gold will be good. this is pure maple syrup from the state of new hampshire. >> this is such a cool state. come on, live free or die. i mean, you've got to love that, right? >> we're kind of into those slowingance, man. live free or die, victory or death. brilliant! >> that's all for now. "the ed show" is coming up next. good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" live from minnesota. i'm ready to go! let's get to work! ♪ ♪ >> fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> tell you what, 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> we're in the midst of a serious financial crisis. >> what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help our economy.

>> we've seen triple digit swings in the stock market. >> we'll have to hang the obama misery index around his neck. major financial institutions have teetered on the edge of collapse. and the fundamentals of our economy are strong ask some have failed. those companies needed to go through bankruptcy. >> with the leadership and the backing of american people president obama will turn this country around. ♪ ♪ >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. july 3, 2014, and we have a lot of good news out there tonight and it's all about the economy. no partisan commentary. it is all about the numbers. the obama economy is now under the microscope, just how are we doing? the the dow jones closed at over 17,000 today. it's the first time in history the mark has topped 17,000. wow!

the jobs report out today says the economy added 288,000 jobs in the month of june, good number. today, in fact, marks 52 straight months of private sector job growth. it's the longest job growth streak on record. oh, and there's more good news, 9.7 million jobs have been added since 2010 and 1.4 million of those jobs were added in the first half of this year and it's the most since the first half of any year since 1999. it's all positive. the unemployment rate now has dropped to 6.1%. it's the lowest rate since september of 2008. more positive news? oh, yeah. not bad for the obama economy. earlier today president obama said the economy is doing good, but it could be better if republicans would reach across the aisle and just do their jobs. >> we just got the jobs report

today showing that we've now seen the fastest job growth in the united states in the first half of the year since 1999, given where we started back in 2008 we have made enormous strides thanks to the incredible hard work of the american people and the american businesses that have been out there competing, getting smarter. we could be making even stronger progress. we could be growing even more jobs if those of us here in washington were focused on them, focused on you, the american people rather than focused on politics. >> a very modest president standing up today talking about the economy. president obama doesn't say anything about him or his agenda and he only talked about american workers and american businesses. president obama deserves credit. he has brought our economy back from the brink of collapse. the president fixed this mess

when he inherited it all from george w. bush and the criminals on wall street, and it's the worst -- at rits worst in march 2009 we lost 826,000 jobs in a single month. we were losing 826,000 jobs a day. remember those days? there was panic on wall street as the dow jones bottomed out at 6600. in the midst of our nation's hardship this happened on cnbc. >> this is america. how many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills? raise your hand. president obama, are you listening? >> how about we all stop paying our mortgage. it's a moral hazard. >> we're thinking of having a chicago tea party in july. all of you capitalists that want to show up? >> where is the tea party, mr. rick santelli, what has the tea party done to contribute to this

economy? it is responsible for fixing our economy. during the recovery, republicans tried to pin bush's mess on president obama. >> they're tired of settling for this new normal under the obama economy and frankly, they're tired of asking the question, where are the jobs? >> working class jobs, blue collar jobs where people can earn a living, provide for their family and those are the jobs that have been decimated under the obama economy. upon. >> what we need the president to do is to say the obama economy is not working. >> i think people will conclude that the obama economy is not working. >> the small business start-ups and entrepreneurship remains at a 17-year low in the obama economy. >> in the obama economy we are facing a looming fiscal crisis that some have called the most predictable in history.

>> you think someone is trying to sell you something? the economy has improved despite the republicans. in the face of republican obstruction, what's amazing about this this has all happened with the most obstructed president in the history of the country. john boehner is asking where are the jobs? the jobs are here. another favorite lie of republicans in years has been, oh, yeah. obamacare is nothing, but a jobs killer. >> when obamacare was debated in congress we screamed from the rooftops that it just wouldn't work. that it would be a job killer. >> obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. >> let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. let's not do that. let's love people. >> there's only one escape hatch that will fully help those

trapped by this law, and that's full repeal. >> in my opinion, obamacare is the biggest job killer we have in america today. >> really? really? the biggest job killer. 9.7 million jobs added. everything the republicans have told us about the economy has been wrong. republicans have done nothing but lie to you about the economy since president obama took office loaning that they would be right. the green line on this chart is when president obama signed obamacare. the economy has added over 9 million jobs since that day. the obamacare kills job argument? well, it's a flat-out lie. even with the job growth in late 2012, let's not forget mitt romney. he tried to convince americans president obama was bad for the economy. >> he said he was going to focus

on job creation. instead he focused on obamacare that killed jobs. he cared more about the liberal agenda he was pursuing than he did about repairing the economy. i mean -- did obamacare create new jobs? >> no! did his war on coal, gas and oil create new jobs? >>. >> no! >> did those dodd-frank regulations make it easier for banks to make loans to people? >> no! >> almost everything he did hurt the economy! >> now, is mitt romney telling the truth to the american people when he talks like that? i mean, mitt, do you have numbers that other people don't have? do you have something to report to america? is there something out there that we don't know? because what we've done here on "the ed show" tonight are all facts. mitt romney is dead silent this day and he should be.

all republicans are going to lose their favorite line of criticism across the board. from here on -- from here on out, they have no right to slam the obama economy. john boehner should keep his mouth shut and quit asking where are the jobs. that's old. it's tired and doesn't play anymore and if boehner and the republicans don't feel like fools today they never will. they have been wrong. republicans have absolutely nothing to do with this recovery. they have done nothing but lie to the american people about this president for six years all of the way from his birth certificate to the economy. republican lies are starting to show up in the polls. hey, they're good at it it. there's a lot of low information folks across america that you can poll and find that put it the way you want. a new quinnipiac poll shows 33% of americans think president obama is the worst president since world war ii. where did they get that idea?

george bush came in second at 28% and nixon third at 13%. there are two major issues, 76% of americans would immigration reform. 61% of the americans say the 2003 invasion of the iraq war was the wrong thing to do, but dick cheney is out there trying to reverse that. 58% say that the withdrawal from iraq was the right thing to do. the american people are onboard with this president, but the mainstream media will never report it like that. if you look at the members and if you're a fair-minded american and you just look at the numbers you can easily make the case that what president obama was handed and what he has accomplished by staying out of the way of business and letting people do their job and praise the american worker and give them the the tools to do what thai do, the stimulus package that worked, the automobile industry that was saved with a loan and dodd-frank. you can make the the case that

the president is doing a great job. president obama has ended the wars exactly the way he said he was going to do it on the the campaign trail. he's passed the the affordable care act and now he has the economy, look out, the economy's booming. but i can't let this one go by again. there's one other thing the republicans told us for years. for years they told us, you can't raise taxes on the job creators. oh, really? the bush tax cuts which we extended in 2010 which we should have never done because there were a lot of democrats out there who were arc trade that the economy would buckle because they were listening to the propaganda, when the president campaigned in 2012 and so did the democrats that the bush tax cuts would expire and we would go back to the old rates of clinton, all mitch mcconnell did was run around kentucky and around the country telling us this was going to kill jobs, that we were going tax the job

creator, that obamacare would kill the economy. none of that has come true. you can get back and expect more from the top 1% and 2% income earners in this it country and now we've got more work to do. now we have to work on those trade agreements to make sure that those middle-class, hard-working mid-jobs are going to be able to compete on a level playing field. we have done it with those stimulus package or help from the republicans. just think where we could be if washington would get its act together. the president's not the problem. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will republicans ever have the character to admit the obama economy is working? maybe mr. santelli, you can answer that first. text a for yes, text b for no to 67622 and you can always go to

ed.msnbc.com and let me bring in bruce bartlett, former reagan adviser and bush 41 policy adviser. good to have you with us tonight. >> happy to be here. >> you bet. i'm going by the numbers. can republicans continue to slam the obama economy? when are they going have to come to grips with what has happened and where we were and where we are? >> the short answer is no. never. they will simply continue to tell the lies that they've been telling for some years and i was glad particularly to see you talk about the horribly negative effects of allowing the bush tax cuts to expire. if you can go back to january of 2013 i predicted a bull market in the stocks when every republican was selling everything they owned and buying gold for the inevitable hyperinflation. so maybe these people are ultimately hurting themselves.

>> what would the economy be like, mr. bartlett, without republican obstruction? what if we did have a jobs package? what if the congress did work together across the aisle and the president were to sign something for infrastructure? what would that do to these numbers, in your opinion? >> oh, i think we could have gotten to where we are today several -- in terms of job, several years ago if we'd had a bigger stimulus package in early 2009 and if we'd had additional spending for, for example, state and local governments. the national unemployment rate would be something like a full percentage point lower if we could have just kept state and local governments from having to tighten and lay off workers which they've done in large numbers. we've had a sharp drop-off in government capital spending for things like roads and bridges and now the republicans are allowing the highway trust fund

to run out of money because they're refusing to supply it with new funds because in their mind all government spending is waste and all government spending is negative and they will continue to maintain this position until the the bitter end. >> and we have cut federal spending, have we not? and federal employees haven't had a raise in several years and the minimum wage is still where it is right now. we can't get that moving forward. i would like to ask you, what has president obama done right? what has he done wrong? >> well, i think he certainly did the right thing in terms of speaking of macro economic terms with the stimulus in 2009. he's appointed the right kind of people to the federal reserve board who have kept interests low and kept money easy even though every single republican economist has been saying for six solid years that this would be disastrous and we would have

hyperinflation and you should put all of your money in gold. i think where he's been a little bit weak is as you said, he caved to the republicans on extending the bush tax cuts and he's not really taken his case to the country about why we needed a jobs program, why we needmore infrastructure spending. i think he's allowed the republicans to set the agenda on too many of these issues. he never talks very much about his successes such as bringing down the deficit by two-third says. i doubt very many people even know that. it's not enough to take credit for the right things that he's done. >> your reaction, finally, to the people rating president obama as the worst president world war ii. >> well, i think that's complete nonsense. as much as i hate george w. bush i wouldn't even put him in second place, and i think lyndon johnson who presided over

vietnam probably deserves the number one place. these numbers changed. when i was young harrow truman was viewed as one of the worst presidents and now he's one of the best and this is not a number that we're taking seriously in my opinion. >> bruce bartlett, great to have you with us tonight. thank for being on "the ed show." share your thoughts on twitter at ed show and on facebook. like us on facebook. we appreciate that and also you can find us on dotcom. coming up, conservatives revved up efforts to suppress voting rights this year. a look at the battle in ohio where nina turner has been leading efforts to restore the voice of the people, but first, the immigration debate heats up in california as we head into the fourth of july weekend. next in trenders, why real patriotism means inclusion.

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what's hot, what's not. time now for trenders. check us out on twitter@edshow. raw, story.com and on itunes. we're talking about the economy today. ed show social media nation has decided and we are reported. here are today's top trenders voted on by you. >> ooh! hurricane. >> the number three trender. holiday hurricane. arthur now a category 1 hurricane is taking aim at the carolina outer banks. >> it's hard to believe the hurricane's come. it was so great. >> arthur could fizzle the fireworks for revelers on a north carolina coast. >> most people aren't thinking about going to the beach. they're evacuating. >> let's get out of here. >> we'll try to sit out the hurricane. >> the current track shows it

brushing much of the coast. >> you can't mess with mother nature. >> the number two trender, sit, stay. >> this is video of a dog that simply wants to play fetch. >> go get it, boy, even if the person he's trying to play with is, as you can see, a statue. >> that looks like a man. it is a man! this dog gets tricked by a sitting statue. upon. >> he won't take no for an answer. >> i will keep my eyes on you, rock. >> can't figure out why the mane won't pick it up. >> stop trying to make stuff happen. it's not going happen. >> and today's top trender, border battles. >> 140 undocumented immigrants were turned away from a processing center when protesters blocked their buses. >> thousands of people are being allowed into our country. >> it's heartbreaking to see this happening from the land of opportunity. >> more anti-immigrant action in california. >> we the the people is not the

nation of immigrants. >> please, use the word illegal aliens. they came across here illegally? are you proud or embarrassed of what happened in your city? >> we need to throw these people out. >> i'm proud of that. >> the next wave of immigrants arrive as early as tomorrow. >> joining me tonight jesse ross, attorney and author of "how to say i love you in indian." great to have you with us tonight. what is your reaction to this anti-immigrant, these protests and those mob mentality that's taking over this situation, that's taken place in murrieta, california, this week? >> it's ugly. it's unfortunate. i understand the for a nuanced and detailed discussion regarding meaningful immigration reform, but the rhetoric and the action taken are just hateful and they're racist, in fact. the homeland security says there are 11 million people living in

the united states illegally. that's what they say. i submit that if we were to apply the homeland security's criteria for residency and for citizenship retroactively there would be about 300 million people living here illegally. a lot of people don't understand the history that allowed them to be here and their people, their folks and family to be here in the first place. it's hypocrisy, i suppose. >> mr. ross, there is a law on the books that says when these underaged kids, when these adolescent kids and these minors come to the united states if they have to be processed, that is a law that has been passed and it's going to have to be addressed by the the congress which is terribly inactive right now. >> yeah. are these protesters breaking the law? it seems to me that they are. they are obstructing the roes is of immigration services to process these people. what's the outcome here? what should be done?

>> i think that they're operating within their free speech rights, their right to express themselves and the right to say what they want to say even if it is, in fact, hateful. i think to the extent that they do interfere physically, i'm talking with the pros cess, the busses that are coming any going and it's more an administrative question and the municipality question, and the mayor long, i believe is his name, and he allows the protesters to do pretty much anything they want in a very racist and hateful fashion to these brown-skinned individuals coming across the border, but the specific question, ed, i don't think that they're breaking the law simply by voicing their displeasure with these people that are coming across the border, but -- >> they turned those busses back. they intimidated these people to the point they turned the busses back out of fear.

>> right. >> and the the officials who were transporting these kids are trying to do their job. that's some kind of obstruction. speaking as an attorney what kind of legal battle to these immigrants face right now? >> well, obviously, i mean, there has to be, once again go back to the original statement that there needs to be some sort of meaningful process here and whether that's the right to an earned citizenship, those things are being discussed legislatively. cool. we understand that, but what's more important to me is the level of vitriol and hate that this leader mayor long and other leaders, white republican leaders, white folks in general who are allowing this level of hate to build up within their municipalities. that's dangerous. and moreover -- if i can work for one second, ed, it's interesting the specific hypocrisy rises to a sort of larry craig-esque mark foley-everyting level of hypocrisy because their

ancestors are direct linear descendants of people who are here just like the people passing through the borders. >> yeah. fox news aired this graphic of the statue of liberty with the kapgdz defe caption dfrdiefending the homel in the discussion. did they miss the irony? >> they missed a lot of ironies. >> i'm not sure irony exists for them. i kind of default to my friend van jones who says that you cannot be a bigot and a patriot at the same time. i look at the folks down on the border and the tribes, they've been fighting the border disputes for years on behalf of native people. this is not a new discussion however they've done it successfully in a much more compassionate and meaningful way than the folks than they're trying to do it by the rule of the gun. >> okay. >> gyosi ross.

good to have you with us on "the ed show." appreciate your take on this. still ahead, on the bus for nina turner, the voting rights in ohio. if it's not jerry handering, it's suppressing the vote. plus a great american tradition with a side of fair play. the owners of moo cluck moo. we're right back on the ed show on msnbc.

welcome back to "the ed show," time now for ask ed. the the live session wants and we love hearing from our viewers and we appreciate all of the questions. our first question is from warren. why should congress get a break for the fourth of july when they don't work? who's going to hold them accountable? i mean, they should just take the rest of the summer off and go home and do town hall meetings and let the american people tell them what the truth

is. if you could vote yourself a raise and vote yourself more benefits would you do it? sure, you would. that's what they do. >> our next question is from kathy. what are your fourth of july plans? well, it's interesting that you ask, kathy. we are going to be celebrating in our family an engagement. that's right. on the 12th hole of the maple river golf course today in mapleton north dakota, our son dave, he popped the question to his girlfriend kelsey. they met on the 12th hole one year ago today. i think he really went into some effort to do this. she had all of this planned and she didn't know what happened and the golf cart came around and he was standing there unexpectedly, popped the question and she said yes. they'll be the last of our six kids that will get married and we have 11 grandkids and i'm sure there will be more on the way. by the way, on the fourth of july when they call come to the lake it's like a tornado, they

eat everything. which is fun. there's a lot more coming up on "the ed show." stay tuned. we'll be right back. i'm frances rivera. here's what's happening. hurricane arthur packing 90 mile per hour winds and it continues its approach toward the north carolina coast. it is disrupting holiday plans for thousands of vacationers. others are picking up emergency supplies instead of hot dogs. forecasters say a slight shift in arthur's track could bring some of the worst winds further inland, but for now it's expected to graze the outer banks and then head up the coast and remain offshore. now back to "the ed show."

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in the minority on the key issues that matter to the american people. they're ideologically bent against the country. they know the only way to gain the victory is to suppress the the vote. republicans know they can't win the presidency without the state of ohio. history tells us that which is why ohio secretary of state john husted had set an early voting schedule that eliminated sunday and monday voting throughout the state of ohio. well, on june 11th, a federal judge ruled ohio must allow voters to cast in-person ballots on the final three days before the election. let's be clear. this fight is not over and the story we're about to show you tonight takes the cake. back in april, we took a ride with ohio state senator nina turner. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> when republicans in ohio ramped up their efforts to restrict access to the polls, state senator nina turner wasn't afraid to speak up, but nina turner isn't just mad. she's trying to get elected. turner is running against john husted for secretary of state in ohio. i asked her what motivated her to run an all or nothing campaign. >> in hamilton county there was a move to move the board elections from a central place in downtown cincinnati to a suburban area that if somebody had to catch the bus it could take them up to two hours one way. >> houston kafrt tcast the deci vote this afternoon. they say it limits the number of people who can take advantage of early voting. >> two hours one way and even when they got off the bus they would still have to walk quite some distance.

>> we took the trip with senator turner to see just how long it would take. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are in -- it's taken us about an hour and ten minutes. >> ten:19 right now. upon. >> and we got on the bus at 9:09. that bus didn't leave until 9:19 and here we are about an hour and 15 minutes later just getting off the bus and now walking to the polling place. so this is the entrance to where the place will be, but you still -- we've still got to walk all of the way back there. where are the sidewalks for us to walk on? >> no sidewalks. >> this is reprehensible. we simulated the best of all simulations, right? the weather is perfect, right?

the bus was on time. we didn't have any major challenges. imagine the reality in october, november. i have a stroller and a wheelchair. i'm trying to cart things. my bus is ont time so i miss my transfer so even in the best scenario we got here in an hour and a half and an hour and 45 minutes and for what? i continue to go back to what? to save a couple of dollars. >> there are thousands of people that will go down and vote early downtown and those are the folks we are here to represent today. i've got a car, you know, i can get here. this isn't about me. this is about the people that i represent that don't have access to transportation and can't get to the polling place on election day which i think is sometimes for people that, you know, aren't exposed to working more than one job, that don't have, you know are a single parent and taking care of kids and have the disadvantages they don't understand what the big deal is. this is the big deal. >> we've got 40,000 households in hamilton count they don't

have cars. that speaks to the need for mass transit to be able to get people to early voting. >> right. >> that doesn't happen here. >> and i'm glad i got to experience this because, you know, it seemed like they're trying to push us back in time. many people died for us to be able to vote and it's a shame that they are trying to do this. i have fibromyalgia. that was a long walk, you know? my knees hurt bad, but you know, i'm a determined person. i will go to the end. the ride was such a long ride, i thought i was going a vacation. i didn't realize how long it was. >> an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. we have to step up, stand up, speak out and be very vocal about this because the people who this is going to affect, they don't have a voice. they can't come out here and make the statements that we're making today. we have to represent them on their behalf and step up and show exactly what this is doing to our community. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> it was very important that we highlight in the real sense what it takes for somebody to come and vote. voting shouldn't take all day and you shouldn't have to jump over hoops and hurdles just to exercise your right to vote. unfortunately, in the state of ohio this has become the pre-civil rights remix and it's not a good one. this is not right and so to put ourselves -- today what we were able to do is to try for a little while to put ourselves in the shoes of someone who would have to make this journey just to vote in person. this is unconscionable. it is undemocratic and un-american and we stand here both elected and non-elected to say that this is not right and as one reporter asked us, you know, whether or not this starts today or two years from now, it doesn't matter. the house is burning. it is on fire and we are sounding the alarm that nobody

should have to go through this to vote. >> when that story ran in april for the first time we asked governor john kasich for comment on it from the state of ohio and the governor had no reply. we asked him to come on the program. i offered to go to ohio to do a sitdown interview with governor kasich and we got no reply on that either. what are they afraid of? they're afraid that the country will see exactly what the republicans are doing. nothing, when it comes to injustices like this. this is social engineering of the vote, to suppress the vote so the republicans can stay in power. that is a miscarriage of justice what you just saw. it is wrong. those folks should be able to walk down the street and vote like most people. coming up, an american success story fit for the fourth. the owners of moo cluck moo are cooking up the good stuff.

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economic news. 9.7 million jobs added. 52 months of private sector job growth and a battle in congress should we move the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. that's what the president wants. these gentlemen are going to $15 an hour. harry, you first. how has the wage scale impacted your business and how have your customers reacted? >> i think in -- as far as the customers are concerned, ed, i think they respect that. it certainly has helped business in that regard. more importantly, it impacts the lives of the people that work with us. we don't have are turnover here. we think it's worthwhile to pay people serving food. and making food a livable wage. so from our perspective it's working out very well with, both as a business and for the customers. >> brian, has it hurt the

expansion opportunities that you and your partner in this business have had? could you be better off as a company if you have been paying a lesser wage? >> no, not at all. it hasn't hurt us. in fact, it's even helped us. we are able to attract and retain good, quality people. as harry mentioned, people -- our customers embraced it. they have no issues with it. in fact, they applaud us for it. >> you know, what dollar amount, brian, do you charge for a hamburger in america today? how do you know what to judge what to pay for? your quality, i hear, just rave reviews about what you guys do. how do you know what to charge? >> well, it's not easy. things fluctuate. transportation costs are higher. fuel is higher to get deliveries or receive deliveries. we are looking at a higher

quality of beef. so there are all sorts of factors that weigh in on it. we are not very greedy. basically we want to -- we are in the business of nutrition. so we feel if we have something that's more nutritious and better for customers, they will pay for it. we have had no push-back on that. to answer your question how we determine that, a lot of factors come into play are. we are not really worried about the rest of the marketplace. we are serving a different product. >> harry, what could the big conglomera conglomerates, fast food corporations learn from you guys? >> well, i think, again, it's about treating people with with respect. not that they don't say they do that. you hear this a lot, ed. about people saying in my business everyone is like our family. well, if they were really in your family you wouldn't pay them $8. you would pay them enough to pay their rent without public

assistance. we feel that's important. rather than having a company song and a rlly around a company flag, we think paying folks a living wage of $15 an hour and giving them oh full-time job helps them support their families much better. i think they are all better off for that. quite frankly, the more people have -- the more money they have, the more they can spend so they can afford things. it helps the economy. that's been proven out several times in history. i don't want to get into that. you did is ask a question about expansion. we've got the two stores now. we are going to have a third store in the fall. we are licensing territories all over the country now. there are a lot of people that are really are interested in taking this model to their community. the model of better jobs, more nutritious food ast at

affordable prices. we are in a lot of discussions now. we think we are going to have big news on that front soon. >> that's fantastic. brian, do you have any tips for our audience? i should ask who is the brains, the cook in this operation anyway? >> actually, it's a guy named jimmy schmidt. he's our executive chef. he designed all the food. he designs our specials every month. he's also an engineer by trade and a food technologist. we have a big announcement we are going to come out with in august with new food technology that involves protein bonding. i won't bore you with it. but the bun we are going to make with this new technology is going to be a wonder. it's nothing that's out in the market now. we'll be happy to check back with you and let everyone know what it is.

>> all right. i will check back with you for sure in dearborn, michigan. no question about it. what's the key to cooking a good burger on fourth of july, brian? >> it is a all starts with the beef. we are serving wagu beef. we get our beef source from a farm in ft. wayne, indiana. joseph deq uise farms. this is real wagu. harry and i have been to the farm. i have been there several times. that, for us, is a game changer. it's about flavor. it's about the way it's prepared and processed. and it's very much about the marbling in the meat. with the fats that we have in our beef it's very, very high in omegas. so it all starts with the beef. >> it sounds to me like harry

moo are moorhouse and brian parker are brilliant on the basics. you pay your people right. you have good service, you're expanding and doing tilt american way. i love it. have a great fourth of july. it's a great story. i appreciate your time tonight. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts now. rev, i'm not taking a shower after work. i'm going to jump in the lake. it's fourth of july. have a great one. >> you have a great one, too. i'm at the essence festival. it's going to be a great week. you have a great fourth ed. >> thanks, rev. >> thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight in new orleans. but tonight's lead, the gop tanked the economy. but they failed to stop the recovery. new numberses today show president obama is pulling the country out of the krcrater lef by