georgetown university professor michael eric dyson with us tonight. david corn of "mother jones" magazine. and former rnc cheer michael steele. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to see you, ed. >> mr. steele, you first. what are we seeing here? is this eric cantor saying, you know what, guys, there's going to be a civil war here, we can't say no to everything? what does he mean by civil war in the ranks? >> i think what he means by that, the fact that there were republicans who obviously supported moving thisability out to the floor for a vote. there are republicans, particularly female republicans who have been quietly saying to the caucus, guys, get your act together, we're getting killed on something we don't need to get killed on. and i think eric cantor was basically bringing a level of common sense, you know, to the caucus in terms of let's move on the important stuff that really matters to people right now. this is a reauthorization. if there are provisions you think are unconstitutional, then submit the bill to deal with th

. >> joining us now is msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson of georgetown university and our manll, luke russert. mr. gohmert's amendment to the continuing resolution is d not make it. however, have heard from speaker boehner on this issue of tours to the public. let's take a listen to him. >> it's the idea that we're going to shut down tours at the white house during the easter season when washington's overwhelmed by visitors is just silly. and i want to know who's being laid off at the white house? is this what's going on? all i can say is the capitol is open to visitors. >> so there you go, luke. all is well in the capitol. but doesn't this reveal the petty and personal nature of republican opposition to this president? >> well, i think it reveals a sort of pettiness on both sides. if you look at what the white house did so far -- >> how is it petty by the president to apply the sequester as it's been imposed? >> the idea is putting that forward there will be no more tours at the white house. who does that stick it to? rank and file congressmen. >> it sticks it to the public.

. >> with us is msnbc political analyst karen finney and political analyst michael eric dyson.hey are all telling us higher taxes would result in massive job losses, higher inflation, and the collapse of industrial jute put. this week the stock market has broken records virtually every day and now we have a much larger than expected jobs report and clear signs of recovery within the housing market. what happened or is paul ryan as badly mistaken as we suggested he was three months ago? >> yes, he was, although i do love the fact that apparently from what we know at this point in his budget next week, he's perfectly happy to take credit or account for all of the hard work that president obama had to do in terms of raising tacks on the wealthiest as part of the january 1 deal. so he's happy to take credit for that but he can still keep saying how it's not a good idea. that's kind of my favorite part of this fuzzy math. you know, i think if anything what we've seen in the stock market though also sort of proves part of the point, which is trickle down economics doesn't work. compa

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i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. president obama makes his first trip to israel and gets caught at an open mic. the love gov makes a comeback in south carolina, and march madness hits the white house. >>> but tonight, i start with washington dropping the ball on protecting our children. >>> this is "the ed show," and as ed would say, let's get to work. >>> it was supposed to change everything. the massacre at sandy hook elementary school was brutal and horrific, it shook us to our core but out of the tragedy, there was a hope something could get done. we americans believe this was the event that would prompt our lawmakers to finally act, yet this is the cover of today's "new york daily news," shame on us. the faces of the murdered 20 children of the elementary school students in newtown, connecticut, surrounding those words. this is how a paper in the nation's largest city is reacting to news of the assaults weapon ban being dropped. it was announced tuesday that the ban, introduced by dianne feinstein of california,

this is michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. hubris, the iraq war, starts now. >>> good evening. thanks for being with us tonight. this is a jint resolution of congress passed in 1964. the signatures here, speaker of the house ep representatives, president of senate and down here, big one, that is the signature of the president of the united states. this resolution passed o not a friday. the tuesday before the president had gone on tv under a live late night urgent broadcast. >> fellow americans -- >> he said the united states navy had come under attack. there was open aggression on the high seas against the united states of america. the result was, the gulf of tunkin resolution. it happpassed in the house unanimously. turns out it got snookered. did not happen the way they said it happened. the way they urgently and sternly informed us that it happened. but it would be seven years before this was repealed. by then, the escalation that this levered us into had become the longest yet war in u.s. history. a war that defined an era, that indellably tattooed leaders who made it happe

i'm michael eric dyson. elizabeth warren takes a stand for working class americans. michele bachmann has seen the light on infrastructure and might be getting off the appalachain trail and heading back to washington and a southern pastor makes a radical stand for justice. but tonight, we start with the tenth anniversary of the ed show. let's get to work. the shock and awe campaign was launched against -- a decade later, the forces behind with trying to revise that history. today, donald rumsfeld tweeted ten years ago, the long, difficult work of liberating 25 million iraqis deserve our respect and appreciation. put aside for the moment the evolution in rumsfeld's justification for war. take a moment to offer some appreciation to those who actually deserve our respect. we can start with the lawmakers who voted no on the iraq war resolution and 133 in the house. some argued passionately against the war inside the u.s. capital. >> i weep for my country. i want to events of recent months and the -- no more is the image of america one of strong yet benevolent peace keeper

i am michael eric dyson in for ed schultz as he prepares for his new show. a republican senator comes out for gay marriage two years after his son tells him he's gay. sarah palin and karl rove are at each other's throats. the republican autopsy is in but they're still stuck on slavery. what the devil is going on with the history channel. and architects of the iraq war are wrong a decade later. but tonight we start in steubenville, ohio. this is "the ed show," and as ed would say, let's get to work. let's begin with the facts. two members of the steubenville high school football team were found guilty this weekend of raping a 16-year-old girl last year. the judge handed down the verdicts in juvenile court. >> regarding the charges of rape, both defendants, ma'lik richmond and trent mays are committed to department of youth services for a minimum period of one year, a maximum period until year 21. >> the defendants were taken into custody and sent to a juvenile detention center. 1-year-old ma'lik richmond was found delinquent on charges of rain that carry a mi

i'm michael eric dyson in for ed. tonight, john boehner backs off background checks. and sexy chambliss doesn't support gay marriage because he doesn't plan on having one. and a crisis somewhere you never believe and the westborro baptist church gets a new neighbor. first, president obama calls on young israelis to embrace peace. this is "the ed show." as ed would say, let's get to work. it was a passionate appeal for peace. after speaking with palestinians in the west bank, the president took his message to israel, delivering a major speech earlier calling for a two state solution in the middle east. this was the main event of mr. obama's first trip to israel as leader of the free world. the president delivering what the administration called the centerpiece of the visit. the speech wasn't given in front of the israeli parliament where his predecessor spoke at his first trip, it was given at the convention center before an audience of students. the president's message was clear, peace is possible but in order to secure peace and security for the jewish state, comprom

from washington msnbc political analyst karen finney and msnbc political analyst professor michael eric dysonren, if i might begin with you, have we not arrived at the most ridiculous and absurd moment when the speaker of the house of representatives is praised and lauded by his caucus not for his achievements, but for doing absolutely nothing, nothing whatsoever in the face of these devastating cuts. he gets paid for doing nothing. >> he gets praised for doing nothing, but he's obstructing, and that is what the tea party members in particular in his caucus, that is why they're here. we've talked about this before. they do not believe in government. so to them this is a victory. halting the wheels of government is to them a victory. i hope as these cuts start to show the implications and start to feel the ramifications throughout our economy, that they might take a step back and say, hey, blowing the whole thing up might not be a good idea. >> professor dyson, i'm beginning to wonder if republicans in the house are nursing a love for say dough mass kiss am. how else do you explain their abili

i'm eric michael dyson.fter a decade of war,er with still uncovering lies that led us into conflict with iraq. turns out union busting governor john kay sick won't support unions either. ceo of starbucks serves up support for minimum wage increase. reverend jesse jackson joins me on public schools. >>> but first, bowling for columbine, i will ask michael moore why the need for gun control is even more urgent. this is "the ed show," and as ed would say, let's get to work. >>> we begin with an image that's been circulating the web this way. it is a pair of glasses smeared with blood. people have been sharing this photo because the glasses belong to john lennon. he was wearing them when he was gunned down outside of his apartment building. lennon's wife yoko ono tweeted the image on what would have been their 44th wedding anniversary along with this grim statistic. over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the united states since john lennon was shot and killed on december 8, 1980. the tweet has gotten