david cay johnston is here. >>> the filibuster is more than an embarrassing blunder. bernie sanders explains why. >>> the right to work in michigan has ignited a fire storm with workers. we'll have the latest on rick snider's race to the bottom. >>> and breaking news from the supreme court. there will be a decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. law professor jonathan terly has all the details. >> thanks for watching. john boehner isn't having a lot of fun this holiday season. president obama continues his pressure campaign to pass the tax cuts. the president is also taking time to be fesive. john boehner doesn't sound so merry. >> no progress report because there's no progress to report. when it comes to the fis e call cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> the phone call was pleasant, but was just more of the same. the conversations that the staff had yesterday, just more of the same. it's time for the president if he's serious to come back to us with a counteroffer. >> even though the p

. >> government motors, david cay johnston on a huge success story for government intervention. and the invisible man sitting next to clint eastwood wins time's person of the year. >> what do you mean shut up? >> tonight presidential historian douglas brinkley on barack obama, abraham lincoln, and spider-man. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the president gave all americans a lot to work with today and a lot to think about in the coming weeks. president obama recognizes the mood of the country. there is a real sense of urgency to pass common sense safety laws in the wake of the newtown shooting massacre. the president knows this is going to be a heavy lift. >> that's why i've asked the vice president to lead an effort that includes members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proposals no later than january, proposals that i then intend to push without delay. this is not some washington commission. this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets

david cay johnston will explain why that move just doesn't make any sense at all. stay tuned. you're watching the "ed show" on msnbc. we are right back. >>> president obama stands up for workers in michigan as governor snyder launches a stealth attack to strip union rights. congressman gary peters and cindy estrada of the uaw on what his move means to michigan workers that is coming up. >>> and later, your next vacation could be out of this world. find out how soon you're going to be able to blast off to the moon, and just how much it's going to cost you. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using the #edshow. coming right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> and welcome bac

david cay johnston says it would be a betrayal to do it, and he's here tonight. >> what we shouldn't be doing is try to take away your rights to bargain for better working conditions. >> in michigan, the president stands up for workers like he has never done before. >> these so-called right the work laws, they don't have to do with economics. they have everything to do with politics. >> tonight the president's big speech, and why the fight in michigan is an assault on workers everywhere. >>> plus, major news on a white house push for immigration reform. in 40 years after man's last trip to the moon, a return voyage may be a reality. astronomer derrick pitts will tell you why the golden spike is a big deal. good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. the new republican strategy is to take the american economy hostage when they don't get what they want. they realize their back is against the wall on tax rates for the rich, so they are turning their attention to another target, and it's a familiar one. here is tennessee senator bob corker talking about tax rates for the top 2%

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david cay johnston, thanks for your time tonight in clarifying all of this. progressives aren't happy with the key part of president obama's counteroffer on the fiscal cliff. bernie sanders will join me on that. he says it's real money to folks. >>> then house speaker john boehner decides to go with plan b in the fiscal cliff talks. what is that all about? we'll explain boehner's latest political tactic, find out what it could cost you in taxes when we come back. stay with us. >>> and we are back. progressives are lining up against any change in social security, including the way cost of living increases are calculated. the congressional progressive caucus opposes it, as do other progressive groups. today senator dick durbin said "we ought to deal with social security in a separate conversation. this is not part of deficit reduction. to do it at this stage is the wrong way to go." that counters certainly what we're seeing coming out of the white house. let's turn to senator bernie sanders tonight from vermont. senator, good to have you with us. does this come

david cay johnston, thanks for your time tonight in clarifying all of this.rogressives aren't happy with the key part of president obama's counteroffer on the fiscal cliff. bernie sanders will join me on that. he says it's real money to folks. >>> then house speaker john boehner decides to go with plan b in the fiscal cliff talks. what is that all about? we'll explain boehner's latest political tactic, find out what it could cost you in taxes when we come back. stay with us. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> and we are back. progressives are lining up against any

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information technology leg, is to the insurance leg and instead of being on the defensive, which as david cay johnston's critique of the good guys in the health care delivery system reform movement, being on the defensive, his suggestion is that you go on the offense is to see rude reasonable reform of health care delivery system such that they cut costs and not care to patients. what they fear most is the impossible public option in the government, where they could exercise influence to -- and where their minions could favorably influence the whole. but they would run toward that if they faced in the private not-for-profit sector, a virtual single-payer system that adding the elements of i.t., insurance, supplied etc.. from a finance point of view, the revenue from medicaid that is being refused, the revenue from the exchange movement that is being refused, the ordinary cash flow from medicare etc., if all of that revenue were channeled through this nationwide not-for-profit health service represented by this guys look, providers for starters, you would have the leverage necessary to convince the polit