let's go to i really really hope rachel rachel is not into the job creators come from the wealthy nonsense i mean come on which comes from the job creator myself later right so i'm sol rachael i don't think you are and i create jobs. go ahead candy good. job good jobs and you would be all employed people to buy your product and so you need to have a middle class you can buy products knowing as well it was i'll show you instead of behind it so i when i was three people should if i had time i figure i know they're going to make money fast how they're off trying to talk over me i'm not going to stop talking and i'm trying to make a point the time when the wealth divide was smallest in this country was in one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's when the highest income tax rates were at ninety percent we need to be debating the nixon tax or as the reagan tax that's fifty percent top bracket versus seventy percent bracket we shouldn't be having fifteen percent for the richest people in the country which that we do have for people in the country right now have wealth equal to half the population th

little money let's go back to london here it looks to me rachel saying is everyone. really wants their cake and eat it just go ahead in london i disagree with all the rachel said i disagree with the world richard said in the sense that people want at least in greece definitely to remain within the eurozone but they also want different sort of political leaders the old leaders are completely discredited the two main parties are completely discredited and the social the direction in policy terms that they want a more rational approach to. solving the problems of greece is facing and one of them. allusion to. let me finish this particular point which is important nobody is saying that they want to move away from the welfare state but the world for a state of the existing greece is not affected that's why there is a real poverty in greece so i put my argument is really people to change not expect us what graham jump in graham jump in i was going to say this is one of the contradictions you have people in greece so according to the opinion polls sixty percent of them sayi

rachel first yeah exactly and rachel first i think at this point you know the euro was founded on a pie in the sky idea that ended up being an economic straight jacket and nobody can escape at this point that's the problem and working against the economy for political reasons just because everyone has a great political will i'm not sure how long that can last when people aren't working. there are going hungry you know what quite did you know i think we're seeing it already with some of the election results that the people of just how they feel we don't we don't have people going hungry in europe in big numbers no no come on that's not there times are hard and we're really people are unable to find jobs to lean in there's nobody there's nobody agrees with issues there's no e-mail really if you're willing to tell these anybody that there's nobody going hungry you know they're saying there's nobody in greely of the issues but we're not back into the 1930's no no i really am going to say how was it of the reason that greece or the value room were in trouble if you were in trouble it would b

university of london all right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want rachel you wrote a very interesting article why's that cause he was defeated in the presidential election what does this mean about centrist politics in europe in your opinion because as i pointed out in the beginning of the program we see going to the left in france we see going to the right in greece and we see a lot of governments following and a lot of people are dissatisfied with the center is the center collapsing. no not at all we have to be really careful how we interpret a socialist president or a socialist party president getting elected in france because. judging by his thirty years of public office and politics all we can really tell from that background is that he's a pragmatist best the best we can see there's really no hard evidence of. heavy ideological socialist leanings of any kind and when they were stood next to paul the day of the election and they were able to find that fifty five percent of people who voted for longer didn't vote for him necessarily because he was loan

i'm just a filler to make sure everyone sits down before rachel talks. and then you'll hear from rachel in the third panel on race sentencing and mass incarceration. as i believe all of you know, rachel is one of our nation's leading criminal law scholars. she has written some of the most important work on sentencing over the last ten years. and has also cast herself -- has basically started this new academic field of looking at criminal law as part of the system of administrative law and regulation. and that has been an extremely powerful paradigm, and rachel's work has been enormously recognized for its path breaking nature. so she runs the center and the center has done extremely significant things including has written some very important briefs recently both on the side of government and both on the side of defendants that have been cited extensively by our appellate courts including the supreme court of the united states recently. i'm really grateful for all the scholars and practitioners who are here today and to our keynote speaker, michelle alex

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"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. congratulations. great job yesterday on "meet the press." >> i prepared for it by making you drinks. the night before. that was all me getting warmed up for "meet the press," making cocktails. >> you're a gamer. i could not have made any show on sunday mornings. you got it done. it was fantastic. lots of comments on that. congratulations. i think you should do it every sunday. i'll take care of the fishing. i'll have that covered for you. >> all right. you fish, me and alex will go out on the road and charge ticket price. >> you got something there. >> thanks, man. >> you bet. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us. the list of the most common jobs for men in this country and the list of the most common jobs for women in this country are two lists that have very little in common, it turns out. the jobs we do in this country in this day and age are still sort of surprisingly really segregated by gender. whether you have an occupation that's male dominated or you have an occupation that's female

rachel serves him the facts. joan walsh will weigh in. >>> president obama saves the american automobile industry, so the romney camp says it was mitt romney's idea. you don't want to miss this one. stay with us. >>> republicans are trying to deny there's a gop war on women. now they are trying to deny that women have been paid less for equal work. women make just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes in america yet gop consultant went on "meet the press" yesterday to challenge the fact. she's voted against the lilly ledbetter fair pay act unfortunately for her. fortunately for those who seek the truth, rachel maddow was there to set them both straight. >> women this this country still make 77 cents on the dollar for what men make. women don't make less than men? >> actually, if you start looking at the numbers, rachel, there are lots of reasons for that. >> don't tell me the reasons. do women make less than men? wow. okay. we're working from different facts. >> men work 44 hours a week. women work 41 hours a wee

rachel "bunny" mellon was funneling the funds in question during the years of 2007 and 2008. the count the jury has reached a verdict on, count they, concerns the funds in 2008. >>megyn: in terms of the dollar amount, because there was, you know, tell us the dollar amounts at stake. >>jonathan: the dollar amount, the allegation is over the two-year period she gave in excess of $700,000 and you combine that with the other wealthy donor that is part of this case, the prosecution is alleging they gave nearly $1 million but according to some of the testimony the figure may have been in excess of $1 million and that will be important if and when it comes to sentencing because john edwards would face a much more severe sentence if the judge determines that more than $1 million was involved. >>megyn: very good to know. jonathan serrie, thank you. what are we on now? verdict watch? jury watch? they have a verdict. on one count. the prosecution would argue it is their main case. they do not have one on the other five counts facing john edwards today. on this one count he could face fi

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edwards allegedly accepted illegal and excessive campaign funds from rachel "bunny" mellon during the year of 2008 but they have not announced whether they found him guilty or not guilty while the lawyers, both the defense and prosecution, are arguing where they want the jury to go from here. the prosecution wants the judge to send the jury back to the jury room presumably reading them the allen charge reminding them of all the time and expense that has gone into this trial and urging them to try to come up with a verdict before they come out again but the defense is wanting the judge to declare a mistrial so the judge as we speak taking all of this under consideration. everyone trying to speculate which way she is going to rule. >>megyn: jonathan serrie we will be back when you have more news. and now our legal panel, fox news legal analyst, arthur aidala, and randy zelin. shepard is off today. arthur, is it up to the judge, does the judge have a choice, now, whether she should declare a mistrial as the defense is asking or does she have to take the verdict on count he? >>arthur: loo

. >> how, rachel, should this conversation actually be framed? i made the comment when i've done this topic before and a lot of ways men bringing up this question is a condescending question. what is it that women want? what is the right way to be framing this conversation and debate, which is a very serious debate, because we're talking about the real desires in the race? >> policy. it should be about policy. all of our best debates are about policy and it should be about policy that affects women specifically. the romney campaign wants to talk about women and the economy. women in this country still make 77 cents on the dollar for what men make. women don't make less than men? >> actually, if you start looking at the numbers, rachel, there are lots of reasons for that. >> no, wait, don't tell me the reasons. do women make less than men for doing the same work? >> actually, no, because -- >> wow. we're working from different facts. >> men work 44 hours a week. women work 41 hours a week. men go into engineering, science and math that earn more.

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. i might just have to do a little bit of fishing the weekend before the vote in wisconsin. i don't know, i might have to do that. >> i will warn the fish. i will warn the walleye that you are coming, ed. thank you, ed. >> thanks, rachel. >>> and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. it was 1977, he had had to resign the presidency of the united states three years early in disgrace, narrowly avoiding being impeached and convicted and thrown out of office. frankly, he needed to make a little money, so he agreed for a large fee to sit down for a series of tv interviews, in which he basically wanted to talk about anything other than watergate. but he also wanted to defend himself on watergate. he wanted to try to shape his legacy, to be seen as something other than a disgraced cook who had had to resign his had had to resign his presidency. that effort to try to rehabilitate his image, to defend himself on watergate, led richard nixon to this iconic moment in the ame

>> actually, if you start looking at the numbers, rachel, there are lots of reasons for that. >> no, wait, don't tell me the reasons. do women make less than men for doing the same work? >> actually, no, because -- >> wow. we're working from different facts. >> men work 44 hours a week. women work 41 hours a week. men go into engineering, science and math that earn more. >> this is not math is hard part. >> yes, it is. >> no it isn't. >> let rachel frame it. >> women are making 77 cents on the dollar. for what men are making. >> that's not true. >> let rachel make her point. >> every greedy businessman in america would hire only women, save 25% and be hugely -- >> it's weird that you're interrupting me and not letting me make my point. because we get along so well. it's important. the interruption is important because we know from both of your perspectives that women are not fairing worse than men in the economy. women aren't getting paid less for equal work. that's a difference in factual understanding of the world. but given that some of us believe that women are getting paid less

that's the rachel maddow show at 9:00 eastern on mbs nsnbc. the place for politics. >>> and catch "andrea mitchell reports" today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. she'll be talking presidential politics and much more with former secretary of state colin powell. >>> there's a new warning out this morning that the u.s. economy could fall off a fiscal cliff early next year. allowing the bush-era tax cuts to expire, combine with automatic spending cuts to take effect january 1st could throw the economy into a recession. with the economy shrinking by 1.3%. this is the first time the cbo has ever predicted a potential recessi recession. but the report argues if congress and the president team up to stop the automatic cuts and tax increases, growth would rise to 4.4%. >>> four secret service employees have decided to fight their dismissals over the recent prostitution scandal in colombia. this morning's "washington post" reports the employees ousted from the agency for engaging in inappropriate conduct with prostitutes at a hotel last month ahead of a pres

you see with the rachel bunny mellon person. you have the false statements, could be sealing a matter of fact. also the conspiracy. are all of these connected? >> i think they can reach a clear and distinct verdict. the rachel mellon counts are counts two and three. one was for her contributions in 2007 and one was for 2008. i think he will probably be acquitted of those because in 2006, she had sent a letter committing up to $1 million to edwards' campaign for personal use, including haircuts. so i think that that is edwards' strongest defense right there. the baron counts in 2007 and 2008. the only indication we have that edwards knew about the contributions in 2008 was the conversation where both edwards' wife and baron were all in the room acknowledging that rielle was being kept out. as far as the false statements, he can acquitted of that and the conspiracy counts and be convicted on one of the other counts. the bunny money or the baron money. >> i'm at the list of charge and the counts of what the jury will read here. and

well, last night on "the rachel maddow show," eleanor holmes norton, the district of columbia's only elected delegate to congress, told rachel she's being denied an opportunity to testify on behalf of the city's residents. >> there's one and only one reason why he targets the district of columbia, it's the principal matter, rachel. why wouldn't he want this principle to apply to every district in the united states? this is a straight-out cowardly case of bullying. because the congress has somewhat more jurisdiction over the district than others, because he doesn't have the nerve to try to case this on the united states of america, he's trying to make his ideological point by going, like a big bully, at the only residents who don't have a voting member -- yes, i vote in committee -- but no voting member on the final vote and has no senators to protect the district. that's why he's doing it, a straight-out gang up on the most disempowered district in the united states of america. but let me tell you something about us, we know how to fight back. >> don't miss "the rachel maddow show" w

. >> rachel carson is our most famous employee. when rachel carson retired from the fish and wildlife service, much of her papers and material went into the incinerator. and we will never let that happen again. >> oh, god. >> who put them in the incinerator? >> they just saw no value in it back then. >> put rachel carson in historic perspective. >> sure. it's very easy. you just talk to douglas brinkley, easily theodore roosevelt is our starting point for the american conservation movement. rachel carson plays the same role with what we call the american environmental movement which has different concerns than roosevelt had. a little more holistic concerns. beginning of concerns about toxins and pollutants. beginning of concerns for endangered species, preserving all speecies and pest or predators and she's a touch point with "the silent spring" that's where it begins. and with theodore roosevelt is where the conservation movement begins. >> you told me earlier you have a son named theodore. any relationship to theodore rooseve roo

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the way i found out about it, rachel just got married over the weekend.ongratulations to the happy couple. >> big congratulations. >> during the toast, this video was revealed. >> right. >> she does this, like, on the weekends and every time she gets to the top, she always falls. every time. >> every time. >> every time. every time. >>> i always feel like people with accents seem really smart. >> [ bleep ]. >> except these guy s aren't th brightest bunch. here's why. >> we just put butane in it, and it's going to [ bleep ] soon. >> i don't know if they put like a canister, a lighter, something. there's some butane in the fire on purpose. >> a little close. >> one guy gets a heck of a lot closer. >> what? no. >> and he's only wearing shorts. >> he's got the crocodile dundee going. he decides, i'm going to get as close as i can to this thing and maybe pull my pant down, too, and pretend like i'm going to toot. >> oh, no! he walked away? >> sure. >> that was right on cue, too. >> right, right. it looks like after his little joke of yeah, i'm going to fart on

now i've been joined in the studio by rachel, bringing us the business news. one of the top stories you're looking at, rachel, is facebook and that initial public offering, i.p.o., what he wants the latest thinking on that? >> so this book is 8 years old, 900 million users worldwide, and thee decided now is the time to float on the markets. everybody's talking about t. the big question is will people want to invest in it? one of the things is the founder, mark zuckerberg. he's almost 60% control of boasting rights. as recently as last month, he agreed to buy the photo sharing site for a pillion dollars, and told the board about it afterwards. so earlier, i spoke to stewart mills and asked how he thinks mr. zuckerberg will answer to shareholders. >> when the board and shareholders start coming in and saying, look, we own this company as well, how that dynamic changes, how he can cope with the ability of having to answer to a lot more people than just himself is going to be the really interesting thing. the instragram example is quite worrying. to be able to go

don't miss the "rachel maddow show" on msnbc 9:00 p.m. >>> your "first look" at wall street, the dows at 12,419 after tumbling 160 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 19, the nasdaq defense 33. taking a look at overseas trading. in tokyo, the nikkei was down 90 points. in hong kong, the hang seng lost 6. stocks tumbled wednesday as tensions mounted over europe's ability to solve the debt crisis. fears spain can't save its troubled banks sparked a selloff. also new polls showing the political party against a greek bailout is gaining ground ahead of june elections. fuelled fears of a greek exit from the eurozone. the yield on benchmark 10-year treasuries fell to the lowest level in at least 60 years. oil tumbled 3% on worries that a euro crisis would drain command for commodities. >>> facebook's failed ipo has knocked mark zuckerberg off bloomberg's top 40 billionaires index. facebook closed lower for the sixth out of eighth day. meanwhile, fallout for facebook's ipo is causing some companies to reconsider going public. london-based jeweler, graff diamond postponed its billion-dollar ipo