all in america which airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. great to see you, my friend. that is all for now. i'll see you tomorrow at 4:00. "the ed show" is up next. good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. i'm ready to go. let's get to work! ♪ ♪ the american people are still asking questions. the americans are still asking the questions. worried about the job. where are the jobs? >> he is ready to sue the president of the united states. >> this administration makes the wrong decisions. incompetence down the line. >> what we should do right now is defund the executive branch when we have the option. >> rome's burning. >> i think you know in your heart of hearts this is the waste of time now. >> there are far more important things that you guys have to be addressing. >> the american people continue to ask questions, where are the jobs. >> give me a second! >> incompetence right down the

line. >> it seems to me there's so much wrong here. >> hey, hey, hey, executive -- >> and i think democrats would be in their right mind to laugh you out now. >> people keep asking the same questions. where are the jobs? ♪ ♪ >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. he's been asking that question for a long time. where are the jobs? you know, i did a q & a, a survey on my radio show one time and i asked folks what's the most common denominator that you carry in your wallet or your purse and most people said it was a $20 bill. a $20 bill. that's used more than by anybody. more people use this than anything else. it gets you a bottle of water, a cup of coffee, even gets you a hole in a doughnut if you're a republican. here's the bottom line where i'm going with all of this. this man doesn't have to spend a $20 bill to create any jobs

whatsoever. his focus now is to sue the president of the united states and isn't it ironic that the two most vocal people in congress against this president come from states where they don't have to spend a dime to create jobs. they don't have to spend a dime to save jobs. you see, in minnesota and in ohio, the steel industry is under immense pressure because they are dumping cheap, foreign steel on our market. mr. boehner is always concerned about two things. jobs and taxes. he's so worried that corporations might have to pay their fair share and he's so worried that parking this money offshore might actually get changed some day, and of course, he wants to know where the jobs are. he hasn't done anything. he's done nothing to create jobs. think about this guy's record. hasn't done anything to create jobs. he's got the shutdown that he's responsible for costing this country $24 billion and now his

best play after all of this is to sue the president of the united states. he is responsible for the least productive congress in history. he has held over 50 votes to get rid of obamacare. let me ask you a question. how many obamacare stories have you seen on fox news as of late? how many obamacare stories have you seen anywhere? must be working. something's going wrong for them. this guy can't even raise the debt limit without a massive showdown and talking about offsets. in fact, boehner is the poster child for obstruction in washington and he's taking his obstruction, i believe, to a new level. he's planning to sue the president of the united states and makes no bones about it thinking the president has caused all the problems. >> are you planning to initiate a lawsuit against the obama administration and president obama over his executive actions? >> i am.

the constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws. when there are conflicts like this between the legislative branch and the administrative branch it's, in my view, our responsibility to stand up for this institution in which we serve. >> so he wants to stand up for an institution which he serves, but he doesn't want to stand up for the workers in ohio who are asking him to do something about unfair trade which legally the country could do through the commerce department, but he won't ask them to do that. boehner's lawsuit is nothing, but a big dog and pony show. nothing is going come of it but a bunch of negative news from the president on the conservative media. this is just wasting more taxpayer dollars. he's so concerned about $20 bills and he's so concerned about wasting the taxpayer dollars and he's willing to take your money and sue the president and waste a lot of time, money

and effort in an attempt to do what? make the president look bad. if you're a taxpayer it ought to just throw you into an outrage, but think, we're getting used to that as of late. president obama is not abusing his executive orders. in fact, he's simply just doing his job if you look at the record. executive orders are part of the job for the president of the united states. in fact, president has issued the least amount of executive orders in recent history. really? yeah. you wouldn't know it listening to the media and listening to all of the conservatives out there. bush 41, bush 43 and ronald reagan, the one they love to genuflect too, issued more orders annually than president obama so what's the fuss? well, we have to assume. never before has a bogus lawsuit been drawn up to stop the abuse of power. give me a break.

then we have the thought leader of the congress. here we go, congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota. she has been push for this bogus lawsuit since february. she, too, could do something for jobs in minnesota just like boehner could do for jobs in ohio, but she's more interested in stuff like this. she finally got her wish. unfortunately fur bachmann the lawsuit is so ridiculous even fox news made a fool out of here. >> it seems to me like an exnormous waste of effort. >> well, the lawsuit is what you might call a long-term effort if it even gets picked up by a court. a lot of courts might call this a political question. this could drag on for months and we might not get anywhere. again, it reflect the frustration of the american people. >> you just said it, congresswoman, we might not get anywhere. there is so much wrong here and the finger pointing and we'll drag your ass to court and we'll do this, just do something, you know what i'm saying? >> let me go where you're going and i agree with you. >> it's a dark place.

i don't know if you want to go there. >> hey, hey, hey, hey! this is what congress can do and i argue must do, number one -- >> why didn't you do it? why didn't you do it years -- >> give me a second and i will tell you! >> why? explain that, congresswoman, why now? >> i give cavuto credit for that one. i didn't think he had it in him. of course, she never answered the question and believe it or not, the interview actually got better. >> there are far more important things that you guys have to be addressing than filing lawsuits past each other. by the way, rome's burning. >> i'm not the one talking about that. what i'm saying is what's very important is the president trying to establish lawlessness in the united states. that's a big issue. >> democrats said bush did the same, congresswoman. >> so what we need to do -- >> it's a giant waste of time. >> so what we need to do is

defund the executive branch, number one -- >> defund the executive branch. -- congresswoman! if democrats had said we'll defund president bush, we'll defund the executive -- you would have laughed. and show you should have then. i think democrats would be in their right mind to laugh you out now, defund them. >> listen, the house has the power of the purse. this isn't a small power. we can do this but we can do something further. i hear your frustration. >> all right, congresswoman. >> what we can do further is impeach the elected officials. >> oh, man, rome's burning and you're filing! >> that's not filing! >> that's not filing, that's kick him out of the -- >> what else are we going do? >> well, then what do you do? what do you do? >> mr. cavuto, if you're concerned about wasting time and doing things that don't count are you in favor of the 50 votes that this guy pulled out on obamacare? american jobs are at risks no question about that and a lot of

americans are are tired of playing games about this, but they, of course, want to play games with the lawsuit. both boehner and bachmann come from states where steel jobs are in real danger, cheap, foreign steel are being dumped on the market and it's killing american jobs in ohio and minnesota. you know, in march, i visited the steelworkers in boehner's home state of ohio and i came back on this program and made the point that he hadn't done anything for these folks. they told me that their jobs were at risk because of cheap, foreign steel that was being dumped on the market and i asked at the time mr. boehner have you done anything for these folks because it's all connected for to a trade agreement with the legalities of it all, they can do something to stop the dumping and they can impose a tariff. boehner hasn't led that charge. he doesn't care about these folks in ohio. on monday i visited michele bachmann's home state and mine. the iron range in virginia, minnesota, those jobs are in danger.

cheap steel being dumped in the market is choking the american steel industry. boehner and bachmann, their home states and ground zero for job loss and he has the nerve to walk around and ask where are the jobs? they're right in your own backyard, dude! they are doing nothing to address the problem. boehner is actually calling for more trade deals. meanwhile, they are out trying to sue the president of the united states and make the case to the american people that this is a good use of time, effort and american tax dollars. that's a hell of a sale, i think. i don't think they can get it done. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. today's question, does john boehner care more about jobs or suing the president? text a for jobs and text b for suing the president, you can always go to ed.msnbc.dom and we'll bring you results later in the show. these two gentlemen have fought for workers as much as anyone we could ever put on the program.

this senator brown from ohio. good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be back. >> your reaction on why boehner doesn't move on employees on his own state to help them out and the lawsuit against the president. what do you make of it? it's all to distract attention from what they're not doing. they can pass the minimum wage and instead he wants to suit president because he did an executive order on the minimum wage. they do the the same on immigration. they do the the same on the transportation bill. we know how we can create jobs. we always used to do -- my first speech on the senate floor, 2007, for the minimum wage, president bush signed the bill, bipartisan. the same with the transportation bill that used to be bisart san six-year transportation bills. this crowd in the house won't do it. in the end it's this, ed. john boehner wakes up every morning and he's got to make a decision. is he the speaker of the tea party or the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives and more often than not he decides to be the speaker of the tea party and that's what this

lawsuit is about, is to distract attention and he's the speaker this week and i hope he decides to do this job and bring up legislation there's bipartisan support for that would create jobs and let alone stand up for steelworkers and the entire supply chain for making steel in the united states and talking to the department of commerce and doing all of the things you suggest. >> senator, this is a benchmark issue right now as to where the republicans are going to go especially the the speaker. there is a difference between free trade and fair trade. they truly are the bottom dollar. they truly are the lowest possible costs, don't worry about the quality. in fact, was there a lawsuit that was just settled in birmingham, alabama, that dealt with the quality of steel that ran into the billions of dollars. i make the case that this is a national security issue. why doesn't this register with boehner when these jobs are in his own state? >> i don't know. it's a different part of the state for boehner, but he has

steel and it is a major, good, steel company in his part of the state in butler county and a.k. steel that has been hurt and it's a company that's been hurt, a good company with good labor management relations that have been hurt by china -- china's trade practices. this one is so clear. south korea started this business called oil country, tubular steel and it's the highest quality steel that's used for the high pressure drilling for gas and oil. they don't even have a local. they don't drill in korea, so all of the production they're doing is being exported. most of it to the united states and their steelworkers make 90% of what our steelworkers do. our companies are modernized in new steel mill and youngstown and cleveland, lorraine and in trumbel county and yet, yet in our steel pipe that we make in ohio will be transported about 50 miles to the oil and gas fields. >> yeah. >> the steel pipe coming from

korea will be transported thousands of miles and yet they can undercut us in price, clearly they're not playing fair. and clearly they're cheating and as leo girard of the steelworkers said if korea gets away with this other countries will do the same. this is a blueprint to again, come into the most lucrative market in the history of the world, the united states of america and sell products, whatever they're going to be and whatever the country decides because we don't stand up for our own workers because of people like john boehner. >> i would like to know who negotiated the deal. i mean, when you do a deal and you do a contract you just don't give anything away. are trade agreements so flimsy that we have no recourse within a quick period of time where we could correct the market if there's clear cheating going on and the answer to that is no. and that's the sad part of the whole thing, senator brown, i appreciate your time and keep up the fight and i appreciate it so much. you're one of the very few in the senate that understands

what's going on with american workers. let's bring in united steelworkers with mr. gerard. these trade agreements. they're obsolete and they don't fit american workers and we're now behind the eight ball on this. is south korean steel dumping, what does it mean for your industry? >> i think, let me address the first part of your comment. the trade deals that have been signed, yes, they don't work. in fact the passage of pntr with china to give them a session into the wto, america has accumulated 7 trillion, trillion with a "t," accumulated trade debt with china. every billion dollars equals 18,000 jobs, they tell us. so multiply that 7,000 billion jobs or dollars in trade debt. and what this means with korea, korea has now demonstrated a blueprint to try and take out a very important part of the domestic steel industry with tubular goods. they don't have any iron ore,

they don't have any coal, they don't have lime stone. they use the best technology they get subsidized by their government for cheap energy. they don't drill in their own market. they don't have a market. 98% of what they produce is directly dumped into the american market. if commerce doesn't put a substantial duty on that like they did when china was doing that, what south korea would have shown the rest of the world is how to take out different segments of the steel industry and to be very blunts and you say it well, you can't make anything in this country if you can't make steel. you can't make a computer, you can't make a car. you can't make kitchen furniture and stoves and dish washers. it's fundamental to have an economy. >> so you testified yesterday in front of the senate finance committee, there are people on that committee that are now asking serious questions about not only the steel industry, but pharmaceutical and agriculture has a big play in all of this, as well. what do you want the president to do tonight? >> well, what i want is for the

commerce department and the case of oil country tubular goods, that's one of many cases in front of the ustr and a trade representative and in front of commerce. what we want commerce to do is do the right comparison, punish south korea for cheating, punish them for fudging their documents and punish them for having companies in which they ship divergence and it doesn't come necessarily from south korea and they'll send it somewhere else and then send it here and that's delivery, and they need to be punished like that with strong tariffs like china has done. >> here is the disconnect and it's on his desk. the buck stops with the president and he can tell the commerce department to get with the program. he ran around the country talking about middle-class jobs. here they are at stake and the ripple effect that this can have is if this is not stopped could be devastating to our markets and to our infrastructure and to our middle class and our job

market. what's the hold up? >> well, the hold up are that we're a country of laws and they need to interpret the law if the proper way and right now we've had the law misinterpreted and that has to be done and let me say one other thing, there's 500 million, 500 million tons of excess steel capacity floating around the world of which almost 75% of that is from china. >> and it's not high quality, either. >> it's not high quality. >> look at what happened with the bay bridge we talked about. billions over budget and years behind schedule. so one of the things we've got to do and the president said this not that many years ago, we can't judge it by the quantity of the trade agreements we have, but we've got to judge it by the quality and how many jobs they create and up until now ed, there's not a trade agreement including naft and any of them that have created net job gains for american workers.

not one. the commerce department has the the legal right to impose these tariffs. they should do it tonight and reverse this trend big time. mr. gerard. >> if i can make one more quick point. >> the comparison that we believe they made when they determined no remedy is that they compared water-type pipe for a construction project to oil country tubular. that's comparing a used car to a spaceship. it doesn't work. thank you very much. >> appreciate your time. remember to answer tonight's question, share your thoughts with us on twitter on ed show and on facebook, like us. we appreciate that. we want to know what you think. coming up, the conservative media's attack on sergeant bowe bourg call and his family. where are the facts? rapid fire weighs in on the latest news from the military officials and the experts on mr. bergdahl, but first. it's been one year it's been one year since the supreme court struck down the acts. nina turner tell us us what the

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>> the u.s. supreme court has driven a stake through the heart of the most important civil rights law ever enacted. i am deeply disappointed and deeply disappointed with the court's decision. senators look for a legislative fix for the voting rights act. there is no right more fundamental than the existence than the right to vote. >> the current voting rights act is enforced and it is protecting the right of all americans to vote upon. >> the provisions that remain in effect, today are simply not enough. >> every eligible american is entitled. no voter should have their vote denied, infringed. >> nina turner, candidate for ohio secretary of state. senator, good to have you with us tonight. well, it's been one year after the fact, the supreme court make the decision. what is the state of voting rights in your state. it seems to me that a lot of these states that are run by conservatives now have taken the license to just go after -- go

after the voting rights across the board any way they possibly can. it's a year after the decision is ohio better because of it? >> no, actually and voters in ohio have less access than they did before. and although the entire state of ohio, certainly ohio was not under that portion of the voting rights act is very, very clear that the voting rights act was one of the greatest pieces of legislative policy in the 20th century in america. it really helped to stop folks from restricting the right to vote, and according to the brennan center, there are about 22 states since 2010 that have an active, restricted voting policies from strict voter i.d. to cutting back on early voting which is happening in the state of ohio to registration restrictions and it is absolutely una american what is going on, ed, because people's votes is their voice. the vision people have for their country, for their country and for their state is articulated through the vote and if you start to cut off access to that

voice you upset the very underpinnings of our great democracy. >> it seems to me that the mission has been pretty much accomplished by the conservatives and they've got the supreme court ruling that they wanted that they said did not affect ohio but there are 22 states that have gone to the fire wall when it comes to restricting the vote. so how can you, running for office, have any trust that the congress is going to work out a solution on this between now and the midterm which is so crucial in your state? >> they have to right now, and my point about the vra, even though those states that were under that section of the vra, we know that the impact is -- is greater than that. the supreme court has spoken and the supreme court was wrong, but the leaders in congress have the opportunity to craft the formula for the 21st century and actually ohio needs to be in that formula as well as other states that were not necessarily under it during the first attempt, but congress needs to stand up and act as citizens of

this great country need to demand that again, voting in and of itself is important, but the outcomes of people's votes, how, what type of world we'll live in, whether or not people will have their dreams and needs taken care of or reflected through government, through the power of the vote. so we have a lot at stake. and so congress has to act and they have to, ed, but ultimately the voters of this country will have the final say and no matter how the conservatives will try to rig the game we must make sure that voters across this country are educated and informed and they get out to vote so that they can get different lawmakers in place who respect the power of the vote. >> and the final point i want to make, the supreme court ruling's on campaign financing has also had a major impact in election in recent years. what we're seeing here is impacting races such as your own. your challenger john hustad has outraised you six to one. he has a six to one tax

advantage according to the columbus dispatch. what does that mean for your race? >> ultimately, again, the people will have the final say, money can't buy you love. it can get you a few likes, but it certainly can't buy you love. we need more people power. the supreme court ruled wrongly on that and what's happening is that people that have a modest income which is the vast majority of us will not be able either to run offers ice or be to influence. democracy is not for sale. congress must act to reduce this extraordinarily amounts of money that have been placed in races, but until then people must lift their voices and the people will have the final say. i believe in people power and we will have the final say. >> state senator nina turner running for secretary of state in ohio. good to have you with us tonight. all of the best. >> thank you. >> conservatives bash an american soldier and efforts to tarnish the president's image. rapid response panel weighs in on the latest news from military officials. plus businesses are outpacing

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welcome back to "the ed show," right wing's attempt to smear president obama's reputation for rescuing a soldier is backfiring. on wednesday the united states army senate has no reason. their investigation has no reason to believe that sergeant bowe bergdahl collaborated with the taliban captors during his

five years as a prisoner. the republicans and the right-wing media have been trying to frame bergdahl and his family as dangerous defectors. >> sergeant bergdahl's father who in the rose garden the past weekend has made anti-american tweets and statement, one of which was i'm working to free all of the get gitmo prisoners. god will repay the death of every afghan child. he said he was growing his beard because his son was -- because his son was in captivity. your son's 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 at a raisers? >> two-star army general is investigating the exact circumstances of bergdahl's 2009 disappearance from his post in afghanistan. bergdahl returned to the united states this month and was moved to san antonio earlier this week. he has not been questioned yet.

the army says bergdahl will be appointed an attorney prior to questioning unless he requests one sooner or says something incriminating. bergdahl was released by his captors last month when what conservatives believe it was a controversial exchange and five taliban officials held at guantanamo bay, cuba were released for bergdahl's freedom. they complained president obama's didn't give notice before releasing detainees. republicans tried to use a united states prisoner of war as a political tool to make president obama look bad. they love praising soldiers and veterans until it it can be used to benefit them. this just underscores how far and how strong agenda-driven the conservative movement is in this country to make a determination and give commentary on a soldier in uniform, in captivity, label him a traitor and even take shots at his family. do you think they're playing serious? joining me tonight in the rapid

response panel, aaron burns and democratic strategist and brad woodhouse, president of the democratic super pac american bridge and former democratic party communications director. brad, you first. this is a backfire. they didn't want to wait for the military officials, the two-star general to come out and make the first official comment, but as it is right now they see nothing wrong with what he did in captivity. what do you make of it? >> i think this will backfire. >> look, we've seen this time and time again, ed. we've seen it with death panels and we saw it with all types of questions about this president that the right wing in their zeal to appeal to the far right fringe and in furtherance of their hatred to the president they've overshot the runway and they've done it here. the american people understand the principle of not leaving our soldiers on the battlefield, letting the chain of command deal with any discipline issues

related to soldiers. this politization of this is really beyond the pale, and i think they'll regret it when it's all said and done. >> eric, your thoughts on this, if it were a different president, would it be a different scenario. not if it were a democratic president. i think if we had a democratic president that wasn't barack obama, we would see the same kind of treatment of the american p.o.w. because we're talking this gop is all about the politics of expediency and they will sacrifice integrity and morality and their patriotic duty to make sure our military upholds our most sacred commitment to our troops if they can score points on it. >> they are constantly searching, aren't they? this was one of these media-cycled topics that they thought might stick, but it seems to me that -- why would they render judgment without letting military officials determine and do the official and factual work in the background to find out exactly if bergdahl did have some

issues? >> i think that's a very, very good question, ed, but i think you're talking about from the perspective of someone who is rational and cares about, you know, what's going to happen to sergeant bergdahl and his family and that's just really not part of the calculous for this gop and as brad indicated they are very, very focused as they have from day one of obama's presidency and discrediting his credibility of being a patriot and effective commander in chief. i'm blown away they're using terms like un-american to describe a u.s. president going out and getting back an american soldier who has been a p.o.w. because i think what these guys are engaged in is fundamentally un-american. >> doesn't it put the conservatives in somewhat of a box, brad? there's one thing about a guy getting disgruntled and leaving his post than turning on the country. if the preliminary investigation and the introduce they've had with bergdahl so far and the two-star comes out and there's really no evidence right now

that would lead us to believe that he did something wrong in captivity, in captivity is where the pressure is. it's not standing the post, isn't it? >> that's exactly right. i mean, it totally undermines their narrative here. i'm not one that subscribes to this notion that no matter what this american soldier did before or after he was captured that he shouldn't be brought back to the united states, that he shouldn't be punished if necessary by our military and my god, what are they suggesting? that we just let people who we have some suspicion of just stay in the -- just stay as a p.o.w. with the taliban or maybe al qaeda? it's beyond the pale of what they're suggesting here. i mean, as you suggested earlier, under a different president, can you imagine under a republican president they would have had a ticker tape parade for this p.o.w. they cannot let president obama have any success because their supporters can't stand for it. >> this is one of those stories that is hot for two or three days and then it goes away for a

little while and the army makes its first official comment on the guy and everybody is quiet about it on the conservative media. this is normally how it plays out. >> these guys live in an alternative universe and what happened last week has no relevance on what's happening tomorrow or today. they feel they can reinvent history and reinvent their narrative as unas they need to. i'm thinking back to the reagan administration when they were trading arms for hostages to fund an illegal war and he was a hero and the greatest president we've had and the 20th century and they're getting an american soldier back which we should do under any circumstances and i don't care what he's done. >> i want to ask both of you on our "ask ed" segment, do you think the republicans will impeach president obama and my answer to that and if they get the senate and hold the house, i want you two gentlemen to answer that. brad, you first. >> i do think they want to. i think there is a segment of the party that wants to, and i'm not convinced that this lawsuit

being filed by boehner against the president isn't a precursor to doing just that. >> what do you think, eric? >> i think brad is being kind to speaker boehner. i think the house will go after an impeachment and the question is can they actually get very far with it and what happens in the senate, we don't know, but all past measures indicate they will. >> gentlemen, good to have you with us. we appreciate it. >> coming up, brian fisher's sharia you e iia law is up next. pretenders is next.

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ongoing effort to raise the minimum wage. today the swedish furniture giant announced plans to raise the average minimum wage for u.s. employees by 17% to $10.76 an hour beginning next year. it's not just businesses taking the lead. with republicans are refusinging to give america a raise the fight is going grassroots across the country, especially in the state of wisconsin. 76% of those in the badger state, all those voters support a min mudge wage increase. where do you think scott walker is? he's against it calling it a political stunt and job-killing agenda. mary burke has backed a three-step increase plan. wisconsin voters have a clear choice come november. in the meantime grassroots organizations like wisconsin and wisconsin jobs now are taking matters into their hands, gathering signatures,

petitioning for a minimum wage referendum on the november ballot. i love that stuff. it gets people out to vote. today, the milwaukee county board voted to include the referendum. the dane county board is set to vote tonight. the cities in neha and menasha are considering are resolutions as well. more counties are expected the to follow. joining us tonight is jennifer add son, executive drek tr of wisconsin jobs now. great to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what response are you getting to the ballot initiative? it's rare in wisconsin, isn't it? >> it is. people are stepping up. 76% of folks in our state believe the minimum wage should be raise ared. i'm here in new york but my heart is in wisconsin. as we speak dane county is voting to put it on the ballot to let voterers tell scott

walker it is time to raise the min mudge wage. >> what happened the today? >> it's a political analysis. you have two candidates tied at 46-46. neither of them is above 50%. you have an issue -- raising the min mudge waimum wage. we think the 800,000 drop-off voters who weren't planning to vote will come out to support raising the state's min mudge wage and expanding economic security. that's why it is on the ballot so we can have a say. >> let's look at the numbers. wisconsin's min mudge wage is 7.25 an hour with a 40-hour work week that's $290 per week or just over $15,000 a year. how can republicans like scott walker justify that? it's proven not to be a job killer in other parts of the country. >> it's an economy boosting

policy. we have 70% of americans gdp is consumer spending. if consumers don't have money to buy what they need for the household our economy is stagnant. we want to make about 600,000 people who would be impacted by increasing the midge multiple wage by giving them a fair wage. >> by this number, governor walker is out of step. here's walker discussing the best way to raise the minimum wage. >> to me the best way is to help employers create more jobs that pay more because they are better able to serve the public. >> what's your response to that? >> governor walker is out of touch with what's happening in wisconsin. on tuesday i was in neenah and menasha. we collected enough signatures to put minimum wage on the ballot. not because people identify as

democrat or republican but because they deserve the money to support their family, keep the lights on. he's out of touch. what he says is good for us. we want him to say that. we know it will lead to governor mary burke. >> how many signatures did you need to get it on the state ballot? >> we have to do it community by community, not by the state in general. communities are are raising up. >> okay. you think you will have enough to make a difference? >> if we get the is a communities we want it's 1.6 million voters who will have their say in november. >> you're a public defender by profession. >> mm-hmm. >> give us your take on where scott walker is now. >> i think it's said best he was involved in a criminal conspiracy. he was out here collaborating with the right wing groups to supress votes, to raise funds to make sure he can keep power. the people power of our state is

incredible. we think his chickens are coming home to roost. >> appreciate your time. thanks for joining us on "the ed show." that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politics nation" with reverend al sharp ton starts now. good evening. >> good evening, ed. thanks for tuning in. tonight's lead the gop's lawsuit backfires. today the absurd plan to sue the president is already taking a toll on republicans. we learned speaker boehner's announcement sent donations to democrats skyrocketing. the democratic campaign for congress, the congressional campaign committee, to be exact, raised $584,000. that's the most it's raised in a single day this year. today, democratic lawmakers made clear they are not worried about this lawsuit. going right after speak