secretary schultz and secretary ritchie. it was quite a way to spend caucus day this year. we called on teacher all across the state and promoted it to every high school, we said when the whole country, if not the world, is thinking about elections let's use this moment to prepare students to participate in it as well. so we provided free resources on that day to run mock caucuses, they happen at over 25 schools across the sat of iowa and secretary schultz and i got to guest host the mock caucus and we had over 600 students and 350 media outlets showed up to live stream and record and and candidates running for office showed you up. it was fun for us, but that day was incredibly special for those students we are still getting thank you notes and letters from the students and parents saying this is the most incredible day of my life. this was so cool, thank you so much. but i promise those young people will be voting this november and most likely be voting for the rest of their lives. so thank you for your partnership. we are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging

and this is what secretary schultz and i have been working on in iowa. it started a year ago, as we were looking for ways to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the passage of the 26th amendment which gave 18, 19, and 20-year-olds the right to vote. i just learned that secretary reid was on the organizing committee and co-chaired it in the state of washington when that bill -- but he actually helped us craft for ways to celebrate it. what we came up with, inspired ask to bring books to the high schools on that day. give them 100 days to teach their students, a that's the length of time that it was ratified, teach their students about not only the right to vote, but how to use that, get them registered, get them participating. it occurs to us that there's about 12,000 young people who turn 18 every single day. and so if we could figure out systematically to bring those young people into the political process, we would have a very different democracy. so what if one day, once a year, we could take 45 minutes and celebrate this right to vote for young people

joining me now is democratic national committee chair, florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. thank you very much for joining me tonight. i want to show you a clip of darrell issa, who famously held that hearing on contraception last week with no women witnesses. let's hear what he says about

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starbucks' ceo, howard schultz. i'm candy crowley and this is state of the union. >>> ron paul almost has a total package a strong consistent mess rage, enough money, and motivated and surprisingly young support system. what he doesn't have after nine contests is a single win. his estimate is the lowest of the four contenders and looking ahead, paul is in third or fourth place. joining us now is a man who is needing a breakthrough. thank you for joining us. i think it's fair to say at this point, you get all of that money and yet you don't have a win and it seems almost impossible to envision a presidential nominee that can't win in a state somewhere. look ahead for me and tell me where you can win. >> well, it all depends on how you measure winning. if you measure whether we're winning the maximum number of delegates in a state, we actually have had a win. some of these straw votes are straw votes and sometimes they get very confused in counting votes. in iowa, for instance, we think we're going to have the most de

. >> i'm matt schultz, secretary of state of iowa. and i have the pleasure of introdu introducing -- a national organization dedicated to the political engagement of young people. under heather's direction and leadership during the past two election cycles. breast practices of continued edge gaugement of new voters, setting the highest voter registration in both mid temple and -- prior to rock the vote, ms. smith founded and directed young voteer strategies, a nonpartisan strategist and partnership with the glooj wall school of political mblgt at the george washington university. in 2004, she served as national field director for the new prgs. it rocks the vote, and young voters, and before she comes up, speak more specifically about the departments that the state of iowa has put together with rock the vote w the caucuses we had a great event called rock the caucus. we brought to it a high school in des moines. we had 600 kids there, we actually went out of our way to print t-shirts to make it a more special event for them. and i'll j

. >>> last night on the ed show, the president for national organization for women told ed schultz she thinks the komen ceo will not reverse her decision and may pay a heavy price. >> if you look at what ms. brinker has said it's clear she has dug her heels in and is determined to keep the policy of defunding planned parenthood going. 26 senators have signed a letter protesting this decision by the komen foundation, along with 22 members of the house had signed a hletter as of this afternoon. there is a building backlash. one of the things you have to wonder is why would corporations like yoplait and dell computers and new balance shoes, corporations listed on komen's annual report as in the million dollar club, they are going to have to move away from komen. they are not interested in funding an organization that strikely has a political anti-women's health agenda like komen does now. so you have to think that what ms. brinker has actually done has been really to lead this organization off a cliff. >> each night ed schultz tackles issues that matter most. don't miss "the ed show" on m

and display cases still empty >> absolutely elated and my belief probably the same team at >> jack schultz jewelry security expert work in chicago for 30 years >> something we cannot see very often in chicago typically it goes in waves and when it occurs in waves probably not the end and i would anticipate more in the next couple of weeks maybe even months-month >> jack schultz says all jewelers and the chicago area should take extra precautions testing and retesting alarm systems and of course possible moving 6 away from the walt so far no nikas jhalmersson in either case >> president obama came caved under pressure over contraception changes of the birth control requirement and madonna breaks her silence the reason she disapproves of mia middle finger flash at the super bowl halftime show. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfa

jeff schultz lives across the street and says the trench was carved out to fix his neighbor's sewer line. the sewage backed up twice in the past week. >> it was the root system that broke the pipe. >> reporter: rescue crews tore up the homeowner's fence as makeshift shoring. the dirt that swallowed the man is described as muddy clay. that muddy clay shifted every time rescue crews tried to dig it out. >> it's just real sticky. think of an adobe house, you know? that type of mud that they use. >> reporter: jeff schultz says the contractor was a friend of the homeowner's who hired him. >> a situation where you need some work done, you know a contractor had is like a family friend who hasn't been working for a while, of course that's the person you call. >> reporter: more than 50 crews came to the rescue some from as far away as moraga and hundreds of onlookers were there as well and cheered when he was finally freed. cal-osha trying to determine if they have jurisdiction to investigate the incident further. they are trying to see if there is an employer-employee relationship even though th

debbie wasserman schultz. they have already endorsed this movement. this is something i find fascinating. everyone in st. louis, my city, a great city, we had a parade. we had a veterans day parade and we also had a parade for the returning iraqi veterans from iraq and afghanistan. now, what is fascinating about this is that there were individuals who wanted to have a parade in new york city for the iraq and afghanistan war veterans, and new york said no. but what does new york to four months on end? they allow the occupy wall street protesters to march without a permit, defecate without a permit, and the raping, and the dragging, all of the crime associated with it, all of that. but we cannot have a parade to welcome our veterans home? remind them of this. when you go home, when you talk to democratic official, say do you condone the violence in this movement? do you still endorse this movement after witnessing over 300? of documented violence? all of these people have criminal records. that does not even include over two thousand individuals who hav

i am going to ask -- i am going to pick up on that question with my guest, congressman wasserman-schultzsy night for you. i appreciate you taking a few months. >> great to be with you. >> great to be with you as well and we will be right back. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to hear. ...until the truth reveals itself. boat-rockers. and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. >> welcome back to war room on election primary night. i am jennifer granholm. jillian maness a republican strategy gist, donnie fowler a democratic strategist. i want to pick up on the last thing congressman wasserman-schultz said, to describe a tax policy in this country that rewards job creation here, inis notivises job creation here rather than insentvising the offshoring of jobs and having come back from davos, that industry gee. >> everybody believes we need tax reform. republicans, democrats, that's what we need. it is how he is proposing to do that. is it taxing that 1%? is it taking that one %. capitalism was somehowvilleif

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. >> one of the stories that came out of this, george schultz, you've got a letter from george schultz, two days later. i don't know where i read it but he was supposedly visiting the president and he didn't recognize him. it was tough on him? >> no, no, no. >> not two days later. at some point after -- in the last five years. >> well, he hasn't seen george in a long time. >> the question i want to ask you, though. >> the letter is a very sweet, nice letter. he's referring to ronnie's letter and saying how, as he puts it, devastated to hear about his development. it's a very nice letter. a you though, as you go through this disease and begin to lose contact, how have you dealt with when people come to visit and he didn't recognize them? >> well, have visitors. >> when it did happen, was it tough on you? >> well, we never let that >>he about, you've been the caregiver. what do you tell people that are watching you as an example about this period? to day? it's often they say tougher on the caregiver than the other individual because they don't know that it's happening? >> it is. yes, it

debbie wasserman schultz. i feel like saying her name again. debbie wasserman schultz. they have already endorsed this movement. this is something i find fascinating. st. louis, my city, a great city. i'm partisan. >> my city, too, dana. >> right. we had a parade. a veterans day parade and in the same year, we had a parade for the returning iraqi veterans from iraq and afghanistan. now what's fascinating about this is that there were individuals who wanted to have a parade in new york city for the iraq and afghanistan war vete n veterans and new york said no. what did new york do for months on end? they allowed the occupy wall streeters to parade without a permit and camp in zuccotti park without a permit and defecate on cop cars. let me forget. the raping and drug selling. all of that crime associated with it. they will let these people do that, but we cannot have a parade for our veterans? they already endorsed this movement. remind them of this. when you go back home, if you talk tur elected official, say do you condone the violence in this movement? do you still end

they said george schultz. i said who's george schultz? he was dean of the school of university of chicago. so i asked the head of general motors. he said we use him all the time. anyway, i hurried back and the idea was to that all of them at one time on television which was the president's idea as far as i know. >> you're director of communications and this is a major television event that's been organized without your participation. >> i knew we were going to do it but i didn't know when. we had talked about doing it that way. and the other part was that we would have a meeting with them all in which i would explain to them my function, what their role was in it. so that i would select the person that was to run the public affairs office of cabinet department and that person would report primarily to the cabinet officer but he would also report to me. so they had a duel dual responsibility. so after we had the television show or before we delineated my role to them. the other part of my job was to train them to be on television so that o

. >> thank you secretary schultz, this will be a short presentation, we were going to present a video, because of the lighting needs of the networks covering this we were not able to do that, so i'll direct you to a website, and i'll direct you to your own later we have been discussing the great activity at the state level. there were laws passed changing and improving whatever the voting procedures are in the various states and those changes came in all shapes and sizes. we in kansas enacted the secure and fair elections act and used that information to try to, you know, try to drive up voter participation as well. and we sent out an rsvp to media consultants to come up with ideas for how the campaign could be effective and we had a creative one that was in our bidding process and it's a play on the old "got milk" ads you may remember. and our ad campaign has photo id, we send people to the website and they learn about the requirement office the photo id law and learn requirements and and helpful places to go to download all the materials they need. and so we are having good success

howard schultz's pick. very good. and i think also just getting stuff done. if you look at how people perceive politicians, congress, 10%, i think, you know, approval rating. i think it's just 9% now. >> it's only family and friends approve. >> because their spouses are voting for them, and that's it. but how do you get there, do you think? >> well, i know that senator durbin is coming on, so i want to be careful. what i would say is that in our lifetime, and this is a rhetorical question, do you think there's ever been a time where you have seen so much partisanship, ideology? >> no. and almost everything, especially now, is through the lens of whether or not it's going to affect my election in a positive way. and when i hear the politicians talking about we're going to do the people's business, i mean, i just shake my head and say, are you kidding me? when there's so many things going on. so i think as a result of that, there's so much cynicism and a lack of trust and confidence. and in a sense, this is -- i don't m

howard schultz a few weeks after the program began. what role does a public company that essentially is in the restaurant and services industry have razing money for business lending when it's traditionally been a financial services and a banking industry role? >> i feel very strongly that washington has let us down. i do not to be a bystander and watch america drift towards mediocrity and i want starbucks to be the kind of company that perhaps can be a model for others to say we can make a difference. and at the same time we can build shareholder values. starbucks is having a record year. record revenue, record profit. our stock is close to the all-time high yet we're doing the kind of things not only for the communities we serve but at the same time giving health care to every single employee. >> tom: some would point out that it's that success you are having on the bottom line that has allowed starbucks to make the contributions on the benevolent side of the social ledger. >> i think the consumer wants to support those companies or

megyn: debbie wasserman schultz, thank you very much. >> thank you megyn, great to be with you.: going to get the other side of the argument now, i'm joined by bill donahue, president of the catholic league. let's start with the business about the accommodation, for example, talking about the archdiocese of washington which you pointed out is self-insured and it's not just churches within the arch die he's, it's schools and so on. she says in the next year there will be time to work out i guess a way around this, bill. >> yes, as archbishop doe an said -- dolan said, we're going to find a way to rye -- violate our own conscience. >> i want to point out an article in the "new york times" which indicates that the obama didn't even consider this whole question about self-insurance. now they want to step away and say for the next we're going to help you in this area? they never even considered what do you do with this issue of self-insured. that's only one part. by the way, 60 percent of health care workers in this country are self-insured, 82 percent of the people that work in larg

joining me now, debbie wasserman schultz.don me for having a straight face while reading the most ludicrous title for a hearing in the house of representatives. >> they're pretty good at crazy titles for hearings. what's unbelievable, lawrence, about this entire issue is that instead of focusing on helping the president and congressional democrats get the economy turned around and create jobs and putting our nose to the grindstone and sitting around the table, locking ourselves in a room and not leaving until we can hammer out a way to do that, and do it together, and really, you know, continue to jump-start the economy the way president obama's been able to move us forward, we are actually debating contraception. contraception, in which 99% of women in america have used at some point in their life, and the republicans want to debate not just religious liberty. they want to debate allowing all employers who might have an objection to deny that coverage that president obama has said should be available under the affordable car

"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening americans. republicans in this state are trying to pick the best candidate to try to defeat president obama. we'll bring you the latest from colorado, missouri and minnesota, and how will president obama play in this state? this is "the ed show," let's get to work. >> any time someone challenges governor romney he attacks and tries to destroy, i don't think it will work this time. >> the race is on in colorado, missouri and minnesota. we're on the ground with the latest. >> i want to get it over with and beat obama. >> keith ellison and richard wolffe have the latest. >>> the obama campaign decides to fight fire with fire. >> we were faced with the situation as to whether we could afford to play by two sets of rules and the answer is obviously no. >> jonathan alter and ezra klein on today's super pac announcement. >>> marriage equality earns a massive victory in the courts today. activist dan choy and melissa harris-perry are here with the latest. >>> the woman at the center of the susan g. kome

after we sing these songs, i invite all of you next tuesday to join our protocol officer charlotte schultze jordan, and everyone else, to welcome tony bennett, and to sing along in our favorite song, 50 years old, where were you want to leave your heart, you can come to the rotunda at 12:00 noon and sing in whatever tone you wish. you will not be penalized. according to the mayoral decree that i will pass that morning. however you want to sing the song, as long as you come to the rotunda and do so within the confine its of that great place, where tony bennett will celebrate with us 50 wonderful years of you are always leaving your heart here, increasing its capacity. thank you very much. i invite you to be there next tuesday. thank you. [applause] >> he has a way about him that brings people in and seeks to involve the people of san francisco. that is what we need. the polarization and san francisco does not benefit the people we are about to help. they need compassion, support, and they need us to work together to build a system o and employment and drug treatment and family building and a

after we sing these songs, i invite all of you next tuesday to join our protocol officer charlotte schultze jordan, and everyone else, to welcome tony bennett, and to sing along in our favorite song, 50 years old, where were you want to leave your heart, you can come to the rotunda at 12:00 noon and sing in whatever tone you wish. you will not be penalized. according to the mayoral decree that i will pass that morning. however you want to sing the song, as long as you come to the rotunda and do so within the confine its of that great place, where tony bennett will celebrate with us 50 wonderful years of you are always leaving your heart here, increasing its capacity. thank you very much. i invite you to be there next tuesday. thank you. [applause]

. >>> that is "the ed show" i'm ed schultz, "the rachel maddow show" start right now. good evening, rachel, i was in columbus, ohio this weekend, yes they like me but they love you. the road report from ohio is you're the one. >> i was in san jose this weekend and i heard i love ed schultz. >> were they wearing buttons? >> were they buttoned properly and sitting up straight and looking at the teacher. thank you, ed. >> you bet. >>> thank you to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. one month before the south carolina primary, a full month before south carolina, mitt romney got what appeared to be great news. that state's republican governor nikki haley threw her support behind mitt romney for president. now, nikki haley, seen as a rising star in the republican party closely aligned with the tea party, this was a big coup for mitt romney a stamp of approval from the conservative base of the party, happened in a critical state. he got the nikki haley endorse nent. something weird happened. he got trounced in south carolina. he did not just lose to newt gingr

what is going on in florida, debbie wasserman schultz is a congress woman from florida and the chair of the democratic national committee. she's joining us from tampa right now. mitt romney wins, we have been saying a shellacking. it has to get you and a lot of other democrats nervous. florida, a key battleground state in november if he should get the nomination. >> no, it doesn't get me nervous. what gets me concerned is that mitt romney has spent this entire primary buying the election. he ran 13,000 ads versus newt gingrich's 200. and really drowned newt gingrich in ads. so with 65% at least of republican voters that voted tonight, identifying with the tea party, that's a pretty extreme right-wing field of an electorate. and that's not an electorate that is reflective of the general election voters in florida, who are moderate, who are middle class and working families and who mitt romney and the rest of the field are dramatically out of step with. we're going to continue to organize and use their primary process as an organizing tool. we have 11 offices open throughout the state,

. >>> we're going to talk to democratic national chair, debbie was ser man schultz. >>> when you look at the returns of what is happening tonight in nevada, debbie wasserman schultz of florida, in nevada there's a large lds vote but what i was struck by is that the christians are voting for romney heavily tonight which tells me that he has broken through what we thought was going to be a religious barrier there with the conservative christians. >> well, that is certainly possible but with every passing contest, mitt romney just reveals a little bit more evidence of how dramatically out of touch he is with moderate and independent voters, voters that are focused on trying to make sure that the middle class and working families have an opportunity to be successful. you know, whether it's that he is saying that he would veto the dream act in iowa yet pull us back a little bit on states like florida and nevada where he said in florida that banks have feelings and feel similar pain to homeowners who are upside down in their mortgages and facing foreclosure. so for the entire contest, mitt

i'm ed schultz.isten to me on the radio, sirius xm radio monday through friday noon to 3:00 p.m. we'll follow-up tomorrow with our discussion on race. you can follow me on twitter and like "the ed show" on facebook. rachel maddow starts right now. rachel