this hour, 8:00 p.m. eastern on this network has been anchored by towering figures. one of those figures was ed schultz who died today at 64. began his broadcasting career as a sports caster in fargo, north dakota. in 2004 the ed schultz show became nationally syndicated. good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show from madison. i have to tell you, folks, i
melissa quinn, thank you for joining us. we will touch base with you in a little bit. thank you. former television and raid wrote host ed schultz died of natural causes at his home in washington, d.c. from 2009 to 2015 he hosted the ed schultz show here on msnbc and later moved on to the kremlin-backed media organization rt america. he is survived by his wife wendy and six children. he was 64 years old. still ahead, president trump compares immigration enforcement to keeping people off your front lawn. the latest on his escalating rhetoric. plus, president trump has the weekend to settle on a supreme court nominee. what we know this morning about the top contenders. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back.
the recording. it was a man named scott prouty, who was bar tending at that event. we did not know his motivation. we didn t know why he did what he did or whether he acted alone. now we know all of those things and what he thinks today of his actions. tonight on the ed schultz show, we learned he is a registered independent. he was not politically active before this. he acted alone. he acted without malice aforethought. he took a camera to work because nobody told him he shouldn t. nobody told him he was not allowed to bring a camera into the room. the second reason he brought the camera is a man named bill clinton. listen. did you know you were going to record him? you know, i did i brought
i ll never convince them that they should take personal responsible. before tonight, we did not know how we got that tape or the identity of the person who made the recording. it was a man named scott prouty, who was bar tending at that event. we did not know his motivation. we didn t know why he did what he did or whether he acted alone. now we know all of those things and what he thinks today of his actions. tonight on the ed schultz show, we learned he is a registered independent. he was not politically active before this. he acted alone. he acted without malice aforethought. he took a camera to work because nobody told him he shouldn t. nobody told him he was not allowed to bring a camera into the room. the second reason he brought the camera is a man named bill
there will be days off, but it won t be 13 and 14 hours a day. that s the good news. i m looking forward to doing it, i hope you will join me. i hope you will be back here tomorrow night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, ed. i love you, man. hearing you say it that way and knowing you are going to be putting up a flag on the weekends makes me happy we have you for the long haul. god love you. thank you. i appreciate that. it s work i want to do. it s something that needs to be done. there s a lot of stories that are in my wheelhouse that i want to tell and getting that to people is a big part of this. i m going to be here for a long time. i appreciate the opportunity to do this work. it s been great working with you. i m going to bug you to be on the rachel maddow show show quite often. i m not going anywhere. you will be here and i will be on the ed schultz show.