friends, husbands, uncles, our buddies up the block. if we had to face the truth it would be ugly. >> okay. >> we need to talk about it more. >> zerlina, good to have you with us. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politics nation" starts now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. thanks for tuning in. tonight's lead, the gop's impeachment fever has been a right are wing fantasy since president obama took office. but now the gop rhetoric and actions are getting more direct. for the first time an official republican state party has passed the resolution on impeachment. south dakota republicans claim the president has, "violated his oath of office in numerous ways."

they are calling on, "our u.s. representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president of the united states." it's a radical measure based on nothing. that's out of step with what most americans think and yet it could find a sympathetic ear among tea party extremists in congress >> president obama barack obama's legacy will be -- and i predicted this a year ago -- the establishment of lawlessness in the united states of america. >> we are seeing at the same time liberty under assault. we are seeing our constitutional rights under assault like never before. >> the president is lawless. liberty is under assault. it's absurd

the gop. this weekend, louisiana governor bobby jindal warned, "i can sense right now a rebellion brewing amongst these united states, where people are ready for a hostile takeover of washington, d.c." he's made similar warnings before. >> there is a rebellion brewing in these united states of america. people like you and me are saying enough is enough. we don't want to become like europe. >> a rebellion on the far right? they simply don't accept this president as legitimate.cá$w?l last week we saw former vice >> it almost seems like you are accusing the president of treason here saying he's intentionally bringing america down a notch. >> i don't intend any disrespect for theñrñr president.

i fundamentally disagree with him. i think he's dead wrong in terms of the course he's taken the nation. we are in for big trouble in the years ahead because of his refusal to recognize reality. >> he didn't intend any disrespect when he accused the president of the united states, president barack obama, of betraying our past and our legacy. republicans are out of ideas. they are losing power as a national party. they have turned to impeachment fantasies as a substitute for real policies. joining me now is jonathan capot. his article about how president obama will be impeached and salon.com's joan walsh. jonathan, let me start with you. the south dakota gops passing a resolution for impeachment. did you ever think it would get this far? >> well, a few years ago, no.

meaning when george bush was president, the idea that a political party in any state calling for the impeachment of the president was unthinkable. ever since the beginning of the obama administration, republicans have been using any and every so-calledñiñr scandal call for the president's impeachment. last summer at town hall forums around the country, republicans were hearing from tea party activists demanding they start impeachment proceedings against the president because they didn't believe his birth certificate was real. now we are seeing the natural extension of that. going from the grassroots to the party organization. we have been hearing for a few years now members of congress, in the house and ted cruz in the senate entertained the idea of impeachment. it's something the american people should take seriously. yes, president clinton was with impeached and enjoys a sky high

approval rating. it is a mar on apt si. republicans have been trying to add that to president obama from the beginning. >> they have been trying to add that asterisk, joan. in fact, the south dakota republicançóñr party cites four girlicious the impeachment resolution. the prisoner exchange for sergeant bergdahl, the affordable care act, environmental regulations by the epa. and it say it is president, "abused his executive privilege." you know, if i didn't know better i would suspect they just are searching for any reason to impeach this president because they want to put that to his legacy. >> jonathan is right about that. you said it before, rev. they are out of ideas. they have nothing holding the party together. the party would be in civil war except for the unifying idea of the hatred of president obama.

you have somebody like bobby jindal who we saw last year telling his party not to be the stupid party anymore, sounding as stupid as the rest of them. when you call it as hostile take over and insist it is a rebellion when we live in a democracy, win the next round. you have a great shot if our voters don't turn out. play by the rules and win the war of oh ideas. turning to this rhetoric constantly that makes the president into a3i terrible for the country. in the long run it's terrible for their party. >> jonathan, congressman lou barletta is the latest in congress to start talking about impeachment. listen to this. >> we have a president that's taken this to a new level. it's put us in a real position where he's absolutely ignoring the constitution, ignoring the law, ignoring checks and

balances. what do you do the for those who say to impeach him for breaking or bypassing the laws. could it pass in the house? it probably could. is the majority of the american people in favor of impeaching the president? i'm not sure. >> it's really amazing, jonathan. he says you could probably get the house to impeach the president. but he admits the majority of americans don't support it. do they realize they are really out on a limb on this one? >> yes. and the congressman appears to realize snpxthat. he said also it would be impossible for a democratic-controlled senate to convict a democratic president in the white house. so that's why in the piece -- thank you for citing it -- about how president obama could be impeached, that's the one thing stopping republicans in the house from reallyñrñr moving forward. if the republicans take over the

senate in the -- after the midterm elections the break will be gone. tea party republicans in the house in particular will feel emboldened in pressing the issue, in pushing for impeachment of the president. i want to remind people that impeachment writ large is a two-step process. you need a simple majority to impeach in the house of representatives, but you need 67 votes, two-thirds in the senate to convict. if the house movings on step onr with, president obama's legacy is marred. >> senator ted cruz said, quote, to successfully impeach a president you need the voteses in the u.s. senate, which you just said. you warned a republican controlled senate could lead to obama becoming the third president impeached and the first ever to be removed from office. it really underscores what's at stake in the midterms, doesn't it? >> yes, it does t. first part of the sentence, president obama

being the third president impeached in our nation's history is a real possibility. it is a high hurdle to make him the first ever president con victoriaed in the senate. you need 67 votes. even if the republicans take over the senate, it will be very hard, i think, for republicans to get those 67 votes. again, i stress that once those proceedings start in the senate, president obama would already have been hobbled by having are become the third president of the united states impeached. >> joan, that's why you say voters have to turn out. because if the republicans get control of the senate, you really could see some of the far right-wingers really try to go there. >> yeah. jonathan's right. i don't think they wouldñiñr ev get 67 votes but they would get enough voteses to embolden them. this is not about taking him out of office. >> smearing him. >> it's about smearing him and tying the country up in knots.

they lost the culture wars. they want to renew culture wars. we would be fighting each other. i have no doubt the majority of voters are on the president's side on "yçñthis. they just need their noisy minority and to raise a lot of hell and block progress. >> what amazes me is that when[ you hear jindal talking about hostile take overs, earlier this year a law student asked justice scalia whether the income tax is constitutional. scalia said that it is but added him. "but if it reaches a certain point, perhaps you should revolt." i mean, can you imagine if people on the left or even the center were talking about revolts and rebo borebellions? amazing. >> ruth bader ginsburg told us to revolt and get our guns

against the government? no. we live in a democracy. we have ther>yiuderly change of power. people have the right to vote and died for the right to vote. this kind of rhett are rick from the right is so irresponsible. >> jonathan this capehart and joan walsh,ñrñr thank you for y time tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> thanks. >> coming up, with one day to4zo the mississippi senate run-off is getting ugly. the black vote could be the key. now reportsñiñr of tea party po watchers are surfacing. plus, president obama's fight for fairness today with a warning to gop he will act alone. andxba finally comes to five young men sent to jail for a brutal central park assault they did not commit. donald trump called for the death penalty 25 years ago.

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this fight isn't about me or barack. things are different now. we live in the white house. grandma lives upstairs, thank god. we have resources that we never could have imagined. the fight isn't about us. it's about every mother and father out there who doesn't have the leverage to make those demands. we are fighting for them. >> that was first lady michelle obama speaking moments ago at the white house summit on working families. from day one, the president and first lady have been fighting for fairness thin this economy

everything from equal pay to the minimum wage. today, the president said that to continue growing our economy, we have to take care of workers. both at the office anded at home. >> child care, work place flexibility, a decent wage. these frills. they are basic needs. they shouldn't be p bonuses. they should be part of oh our bottom line as a society. at a time when women are half of the work force among our most skilled workers, are the primary bredwinners in more families than ever before with, anything that makes life harder for women makes life harder for families. and makes life harder for children.ñrñr when women succeed, america succeeds. so there is no such thing as a women's issue. [ cheers and applause ] >> there is no such thing as a women's issue. there is a family issue. and an american issue.

>> being able to take care of our families, it's not a woman's issue. it'sen an american issue. and the president takes it personally. >> one of the best perks about being president is anybody will hand you their baby. [ laughter ] >> here! >> the reason it's so powerful is i are remember taking the night shift when malia was born and when sasha was born. i was lucky enough to be able to take time off so i was there for the 2:00 a.m. feeding and the soothing. just getting to know them. and making sure they knew me. and that bond is irreplaceable. i want every father and every child to have that opportunity. that requires a society that makes it easier to give folks that opportunity. >> today, president obama

ordered the government to expand flex time for federal workers and called on congress to pass laws, helping pregnant employees. but while he's working on policy solutions, the republicans are focused on political stunts.ñrñr last week senator mitch mcconnell unveiled his solution to help working class families. the ;:ñso-called working parent home office act would claim deduction on their taxes if they put a baby crib in their home office. that's right. a home office crib gets you a tax break. mcconnell claims it's just the kind of thing that could make a difference in people's lives now. it might. if you have a home office. but most working class folks don't. it's time for solutions that help all americans, not just a select few.

joining me now congresswoman donna edwards, democrat from maryland. she was at the summit on working families at the white house. and democratic strategist margie o'mara. thank you for being here. >> good evening. >> congresswoman, family leave, fair pay, affordable child care. how can anyone in congress object to the issues the president raised today? >> i think the president got it just right. only republicans and special house republicans could object to that. object to giving families the kind of flexibility they need the n the work place. the president got it right. when women succeed, americans succeed. engaging women fully in the economy helps all families succeed. and the president lay down an agenda. he said,en yp, i will do what i can do as president. it's time for congress to act. i would say it's time for republicans in congress to act and deliver child care that's affordable and accessible for

the american people. pay equity, making sure women are paid equal to what men are paid for the same work experience. the kind of flexibility, paid leave parents need. take care of a sick child or the sandwiched generation can take care of a sick parent. >> the president spoke about his fight to raise the minimum wage across the board and all the way across the country as well. listen to this. >> since i asked congress to raise the minimum wage, they have been a little bit slow -- shockingly. 13 states have taken steps to raise it on their own. [ cheers and applause ] even if republicans in congress refuse to budge on this issue this year, everybody knows americans deserve a raise including the american voters. >> most americans support the push for raising the minimum wage. a recent poll shows 71% of

americans want to see the federal minimum wage raised. 71%. >> yeah. a loft proposals the president has been talk thing about transcend party lines, gender lines. they affect the entire economy, not just women. it's not just about women's rights sort of in the hypothetical sense. it's about the family economy. i have talked to so many moms about the issues that concern them. i'm a mom myself. the role of having great child care, great health care, workplace flexibility is enormously important to how a household functions. it's not just about whether or not it seems fair. it about making sure kids have a stable work environment. they aren't moving around a lot. they are able to go to school well fed. these are all related. that's why i think what the president has been doing in

talking about the issues is incredibly important. >> and they are supported by many americans. you cited some of the things he dealt with today that you say were on target. a poll shows most americans support the things he was speaking about today. 92% support equal pay. 75% support a required number of sick days. 71% support paid family leave. >> you know what, reverend al, 100% of democrats in congress and in the house of representatives support that, too. all we need is 20 republicans who will go along with the majority of the american people for raising the my multiple wage to at least $10.10 to providing a nurturing environment for our country. equal pay for equal work. african-american women make 64 cents on the dollar to what their counterparts make.

l latinas, 54 cents on the dollar. this is unacceptable. we have to engage women in the economy so we get 100% return on 100% of our work force. >> marge, a lot of what president obama spoke about today would help single mothers. especially single mothers. this is a group that the right wing has gone after repeatedly. listen to this.ñrñr >> they taught women better not have aen man in your house because you will get more money if there is no guy there. >> unmarried women are looking at government for everything. >> i heard the story over and over andi&!uw over. how as a young girl in high school she was bored with high well, why don't you drop ox4u&n high school and have a baby? and then the government will send you a check.

they will send you a check for every baby you have out of wedlock. >> generally, margie, the republicans have had a problem with women voters. look at the fact that in 2012, 56% voted for president obama. only 44% of women voted for romney. >> when i hear stuff like that it makes my blood boil. if these guys spent one day doing the kinds of things that single moms in this country are have to do year after year after year they wouldn't be able to make it. the language they use doesn't have the language of coming together and trying to help all of us as a public. as a country. and that's what some of the proposals are about. not looking at women versus men or single moms versus married dads but what's best for everybody and what's best for families, however the family is composed. >> congresswoman, while you and others were in the white house

summit, the head of the republican party rush limbaugh talked about the working families summit which he called the women in the work place summit. listen to this. >> the whole point of this is to cre$wc lie, a false impression and stomped on, disrespect ed. we've got to change this. it's a way of continuing this silly, nonexistent war on women meme. >> unequal pay is not offensive. you guys just have a complex, congresswoman. >> unequaltí[ actual fact. i have to tell you, women of america aren't prepared to take advice about what it means to be a wol in the work place from rush limbaugh. he doesn't know anything about it. women struggle in this economy. if we fully engage them in the economy it's about not only them

being able to take care of themselves and their families today but their requirement security tomorrow. young women understand this. young women across the country and unmarried women are prepared to vote for leaders who carry an agenda that's really about them in the work place. i would say there are democrats all across the country. we care about the issues. these are our values.f+5ozñ women are prepared to vote their values this election season. # women succeed. >> thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead, 50 years after the freedom summer, when activists died for the right to vote, a tea party republican is are bringing poll watchers back toñrñr intimidate voter at the ballot box. but first, scott walker's attempt to discredit prosecutors has landed him in tonight's

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is more trouble brewing for the republican party? we are hours away from the mississippi gop senate primary ç run-off. and post cantor collapse this one has everyone watching. it's been one of the ugliest and bizarre races i have ever seen. incumbent thad cochrane against tea party challenger chris mcdaniel. this is the race where a blogger ties to mcdaniel allegedly broke into a nursing home to take pictures of senator

cochrane's sick wife. anna mcdaniel's staff and hours were locked in a courthouse for hours on election flooigt night. now with a day to go, things are getting(w1a:fstranger. the new york times reports that cochrane is courting democrats, particularly blackjpñpys/ñ votee election. that's how extreme chris mcdaniel is. team mcdaniels is, panding with poll0. three conservative groups backing mcdaniel are sending out, quote, election observer ss out, quote, election observers s to supposedly observe whether the law is being followed. this is blatant voter intimidation. it couldn't come from a candidate with a worse record on race. mcdaniel has spokenen before a neo confederate group.

after hurricane katrina he criticized the, quote, welfare dependent citizens of new orleans saying they, quote, ignored common sense and waited for the great federal father to save them. let's not forget his line about reparations. >> social security went broke. millions of illegaled poured across the border, trying to become citizens and they'll all want theirs. and reparations, let me get crazy with it. if they pass reparations and my taxes go up, i ain't paying taxes. >> so this is what the gop is facing in a few hours. fasten your seat belts the next 24 hours in mississippi are going to be interesting.a);6lu joining me now, angela rye and jamel booey, staff writer for slate. thanks for being here.

>> thank you. >> 50 years after freedom summer, poll watchers are in mississippi. what's your reaction? >> my reaction is the sale as yours. it's blatant voter intimidation. there is no reason to are have these independent, unaccountable pollctwf watchers brought in immediately after it was reported senator cochrane was reaching out to voters -- no u have them there other than intimidation. research shows if there is one way to get people to feel uncomfortable, anxious, stressed out about voting it's to have poll watchers checking cwpa&uwrp&s, making sure people are citizens. you know the poll watchers won't be checking -- i mean, to be honest they are not going to check white voterses to see if they are properly pel_ñcredenti. they will be checking black voters. >> angela, we have seen more of the poll watching groups come up from the right in the last

severalptçhx years. it's are really become more and more obvious. what they have apparently been doing according to all the reports that we have seen is an increased amount of interrogatione> sure. i think first and foremost, dealing with mississippi poll watchers, the irony of this happening during the anniversary of freedom summer. 50 years agoñrñr the country wa dealing with voter intimidation and threats from the ku klux klan in mississippi. today we are dealing with this run are -- run-off. i can't imagine what the mississippi voters are 6it they have the highest black electorate. it's no mistake this is a 7í st that was covered by section 5 of the voting rights act and needed

to be precleared. case in point for why this state needs to be covered by the voting rights act and why congress needs to act on the amendment. section 4 being gutted does not bode black mississippi voters well at all. >> jamelle, you were writing about cochrane's attempt to reach out to african-american voter. you wrote, and i'm quoting you, if there was a time to support cochran, now is it. if i were voting in mississippi, i would swallow my partisanship and cast a ballot for cochrane. eñ givenen the circumstances he's probably the bestñr÷?ñ one. do you see cochranes ises as the lesser of two evils? >> öjañyes. the difference between cochrane and mcdonnell, cochrane isn't as rigidly ideological. mcdaniel is against all government, all spending. anything that could come to the federal government. cochrane is conservative but is

happy to bring billions of dollars notary public funds and projects to his state. that's someone you can work with, cut deals with, someone you might have leverage over if you are responsible for him going back to the@ this would be different if the democrat in the race in thep7u= general election, childers stood a chance of winning. i'm not sure he does. in that case why not vote for cochrane? like i said, it's not the best choice availableñrñr but it mige the right one for this particular circumstance. >> angela , wouldn't the democrats' chances be better if you had an extremist like mcdaniel as the republican nominee? wouldn't that drive out people in the middle, add a lot of democrats? >> it could. its also runs a risk. because they are ideologically off they could rev up the base. the country is polarized racially over the last several

years. we have a black man in the white house. with docken ran getting democratic votes could help his chances but the folks that would likely vote to support thad docken ran would be ineligible because they voted in the democratic primary a couple of weeks yet. they are not eligible to vote in the run-off. the one good thing on his side i have heard absentee ballots are up for this run-off. that's something in thad dockeni ran's favor. >> mcdonnell supporters said they would take advantage of the fact that mississippi is welcoming poll watching. the department of justice said it is paying attention. it put out this statement. the department is aware of concerns about voter intimidation and is monitoring the situation. voters that experience problems are encouraged to call 1-800-253-3931. why is this so inthe t thtimidi?

>> it's not being done or probably won't be done in the spirit of trying to get the most open and legitimate elections. what they are there for, 's they were called in for is in response to the fact that cochrane is reaching out to traditionally democratic voters. when that's the circumstance it will seem intimidating. if i went to the2&poiz polls an someone: aggressively asked to would be intimidated and i'm an educated a]/u& who votes. i have to imagine if this is a usual circumstance and you're not used to this then you will feel intimidated. >> why don't they watch when they were in the courthouse. >> i have to leave it there. thank you both for your time tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> thank you. >> coming up, a story not

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there's a human rights crisis happening right now in detroit. it's a crisis about water. a basic human right.evác but in the financially bankrupt city of detroit, half the city, residents,roit, half the city, are having their water shut off. threes months ago the water department threatened it wouldx% shut officer vis to more than 150,000 customers who haven't paid their bills. now they are following through. citynb residents have seen thei water rates more than double over the past decade. just as the city's property rate has been rising to near 40%. thousands are withoutxdñi water drink. they can't cook, can't bathe. or even flush the toilet. now activists are taking action. several groups just filed a report with thee&"u.l united na commission for human rights to intervene and restore services

immediately. joining me now is maureen taylor, chairperson of the michigan welfare rights organization, a group working to help low income people deal with the current water crisis in detroit. thank you for being here, maureen. >> how wonderful to see you again, reverend. >> you know, you're dealing with directly with the people who are are losing access to water. what are people telling you? >> well, mostly people want to know what happened and how the this happened. we are very good at explaining our history. let me take a second to set it up for you. at one time detroit had somewhere around 1.4, 1.5 million residents. we are now down to about 715,000. what happened? + q we had a dodge main, lynch road assembly, we had a rouge complex where the late great general

becker used to work. there was a time when at the ford rouge complex, reverend, there were 100,000w building cars that started at the front and drove off the line. now today at thew what happened, reverend? and what the question is when people ask us, technology that used to enhance labor now has replaced it. robots, r a2d2 is on the line. 400,000 manufacturing jobs disappeared. >> jobs disappeared, people struggling to pay the billsñrñr the midst of this they cut off the water for being two, threes months late with the bill. once the water is shut off it's nearly impossible to get it back on. according to the report, quote, even when people make efforts to pay a portion of the water bill, the water department will not turn their water backen on unless they pay 30 cents per

gallon of the amount owing which in many cases is thousands of dollars. how do they expect to get out of this +%ursituation, the people are in it? >> it's scandalous. right now they are looking at*4m 3,000 water shut-offs a month. they have instituted this starting around february. people at the water department say that's not that bad. well, it is that bad. when you turn off 3,000 waters a month in residential communities it's outrageous. it's demonic. you cannot manage it. what they want is a percentage of the bill and so many people that are left in the city of detroit, we have minimum and ##b wage opportunities and minimums and less than minimum wage jobs. it's a different circumstance. our unenlightened politicians and i heard you mention a bankrupt city. we are not a bankrupt city. we are6c!0&] living in a city t being bankrupted by banks and

their hoochie-mama girlfriends. this is the democracy. water is life. you can't take water away from people unless you assume that you want people to die. that's what's going on here. there isñrñr a gentrification o what's going ont+ i want the national public to understand it. just last week the detroit city council approved an almost 9% hike in the water rate. >> yes. >> the average monthly water bill is now $75. compare it to the national average which is only $40. how do people pay these incre e increase? >> you can't. the method is hurting people's chances. the report says as a cost cutting measure the water department stopped sending bills. it then installed smart meters

that read retroactively so many families are hit with bills for thousands of dollars and many of the bills were from former tenants including water bills from nearby abandoned housing. >> doesn't matter where where they come from. you have 30 days in which to pay them. doesn't matter where the bills come from. you have a 30-day window of opportunity to be able to. all of this is being orchestrated from one, two, three, koch brothers boulevard. all of this is coming. apparently the 1% has decided that poor people, regular working people have too much money. rich people don't have enough. the way we interpret it, the cost of living is going up and the chances of living are going down. this is a demonic and a horrible circumstance. >> without water, absolutely seem to me to be right. >> yeah. >> we're going to stay all over this story.

sp thank you. >> this is a human rights issue. thank you for the work you do and your time tonight. >> thank you very much. >> stay with me. donald trump'sful statements about the central park five. why is he still trying to impugn these innocent men a quarter of a century later? first, the first lady opens up about whether she'll ever run for political office. stay with us. are the largest targets in the world, for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world. but systems policed by hp's cyber security team are constantly monitored for threats. outside and in. that's why hp reports and helps neutralize more intrusions than anyone... in the world. if hp security solutions can help keep the world's largest organizations safe, they can keep yours safe, too. make it matter.

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five. men exonerated of rape after serving prison terms from 7 to 13 years for a crime they didn't commit 25 years ago. back thenñi donald trump led a rush to jult. in 1989 trump took out a full page ad in four new york papers calling for the death penalty saying criminals of every age should be afraid. we know how wrong he was. over the weekend donald trump wrote an op-ed in the moracco daily news saying my opinion on the settlement of the central park jogging case isñi it's a disgrace and the recipients must be laughing out loud as the stupid ti of the city. do you know what a disgrace is? losing your childhood for something youñr didn't do. donald trump was wrong 25 years ago. he's wrong again.

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health care. and 87% said all of the above. thanks to all who voted. do you have another idea to help working families? tell us about it. join the conversation by heading to our facebook page. we want to hear what you think. thanks for watching. i i'm al sharpton. hardball starts right now.ñr p &h(lc% let's play "hardball.." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this predictable situation in iraq. didn't common sense tell us that the people we dumped from power over there in 2003 would act to get it back the moment we left? it was common sense and that's what we are