senator sherrod brown -- >> 20 years of evidence for that, ed. that's exactly right.s. appreciate your time. thanks so much. that "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. good evening, rev. >>> good evening, rev. thanks to you for tuning in. we start with developing news in the next fight for voting rights. this weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in selma, alabama, for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. and the bloody sunday march. they heard president obama's powerful call to fix the voting rights act. >> the voting rights act was one of the crowning achievements of our diplomacy. the result of republican and democratic efforts. president reagan signed its rene

senator sherrod brown -- >> 20 years of evidence for that, ed. that's exactly right. thank you. >> no doubt about it. senator, good to have you with us. appreciate your time. thanks so much. that "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. good evening, rev. >>> good evening, rev. thanks to you for tuning in. we start with developing news in the next fight for voting rights. this weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in selma, alabama, for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. and the bloody sunday march. they heard president obama's powerful call to fix the voting rights act. >> the voting rights act was one of the crowning achievements of our diplomacy. the result of republican and democratic efforts. president reagan signed its renewal when he was in office. president george w. bush signed its renewal when he was in office. 100 members of congress have come here today to honor people who are willing to die for the right to protect it. if we want to honor this day, let that hundred go back to washington and ga

>> would sherrod brown make a good vice presidential running mate with hillary clinton? >> i knew you were going to do that. >> i'm as predictable as bibi netanyahu. he's a philly guy. >> i wish you were quite so predictable. he's not running for vice president, chris, no matter how many times you champion him to do so. >> all you have to do is say yes. it would be great. a little bit left to hillary would be good. >> he's great even now. thanks for reducing me to a spouse, chris. >> you would say that. congratulations on all geniuses. pulitzer prize is something you should wear as part of your middle name like a cardil. eugene, pulitzer prize winning robinson. kathleen pulitzer prize winning parker. and connie pulitzer prize winning schultz. thank you all for coming on in all seriousness. all this week msnbc will feature more of the special project, 7 days of genius. for more information, log on to msnbc.com/genius. why not? >>> when we come back, no love with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erecti

senator sherrod brown is here. [applause] i actually like his wife connie a little more.plause] i'm not alone in that. but he is okay too. congresswoman cap there is here. [applause] congresswoman fudge is here. [applause] mayor jackson is here. thank you so much mr. mayor. [applause] is around here somewhere. i want to thank don and the members of the city club for inviting me here today. it is wonderful to be back in the city and i see a lot of friends and in some cases mentors. it's wonderful to see you again. he is one of my favorite people. [applause] every sitting president since ronald reagan has come here to the city club of cleveland to take your questions and that's because this is an institution that reflects what is a truly american idea. that is the belief that all of us have a role to play in resolving the most important issues of our time. in a democracy the most important office is the office of citizen and the city club tradition reflects that. now over the course of my presidency, one that began in the depths of a historic crisis no issue has been more i

sherrod brown is here. i like his wife more. he is ok. congressman and congresswoman fudge is here.ayor jackson is here. thank you so much. he is around here somewhere. i want to thank the members of the club for inviting me here. it is wonderful to be back in the city and i see a lot of friends, in some cases, mentors. it is wonderful to see. otis is one of my favorite people. now, every sitting president since ronald reagan has come here to the city club of cleveland to take your questions because this is an institution that reflects a truly american idea. the belief that we all have a role to play in resolving issues of our time. in a democracy the most important office is the office of the citizen and this tradition reflects that. my presidency began in the depths of a historic crisis and no issue is more important than the future of our economy. it does -- it is of interest in ohio in cleveland. no topic weighs more heavily on the minds of families. no subject is more worthy of an open debate. 75-year's ago, another president came to cleveland to engage the debate near the end

and i've always had the same feeling that -- and my ranking member sherrod brown right next to me in ohio has dealt with this with his manufacturers as well -- if currency is fairly valued and we are not successful, our manufacturers, if i can't win a fair game that is on me. but if it is being manipulated -- but if wind up in a situation where it is being manipulated against my company against my company, it makes it awful tough to keep the workers working and to keep our economy growing, so i would just ask that you keep that in mind as you move forward. and thank you so much for your service. >> thank you. >> madam chair. you mentioned that the current unemployment is listed at 5.7%. however, one alternative measure that seems to fully capture a better sense of labor force participation is the u-6 measure that lists total employed and under-employed as 11.3% as of january of 2015. this measure has not dipped measure that lists total below 10% unemployment since before the crisis. according to the bureau of labor statistics data there are now 12 million more americans no longer par

lbj, linda bird johnson in the center of your screen and read, talking to what look like senator sherrod brown session of congress, then went on to sign the voting rights act into law in august of 1965. today, c-span3's american history tv is live in selma, 50 years later, commemorating the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. remarks coming up shortly by representative john lewis, who was there as an activist on that day. he will be introducing president obama shortly. we have that for you live here on american history television. in the meantime, jeanette in georgia. go ahead. caller: giving honor to god and his sons jesus christ, i'm on the call today, it's an honor to be on here. i'm watching the program. my question was, to a lot of the comments, thank god for them. if people are not beginning to open up their eyes, and be willing to see the god comes first in our life. without him, there is never going to be in a change. my remark is to let's quit talking about what's going on, and talking about we need to do, and my question is, let's do it and let's quit talking about it. we need to come