator skips out of the briefing so he can complain about the briefing on fox news? we've seen gop lawmakers admit

outright they don't care about getting all the facts. >> i don't need to know more of the story. the guy deserted his post. his bad behavior does not need to be rewarded and quite frankly, i don't need to know more information about whether his health might have been in jeopardy or not. >> he doesn't need to know more of this story. this is callous, reckless and lays bare the true republican motive. thank you both br being here. is the sg op strategy on bergdahl to go on the attack without worrying about the facts? >> well, that's certainly what the congressman suggests. i don't need to know anymore. i tell you what bothers me most about this whole thing. if people who serve, soldiers on

the ground with him are unhappy about what he did, angry about what he did, they have every right to say that. they were there and we can see what happens. what really is, i think, indecent is for people safe in their offices or in their studios leer to condemn a man who volunteered to serve for his country before he even has a chance to come back and tell his side of the story. it seems to me that he volunteered to serve in our military, and the least we owe him is a chance to talk about what happened before you go out there and condemn a guy on the basis of limited information. >> you know, ryan, gop congressman duncan hunter is using bergdahl to launch ugly attacks, even on secretary of state john kerry. john kerry is now a man who was wounded in battle and received

three purple hearts. listen to what congressman duncan hunter said about this man. >> john kerry threw the medals over the white house fence and turned his back on all of his vietnam brothers and sisters, that's what bergdahl did. bergdahl walked away from his men and he left them in a bad spot. >> i mean, it's an ugly attack, ryan. but here's what makes it even worse. back in 2009, 22 lawmakers sent a letter to fox saying that calling bergdahl a deserter was beyond the pale. they demanded an apology. and it was signed by congressman duncan hunter who's now atta attacking bergdahl and secretary kerry. i mean, do republicans like duncan hunter really think they can get away with this kind of

hypocri hypocrisy? >> what you're highlights here is at once the most enlightening and the scariest aspect of this. it shows the immense overwhelming power that fox news and drudge has over not just republican members of congress, as you showed. all those people flipped, but over just rank and file republicans. grassroots republicans across the country. for the last several years, you know, many of them have been petitioning the white house, do anything you can to get this man freed. and for years, it was reported if there was a swap it would be these five taliban prisoners for bergdahl. and so many republicans were on twitter signing petitions, demanding that he be releaseded. the minute that it becomes clear that the new line, the new fox news drudge republican line is that obama made a mistake by doing this and he is a traitor that ought to be impeached, all of a sudden you see these grassroots republicans who aren't being paid to do this change their minds. in other words, you're watching the manufacturing of a will, you know, the will of people is almost for sale here.

it's just been such a stunning thing to watch. >> and talking about changing positions, e.j., "the new york times" is going after senator mccain for krit stiezing the prison trade after saying that he would support it. quote, the instant the obama administration actually made that trade, mr. mccain, as he is so often in the past, switched positions for maximum political advantage. this hypocrisy now pervades the republican party. now, e.j., listen to senator mccain as to what he was saying in february and compare to what he's saying now. >> this idea is for an exchange ef of prisoners for our american fighting men. i would be inclined to support such a thing depending on a lot of the details. this decision to bring sergeant bergdahl home, and we applaud that he is home, is ill founded,

it is a mistake. >> i mean, it's the kind of sharp reversal we're seeing all over the gop, isn't it, e.j.? >> i have to say i find it particularly disappointing in john mccain. i disagree with him on a lot of stuff, but i admire him. i mean, he was a p.o.w. himself for 5 1/2 years. he's known to be frustrated with president obama's policy in afghanistan. i just think it's really unfortunate that having said a, he is now saying z. you know, i would like to see him explain it more. but you saw a kind of lock step thing happen. you had a lot of republicans put up tweets immediately after the announcement that sergeant bergdahl was freed saying this is a great thing. and then they turned around and they took the tweets down when the talking points changed. it's really stunning. and you know perfectly well that if sergeant bergdahl had died,

god forbid, in captivity, the same people would be condemning president obama for not getting sergeant bergdahl out. it's a terrible thing when it comes to this in foreign policy. it sends a bad signal to our allies and our enemies that we can't get by with each other matters of this sort. >> it seems no matter what, they're going to go after this president no matter what he does, no matter what the results are. for example, congressman steve stockman is using the prisoner tried as an excuse to launch vile attacks. i mean really vile attacks on the president. listen to this. >> this guy, the president, apparently has a grudge against the military and the american people. he let go five terrorists on to the united states. this propensity to fall again and again on the side of terrorists. the pattern is there that he has sympathies to traditional american values.

>> i mean, to say this is over the top is an understatement. >> right. that's exactly right. you know, covering politics in washington, you can get cynical at times. but this one really pierced the veil. this one takes it to an entirely new level. i don't really understand how people with children can go out and attack this soldier's father? say that he's a bad father for studying his captors. and before we've even heard from the guy start questioning the decision to bring him home. this is an american soldier, this is somebody who volunteered to serve the country. we don't hold administrative hearings and kind of weigh the worthiness of a soldier before we go out and rescue them. the principle is that you don't leave anybody behind. i think in their heart of hearts they know that, yet they're on tv, you know, and they're saying it anyway, which is just -- it's

a reality disheartening and sad chapter i think in our politics. >> it's simply unbelievable. it's almost inconceivable, because what are we saying to our military men? you have to qualify now for the country to go rescue you if you're held captive. you have to prove yourself to be loyal to the policies or something? i mean, what are we saying to our people in the military. it's unprincipled. it's unprecedented. e.j. dionne, ryan, i'm going to have to leave it there. thanks for your time tonight. both of you have a good weekend. >> you, too, rev. coming up, they distort. you decide. the right wing is trying to smear sergeant bergdahl as a terrorist. but you won't believe what the attacks are based on. and also, who's better on jobs? president obama or president bush. it's the gop's dirty little secret they don't want to talk about.

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bergdahl declared jihad in 2010 while in captivity. >> a dark side of bowe bergdahl's time in captivity. >> he described himself as converted to islam. converted to himself as a warrior to islam. >> we will investigate whether the white house knew about his alleged conversion to islam and his declaration that he was not a jihadi. >> one fox host went so far as to ask, quote, did we trade five islamic warriors for one islamic warrior? the whole thing stems from this fox news report which claims secret documents show bergdahl declared jihad in captivity. that comes from a spy agency called the eclipse group which even fox acknowledges is a

shadowy private firm. "the new york times" described this group's work as an amal gom of fact, rumors and uncorroborated reports. so fox admits it comes from a shadowy spy firm and then they're repeating it anyway? the man behind the firm is named duane dewey claridge. he's a former senior operations officer for the cia who was indicted for lying to congress in the iran contra scandal and later pardoned by the first president bush. in 2010, lost the contract with the defense department then spent $50,000 of his own money to keep up his spying operation on bergdahl. getting information from

claridge would be like getting expertise from oliver north, the other guy at the center of iran contra. oh, that's right, claridge and north are still buddy. and "the new york times" said claridge often shares his intelligence with ollie knnorth now a fox news analyst. we don't know what bergdahl was saying or was coerced into saying while he was in captivity. but spearing him based on information from to a guy best known for lying to congress? that's a real scandal. joining me now is eric bodert, senior fellow at media matters. thanks for being here tonight. you track this stuff, you're used to seeing attacks on politicians, but going after a soldier, is this unusual even for fox? >> nothing is unusual for fox anymore. so i don't think anyone when the story broke over the weekend thought we would be where we are now.

trashing a prisoner of war from a red state, trashing his family, trashing the town. but this is the end -- this is the goal line fox wanted to get to. he's a traitor and a jihadist. well, he wasn't really a good guy. might have been a deserter, et cetera. but they really wanted to get, he was a terrorist. he was a terrorist sympathizer. so basically this report is dumpster diving. no other news organization will touch this. but they have their narrative, and now they just repeat it. the bubble has been sealed within fox news within the right wing noise machine. this is now fact and this is now what everyone assumes is the narrative. that's what they spent the weekend doing, turning him into a terrorist. >> you know, the group they got this so-called information, the documents from. 2011 "the new york times" did a profile on the latest source. the times says, quote, from pool

side near his home at san diego, he still runs a network of spies. and the "the times" says much of his intelligence appears to be based on rumors from talk at village bizarres ory hashes of press reports. so this is a guy running a spy agency from his swimming pool and some of his dispatchers are based raced on rumors from bazaars? shouldn't they take this stuff from a huge grain of salt? >> yeah, but again, you know, ryan and e.j. were talking about how this informs the whole fox viewers. on my twitter feed, i'm being told these are government documents. that's what people on fox news think. they think they're pentagon documents, cia documents. the repetition, repetition, secret documents they don't realize -- again, this is like dumpster diving. you create the narrative you want to create. >> the right always claim they were our big defenders of the military. but listen to what one fox host

said about bergdahl today. >> it seems he's pretty lucky he came home the way he was. if the special forces found him he would have come home in a body bag or straight to jail. we see his family at the white house, he's being celebrated as a hero. >> come home in a body bag? >> they were going to go kill him? anyone in the military who thinks you're going to find a prisoner of war and kill him? this is where we are. you can watch the declan in common decency from monday to friday. it's been a downward spiral every day. they are completely out of control. there's no common sense. empathy was thrown out the window days ago for this family who spent five years not knowing if their son was alive. >> not only are they going after bergdahl, listen to what they've

been saying about his father. >> really? he said he was growing his beard because his son was in captivity. well, your son is out now. so if you really no longer want to look like a member of the taliban, you don't have to look like a member of the taliban. are you out of razors? >> the reason i said that robert bergdahl looked like a muslim is that he looks like a muslim. >> what he said on sunday and what he said in the rose garden, it's suggesting that he was declaring a muslim victory call and then the president smiles when he does it, as soon as he hears, he calls it the war cry of allah. >> what's that all about? the father? >> utter contempt for the father who spent five years trying to find a way to communicate with the captors of his son. you know, described as a devout christian, home schooled his kids. ups driver from idaho. it's like it's almost an

experiment. let's find the most unlikely target we can find, a prisoner of war from the reddest state of america, let's see if we can turn our viewers in to hate him and his family. >> i mean, even if you believe the worst about the soldier himself, which there's no -- >> you bring him hone and you -- >> but what did his father do? his father and mother are grieving, waiting for their son. i mean, eric, thanks for your time tonight. have a great weekend. still ahead, the real reason that republicans are whipping up phony scandals. here's a hint. it has a lot to do with today's positive jobs report. also, would the first lady ever run for the senate? lots are talking about her plans for 2016. your poll results are ahead. but first, it's mitch versus mitch. the gop leader is back in tonight's gotcha. ♪

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calls her judgment into question. they shouldn't focus on finding a captain for the titanic. it should be focused on steering away from the iceberg. we need to focus on repealing and replacing this law. >> so he voted against her confirmation because he thinks the affordable care act needs to be replaced? he's not even pretending he's not an obstructionist anymore. not to mention, last year mcconnell voted to confirm burwell as the head of the president's budget office. >> senator is voting in the affirmative. mccain, mcconnell. >> so just 14 months ago, mcconnell thought she was a great choice to oversee one agency, but now that she's in charge of the affordable care act, she gets a no vote? did the senator think we wouldn't notice that it's mitch

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>> what's behind the right's determination to find a scandal, any scandal. before president obama came into office, the economy was bleeding private sector jobs. the private sector has now added jobs for 51 straight months. that's tied for the longest streak on record. a historic run. despite these numbers, month after month, speaker boehner is always trotting out the exact same talking point. he says it over and over and over again. >> where are the jobs? >> where are the jobs. >> where are the jobs? >> where are the jobs. where are the jobs. where are the jobs? the american people are

continuing to ask the question, where are the jobs. >> where are the jobs? i'm sick of hearing it, speaker boehner. they're right here, in this country. but wait, wasn't the president's health care law supposed to be a job killer? >> in my opinion, obama care is the biggest job killer we have in america today. >> it's also a job killer. >> putting a chilling effect on job creation. >> it's become such a job killer in our economy. >> obamacare is the biggest job killner this country. >> the number one job killer in the united states. do you know what it is? >> bamacare. >> yeah, the jobs are still here and so is the affordable care act. the law they've derided is saving lives. at least 17.2 million people have already gotten covered under the affordable care act. and that means that the numbers of uninsured is at a new low point. those are the facts.

and that is what all the gop scandal mongering is about. the president is saving lives and jobs. republicans are just trying to save their political lives. joaning me now are governor ed rendell and susan milligan. thank you both for come on the show tonight. governor rendell, don't americans really care more about having a job and health care than phony scandals? >> absolutely. i think people are sick and tired of congress looking and investigating all these trumped up scandal whence they haven't done anything. the interesting part about the statistics you just gave is in the last 12 months, we created 2.4 billion private sector jobs and even public sector jobs are starting to grow back a little. but think what we would have done if the president had passed the president's jobs bill in august 201 1. just on infrastructure alone, we would have added a million jobs to that 2.4 million.

so they've been obstructionists. the job growth has been incredible despite the fact that they haven't given the president what we need as a country to create more jobs. >> that's very important. they've been able to create these jobs against obstructi obstructionism, against a steep hill to climb unnecessarily, by the way, that has been put by the gop. and susan, when you look at the facts, let's compare obama to bush presidencies when it comes to private sector jobs. president obama has created 5.9 million jobs so far. president bush lost 646,000. i mean, we can have different opinions. but those are the facts. >> yes. and, you know, there seems to be a sort of pavlovian response on the republicans on the hill where, for example, if the unemployment rate goes down they'll say that's just because people have become discouraged aechb they aren't looking for

jobs anymore. and if the unemployment goes up, they say look, the unemployment rate goes up. i think part of it is because this recovery has been slow and painful and the recession was so painful. so a lot of people don't feel that things are as good as they are. and they are getting better, but what's going on here is that, i think, there are some people who would like to basically erase this presidency and don't want to gv this president any credit for anything that's going well at all. and secondly, they're looking at some very competitive senate races this fall. and they're going to -- if they win these races, it will be by nationalizing them and tying some of these democratic candidates in swing states to a president who is unpopular in those states. you know, whereas these tands are trying to run more local campaigns. i think that's what's going on with both the jobs numbers and with obama care. >> and let me be clear, i'm the last person to act like we ought to be satisfied and we should have more. but i'm saying we're making a lot more progress and to your

point, governor, we could be doing a lot more if we could get infrastructure through minimum wage and other things. in fact, let's look at the politics of it. a new poll shows what the most important issues are to voters. 40% say the economy. that's followed by health care, the deficit, the environment, and then gun policy. where's benghazi on the s, or t so-called irs scandal on this list. >> it's not even existent. the people are interested in things that affect their lives. not these endless investigations. and by the way, it was wrong when we did it during the bush administration. when democrats did it. people want washington to address the things that are crucial to their lives. and you said it best. right now, jobs and health care. the president is succeeding on both of those fronts. just think, 17 million people are now covered by health care who weren't before.

the lowest percentage of uninsured americans in history. i mean, this is sensational progress. and i'm going to make a prediction. for those people who run -- and susan said they're trying to nationalize it and they are, because the president may be unpopular. but if you run against the affordable care act, if you're scott walker in wisconsin, you're going to have to explain to 300, 400,000 wisconsinites why they don't have health care because you didn't take the medicaid expansion. and that's going to happen everywhere. everywhere. and they're going to have to explain why they turned their back on giving health care to people. and the only reason they did it is because in ten years it will cost the states money. they're going to pay the price in november. that's my prediction. >> let me put something else on the table. susan, the city look at this, as a whole, state and local jobs have barely recovered from the recession.

this comes as republicans continue to attack public sector jobs. >> right. and that's a big part of it. and that's one of the reasons that sector has suffered. i believe manufacturing went up a little bit. and construction went up a little bit. and b, you know, yes, if there was more public investment in infrastructure and in education and a lot of other things, those jobs would be comes back as well. but also talk about what the governor said. i think we also need to look at kentucky where the president might not be popular, but their health care exchange is going very, very well. i think it's 1 in 10 kentuckyians have signed up for kynect. it's an awkward situation for the minority leard mitch mcconnell because he wants to run against obama care but i don't know how comfortable he's going to be telling those kentuckyians they should be taken off that plan. >> thank you both for your time tonight. have a great weekend. >> you too, rev. >> still ahead, the results of your poll, of your poll results

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. barack obama may be in his last term as president, but now there's buzz about another obama taking office. the internet is full of speculation today about whether first lady michelle obama is headed for the senate. it's all based on a rueters column saying she would be the democrat's best hope for winning the gop's illinois senate seat. a poll from 2012 shows that michelle obama has a 51 to 40%

edge over frrepublican mark kir in the illinois senate race. and while the first lady has consistently said she's not interested, she's certainly shown she has a passion for public service. >> what the affordable care act provides and can provide for so many families out there is peace of mind. >> my husband is fighting as hard as he can and engaging as many people as he can to pass common sense reforms to protect our children from gun violence. the fact is today the average child watches thousands of food advertisements each year. and 86% of these ads are for products loaded with sugar, fat or salt. parents have the right to expect their kids will get decent food in our schools. and we all have a right to expect that our hard-earned taxpayer dollar s won't be spen on junk foods for our kids. >> she's a powerful force on the campaign trail and in the public

eye. neighbor that's why the right can't seem to stop attacking her. >> taking the nanny state to the new level. michelle obama is suggesting what you should feed your children. >> this is michelle, she knows better than anybody else because healthy foods because she has a garden. >> why would you want to raise your own kids when michelle obama will do it for you. in fact, she'll do it at gun point. >> she is a hypocrite. leaders are supposed to be leaders. if we're supposed to go out and eat roots and berries and tree bark, show us how. dare i say this, it doesn't look like michelle obama follows her own nutritionaire, dietary advice. >> no one can predict the future, but one thing is for sure, if she did decide to run, she would be a tough candidate to beat. joining me now is allison samuels journalist and author of the book "what would michelle do?" so allison, i've got to ask,

what would she do? >> if you had asked me this a couple of years ago when the obamas first got into the white house, i would say no, michelle wouldn't run for office. but at this point, i think there's a possibility that she would run for office. i think she sees what her impact has been. she sees how people cling to her. they love what she has to say. people are really impacted by her speech. they're impacted by the words she has for them, her wisdom, her smarts. i think she really galvanizes people. her words resonate with people. she really has a way where people sort of respond to the things that she sort of -- her preaching, her words about sort of healthy eating, everything that she's sort of brought to the white house since she's been there with barack. i think people have responded to and responded to well. i think if she did want to go out and run for office, i think the response would be amazing. i think she's been surprised by her popularity. in many ways, she's more popular than he is. >> now, you know, i've been

around her, and i've never heard her say anything but that she's definitely not interested in running. but as you say, her impact is undeniable, her girls are getting older and soon they will not be there. you never know. and when you look at the fact that it's not only in the state of illinois where she's popular, nationally, her favorability has remained steady and high at 66%. that's very high there, allison. >> it is very high. and one of those reasons is, again, because she kept it real. people feel like she's someone they can go to, they can speak to. she hasn't changed in all the years that she's been in the white house and that she understands their needs. she understands what they're going through. and that has not altered. if she were to run, the republicans have a lot to worry about. i'm not saying that she will, but i think since she's been in the white house, she's seen all

the pushback her husband maz gotten. i think that's frustrated her and angered her. i think she would like to do that to change that. i think she feels like she could make a bigger impact in many ways being on the inside once her husband gets out of the white house. >> you know, when i asked if the first lady would run for office, one person who knows her very well had this answer. watch. >> i would say where did you take my wife? because i'm sure there would have been an alien body snatching going on. one thing i can promise you is michelle will not run for office. >> he ought to know. but maybe she'll change her mind? >> you know, again, i would say no, certainly eight years ago i would have said no, i don't think that's her personally what sor. i think she's frustrated by the whole process of it. i don't think she likes the kiss-up part of it. but i also think she wants to have an impact. i think she wants her legacy to

continue and i think that's what she's thinking about. how does she continue to have an impact on this country and the people of this country. >> she's very commitmented, but she also also, as you say, keeps it real. you know, even though she's passionate about her causes, the fist lady also doesn't take herself too seriously. watch this. >> this is my mid life crisis, the bangs. i couldn't get a sports car. they won't let me bungee jump. so instead i cut my bangs. i work out every day. >> yeah, sure you do. i do, too. >> do you want to arm wrestle? >> i don't really work out. >> yeah, i didn't think so. >> you can take it from me. eating the right foods can help make you a better athlete. >> is this why she connects with people? >> it's definitely why she is

she's very funny, very welcoming. she enjoys to laugh and have a good time. people like to see someone who's just like them. that's what you want to see in your office, your elected official. michelle is that person. she's also very smart, very savvy. >> i can say this, i have no idea what she'll do. i'm a new yorker. i saw one first lady come here and run for senate. now they're talking about she may run for president again. i never say never. allison samuels, thank you for your time tonight. and have a great weekend. >> thank you, you, too. for years, the right has compared the president's policies to the nazis and hitler. today, we're reminded why that

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>> since the president took office five years ago, we heard people on the far right use one consistent historical analogy to attack him and his policies. watch. >> if we don't stop this right now, we will be remembered as the most evil nation in the history of the world. we will dwarf what germany did. there wouldn't be a jew alive on the planet today if hitler had this technology. >> adolf hitler like barack obama also ruled by dictate. >> amnesty for illegal aliens via a hitler-like order. >> citizens have no clue this be happening. >> gas tap poe, nazis, adolf hitler. but a day like today reminds us

what those records are really about. in france today, the men and women who served this country in world war ii were honored on the 70th anniversary of d-day. veterans who put their lives on the line fighting to liberate europe went back to the beach where the allied invasion began. >> whatever in the world making you cynical, stop and think of these men. whenever you lose hope, stop and think of these men. these men waged war so we might know peace. they sacrificed so that we might know of a day that we could fight. future generations will gather at places like this to honor them. and to say that these were generations of men and women who

proved once again that the united states of america is and will remain the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known. america's claim, our commitment to liberty, our claim to equ equali equality, our claim to freedom and to the inherent dignity of every human being, that claim is written in the blood on these beaches. and it will endure for eternity. >> troops shed their blood on those beaches, fighting the real nazis, not made-up obamacare nazis. days like today ensure we'll never forget the real life atrocities of world war ii. the countless sacrifices that were made, the millions of lives that were lost. and the heinous crimes committed by hitler and the nazis. so when we hear pundits invoke that history to try to score some cheap political points, we know it's all an insult to those who fought and died on those

beaches. and it diminishes the service of soldiers we all honor today. happy d-day to them. god bless the memory to those we lost. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton, "hardball" starts right now. hillary's beachhead. let's play hardball. let me start tonight with hillary's dramatic change of position on the iraq war. her declaration in her new book that wish she would have voted against allowing george w. bush to invade iraq instead of for it. quote, i got it wrong. she writes in her about to be released memoir,