randi weingarten is very much part of that conversation. america's teachers as president of the american federation of teachers. before we go to the phones, randi, peter you've been following social media comments. >> we're tweeting at bpshow. rd copeland says barack obama was right. the money drives the nra. it is why nra want more guns in schools and not less. profits above all. even kids' safety. karen, short and to the point says nra sells guns from fear. they will never be sensible. we're tweeting at bpshow. you can join our conversation. >> bill: i think randi people have to realize about today's nra, it is really the lobby for the gun manufacturers. >> right. frank luntz has done all of these polls of nra members and frankly, my union, there are many members of my union who are nra members. >> bill: i'm sure. >> we should not demonize nra members but the nra is doubling down and acting as an adjunct or as a direct solicitor of the gun manufacturers. not -- and you can see from luntz's polls most nra members want sensible gun rules an

randi weingarten. we appreciate your time tonight.his story is not going away. >>> root canals and koch roaches still more popular than congress. bob shrum and howard fineman are here on congress's abysmal approval ratings. >>> florida's rick scott is cooking the books to deny care to the poor. hear why this is nothing new for the governor. >>> aig thanks you for bailout. >> thank you, america. >> thank you, america. >> thank you, america. >> right before a trip to court. william cohan takes us inside the insurance giant's proposal to sue the government. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." another big fiscal deadline is looming, and the american people are rendering judgment on whether president obama or house speaker john boehner did a better job with the last one. president obama clearly has the upper hand. 53% approved the president's handling of the fiscal cliff negotiations. only 40% disapproved. for boehner, it's the reverse. only 30% approve. 56% of voters disapprove. meanwhile, congress is getting poll numbers that really nobod

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randi weingarten, a great demale leader of this country.eminist majority. good friend of the program. great to have you back in studio. >> good to be here. >> bill: how are you doing? >> very exciting time. >> bill: yeah, indeed. >> bill: you've always got a lot of battles to fight. i want to ask you about the big announcement. leon panetta. the legacy he's leaving as defense secretary at the request of the joint chiefs. lifting the ban on women in combat. you've been working on this for a long time. >> real long time. started this fight with the equal rights amendment fight. in the late '70s and early 80s because basically they kept saying we don't deserve equal rights amendment because if you don't have equal responsibilities, you can't have equal rights. you couldn't serve in combat. i don't know if you remember but jimmy carter had called for a draft registration. not the draft. and that was definitely -- only for males. 18 to 25. then of course it said women can't register. so anyway, the national organization for women took it as pres

the former head of the head of the city teacher's union, that was years ago, she is, however, randy weingartenration of teachers which is a part of the afl-cio and joins us in the next hour, and topic number one, the six-figure payout. we follow microsoft on this program, i own some of that stuff and we talked to an executive who had the ear of bill gates, he says microsoft chief steve ballmer has to go. also coming up, big news i should say from two names you know, google and ibm, we're following both of them at the opening bell. may, everybody, cheer up, we're closing in on a record high for the dow jones industrial average. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have

on tomorrow's show randy weingarten from the american federation of teachers and keith ellison from minnesotall-court press." have a good one. we will see you back here tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show."