his colleague dennis kucinich is here with reaction. >>> new allegations against herman cain. a woman claims she had a 13-year affair with him. the latest on that. along with newt's big new hampshire endorsement. and the dnc's latest hit on mitt romney. >>> liz cheney says president obama's re-election strategy is let the economy tank? >>> an "ed show" exclusive out of wisconsin, the scott walker recall efforts later in the show. keep the tweets coming. we want to hear from you. share your thoughts on twitter with #edshow and we'll feature them on the screen throughout the show tonight and every night. yeah. all right, i'll be right back. okay. ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift. what do you think? [ laughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 ct 200h and, as a gift from lexus, we'll make your first month's payment. i've tried it. and, as a gift from lexus, but nothing's helped me beat my back pain. then i tri

. >> i'll ask congressman dennis kucinich what frank's departure means for america. >>> breaking news for herman cain. >> we're bracing, we're getting ready, and you put it in your words, for what? >> another accusation that i had an affair with someone. another woman. >> "salon's" joan walsh on how herman's latest bombshell affects romney and gingrich. >>> tonight, an "ed show" exclusive. we'll have the latest petition count for the walker recall in wisconsin. the number of signatures is shocking, and you'll hear it here first on "the ed show." >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. hope you had a nice thanksgiving. good to be back with you. in less than five weeks' time, unemployment benefits will expire for more than 6,000 americans. that's a big number. in less than one week, congress may raise taxes on more than 120 million families. republicans, well, looks to me like they're about ready to let both of them happen. the debt reduction supercommittee failed because republicans want to protect the wealthiest americans from any tax increases. that's the bottom line. and today

who i'm fighting for and if given the chance, i'm going to keep doing that. >> congressman dennis kucinich of ohio. you keep doing that and thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the day's top lines just ahead. >> are you going to put the warships in the persian gulf? you know they're going to try to do something if you do that, put them there. >> that would be perfectly all right. [ male announcer ] one-hundred-nineteen data points. this is what we can gather from an ordinary crash test dummy. two million data points. this is what we can gather from a lexus crash test genius. [ engine revving ] when you pursue industry-leading safety, you don't just engineer breakthroughs in simulation technology, you engineer amazing. ♪ with professional-grade research. and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. and cold hard conviction. do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you

military hearing at all i don't know i have my serious doubts i know that dennis kucinich has only already been always has been requesting access to bradley manning as has annecy international and they've been told that manning can allow them you know can give them permission to come visit him but that means that they'll be watched will be under surveillance by the prison officials akaka times that they're having their exchanges so it's hardly an exchange where manning constraint candidly and it's another indication that you know there's one law for the people that pay thirty five thousand dollars a plate and another law for the rest of us you know clearly they don't want manning's conditions looked into they don't want the u.n. and our effort to reporting on this is not been a transparent situation and it makes it very incriminating regarding the conditions that many has been not under i know that there is an action plan for that during reading's hearing days also. tell us more the details i mean can you get. people involved in this is this an issue where or they might see eye to eye. i t

politicians who do tell the truth people like bernie sanders jan schakowsky sherrod brown jeff merkley dennis kucinich and god willing elizabeth warren we need to do everything we can to support them that's it for your take my take it like your comments and questions here on this side one of the big picture listen up we want to know your to send us your comments by visiting the tom hartman facebook page but twittering at tom underscore apartment or in the champ room on the message boards or the blog at heart and it also leave a message on the rant line it to achieve by three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound off it's all welcome but remember that your comments may be used on the air. that very first thanksgiving was made possible thanks to the native americans and while it might have been out of and out of the ordinary feast and community gathering for the pilgrims was just another potlatch for native americans that's because the idea of coming together the idea of community and sharing is a staple of native american culture in fact it's a staple of most older cultures everywhere in the wo

but the trouble is there is so powerful that nobody has the clout to do anything about it so dennis kucinich has proposed legislation to basically have the treasury department by the federal reserve from the banks or just take nationalize it. has that been done by other countries in the past is that something that would be a good idea. i don't think it has been and i mean you could say they're countries that sort of started out that way like china. or for the united states and i mean it yeah they're certainly countries that have borrowed from their central bank directly and then the central bank just printed the money like canada but but it will they keep the books in such a way that it looks like they owe the money back even though they continue to increase the debt and where we've been at ourselves where the debt has gone up or not but i can't think of any country except obviously colonial america that's what we did in colonial america it was the provincial government just created the money and that was the money supply and this is what north dakota does of sulfur and now . but actually th

>> dennis kucinich flew there fearing he might be drawn out of his seat in ohio.s to seattle and seem to flirt about the idea of running for congress in washington state. >> i receive many invitations to speak there and i've been going out there for years and many places in the country. >> the eight-term congressman speaking at the pro-marijuana hemp fest last spring. >> seattle, you shook the world once. can you shake it again? i ask you. >> this was not a campaign appearance. he says. when you were told your district in ohio would be wiped out you weren't even considering a race in washington state, considering a district in washington state? >> i have people asking me if i consider running but i made no commitment anywhere. >> in the end, the new ohio map put kucinich in the same district with another democrat incumbent. he decided to stay home and run against her. >> thank you! >>> still to come -- >> whoo! whoo! >> the state fair in iowa. and the rare duel between democrat and republican incumbents. >> you put a gun to my head i couldn't tell you who's going

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i was appalled to hear dennis kucinich refer to the only job created by the coal industry was being the job of undertakers. that is the analogy that he made. this is how lacerta the dialogue has become in this area. one of the main issues was mercury. i live within four miles of the two largest car plants. -- large power plants. they said something like tens of thousands of people's lives will be saved by removing the mercury from the power plants. if trustee thousand lives would be saved, 1000 lives would be saved in kentucky, and probably doesn't in may is still, ky -- maysville, ky. i don't know of anyone who has ever gotten sick from mercury. but they do die from suicide and drugs. host: we will leave it there. that was a business owner in kentucky. we will keep getting your take on federal regulations and their impact on jobs. i want to give you some other headlines. a jobs plan to target the health care workforce. here is the front page of the washington times, an issue that we will talk about coming up in about a half-hour. deadlocked the deficit plan all is weighing a plan b. no

lawmakers on both sides such as ohio democrat dennis kucinich voiced outrage. >> if there's a gap withmendous pay being given to people at the top and we don't see enough sympathy for people who are losing their homes, that may mean that you just don't get it; you're too far removed. >> reporter: freddie mac c.e.o. charles haldeman said his company has actually cut compensation for top managers by 40% in recent years, but he accepted the criticism. >> i understand totally why congress and the american people are outraged about executive compensation at companies that have reached-- received federal support, including fannie and freddie. we have 9% unemployment in our country and there are millions of families at risk of losing their home. >> reporter: the president and c.e.o. of fannie mae, michael williams, insisted the extra compensation is crucial to attract and retain talented employees. >> in the course of three months, i lost five senior vice presidents out of the company to the financial services and other companies where i can assure you they were making more money and had bett

caller: well, you know, i loved bernie sanders and i loved dennis kucinich, russ feingold. i would be interested in any one of those guest: let me ask you, sir, because i suspect a lot of people will feel the way you do. if the question were put to you that by supporting a third party of the left he would guarantee the election of a republican president, what would you do then? caller: the only thing i worry about is the supreme court judges and appellate courts and lower courts and all of that. other than that, i do not see any difference if romney wins or barack obama. other than the court system, basically. host: richard, we are running out of time. what did you get from that caller? guest: i have no doubt there are many people who feel a sense of disappointment. i do think history will be more generous to the president then perhaps his contemporaries. that does not make him unique, or even particularly unusual, but i also think the altman question that will be asked is -- that ultimately will be asked is, are you telling me the court is the only thing that is the separa

caller: i love bernie sanders and dennis kucinich, russ feingold. would be interested in any one of those but i know they won't party run. guest: let me ask you because i suspect there are a lot of people who feel the way you do. if the question were put to you that by supporting a third party of the left, you would guarantee the election of a republican president, what would you do then? caller: the only thing i worry about in difference is of course court judges and appellate courts and lower courts and all that. other than that, i really don't see any really difference if romney wins or if barack obama, other than our court system basically. host: richard, we're running out of time. what did you hear from that caller? guest: i have no doubt there are many people who feel a sense of disappointment, failure or not. i think history will be more generous to the president than perhaps his contemporaries. that doesn't make him unique or particularly unusual but i also think that the ultimate question that will be asked is, is it really -- is it really

. >> dennis kucinich would do the same thing, and has. >> he has. >> okay.or and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. >> hey, chuck, can you break into a couple of verses of "holy, holy, holy"? >> i thought we could do some -- >> can i just say, you've got to give him credit that he went sort of -- >> what are you talking about? >> the fact that he went to a verse that most people don't know, you know? i mean, we all know the first part. he went to another part of "amazing grace." i've got to give him credit. he obviously knows every verse of the song. >> i loved it. i was absolutely moved by it. that was great. >> that just -- >> no, i was moved by that. chuck todd, tell me, so, what's happening in the republican side here? this is one crazy race. >> it is, and it's -- you know, watching -- we all knew herman cain was going to not survive, i guess. i mean, the prediction has been sort of the most accurate piece of conventional wisdom we've seen in a long time. the question was how was this fall going to happen? look, i'm not 100% convinced that this thi