Zerlina maxwell, trymaine lee, msnbc will stay on this show. Politics nation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. Good evening. Thanks to you for tuning in. Tonights lead, the leader of the gop calls for a government shutdown. Thats right. El rushbo is calling on the gop to defund the government and trigger a shutdown over the president S Immigration plan. An unwritten rule in washington whfrp the government gets shut down no matter who is responsible for it, the republicans get the blame and as such the republicans take a giant weapon out of their arsenal of ammunition. Its time to man up and start dealing with this. They were not sent there to govern and participate and compromise. They were sent there to stop it. Rush limbaugh sees the shutdown as a giant weapon. And hes not alone. The rightwing Heritage Action which cheered on last years shutdown is back at it. Quote, a longterm funding bill is a little more than a blank check for amnesty. And many House Republicans also wan
A amy, thank you for being with us. Thats the ed show. Politics nation with al sharpton starts right now. \s. Thank for tunes in. Tonights lead, a collision course in washington. Thats what were seeing, because on just about every issue, every policy, every day republicans try to stand in president obamas way, and then they blame him for washingtons dysfunction. It seems too farfetched to be true, but just listen to senator Mitch Mcconnell today. The actions of the next few weeks would help set a positive tone not work of the next congress, a tone that will depend largely on the administrations willness to send a senator mcconnell is accusing the president of setting a bad tone . Is that so . This from the man who made an
art out of obstruction, and who said this in 2010. Some have said it was indelicate of met to subject that our top political priority should be to deny president obama a second term. It wasnt indelicate of him to suggest their top priority was denies the president a s
Out there and i would say, i really doubt that walker will tray to do something constructive now. The plan on the ground in the states, and you have really shown this. This is where the policy was. Attack women, attack workers, and well see if thats a winning politics nationwide. The truth of the matter is he and mary pretty much split women. But mary only had 54 of the women and he had 46 . Too much for him. State senator, great to have you with us. Well fate for another day. No doubt. Thats the ed show. Good evening, revv. Thanks for tuning in. Tonights lead, republicans say they want to compromise. Do they mean it . Last night voter gave gop control of the senate and today, both president obama and senator mcconnell talked about finding Common Ground together. Im eager to work with the new congress to make the next
two years as productive as possible. To start with the view that maybe there are some thing we can agree on to make progress. Push hard to close some of these divisions,
And where we stand on the issues. They cant continue to ignore us. Wiz pan, little elk, and oliver, good to have you with us tonight. It will be an interesting race tomorrow in south dakota. Im reporting from the Charlie Crist headquarters in florida. Thats my assignment, looking forward to it. Thats the ed show. Politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. Good evening, rev. Good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. Im live tonight in miami. Tonights lead, one day to go. Were just hours away from polls opening all across the country. And in the last 24 hours, weve seen the biggest names in the democratic party, hitting the campaign trail, stumping for candidates in Crucial Senate and governors races and pushing the point that every voter could make a difference. Reach everybody, through the phone, the door, email, whatever it takes. This whole things coming down to turnout. Take your people, your friends, your neighbors, to the polls. Things are still looking to
Why now when Michael Brown is killed do we change the rules . Thank you for your time tonight on the ed show. The senate is voting on the Keystone Pipeline. Thats the ed show. Politics nation starts now. Thanks to you for tuning in. We start with breaking news, right now the senate is voting on the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline, a project that stirred up huge divisions and an issue at the center of political and environmental fights for years. 60 votes are needed to bring this to the president s desk. The fight is over a plan to bring oil from alberta, canada down to the gulf of mexico. Tonights vote hinges on getting approval to building the last
portion of it from canada to nebraska. If built oil would flow through about 2,000 miles of canada and the United States. Supporters, mostly republican say it is all about job creation and Oil Independence from the middle east. Opponents say it could be devastating to the environment. The process to get the oil procedures around and to produce eve