ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring the results later on in the show. and you can tweet out during this hour. #edshow. if you think this is the new big three that the republicans are talking about. they were talking about medicare, medicaid and social security. but now they've got a new big three that they want to attack in this holiday season. for more, let me bring in senator bernie sanders of vermont. senator, good to have you with us tonight. senator, what do you say to these republicans who claim raising the minimum wage would be a job killer? >> i say they just are factually wrong. in my state of vermont, our minimum wage is $8.60 compared to the national minimum wage of $7.25 and we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in america. you have states where there is it virtually no minimum wage at all, and their unemployment rate is much higher. the facts just don't bear it out. the reality is, if we raise the minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour, about 30 million americans would get a pay raise,