john nichols, what can you tell us the latest? tiny bit ahead but i just spoke to the former attorney general who lives in that district, that's her turf, she's from fond du lac. she says she's been through the numbers of the counties, she is certain jess king is going to win that race. >> and another race that has tightened up is the 8th district. sandy pasch is barely leading alberta darling. this one is going down to the wine. 51% to 49%. sandy pasch leading alberta darling. but it is still way too close to call. we'll continue with all of our updates and analysis here from madison, wisconsin on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." i'm ed schultz. stay with us. you're watching msnbc. [ male announcer ] summer is here. and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful c300 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends august 31st. like, keep one of these over your head. well, i wasn't "supposed" to need flood insurance, but i have it. fred over here

john nichols has the juicy details later. share your thoughts on twitter using @edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the 78th annual augusta national tournament teed up this morning. advertisers always jump at the chance to sponsor the tournament. one of the perks of sponsorship is an honorary augusta membership from the ceo sponsoring. this year, ibm is a major sponsor but, hold on houston, we've got a problem. ibm's ceo is virginia rometty. good old boys at the augusta golf club have never allowed a woman in the membership. they are so stuck in their ways they won't even acknowledge a woman at the top of a fortune 500 club. today he was asked if his boss had any opinion on the matter. >> well, the president's answer to this question is yes. he believes, his personal opinion is that women ought to be admitted. obviously it's up to the club to decide. but his personal opinion is that women should be admitted to the club. >> this was not a cheap political statement. president obama has been fighting the discrimination si

john nichols is at the kloppenberg headquarters for the latest. it's heavy turnout tonight, no doubt about it. the numbers very tight at 50/50 have been in that neighborhood all evening. john, what is the game changer here? where could this election turn as the numbers continue to roll in? >> well, ed, you take a look at the map of wisconsin. there are three democratic heartlands if you will that are still almost completely out. that's la crosse county out on the mississippi river. that's most of dane county. roughly 80% of dane county has not reported yet. that includes the city of madison. and that's milwaukee county. still the overwhelming majority of milwaukee county not reporting. now, when they come in you're going to see a major bump in the kloppenberg vote. there are also some suburban milwaukee counties that lean to a more conservative bend. when they come in you should see some votes for prosser. my bet is this night is going to stay close but i will tell you, ed, that those dramatically high turnouts in dane county suggest that kloppenb

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i'll ask john nichols and howard fineman, coming up.g #edshow, we're right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." some republicans in south carolina have put together their ultimate litmus test and it involves one of their favorite subjects, sex. republican party leaders in laurens county, south carolina, have written a brand new pledge for all the potential candidates to sign. you must favor and live up to abstinence before marriage. you must be faithful to your spouse. your spouse cannot be a person of the same gender. you can't now from the moment you sign this pledge, look at pornography. wow. look out republicans, laurens county gop are watching you. it sounds like a little porn might do these folks some good. the pledge included 28 principles, not all about sex. some predictable like you must uphold the right to have guns, all kinds of guns. but the sex pledge was the biggest eye opener since candidates must submit to an interview. candidates must meet in person with the candidate qualification committee of laurens county, repub

john nicholls to join me on that. stay tuned. >>> and in psychotalk tonight noted conservative economist and college dropout rush limbaugh. rush is desperately trying to put a negative spin on the 243,000 jobs created in january. >> but even i failed to grasp this within the amount of the allotted time i had during show prep. we're still working on this, because i want to get to the bottom of it. i'm struck by the difference in the raw number of 2.5 million jobs lost and the government saying 243,000 were created. the bottom line is this. in a nut shell the withholding tax receipts numbers doesn't line up with employment. obama monkeying the numbers here, jimmying around with things in an election year designed to make things look better than they are. >> limbaugh admits he doesn't understand what he's talking about, but he's confident the president is cooking the books. he's wrong. here's how the murdoch owned "wall street journal" explains the january employment report. every january, the labor department readjusts

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. >> john nichols has the latest. >> tonight, another "ed show" exclusive. >> professor ogletree took great pains to hide that. >> the man at the bogus theory, charles ogletree will tell us why he hid the tape of barack obama. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. there is only one thing keeping newt gingrich in the republican presidential race, it's ego. rick santorum pull off a six point win in alabama, a closer race in mississippi, but santorum, he won but never led in any mississippi polls. it was not a good night for mitt romney, who came in third in both states but it was a disaster for newt gingrich. gingrich was selling voters on $2.50 a gallon gas and on his ability to "hey i can win the southern states" so far he has won georgia and south carolina. there is no reason for gingrich to stay in the race. but last night, he was defiant. >> we will continue to run a people's campaign. i believe after the primaries are over it will be obvious that the so-called front-runner in fact didn't get there and from that point on we'll be in a whole new conversation. >>

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john nichols on the great views in you are began and rural areas and the role.n shaping the conversation about gun laws. later, dr. gail saulz on the role that mental health professionals can play in reducing mental health in the country. >>> we'll have the details. don't forget to listen to my radio station siriusxm on channel 127. we're coming right back. am i on this one? no, no, no, no, no. i am on this one. channel 127. we're coming right back. through diet and exercise alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. simple. effective. belt-friendly. let's fight fat with alli. have a healthier holiday at letsfightholidayfat.com. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects and many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announ

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time now for john nichols to check in with us tonight.ndent of the nation magazine. good to have you with us. i want to focus in on wisconsin if i may. because governor walker made an interesting comment the other day that not many people picked up on, he was talking about the recall effort. he said that we keep hearing from the white house that they're not for it. did i hear that correctly? and what is he talking about? does that mean he's hearing from the white house that president obama and his team don't want to see a radical governor get recalled? take us down that road, what's the story? >> sure. look, the first thing is, i can assure you that the obama white house is not in regular conversation with the scott walker state house. and so that's the governor doing what he has a tendency to do, which is sort of take the partisan spin and add a little bit of his own salsa to it. >> we keep hearing from the white house that they're not for the recall. that's a pretty clear statement that there's been some communication. >> i don't buy it

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in a moment, john nichols helps us analyze those results.s turn to the man from green bay. the winner of the election, democratic senator david hansen. congratulations. great to have you with us tonight. you're from somewhat of a conservative area. are you surprised at tonight's outcome? >> well, it is pretty loud, ed. i want to thank you for what you've done for the movement. i hope the movement continues as we move into the next recall elections. we had tremendous volunteer help in northeastern wisconsin, throughout wisconsin, and throughout this country. people believe in what we're doing, standing up for working men and women of the state, seniors, veterans. we are going to continue to make a difference, ed. you be there with us. we will get the majority back in the state senate with your help. >> we are going to broadcast there august 8 and 9. this is one where many people thought maybe you weren't going to survive this challenge. the outcome tonight, how do you feel about it, how heavy a lift was it? >> we are really, really excited. y

coming up john nichols of "the nation" on an historic day in madison. you're watching the ed show live from norfolk, virginia, my hometown and my high school. >> what are you doing out of school today? >> the 8th grade and 7th grade devised a walkout to support our teachers so we left during second hour about 9:00 we walked out of west high school to the capitol. we've been here all day to support our teachers. >> that was a student today showing up in protest in solidarity with the teachers in madison, wisconsin. welcome back to the ed show in norfolk, virginia tonight. i'm proud to be back where i grew up and went to school here at maury high school with the faculty and the students from my old high school. we'll visit them later this evening. back in madison today students organized walkouts to protest governor walker's budget repair bill. less collective bargaining rights for teachers means these kids, these students and all the 800,000 public school students of wisconsin. they're basically losing out. two madison high school students have started a

john nichols of "the nation" magazine will have the latest and mike. entonoi on and heidi harris battle over what is class warfare. >> great to have you with us tonight, folks. drunken sailors and president bush finally, is turowed take them on and make them pick up the tab. the president drew this line in the sand this morning. i loved it! >> i will not support -- i will not support any plan that puts all of the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary american, and i will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on medicare, but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans and corporations to pay their fair share. we are not going to have a one-sided deal that hurts the folks who are most vulnerable. >> you know, this is what should have been said during the lame duck session of the congress, but i'll take it now. the president let republicans have what they wanted for the last nine months. you know the bush tax cuts that didn't work. it hasn't create good jobs to their satisfaction. someone needs to pick up the

john nicholls of the nation is all over the story tonight.s waiting in the wings and will keep us up to date with the latest numbers as they dmom. next, the undercover video from the clinic owned by presidential candidate michele bachmann and her husband. would you like to have a look at a map, my lad? ah, why not? shall we check on the status of your knighthood? yes. again? yes, again, please! thank you. with my digital manservant, i'll never be homesick again. would you like me to put the kettle on, sir? no, i'd like you to get rid of that ostrich. it's been here a month. [ male announcer ] think, type, go. with just type. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. >>> inside the bachmann clinic just when you thought you heard it all. presidential candidate michele bachmann likes to rail against government spending. she does it all the time. we know the clinic owned by the congresswoman and her husband, they have gotten more than $160,000 in government aid. now an undercover video seems it to show the clinic practicing repairive therapy, which

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rick green, john nichols, great to have you with us tonight.e'll be looking forward to your poll coming out, your infamous poll over the weekend. we're waiting to see how that all plays out. thanks so much for joining us. ron paul's latest fringe supporter, a reverend who believes homosexuals should be executed. >>> and more of my interview with rick santorum. i'll ask him about the new voter i.d. laws going into effect. what does he think of them? he insists it's not voter suppression. stay tuned. fmf]n] >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the ron paul campaign has landed the endorsement of a reverend whose beliefs are absolutely jaw dropping. the reverend phillip g. kaiser thinks homosexuals should be executed. but the paul campaign was thrilled to get reverend kaiser's endorsement.ç puttinging on their website, saying in a press release on paul's website, "we welcome reverend kayser's endorsement and the enlightening statements he makes on how ron paul's approach to government is consistent with christian beliefs." but later paul's camp scru

john nichols will have the latest and explain it all. stay tuned.yjl6ns'4m4oxl,f3+ >>> and in "psycho talk" tonight herman cain is back. the pizza man went on hannity's show last night with a blockbuster announcement. >> it's not an endorsement. >> no. >> you're not getting back in the race? >> no. i've started a new movement. the biggest comment that i got when i ended my candidacy was "keep 9-9-9 alive." that's what this is about. and i'm going it keep it alive with what i'm calling cain's solutions revolution. and the first solution we're going to promote -- >> you have a bus. >> yes, sir. got a bus with a picture on it. the first solution we are going to promote actively is 9-9-9, the revolution. >> great get, hannity. that's some breaking news if i ever saw it. you've got herman cain again on your program to talk about some bus tour. hmm. herman cain. you think he wants to be another sarah palin? oh, yeah, he really wants a reality show. that's what it is. the pizza man's going to travel around the country begging members of congress to vote fo

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