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ezra klein of the "washington post."ight. >> thank you. >>> we'll end tonight as we do every friday with the week in comedy. >>> next in the "rewrite," the campaign for marriage equality is trying a novel idea in north carolina. we'll show you an amazing video of people trying to be married and being denied that right. siol basketball for 12 years. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. [ junior ] ge engineers found ways to cut my energy use. [ cheryl ] more efficient lighting helps junior stay open later... [ junior ] and serve more customers. so you're not just getting financial capital... [ cheryl ] you're also getting human capital. not just money. knowledge. [ junior ] ge capital. they're not just bankers... we're builders. [ junior ] ...and they've helped build my business. here's one story. [ regis ] we love to play tennis. as a matter of fact it was joy who taught me how to
ezra klein of the "washington post."ight. >> thank you. >>> we'll end tonight as we do every friday with the week in comedy. >>> next in the "rewrite," the campaign for marriage equality is trying a novel idea in north carolina. we'll show you an amazing video of people trying to be married and being denied that right. siol basketball for 12 years. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that...
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ezra klein, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the war on voting. harry berman joins me to discuss republican state legislature efforts to prevent millions of democrats from voting next year. >>> and how far is too far in cutting government spending? a kansas district attorney says he doesn't have enough funding to continue to prosecute domestic violence. >>> still to come on the program, the jobs bill will come to the senate tomorrow where harry reid is using it to try to write a more progressive tax code. that's in the "rewrite." >>> and radical changes are being made to voting laws in many states that could prevent millions from participating in elections. and the millions of votes that would be blocked would probably be for democrats. [ male announcer ] butter. love the taste, but want to cut back on fat? try smart balance buttery spread. it's heart-healthier than butter. with omega-3s. 64% less saturated fat. and clinically proven to help support healthy cholesterol. ♪ put a little love in your heart ♪ dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic center re
ezra klein, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the war on voting. harry berman joins me to discuss republican state legislature efforts to prevent millions of democrats from voting next year. >>> and how far is too far in cutting government spending? a kansas district attorney says he doesn't have enough funding to continue to prosecute domestic violence. >>> still to come on the program, the jobs bill will come to the senate tomorrow...
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ezra klein joins me. i'm your blind spot. [ humming ] and my job is easy. hide big things. you're good... [ crash ] [ laughing ] [ screaming ] [ tires screech ] and if you named your own price on car insurance, you could be paying for this yourself. so get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] shop less, get more, make one call to an allstate agent. tle [ dennis ] shop less, get more, emotional hetlretl?tl aren't you getting a little industrial? okay, there's enough energy right here in america. yeah, over 100 years worth. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's cleaner. and, it provides jobs. and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. >>> coming up in the "rewrite," the senate will take a step closer to tax justice this
ezra klein joins me. i'm your blind spot. [ humming ] and my job is easy. hide big things. you're good... [ crash ] [ laughing ] [ screaming ] [ tires screech ] and if you named your own price on car insurance, you could be paying for this yourself. so get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] shop less, get more, make one call to an allstate agent. tle [ dennis ] shop less, get more, emotional hetlretl?tl aren't you getting a little industrial?...
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ezra klein joins me. [ male announcer ] in 1924, italian food came to ohio. vine-ripened tomatoes and real italian seasoned meat. the food got famous. and soon, so did the chef. hello, i am chef boyardee. quality ingredients no preservatives still in every bowl. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> coming up in the "rewrite," the senate will take a step closer to tax justice this week. harry reid has rewritten the american jobs act in ways that have improved it greatly. >>> and when republicans say they want less government, do they mean that cities like topeka, kansas, should stop prosecuting domestic violence cases? that's a lot less governing. [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading va
ezra klein joins me. [ male announcer ] in 1924, italian food came to ohio. vine-ripened tomatoes and real italian seasoned meat. the food got famous. and soon, so did the chef. hello, i am chef boyardee. quality ingredients no preservatives still in every bowl. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> coming up in the "rewrite," the senate will take a step closer to tax justice this...
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joining us now is "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. ezra, thanks very much for your time tonight. nice to have you here. >> good evening. >> i have not seen republicans this united and excited about anything since rallying to extend tax breaks to zillionaires. why the sudden push, the sudden enthusiasm about not repealing dodd/frank but maybe even sarbanes-oxley? >> you know, i take it as a generalized world view that isn't even just about financial regulation. a move in the republican party saying what's gone wrong in the party the last couple years and before that, before the crisis and the obama years is government, anything in general the democrats did. so in another part of that bachmann clip she said the financial crisis was not wall street's fault, it was government's fault, it was fannie mae and freddie mac, the effort to expand home owning into minority and low income communities. so the answer in all things in all ways has been to repeal whatever government has done, whatever they have done lately because people are more inter
joining us now is "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor ezra klein. ezra, thanks very much for your time tonight. nice to have you here. >> good evening. >> i have not seen republicans this united and excited about anything since rallying to extend tax breaks to zillionaires. why the sudden push, the sudden enthusiasm about not repealing dodd/frank but maybe even sarbanes-oxley? >> you know, i take it as a generalized world view that isn't even just about...
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. >> i want to bring in msnbc policy analyst ezra klein now. ezra, another interesting part of this poll found that voters in iowa and new hampshire believe that electability and experience are less important than the candidate who shares their values. so, what might that mean for mitt romney? >> it means nothing good for him, right? but i'm not sure it's actually true, all right? everybody wants a candidate who shares their values and everybody wants a candidate who's electable, and voters tend to have an interesting way of telling themselves that two things are the same. so, people getting behind herman cain don't think he's unelectable, they think herman cain shares their values, and herman cain in sharing their values is also electable to a broad swath of the country. he's not a politician, he's an outsider. so i wouldn't look too deeply into the distinctions, because my sense is it collapses when voters become supportive of a candidate. >> it does point to a couple places where the other republican candidates think they can hit mitt romney.
. >> i want to bring in msnbc policy analyst ezra klein now. ezra, another interesting part of this poll found that voters in iowa and new hampshire believe that electability and experience are less important than the candidate who shares their values. so, what might that mean for mitt romney? >> it means nothing good for him, right? but i'm not sure it's actually true, all right? everybody wants a candidate who shares their values and everybody wants a candidate who's electable,...
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joining me now is washington post columnist, ezra klein. i am looking at my tweets. it's amazing the reaction you are getting, and one-half of the tweets i receive say this is laughable, and these people are a joke, and the other half saying shut up, they do have a mission, and it's split on even how to process what we are seeing here. >> yeah, i have been here for a couple hours, and people here, some of the conversations you have are mind bending and some are sophisticated, and pragmatic savvy, and some want to end the reserve and some support barack obama and some say the system is hopelessly corrupt, and anybody not taking it seriously, i think it's a very open question what it will become. obviously, there's a sentiment out there that we in the country, there is 9% unemployment, and 16% under employment, and of course there is fury at how the decisions are being made by the folks in power. the sentiment is real, but what it turns into is an open question, but the sentiment is real. >> and really, to stop your day to come down here and let alone to sleep on the g
joining me now is washington post columnist, ezra klein. i am looking at my tweets. it's amazing the reaction you are getting, and one-half of the tweets i receive say this is laughable, and these people are a joke, and the other half saying shut up, they do have a mission, and it's split on even how to process what we are seeing here. >> yeah, i have been here for a couple hours, and people here, some of the conversations you have are mind bending and some are sophisticated, and...
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i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein.t. >>> good evening,
i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein.t. >>> good evening,
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i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein. it is now time for "the ed show." good night. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." from new york, the 99% are out protesting across the country. today president obama acknowledged the occy wall street movement and the potential affect it might have on the next election. but herman cain didn't seem to get the message and is calling them un-american. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i would with love nothing more than to see congress act so aggressively that i can't campaign against them as a do-nothing congress. >> reporter: the president is hammering republicans on jobs and republicans continue to attack the 99% movement. >> if you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself. >> tonight, van jones, laura flander and john nichols on today's occupy protests. house republicans refuse to condemn rick perry's name hunting camp and rick perry is speaking out on the issue. we will play the tape and get reaction from democratic stratist harold cook. mor
i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein. it is now time for "the ed show." good night. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." from new york, the 99% are out protesting across the country. today president obama acknowledged the occy wall street movement and the potential affect it might have on the next election. but herman cain didn't seem to get the message and is calling them un-american. this is...
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i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein.t is now time for "the ed show." good night. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show."
i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezra klein.t is now time for "the ed show." good night. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show."
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i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezraklein. >>> damage assessment. a fresh snapshot on the nation's unemployment situation is about to be released as the frustration builds among protesters. >>> massachusetts may have surveillance shows a female store owner being tacked. >>> gabrielle giffordss gets a warm reception as she returns to washington. i'm lynn berry. those are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin with waiting for word as the government releases its september jobs report later today, the president is looking for dramatic ways to show he's in touch with americans who are taking to the street in protest all across the country aiming their frustration's nation's banks. nbc's tracy pend oreilie potts >> reporter: some of that has spilled over as lawmakers try to work together and figure out if they can pass all or maybe just some of the president's jobs plan. >> you can hear me in the back. >> reporter: the occupy wall street protests have spread from n
i'm ezra klein. rachel will be back tomorrow. follow me on twitter at twitter.com/ezraklein. >>> damage assessment. a fresh snapshot on the nation's unemployment situation is about to be released as the frustration builds among protesters. >>> massachusetts may have surveillance shows a female store owner being tacked. >>> gabrielle giffordss gets a warm reception as she returns to washington. i'm lynn berry. those are straight ahead. this is "first look" on...
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ezra klein, what's happening here?le don't have anywhere to go. >> in a big way. >> and obviously cain is benefitting from it. this is not going to sound great for the cain fans on my twitter feed. but i have too much respect for the republican party to believe that's going to continue for very long. people here talking about the nine nine nine policy. nobody has any idea how much revenue that would raise. usually that's what you want to find out. >> what's that? >> the 999 policy he keeps bringing up. 9% sales tax, 9% tax on personal income, 9% consumption. you can see what the shift is there, right? it's a big shift to progressive tax in the sales tax. but nobody knows how much money it would raise. and you hear about it, and he says it's a regression analysis, which it isn't. there's a lack of policy seriousness at the core of that campaign and compared to the perry operation, i think that's going to trip him up sooner than later. but generally speaking, i think romney's the luckiest candidate we've seen in a little
ezra klein, what's happening here?le don't have anywhere to go. >> in a big way. >> and obviously cain is benefitting from it. this is not going to sound great for the cain fans on my twitter feed. but i have too much respect for the republican party to believe that's going to continue for very long. people here talking about the nine nine nine policy. nobody has any idea how much revenue that would raise. usually that's what you want to find out. >> what's that? >> the...
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sitting in tonight ezra klein. good evening, ezra. >> good evening, lawrence. how are you doing? >> thanks. thanks for taking over. we're done here. >> happy to be here. and thank you to you at home for sticking around for the next hour. rachel has a well-earned nigh off. this has been a dramatic week for the 2012 campaign but not because a lot of exciting things are actually happening. it's more because there are a lot of exciting things not actually happening. for instance, on tuesday, in a long press conference that can really only be described as epic, new jersey governor chris christie forever left his mark on the 2012 race by announcing he would not be part of it. >> in the end, what i've always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not abandon. so new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me. >> then yesterday there was another big development in the 2012 race, and that one also came in the form of something not happening. this time it was former half-term alask
sitting in tonight ezra klein. good evening, ezra. >> good evening, lawrence. how are you doing? >> thanks. thanks for taking over. we're done here. >> happy to be here. and thank you to you at home for sticking around for the next hour. rachel has a well-earned nigh off. this has been a dramatic week for the 2012 campaign but not because a lot of exciting things are actually happening. it's more because there are a lot of exciting things not actually happening. for instance,...
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sitting in tonight ezra klein. good evening, ezra. >> good evening, lawrence. how are you doing?. thanks for taking over. we're done here. >> happy to be here. and th
sitting in tonight ezra klein. good evening, ezra. >> good evening, lawrence. how are you doing?. thanks for taking over. we're done here. >> happy to be here. and th
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sitting in tonight ezra klein. good evening, ezra. >> good evening,
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and coming up on "news nation," we've got a people with us, ezra klein, as well as one of the leaders, if you will, of this movement. and we really want some answers. one last thing, andrea, they've been getting donations from across -- all over the world. i believe it's around $30,000 plus in small donations from people coming in, who really identify with this cause, even though they don't have this stated motive or stated outcome they would like to see. >> tamron hall in the middle of it all. we'll be watching. don't miss a special edition of "news nation" with tamron hall live from the occupy wall street protests today at 2:00. >>> and what is wall street saying about all of this? for more on that, i'm joined by cnbc's ron insana. has it gotten their attention, ron? >> andrea, i don't really think so. from wall street's perspective, the bigger issues they're dealing with right now is whether or not europe will, in fact, coalesce around some sort of plan to finally put this sovereign debt crisis to bed. whether or not greece will default. whether or not a key belgium bank is in seri
and coming up on "news nation," we've got a people with us, ezra klein, as well as one of the leaders, if you will, of this movement. and we really want some answers. one last thing, andrea, they've been getting donations from across -- all over the world. i believe it's around $30,000 plus in small donations from people coming in, who really identify with this cause, even though they don't have this stated motive or stated outcome they would like to see. >> tamron hall in the...
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ezra klein made this. and this explains the whole big new idea in america. this is actually a map of the hole in the american dream. this is actually a map of the hole the american dream fell down, never to be heard from again. so this section here, okay, this section here, the late 1940s around the end of world war ii, okay, to the mid 1980s, to ronald reagan time. we got a lot of new economic policies starting ronald reagan time. that time, from about the end of world war ii, through to ronald reagan time, that is the american dream. this distance here, this is the american dream. because this blue line is median income in america, and, yeah, it wobbles a little bit, but it's basically going up. it is an a fairly, fairly steady climb. and this other line, this one, this line is the income growth of the top 1%. the richest people in the country. now, their income from the end of world war ii, up until reagan time, is growing, but it is not growing as fast as the income of the rest of the country. and that's good, right? they're already doing great. they are
ezra klein made this. and this explains the whole big new idea in america. this is actually a map of the hole in the american dream. this is actually a map of the hole the american dream fell down, never to be heard from again. so this section here, okay, this section here, the late 1940s around the end of world war ii, okay, to the mid 1980s, to ronald reagan time. we got a lot of new economic policies starting ronald reagan time. that time, from about the end of world war ii, through to...
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joining me now is ezra klein from the "washington post" and msnbc.ust took place. how will republicans defend this vote? how do you see this? >> well, they'll keep doing what their general line has been. that they now stay problem isn't deficit spending. obviously the president is attempting to pay for his bill. they stay president is that it is temporary. that we are doing temporary jobs measures and that has failed in the past and it is a very increasingly odd argument. we have a temperature appear jobs problem. nobody thinks this will be permanent. one thing you do when you have a temporary break is you give states money to not lay off people. you start having this public drag on the labor market. but that's been their argument. frankly, their old argument ended when the democrats decided to begin paying for their bill. >> bottom line here the republicans rounded up just enough democrats to kill this. it was 50/50. the other thing is that where does this leave president obama and the democrats right now in trying to get jobs moving in this country
joining me now is ezra klein from the "washington post" and msnbc.ust took place. how will republicans defend this vote? how do you see this? >> well, they'll keep doing what their general line has been. that they now stay problem isn't deficit spending. obviously the president is attempting to pay for his bill. they stay president is that it is temporary. that we are doing temporary jobs measures and that has failed in the past and it is a very increasingly odd argument. we...
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joining me, msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein. good to have you in studio. to be going down there a little later on but who are these 99%? >> there's this great website called we are the 99% and they are sending in pictures of themselves holding these handwritten signs. >> we've got some pictures to show people. >> and they're really effective. what you're hearing these people saying over and over again, it sounds so radical, occupy wall street. these are just people who are struggling. they're buried under college debt, under home debt, they're working two jobs. suddenly their workplace closed down. they're people who tried to do the things we told them to do to get ahead in today's economy and it's simply not working for them. when you read it that way, when you see that that is what is animating a lot of this movement, you begin to get the sense it could grow quite a bit larger than people are expecting. >> it's one of the things we talked about when there were all these european demonstrations. what would it take for americans to get fed up and say i'm m
joining me, msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein. good to have you in studio. to be going down there a little later on but who are these 99%? >> there's this great website called we are the 99% and they are sending in pictures of themselves holding these handwritten signs. >> we've got some pictures to show people. >> and they're really effective. what you're hearing these people saying over and over again, it sounds so radical, occupy wall street. these are just people who are...