>>> after waging war on unions and killing jobs in wisconsin, scott walker can't run on his record. 's attacking the recall effort. and once again, he's turned to fox news for some help. earlier today walker tried to discredit the recall tribe by claiming fraud. >> the whole process is unusual. we had one of the local affiliates here do a story about someone signing it saying they signed 80 different petitions. the law says you should be able to sign it once and only once. and it should be for a legal citizen. and to me, you're going to protect the integrity of the process. not only for who have the right to sign it but those who don't want to sign it. their voices should count as well. >> did you catch the beginning of that sound bite there? he says the whole process. meaning there isn't anybody with any passion or desire that is going to sign these petitions. actually, you have to be crooked to sign these petitions. that's basically what he's saying. walker makes no apologies for killing collective bargaining. he just wishes he'd done a better job selling it. >> i looked at it like

in the best of the rest of the news the recall governor scott walker effort it was constant is about to hit an important milestone today the united wisconsin coalition one of the main organizers of the recall campaign announced that more than five hundred seven thousand signatures ever already been collected meaning organizers need fewer than thirty five thousand signatures to officially trigger a recall election and they still have a month to collect that remaining number of signatures that's bad news for scott walker for the latest on the wisconsin recall effort i'm joined by andy croll staff reporter of mother jones magazine and he welcome back thanks for having me great to have you here with us are you amazed by how quickly these signatures are are coming in. i don't think anyone can not be amazed they'd be lying if they said they that they were expecting this i mean it's there it's unprecedented like you said they're you know around thirty thousand or so signatures away from meeting the legal requirement and they've got thirty more days to go in there on track to get one point o

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salonpas. >>> up next, wisconsinites are looking to recall governor scott walker. s the occupy movement is over, but protesters like scott olsen say they're not backing down. robert greenwald and jesse lagreca on what's next for occupy. >>> and don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. stay with us. ♪ imagine me and you, i do ♪ i think about you day and night ♪ ♪ it's only right ♪ to think about the girl you love ♪ ♪ and hold her tight ♪ so happy together [ male announcer ] when life changes, so can your insurances needs. use travelers free guide to better coverage to stay prepared. is your auto and home insurance keeping up with you? contact your local travelers agent, or call 800-my-coverage. >>> wisconsin governor scott walker is desperately trying to stay ahead of the curve, should i say, stay ahead of the looming recall election. on monday, wisconsin democratic party chairman mike tate came on this show to announce they had already collected more than 300,000 signatures for the walker recall. they're more than half way there. this morning governor walker showed u

governor scott walker joins us.evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> governor, do you have anything or would anyone within your close circle have anything to do with this add or did the teacher come up with the ad herself? >> actually it's our campaign that did the ad but this teacher literally sat down in front of a camera like i am right now and just talked. she just talked what was on her heart. we have another teacher starting with a similar ad today and we will have workers in the private sector and parents and grandparents. but she just said what was on her mind. it's amaze to go see how outrageous it is. that's what happens when you see so much influence coming in from outside of wisconsin. that's not the way we do it in wisconsin. we don't attack people because it's a difference of opinion. people came out to my home and attacked -- not attacked but harassed not only my family but my neighbors. they have been point to go people on facebook and pointing to folks on my kids' face back site and they have sai

hot news on the effort to recall wisconsin gone nor's scott walker. that's next. with covergirl lashblast fusion. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula for a blast of volume and length. lashblast fusion. from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. >>> welcome back to "politics nation." i always heard if you fight you might lose but if you don't fight, you're guaranteed to lose. they marched, they protested, they rallied, and they forced the world to watch. they occupied the state house before it was cool. when they got kicked out, they stuck it out, braving the cold to make their voices heard. >> yes, scott walker has got to go. well, today the people that set off the progressive revolution are one step closer to victory. the democratic governor of wisconsin announced today they've collected an incredible 507,000 recall signatures. that's 94% of what they need to recall walker. and after only 30 days, they've still got anot

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and scott walker is fighting for his political life and suppressing voters. now he's fighting a lawsuit. and get this. remember that crazy idea newt had about poor kids and janitors? at least two right wing governors are already rolling back child labor laws. >> it is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children, first of all in, child laws which are truly stupid. >> welcome to "politics nation." i'm al sharpton, tonight's lead. the president is tired of house republicans playing games, especially when the lives of 160 million americans are at stake. today at a surprise appearance in the briefing room he called out speaker boehner by name to do the right thing. >> democrats and republicans in the senate said we're going to put our fights on other issues aside and go ahead and do what's right. i need the speaker and house republicans to do the same. put politics aside, put aside issues where there are fundamental dis'agreements and come together on something we agree on, and let's not play brinksmanship. >> let's not play brinksmanship.

thanks for being on "the ed show" tonight. >>> scott walker puts out a cheesy christmas ad.moving along, it may not be a very happy new year for the governor. the latest on the walker recall coming up. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. premier of the packed bag. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above and still pay the mid-size price. here we are... [ male announcer ] and there you go, business pro. there you go. go national. go like a pro. >>> coming up next, wisconsin state senate leader scott fitzgerald claims there's voter fraud going on in the scott walker recall effort and gets taken down by a recall supporter. >>> later newt gingrich gets confronted on the issue of gay marriage. we will have an interview with the gentleman who spoke directly with the candidate. >>> don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. everyone have their new blackberry from at&t? it's 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathr

thanks for being on "the ed show" tonight. >>> scott walker puts out a cheesy christmas ad.ecall effort moving along, it may not be a very happy new year for the governor. the latest on the walker recall coming up. ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! >>> coming up next, wisconsin state senate leader scott fitzgerald claims there's voter fraud going on in the scott walker recall effort and gets taken down by a recall supporter. >>> later newt gingrich gets confronted on the issue of gay marriage. we will have an interview with the gentleman who spoke directly with the candidate. >>> don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. want volume or length? how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula for a blast of volume and length. lashblast fusion. from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with

scott walker and nikki haley were both elected in the huge republican wave in 2010. but in the 2011 elections last month the off-year voting, that election actually brought mostly good news for democrats. in just a few places in the country, though, this past november was another big night for republicans, just like 2010 all over again. one of those places was the commonwealth of virginia, where republicans won a likely majority in the state senate. that's to go along with the control republicans already had of the state house and the governorship and the lieutenant governor's office and the attorney general. virginia has just gone all republican. simultaneously, one of the strange things about virginia right now is that president obama is leading there right now for the 2012 presidential race. a new poll out today shows president obama ahead of both the republican front-runners in virginia. sort of an unusual dynamic with virginia these days glowing a deep red in terms of who's in control at the state level. republican governor bob mcdonnell very openly wanting to b

gaining ground, organizers of the effort to recall governor scott walker say they have more than halfnatures they need to force an election. is your smartphone spying on you? a major class action lawsuit is filed. we've got details. plus hidden message, what a story. why some parents believe the two most popular children's movies out right now are pushing an agenda. what agenda. >>> a deeply symbolic moment in the final month of a decade long war. they have control of camp victory u.s. headquarters outside of baghdad. the sprawling marble palace built by saddam hussein, the center of gravity in iraq for nearly nine years. the base once housed 6,000 military personnel and contractors. i'm joined by msnbc military analyst and general mccaffrey. thank you for your time. let me get your perspective on camp victory. >> it's a turning point in the war. that victory complex captured by the third infantry division almost nine years ago. as you mention at the height of the war when we had 170,000 troops in iraq, there was as many as 30,000 plus military, maybe 20,000 civil yonc working in the

. >> scott walker defended himself against critics who want to throw him out of office.versial law limiting the rights of labor unions. scott walker is fighting for his life is the appropriate term here but facing a significant recall vote. they need 540,000 signatures they are at 500,000 signatures, there's a lot of disgrunted wisconsinites who think egs taking draconian steps. where do we see the power of unions there was kneecapping down earlier this year. i wonder as we have the conversation about income and equality and focused on the working class, where do you feel the unions are in terms of power? >> i think that it's easy to be glib about "time" saying this was the year of the protester, right and easy to say -- >> or celebrate it and not be glib at all. >> what does it even mean? right? any device like that comes with criticism. but i think it is actually completely true in wisconsin what you had was a union driven grass roots pushback to the most powerful people in the state and washington was slow to understand it and most of the media i think was slow to und

scott walker. governor walker changed his mind about the protest. changed it quickly. website buffalobeast posted a reporting of the fake prank david koch call on february 23rd. by the middle of march, this was the scene as police cleared the capitol. >> efforts started to coalesce to recall governor walker. he started to say maybe protesting should not happen so much after all. under a new set of rules that took effect in wisconsin today, the state will require protesters in groups of four or more to get a permit three days ahead of time before showing up in a state building. if the state decides the event requires extra security, whatever that means, the state will now charge protesters $50 per hour per police officer. walker administration unveiled a few exceptions to this new law. they say families and lobbyist will not need a permit under the new rules to turn up at a state building. families and lobbyists are exempt. mom, dad and kids, if they're more than four week and oppose governor walker's policies will not need a permit to show up in the capitol and say so.

this guy's amazing. >>> the fight to recall wisconsin governor scott walker is moving full steam ahead ugly. volunteers launched a campaign to recall walker last month. over his law that cuts collective bargaining right for public employees, and this week a man was arrested after he allegedly harassed two volunteers collecting signatures. one of those volunteers taped the incident for a local news report. >> then he let loose with a torrent of abuse and obscenities. >> i'm sorry. >> no, you don't pay health care. you're mooching off the system. yeah, yeah. moocher. >> the video goes black as frisby grabs the camera. >> turned around and jammed the camera back in my chest and put his fist to my face and said how do you like that? the man in the video is facing charges of disorderly conduct, but this isn't the first time that walker supporters used some dirty tricks. earlier this month two other people were arrested for tearing up recall petitions and skrachgs out recall signatures. it's clear why they are resorting to this cheaper tax. in the first 12 days of the recall effort, more tha

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>> clayton: the battle over wisconsin's law limiting collective bargaining passed by governor scott walker once again. >> alisyn: after weeks of crisscrossing the state a group leading the effort to force a recall election to oust governor walker claims they have nearly the 540,000 signatures needed for that recall to take place. >> steve: joining us with more is republican governor of the great state of wisconsin, scott walker. good morning to you. >> good morning. we got hats off to drew brees, but the super bowl still goes to the winner and the winner is going to be the one going through the land of all the way through. hopefully our next trip is to indianapolis. >> steve: that's right. joining us with sports is governor of wisconsin, scott walker. >> we got the badgers coming up in the rose bowl. >> steve: we just mentioned the recall and i know your political opponents are trying to get hundreds of thousands of signatureses. there is an item that says that signatures of mickey mouse and adolph hitler are being considered valid because they may be properly dated. that seems crazy, does

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very powerful ad to see this teacher standing up for scott walker. get right to the end of the story which is the harassment she's faced as a result of it. >> right. she's facing typical tactics. if anybody wants to see those tactics played out in real time life, it's going on in wisconsin. what's happening with christie lacroix is she's standing up and saying what she believes. she had the guts to appear in this ad and now what's happening is there actually is a fire christie movement that is forming where pro union members are threatening her with her job, they're threatening to throw out all of this trash on her. in order to marginalize her and get her to quit and, unfortunately, we're seeing this play out over and over in wisconsin. >> especially in wisconsin as the recall effort kicks in and the governor is ready to fight it. but my thing is, you do not -- you are not surprised by this. do you think she is? >> i think she is. you know, we work with a lot of teachers around the country and they're by and large apolitical people. they just want to

in the first 12 days of collecting signatures for their position to recall republican governor, scott walkert they needed to force a recall vote. they have until january 17th, to get the remaining 240,000 plus. walker will be the third governor in u.s. history to be recalled, and there's lots of reasons wisconsin voters are lining up to call the petitions, the new voter i dichd law, and budget cuts, and they lost almost 10,000 jobs last month. joining us is with the firefighters union. >> thank you for having me. >> you have been surprised. is this what you thought it would be to marshal the grassroots to get the energy to get this many signatures this past? >> i have been pleasantly surprised. in 12 days to get over 300,000 signatures is great. it shows people are fired up and we have a fierce urgency to take back our state and government in wisconsin, and people are waiting to do that and have been waiting to do this since february of this year, and people are fired up and we will keep going. i think we are going to get the 540,000 signatures that we need. >> i think what we need is there

also wisconsin governor scottç walker. white house correspondent chuck todd in iowa, and the host of "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton. >>> the ron paul campaign is giving the army of college-age aides a razor. >>> well, good morning, everyone, we're going down in the record books as one of the warmest decembers on record for many areas of the eastern half of the country and new england. probably the first morning it actually feels like the middle of winter. and temperatures will warm up later today. it's really just a morning event, the windchill is the problem. in the single digits in connecticut, massachusetts, upstate new york's in the negative numbers this morning. it's a very cold start to the day. this afternoon, though, we get up to about freezing in new england, to 40 in the big city, there's some light snow out there in wisconsin, drifting into areas of michigan, maybe a dusting to an inch in like green bay this morning and that'll be about it. not a lot of weather trouble out there today. actually beau