"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 12 days until the 2012 election. mitt romney can run, but he can't hide from his support for richard mourdock. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> our destiny is not written for us that's why i'm asking for your vote in this election. >> florida, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia. in los angeles with jay leno. >> the main cure is to make sure you vote. >> in nevada with katy perry. >> you know, i got my poll outfit sorted, okay? >> the president is emptying the tank for the final push. >> you may notice that my voice sounds just a little hoarse. >> as mitt romney literally runs away from questions about mourdock's rape remarks. tonight, senator barbara boxer on the romney failure to lead. "the daily beast's" michael tomasky on the president's momentum and today's big endorsement. >>> plus another plutocrat is shaking down employees to vote for romney. >>> and congressman elijah cummings on the right wing effort to true the vote by inti

>> i do, ed. i think that i really so respect joe biden for being very honest and sincere about his own personal beliefs and for respecting and honoring the rights of women to have legal access to necessary abortion care and birth control. that said, may i just say that i really wish that women's issues would come up more in these debates. frankly, obama's positions and biden's positions are so good for women, especially when you compare them to how bad the romney/ryan positions are. i would really love to see that coming out more in the debates. >> well, we'll see if the polls swing in the gender gap, again, as they had tightened in recent weeks. terry o'neill, thanks for joining us on "the ed show." appreciate it. >>> romney and ryan twisted themselves into knots over taxes and showed up again last night big time. david cay johnston will join us to tell us what it's all about. >>> and republicans, they didn't like losing so they cried. not fair! really? karen finney and i will talk about it, nex

this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> the question is, what kind of vision do you have for this country? >> is it mitt romney's vision or greed and wealth? or president obama's vision for a level playing field? >> mitt romney's some towns don't count tour, because freeport didn't count. >> that question plays out tonight in freeport, illinois. >> everybody should play by the same rules. >> sensata workers have played by the rules for years. helped the company become hugely profitable. and now they will pay the price. 170 families will now have to find work, health care, and retirement security someplace else. we'll show you the local impact and how republican economic policy has devastated the middle class all across the country. and the economic stakes in this election play out in freeport, illinois. the sensata plant is ground zero in the economic differences between governor romney and president obama. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." great to have you with us tonight. from

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"the ed show" with ed shultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york tonight. sandy, nice name, lousy storm. it's hitting the east coast as i speak. we'll have live updates of the storm as it makes landfall. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> this is going to be a big storm. it's going to be a difficult storm. the great thing about america is when we go through tough times, we all pull together. >> 60 million people in 12 states brace for 800 miles of hurricane sandy. >> i am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families. >> the campaigns have been suspended. entire cities shut down and the worst is yet to come. >> water is up over the street. >> the wind gusts are getting more and more frequent and much stronger. >> the fear is it's going to be worse than irene. >> tonight full reports from up and down the east coast. >> it's only a matter of time as this system gets closer. >> governor martin o'malley over the battering in baltimore. and ted strick

mayor lee. >> thank you, ed. >> well, if you notice, supervisor elsburn, and ed harrington and you noticelue, i'm wearing blue, we are not dodgers fans, we only do this when we have a water system that we want to talk about. and i wanted to thank the supervisor for being here and you know, the commissioners, as well, for being here and all of the parties that ed has mentioned. five years ago, when ed harrington took up this mantle of being the general manager for the puc, it was also around the same time that then the mayor asked me to go down to new orleans and take a look at what they did not do to safe themselves from all of the years of recovery that they have had to engage in. that they are still doing as of today. one of the big lessons that i found out at that time is that they did not invest properly in the infrastructure knowing that disaster was in front of them, having experienced a flooding and the gates of their water barriers having melted down a couple of times, even before then. so when ed harrington obviously knew that history as well and he took up this leadership, five

i call it sabotage, ed. every day in the congress, we have watched in the house of representatives the republicans sabotaging every single effort to put people back to work. to make the jobs stay in the united states of america. >> you think the democrats have done what they've had to do to turn this around? >> we have tried. they have voted 13 times against anything that would keep jobs in the united states of america. >> cheri, is the middle class at stake in this election in your opinion? >> oh, we've got to make sure we elect the right members of congress who can stand alongside people like jan schakowsky and move things forward again. we have unprecedented gridlock. we're not moving our country forward. i'm ready to stand in there and look out for people. we've got the uaw here, we have the steelworkers here. we have to look out for the middle class. >> i want to point out this is a nonunion shop. so this was not a union issue. i mean, these people weren't trying to get more out of a company that made t

>> absolutely, they should, ed.nd all the voter suppression, tactics that they are using in the state of ohio is just further cementing the cause of folks getting out to vote. people in ohio are excited getting out to vote and that's clearly the first day in early voting where in one county almost 1,900 people, ed, showed up the first day of early voting, far outpassing what happened in 2008. >> the afl-cio said today it registered 68,000 new voters in the state of ohio. that's a heavy lift. >> it is. it's the right kind of lift, ed. >> well, okay. so does president obama need to do more in the state, go reaffirm his position with these voters? or do you consider him to still be in really good shape in ohio? >> he's in good -- >> did the debate do anything to him last night? >> the president is in good shape, but come on. i feel like you and chris matthews after that debate. the president is going to have to bring it the way he should and the way he knows that he needs to do it, but he's going to be here in clevelan

"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> all right. not a good night. we didn't play very well. unusual for us. we're a hell of a team. we got a long way to go. i know you're not happy. i heard the fans. i heard it. you're hearing it from me. we're better than that. report card's fine. there's nothing wrong -- obama's great. that's why we recruited him in 2007. he's a hell of a player. we won championships with him before. we're going to win again. >> coach, going to be a lineup change? >> no, there's not going to be a lineup change. you think i'm going to change the lineup now? look, did he turn the ball over? yes. did he throw the ball out of bounds? yes. he missed a few lay-ups. he's still my guy. we're not changing the line wrup. i told you when you started covering this team earlier this was going to be a long road. i don't know anything at playing at altitude. the kids seemed well before the game. we didn't play well. it's another game. we have to get over it. >> coach, what about the other team? >> look, you know what, if you guys want do go out

this is the ed show. let's get to work. >> american security and cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> the romney line to work continuing in virginia. tonight, retired colonel lawrence wilkerson on mitt romney's scare tactics. his bad ideas and return to bush policies. >> they said what? >> the president dedicates a national monument no caesar chavez as the conspiracy theorists continue to foam at the mouths. >> do you they think changed anything. >> i do. i think they did a lot of monkey business. >> and the latest from the republican alternate reality. >> the reason we face difficulty in our problem solving mechanism is that a good portion of this country created an alternate universe. >> new study out of ohio shows america just how discriminatory and racist the republican effort to stop early voting really was. you won't believe these numbers. state senator anita turner joins me live in studio. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. mitt r

"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 19 days until the 2012 election. mitt romney's son, tag, wants to take a swing at the president of the united states. the disrespect keeps coming. tonight we'll show you who should really be in a fighting mood. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> what is it like for you to hear the president of the united states call your dad a liar? >> well, jump out of your seat, you want to rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him. >> the romney campaign is laughing those comments off. the president continues to hammer his opponent. >> he took another swing at it and he -- >> tonight, michael eric dyson on the poor excuses for tagg romney's joke. >>> they brought us binders full of women. >> team romney tries to turn the page with women voters, but will it work? >> he totally gets working women. >>> the plutocrats continue to strong arm their employees to vote against their best interests. we'll play you the mitt romney tape. >> nothing ill

>> ed, i think he has. i think the folks in ohio started to figure this guy out when they first heard about the swiss bank account and the fact he wouldn't release his own income tax returns. then we saw him in that video talking about us in those disparaging, disrespectful ways. this is just, you know, the final straw that i think is going to break the camel's back in terms of the romney campaign in ohio. >> i got to ask you before we get out of here tonight. the hurricane is a big story. sandy, how is this in your opinion going to affect voting in ohio, quickly? >> i think early voting is going forward. i think it will continue to do that. the weather is bad here. the wind is blowing. it's rainy. we may get some snow. but i think our people are fired up and this may just be one more challenge, but we'll overcome that challenge and get the people out. >> former ohio governor ted strickland with us tonight, thanks so much. that is "the ed show." an

here's the difference, ed.they had the understanding, they had the rules. they were going at it which i think the american people understood and appreciated the fact they were having an honest dialogue. >> don't the american people want the truth? >> the american people do want the truth. the american people have not gotten the truth from this president. >> wait a second. >> let me finish. chris, let me finish this. wait, wait, wait. you had your second. chris, hang on a second. >> he made -- governor romney made a mistake. can you admit he made a mistake? >> no, he did not make a mistake. >> he did make a mistake. >> this administration made a mistake, chris. the fact of the matter is -- >> in terms of what he was attacking the president on in the debate, he was factually wrong. >> this actually, former governor of massachusetts was factually right. the fact of the matter is, ed, let me state this very clearly. >> yep. >> the governor said, mr. president, a fact you came out in the rose garden the next day on

"the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show." two days until the first presidential debate and 36 days until the election. this was the scene at the senate debate in massachusetts minutes ago. >> you're going to comment on my record, i would have you refer to -- excuse me. excuse me. i'm not a student in your classroom. please let me respond. thank you. >> we're going live to boston for full analysis. there's a lot to get to tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> it would take me too long to go through the math. >> the republican ticket can't get fox news on board with their vision for america. >> i didn't want to get into all the math of this and everybody would start changing the channel. >> howard fineman from the latest calamity. >>> the romney camp says they plan to win the debate with zingers. >> i would be tempted to go back to that wonderful by ronald reagan, there you go again. >> how much you want to bet, it doesn't work? >> $10,000 bet? >> in ohio, they are sleeping overnight at polling places. we'll go

this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> it would take me too long to go through the math. >> the republican ticket can't get fox news on board with their vision for america. >> i didn't want to get into all the math of this and everybody would start changing the chan l channel. >> howard fineman from the latest calamity. >>> the romney camp says they plan to win the debate with zingers. >> i would be tempted to go back to that wonderful by ronald reagan, there you go again. >> how much you want to bet, it doesn't work? >> $10,000 bet? >> in ohio, they are sleeping overnight at polling places. we'll go live to cleveland where nina turner is camping out for early voting. >>> and house majority leader eric cantor is fighting for his political life in his own district. wayne powell will join me live following tonight's big debate. >>> good evening, americans. good to have you with us. republicans are hoping for a game changer in the next few days, but romney's path to victory is starting to disappear. pre

"the ed show." you guys have been complaining about media fairness preponderance let's talk it over. today paul ryan told a radio host in milwaukee why he wouldn't give chris wallace the math. >> i didn't want to get into all the math of this because everybody would start changing the channel. >> so nice of paul ryan to be concerned about chris wallace's ratings rather than presenting the e details of his plan to the voters. paul ryan is the chairman of the house budget committee and he can't even take time to explain his policies to the american people? now later in the interview, ryan revealed the truth about the tax breaks for fat cats. >> what's most important to him in his tax reform plan? >> keeping tax rates down. by lowering tax rate, people keep more of the dollar they earn. that matters. that is pro-growth policy. that creates seven million jobs. >> that's more important than? >> than anything. >> tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires are more important than anything else? forget ab

"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 27 days until the 2012 election and mitt romney is proving the to be a man without conviction. he shakes the etch a sketch yet again on women's rights. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all these last two years. >> president clinton rises again as mitt romney implodes over a woman's right to choose. tonight, terry o'neill of the national organization for women on mitt romney's war on women etch a sketch. bob shrum on the candidate without a core. >> it's very important for folks to just make sure that they understand that as long as people stay focused, we will win this thing. >> the president is rallying the troops as joe biden gets ready to take on lying ryan. >> trust me, i come from detroit west. we know we need a healthy auto sector. >> howard fineman and john nichols have the debate preview. >>> and from the coal mine owner to the real estate mogul, ceos are holding their workers hostage

this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> you don't think it's coincidental that we've got the biggest surge since 1983 and in the job surge? come on, chris. >> the conspiracy theorists are howling tonight. we'll get the truth on today's huge jobs report. with former president of ubs investment bank robert wolffe and democratic strategist bob shrumpf. a republican talking point died a bloody death today. >> the obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8%. >> would not exceed 8%. >> unemployment under 8%. >> below 8%. >> tonight a requiem for the 8% promise. the mitt romney coal miner story got even uglier today. we'll talk to the author of a new report that claims the owner of the ohio mine mitt romney visited forced workers to donate to the romney campaign. and the legendary actor lavar burton is mad at mitt romney for going after big bird. >> i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight lamar burton with the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >>

ed? yes, in reference to some of the self-help groups that i work with in maryland, we have a-a current effort going on just to show that you can outreach in the smallest and the slightest ways. maybe it's not really considered a small and slight way, but what we've-we've found is there's a lot of folks who just cannot read. there's millions of americans who cannot read or read at-at such a low level that when, when we're speaking in our-our groups and we say here's this literature- just read this literature and everything will be fine. and they cannot read it. so our effort is to put audiotapes and videotapes out to-to the groups themselves, to-to the libraries in our counties, to the corrections facilities, and treatment facilities, and it's amazing how fast it took off because i've-i've been in the presence of people who-no one, no one wants to admit that they can't read. it's one-one of your deep, dark secrets. well, thank you, and when we come back, we are going to talk about more ab

personal thanks to ed harrington, as well. i will turn it back over to r m our emcee. >> a big round of applause. [applause] >> all right. thank you also my pleasure to introduce president of our board of supervisors, supervisor david chu. >> good government. evening. it's my honor to welcome you to our local version of the academy awards for city government. yes, please give it up. i think our awardees look absolutely stunning tonight. i want to welcome you all to city hall. thank you for joining us in celebrating good government, celebrating san francisco. opera iit is often said that as goes san francisco, goes california. as those california, so goes the rest of the country. i want to thank the awardees tonight and all of our civil servants when you are helping us how to figure out how to better manage our parks, r-texas, to figure out how we deliver our water. we are setting in example truly to the rest of the world. i want to thank spur. i know that the best ideas in city government do not come from the politicians. they

from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "the ed show."e wisconsin senate race is one of the most expensive in the state's history. it is the most expensive, excuse me. and it's probably the ugliest as well. last night, i refused to air the deciding attack ad put out by the former republican governor, tommy thompson. it's pretty gross, which accuses congresswoman tammy baldwin of voting against honoring the victims of 9/11. today, the baldwin campaign fired back with its own ad. and i want you to see this one. here it is. >> tommy thompson's ad is a disgrace. the truth. time and again, tammy baldwin has supported honoring victims of 9/11 and tommy thompson, he got a government contract to provide health care to 9/11 first responders. but tommy took advantage, leaving them without the care they were promised. tommy thompson personally made over $3 million off the deal. tommy thompson should be ashamed. >> let's break it down. tommy thompson served as the health and human services secretary under george w. bush from 2001 to 2005. so it raise

"the ed show" with ed schultz begins right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 13 days until the 2012 election. another wake-up call to republican voters. >> do you believe that if the pregnancy results from rape, that god intended for that pregnancy to take place? >> you know, that's a call above my pay grade. >> mitt romney, paul ryan, and the republicans have a brand-new problem. his name is richard mourdock. >> this fall, i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> tonight, now president terry o'neill on romney's favorite indiana candidate. >> governor mitt romney's strong showing during the debates has put the obama campaign in full panic mode. the desperate left, they'll say anything to rebound, and once again, they are playing the race card. >> less than two weeks before the election, the crazies are coming out of the woodwork. >> president obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country. >> tonight, michael eric dyson on trump, coulter, and palin's dive off the deep end. >> if the questio

this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> america's security cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> the romney lies continue in virginia. tonight retired cornell lawrence wilkerson. >>> the president dedicates a national monument to cesar chavez and the theorists foam at the mouth. >> do you think they change the numbers? >> i do. >> ari melber from the latest on the reality. >> the reason we face a difficult in our problem-solving mechanism is a good portion of the country has created an alternate universe. >> in a new study, shows america just how discriminatory and racist the republican early to stop early voting really was. you won't believe these numbers. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. mitt romney is following up his debate performance in denver last week by introducing the country to the new mitt romney. the new mitt romney is not the candidate we've seen for the last couple of years. last week romney lied about his policies on taxes, education and health ca