karen lewis me with several alderman today to give it teacher side of the story on several major issueseen running into stumbling blocks they are now calling on the aldermen to come and meet with them throughout the day today said that they can inform the aldermen on some issues that they feel are important the cpu faces the meetings will go into the afternoon ... they wish to lay their grievances on the table and talk about some solutions and issues that the cpu union faces a long lin >>we're looking at the resources into the curriculum ... and other important issues >>we want to find out from the teachers' union with the impediments are and how we will go about trying to get rid of them and we will close the gap to allow this to move forward it's not to change positions by find ways to make things work and toned down his rhetoric >>a better informed city council will be able to make better decisions when it comes to the important issues that they face with the school system >>next at noon the final medical moments of the life of michael jackson takes center stage again today at the do

chicago teachers union president karen lewis not see eye to eye with mayor emmanuel over how to implementogger school day reports went face-to-face with aldermen today to tell the teacher side of the story. >> we all want the same thing as far as school days how we get there >> both sides finally getting their agreeing to extend the school day for students in chicago public schools and contentious issue going back to former mayor daley echoed by new mayor rahm emmanuel already secured schools to sign a onto the idea even though teachers put in those schools do not have union authorization is. >> and the main reason we did this because we were blindsided by a resolution aldermen to sign on to without having it information >> alderman leaving the meetings seemed pleased with what they heard hoping to work with everybody. my intent to hear from the teachers you get to find out the impediments and to determine how to go about getting rid of those impediments or bridge what ever the gap is to allow the system to move forward they have done a poll most people in the public for a longer school d

but i want to thank karen lewis for joining us tonight. thanks so much. as you can see, this just isn't about a certain group of people. and these teachers here in chicago have been fighting with rahm emanuel and trying to keep what they've got for a long time. this protest has been in the works for some time. it just coincides with the occupy wall street group. remember to answer the question on the screen and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. >>> breaking news out of the state of wisconsin tonight. we'll have it exclusively. rick perry is using "the ed show" to attack mitt romney and herman cain thinks racism in america is over? this is "the ed show." stay with us. would be easy without gravity. with olay challenge that. regenerist day and night duo. the uv lotion helps protect skin and firms during the day. the cream hydrates to firm at night. gravity doesn't stand a chance. regenerist, from olay. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." since the occupy wall street process began 24 days ago, similar demonstrations have broken out around the united sta

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. >>> now to our political analyst, good friend karen finny, and senior contributor matt lewis. good day to you both. karen, let's start with you. and the question is are you surprised by these numbers? these poll numbers? a week ago, two weeks ago, we were probably talking about, oh this is just a little bit of a bump. we'll see what happens next week or the week after. >> well no because look, i think it shows that within the republican field something we have seen all along, there is a reluctance to just embrace romney. romney is at 21%. he's been at about 21%, 23%, for about a year if i'm not mistaken. so he's not been able to kind of move out of that. and the meantime, we have seen others kind of come and go. and it's not surprising that someone like cain who kind of says what people want to hear and he's kind of fun to listen to. i don't agree with a lot of what he says. but, you know that, he would rise to the top. again, i think it shows just how unsettled the republican primary voters really are with their field. >> and some saying in disarray. matt, rick perry has got t

. >> so karen hunter is an nbc contributor. matt lewis is a contributor. lk about that. karen, we have seen donald trump, michelle bachmann, rick perry. now herman cain being at the top. do you see anything different in this candidate? our polls are showing him having the strong support. especially among key conservative. >> he's been there through those people. he's risen and risen. all the way to the top. and i don't think this is a fluke. i agree with him. even though i don't like black walnut ice cream, it's not my flavor. but the analogy was nice. >> and you have that song stuck in your head. >> and i want to read a piece from "the wall street journal." a hundred other people could be president. what candidate is best for voters? are other candidates letting romney off the hook? >> i think romney has, in a way, skated. if you look at his record, he has flip-flopped on almost every major issue. including ronald reagan. and i think, frankly, part of it is because he ran in '08. not only is he a better, more skilled, more experienced debater, but a lot of