michael eric dyson joins me later in the hour.ou can tweet us your thoughts using #edshow. >>> another shakeup in iowa. >>> another shakeup in iowa. and establishments republicans aren't real happy with this one. a new poll shows ron paul on top with 23%. mitt romney is three points behind him at 20%. newt gingrich has dropped to the third after losing 13 points in two weeks. the newtster on the slide. republicans are getting nervous and they're pulling out all stops to prevent a ron paul victory. chris wallace kicked things off last week on fox saying if ron paul won it would discredit the caucuses? iowa republicans are echoing those remarks and the knives are coming out. the co-chair of michele bachmann's iowa campaign said this about a ron paul victory. "to see the process hijacked would be a concern for those who consider the honor we have of being first in the nation." well, the republican establishment sees ron paul, i guess you could say, as some kid in the back of the classroom with a smaller desk making a lot of noise and

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i'll talk to michael eric dyson about that. republicans in the senate showed their true colors today, sticking up for the 1% and blocking confirmation of the head of the consumer financial protection agency. senator bernie sanders will be here with reaction on that. the dysfunctional gop and the obstructionists. we're right back. >>> michael eric dyson joining me in a moment. and also president obama responds to his detractors who have accused him of appeasement, telling them to ask osama bin laden. it's great tape. four michigan cities, this is a serious story, have had emergency managers take control of their local governments. lawmakers and residents of detroit are working hard to prevent their city from becoming the next one. let us know what you think on twitter using the #edshow. we're featuring your tweets throughout the show. stay with us. we're right back. >>> the whole controversy going a week ago because i suggested children could work. and this became this horrifying -- liberals went on tv and went, oh, my god, mitt

professor michael eric dyson will tell us what the trump debacle says about the republican party. >>> and for some reason, dick cheney thinks the world needs to hear his views on foreign policy. >> how close do you think iran is to a nuclear weapon? >> very close. i don't see anything that's been done by this administration that's going to stop that program. >> tonight, my commentary on why the former vice president needs to leave the stage. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. republicans want to return to the destructive economic policies of the past. but their own personal histories may knock them out first. today, a video from 2002 is being circulated by both republicans and democrats. it shows a side of mitt romney he doesn't want republicans primary voters to see. >> i think people recognize that i'm not a partisan republican, that i'm someone who is moderate and my views are progressive and that i'm going to go to work for our senior citizens, for people who have been left behind by urban schools that are not doing the right job. they're going to vo

i'll talk to michael eric dyson about that. republicans in the senate showed their true colors today, sticking up for the 1% and blocking confirmation of the head of the consumer financial protection agency. senator bernie sanders will be here with reaction on that. the dysfunctional gop and the obstructionists. we're right back.lone ♪ ♪ and just let me be [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ your ticket home [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. take an extra 10 percent off storewide now through sunday. ugh, great. you may be going up, but those roots are bringing you down! try root touch-up by nice 'n easy. to extend the life of your color. nice 'n easy has 50% more shades, so you can find your seamless match. with root touch-up by nice 'n easy. >>> michael eric dyson joining me in a moment. and also president obama responds to his detractors who have accused him of appeasement, telling them to ask osama bin laden. it's great tape. four michigan cities, this is a serious story, have had emergency managers

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dyson for pulling this together.be that well known. back in 1993 when the resolute dusk operation was established to potentially read about all of the assets that had been poured into the u.s. treasury as a result of the record number of savings and loans closures, a small group of us approach reverend jackson and asked him to work with us to pass mandatory legislation to require any contracts given by that agency to go to minority contractors. if you at $200,000 or more that you had to give a contract to minority subcontractors. and i just want to say that during that time, reverend jackson worked with us tirelessly for 18 months straight. we went on capitol hill, i don't know if you remember this, reverend, but we went, we testified on capital before the senate banking committee. we went around the country and organized minority sewer in asset recovery. we held trade conference first of its kind. at the time i headed a trade organization of minority contractors. and this was before anybody had even heard of the fdi

dyson. >> dr. dyson said that made him more popular with his students.ere's probably a waiting list for that class. >> an education in hip hop and sociology. >> seem to love it. >>> fliers will soon have more low-cost options at reagan national airport. jetblue is spending a whopping $40 million for landing rights in washington, d.c. and another $32 million at new york's laguardia airport. jetblue and canada's west jet beat out five other companies in an auction. there will be eight daily takeoff and landing slots at reagan national. jetblue as not yet named their destinations from here. >>> still ahead this afternoon, an app that is simply perfect for the holiday season. we'll show you how to streamline the process of sending out all those greeting cards. >>> plus, the latest on the search for a missing mother zoun in florida. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting mome

professor dyson first. what do you expect?itt and all the others to go after the new front runner newt? or do you think that they're going to retain this cordial that they claim to want to continue? >> no, i think they have to go after newt. the time is shrinking for them to be able to isolate him as the front-runner and to make hay out of his personal life. but also his well established legitimate conservative. they have to erode that. ron paul is a real threat here. he is not to be slept on. any guy with two first names has a chance of administration you laugh. so the reality is they have to go after newt gingrich and look for ron paul to be the spoiler. to come up on the blind side and really take over. >> goldie, very quickly is that correct your view? >> that is my view. i think the professor is absolutely dead on. >> michael eric dyson and goldie taylor, thank you for joining us. next, newt as speaker and why some republicans are castillo a bit wshy washy on the man. >> i would have a hard time finding someone high felt

professor dyson, i want to start with you. it is crucial, is it not? the. line on this. there are rumors everywhere that he may fold. >> no, you've got to stand up. you've got the people. you've got the bully pulpit. your poll numbers are rising. people now say you're more popular than you've been in quite a while. they've predicted that he would win against anybody he would face in the election in 2012. so please, president obama, hold the line. the bully pulpit is yours. tell the american people that you are for them and prove it. let boehner, cantor and mcconnell. it sounds like a law group or the supremes rejects. come to you and try to figure out what they must do. do not compromise with them on this. use your authority to reinforce our priority as american citizens. that's what he must do. >> anna marie, some people are saying the president is so affected by the idea that 160 million americans will have their taxes go up. that he may feel that, and so empathetically decide to move toward boehner doufl agree it is crucial that he stands his ground now?

professor dyson makes a good point.a point that they hammer these argument in addition very hypocritical manner. you talk about iowa. what about south carolina and florida? repeatedly talking about newt's adultery doesn't go down well in those places. >> it's true. things will start to look very different when we start to go south in these polls, these primaries. i think that's when you're going to see mitt romney's religion play a role and you'll see these veiled attacks in the same way the attack from romney was very much veiled in talk b newt gingrich's marriages. an indirect hit. i think you might see indirect hits at romney. framing it in a very careful way but definitely trying to bring it to the surface. >> professor michael eric dyson, thank you for joining us. >> stay with us. >>> first the market wrap. >> let's take a look at how stocks are doing right now. when we started the trading day, we are on shaky ground with all three. the dow jones industrial average currently up by about 80 points. the other two ind

michael eric dyson is teaching the first class of its kind.his is not a class we go, hey, those lyrics are dope, let's just listen to the music. no, you got the wrong class. >> reporter: the class we attended covered urban culture, racism, homophobia and racism and sexual abstinence. >> it creates a tremendous tension within hip-hop. >> reporter: all from the rapper's complex and, at times, offensive lyrics. dyson says jay-z's rags to riches story raised by a tough grandmother. >> you're comparing jay-z to shakespeare? >> absolutely. to every great artist who has ever picked up a pen. yes, i am saying he is that great. >> reporter: but the class has its critics. especially at a university where tuition is nearly 40 grand per year. >> some of my friends were definitely skeptical. my academic adviser from my government major was very, very skeptical. >> reporter: in its first semester the course has been overwhelmingly popular. >> to study, end up the things -- you think are part of your culture right now but really have a deeper philosophical m

. >> professor dyson -- isn't part of the problem here professor dyson that the leading candidates spendeir time trying to disown their true identity? newt spends the whole time trying to tell us he is not a washington insider even though he spent 30 years and made millions of dollars. >> you are right. not only that, but he continues to indulge the luxuries of his supposed anti-incumbent status to prove his legitimacy and you have been an insider for so long, but it takes the luxury of an insider to play like you are an outsider because they are trying to get in and they are honest about it. i want to come to the beltway to make a difference and strengthen the economy and tell the truth about american politics and i want to bring the dignity back. those who are privileged missed the boat. i think newt gingrich will be exposed soon and it's the contradiction here. all of these are like i don't want anything to do with it. the those who hate government are the ones who seek it most to destroy it from within. >> another individual, i wonder who has grown in your est make is michele bachman

now an accident in brandywine, route 301 at dyson road. more on both of those incidents coming up in my next report. >> thanks, monika. iran says it has captured one of our drone spy planes but a former pentagon official says that plane is a fake. >> that's one of the stories making news now at 6:12. >> a former official tells "usa today" the plane is the wrong color and the joints don't look right. the official requested to remain anonymous. they said they shot down the plane last week and president obama has asked for it back. >> the final report on the deep water horizon spill blames both the industry and the equipment. 11 workers died in the explosion 18 months ago in the gulf of mexico. oil spewed into the gulf for weeks. the final report says industry safety standards are weak. and the equipment on the oil wells failed. >> starting tomorrow, your pilot may be using an ipad instead of paper. american airlines received approval to use the tablet computers to navigate instead of the old paper charts. united and alaska airlines already u

. >> professor dyson, you point out the lunacy of the expert and his idea for judges.t his performance. a new national poll from cnn shows that gingrich is falling into a tie with mitt romney. do you think that romney with all of his attack ads and ron paul's attack ads begins to have an effect and we are seeing that? >> absolutely. two things. steady as she goes, mitt romney. he is not too fussed and mussed. like his hair, he stays in place and goes forward into the universe of political possibility by saying i will do what i do and be who i am and despite the other stuff, the flip flopping and he remain steady. people rise above and fall beneath, but he stays there. ron paul comparatively speaking is looking like the rational reasonable alternative in this field and that's a pretty scary thing. this was christmas and hanukkah and kwanzaa and not halloween. if are ron paul to look that good suggests another twilight zone. stay with us. we have to go to commercial. we will talk about the do nothing congress in 2012. stay with us. >> we have honest differences with the

had a wonderful time and i want to thank the teacher, lori d dyson. >> you have meteorologists in the making there? >> yes, hundreds of them. >>> let's see how the traffic is moving. we have danella to tell us. what is happening out there now? >> a couple problems on the roadways. southbound, wb parkway at route 450, your left lane is blocked and you have to stick by to get by that accident. now, northbound connecticut avenue at adams drive, right here we have two of the right lanes taken away by the water main break there. and along i-270, seeing a lot of green in both directions, and that means no major delays at this time. passing germantown, and heading towards rockville, clear in both directions, and not seeing any major issues for you. and traffic is clear, as you head towards the super. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> today we continue our 12 days of giving. we will introduce you to different nonprofit groups in our area making a difference but need help and support to continue their good work. veronica johnson is live in arlington this morning to talk about the s

i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. donald trump continues to attack anyone and everyone who disagrees with him. today's target, mitt romney who snubbed trump's debate. this is "the ed show." and as ed would say, let's get to work. >> i'm surprised that mitt romney said no. frankly, i surprised because he really wants my endorsement. i mean, he wants it very badly. >> donald trump is piling on mitt romney. the republican field is piling on mitt romney. >> you're afraid to show up with donald trump, and i think it strikes me as kind of a very weak position. >> and now mitt romney is shooting himself in the foot. >> i don't think i said "most." oh, did i? did i make that? >> eugene robinson of "washington post" and democratic strategist krystal ball are here. >>> yesterday was pearl harbor day number two. >> the deranged assessment continues. >> this is a smooth jazz liberation speech. >> odri hendricks of columbia university is here with reaction. >>> rick perry's campaign is on life support. he's trying to revive it wit

i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> good evening, and thanks for joining us tonight from washington, d.c. where everybody thinks the center of the action, center of gravity in this town is the big building you see behind me. the united states capitol. and if the center of gravity in this town isn't there, most the people think it's the white house, right? on most days, what's in competition for the center of gravity in washington, d.c., for the center of the washington, d.c., universe, is this place. k. street where the lobbyists here in washington have their offices. if the press is the fourth estate, k. street is the fifth es strait. today this is what k. street looked like. hundreds, perhaps a thousand protesters swarming k. street and managing to shut it down. these are 99%er protesters, some aligned with the occupy d.c. movement, some aligned with the labor movement. they descended as part of take back the capitol protest. a dozen people were arrested at that action. that wa

professor dyson.ntry where gays can serve in the military and children can't pray in school. isn't this a blib rate attempt to go back 25 years to the culture wars that sicken the political debate in the country. >> absolutely. we had a good reason for having a separation of church and state. the founding fathers understood that everybody ought to be able to embrace their religious identities and realities and the thick wall of separation should obtain because we don't want them being be enshrined as the religion. all religions would be protected if no religion would be treated in a special fashion. rick perry wants to go back to prosecute more cultural wars, he wants to jump wack back with relitigate the arguments over the declaration of independence and at the basis of this nation. for guys who claimed themselves to be original constructionists and instruct constructionists, they always want to undermine the constitution at their own discretion. i think it's ridiculous. >> crystal, is this not an ac

want to thank teacher laurie dyson for the invitation. how's traffic?f you're traveling on the beltway in prince george's county, still seeing a lot of green as you make your way from bw parkway and also the wilson bridge in both directions. on the beltway at arena drive, traffic flowing quite nicely. inner loop and outer loop, not seeing any problems there. in montgomery county, your lanes are open as well. this is the view on connecticut avenue. on the outer loop, getting a little busy on colesville road. volume is increasing. no major delays in that area. if you're taking the beltway at robinson terminal in that area. no problems on the inner loop or outer loop. on the inner loop, joe, it's 60 miles per hour. back to you. >> give yourself extra time if you plan to use metro this weekend. trains will be sharing tracks on all five lines. on the red line, trains will single track between van ness and friendship heights and between takoma and forest glen stations. trains will share tracks -- one track on the blue line between foggy bottom and arlington c

michael aaron dyson is is a professor at georgetown and an msnbc political analyst and se

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