thanks so much. >> thanks, ed. >> you bet. >> that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz.n" with reverend al sharpton begins now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, breaking news. a school shooting in colorado just miles from the site of the horrific columbine massacre. the shooting happened at arapaho high school in colorado. a student entered the school apparently looking for a specific teacher. that student is now dead of self-inflicted gun wounds. two other students are hurt. one of them

ed show," live from new york. let's get to work. ♪ >> we as a caucus, along with our senate counterparts, are going to meet and discuss what it is we want to get out of the debt limit. i would prefer to keep those conversations within the family. >> don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. ever. >> hell, no, you can't! >> i think john just kind of got his irish up. >> we didn't get everything we wanted. >> we spent a lot of time just getting to know each other. >> you complete me. >> talking, understanding each other's principles. >> shut up. just shut up. >> look, i think john just kind of got his irish up. >> you had me at hello. >> we're actually starting to talk to each other, which is kind of new for this day and age. >> just when i thought i was out, they pulled me back in. >> i see the tea party as indispensable. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i want you to look right at my eyes. when i say something, i mean it. when i say i stand with workers all across

he will be on at 4:30 tomorrow and coming up right now, "the ed show," with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." let's get to work. >> it would require an act of congress. >> can this congress dig itself out of its hole. >> ooh, sometimes the truth is painful. >> families will take a brutal hit over the holidays. >> i asked santa for a choo choo. >> then good out and get a job. >> those people unemployed, we're just leaving them in the lurch. >> do you personally support extending unemployment benefits? >> the 26 weeks they're paid for, if you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers. >> what are you, crazy? >> yeah, buddy, i'm crazy. crazy like a fox. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we'll try it again. right there. i'll look you right in the eye tonight and tell you that i support workers in every workplace in america, when it comes to fair share, collective bargaining and the vote. are we crystal clear on that? you know, there's a big calculation going on right now about trust. can you trust what people

this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> solid hiring. >> steady progress. >> larry hein. >> mcdonald's corporation has well over the money to pay us what we deserve. >> they're protesting their salaries. >> we work too damn hard. >> waiting on that pepper, julio. >> give workers a living wage and real shot at the american dream. >> don't simply feed fish. >> give me that fish! >> what they're demanding is $15 an hour in pay. $7.25, which equates to a little more than $15,000 a year. >> we all got to start small, but not that small. >> they also want to form unions without what they call employer retaliation. >> don't give me any lip. >> fast food workers aren't just, you know, simple people. >> wants the to come out of their office and live our life for one month. do it for one month, and i guarantee they will be out here striking with us. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. to start tonight, let's focus on three words. deserve, want and need. every american worker thinks,

please welcome mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you ruth >> and thank you nancy pelosi it is wonderful to be here on the ribbon cutting day. thank you for this. i is enjoy g s a it's like my agency you know my history the university that u purchaser and the city administrator you know i love g s a and to hear pittsburgh it's role it refers to our clients as customers. i went through those years trying to recreate those agencies given the opportunity and the high privilege of re13wi7b9 government and making us not only relevant but at the value for everything we must accomplish. i will add to the appreciation of president obama and his stimulus packet. i was here years ago i broke this ground with the architect and we were happy to before a break ground with leader pelosi and we looked at across market street and we saw market street as thirty percent vacancy rate a darkness to it people hurried and look what's happening 3 years later. i'll also reference this is one of our stimulus lettuce projects that's the purpose of that

stone, just ed? >> ed is fine. >> all right, ed. listen, you were -- you are professor at cal tech and you were former director of the nasa jet propulsion laboratory. now, explain why gpl is so important, why is that so important? >> gpl is designs spacecraft that go to the planets and also does earth observations and astrophysics and well. >> stephen: and you are the guys controlling it once it gets on the planet or gets around the planet or something like that? >> that's right. >> stephen: and astronauts they get all the ticker tape parades and i love them and i want to be one, but you guys are the guys who are humping it day and night, year after year to learn things about our solar neighborhood, right? >> that's right. >> stephen: do you ever get angry at those guys? >> no, we are having too much fun. >> stephen: how did you get into doing this? >> actually, i was a graduate student in the, when the space-age began so i was there at the beginning and i have been doing these things now for over 50 years. >> stephen: now, we have

welcome back to "the ed show." "ask ed live." love this segment.rom -- i believe that's regina reginald. should members of congress be drug tested? yes. i'm there. but i think they ought to be drug tested before the election. so we know exactly what we're paying for. because we're finding out in the last segment they're sure at heck not working. let's at least make sure they're not doing drugs. yeah, i'm for this. truck drivers get tested. many jobs in america that you're applying for you have to take a drug test. so why not? i mean, they're only making our laws, you know -- yeah, i do. i think they should be drug tested. i think they should be drug tested before the election, as well. our next question is from debby roy. she wants to know, what do you think about all the snow fargo is getting? well, i guess the northern tier is getting kind of blasted right now. but i am officially announcing tonight that i have retired from shoveling snow. too bad. although the north country is beautiful when it gets snow this time of year. but you know, i might

this is "the ed show."et to work. >>> as someone who spent many years in the private sector -- >> republicans want to privatize yet mother great american institution. >> you know how republicans always say that private sector does everything better? >> the private sector -- >> we should say replace the post office with fedex and u.p.s.? >> darrell issa's house oversight committee took a whack at workers again. >> the need to oversize the post office. >> two of the nation's biggest package shippers, u.p.s. and fedex, under fire. >> u.p.s., fedex, missed christmas day deadlines, sparking outrage from customers online. >> u.p.s. stands for undelivered parcel shipment. >> how do you tell a 6-year-old she's not going to get her present for christmas? >> that's tough. >> these are the nature of private sectors. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. republican house oversight committee chairman, darrell issa, has made a complete fool of himself again. in his lacest witch hunt. issa is t

, americans, and welcome to "the ed show." let's get to work! ♪ let's get to work. >> one of the missions i had when i came to msnbc was that -- president obama had just been elected. i wanted to do health care. >> you need to pay attention to what's happening in your backyard! >> fixing health care in this country is a moral obligation. >> what is our part and what is our soul as a country? is what the next generation is going to have to answer. >> when we start picking and choosing neighborhoods, who is going to get the resources and who is not going to get the resources, we will lose this country. >> should be talking about infrastructure, investment, investment in education, investment in workers and going round two on health care! >> i want to repeal the law of the land. is that clear? >> that we will not back down from that fight. >> liberals. that's who we are. we care about our neighbors. >> and i've been very proud to do that. >> let's get to work. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for joining us. it has be

ed show," live from morning. let's get to work. live from new york. ♪ >>> let's fast forward to the state of union and months after that. health care working better, a lot of people signing up, economy continuing to strengthen, hopefully no washington shutdowns. ♪ >> first impression here was terrible. >> i think there's going to be a lot of negative surprises as to what they're able to enroll in. >> give my creation life! >> i think it's going to be an unfolding disaster for the president. ♪ >> so i still think the foundations of this plan have some of the same kinds of problems that the rollout has had. but they're fundamental, very hard to overcome. and unfortunately, as people enroll -- >> you can't handle the truth! >> it may take until 2017 when this president leaves office. you're going to see almost every state in this country running their own exchanges eventually and expanding medicaid. and i think it will work really well then. ♪ >>> good to have you with us want to, folks. thanks for watching. hope yo

"the ed show." but first, 2013 gave us the rise of ted cruz and some "ed show" graphics gold.alooza. >>> here comes ted cruz. >> so i got to thinking green eggs and ham. and i love this story so i'm going read it to you. >>i canadian senator ted cruz o texas. >> i do not like them here or there, i do not like them anywhere. >> french-canadian senator, ted cruz. >> eat them, eat them, here they are. >> wacko bird senator from texas, ted cruz. >> do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> canadian senator ted cruz of texas. >> i do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam i am. >> canadian-born senator from texas, ted cruz. >>> i want you to know, we have a wonderful team of segment producers. i've got a lot of respect for them. think about that, having to write for me when i go off on a tangent. here on "the ed show," which these producers help me craft, i believe, what are some real killer shows that cut to the issues. however, folks, this is live television. and oftentimes, i kind of get them a little bit ne

mayor ed lee is leading the way for prosperity. today, the recovery is urban finished and incomplete we're still putting people back to work and to strengthen our middle class the backbone of our democracy. we have to make decisions about how to allocate resources that just don't build a structure and create jobs that way or a place to work and create jobs that way but to grow the economy in the surrounding area. that is what it makes it a model to the nation and that's what san francisco is also ready and able to do. as we bring life into the building this is renovated in the great recession and now ready for another service hopefully it is something we'll be calling the great come back of our economy. i think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because it's more than a building it's more than a workplace or a you mean it's to growth and regional it's the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldn't be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. so thank you very

without further ado i want to bring up the birthing cheerleader our mayor mayor ed lee. (clapping.) >> well, thank you ed and to the entire board the mta board and the staff everyone on the staff for working so hard in this past years to approve the muni service and identifying all the things we need to do on safety. we're fortunate that our economy a strong. and we do want to have success for everyone in the city. and everybody in some way including the kids in my family all touched muni in one way so it's a major transit mode we want to support and when it comes to saves they have to be a safe place for everyone. thank you to all the offered and the people and the entire safety compliment that works directly with metropolitan and as well as our police department. only on a day to day basis but they've been there with our officers to supplement all that the muni needs to do. we've invested in the improvement of our public safety. this summer as you heard chief and i and others in the technology world in the city likewise our officers to save time and allowing them to us

i just did a called today, ed.ce 1994, america has accumulated a $10 trillion trade deficit. >> and hats off to leo gerard and the steel workers for fighting those cheater and winning at the international level. keep up the fight. >> all right. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. thanks for your time on "the ed show." appreciate it. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter at ed show and on facebook. we always like to know what you think. >>> coming up, a colorful depiction of tea party senator, ted cruz. >>> plus, conservative media adds fuel to its anti obama care fire. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this duracell truck has some very special power. ♪ [ toys chattering ] it's filled with new duracell quantum batteries. [ toy meows ] [ dog whines ] [ toy meows ] these red batteries are so powerful... that this year they'll power all the hasbro toys donated to toys for tots. want to help power some smiles? duracell. trusted everywhere. every day we

coming up now, it's "the ed show" with ed schultz. . >> good morning americans, welcome to "the ed show," live from the north country. detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work. >> because congress didn't act, more than 1 million of their constituents will lose vital economic lifeline at christmastime. >> 1797, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits. >> the clock is tick itting. people got bills to pay. >> extended federal unemployment insurance benefits help these families pay for their rent. pay for their food and pay for their electricity. >> talk about hurting folks during the holidays. >> you don't look like yourself, jack. >> it's the holiday season. why do we have to have ice in our veins? >> all in favor of suspecting jack frost. >> we can become a society where americans are takers, not makers. >> what did santa bring, honey? >> ah! >> merry christmas. >> i think 2014 needs to be a year of action. >> thanks for joining us tonight, folks. republicans have thrown unemployed americans under the bus, and democrats are fighting back in a big way, as t

now coming up next, "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. democrats, help the unemployed, vote no. let's get to work. ♪ >> i am happy to report that senator murray and i have reached an agreement. >> it side stepped the crisis facing 1. 3 million americans. >> what type of witchcraft is this? >> republicans have their sights set now on ending long-term unemployment benefits. >> he's been out of work since january and joined the ranks of the unemployed last summer. >> i send out at least 25 resumes a day. >> when you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, they become part of this perpetual unemployed. >> i was greedy and foolish, and now i'm wrinkled and alone. >> republicans are on a mission to take and make poor people more poor two weeks before christmas. >> come on, what do you want? a snot rag? >> he's a working family struggling to keep their heads above water. >> it's all about the money, boys. >> they have ice in their vaein. and of course, we certainly don't want to rai

that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz.cs nation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >>> tonight's lead, people over politics. that's the message from the president and the first lady today. after they met with a group of mothers who have been helped by the affordable care act.

mayor ed lee mayor of san francisco. now i'd like to ask the district 6 san francisco supervisor ms. jane kim to please come to the stage for a response >> thank you justin. it's actually a good reminder it's important to support our language schools in san francisco being bilingual and transitional is an important part of our city to be able to compete in an economy. so the mayor and i have the honor of going to all the ribbon cuttings participate in the south of middle market. this is the first incubator space we're coming to which is an international collaborative workspace. i was speaking with some of the employees how many of us came to san francisco 13 years for the first dot come boom. many folks went from the colleges to the hot economy at that time. of course, we had the bust will cycle that followed and we're seeing something that's exiting the diversity of the economies and the businesses are incredible. this is excited about this step we're seeing on international collaboration this notice not just in san fra

that's "the ed show." i want to share with you the people that i love so much. this is my lovely wife wendy. we were at the white house last night. the president says she's beautiful. i agree. once again the president's got it correct. and our family dave and kelsey. kelsey where are you from? >> north dakota. >> how's that for an accent, folks? and also billy joe and joe and my brother-in-law john and his wife felicia. this is only a fourth of the griswold christmas on the northern tier. look, i love them. they're a wonderful family. and they appreciate you watching "the ed show." we want all of you to have a wonderful, wonderful holiday season. we're heading back to the north country. we'll come to you from detroit lakes tomorrow. god bless all of you. and reverend sharpton, i want you to know my son dave, he wants to introduce the show tonight. give it to him. >> this is ed shultz and family. this has been "the ed show." up next, "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton. >> thank you. and thank you to

ed show," live from new york. let's get to work. >> i refuse to give up on my mission to help the 99ers. >> you're going to vote to let the unemployment benefits lapse. >> before you do something stupid, you may want to think about this [ bleep ]. >> you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. >> maybe you should lend a hand, hmmm? >> with the american worker or against them. >> now we have class envy being stoked by the democratic party. >> oh, my gosh. does that suck. >> we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income in any major country on earth. >> if you raised the minimum wage too high, you're going to have not more jobs but fewer jobs. >> you sit on a throne of lies. >> but income inequality is ticking up nonstop. >> nobody gives you anything. you earn it. >> we have this big conversation going on in this country right now about income inequality. but none of them have ever experienced it. >>> put some ketchup on that one, will you? good to have you with

and coming up right now, "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans. live from new york, let's get to work. >>> a strength in our safety net for a new age. helped make sure we didn't go hungry. >> president obama wanted income redistribution along with health care access. and the only way to do that, to make money from the haves and give it to the have nots. >> at this festive season of the year, mr. scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute. >> the idea that a child may never be able to escape that poverty because she lacks a decent education or health care or a community that views her future as their own, that should offend all of us. to take money from the haves and give it to the have nots, that's not what's best. ♪ >> be off with you! >> christmas is a time of generosi generosity. >> what other secular humanists are peeing on your you'll log. >> convince people saying that jesus would feed the poor which he would. we all know that. but would he impose a system that hurts one gr

i want to turn it over to mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor farrell. it's great to see homeownership's and our labor force and city agencies thank you for coming together. we all support our assignment. this program as supervisor farrell pass very adequately explains you you know we started pace with or my proximate in 2010. it's a pretty big announcement we you will including exclude that was tremendous barriers for folks taking initiative on their own to create the energy all the times you have water xhefrm and making that something personally they wanted to contributed to the climate change in the world. that codify view was something many my mind when this program started fortunately it was stalled out bus of the fear from the financial sectors particularly freddie mac and fannie mae. but as a result as we've throughout through it there were other participates that stepped up. i i'd like to take this opportunity to not only thank xhaerl for restarting this program and calling upon our department to lead the way with all the other partners we've ide

the honorable mayor ed lee at the san francisco. and from hk architects. (clapping.) and crystal-clear barton artist with the cliff barton studio. thank you all for joining us the general services administrations is to deliver the best technology services to the government and american people. critical parts are providing with that,s that preserve the integrity off our historic fats and incorporating the design features all have been integrated. those of us who work here about work in a historically more than building. the m public works will homicide a place in his. at the history it dates back to 17952 when it was commissions to design is a new this. this federal building is within the center complex. after the earthquake of 18906 devastated many buildings it was transformed offering a promise of a now a fundamental humane city. this was designed by before a began in 1933 and was complete in 1936. the 77 his is unique including the historic oral office of chester. thanks it to the recovery act it's a beacon to achieve a plaque. in other words, this historic building

mayor ed lee and ms.missioner hi draw mendoza and commissioner perez we're looking forward to our reappointment next month supervisors john avalos and jane kim and a distinguished guests friends. on behalf of the council general my wife and colleagues at the filipino general in san francisco and most importantly the filipino american community in san francisco in the bay area i'd like to express our deepest appreciation to the mayor's office and especially to you, mr. mayor for host this wonderful representation and giving us this proclamation. this is more than a celebration to close the most long celebration of filipino american history month. for this is a gesture for a oonlts time of the growing filipino american citizens across california and throughout the united states. this month has been a month of learning. that the dreams and life lessons that were passed down from our generations resonate what a far greater community than friends. this the the art museums and signing of a b 1, 2, 3 which requi

i'd like to welcome to the stage the houshlg may have san francisco mayor ed lee.'s an honor to be here to celebrate the ninth american heritage indian month no san francisco celebration of the awards. i wanted to thank not that all of you are here but for k q e d for the sponsoring of local heros. this is important because your city is all about diversity and i want to make sure that everybody can live here and be here and have good jobs and education and if they go out to the military they'll come back and give go opportunities for them. i have a special guest someone i met this afternoon but represents sacrifice in the face of a lot of changes. if you, you know, what's happening in the midwest you'll know what's happening no south dakota. this gentleman came all the way to celebrate with us tonight perhaps we can exchange lessons leeshd how to support community. i want to welcome state representative kevin keller from the 27 district. he's here somewhere (clapping) but he'll be joining us tonight. i know he'll be very proud of our community as we conduct this ce

i want to recognize mayor ed lee and supervisor ed farrell and supervisor mar of district one and also our executive vp eric mcdowned and we have our beloved mascot thank you so much for being here. (barking) today is a very excited day for target in san francisco. i grew up in san francisco and everyone since i was a little girl but i didn't know i would be running one one day. as some of you know city target a relatively new development to commencement the consequence and friendly shopping experience to this neighborhood. this city take the will offer local manufactures to meet the needs off our guests. we are very excited to provide a place for people to work for those who live nearby and ride muni. we intend to continue our reputation of being a good neighbor in the local community. navigate in 2012 target attributed over 1 and a half million dollars to organizations in the san francisco community (clapping) thank you just last friday, a one hundred and 50 target team members from all over the bay air come out to volunteer their time in the excelsior district to make over their lib

a special thank to mayor ed lee and everyone for working very hard to get us here to kick start this year. today is a big day after 6 months of working from labor and federal bureau of investigation's we're excelling excited to announce san francisco intention to kick start the green finance sf program. an environmental program that will continue san francisco's tradition of being at the forefront of embattling climate thanking changed that will push obvious further doing down the road and put san franciscans to work in our neighborhood through a strong workforce component that were all bay of helping san francisco property owners in renutritional project in their homes. green finance sf is the program for residential properties of 4 ruin u opts or less known as pace. it's a financing structure that will allow san franciscans at no cost to our city st. to have refume upgrades to property homeowners in san francisco. it's the special pinsz that will help prevent energy efficient upgrade and a spreading e spraifd the cost recovery over the life the unit. it will help to finance upgrade

that's all for "the ed show." i'm joy reid for ed shultz on "the ed show."" starts now. >>> tonight's lead, republicans grinches launching fistful of coal. as americans gather around the dinner table across the country, many are facing economic anxiety that could have been prevented. it's due to republican stinginess on key issues. more than 1 million americans face losing their unemployment benefits in just five days. for them, these are urgent times. and it shouldn't be happening. republicans in congress are blocking an extension of