"joan and melissa: joan knows best?"econd season. >> jimmy: but we're missing one very important ingredient here. we need melissa. >> melissa. >> jimmy: melissa, come on out. melissa rivers, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> we have a shared birthday. >> jimmy: oh, that's right. happy birthday. questlove. it's questlove's birthday today. happy birthday, quest. [ cheers and applause ] and melissa. welcome to the show. >> yeah, i'm so excited to be here. >> jimmy: happy to have you on. >> thrilled. >> jimmy: congrats on this. now, season two, this one -- explain what the show is about if you haven't seen it. >> the show is about -- the last season was about that my mother moved in with me. >> jimmy: yeah, which was a little bizarre. >> yeah. awkward. >> jimmy: yeah. doesn't make any -- >> and this season, apparently, according to my mother, it's all about my mother staying with me because it's only four days a week. so, apparently, there's a subtle difference between staying with me and living with me. >> jimmy: but

. >> bill burton and joan walsh >> bill burton and joan walsh with the problem with the latino vote. >>> the fight for fairness headed to the floor of the senate. robert reich on today's big news for the buffet rule. >>> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching. newt gingrich is taking a pounding in florida. he's been outspent by mitt romney 5-to-1, poll numbers have taken a dive. but even gingrich knows what kind of red meat the conservative republican audience wants. >> something very, very important, something i want to take a minute to talk about. the obama administration is engaged in a war against religion. >> gingrich has no proof that president obama is waging a war against religion but proof with these guys is not necessary. the top two republican candidates have been saying all kind of extreme things about the president for the past two months. >> he wants to turn america into a european-style social welfare state. >> president obama has been historically the most effective food stamp president in american history. >> president obama has reversed john kennedy's

joan what do you make of this?my dog is a member of dogs against romney, a group protests his treatment. i love that picture i sent it to my friends. we'll win if it's on the grounds of dog treatment. >> bill, all the verbal attacks, all the in-coming on president obama just in the last week, you know, the head of the rnc, congressman west in florida, you have jan brewer of arizona, is this what it will be like going in all the things that mitt and newt have been saying, is this just the way it will be? >> i think it will be blisteringly negative. if you look how tough newt gingrich has been against mitt romney, imagine what they will do to take the paint off president obama's barn. i think what you're looking at hundreds of millions of dollars in attacks and that is beside what all the republican surrogates will be out there. >> i want to talk to you about money. it is about the money. bill burton and joan walsh, stay with us. >>> mitt romney said he wished he could claim he was hispanic because it would help him

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i think joan is absolutely right.ot only is it dog whistle politics, it's the politics of divisive, cynical republican ideology here. because if you're talking about government funding through tax dollars, you're talking about social security, medicaid, medicare, veterans' benefits. you're speaking about unemployment benefits, bailouts for corporations and the like. and as joan said, the redistribution of money upward to rich people. so why in the world would you single out african-american people who are a small percentage of those who receive the benefits, by the way, of their tax dollars? it's their money as well. so you're not giving black people who are on welfare somebody else's money. you're giving them part of the money that they've contributed as members of this society. so all across the board, in every score rick santorum is wrong, and his racist politics i think are pretty clear. >> well, let's say he didn't say it. his follow-up has been terrible. santorum is also trying to play up his work with historica

martin bashir, joan walsh, richard wolffe.ewt gingrich is better at romney at hating president obama, that is what it's coming down to. >>> we'll talk about his dog whistle politics, next. ♪ let's go ♪ ♪ cruise like a norwegian ♪ i just saved a ton of money at staples. great job, dave. suck-up. [ male announcer ] in a small business, it's all you. that's why you have us. at staples, we have low prices on everything your small business needs. staples. that was easy. >>> coming up next, newt gingrich gets called out for his dog whistle politics. john boehner tried talking points don't match up with the facts about the economy. jonathan alter helps me preview tomorrow's state of the union. don't forget to t >>> welcome back to "the ed show." let's face it one of the reason gingrich won saturday was because he's better than mitt romney at vilifying president obama. >> president obama has been historically the most effective food stamp president in american history. >> congressman james clybo rrn talked about the coded language gin

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joan executive director of our native americans aids project. however, our chief executive officer, friendship house. please join me. liz hunt, the ceo of the indian center of santa clara. [applause] i want to thank you all for joining us here in santa risk -- san francisco. in the tradition of our city, in honor and recognition of our indian heritage month, i would like to present -- and i am proud to present, in partnership with kqed, the public broadcasting station, friendship house, and indian health center's santa clara valley, san francisco native american health center, to celebrate four outstanding heroes that we will be recognizing tonight, their work in the bay area, and with the authority i have as the mayor of city and county of san francisco, with the participation of our wonderful and beautiful dancers and spiritual drummers, declaring this to be officially the american indian heritage month in san francisco. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> local heroes. do what last year's or this year's? [applause] [applause] dancers, sta

i think joan is right. they help to change the conversation. look at this graph of where all americans are on this question from different parties, from different backgrounds. you have republicans, 55% say class conflict between the rich and poor is real. you have independents, 68%. democrats, 73%. how would these figures, you've governed. how would these figures -- do you tell people, let's be quiet about it. you've had to deal with people, i'm sure, that were adverse to whatever decisions you make. >> sure. >> the most insulting thing to tell people in pain is to be quiet about it. suffer but suffer in silence. >> right. what mitt romney's got to do and do it, i think, fairly quickly, even though for the republican base, none of this has hurt him so far. but what he's got to do fairly quickly is say to people, okay, look. the president cares very deeply about people in pain and people who have gone into poverty. but he hasn't been able to do anything about it because he just doesn't know how to run an economy, how to get an economy started. i

i'll ask jonathan alter and joan walsh. when you think about it -- we're right back. >>> in psycho talk tonight, we have more evidence rick perry is just another younger, crazier version version george bush. 75% of americans agreed to withdraw the troops last month. of course almost all of the republican presidential candidates were among the 25% who opposed the withdrawal. during saturday night's debate, rick perry he took it a step further. >> i would send troops back in to iraq. the idea that we allow the iranians to come back in iraq and take over that country with all the treasure both in blood and money we have spent in iraq because this president wants to cow tow to his liberal leftist base and move out those men and women. we're going to see iran, in my opinion, move back in at literally the speed of light. >> if iranian troops can literally move at the speed of light, i would think the world has a held of a lot more problems than worrying about the future of iraq. but that aside the bottom line is rick perry wants

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i got them to joan, and first to alanna and then one to joan, and then a woman tried to pull the lifeket away from joan and actually tore it in half. so i gave her mine, and then i don't even remember where i found another one. and so we all three had the equipment we needed. >> joan, what was your memory of exactly what happened at that time and were there moments of heroism from other passengers or really just a panic and some horrible moments like people trying to grab your life jacket off your body? >> well, there was panic. every time the lights went out, people would start screaming and there was utter chaos. as far as heroism, i have to commend my daughter. she saw one little girl with a life vest that was literally as big as she, and alanna who had a smaller life vest, you know, took hers and gave it to the little girl so she would have something more suitable for herself. she was helping the children, and there were children there being squashed just by the pressings of the crowds. she was really trying to help the children. some people really tried to get control of the crow

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i got them to joan, and first to alanna and then one to joan, and then a woman tried to pull the lifem joan and actually tore it in half. so i gave her mine, and then i don't even remember where i found another one. and so we all three had the equipment we needed. >> joan, what was your memory of exactly what happened at that time and were there moments of heroism from other passengers or really just a panic and some horrible moments like people trying to grab your life jacket off your body? >> well, there was panic. every time the lights went out, people would start screaming and there was utter chaos. as far as heroism, i have to commend my daughter. she saw one little girl with a life vest that was literally as big as she, and alanna who had a smaller life vest, you know, took hers and gave it to the little girl so she would have something more suitable for herself. she was helping the children, and there were children there being squashed just by the pressings of the crowds. she was really trying to help the children. some people really tried to get control of the crowds. just try

joan, does he win saturday in south carolina? >> it looks like it. it really does. newt gingrich had a great night last night with all that race baiting, reverend al, but i don't think it is enough to make up the huge deficit, i think he wins, i think mitt wins. >> i think willard wins. arced i bet you $10,000 but i have to borrow it from willard. thank you for joining me both tonight, both of you and have a good evening. >> thank you. >> good night. >>> coming up, newt gingrich plays ugly at the gop debate. and the crowd couldn't be happier. >> the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any president in american history. >> our massive fact check ahead. >>> plus, wham mow to wake, the fight against union-busting governor scott walker reaches a major milestone. >>> and president obama address the birthers like you've never seen him before. > and betty white is his secret when upon. you are watching "politics nation" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for u

joan lost the man she'd married.s had your back, who's always championed you. >> right. >> reporter: what does that feel like inside as his wife? >> lonely. lonely. because i didn't have my best friend to turn to. i didn't have someone that shared those feelings of loss. >> now she's dealing with the death of a husband, but yet i'm sitting right next to her. she could have very easily left. >> reporter: the struggle to regain a life together was often painful but not without humor. a friend even joked about joan's chance to reprogram her husband. >> tell him you go to the spa every friday. tell him that you never clean your house and that he cleans the house and he does all the cooking and everything. so, you know, we're laughing. she kind of just out of the blue just said, what if he doesn't fall in love with you again? and it just stopped me in my tracks. i was so caught up in the care taking and the juggling the kids that i never thought that he wouldn't -- that there's a possibility that he could say, i want to d

>> pretty much everything i am now is a result of joan.n here right now. no way. >> lee woodruff is back with us. this is amazing. it's something i had no idea. you call it complicated grief. >> complicated grief is something that's so many americans deal with when they have a loved one with a degenerative issue or brain issue or spouses of veterans who returned home. your husband is there physically. so people will say he's here. you say but he's not the same. so joan feels like she doesn't have a right to grieve. >> does the quality of the relationship have to change? how do you feel sexy, i love the question. it's last on the list because you're a care-giver, your lover, you're wife and teacher. >> here's the man who doesn't remember anything. doesn't understand the meaning of the word wife. in fact, she had a cute anecdote where she would put him in front of the television and watch sopranos and king of queens and say this is what an alpha male is. maybe not so much for the sopranos with the weapon. here's what i want you to be. it he

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run. that's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using using #edshow. attention - americans living with limited mobility. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors and hallways. more reliable. hoveround employees build your chair, deliver your chair, and will service your chair for as long as you own your chair. and most importantly, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for little or no cost. call no

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run.next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter usi using #edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republican party establishment right through to the convention. here it is. a map put together by buzzfeed.com showing 12 states holding caucuses instead of primaries. as republicans try to choose their nominee. it gives paul a path to racking up delegates with strong organization and careful planning. this is what he's doing. in ten of these caucus states, paul could rack up more than 400 delegates out of the 2,300 needed for the gop nomination. so if he can't actually win the gop nomination, at least he could th

joan walsh, richard wolffe, the gop race in the long run.t's next. >>> "psycho talk" coming up next. donald trump says his ducks are in line for a presidential run. >>> faced with facts. eric cantor and his press secretary choose to believe the fancy about ronald reagan on taxes. follow us on twitter using #edshow. we're right back. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is mary... who has a million things to pick up each month on top of her prescriptions. so she was thrilled that her walgreens pharmacist recommended a 3-month supply and would always be there to answer questions about her health. now mary gets 3 refills in one and for 3 months, she's done. more or less. ask your pharmacist about a 90 day supply today. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." ron paul is in the republican race for the long haul. how do we know? well, he's not going to fade away after iowa. win, lose or draw. he has a strategy to be a thorn in the side of the republican party establishment right through to the co

i'm joined by joan walsh, editor at large, jonathan alter, columnist for bloomberg view. who wrote about this in october? jonathan. >> i did. >> there is a freak of possibility of this happening? >> there is just a little tiny mathematical possibility. it's really -- it would be a hail mary pass, essentially, if president obama was behind in the polls, at the time of the democratic convention, and they only had a little more than eight weeks to go before the election, and he had a lot of ground to pick up, the reason they don't even consider it really in the white house is they believe it would look weak, that to throw joe biden under the bus would seem desperate, and that it would hurt on what they call the leadership score, it would make president obama craven and political. aside from the fact he has an outstanding relationship with joe biden and doesn't want to do it. >> joan, what do you think of the conversation, good, bad, whatever. >> gee, bill keller, come on, not like there is no political news, not like it's a slow news day. there is so much for us to talk abou

joaned his ride. whether in the back of the pickup truck or the rooftop carrier, it was a good ride. and all i can tell you is, i didn't know there was any problem with that in terms of the law. >> i'm glad that fox host chris wallace asked romney about that when the story first came out. so we were able to get mr. romney on the record about it. i think mr. wallace at fox is usually pretty good with follow-up questions with politicians. he did not, however, ask the obvious follow-up at this point in the interview. this is a completely airtight kennel mounted on the top of our car. he climbed up there regularly. enjoyed himself. >> enjoyed himself. he later said he enjoyed his ride. enjoyed his ride. remember, though. the story that had just broken in the boston globe. the story that prompted his question to mr. romney in the

but joan mullholland in addition to being part of snick brought us something i think is one of the most moving things we have, that is something that looks like simply pieces of broken glass, shards of glass. what these are is these are materials that were collected at the funeral of the four black girls who were killed in september of '63 with the birmingham church bombings. and joan mullholland and many of the other workers were there and she collected these shards from stained glass window of the 16th street baptist church and in the street was a shot gun shell. in many ways these shards speak volumes about broken lives, but they speak volumes about the sort of use of violence to control, to battle racial integration. but in some ways, something as simple as this speaks volumes to our audience. and violence is such a part of the way of understanding this. here is a button. this is a button that is a celebration of the life of martin luther king. these buttons were produced right after king was assassinated in april of 1968. and so in some ways this button gives the way people to be a