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more on the deeply flawed gop field with joan walsh and steve kornacki from salon.com.ow the wings. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." it has been almost a year since the world was captivated by the story of survival in chile. a mine collapsed leaving 33 men trapped over 2,000 feet below the earth. after 69 days awe of them were rescued but in the first 17 days of their ordeal, the trapped miners didn't know if they were going to make it out alive or not. in this clip from the upcoming msnbc documentary titled "17 days buried alive" the miners discussed their dwindling food supply and almost unthinkable option that lay ahead of them. by the 15th day with their meager food supplies almost gone, the 33 miners feared that the civilized democracy they had established might give way to something entirely different and awful. >> you are battling against what food you have left, against the probe and yourself, battling all of those things. >> it was august 21st. we were down to the last can of tuna. it was there waiting for us. >> translator: one of us set an example. he was f

susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today," and steve kornacki, welcome back, steve kornacki! i haven't seen you in a while. he's with salon.com, seriously, i mean it. here's the latest flip-flop from romney. he was asked this summer what his position was on manmade global warming. let's listen to his response. >> i don't speak for the scientific community, of course, but i believe the world's getting warmer. i can't prove that, but i believe, based on what i read, that the world is getting warmer. and number two, i believe that humans contribute to that. i don't know how much our contribution is to that, because i know there's been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past, but i believe that we contribute to that. and so i think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you're seeing. >> and now let's listen to what governor romney had to say yesterday. here's the flip. >> my view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this

ron christie is a republican strategist and steve kornacki is a writer with salon. gentleman, thank you for joining us. i guess i have to ask you, first of all, what is your emotional reaction when you see those people in the streets, particularly downtown new york, in the wall street area, ron christie? what's your personal reaction to seeing these pictures of people down there? >> well, it's pretty moving to see a large number of folks protesting in the streets, chris. i guess my first emotional response is, i feel your pain. i understand where you're coming from, but go get a job. >> go get a job. so you think they're there by their own -- >> go get a job. >> -- their own problem. they just blew it? >> i think when you find a lot of people who are coming to new york city, college students who are out having sex on the lawn, people who admit that they're there just to be part of a good time, people who are taking drugs, people who are breaking the law, yeah, i think they need to go get a job. i think that there are people who are legitimately in new york and in ci

susan page is the washington bureau chief for "usa today," and steve kornacki, welcome back, steve kornacki! he's with salon.com, seriously, i mean it. here's the latest flip-flop from romney. you think you've heard it all. he was asked yesterday what his position is on man-made global warming. let's listen to his typical mitt romney response, a flip-flop. >> i don't speak for the scientific community, of course, but i believe the world's getting warmer. i can't prove that, but i believe, based on what i read, that the world is getting warmer. and number two, i believe that humans contribute to that. i don't know how much our contribution is to that, because i know there's been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past, but i believe that we contribute to that. and so i think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you're seeing. >> and now let's listen to what governor romney had to say yesterday. here's the flip. >> my view is that we don't know what's

and we don't think that that's mitt romney. >> let me go to steve kornacki. to figure this thing from the inside. the dynamic to me seems like there's always going to be somebody, as matt says, who will challenge romney. he always will have an anti-romney from the right. the question is, could it be that in the end, they don't have a strong person from the right? you go to tampa next september, 2012, and they end up having to sit there with their hands under their butts while romney wins at the old establishment of the republican party wins again. >> yeah, and i think that's probably the most likely scenario, except watching it sort of from the outside, like you're saying, i would put a little different spin on it. i think if romney comes through this process and wins the nomination, yeah, he's the establishment candidate, but i still think in a way, the tea party's won in a very significant way, if that happens. because when you look at mitt romney, we call him sort of the moderate candidate in this race. we're calling him that because in massachusetts, you

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. >> great to have you with us, steve kornacki and joan walsh on "the ed show." i'm ed >>> chris christie, he won't quit like sarah palin. won't be scrutinized like rick perry and definitely won't be the republican nominee for president. >> now is not my time. >> his heart remains in new jersey. >> so new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me. >> new jersey is stuck with chris christie, so republicans are stuck with everyone else. >> what they see is what they get. >> the press conference that lasted nearly an hour. >> he's been saying he's not going to run. >> blunt, open and engaging style. >> i am who i am. >> he doesn't sound full of crap. >> jabs at reporters and the president. >> making sure president obama is a one termer. >> nobody else is going to jump into this race. >> we are now pretty much looking at a settled field. >> general width of -- >> good news for mitt romney. >> they love the idea of beating barack obama. >> the president is stuck with a congress that doesn't work. >> all we got from them is no. >> speaking today in texas

chryst'll ball, steve kornacki, great to have you with us again tonight. thanks so much. and we want to update you quickly on the story of scott olsen, who was hospitalized after being hit in the head today -- at tuesday's occupy oakland protest in oakland california. our best josh shepherd just called us to let us know that scott won't need to have surgery to release the pressure on his brain. at a hospital news conference moments ago they announced surgery wouldn't be needed and the prognosis is overall favorable.

chryst'll ball, steve kornacki, great to have you with us again tonight. thanks so much.ickly on the story of scott olsen, who was hospitalized after being hit in the head today -- at tuesday's occupy oakland prott