debbie wasserman-schultz and congressman mccall. sir, do you think it would be good for the congress, you're a member of the house. should there be a vote right now up or down on both the democratic plan on tax cuts and the republican plan on tax cuts? both votes right away? >> absolutely. i think the american people need to know where their elected representativs stand on this issue. the democrats are trying to kick the can down the road until after the election and find out where they stand on this position. i think we ought to vote on it now. >> both alternatives. let's me ask you congresswoman wasserman-schultz. should the congress vote now on either the democratic plan, tax cuts for everybody below $250,000 a year and not the ones above, and a republican alternative, tax cuts for everybody down the road? >> sure. >> why don't you have it? >> the republicans won't allow it in the senate. >> you're in the house. >> we're not going to -- what we're focused on is making sure we can extend the tax cuts for the middle class and worki

although charles schultz is gone, we're going to catch up with sparky, jean schultz is going to be here. >>> all right, let's go inside, ann curry is standing by at the news desk, she's got all the headlines. >>> in the news, a tropical storm system that will be drenching south florida this morning is gathering strength as it moves north. we have got the weather channel's jim cantore in ft. lauderdale. what's expected where you are? >> reporter: the storm's about 225 miles to our south and what you see is what you get here with the wind and the rain and because the storm is not really fully developed, we're not into the worst of that rain yet, last night we had some very heavy rain move through here, as a matter of fact up in melbourne, we had parts of interstate 95 that were closed because of the rain. when we have tropical storm warnings, we're under flash flood watches as well and when those rain bands move in, as many as one to two inches per hour. that's the big concern, they have lowered the water in the canals to obviously allow for some of that water that comes down with some of

debbie wasserman schultz joins me in a moment. paul ryan of wisconsin, making an appearance on america's nightly scoreboard. the scoreboard ratings for them to be 21,000 viewers nationwide. host david asman serving as a yes man to the talking points after he brushed off boehner's assertions that americans are willing to have tax cuts for the wealthy. he had a proposal. a right wing agenda called the scoreboard contract. surprisingly from the 1994 contract on america. >> you got a very clear choice. one ideology or the other. limited government or more government. >> that's right, we have two futures for this country. let's make a choice. >> the scoreboard contract is no new taxes, no new bureaucrats, cut spending, repeal obamacare. would you be in favor of those? >> absolutely. not only would i be in favor of these things, i will be in favor of these things. >>> fox prime time viewers, they finally agreed to run a media matters ad. detailing the million-dollar donation they gave to the governor's association. the donation received

howard schultz at starbuck, 55 years old on the younger side of that 60 is the new 50, i suppose. he has run starbucks twice and is also a founder. on the upper head is sumner redstone at viacom, 58 years old. he's also been in control of this media giant. what do these two gentleman bring to their companies respectively for the value of shareholders that may be younger leaders wouldn't? >> well, i think in the case of founder/owner c.e.o.s, tom what you find is that in general they have been, you know, an integral part of the product innovation function of their companies. they've basically created something from nothing. whereas c.e.o.s who are nonfounders tend to be professional managers. therefore are not quite as integral to the company and therefore are more expendable. >> but doesn't that go to the criticism that it's difficult for founders to walk away and hand over the rings and we've seen this with starbucks, with schultz coming back. we know the story with steve jobs at apple about really being forced out and coming bang and seeing apple flourish under his second tenure

. >> our guest congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. delaware debacle. you might be in trouble if your former campaign manager comes out against you. >> the palin endorsement i think is destructive and capricious. >>> and what is wrong with this picture? everything. worst persons, her, the team, the league, reporters in locker rooms, and giving her network media passes when their last reporter showed up in a wedding dress and proposed to the quarterback at the super bowl. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> i don't see the problem. >>> good evening from new york. with control of both house of congress hanging in the balance, democrats are hungry for something with which to motive their voters and get out and vote there is one issue on the table between now and november that holds the potential to fire up those democratic voters. but in our fifth story tonight, the democrats have not yet decided whether to make it an issue by bringing to it a vote in the house before election day. the issue. republicans are refusing to pass obama's proposed

dan is here with the defenseman, jeff schultz. >> the sports experience. i like that.pening up the preseas in columbus tonight. that means the regular season just over two weeks away. and this is a huge season for the capitals. they have nearly everyone back from the highest scoring team in the nhl including jeff schultz who got a new four-year, $11 million extension. he is just hanging out. what is that like when you get that type of security? does it make it easier to focus on hockey? or harder? >> it makes it a lot easier, you know. going into camp this year. a little more relaxed. you're not thinking about how you're playing each game and worrying about what the coaches are thinking and stuff like that. >> they must be wondering, some of the people in our viewing audience, what you're doing here if you have a preseason game. it is a little different than, say, the nfl where even if the gu aren't playing, they're on the road. there are a lot of guys who aren't making this trip, correct? >> yeah. usually just the guys playing will travel and play. where the rest of u

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debbie wasserman schultz and congressman mccall. vote right now, up or down, on both the democratic plan on tax cuts and republican plan on tax cuts? both votes right away. >> absolutely. i think the american people need to know where representatives stand on this issue and what the democrat rs trying to do is kick the can down the road until after the election, then find out where they stand. >> both alternatives. let me ask you. should the congress vote now on either the democratic plan, tax cuts or everybody below 250 a year and not the ones -- and also a republican alternative, tax cuts for everybody? >> sure. we would love to have that vote? >> why won't you have it? >> because the republicans won't allow it. because we're not going to -- what we're focused on is making sure we can extend the tax cuts for middle class and work families. if we know the republicans are going to hold out tax cuts for the wealthest americans, we have members all across the country that are in tough elections and the republicans would like nothing m

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that is why george schultz, ronald reagan's secretary of state, is firmly against proposition 23 andfirmly against valero and tesoro are doing. >> but when arnold schwarzenegger and george schultz think big business has gone too far to use our political system to enrich themselves even more, there is no class warfare in america, it would seem to be over and they would seem to have won. >>> fortunately, we still have david cross. his new series, his reaction to this amazing goofy survey suggests half of the religious in this country don't know enough about their own religions. not dissimilar to sharron angle's latest whopper. she wants to dismantle those social insurance programs. does that not include the one she benefits from? >>> when rachel joins you at the top of the hour, she'll take a closer look at issues democrats should be running on instead of rubbing from. >>> in this time of the republican tea party, it is a capital offense, accepting socialized insurance, madame? >>> and one of these men started protestantism, the other has two tv series and is my guest tonight. and only

now as promised, the vice chair of the democratic national committee, congressman debbie wasserman-schultz, what's wrong with giving money to oppose democratic candidates. does the ad change anything? >> well, i guess what it changes -- i don't know if the ad changes anything, but what seems to have changed is at least fox now seems to be being transparent. about being an arm of the republican party. someone who is an occasional guest on that network, very often struggled to find the neutrality in the interviewer's questions and at least now they're letting all hang out there. >> they're fair and balanced, they have conservatives and republicans. >> and tea party. >> one of your house colleagues, mr. ryan, was signing policy pledges put forward by a supposed news organization. some new or have republicans actively been taking policy from fox and congressman ryan just happened to do it in front of tv cameras? >> all kidding aside, it's actually really disturbing. any news network, even one with a particular slant should at least represent themselves as being neutral. and any politician, any

"the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans an welcome to the "the ed show." tonight from new york, these stories on the table and hit my hot buttons at this hour. president obama went out and sold his landmark health care bill today and i think that he absolutely nailed it. hours from now, america will change, for the better, but of course the republicans they could care less p i'm got commentary on that and senate reaction in a moment. >>> christine o'donnell can run from the media but she can't hide from these legal issues that continue to mount. >>> the fec is investigating an allegation from the delaware republican party that o'donnell and the tea parent express broke the law. >>> and all this talk of a wall streeter taking over for larry summers at the white house has got a lot of folks boiling, including me. founder adam green sounds off in "the playbook." >>> and we've got breaking news moments ago, well, the republican they're calling it the "pledge to america" republican party's circulating this on capitol hill amongst gop lawmakers. we will get sena

. >> tomorrow on the show, florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >>> some conservative republicansfiring at the pledge as well. msnbc political analyst pat buchanan will join me. >>> plus, what new advice is former president bill clinton offering to president barack obama? >>> and the texas board of education, under fire again. this time it's because some people feel history textbooks are focusing too much on islamic beliefs. this is an entire school board that is looking at this. more ahead on msnbc. ching to geo really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting

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right now it is time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" tonight, from new york. these stories on the table and hit my hot built.sat this hour. glenn beck is calling me out? challenging me to restore honor at the one nation rally on october 2nd? here i am fighting for the middle class, talking up the stories, hoping for the american dream. this isn't about a fake prophet looking at geese. this is about getting the american people back to work and firing up the base. my commentary on all of that coming up. >>> and big insurance. well, they are back at t they are threatening your children. they are denying coverage for sick children to save a buck and the republicans are cheering them on from the sidelines. the story just has me fuming. we will with talk about it. >>> and the republicans, well, they always preach about listening to the generals. well, the chairman of the joint chief of staff says gays should be able to serve openly in the military but today, just another big shocker. senate republicans bucked military leaders and vot

american diplomats are schultzing between both sides to keep this latest round alive. rita nissan for cbs news. >> israeli settler groups are pledging to start construction on more than 2,000 homes next week. >>> southwest airlines made a big announcement this morning. the company says it is buying airtran in a daily wore $3.4 billion. today's news comes a weak after continental and united airlines joined forces. airtran's shares rose nearly 4% following the news. if approved, the alliance could sees nearly 70% of passengers flying out of bwi. >>> police hope a driver's side mirror left at it the scene of a hit-and-run will help them catch the driver. a woman remains hospitalized in critical condition following a hit-and-run crash in silver spring. it happened saturday night. witnesses told 9news now what they saw. >> i looked under the truck, and her leg is up on the axle, and she's laying face-down. her flip flops are in the middle of the road, and her phone is broke. maybe she was bringing food for her family or something. >> at this point we only know that the vict

. >> reporter: we have followed chris schultz since that video. his father was out of work. his mother, a teacher's assistant, barely making the rent. and their refrigerator -- pretty slim. >> yeah. we usually have butter, but we don't have butter this time, so -- i eat lunch at school. and i guess that that's the only reason why i like going to school because, you know, i get food at school and stuff. so what can you do, right? >> reporter: keeps you going? >> yeah, keeps me going. >> reporter: there's nothing in the freezer. >> nothing in the freezer. no, nothing. >> reporter: today, we learned his father is still out of work. chris is now in the army learning electronic and mechanical skills to bring home. and waiting? his life brother. big brother? >> yeah. >> reporter: you love him? >> yep! >> after a storm, the sun comes out, you know? >> reporter: the sun comes out? >> yeah, the sun always coming out, no matter what. >> reporter: such an inspiration to us as we followed him. and diane, the experts said today, had unemployment benefits not been extended last year, we'd

those of us who signed the letter in the opinion piece or are hoping former secretary of state george schultz and. go are hoping that we can encourage bipartisan support for this treaty and hopefully at least some republican senators will support it mr hart american officials have more than once told the senate that the treaty in no way limits the ability of the united states to deploy missile defenses. you know when it once and where it was the senate foreign relations. in meeting quote at that point in their resolution but the russians seem to understand this type between offensive and defensive weapons in the treaty as legally binding are we lost in translation or is it just me well i hope not the treaties can never be. ironclad in the sense of. absolutely eliminating ambiguity languages language and people from with starting with different language base have different meanings for words but the order of diplomacy in the school was diplomacy is to overcome those knowing which differences and to have a common understanding of exactly what crucial terms mean and i think of the time with the

first headline reads exit harry scholtz pursued by a bear he is a legendary newsletter writer gary schultz a legendary bear as well he says at the end of his newsletter that this war pending war on iran which was the beginning of world war three has actually ended before it started and how can you tell how do i know this he asks follow the money not the propaganda he says for u.s. banks are to open branches in iran citibank and goldman sachs are among the first applicants since goldman sachs is the alternate or behind the scenes u.s. government as we all know that name news assured me of the good news yes well stacy herbert as you know on this show i said to tehran if you want to avoid getting bond this fall by israel's last goldman sachs allow goldman sachs and citibank to open a bank and into a room and therefore take out a billion or ten or one hundred billion dollars of loans and you will get bombed well that's correct so listen you know i'm listening somebody has an more artistic expression of going after these bankers. taking on the bourse abbey how from and style swedish artist anik

there e plans for a schultz bus service, stag erred hours to help with the traffic situation.to you. >> elaine reyes reporting livement thanks very much, elaine. >>> now that the primaries are over, focus shifted to the midterm elections. a new associated press poll shows more than half the public wants the rich to pay higher taxes. and president obama continues to hammer the republicans saying keepi the bush tax cuts for the weighty simply costs too much. on the other side of the aisle, republicans are pressing for a vote before the midterm elections. >>> they want to spend another 700 billion dollars that 9 of americans will never see. >>> she ought to pledge that you're being honest up or down vote on stopping all of the coming tax hikes. >>> a new private analysis says letting the bush tax cuts expire for a family of four making $54,000 would have to pay $2,900 more in taxes. >>> the white house denies first lady michelle obama ever described her life as hell. in a new book about french first lady two french journalists allege that mrs. obama made that comment. the french

i'm ed schultz. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right here from the place from politics on msnbc. we'll see you tomorrow on "the ed show" on msnbc. we'll see if she can answer these questions. >> what a lying sack of -- analysis from howard finemann. how to handle the tough questions, avoid them. >>> 51 minutes later -- >> thanks for being on the program. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> the democratic tax cut. he still won't say he would vote against tax cuts only for the middle class. rand paul insists on cuts for the wealthy even if there's no way to pay for them. >>> and lonesome roads issues a dress code for the tea party. i'm saying maybe it's time to lose, i don't know, the statue of liberty costume. maybe no more dressing up. >> guess what glenn dressed up as today? the chef of the future. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> get off your ass and bake some pie! >>> good evening from new york. with overdue promises to a once enthusiastic base with the mid-term election

and my repulsive schultz kick, bill side. i am changing your name. and sitting next to me, he scares the crap out of me. he is the amazing host of discuff rechannel's "shark week." he is the only red better ray who watches project run ray. see, i -- project runway. >> and it is actually a green beret. >> a red beret is what you wear on the weekend, sir, that is what you wear on the weekend. >> i mate it up just now, and i screwed it up. >> you know, you could just skip the next part and let's move to the real thing. and most of his minute -- minions spell unions. >> what is black and white and red all over? wearing greg's red beret. you've ban fact checked, sir. >> shut up, everybody. >> they put the "o" in logo. just in time for the mid-term, democrats have come up with a new slogan, change that matters. they also unveiled the new party logo. it is kind of sexy, if you ask me. you can't have a logo without merchandise to carry the logo. tonight in an exclusive unveiling, red eye is producing a whole new line of swag bearing the big "d." this one her

brian schultz. couple light sprinkles going through central illinois.here is a little batch of showers of some more significant note. southern minnesota. but the really big stuff is down here where the moisture and heat are. and it's going to be quite hot in texas and up into oklahoma at the point where that makes contact with the cooler air. we find ourselves with some thunderstorms. those will thot come toward chicago. that little cloud mass that settled south was a front tagoes through and re-enforces the northeast flow that's blowing lightly but see these rains right here? these are the ones that come in late tomorrow night and very early thursday. it's one little shot. we will go back to scattered thunderstorms later in the weekend as well. we get a wetter than normal set of precipitation numbers out of the models when you look at next one to two weeks and we have a system here which seems to be starting to develop in the caribbean the national hurricane center is watching that and there is igor. that category 4 storm that is out at sea. we had ten

. >> jeff schultz, our in studio guest was here at 5:00 talking abt those two young goalies.some former redskins. the running back, you remember him. with the saints, back up clinton pors. a 1,000 yard season. went to the saints. was released by the saints but he's bn re-signed by the saints because they lost reggie bush. jason campbell who was benched by the raid orders sun will stay onhe bench. bruce will start for the raiders. that's a tough break for them. the suspended wide receiver has been begging to be trade. goes no when he. the chargers turned down several offers including the viking. patriots running back kevin faulk done for the year with a torn cl. in the nba, javaris crittendon who was the other player involved in the gun incident will be going to charlotte to try out for the bobcats. he is going to training camp with them. and of course the new owner of the charlotte bobcats is michael jordan. so you have a little wizards connection there. >> talking about on the radio today, wouldn't it b cool if he had to decide which playoff game to go to because the wizards

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york, these stories on the table and really hitting my hot buttons tonight. >>> new jersey governor chris christie cares about really two things, money and power. he thinks the key to education is cutting teacherer's pensions and doing away with job security. the guy is an anti-union dude, antiworker and he's trying to raise his political profile on the backs of workers, my commentary on new jersey's teacher of the year is also going to be here to sound-off on all of that. >>> newt gingrich's trying to fire up the tea party nut jobs by calling president obama a threat to our basic way of life. and then he's preaching about values? his cry for attention really at this point is pretty sad, isn't it? >>> and after talking about mice with human brains and monkey evolution i was wondering where christine o'donnell actually went to school. it turns out she doesn't even know. some big-time lies uncovered on her academic resume. >>> this story has me fired off tonigh

that is the ed show, i'm ed schultz. for more information on the one nation rally go to wegoted.com. "hardball" with chris matthews starts now. we will see you tomorrow night. >>> let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, some real time with bill maher. >>> plus, do you remember this moment from yesterday, cnbc town hall with president obama? . quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that i voted for. >> right. >> and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. >> the woman talking truth to the president is velma hart and she is why democrats could be facing big losses this november. velma hart joins us later in the show to talk about how president obama has failed to meet his challenges and her challenges on what it will take to win back the enthusiasm of voters like her. >>> and the new maccar thinkism. we heard it here on "hardball" last night from the values voters summit, the att

i hope that ed schultz, the afl-cio, jon stewart, steven colbert and whoever else wants to plan a march in d.c. will have the same great success we had with restoring honor. all right. now, hold the phone on this one. this is the guy that has been on record saying that violence will come from the left. what in the hell is he talking about? is he trying to get all the players on record here is this supposed to be big setup? first of all, beck, you did not restore any honor. you were a phony where you should not have been a phony. beck, let tell you something, 10/2 will be a great success because this is a well-defined mission to offer hope and motivation to a hell of a lot more americans than your phony religious rally. the one nation rally was created to protect american jobs, education and our economy, not to give exposure to a multimillion dollar tv talking head or a made for tv wannabe presidential candidate. that's not what this is about. and the people that view this show and that will attend that march, some 300,000-plus, know exactly that. americans are frustrated with the hate b

i'm ed schultz. stay with msnbc tonight for a "countdown" exclusive special report.blicans say they want to extend all the bush tax cuts to help out small businesses? keith olbermann will introduce you to some of the small businesses there they're really helping and you're going to want to see this folks. in fact, you'll meet the owners.

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that's "the ed show," i'm ed schultz, chris matthews and "hardball" is next. we will see you tomorrow night. >>> tea party on the delaware. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington again. leading tonight, the little state that could. will dell wake first state to sign the constitution, be the one to make or break the conservatives' chances of taking over the u.s. senate this year? tonight, we get the results of the big tea party challenge of christine o'donnell to possibly win the republican nomination for senate over mike castle. if she does, it will be the eighth time in this political season that a far right of center candidate beat out the favorite for a gop senate nomination. are conservatives ready to dump anyone who even wants to talk to democrats? we'll look at all the big races in seven states tonight and the district of columbia and what's at stake at the top of the show. >>> also, there's a great political battle brewing over taxes. my question, who wins if congress fails to stop this tax hike if nothing gets do

joining us is united states lieutenant mark schultz, recently returned from his first deployment in iraq and awarded the bronze star. he's joined by his wife and two daughters, and they're expecting a third child in january. any significance to those dresses that the girls are wearing, heather? >> yes, they are one of his old uniforms. i spent about a week tearing them apart just so i could have the fabric to make them. >> larry: it's adorable. >> thank you very much. >> larry: mark, did you watch the speech, lieutenant? >> yes, sir, i did. >> larry: what did you make of it? >> i thought it was very well outlined. he's a great speaker, of course, being a president and watching the campaigns, of course. i think that we've done things that we set out to do, when he ran for his presidency. and i thought it was a very well laid out speech. >> larry: do you think anything of your service at all when you think about it, mark, was in vain? >> no, sir. the whole reason that i joined the military was to serve my country and serve my family. you know, we do it for them. we do it for the american p

right now it's time for the "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans welcome to "the ed show" tonight. these stories on the table. the democrats think they got a big victory when christine o'donnell clinched her primary, but they better stop popping the champagne. she reps a serious republican shift to the right and they love it. if we don't get a withold of this game now, the country will go right down the tubes. >>> president obama made a brilliant move about an hour ago, stealing the headlines from the nut job tea partiers and sticking it to the republicans holding down the middle class in this country. he used the word "hahostage. >>> are republicans eating their own? carve rove attacked the tea party's new darling, and the righties are ripping him. they all got a piece of rove today. i'll sort it out for you in a moment. this is the story that has me fired up tonight. now, i don't care how many psycho talkers won last night. i don't care, but, folks, it looks like the democrats really need to get this thing in gear. what happened is bad for america in my opinion.

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wolfram schultz. he studies how the brain's reward systems affect decision-making and learning. he is a professor of neuroscience at cambridge university and a fellow of the royal society. nora volkow. her research into addiction helps us understand drug abuse as a disease wrather than a moral weakness. she is a director of the national institute of drug abuse in washington, d.c. eric nestler, through research on mice, his work his illuminated the molecular basis of drug addiction. he is chair of the department of neuroscience and director of the brain institute at mount sinai medical center here in new york. and once again, my co-host is dr. eric kandel. he is a nobel laureate, as you know by now. also a professor at columbia university and a howard hughes medical investigator and, as you also know, a great friend of this series and the man who has helped us once this miraculous organ. welcome. >> pleasure to be here as always. >> so as we go through this, as we have been gone from understanding visual perception and understanding the developing brain and the aging brain and no

right now it is time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> good evening, americans and welcome to "the ed show" tonight, from new york. these stories on the table and hit my hot button that is hour. i'm on fire that conservatives have taken their warped hatred of president obama into public schools in this country. parents are shielding kids from watching the president's back-to-school message. can you believe it? what a low point for this country. my commentary on that. plus, reaction from reverend al sharpton and katrina vanden heuvel of the nation. >>> america's mayor ber narrow is showing democrats basically how to get it done. his opponent was too much of a weenie to debate him in michigan, so he took matters into his own hands and crashed the town hall. we got the story for you. >>> and the professor of paranoia, glenn beck, is warning his viewers with a prediction of liberal violence, led by president obama. i will show you some unbelievable tape of the battleground story tonight. and then we will put that "psychotalk"er right in his place. >>> and a big development today on the