that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> and thanks to you for tuning in tonight's lead, the gop's desperate search for a leader, any leader. right now, the annual republican leadership conference is in full swing in new orleans. and for a party vowing to rebrand and become more welcoming, here's who's giving leadership advice. yes, donald trump is the big headliner today. that's some change you can believe in. because when you are looking to open the tent, you definitely look to a reality show star. >> is more lies b

and ed, ed really -- he had a point.ot of what we're doing in our work at the independent living resource center is reacting and responding. for example, we're currently in the middle of a campaign regarding new cars on the bay area rapid transit system. bart has purchased a new fleet of cars. they are showing them off to the public. they have not yet been put on the train lines, and a lot of folks with disabilities, including myself and the organization that i work for, are trying to get bart to remove a pole that will be installed between every boarding door on every train on all of the cars. we see this as a step backwards in the ability of folks who use power chairs, skooters, or who have mobility devices to be able to enter and exit the train easily with dignity without having to apologize for bumping people or hitting knees. it is a whole lot of interest. we protested on wednesday. we'll be at west oakland part again today between 4:00 and 7:00, a press conference at 5:30. and we're asking bart to remove the poles.

go to ed@msnbc.com. let me bring in ring of fire radio most, mike and also with us, former montana governor and msnbc contributor brian. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. mike, we'll start with you. in florida, what is this all about? i mean, it's total denial. this is the biggest denial and the biggest walk back we have seen on climate change from anybody in the senate, isn't it? >> we have to remember, rubio is the guy that a year ago said he doesn't understand the concept of evolution. he said it's a complete mystery to him that he's not a scientist and can't understand evolution. rubio has always been a nightmare for his handlers, ed. they have always needed handlers to go in and fix the rick perry kinds of goofy statement that is come out predictably almost every month. in this instance, you have rubio telling florida voter that is are going to be catastrophically that he's too dumb to know what noaa has to say or nasa has to say. this is what he knows. he knows that, as you point out, f

"the ed show." is up next. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to the "the ed show." i'm ready to go live from new york. let's get to work. >>> we're considering additional kinds of tax breaks for wealthy corporations. but do we hear from the other side? >> there's a place where that idea's co-exist and has a reality and i've been there. ♪ portland, you're so beautiful ♪ portland? >> a city no longer invest in walmart. >> because of the company's controversial business and labor practices. >> it says to walmart, we'd like you to change your practices. >> many walmart employees have to depend on public assistance because their salaries are so low. >> walmart calls it is proof of its efforts to take care of employees. >> anyone can afford food there, except for people who work at walmart. >> we're subsidizing walmart is not providing for their workers. >> one walmart store cost taxpayers $900,000. >> we'd like it if your jobs were better jobs with benefits. >> good to have you with us tonight folks. thank for watching. >>> remember this man? senator ted kennedy? he gave

that's "the ed show." i'm ed shultz. "politics nation" starts right now.. >> good evening, ed. and thank to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, h history in the making. history in the making. today we learned the numbers of americans without health insurance has fallen to its lowest level since pollsters started tracking it six years ago. the news comes after years of talking about the uninsured in this country. >> every morning, millions of americans go to work without any health insurance at all. something the workers in no other advanced country in the world do. >> there's an issue with the uninsured. there sure is. >> we are the only democracy, the only advanced democracy on earth, the only wealthy nation that allows such

and now i'd like to honor and introduce >> honor our honored guests on my left the honorable mayor ed lee (clapping) we have supervisor scott wiener (clapping) we have father green of st. robert church (clapping) we have deputy director of the d e.c. robert smut (clapping) we have assistant to the executive director of d m david (clapping) and he may not be seated but the vice president of the education and outreach at the san francisco fire credit unit len (clapping.) we have the president of the fear commission steve (clapping) vice president of the fire commission andrea evans (clapping) and have fellow fir commissioners ken cleveland (clapping) france i didn't cove ton (clapping) and michael hard man (clapping) we have fire chief of department chief joanne haynes-white (clapping) deputy chief of operations mark gonzales (clapping) deputy chief of administration raymond guzman (clapping) we have assistant deputy chief of support services ken lombardy i didn't (clapping) assistant deputy chief fire marshall. mrs. wong kwlp. we have assistant deputy chief of the airport division dale

>> you hit the nail on the head, ed. wall street will look to privatize whatever they can of detroit. these are the same people that sucked $8 trillion out of the economy with the mortgage crisis. they brought us to our knees. cities everywhere. nobody was investing for years and we're just beginning to inch back in cities across america and yet, wall street is booming. wall street is back to growth from before the recession. they're almost at record levels. jamie diamond has a nice big raise, like 74% raise and meanwhile, they want the pensioners in detroit to pay the price. when he talks about $100 million he's going to invest and half of it is in loans, so he's giving away nothing. he's paying for nothing. at best, at worst, for him it's a wash. so it's ice in the wintertime for him. wall street is booming back and main street is still struggling. we are paying the price. what we have witnessed in the last couple of yearsnd what we're witnessing "today" sh int inform built up in the middle class for decades that's bee

the ed show is up next. >>> welcome to the to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get ready to go. >>> there is so much more oil pouring into the gulf of mexico. >> on day 87, the oil stopped. if only temporarily. >> four years after the bp oil spill there's still an impact. >> still millions of pounds of oily material washing ashore today. >> the worst-ever environmental disaster. this is not over for louisiana. this is a marathon. >> correction, actually very good. what bp was using it for, to basically, hide the amount of oil that bp had really released in the gulf of mexico. >> devastated economically and emotionally by this spill. >> it damagedecosystem system. >> the wildlife, now helpless in the face of the relentless on show flow of oil. >> a spill many animal habitats here simply eroded away. >> i heap, the regular people see it every day. but bp, they can't find it. >>> thanks forewatching. you ever changed the oil in your car and come away with clean hands? ever gone into a mechanic's shop and seen everybody all clean? i grant it, you can clean up

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in seattle. >> welcome back to "the ed show." take a shower after work. they're going to be showering after this one if it all comes to fruition. just one day after senate republicans blocked an effort to raise the federal minimum wage, let's hand it to seattle. they are doing things the right way. the mayor announced a plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the coming years. the proposal would gradually raise seattle's minimum wage from $9.32 an hour, which a lot of people would be happy with right now according to the republicans, to $15 an hour over the next seven years. i like it because it's a plan. republicans have proven they think folks on minimum wage, well, they just have it too good. progressive mayors like ed murray are putting them right to shame. what is your prediction, jim. this is going to be a job killer. who do you think seattle is going to respond to this increase? it's going to affect over 100,000 workers. what do you think? >> i'm so proud to represent the most progressive city in the coun

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mayor ed lee understands what we do and he's a huge advocate so mayor ed lee thank you >> thank you very much (clapping) and thank you for your leadership we were there at the lurngz practicing for a potential earthquake with a sue anonymous and that's how valuable it is to have a department of emergency management that trains trains trains and anticipates thinks out of the box pee has all of us as emergency people from the city practicing how we do it better and better and we learn something every time we come together. we learn from other disasters and international disasters prosecute other countries we we bring that back home and think about more. i'm proud to be in front of the of so many people who decade all their professional lives being a great team of first responders to the city i'm proud of what you do not only on the hours you spend many the office at auditor sites and stations but i think as emergency people you're also thinking ahead and planning for the unaccepted the mission bay fire was totally unspeeded as we're creating all the new housing that a fire would occur

good to have you on "the ed show."ow concerned are the residents now that this has happened and of course you heard one of the firefighters say it's starting to become common place in los angeles and around the area. tell us what's the mood of the people in the wake of this. >> well, i live in the neighborhood atwater village where the pipeline burst and a friend of mine who also lives nearby, she was at home with her family and a little baby, a 1-year-old. they all woke up with headaches and had to evacuate and two people were sent to the hospital. so, people are really concerned. i'm concerned. i went by the site last night and workers were still on the scene working. i'm not convinced it's cleaned up. i was there at 10:30 last night. people are feeling sick. this is not the first time this has happened in los angeles. >> are people worried that the l.a. river is going to be contaminated? this is a really close call at this point. >> yep, the spill happened right by the los angeles river. there aren't -- i don't thin

melanie brandon and jay perry (clapping) paramedic captain glenn >> under special projects captain ed mow (clapping) in service training staff ti training center captain jeff. (clapping.) lieutenant james mel burger (clapping) lieutenant james read i didn't (clapping) and lieutenant pat shaw (clapping) alleyway also in attendance my administer staff (clapping) at this time looked like i'd like to introduce the honorable bodily mayor ed lee who will address the class (clapping). >> thank you assistant chief williams tom o'connell don't fret someone referred to me as captain ed mow this morning so (laughter) what a great day. one hundred and 16th fire academy class for san francisco. 39 people who today, i look across the crowd of your friends and proud of the city proud you spent 16 hard weeks training yourselves and going through all the lessons this academy training class has to offer and most importantly you're joining the world-class fire department and thank you for the opportunity chief joanne haynes-white the conspiracy that worked with you and all the staff we've had the privil

. >> all right, ed. thank you so much. and again, the most important thing both sides have to remember so much. again, the most important thing both sides have to remember, four americans dead. that's what we have to focus on and figure out how we make sure it never happens again. >> congressman ed royce, thank you very much. >> thank you, ed. >> coming up, liverpool hopes to win its first championship in three years. roger bennett skipping into the room. i have no idea what he's about to say because i can never understand him. ♪ where did you go, where did you go ♪ when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence...

>> well, not really, ed.t we've seen one report after another talking about how charter schools, which are not regulated and supervised the same way regular public schools are find a way to extract money. there's something fundamentally wrong with saying that as boehner said competition is the answer. if public schools are underfunded and there really is a direct link between both the poverty of their student populations and the underfunding of the schools and their performance on standardized tests, that their answer is to bring in a business and says how can i make money off this situation. here you see the most extreme examples. even in the nonprofit charter world you see people paying the heads of these organizations more than the president of the united states. and then they're running off with public funds to do things like going on a shopping spree. but even short of that, there's something wrong with trying to serve poor kids with a cheaper product that allows you to extract money to take home, instea

thank "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight.publican party what is old becomes new again. see, conservatives in the tar heels of north carolina are celebrating a victory for the so-called main treatment republican candidate, really? house speaker thom tillis won the gop nomination with nearly for example% of the vote last night, he beat greg brannon, a tea partyist backed by senator rand paul. the win prevents a july runoff which, of course, would have drawn out the republican race for another couple months. tillis will run against democratic senator kay hagan in november. >> it's not end of the primary. it's really the beginning of the primary mission which has been a mission all along and that is to beat kay hagan and to make heirry reid irrelevant in america. >> senator kay hagan called a choice between two different records. she says thom tillis has spent his time in raleigh pushing an agenda that has rigged the system against middle class families. north carolina has has been one of the most radical states in the country. p

that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now.>> good evening, ed, and give our love to james and the holm family for the loss of roland. >> will do that, reverend, thank you. >>> thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans tying themselves in knots over the health care law. for years their position was clear, it was all repeal all the time. but now the law's taking root and the campaign trail things are getting more and more complicated. just ask kentucky senator mitch mcconnell, who's in the fight of his political life. here's what he said about the health care law on friday. >> the single worst piece of legislation that's been passed in the last 50 years. it was a big mistake. we ought to be pull it out root and branch and we ought to start over. that's how i feel about it.

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"the ed show" is up next. >> good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." live from detroit lakes, minnesota. i'm fired up and ready to go. let's get to work! ♪ >> let's get on with this important keystone vote. a binding keystone vote. >> this particular pipeline called the keystone xl pipeline. >> we've got to have the senate get involved. >> people have very strong feelings. >> working with the senate republican colleagues reminds me of chasing one of these pigs in a greased pig contest. >> senate democrats would rather pan ter to the part left and shut down debate. >> they want to vote on keystone, they can have a vote on keystone. that's not good enough for them. >> it's simple decision. >> you think the keystone pipeline is complex? >> time to stop studying, start building. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. ever wondered what the republican party's position on climate change is? let me give it to you quickly, facts don't matter. ever wonder what it's leak in a republican caucus luncheon on the famous tuesdays, week after

>> i have, ed.now, the conversation we were just having is one you don't have to have if it is president hillary clinton. she lives and breathes in her bones the fight for a fair shot for everybody to get ahead. she has fought for middle class families and people trying to get into the middle class all her life. i am very excited about the possibility. i hope she is going to run and i will do everything to help get her elected. >> there is a number of senators that has asked her to run. you are now officially one of them? >> i have asked her to run before. i officially signed on for ready for hillary. i am suiting up and ready to go. >> are you concerned of maybe a lack of debate because hillary clinton -- >> certainly everyone is welcome to run. that is always the case. there is nobody in my mind man or woman who is more qualified, more competent, more experienced than hillary clinton to be president of the united states. and it's time. >> senator, good to have you with us tonight, thank you. >> st

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we thank mayor ed lee and the office for the opportunity i know the kids are tired to be here. we're very, very thankful for your generous offer and again, the academy of science in making this happen so thank you. and just a little bit of background we're an obtain try in coverage and may not make much sentence so we obvious and this is a little bit what the kids are working on this morning some you may or may not know we have responsibilityic telescopes in california and the kids were using data from the the telescope to create images. this is what public scientists do all the time we've had kids using those same skigz. the very first thing they took ugly data and learned the skills to do a beautiful images. they created a cool game. i'm going to show you i am not a mentor but this morning our mentors were the kids our kids a quick round of applause (clapping) and finally i'm going to introduce adriana great name (laughter) just to show you he's made a great creative thing here (clapping) and he'll speak about that >> i made a game called save the earth. let's start. the back

welcome to "the ed show," live from new york. i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. as ed would say, let's get to work. >> i think you know my view on obamacare. >> republicans may have problems continuing to make the anti-obamacare argument. >> mcconnell will lose. >> if i had my way about it, we'd repeal obamacare. >> and you even fit in an obamacare reference. >> our top political priority. >> let's move on to obamacare now. >> there's only one escape hatch and that's full repeal. >> repeal the law of the land. is that clear? >> this is insanity. >> why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance. >> our top political priority. >> no other reason than political spite. >>> after years of constant trashing of obamacare, republicans are changing their tune. obamacare is working. and the law is here to stay. this has republicans caught in the middle. so far, over 8 million people have enrolled in obamacare. one of the biggest success stories is in senator mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky. kentucky's state exchange has enrolled over 400,000

of the one hundred and 16th class as a special identification with the support of our mayor, mayor ed lee the creation of this particular what i call unprecedented exceptional and talented special groups to enter the department at this time is because of the convictions and statements of our mayor, mayor ed lee so we should thank our make sure for the results of this one hundred and 16 class at this time thank you mayor ed lee (clapping) part of that is can't help by have integrated oceans it's a proud occasion but also the weekend of mother's day i can't help but drift towards my mother in the contentions of appreciation and the support she gave me and the love she gave me and what that mother represents to me and many of you in the audience is decade what is representative of the caregiver of the families in terms of your friends and families members of the one hundred and 16th class. last night we had a fire commission meeting and on behalf of the commissioners michael hard man and ken cleveland and others we welcome and congratulate all if you but especially proud of the training

she met and married ed win johnson, the son of a [inaudible] was a prominent businessman who owned the texas play house and other businesses in san francisco's fillmore district. he became a surgeon and practiced in san francisco and they had three children pamela ed win and daniel. she was an active member in the community in san francisco. she was president of the san francisco branch of the naacp and president of the african american historical and cultural society. she was appointed to the san francisco board of education by mayor george masconi on [inaudible]. she is elected in november 1978 and was running for when she resigned in august because of differences with the superintendent and board over desegregation issues. after she was divorced she moved back to georgia where she and her sister cared for her mother who lived to be 101. she lived in atlanta and was torque coordinator. an [inaudible] and led tours to many african countries. she lived her final years in thomasville and fought three battles with cancer until finally succumbing this month. her sister brenda jones and a

ed maloney, let me start with you, what was the deal you had with people that you were encouraging to tell what they knew from those days? >> well, the deal essentially was encapsulated in a donor contract that was drawn up. which gave them to use the quote from it the ultimate power over disclosure. of the interviews that they gave, until they died at which point, the interview would be owned and become the property of boston college. in other words, this donor contract basically said no one else was allowed to invade this interview, or have a look at this interview, without the permission and say so of the interviewee. and a recent investigation by the chronicle of higher education, has demonstrated, we asked boston college to run this donor agreement, which is the crucial document, past it's lawyers and we were assured this had happened and it was on the base that is we had this assurance of legal security, is that the whole project went ahead. otherwise, it would have been still born. that was the basis of it, but let me just correct one or two mistakes in your introduction there.

thank you mayor ed lee. at this point, i want to invite up nick and amanda laura's parents that have been incredible leaders on this issue ever since that tragic day (clapping.) >> thank you. good morning can i hear me. many families live with mental illness everyday. my family was not one of them. i never thought about mental health treatment and care until 13 years ago i wish i had in january 2004 my daughter laura was murdered she was going into the nevada health you county and someone opened up and shot her four times she was shot twice in the heart and died constantly. when the ramp package at the client 3 people laid dead and 3 injured and a you community was shaken and the world was diminished by the loss of an incredible young woman. laura was bright and beautiful at the age 19, in fact, i have a picture of her i'll show later she had kind neutrons and spirit an outstanding student in the midst of ore campaign for the student campaign where she was in college. she had a tremendous future and wanted t

information about the bait at that breakers i'll get on that this i'm happy to introduce mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you sheryl (clapping.) thank you for more mask and all the kids there. everyone welcome to city hall. this is by that time a breakers weekend (clapping) i know this iconic race is celebrating its one hundred and 3 year history such a great altercation i'll was talking to casey i wonder how that race went one hundred years ago it can't be as fun as it is today and we want to thank the media group for putting the fun >> safety back into thirty this race they began in a short time to prepare but had the vegetation of working with great city departments from police department and the dpw to and recreation and park commission for a wonderful collaboration to really reorient and reignite this race this is a race this is suggestive of what san francisco is about it's about a race for everybody from athlete returns to families to people that want to have fun on our streets. i know that our supervisors in particularly supervisor tang and london breed have been a great part of the

i'm eric mcdonald the chief of police operating officer we're thrilled to be partnering with mayor ed it takes each one of us to effect the kind of changes in our community across our country we're thrilled our here your presence here represents we create a community and environment with our young people have the opportunity to grow and thrive and become their own leader in our community so we know that a summer job is more than a custodial kind of babysitting opportunity i was told you two weeks ago by a national fund we're not name who actually has a general disdain for the mayors youth program across the country they believe they're only custodian but those 0 transitional opportunity i know i have one of the jobs so we know it is possible and so again in addition to joining with the mayor to reach our goals but trying to have a national furnished to understand this opportunity. last year, we set a goal of 6 thousand summer jobs and interning for the young people and 17 to be exact yeah. (clapping) and you'll be hearing more about our plans and goals from the mayor shortly but befor

more jobs in the marketplace and trying to build the sustainable committee our fabulous mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you mark for your wonderful work and the rec and park department good afternoon it's great to be here at coit tower i've learned carefully while i'm late an $8 billion contract we've got to spend time to balance it out so i do want to several say thank you from the community representatives to the artists the mural restorations to rec and park commission staff and the art commission and the wonderful artists who've gathered to honor with lilly hitchcock coit that started to pay contributed to the sacrifices and the city a what it's all about i want to say thank you. again we have another opportunity in june to further that contribute by restoring our water. system with our firefighters and police department we continue to do that with prop a but today is about this wonderful tower i was reminded how everything came together whether the money or artists or the planning with the activists with the blending of a great small business that would operate here and balan

chief white house correspondent ed henry has the story. >> they're scrambling.see this expanding to several states around the country. started in phoenix, arizona. you've got republicans and democrats on the hill, some of the president's allies expressing outrage. they revealed that rob nabors is now going to be temporarily moving over to the v.a. department to oversee the review, get a handle not just on what's gone wrong but how to fix it. republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, says he thinks it's a good start but he's wondering why the president himself has not taken a more hands-on role. listen. >> if the president is truly serious, he needs to treat these stories at least as seriously as he did the obamacare website fiasco when he pledged his complete attention and the full force of his administration to do whatever needed to be done. >> republicans are pointing to a senior aide around here, sent over to h.h.s. with consultants and others. they were working around the clock to fix healthcare.gov. you can see the pressure on this president now to

ed, quick comment and a question. the comment, every college student in the country should watch every single press briefing put it up in their political science classes or whatever, whatever class. they need to see that because they need to see how the process works because they can judge for themselves whether they're jay carney or other spokespeople for the white house are telling the truth or not. here's the question. jay carney seemed annoyed with you, impatient, arrogant. help us out here. i think the american people watch him and go, does he understand he works for us? they all work for us? why does he treat us this way, especially when we believe half of the stuff coming out of his had mouth may be a lie? >> well, if you frame it that way, i think jay carney would probably respond, if you think most of what he's saying is a lie, then you're not giving him a fair shake. i try to sit in the chair every day or most every day if i'm here and push him as fairly as i can. i'm not perfect. some of the questions are g

after the experience of slavery, many folks have said, oh, gardening isn't for me and i thaik that ed's taking pictures of us using this older way, it's come full circle. the garden is now a place that can uplift and not just hold you down. and hopefully his pictures can depict that in a way that touches people to help them see it. >> i think the imperfections of it is what i really enjoy. and i think it's a great analogy for life. lie life is not perfect. whether they have a little spec on .t5Ñ them or a streak of sil. you accept the image just like you accept the person. >> joining me now for a look at what's coming up on kqed news is scott schaeffer. governor jerry brown reach add deal this week with the gop to put a rainy day proposal on the ballot. he's going to put up the may revised. what's the connection there? >> the connection is this is budget season. we got a report this week from the state comptroller who said we have 2 billion in extra heavy knew. so the rainy day fund is almost a good will thing, the governor and republicans and democrats coming together talking about fis

that, on to today's question and one question supervisor mar >> thank you president chiu and mayor ed lee for coming to the balboa theatre and meeting with the small property owner leaders. mayor ed lee san francisco is now the city with the fastest it growing gap between rich and poor we haven't raised our minimum wage in a decade i was part of a grassroots program that raised minimum wage 10 years ago and san francisco and oakdale has raised their minimum wage and some labor groups want to increase it to $15 an hour i applaud that it is a significant jump to make a difference in people lives at the same time i'm sensitive to the small property owner who worry about their ability to cover additional salary costs and the impacts at the bottom. can you share what level your consider increasing the winging and how you're going to mitigate the impact on small property owners >> thank you supervisor mar. increasing the minimum wage is one of my priorities no 2014 i know that a few dollars an hour can help and san francisco should lead by example back in 2004 led by labor and big and small

julia back there doing fabulous work and ed lopez they've come together and worked beautifully to make this happen. i want to recognize the folks that are going to be delivering excellent customer public service to all of they deserve our recognition our management robert carlson and eric the librarian there you go eric the great support staff and shawn lynn and jason lee and he betty lee (clapping) let's hear it for them folks. okay. so now without further ado, it's my pleasure to introduce mayor ed lee he's hand print has been in the program throughout the entire had 14 years since 2000 when he was the director of public works and as mayor he's give us unwavering port to make sure we come to the final full time so thank you mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you lou yes, sir. and thank you for the librarian the wonderful job he's doing (clapping) well, when he said handicap print i didn't put my hand print in another of the concrete. but i look at this crowd and look at the t-shirts of the agencies printed on the back we're very proud of this library you're on important part of the san f