i'm joined by ralph nader, michelle bernard, and jonathan capehart. as i said, jobs numbers. at its lowest rate since 2008, that's good news, but economically, the middle class remains stuck in neutral. "the washington post" says the middle class is poorer today than in 1989. these are some of the reasons. the middle 20% of households in the country even own stocks. so this bull market has been no help to 90.8% of the middle. 63% of the same people also own their own homes, but the values of which took a huge hit when the bubble burst. so we got a problem. let's talk about that. ralph, this middle that you think is the heart of the country. you would think would be benefitting when all boats rise with the today? >> not at all. it's being sucked into the low income people. the word "poor" is not uttered. tens of millions of people today are making less today than 1968, adjusted for inflation. what we're putting forward is the minimum wage, which the democrats are talking about. but if you want to get things done, there's a petition filed by democrats in february, but they got

joining me now, howard fineman, and michelle bernard, and darryl weiss. right on the numbers here, billionaires, reflections on the upper crust. want to talk about ebola. reminds me of one of those movies, invasion of the body snatchers. who's next? even though it's in small numbers, it's against the promise we were given in the beginning, that it would be unlikely for it to get here. >> what's frighten, we can't point to one person who is in charge. and now there's a breach in protocol in the hospital in texas where a nurse now has ebola. what if the protocol is just wrong? i have a friend who is a physician in new york, here hospital treats a lot of african patients. she was sharing with me some details. and it's frightening. the protocol begins with put up a map of africa in your emergency room. train your staff on the names of the countries in africa and train your staff on the names of the cities in the countries where you find the ebola virus. >> or the donald trump protocol, no more airline traffic from that part of the world. >> it's ironic, we sp

michelle bernard, u.s.an donna edwards who >> gop presidential candidate mike huckabee says he's not fighting hard enough for same-sex marriage. this is huckabee yesterday on american family radio. >> i am utterly exasperated with republicans and the so-called leadership of the republicans who have abdicated on this issue when, if they continue this direction, they guaranteed they're going to lose every election in the future. guarantee it. the republicans want to lose guys like me and a whole bunch of still god-fearing, loving people. just to abdicate on this issue and while you're at it, go ahead and said abortion doesn't matter, either. at that point, you lose me. i'm gone. i'll become an ind pen dent. i'll start finding people that have guts to stand. i'm tired of this. >> what do you make of that? is that the voice of your party? >> no, it is not. and i think there are a couple ways you can tell. you can look at polling. if you look at polling and republican independence, a majority support same-sex ma

michelle bernard, matthew littman, a former speech writer, and republican strategist john ferry.to talk about this. people pay attention to me. there's two issues that get me crazy. one is stupid wars, stupid stuff as the president calls it. and the other is an attempt by somebody to keep somebody from voting. it's a right. you shouldn't have to make the case with all kinds of documentation. you have a right to vote. i just think it's gotten completely out of hand. i don't think it's racist, but if i were black and somebody said you can't vote because of this, i'd take it personal. >> well, how could you not take it personal? as an african american and particularly as an african american woman, i would say that you sit back and you watch and although we know it's not legally permissible, it feels as though it's been legally permissible to murder trayvon martin, to murder michael brown, and then what comes next, to murder black people's ability to vote. some americans have declared a war on black boys. it feels like some americans have declared a war on black people, period. if yo

jeremy peters, michelle bernard, and rick tyler. american public just days before the midterm. according to a new poll, as election day nears, america is the land of the fearful. voters are rattled by the ebola vire. braced for years of conflict against the terrorist islamic group isis and still worried about jobs. two thirds of americans believe the problems of the country they're face right now are more challenging than usual. also, 21% of americans said their number one priority for congress right now is to deal with national security and terrorism. that's second only to jobs. it's a huge jump from two years ago when only 2% listed national security as the top priority. isis and ebola are on their minds. 6 in 10 americans say they expect to be dealing with the threat from isis past the time president obama's second term goes to an end. and 4 out of 10 say a major outbreak of ebola in the united states is very or somewhat likely. let me go to jeremy and then michelle and then rick in that order. what do you make of the fact people

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michelle bernard, who was featured in the november issue of "essence" magazine, as a rising star in politicsswoman donna edwards of maryland is already a star and and liz mayer is somebody i'm meeting today, a former spokesperson for the republican national committee. >> the president called the secret service knuckle heads. 12 were zapped, had their careers ruined. now we find out this guy running advance for the president may have been guilty of the exact same sin, if you will, of having sex workers in his room that night. >> well, the difference is, he was a volunteer, not secret service. but the problem goes deep in the secret service. i mean, it's systemic. >> what about the white house advance guy involved? >> i think the white house needs to deal with that and figure out what its protocols are for dealing with people who advance them and making sure that they're the right people. i mean, it's kind of embarrassing and silly. >> do you think it's an open question whether they should be able to have a hooker or not? [ all speak at once ] >> that's not the open question. >> there are thin

jonathan capehart, michelle bernard and david corn. president took ownership of the ebola crisis and picked a point man for the effort. ron klain, former chief of staff to biden and gore. best known for his role in the florida recount crisis. in the hbo movie about that event, he was played by kevin spacey. >> the florida house has already voted to award the state to the bush. >> then we just file two lawsuits. one to set standards, the other to halt the legislature. we can do this. >> ron, nobody can fault you -- >> no, mr. vice president, please, listen to me. you cannot concede, not yet, sir. i beg of you, sir, just give me one more shot. >> pretty chilling stuff. anyway, today the president's press secretary explained why klain was chosen. >> what we were looking for is not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert, and that's exactly what ron klain is. he's somebody who has extensive experience in the federal government. he's something that has extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> is h

bernard calling in from rochelle, georgia. another key battleground state. good morning. caller: good morning. nunn,vote for michelle she's the best candidate. i urge all democrats to go out and vote for michelle nunn. host: how closely have you been following that race? have you keyed in in the last couple of days or weeks, or have you been following it throughout ?he months since the primary i think we lost bernard, but scott is waiting in youngstown, ohio. thanks for taking my call. i'm not going to vote for either. the federal reserve central bank owns both parties. we are being charged interest on funds being created of thin air. it's a big fraud. people did wake up. you just mentioned bloomberg. he's as i honest traitor to america. -- a zionist traitor to america. that scott in youngstown, ohio. we are asking who is your canada, and europe thoughts on that slice of america -- your thoughts on that slice of america that are still listed as an decided -- undecided. kim is up next in columbus, ohio. caller: good morning. ohio,lling to say that in he is hiding. he won't do anything. are of the republicans trying t