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we're coming to you live from columbus. reporting, a yes on issue 2 is at 37%. the no vote stands at 63%. that is with 8% of the precincts. i want to talk to some of the hardworking folks here who got the vote going. lee saunders of afscme is with me tonight and tim berger of the afl-cio of ohio. can republicans be trusted with workers' rights? >> this night sends a message here in ohio that working families of the middle class are fighting back. we are making our voices heard like never before. this will carry from ohio across this country. we are back. >> do you think -- you know, lee, when you look at the results that are coming in, if they hold, it's going to be a resounding victory for workers in this state. are you confident that republicans would come back and have a different attitude about negotiating anything when it comes to workers? >> i'm not confident at all. i think one of the things we have to do, ed, we can enjoy tonight, we can celebrate tonight because this is a huge victory. but tomorrow morning we've go

from columbus, ohio. where workers' rights are the big issue in america and a big issue here tonight. it's the eve of the historic election to determine the fate of middle class americans and in the state of ohio. and republicans are trying to cheat their way to the upset. other news tonight, the herman cain story will not quit. we now have a name and a face. accusing herman cain of sexual misconduct. her accusations are graphic and explosive. the cain camp is denying them. we'll bring you the story later on in the show. >>> the real story is here in ohio. and this is the only place you're going to see it. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> good evening, folks, it's one of the most important stories of the year. the attack on workers' rights by republican-controlled state houses across this country. from wisconsin, to florida, to right here in ohio, the middle class is being squeezed by lawmakers and governors who want to do away with public unions for political gain. it is about power. john ka

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e >>> welcome back to "the ed show" live from columbus. we've been following the other big story of the day. herman cain held a doozy of a press conference. denying all allegations of sexual harassment. cain said he will not drop out of the race. and claims he doesn't remember anything about one of his latest accusers. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. >> the republican front-runner said he'd be willing to take a lie detector test if he had to. also believes that the allegations are an attempt to smear his campaign. >> now the democratic machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false accusations. >> meanwhile, just minutes before cain spoke, one of his original accusers went public. karen kraushaar received a settlement from the national restaurant associate in 1999. she tells "the new york times" she is considering the idea of a joint press conference with cain's other accusers. joining me now is msnbc analyst and

and welcome to "the ed show" tonight live from columbus, ohio. enthusiasm is high in this late hour, in a landslide issue number 2 has been defeated. the union busting senate bill 5 will not become law in the state of ohio. this is a huge victory for the middle class in the state and in america. what do you think about it, guys? you okay with that? if the republicans want to call it class warfare, that's fine. the first battle has been won by the middle class. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> more than 2.5 million votes have been counted. with 86% reporting the vote is 39% for issue 2, 61% against it. it is a clear message that has been sent from the middle class from the state of ohio. the people of this state would not let a republican politician and his partisan operatives take away the basic rights of workers. john kasich, governor, this law bans collective bargaining for public worker benefits. it eliminated automatic pay increases. it made it illegal to strike and it did away with arbitration. here's the governor of ohio accept

and columbus, that's why he's important. and there's this ecological convulsion. >> the world meeting itself. >> the world meeting itself. and this is why, actually, you should observe columbus day. i mean, it's a big deal. [laughter] >> yes. >> in human history. as opposed to celebrate. it's an enormous market. >> i always choose to celebrate it because i'm as someone who is part spanish, it's my birthday. [laughter] >> well, it's the birthday of everybody really. [laughter] here i am, you know, i'm descended largely from, you know, scottish people in this strange part of the world married to a japanese woman, and it couldn't have happened without columbus. >> well, i must -- i'm going to say this publicly because i've been waiting to say it since i read your first book, or your other book, "1491," which was for me so redemptive in america. i've never been able to accommodate my spanish half to my indian half. i could identify my spanish half because the spanish half spoke spanish, was roman catholic and so forth. but what

i have been part of the knights of columbus since i was 18 years old. i am 57 now. something to do for the people. >> we are just getting started. we will have 3 tons of turkey s. 3:00 this afternoon is when folks will start coming into the building for the hot meals. we will be here. this will be a special day for a lot of people and a very special thanksgiving. reporting from arlington, jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >>> many retailers are opening earlier than usual to get customers in four big deals. some dedicated customers are not waiting until after thanksgiving dinner to get in line. we are outside the best buy in pentagon city with more. >> the question is, is it worth set? -- worth it? staying outside 24 hours to save $200 on a computer? a lot of people have nothing better to do on a thanksgiving day. they are camping out in places like pentagon center and across the area. even before thanksgiving, they were outside best buy in pentagon center. best buy is waiting until black friday to open. 12:00 midnight after thanksgiving. toys"r"us and target are starting

and that's a big part of it they landed in america before columbus. and i should say that the great bulk of, actually have never encountered a historian who believes this. so it's a distinctly minority viewpoint, and i actually very much enjoyed the book but i have a terrible weakness for nautical stuff. you know, he's a retired submarine captain. it's like poop deck in it. so i'm just a total sucker for this kind of stuff. so i read it with great pleasure. at one point he says that the proof that they discharged a whole bunch of chinese, between rhode island and massachusetts, newport is near there, was that the first european was to provide it in the 1520s, he landed at buzzards bay and he noted that the women there were much better looking than all the other women. and so gavin said see, chinese. off back and my wife who is a japanese find this completely convincing, and, of course, i -- [laughter] so, all i can say is that i wish it were true because i think the world would be much more interesting if it were, but i don't think that is really buil

honorary firefighter from the great city of columbus, ohio. you know, whoever came up with that stupid rule about don't put anything on your head on television, they were wrong. i'm just saying. it's been a great show, ed. looking forward to seeing you later, my friend. so awesome. get me one of those. all right. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. it's a very exciting day in political news. because it's election day. happy election day. all right. let's get right into it. you ready? in kentucky, polls closed just over two hours ago. incumbent democratic kentucky governor steve bashir was challenged by republican senate president david williams. kentucky voters rejected the republican challenge and re-elected their incumbent democratic governor. in the kentucky governor's race with 80% of precincts reporting, we're looking at 57% of the vote for the democrat steve bashir and and 34% for williams. in kentucky, democrat jack conway faced his own republican challenger, a man named todd p'pool. todd p' pool not only has an

. >> the knights of columbus gathered early for people in need. >> they may not know each other, buty are family, gathered in this makeshift dining room large meal.ery is the 27 year that the thehts of columbus have put giving and thanksgiving. for the past several days, the preparing a meal residents.0 >> there are people who do not have families and do not have or any of that this is my helping. >> this group of volunteers before the sun up. they will deliver boxed dinners those who cannot leave their homes. >> it is not just someone who needs meals. people are lonely and the on thanksgiving. this place becomes their family. this is the largest celebration in northern virginia. the number of people donated time, food, and money growth as well. >> it makes your heart to feel good that there are there that want to help other people. favorite.s my if you want to enjoyed a fried fried uphe company's tbj.eys >> we want to know what you were for this holiday. we posed that question on our facebook page. most common answer was a family. when you work even gave thanks to a football. and an

north of us, well north of us in pittsburgh, out toward columbus and indianapolis. showers and thunderstorms up there. we're nice and quiet and mild. 48 in frederick. that's one of the cool spots. it is 61 in petersburg. near 60 in southern maryland and annapolis. andrea and mike, back to you. >>> authorities in several cities say they're fed up with these occupy wall street demonstrations. >> that's led to violent confrontations this weekend. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at d.c.'s much more peaceful protest at mcpherson square. good morning, surae. >> good morning. that's right. you see the tents out here. fairly quiet. it has been fairly peaceful. you can see them right here, not a lot of problems but some folks say that is not the case here in d.c. in fact, the police chief saying some have become unruly but for the time being, protestors have been left alone but it hasn't been the case across the country. listen in. >> communicated very clearly to them that that area was closed and they needed to leave. we use minimal force to push them back. folks who

i had not seen them like off of columbus. i never saw parking. you guys actually list the parking garages. u.s. street mary's and that is not a public space. >> it is a public garage. 100% of the bay area drivers prefer to park in municipal garages. zero percent we had any. commissioner adams: i saw st. mary's, they have a bunch on columbus for the one underneath the building between clay and washington and battery. there is a building on top. >> is an opportunity for us to let people know, even people who have lived here, where some of these spaces are. many people do not know. it is another way to get people matched up with a parking space. so far there is an iphone, and george, and windows 7. other people have in making applications. i believe there may be a simple blackberry interface. >> for america's cup, i know we have designated some parking on the perimeter. while it sounds like the rollout plan for replacing all of the meters will be done by early 2013, for the world series, is there any plan to do the parking garages that are in those

jummy olabanji joins us from the knights of columbus kitchen in arlington.ng. i don't know how you have been able to handle big around all that food. >> and not eat. >> they made me sample the mashed potatoes. i did not want to. very delicious. all the folks here, the volunteers they are preparing more than a 3 tons of turkey and all the fixings. 80 trays of mass potatoes, vegetables pies. they will be feeding 1800 people today. they will deliver 1300 meals to people that cannot make it here and another 300 people will come here for the thanksgiving meal. this is a big testament to what thanksgiving is about. reporting from arlington, jummy olabanji. >>> steve is keeping an eye on the roads. not much traffic this morning out there. >> 395 near shirlington at the springfield interchange in this picture. no delays northbound or southbound on 95. moving well all around the region. not many vehicles. >>> outside across the area, looking at a court tuesday. warming nicely through the afternoon. temperatures tomorrow, low 60's. mid 60's on the weekends. next chanc

duke visited ohio state in columbus. look who is there in the front row, lebron and dwyane wade sitting court side. james was booed loudly by the columbus crowd. first half, osu's aaron craft hits 17 points. ohio state starts the game on an 11-0 run. osu nice passing. the dunks. osu up 24 points at that point. didn't get any better from there. ohio state smacks duke 85-63. and the boston red sox have enlisted bobby valentine as the team's new manager. the former mets skipper spent six years in new york leading the team to a world series appearance in 2000. the red sox expected to make the aformal announcement in coming days. boston let go former manager terry francona after last season's epic meltdown where the team blew a nine-game lead to be taken out. now they get a good one in bobby valentine. at the top of the hour on "morning joe," mitt romney in an interview last night goes hard after newt gingrich now taking him seriously. gingrich is flying up the polls from iowa to south carolinament we'll have the latest on th

amazing job in columbus, great job in ohio tonight. great to see you there. thanks to you at home for staying with us. happy election day, so far tonight, in ohio, the most closely watched race in the nation, not even two hours after the polls closed, voters decisively rejected john kasich's union busting laws, 61% of ohio voters voted to reject that law. 39% of ohio voters voted to keep that law. much more on that in just a moment. on issue three in ohio, a largely symbolic vote against national health reform president obama signed into law last year, so far with 89% of precincts reporting, 64% of ohio voters have voted yes to amend the state constitution against health reform and 36% ohio voters voted no. in maine, where polls closed earlier this evening, voters have decided to reinstate a four decades old state law that allows you to register to vote on election day. republicans changed that law this year and got rid of it after 38 years in maine. with 79% of precincts reporting, 61% have voted yes on issue one to restore same day voter registration and 39

it's believed that nordic sailors arrived here almost 600 years before columbus. we know these seafaring adventurers by a more familiar name -- vikings. with "flag facts," i'm scott. >> you may not be able to change the time you need to wake up for school, but you can change how you wake up. instead of a jarring noise, there's now a clock that gently rouses you with the aroma of sizzling bacon. the wake n' bacon alarm clock was created by art and technology major matty sallin. the pig-shaped clock uses halogen bulbs to safely cook the bacon. then, a fan blows the aroma in the sleeper's direction. talk about breakfast in bed. >> large stadiums filled with fans usually go hand in hand with sports. but erika takes us to an event where the fans are loyal, the competition is fierce, however, the sport is a bit unusual. >> these are not attendees at a royal wedding. they're participants in a jam-packed, regional f.i.r.s.t. competition. >> 3, 2, 1, go! >> you need brains, creativity, and discipline to compete here. and, oh, yeah, you also need a robot. >> f.i.r.s.t. stan

>> where ever he says let us go rick perry >> pretty close columbus is the correct answer. been that tonight productive environment trying to end his conspicuous absence from the score sheet been a while did not take long tonight finished 1-02 goals in the first early in second the first of two tonight and later on taking it away patrick kane on steve mason with a backhander 6-1 lead and won a six-383 game losing streak is over and chicago bears the first full day of game plan and put this weekend rematch against the detroit lions you could that brian urlacher and can lance briggs not forget about their failure at ford field winter may be setting in that lake forest but for brian urlacher lance briggs spring is the eternal chased vick from a sideline to sideline monday night all-pro linebacker brooking ageless asked lance briggs they were peaking >> we are nine years in right now i do not know pretty expensive right now could say that >> probably not the best we have never played a lot about the quarterbacks like vick store run we have always been able to run chance to show

we will be back live here in columbus tomorrow night with election results. the rachel maddow show starts right now. rachel, they love you in columbus. > i love them back, man. amazing show. amazing show. i'm so glad you're there. hello, columbus. thanks so you at home as well for staying with us for the next hour. there is so much going on. the long running grossout genius performance arts satire radio spectacle that is the "howard stern show" which is now just on satellite radio, they're apparently promoting a singer. i don't know if it's somebody howard stern enjoys or if this is a paid arrangement or something. today, republican presidential politics in america were briefly taken over by this. >> this is not what you think it is. just calm down. no, it's not what you think it is. just calm down. this is about alisa jordana. this is not about me. this is about alisa jordana. j-o-r-d-a. alisa jordana. the name of one of her songs is [ bleep ]. and "young love" is a good song to listen to. >> benjy, you're on live mike. seriously. >> i won't say the bad word

the settlement requires columbus to improve their refrigerator system. >>> and the red tail ed hawk shot in the head with a nail gun, once again is back in the wild. there she goes, the female hawk released this morning at the golden gate park, rescue crews captured the bird last month and took it to a san jose hospital . the nail missed the vital organs, police believe that the bird was shot on purpose. >>> and officials from the monterey marine bay sanctuary asking people to keep their distance from the whales, this is showing how close the people were getting to the whales, in some cases the small boats are colliding with the whales. officials remind the boaters that harassing the wildfire is against the law in the sornings. >>> and one of the con joined twins separated woke up alone this afternoon for the first time in her life. angelina set up for a short time while her sister rested. the surgeons had split the girl's shared liver in half as part of a nine hour surgery. the girls are expected to heal at different rates. >>> angelina is progressing a little quicker than angelika, so

. >>> a piece of history burned to the ground in columbus, georgia, the old swift mill caught fire usedntil about 15 years ago. since then the building was used for storage. this is the third historic mill to burn in columbus in the past six years. >>> the front yard of a home here in west palm beach looked like chopped salad, a helicopter crash and the pilot made it, the passenger made it and nobody was hurt inside the house. it is all because of a car parked out front may have broken the fall when the chopper hit the car, it rolled and had the pilot hit land it would have been a different story. listen to this, the homeowner says she never parks her car there. >> somebody is looking out for her. >> that is something. >> we're back with a look at the winners and losers at the box office. >> and a final look at the work week forecast. verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios

she's been covering the high profile ballot measure campaign from columbus, ohio. karen, it's good to see you again. first of all, remind us how this measure ended up on the ballot. >> well, this is the latest chapter in a story that started back in 2010 when republicans swept every office on the statewide ballot starting with john kasich as gern. and when governor kasich came into office he made it pretty clear that he was a little bit concerned about the power that the unions that represent state and local workers had in terms of bargaining and in terms of getting benefit packages and salaries. he and republicans then helped craft this bill, senate bill 5, which started to look a little bit at those collective bar gaping situations and also tried to expand a little bit more on that. that was 300-page bill that came into effect and so they tried to send the message that this was something that would help state and local governments contain costs at a time when the state was sending less money to local governments in schools. but then unions and their allies saw th

to mark williams he's founder and former chairman of the tea party express and radio host and in columbus we cross the cliff schecter he's an author pundit and president of the characters cross talk raising effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want but first what you learn about some of the g.o.p. candidates well i don't know about you but i can't. anyway when americans vote for their president foreign policy is rarely on top of the agenda but as the u.s. continues to fight wars in the arab world and threatens a military strike against iran it is to be expected the presidential candidates are prepared to become the country's commander in chief but in this campaign there seems to be some doubt that barack obama's republican contender is. up to this task traditionally u.s. presidential campaign focuses on the state of the economy and taxes and jobs this election cycle is no different but since the u.s. remains the world's only superpower experiencing global overreach the american president has no choice but to be engaged in foreign policy and congresswoman michele bachman

and "the ed show" will be in columbus, ohio, as the results come in. next monday and tuesday night.cast live from outside the columbus firefighters union hall at broad and starling streets. you can find more details on our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we hope to see you there. >>> folks are still scratching their heads over the speech rick perry gave in new hampshire. now the texas governor is defending his behavior. wayne slater of "the dallas morning news" breaks it down. >>> stont tonight in our survey, are republicans responsible for killing manufacturing jobs in america? 96% say yes, 4% say no. >>> coming up, rick perry explains his strange speech in new hampshire last friday. wayne slater of "the dallas morning news" next. >>> and it's rick perry like we've never seen him before. >> it's governor rick perry like we've never seen him. >> the texas governor seemed both giddy and fidgety before the crowd. >> terry, the campaign says perry was just passionate about the issues. >> that guy's been drinking. >> well, the fallout continues over a speech rick perry gave to a right wing anti-g