also joining us, michael eric dyson, professor of sociology at georgetown university, and author of "the inspirational wisdom and insight of michael eric dyson. great to have both of you with us tonight. joan walsh, what does it say about speaker boehner when he gives rush limbaugh a call before he checks in with the real boss, i guess, of the party, before he goes further? what does that tell you? >> yes, he checked in with the real boss. you know, you caught me. i think the camera came to me in mid -- open mouth, shaking my head, listening to that quote again. you know, we just have to talk about the utter mendacity of john boehner tonight. i'm sorry, ed. this man, for better or worse, has been negotiating with this president. on friday they got within $400 billion of a deal. sounds like a lot of money, but when you're talking about $4 trillion, it's not really that much. they were close, he had to walk away. so what did he do? did he come back today and say, hey, we were this close and here's some ideas to close the deal? no, he went full tilt tea party crazy. and i just want to ma

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ellison of the progressive caucus, analysis of the republican response with joan walsh and michael eric dyson. the hidden damage of the boehner bill with former labor secretary with robert reich, and we'll go outside the beltway. >> if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> great to have you with us tonight, folks. this is "the ed show" on msnbc. it's just eight days and two hours from right now the united states government will default and washington pretty much is grasping at straws at this hour, trying to stop all of this. president obama doesn't want this to happen. no president would want this to happen on his or her watch. so he took the case, as he said he would, to the american people from the east room of the white house. and just over an hour ago, the president made it very clear that he is not on board with speaker boehner's plan. >> defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate. and republican leaders say that th

[applause] >> michael eric dyson. >> amen, amen, amen, amen. that's just great stuff. that the book should be continued to be read. it's a great book. it's a great story. and the shape of moral ambition in america is the shape of story. and, you know, that's why we're living in a post-literate culture where people are going to the movies to get their fix for what novels do. novels are not dead but it's certainly migrated to the screen and the way in which people consume information watching john daily versus, you know, even cnn or watching cnn as opposed to reading the "new york times" or reading the "new york times" as opposed to the guardian. so there's various level in which people consume information and, you know, i don't think we should be elitists about it. even as we're rigorous in our exploration of the ideas there. so i think the spike lee film is the greatest black biopic made i would argue. i'm saying which was deeper than that. and there are -- there are like three or four segments in that film when denzel as malcolm is doing nothing but spitting fire at w

michael eric dyson show. [applause] last, professor political science and african studies at johns hopkins university. [applause] melissa harris-perry can associate professor of african-american studies at princeton, but now to the university. [applause] let's jump into the heat of the battle and talk about the significance of this book in the arguments around the significant clearly it is adding something he should this discussion, but what is that? i read this book twice. before you throw some of those ideas, i'm curious starting with sherrilyn ifill, what is for you the significance of malcolm x? >> thank you, mark. first of all, significance of course is that bareboat road and he represents many of us to begin scholars, who entered the academy, of how one can read it as relative scholar of a scholar who is relevant to the lives of african-american people who is focused on bringing truth in great detail. this is my train of thought, 80 pages of footnotes. i love it. i remember the night that the news came

joining me now is eugene robinson and michael eric dyson and crystal ball.want to give you forewarning if we to see senator reid come back to the floor we'll jump back to him to hear what he says. he's supposed to make an announcement about tonight's schedule. what do you think that he could be coming out to say? if you were a betting man? >> just what we needed another sub plot. the reid-mcconnell battle. harry reid does not like hearing that mitch mcconnell is doing an end run around his reid's leadership vice president biden. so in general, i expect we'll hear a maneuver from harry reid to make his effort to find a compromise the more important one. and if he doesn't think he has the votes, it could be delaying the vote we're anticipating at 1:00 a.m., it could be some alteration in the plan or in the bill itself. i'm not sure. but to put his plan back at center stage and not this kind of side negotiation between mcconnell and biden. >> michael, right now, though, what are the options that senator reid has? especially if he doesn't have the votes needed t

i will stop there. >> michael eric dyson. >> well, i'm honored to be here tonight on such a distinguished panel, and of course in memory of manning. i wish he could have been here himself to talk about his book. he would have loved this audience and the vibrant reception to which his book has been accorded. and of course it's been controversial as well and manning was fully prepared for that in my conversations with him. he loved malcolm x like very few other people, he loves the meaning of the man, he loved his historical significance, his revolutionary potential and practice and had to face up to the fact as a historian and intellectual and scholar he had to tell the truth the best he could as best he understood it and i think the power and the beauty of this book is that it's rendered in such accessible and eloquent prose that it engages in a broad spectrum in the continuum of scholarly data. it takes account of heretofore if you will and access to data about malcolm x and turns interviews and tuck werries and in terms of some of the fbi files and it tries to wrestle with the complicat

joining me is msnbc contributor joy ann reid and msnbc political analyst, michael eric dyson. see you here tonight. i know you're getting a late call to get in here as fast as you can, but what do you make of the news that we're getting that the 1:00 a.m. vote that was scheduled for tomorrow, 1:00 a.m., right after the stroke of midnight tonight, has now been pushed this 12 hours? what does that indicate to your senses? >> well, actually, thomas, it sounds to me like progress. chuck todd just tweeted that about five senators will be pulling an all-nighter at the white house. and i was really fascinated in the last couple of segments ago to hear andrea mitchell as well as chuck todd talk about what's now on the table. it looks to me what's being negotiated now are senators trying to protect the things they put into the tax code. people want to keep those things out of the triggers that they care about. if it's farm subsidies, you'll have senators from those states where there are large farming interests, worried that their items will end up in the triggers. people are worried a

only professor of sociology at jork georgetown university and author of "can you hear now" michael eric dysonntlemen. >> good evening. >> the bachmann campaign has not responded to her husband's remarks. is this a badge of honor or will it hurt her in the long run? >> you're asking the right question. it's a complicated game that michelle bachmann is playing. on the surface, when she goes on national programs, tv interview, she tries to appear relatively moderate, but she's really appealing to some pretty base instincts on the part of particularly iowa caucusgoers. that's a state where a lot of the people who do go to the caucuses tend to be extremely conservative in their views towards gays and lesbians, as well as their views on abortion rights. and frankly, i think that even as she speaks about issues like slavery and some of the race issues that have come up so far, she's played a lot of games politically, refusing to deny things, refusing to back off, even when she makes mistakes. and thing at the national political level, we see this as a bungling, but there's a second level of communic

michael eric dyson. >> reverend sharpton. >> also with me, ms. maggie haberman.ior writer for politic why. and finally josh trevino from tfrm public policy foundation. first question, we have been hearing about the big headache in the bachmann campaign. the story of michele bachmann's migraines exploded earlier this week. and today, politico is reporting new details, including the fact they cause her to miss eight house votes last july and another full day of votes last may. the story is prompting questions from republican pundits and rivals. >> it's going to be important for her to get her doctors out there quickly to provide medical records. >> if you're going to be president of the united states, you have to do the job, everyday all the time. there is no realtime off in that job. >> now, dr. dyson, some said this is sexist. that they are doing this because she a s a woman. do you think that is legitimate? >> initially i must confess, i felt that context within these charges were brought up were for political advantage. karl rove, tim pawlenty and the like. on

. >> for the latest on the negotiations, let's turn to sam stein and michael eric dyson, a professor of sociology at georgetown university and author of "can you hear me now?" . sam, what's the latest? >> lucky for you and congressman kucinich, i'm hearing this big bargain with the big three on the table is off the table so to speak. right now, senator mcconnell and reid are working on their hybrid approach. there's not enough time to consider this package that's been put for by the gang of six. there's some members who have talked about getting a one month extension to the debt ceiling, so they can have the congressional budget office score it. that's probably not going to happen p. it doesn't make sense legislatively. the more we're hearing from the gang of six proposal, the more opponent's it's getting. conservatives are against it. even though congressman kucinich is right, it would get rid of the alternative minimum tax. >> senate republican leadership aids sent mike allen an e-mail explaining why republicans don't like the gang of six plan. here it is, the president killed any

. -- [applause] >> michael eric dyson, prof. of psychology at georgetown university and host of the dyson show across the nation. [applause] >> lester spence, professor of science. melissa harris-perry, associate professor of politics, at tulane university. let's jump into the heat of the battle and talk about the significance of this book and argument around the significance. clearly it is adding something huge to this discussion but what is it? before i throw out those ideas with the we agree or disagree i am curious starting with sherrilyn ifill, what is it for you that malcolm x, the life and the invention? >> first of all the significance is that manning marable wrote it. and manning marable himself really represents an example for many of us who became scholars and entered the academy of how one can live as a it relevant scholar who is relevant to the lives of african-american people, who is focused on bringing truth in great detail. this is my kind of book. put that in a footnote. i love it. i remember the night the news

michael eric dyson.tional correspondent for the washington post and finally matt lewis, senior contributor for the daily caller. first question, instead of drinking the kool-aid, are republicans drinking tea on the debt crisis? house leaders are wasting time with tea parties cut, cap and balance bill even though it has no chance of passing the senate or getting signed by president obama. dana? the clock is ticking toward the default. are the republicans fitting while rome is burning here? >> well yb yes, reverend they are. but sometimes a little bit of fiddling is necessary here. the republicans, particularly the house republicans, really need a way out of this corner they have backed themselves into. what's happening tomorrow in this debate, yes, everybody knows nothing will come of it. but it could be a catharsis. it could be a way for the house republicans to say, we've got our marker in the ground. this is what we are trying to do. we couldn't get it done. all right, let's sneak in the deal that's be

joining me now, for discussion of truth and myth, george will, michael eric dyson of georgetown, jillepore, who is author of "whites of their eyes" and richard stengel. editor in chief of "time" magazine. thank you for being here. let me start with you, george. how do you explain the ubiquity as a living piece of debate? >> american politics has a retrospective cast. all of our arguments get litigated through these documents. did jefferson have the power to make the louisiana purchase. james madison, the successor, the architect vote toad an internal improvements bill. they thought that went beened yo the powers of the federal government down to today. when the most novel new development, the tea party movement is named after something that happened in 1773. there's a retrospective cast built into our politic, what happened today, a large number of american, this one included. believed that the somewhat promiscuous expansion of government power in recent year, raises questions about whether we still have a government of limited, dell gated and enow ra tiv powers. >> you say last year,

joining me now, for discussion of truth and myth, george will, michael eric dyson of georgetown university, harvard university history professor, jill lepore, who is also the author of "whites of their eyes" and richard stengel. editor in chief of "time" magazine. and writer of the cover story, on the constitution "does it still matter." thank you for being here. let me start with you, george. how do you explain the ubiquity of the cons tus today as a real living piece of political debate? >> first of all, american politics always has a retrospective cast. looking back on the constitution. all of our arguments get litigated through these documents. did jefferson have the power to make the louisiana purchase. james madison, the successor, the architect of the constitution vetoed an internal improvements bill. they thought that went beyond the powers of the federal government down to today. when the most novel new development, the tea party movement is named after something that happened in 1 13. there's a retrospective cast naturally y ilt into our politics, but what happened today, a large

michael eric dyson.lantoni and matt lewis, senior contributor for the daily caller. >>> can republicans say yes? our first question tonight, president said on friday, he doesn't know if the president -- i mean, if the republicans are capable of saying yes. that very question he raised after the republicans walked way from the budget talks. matt? >> one of the questions that the republican parties will have to ask itself is can they say yes to anything. where's the leadership, or alternatively, how seriously are you actually about debt and deficit reduction or do you simply want to as a campaign ploy going into the next election. >> gop lawmakers rejected every single democratic proposal. they even rejected the republican proposal from mitch mcconnell. michael is yes, a word not in the republican vocabulary and will the president address it tonight? >> iç think reverend sharpton that it seems they cannot say yes. no, no, no. the party of negativity. and on every deal put forth so far has been rejected by

and i want to bring up a quote from georgetown professor michael eric dyson about recent efforts to strikeng. here's what professor dyson said. "congress will not vote to put the economy in the black because the country is in the hands of the black." kind of stunning. what do you make of that? >> well, i'm not sure exactly what my friend dr. dyson meant. but quite frankly we do understand the challenges before us right now. as we talk about the debt ceiling, we know america's a country that like any business or small business needs a line of credit to be able to move forward on its agenda, to address its issues of today, but also to plan for its future. so indeed, the debt ceiling needs to be raised. but as we talk about raising the debt ceiling, we have to make sure we don't hurt the most vulnerable among us. many of the programs that are on the chopping block, whether you're talking about medicaid, medicare, social security, or other programs are very important to, again, the least of these in our society, those that will affect most traumatically communities of color and other communiti