joining me now, senator sherrod brown, democrat from ohio. and senator, i feel like your voters, your constituents in ohio are such a kind of weather vein for the american populous. hard hit by the manufacturing. it sees the way the economy is working. what do you think the workers in ohio are looking for in terms of the performance of the economy and what the president says tonight? >> i think the voters of ohio understand two things. they understand that the minimum wage, the value of the minimum wage, purchasing power is a third less than it was in 1968. they understand that minimum wage increases as the last one in 2007 are bipartisan and i think they wonder why can't we pass a minimum wage, why can't we work together on this? bring the minimum wage at least to $10.10 an hour. raise the tip minimum wage from 20 years it's been stuck at $2.13. raise that to $7 an hour over the next couple, three years. it will make a huge difference in people's lives. and ohio voters understand one other thing. and that is that it's good for the economy. i

sherrod brown blew the whistle on the nfl's threat.at a time when the price of attending games continuing to rise and the economy is not where it needs to be. i applaud the senator for doing that. nfl owners are some of the wealthiest americans. good for them. they use taxpayers to subsidize the building of their stadiums. they charge extraordinary amounts for tickets. and they have used this blackout rule for years as extortion to grab every dollar they possibly can get. the federal communications commission, by the way, recently proposed to eliminate the sports blackout rule. this is a case, i believe, of classic income inequality. if you're wealthy, you have all the access to entertainment. if you're an average joe wage earner, you're left in the cold. senator sherrod brown of ohio joins us now. good to have you with us. i think it's gutsy to bring this up. because the nfl is such a -- such an institution in america. it's really a big part of our culture. and i was certainly interested in your story today on the radio when you talke

let me go to senator sherrod brown. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, chris. >> how does it look to save those benefits, the $300 that men and women throughout who have been struggling to find a job can still get? >> it's still difficult, still uphill. the vote this morning frankly was a surprise. we didn't expect to get as many republicans as we did. we knew the democrats were going to support it. it's a question of economic justice. you know, it's called unemployment insurance. you pay in when you're working. you get help when you have lost your job. you got to keep looking for work to get them, to get these benefits. it's as you point out, chris, $300. so nobody is getting rich from this. and most people in this country want to work. i think that word is -- you know, we got some republican votes today. we hope we can get them the next round. it's not at all a sure thing. some are insisting that these benefits be offset, if you will. and we know what that does. in a counter cyclical way, that hurts the economy. so

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brown. it is true. >> i know and i skipped it for a reason. shut up. sherrod. >> yes. >> never mind. >> i said nothing. a brown man and you don't come to me. >> that's my point. a cub is used in gay circles to describe young, husky, hairy gay men so this is a salute to the gay lifestyle. >> isn't everything? let's be honest. this is america. anyhoo, i think it is nice and i like the brown cub. it is cute and you can bring your family to the ballgame without somebody drunk with beer in the bleachers pouring something at you yelling out racial slurs. >> they are still in chicago. >> go cubbies. >> that bear has no pants on. it is not family friendly. >> it is free ball. how do you think families are made? >> that's how they are made in america. >> you can't make a family with pants on. >> those are hairy pants. he is wearing hairy pants. >> he does president have anything on underneath. he is naked. >> that's why he is so happy. >> it is sexy bear. >> it is not family friendly. >> what is the idea like people are going to -- drunk meat heads in chicago are going

and they were led by sherrod brown and four others. >> okay.er, what does that signal? >> toxic. toxic as you just said. toxic. you're running for office, the american people hate these deals. 20 years of nafta, not just the job drain, but competing your wages competing. in this case with wages in vietnam that average 75 cents an hour, a minimum wage of 28 cents an hour. people across this country, it doesn't matter their party. they say no. they are angry. where is their voice in this process? >> why is max baucus doing this? why is he -- and why aren't other lawmakers who are going to have to go through the reelection process right with him on this? >> well, sadly, you have people in both parties, including the democrats who have bought into this export framework. and it's true. for certain exporters, some of them are agricultural, some of them could be high-tech or entertainment exporters, you can see an increase in exporting. in exports from these deals. but the increase in importing and the effect on depressing wages announced the tradeabl

initiative in ohio but it still won by double digits and so did ohio's brand new democratic senator sherrod brown. and that's part of why a year like that in 2006 was such a good year for democrats. even in a really bad year for democrats like, say, the worst possible year for democrats, like 2010, the first obama midterm, where the republicans just ran the table. they won everything. you know where they didn't win? republicans did not win that year where they won everywhere else, but they did not win in west virginia. >> should there be minimum wage or not? >> absolutely not because minimum wage is something that franklin delano roosevelt put in during the depression. >> john raese, republican candidate for senate in west virginia in the very republican year of 2010 explaining to cnn he does not believe in the minimum wage. he did not win. republicans also did not win that year in the state of connecticut. >> since businesses are struggling as you all described would you argue for reducing the minimum wage? >> i think we ought to look at all of those issues in terms of what mandates are being pl

joining us now democratic senator from ohio sherrod brown.? is this going to pass? >> it's close. we are going to vote at 10:00 this morning. every become supporting it, some people wouldn't get in because of the weather last night and why the vote was delayed. we are hopeful that half dozen or so republicans join us. it's bipartisan bill and senator reid of rhode island and the good things, by and large, the senate have done the last couple of years, bipartisan. my legs to enforce the rules on bipartisan in china. we know how to do this and i hope we can do this today. >> some say the vote was put off because you don't have the votes. >> i don't know how they can say that. senator cornyn asked for the delay last night and people agreed. in the end they were in the prior votes when janet yellen was confirmed to the federal reserve only 75 senators voted because a number of people apparently couldn't get back because of the weather. my flight was delayed and hi to change flights yesterday where it's 10 below in cleveland yesterday. what matter

thank you very much senator sherrod brown of ohio and joan walsh. >>> coming up, the republicans aren't just playing defense on unemployment and minimum wage. they still have the fever called for obama derangement syndrome, which is destroy the health care law, repress the minority vote, turn barack obama into something like an accidental president. >>> also, the two people watching the president's state most closely today are hillary rodham clinton and bill clinton. she and her presidential ambitions could be collateral damage if barack obama's presidency sinks, but they'll have collateral joy if he gets his act back together again. >>> plus, dennis rodman talks diplomacy in new york to a new level and takes it to a very low level. >> if you understand what kim did, do you understand what he did. >> what did he do? you understand. >> in his country. >> you tell me. what did he do? >> no, no, no, you tell me. you tell me. why is he held captive? >> they haven't released any charges. they haven't released any reason. >> that's coming up tonight on the sideshow where it belongs. let me fi

complaint on friday, sherrod brown from ohio, fear that the cincinnati bengals game would aired locallyned. we have richard blumenthal and in who have introduced legislation to do away with the role. they say it is unfair to viewers , especially in places with publicly financed stadiums. they say this is 40-year-old policy. before, teams would make ticket revenue money. now they make more money off the tv deals. washington is moving in that direction. the fcc is moving, the nfl has a lot of power and is fighting this. i would not bet against the nfl. >> is this unfair? >> i do not think so. there have been very few blackouts. fans are filling up the stadiums. you have last-minute deadlines pushing them to purchase tickets. you get everybody at home watching the game. they used to be that years ago there were dozens of these, only two or so this year. fans into thering stadium. and the sale does not have a problem with the super bowl. those ticket prices are going sky high. >> as high as ever. ticket prices for football games in general are much higher, which subverts the point of a blac

with that let me recognize sherrod brown. >> it's 8 degrees below zero in cleveland today. it seems like it's almost that cold here and i think this vote today, this bipartisan vote, particularly thanks to senator reed and senator heller, on this bipartisan vote will help those people who have lost jobs. will heat their homes, help them go to the grocery store and buy food. will help them fix their car at the local -- with the local car mechanic so they can drive and look for work. this is all about social insurance. it's unemployment insurance. people pay into this when they are working and when they have lost their jobs. it's important they get those benefits. and no one gets these benefits without looking for jobs day after day after day. that's why this is so important. it's also important that we got a strong bipartisan vote out of the senate. i think that means good news for a minimum wage increase down the road. sooner rather than later. the last time we did minimum wage was 2007. strong bipartisan vote in both houses. signed by president bush. signed by the presiden

with that let me recognize sherrod brown. >> it's 8 degrees below zero in cleveland today. it seems like it's almost that cold here and i think this vote today, this bipartisan vote, particularly thanks to senator reed and senator heller, on this bipartisan vote will help those people who have lost jobs. will heat their homes, help them go to the grocery store and buy food. will help them fix their car at the local -- with the local car mechanic so they can drive and look for work. this is all about social insurance. it's unemployment insurance. people pay into this when they are working and when they have lost their jobs. it's important they get those benefits. and no one gets these benefits without looking for jobs day after day after day. that's why this is so important. it's also important that we got a strong bipartisan vote out of the senate. i think that means good news for a minimum wage increase down the road. sooner rather than later. the last time we did minimum wage was 2007. strong bipartisan vote in both houses. signed by president bush. signed by the presiden

there is a democratic senator from ohio, sherrod brown, he again written, done this before but he iske this for the economy, it is unfair to have fans be blacked out from games on television. he said these same fans, paying local taxes helped to pay for the stadiums in the first place. that is kind of a good argument, don't you think? >> no, it is a good argument. some of these stadiums are being built -- look, i go back to halfway through the season. the jets were playing falcons on monday night game. i was on the field in the georgia dome. i'm looking up in this place, this stadium, there is nothing wrong with that stadium, why are they building a new one? in the new stayed there trying to do rumble seats and like a camera lens the way the dome will close. they are trying to do things to get people coming out to the stadium. they're using in a lot of cases taxpayer money to build these stadiums. it is a good argument to be made for why the games should be on tv and no more blackout rule. ashley: can't let you go without asking it, who will win it all? >> i will stick by my predicti