#activism, straight up and down, putting leather on the pavement, all that is important. >> thank you professor, schooling me as always. thanks for your time. that's all for now. see you back here tomorrow. the ed show is up next. back at it in the big city. good evening americans. welcome to the ed show live from new york. let's get to work. >> i'm not a rookie to politics. >> i'm kevin cramer and i approve this message. >> i didn't get nor did i seek permission to shoot this. >> i approve this message. >> i hope the world isn't really that theet receiptical

. >>orhetical . >> >> good to have you with us folks. thanks for watching. if you talk to folks around the country you will hear they are disgusted with the citizen's united decision and the big money in politics. we are not too far away from election, we can do something about it. today marks four weeks until the midterms. you know everyone just goes to sleep and they have an election. it is crunch time. when it comes to november republicans are going to mop the floor. well, look the the headlines, republicans are headed towards a big turn out edge in the midterms. washington post trying to convince the world of that. republicans pull ahead again in the battle for the senate.

new york times doesn't get enough of it. and from fox news reads will gop party like it's 1996. i think everyone ought to be thinking they are getting ahead of themselves. there's always in having spent so many years in the middle of the country, there's always this attitude that the liberals are on the east and west coast and no democrats in between and republicans back it up by showing you the last map by showing you how much red is out there. this is going to be a razor finish. this is going to be tight. this is going to be photo finish in many areas. especially this headline from the guys over at fox. if you look at what's going on around the country, i think republicans look desperate. when it comes down to the party of progress, the party of ideas, the party that has done

something to help the economy, i believe, will be okay. case in point, north republicans congress kevin cramer, i think he's put himself in a tough spot. this is a sign of desperation, as i see it. he is running this ad that veterans in north dakota have said we don't appreciate this. >> our veterans are owed a special place in our heart. that's why i have worked to fund honor flights so they can visit their memorial. in congress i fought hard against cuts to veteran benefits. nothing has angered me more than how the va has treated our veterans around this country and that is going to change. i'm kevin cramer and i approve this message because we're going to honor our veterans to the surface to our country. >> the setting not so good. there's a few problems. if cramer had to bother to ask for permission he would have been denied to be able to do

that commercial in front of a veteran cemetery. they cannot do it. th theyner got a call. he's stopped running the ad. he's never been a big suppose orpter of the veterans. in fact he's voteed to cut billions of dollars in veteran funding. >> i don't understand how kevin cramer could vote to cut $6 billion from veteran retirement. i am george and i approve this message. i will make it illegal to cut vets benefits. >> so his opponent says he cut $6 billion from veterans benefits but cramer had no pr problem going out doing an ad at a cemetery where veterans are laid to rest. just how desperate are

republicans in the middle of the country to get the old folks, to get the base they have had so many years, to get the veterans to vote their way. then we have david purdue in george, trying to take over the senate seat that is being vacated by chambliss. on friday, a report surf surfaced about his long history about outsourcing jobs, he said he's proud of it. that's what he had to say about it. wait a minute, wasn't the 2012 election, where president obama had a theme he cared about workers and the other guy only

47%. remember all that. i remember going to freeport, illinois that jobs were outsourced and it being a big theme across the country that outde outde outsourcing jobs is not a good thing. so not a good thing. ion someone needs to remind him outsourcing jobs have devastated the middle class and middle class is paying attention. this chart shows his practices have basically crushed american jobs. outsourcing hurts the economy, the middle class, the mid class has dropped in this country from the recovery of the recession. you can go with the democrats. this is a great opportunity to stand up and say what you think about our country. the economy has seen 55 months of private sector job growth. that's a record.

obamacare is on a roll. whether you like it or not. the numbers are numbers. this is how many people have been effect in our society because we now have new standards in held ng care. standards in health care. even this week walmart came on board with ob obamacare announced 20,000 of their stores, their staffers, with insurance agents, they will staff their stores with insurance agents to help customers enroll in obamacare. republicans as i see it are pretty much delusional. they think all this good news will help them. >> the fact of the matter is what this election will come down to is whether or not people feel better off today than they did four or five years ago.

whether these democrats, senators followed the right track, whether things are not working for them. >> not working for them. all of the things he talked about the republicans have been against, positive, positive, positive, positive job numbers, positive economy, obamacare, you know, they don't know what -- they don't have a plan. they've never been part of a plan. livid on the moon somewhere. not watching the news people are paying attention to. people are better off today than they were four years ago. the majority of americans are. now wages, that's a different thing, people are back into the economy but not at the wage level, well, but they're back into the economy and the fact of the matter is, if we were to invest as a country in all right infrastructure things would be a

heck of a lot better than they are right now. get your cellphone out. tonight's question. do you believe republicans have momentum for midterms. text a for yes, b for no at 67622. now when a politician takes out a commercial he says this is what i'm going to support. when you do it in front a cemetery, is that over the line? let's bring in talk show host and former policy advisor. gentleman, good to have you with us. joe, you first. this is a political ad in front of a cemetery where veterans are buried. is it over the top? how is it playing in the middle of the country. >> it's not playing well at all.

in fact, he had to pull the ad. there are people calling for his apology. i spoke to the general today who is appointed by a republican governor with conservative roots and said this ad is inappropriate. we spoke to the attorney general for the state of north dakota, another conservative man saying this is inappropriate. this ad needs to come down. it puts the funding for our veteran cemetery at risk. he never asked one person before he went out to that veteran s cemetery before he cut that ad. >> how does it put the funding at risk. >> because the cemetery is subsidized by the federal government and their rules are clear, saying, that cemetery cannot be used for any political purposes by any party.

imagine if the president cut an ad at the tomorrow of the unknown soldier. the two gentleman in that ad one is a state senator, he's standing there saluting, i called him, his name is ron carl i'll. i said what are you doing, what are you saluting. he said i'm not saluting anything. he said we were just cutting a political ad. it was basically acting using the tombstones of fallen soldiers as their prop and democrats and republicans are mad. >> so this basically is a staged commercial about his support for veterans. i can't take issue with the copy. i can't take issue with how he feels about veterans and what he wants to do but the fact he's

voted to cut veterans benefits makes him a huge hip cypocrithy doesn't it. >> it's either arrogance or ignorance, tell me which one, because kevin cramer has plenty of both. i can do whatever i want, i'm a republican from a red state, or it is flat out ignorance. >> do you think this is a sign of desperation on his part? >> you know, the poll numbers for george showed him up too, in a red state, in an off election year. people doubted those polls. the republicans came out and said those polls just can't be true. well, when you start making moves like this and members of your own party come out against you, i think the word desperation is fair. >> what about the hype that the republicans are going to roll in a month? >> well, they probably will do well in the elections this year but will do terribly in 2016, i'm sure.

look, there's a larger issue here, which is virtually all of these scandals we have seen in the last few years, whether it is the vet eraned administratio, secret service, problems at the irs, problems with cdc, it all cít> down to one thing, which is republicans have cut their budgets and then the service is cut back and then the republicans attack these agencies because their service has been cut back and somehow or other they blame all of it on obama who had nothing to do with it. it's all about slashing government willie nilly without any concern whatsoever for the quality of the services that they exist to provide. >> what do you make of the outsourcing comments when jobs are really at the top of the list. jobs in the economy. things haven't changed much

since the 2012 election. what about that? >> well, i think he's in a tough position. he can't very well deny his own business role in outsourcing, so i think he's trying to do the best he has can with what he has. >> but the republicans don't have any answer on this. to ship a job over seas is that just the accepted business practice in this country, when families do feel the pinch on all of this and then when they come back into the economy they are not making the kind of money they were making before. how do the republicans win on that? >> the same way they have been for skm some years. they keep claiming big businesses and rich people are the job creators, they carry the rest of us on their backs, they're over taxed and over regulated and for some reason people buy this but eventually she will

they will go back to that same well one to many times and people will realize this is all nonsense. >> why does president obama have problems in the middle of the country. is it race? we have come out of the greatest recession. why does it play in the middle of the country. >> i think president obama's biggest problems in the middle of the country is at times he forgets we are here. i think he's had opportunities to come to north dakota, put a foot print here and other areas, he's been to north dakota now. he came to standing rock reservation and it went over great. it played out great. when it flooded, president obama had an opportunity with an air force base to come and tell the 25

25,000 displaced people. the middle of the country wants people to respect the fact we're here. >> i want to display a clip. >> i think one of the challenges we have in the republican party is that too many -- our -- our -- ourouriv representatives lower iq on the other side. i think there's something to be said getting really smart people in it will. >> what do you think about that? >> well leaders trying to hold classes for their candidates to teach them to stop saying so many stupid things that have cost the republicans many, many senate seats in places like nevada, delaware, many other states where total crack pots have got the republican nomination but haven't been very

successful because they are dominated by very hard right people who insist on hearing crazy conspiracy theories, utterly ridiculous ideas about public policy. these people are low information voters and get all their information from crazy right-wing websites and news channels. i think he's right, the lowest common denominator in the republican party is very, very low. >> good to have you both with us. appreciate your time. share your thoughts on twitter and like us on facebook. we appreciate that. coming up a big ruling from a federal judge out of ferguson, new jersey. the brown family joins me next. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing for my retirement.

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>> people who wish to gather have a constitutional right to do so. >> even those who were moving were told they were walking too slowly. >> this is likely the start of demonstrations outside ferguson. >> we're expecting thousands of people. thousands have already signed up. >> protesters for mike brown make their voices heard. ♪ ♪ >> it's a call for action. >> joining me tonight, the brown family attorney, daryl parks. mr. parks, good to have you with us tonight. let's talk first about this u.s district court judge that said the ferguson police department crowd control methods and tactics were unconstitutional. tell me your thoughts about the struck down five second rule. >> well, i think it's important because the court has said these

people have the right to voice their concerned peaceably. i saw a few times people were minding their own business, the cops tending to be a little bit more aggressive and making them keep moving for just an arbitrary reason. i was happy to see the court side with them and they have the constitutional rights to expression themselves. they should be able to continue to do so. we have the right to make sure it is peaceable and safe for the officers and the protesters. certainly made sure the cops knew the protesters do have rights and have the right to protest peaceably. >> do you think the latest ruling will spark or prompt people to be more engaged and speak out more. what about that. >> certainly. what happened the police presence at one point tended to chill the protester's ability to

speak out. well, at some point, the cops whenever they chose to would let up and let the people protest. so the court made it clear to the cops it has to be a fair process that allows the people to express themselves especially when they are doing so peacefully. it sets up clear perimeters for the police officers that these folks have the right to do what they're doing. >> i have to make this observation, this obviously was one of the biggest stories that unfolded so far in 2014 and it is somewhat started a movement for justice. it's just not in ferguson. what i find interesting is that the brown family don't seem to be real activisms. activist activists. can you comment on that. i mean, this is true sense, community and feeling that there was something really, really

wrong here, and they're determined to see justice and they're doing it without being prompted by the brown family. >> they're not being prompted and i think what you're seeing here, is where people are hopeless, don't have much opportunity, where they don't have a chance to go up in society or in their community, all of that festers over a while. so mike brown's death ended up being the catalyst that spauned some of the voices we are now hearing from ferguson, missouri some of the voices we are now hearing from ferguson, missouri. so all the problems with education and the cops within the african-american community those things are coming to a head to cause this country to reflect on where we are and what we do. something important came out of

the symphony situation. >> what developed out of that? >> well, you listen to the kids, they made a very peaceful statement, right, that one, mike brown deserved justice, but at the very end as they were talking, they said black life matters too. when we get to that point where any person can see any person, any person that that life matters, that that person is important to someone, that's when we begin to turn the corner. it is very significant that these group of students who were primarily white americans made the statement they made it and where they made it. as you watch the faces of the people sitting in that hall, you could see that something came upon them. you saw some of them cheer. it was rather obvious they saw a

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welcome back to "the ed show." we have breaking news, in the last hour, the ninth circuit court of appeal struck down same-sex marriage bans in idaho and in nevada. declined to take up same-sex marriage cases in multiple states. effectively making it legal in those states. a few years ago this would have

been red meat for republicans, especially heading into midterms, this time around the only one taking debate is t, th ted cruz. said he would introduce a constitutional amendment preventing the supreme court from striking down same-sex laws. support is at a all-time high. they know they are on the wrong side of the issue and republicans want to just stop talking about. one aid told time magazine we don't have to agree with the decision but as long as we're not against it, we should be okay. if anything republicans are doing their very best to move on and let the supreme court take all the heat.

according to associated press, scott walker conceded, for us, it's over in wisconsin. louisiana governor said, the law is certainly in the court's court. joining us tonight rapid response panel mike rogers from raw story and democrat strategyist, good to have you gentleman with us. is this a day of political surrender by the republicans. gays and guns, they are losing and they can blame the supreme court what do you make of it. >> they realize they are on the wrong side of history and while they take their little polls and make their little claims and folks like ted cruz go through the roof, the younger generation, even republicans, support the rights of people to live their lives freely and

fairly and openly. one of those components is same-sex marriage. and we're seeing as you said one politician stands up. that would have been unheard of a decade ago when they used this issue to of course to divide the democrats who are now united as we head into the midterms. >> what is the political benefit if any. >> there's no political benefit in fighting this. they made several deals with the devil a while ago, one with the religion right and one with the tea party types so they have to be a certain place on this. cruz calculates the gop presidential primaries are dominated by reaction aaries an he wants to them to take a test

to pass through an eye of a needle. some can't do that. senator from ohio who favors same-sex marriage in ohio. so i think the key is to let those elephants pound around in there satisfying themselves psychically nominating someone like cruz but they become a party that is permanently locked out of the white house and they know it. >> how could they go for anybody else who won't speak up? >> they can't. thar and they're really put into this box. as more and more straight americans who have been there fighting the fight with us on this, they are boxed in. they have nowhere to go. they are cornered. folks like ted cruz when in a

corner come out fighting harder. we know what happens. in two more years more and more people will be with us. he's looking for a fundraising frenzy and he will have it for himself with the conservative right. >> do you think it will make it easier for gay americans to, say, it's okay. >> i think it's important to recognize while more and more states are being added not every state has marriage equality. it is something the court punted on and as we saw today another gave us, but still many states are without it so it will be important for democrats to keep f. pushing on this and remind young americans especially those who are thinking of going the way of the republican party, but this is a battle that is not over. you have guys like ted cruz who

want to keep it going as long as possible. >> we're four weeks out from the midterms. do you see this being a real issue in some of these races? or is this now settled? >> i think that this issue is settled nationally over the long term everywhere except in the republican primaries. i think in the next four weeks you will see a lot of republicans taking the scott waurk walker approach, he said it's the law we have to obey the law. cruz will say we have to use and abuse this constitutional dññ amendment. i suppose there are districts where republicans would have won anywhere. where candidates will talk about th this. i asked ted when they will get over this barrier. he said he thinks it will take

another couple defeats before coming to terms with the fact they have to come into the 20th century. >> when are the republicans going to get over it, over jobs, over monday off shore, over on obamacare when it is working, so when i say, to ask the question, is this the political surrender, i believe it is. i mean, i remember in 2004, it was vote values, you could drive down the middle of the country and that is all you saw was vote values, and the values are gays, guns and god, and this is who we are, and ten years later, now, supreme court did it, i guess it's okay, we'll talk about something else, and only u&w guy stands up and says that, and that's ted cruz who might be the perfect candidate for the republicans what do you think? >> can i endorse cruz.

>> yeah! >> i'm with you. bring it on. let him be the standard for the party. they drove a wedge so successfully in the democrats that is a huge contributor to put george bush into his second term now the drive is right down the middle of the republican party. i talk to generations from all over the country and rom their roll their eyes on this issue. folks on the hard court right are blind. they are self loved. their self importance level where they think they call the shots they are blind to where history is headed. >> great to have you both with us. appreciate your political take. coming up a new jersey school leader takes action to end bullying on and off the football field.

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welcome back to "the ed show." finally tonight, a story about leadership, a story about making a tough decision, about somebody in a position of responsibility and taking a stand. one new jersey high school is taking a strong stance against violence. the sayerville high school football team are known for win three state championships in the last four years. they're good. they're now facing allegations of violence and misconduct by senior team members to underclassmen, including severe bullying and possible sexual assault. the school superintendent has called off the rest of the football season. after the meeting on monday night, the superintendent dr. richard laby, announced the decision and took questions from the press. >> there were incidences of harassment, intimidation and

bullying as constitutesed by the definition within the anti-bullying statute that took place on a pervasive level, on a wide-scale level, and at a level in which the players knew, tolerated and in general, accepted. this district and this board of education is making a unified stand to say no -- no to bullying. >> some parents are angry that the entire team is being punished for the alleged actions of just a few players. >> it's unfair for the kids that didn't get a chance to play this year that had nothing to do with it. >> the community itself, we're look family. >> you're still proud of this community? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> it just very devastating. it's very sad for parents and the players. >> this conversation goes far beyond allegations against this team alone. hazing and bullying is a reality teenagers and young adults

across this country face. the national football league, i think, has an opportunity to set an example for conduct for young people. take this gentleman, for example, nfl quarterback russell wilson addressed his bullying past. he wrote, our hits, our anger, our aggressive behaviors need to be regulated and confined to the field. recent incidents of domestic violence have forced the league, its fans and players to take a hard look into our collective conscience. perhaps the nfl should really make a conscious effort to talk about sayerville high school and their football team being expelled for the rest of the year, season over, games canceled. that behavior has definitely an effect on people and this is a lesson that this school simply will not forget. now to the founder of stop cyber

bullying.com and also a privacy lawyer. you have dedicated your life to this as a volunteer. about bullying, did the superintendent do the right thing? >> i think so. we don't have all the details, but from what i heard, you needed a strong stand. it's tough being a superintendent in new jersey and taking a position like this in a winning school, but he did. i think it's important to each everyone in the school that everyone has a responsibility to stop bullying. >> why is it harder in new jersey than any other state? >> new jersey has the toughest laws on bullying in the world. and the school has obligations to act in a certain way. i think this superintendent and the school board to backed him decided to really make a point and teach all of them a lesson. >> and the announcement to end the season follows word of a criminal investigation by county prosecutor. this is about as far as it goes, isn't it, if that is the case? >> it absolutely is the case. and that's all that you can do is hope they'll look at it.

this is the state of tyler clemen clementi, the young man who jumped off the washington bridge after someone in rutgers videotaped a private act and humiliated him. the state takes it serious now. >> in your years of working with bullying and this social phenomenon for young people, will a decision like this make a difference, do you think? >> i think so. i think it outlines the fact that new jersey laws are different and that now people involved in the education system are going to take strong stands against it. it's not a matter of fighting against the laws you think are too tough. now we're adopting them, saying, we have a responsibility for how our children behave, the atmosphere at the school and now we'll do something about it. >> are there coaches around? do the coaches not know this kind ofáx$avior was going on? are they just unsupervised äin8ers with a bunch of part-timers? >> i think that's what the investigation will show. but in this case, there are a lot of people who saw what was going on and did nothing about

it. the superintendent wants to get the bystanders to be upstanders. don't stand by, stand up. teaching them what to do and when to do it. >> what could have been done to prevent this? he used -- the superintendent used the word "pervasive," meaning this was going on and people knew about it and no one stepped up until it got totally out of control is what it sounds like. it does. and though the details aren't out there, freshmen boys would rush to the locker room to get changed for the seniors would arrive. that's the kind of things the adults would see and i think the superintendent was reacting and saying adults and other people responsible for this did nothing. everyone's going to be punished. >> i roped the nfl into this because one of their players was bold enough to talk about bullying in his past. is that what has to happen? >> i think so. and he's doing work on domestic violence this is different from what we do. hopefully the nfl will reach out

to us and we'll get them involved because they have to be the role models that our young people need. and it's more than just making them tough on the field. we need to teach them to be responsible and humane in real life. >> so what can the school do to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> i think they're starting to do it. they'll have people looking at this, tracking it, investigating it. i suspect they're going to put in some programs that will teach kids about kindness, about being nice, about respect for themselves and others. and i'll help if they want it. i'm here for another couple days. i'm born and raised in new jersey, love sayerville and i'm happy to go down and talk to the students at the school and some of the rest if they want my time. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight from orlando, florida. today's lead,