jail officials have identified rendell maldanado as a high-ranking member of the gang.y recently transferred him to another housing unit at the request of prosecutors to separate him from his co-defendants as their trial for aggravated assault and kidnapping approaches. >> they don't want us to communicate. it's not going to happen. we're too close to each other. >> one of the co-defendants maldanado was separated from is jesus henrique-marte. the housing units they now occupy are divided by a glassed in recreation area. though they're not supposed to communicate, they sometimes get away with it, when either one is in the rec area. >> we know sign language and they don't know what we're talking about. they trying to messed up with our head. it don't really matter. >> henrique-marte has been known to violate other jail rules, as well. such as jamming the lock on his food court door so he can open it at will. >> that's how we get to see the tv. more comfortable than standing up. there's a lot of people that do it. i ain't the only one. >> we have to get something to pry i

. ♪ >> another maximum security inmate charged with a violent crime is rendell maldanado.e and six co-defendants are awaiting trial on charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping. they have all pled not guilty. but he does acknowledge having fought the victim. >> i feel pretty guilty that i got six of my friends in jail looking at 30 years because i decided to beat up a nobody. ♪ the state is claiming that we're all gang members, and that we kidnapped a kid that we grew up with. he was 21. that we chased him from one county to another county. we beat him up in front of his girlfriend, kidnapped him, dragged him into another car, took him somewhere and threatened the kill him and his entire family. >> he said he was attacked because he left the gang which the assailants are all members, the united blood nation. >> he painted the picture to them like i'm the godfather and i run all the bloods of bergen county. he painted such a good story that i was afraid of myself. >> are you not gang affiliated? >> allegedly, this is what the state claims. whether they want me to admit i

frk like that means something to me. >> rendell maldanado is on the move again.david goodell stands before the judge and his victim's family. [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. >>> behind the imposing walls of the bergen county jail, staff have noticed an up tick in activity among members of the blood gang since one of its alleged leaders, rendell maldanado, was transferred to the disciplinary segregation wing. now another member is being moved there for fighting. >> that blood gang member has been in this institution many times, and never an institutional problem. however, the idea of him possibly getting into a fight or assaulting another inmate in an effort to get into the disciplinary wing to be by inmate maldanado is a very distinct possibility. >> it's obvious. you have five people getting locked up from the same set of the gang, it wasn't him being a problem, it was everybody else causing problems to be with him. and all of his little pups, boys wanted to hang out with him. it's just not happ

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joining me now are krystal ball and former pennsylvania governor ed rendell.eing here tonight. >> thanks for having us, rev. >> governor rendell, no one did attack president bush like this when russia invaded georgia. but now it's fair game to attack president obama? >> well, it isn't fair game, and it comes with a lot of gall for dick cheney to be leading the criticism of president obama when dick cheney was vice president to president bush and they did their response to the invasion of georgia was much weaker. they didn't do anything compared to the steps president obama has taken. it's ludicrous. it's gotten so bad, rev, that if president obama discovered a cure for cancer, the republicans would bash him for doing nothing about heart disease. >> you know, krystal, talking about dick cheney, i mean, he knows a thing or two about invading foreign countries. >> indeed. >> but he is offering his wisdom on the crisis. listen to this. >> i worry when one would begin to address a crisis by taking options off the table. >> have they done that? >> in a sense by say

governor ed rendell and liz smith, thank you both for your time this evening. >> thanks, rev. have a nice weekend. >> you as well. >>> coming up, six million and count do you think to the wire for the affordable care act. and the right attacks keep coming. and look out, vegas. here comes jeb bush, chris christie, scott walker, and john kasich. we go inside their sin city visit with billionaire mega donor scott adelson. >>> first lady michelle obama's good will tour of china is over, but the conservative whining over presidential vacations is just getting started. their trip to reality is coming. >>> and he once called the president a subhuman mongrel. now ted nugent is talking about rosa parks? stay with us. we need it right away! we cannot let the fans down. don't worry! the united states postal service will get it there on time with priority mail flat rate shipping. ♪ whoo-hoo! ♪ [ male announcer ] our priority has always been saving the day. because our priority... amazing! [ male announcer ] ...is you! the amazing spider-man 2 delivered by the united states postal service.

joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and susan milligan. thanks to both of you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> our pleasure, rev. >> governor rendell, let me start with you. does ted cruz really think he would have any more success than mitt romney? >> yeah, i think they actually believe the rhetoric. and they believe it because they talk to each other. they don't get out and talk to ordinary americans all over the country. they just talk at tea party rallies and right wing affairs. they don't talk to ordinary folks. i mean, the things that ted cruz has propose ready absolutely absurd. does he think that any americans want to see a tax system where we have a flat tax and the richest americans pay the same percentage as the smallest, as the poorest americans? of course not. does anybody think that, you know, we want to have no regulations for banks and wall street? of course not. the more they talk like this, the more they're signing their death warrant. >> but susan, it's not only ted cruz that is talking this way. there are oth

joining me now are former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and krystal ball. thank you both for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> our pleasure. >> the best defense is a good offense. shouldn't democrats go after republicans when it comes to health care? >> absolutely. the first thing i would do, rev, if i was running for governor in florida or pennsylvania or mary landrieu or kay hagans running in north carolina and louisiana, go after the republicans for not expanding medicaid. find every one of those people in pennsylvania almost 500,000, every one of those people who would have health care coverage had they chosen to expand medicaid, and say look, we can do this. it's wrong for the republicans to keep you from getting health care. get all those people out to the poll, number one. number two, get all of the 26 and under who are living with their parents who if we appeal obamacare, they have no health care. get them out to the polls. get the people with preexisting illnesses. get them out to the polls. emphasize the positive. let's go and get the people

economist at ppi, did a study where there is need for public funding will stop and along with edward rendell- and i think arnold schwarzenegger was involved with this group. america, iing for think, or america's future. that we have ag massive underfunded quarter infrastructure need in this country. and when you hear ed rendell talk about it, he talks about the panama canal apparently being used completely drenched so these can -- these huge tankers can come through. and on our eastern seaboard, there are only two ports that are big enough to accommodate these big tankers. so all of that commerce is going up to canada. i love canada, but i would like to see some of those jobs stay here. and the amount of delayed investment in roads and ports in is reallyhis country scary. what her paper looked at was the fact that there is plenty of private capital going into broadband. we have this incredible shortfall of state and local and federal funding in the core infrastructure that the country needs. >> for member when i asked you initially what troubles you most potentially, possibly about the new c

diana karew did a study that looked at where there is need for public funding, and along with ed rendell and i think arnold schwarzenegger was involved with this group, i can't remember the act proanymore. the acronym is building for america, i think, or america's future. but they're showing how we have a massive, massive underfunded core infrastructure need in this country, and when you hear ed rendell talk about it, it -- he talks about the panama canal as apparently being completely dredged so these huge tankers can come through. and in our country on the eastern seaboard, there are only two ports that are deep enough to accommodate these big tankers. so all of that commerce is going up to canada. love canada, but i'd like to see some of those jobs stay here. and the amount of delayed investment in roads and ports and water in this country is, it is really scary. and so what her paper looked at was the fact that there's plenty of private capital going in to broadband, more than, you know, plenty, ample, and that we have this incredible shortfall of state, local and federal funding in

thank you, governor rendell and thank you john feehery, doing a good job defending the center right. coming up, fallout. recall the darrell issa hearing yesterday. watch this. >> if you will sit down and allow me to ask a question. i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> well -- >> we have -- you represent 700,000 people. you cannot just have a one-sided investigation. >> wow. well, that fight has just entered round two today. the head of the congressional black caucus called on speaker boehner to strip issa there of his committee chairmanship. boehner, of course has refused. but the fight goes on. >>> plus, how the neo cons learned to hate the president of the united states and love a former soviet kgb officer. guess who? they praise the erratic vladimir putin as a way to bash president obama. >>> and it's said democrats fall in love, while voters do seem ready for hillary, they're falling in love there, there is nothing close to a front-runner on the gop side. it's nobody's turn. and this is going to be a loft fun. the republicans don't

bob herbert, senior fellow at demos, and ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania.g. i don't want to get into this because pat moynihan tried to get into this, figure out what causes cycles of poverty in the inner city, all that in the african-american family. these kind of studies have be done and are very helpful at times. it looks like he's not using the study to be helpful but using the conversations that we understands loosely, if at all about culture to justify cuts in food stamps, cuts in nutrition programs for school that have little or nothing relationship really to me to whether somebody gets up and catches the bus at 7:00 in the morning or has the urge to work or whatever it is that is there. i don't see actually the connection between his policies and what he sees as his prescriptions. your thoughts? >> well, if you're really concerned about the poor, the first thing you need to do is ignore any proposals coming from the republicans. the republicans are hostile to the interest of the poor and have been for decades. paul ryan's way of helping the poor is

only democrat i found attractive in the last, aside from obama in the last two cycles has been ed rendell took on the unions. he is relatively candid. [booing] and the obvious has broad appeal. [laughter] >> here's a question. who is your pick for 2016? >> well, in response to something that you just said about -- by the way, right before, i think in 2000 election, you and i had an ongoing and vicious debate out over which one would be more enthusiastic about amnesty, mccain or obama. and i'll admit it's close indiana. obama is trying to do everything he can. it's not elected republicans. it's the american people who are stopping republicans. i think that's probably the best hope. because again what mickey kaus used to think everything was about sex. i realize everything is about immigration. it determines every single other issue, and, of course, that's how we got to pick our presidential nominee. a little but no, that's why mitt romney was my favorite candidate. he was the most aggressive on immigration. and in a way that was very appealing, in the first day -- debate he won the best an