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in cable news cnn and fox news mentioned the tpp only two times. here on the ed show have discussed the trade agreement on 71 broadcasts. i guess today is 72. we talk about the tpp because it directly affects middle-class jobs. that's what we want in the country. jobs can be outsourced. you can count on it. it's a bad deal. americans need to be aware of this. you need to get in touch with your representative and say wait a minute this is a sovereignty issue. this is a job issue. why in the world would you sign onto something i know damn well you haven't read. ask yourself the question. would you sign a legal document that if affected you personally without reading it? do you know an attorney that would tell you to hey, go ahead. i know you haven't read it. but go ahead and sign it. does it make sense? unfortunately it looks like the tpp will pass with very little or zero debate. last month, there's u.s. trade said it could be wrapped up on wednesday. the trade minister said an agreement could be reacheded in weeks. this trade deal will cover -- lis
in cable news cnn and fox news mentioned the tpp only two times. here on the ed show have discussed the trade agreement on 71 broadcasts. i guess today is 72. we talk about the tpp because it directly affects middle-class jobs. that's what we want in the country. jobs can be outsourced. you can count on it. it's a bad deal. americans need to be aware of this. you need to get in touch with your representative and say wait a minute this is a sovereignty issue. this is a job issue. why in the...
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what the tpp is going to do is hit more sectors in the economy. chorus -- and i mean chorus is nothing compared to the transpacific partnership. the tpp will take over 40% of the global economy. now, this deal puts american so renty at risk. if that's what you want support it. we haven't heard specifics on how they are going to be enforcing these regulations. if you look at history, it's hard to figure out how the tpp is beginning to create jobs. so as we move into almost midnight, on the tpp, and you've got strange political bedfellows here the tea parties don't want it. they don't want to see him succeed on anything. they don't want to agree with him on anything. but they're also hearing back home that it will gut jobs and republicans, at least if they don't put a jobs bill up, they want to say they're for jobs. the democrats across the board, 85% of those in the house are for workers and working families and middle class families, and there is no historical track record to take us down the road, that yes we have to do tpp because it's going to
what the tpp is going to do is hit more sectors in the economy. chorus -- and i mean chorus is nothing compared to the transpacific partnership. the tpp will take over 40% of the global economy. now, this deal puts american so renty at risk. if that's what you want support it. we haven't heard specifics on how they are going to be enforcing these regulations. if you look at history, it's hard to figure out how the tpp is beginning to create jobs. so as we move into almost midnight, on the tpp,...
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he laid out the case for the tpp after that sound byte. the united states is working hard to make this trade deal fair. >> my argument is twofold. number one, precisely because that horse is out of the barn the issue we're trying to deal with now is can we make for a higher bar on labor, on environmental standards, et cetera in that region and write a set of rules that are fairer because right now it's not fair. if you want to improve it that means we need a new trade regime. the old one isn't working for us. the second reason it is important is because the same countries we're negotiating with are the same countries that china is negotiating with. china could write the rules of trade. it means that we will be cut out. >> wait a second. if you're the biggest customer in the world, who is going to want to cut you out? it seems like we're not swinging a big enough stick here. we're the united states of america. we are the biggest customer. we have the best economy and yet we're dancing to somebody else's music. i don't get it. the president
he laid out the case for the tpp after that sound byte. the united states is working hard to make this trade deal fair. >> my argument is twofold. number one, precisely because that horse is out of the barn the issue we're trying to deal with now is can we make for a higher bar on labor, on environmental standards, et cetera in that region and write a set of rules that are fairer because right now it's not fair. if you want to improve it that means we need a new trade regime. the old one...
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i support the tpp. we need to be opening markets everywhere. >> so that's who the president is hanging out with on this deal. on the other side you have elizabeth warren, and every single union in this country. >> i do not believe that continuing a set of bad policies policies that are failed makes any sense at all. we need a new direction in trade policy. and the tpp is not that direction. >> millions of jobs paying good wages, and cities and in suburbs and in rural america that have simply disappeared. some have been lost to technology. far too many have been lost to unfair trade practices as jobs are moved overseas. >> so the answer is not only no but hell no. no i'm not going to be doing any single handed trying to defeat it. i've told everybody how i feel. that's the way it is. >> so the partly sunny's challenge here is to prove that this will not ship jobs overseas and he can't do that. meanwhile, history tells us u.s. trade agreements are bad for american workers in the economy. there is a ledger
i support the tpp. we need to be opening markets everywhere. >> so that's who the president is hanging out with on this deal. on the other side you have elizabeth warren, and every single union in this country. >> i do not believe that continuing a set of bad policies policies that are failed makes any sense at all. we need a new direction in trade policy. and the tpp is not that direction. >> millions of jobs paying good wages, and cities and in suburbs and in rural america...
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i think she's going to have a problem with tpp. i suspect hillary supports tpp. i think on some of the other issues you unpacked i think hillary is not going to be as friendly as some on the progressive side of the ledger want her to be. i think she'll largely get away with it unless folks like you and others hold her feet to the fire to see exactly where she stands but at the end of the day i think she gets by. >> what do you want to hear from hillary clinton on monday? how far does she have to go? >> monday is about talking about what do we do in urban settings and how do we turn around places like detroit where the economy has passed some of these places by. i think we need to talk about the strategies that we need to develop the middle class and redevelop middle class in detroit. >> you can't redevelop urban cities in this country if you're going to support trade deals that's going to cut jobs. >> let me be really clear. ed you're right. the entire labor movement is against tpp for lots of different reasons. some in the labor movement are for keystone. some a
i think she's going to have a problem with tpp. i suspect hillary supports tpp. i think on some of the other issues you unpacked i think hillary is not going to be as friendly as some on the progressive side of the ledger want her to be. i think she'll largely get away with it unless folks like you and others hold her feet to the fire to see exactly where she stands but at the end of the day i think she gets by. >> what do you want to hear from hillary clinton on monday? how far does she...
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the tpp is far greater than any trade deal we have done. it is being modelled after the korea agreement, but it is a microcosm of the big deal on the horizon, whether it is nafta, chorus, or giving china preferred nation trading status. trade deals have killed the middle class in this country. there's no reason we should be putting our economic recovery and progress at risk in a trade deal. this is some serious dice being rolled. for more let me bring in the director of public citizen global trade watch and all with us tonight, the president for alliance of american manufacturing. great to have both of you with us tonight. this is good news for the american economy today. would the tpp put this at risk and who would feel the pinch first? >> here's this great news and then in the face of that there's a push for a trade agreement that we know would make it easier for big corporations to offshore our jobs and throw americans in competition with workers in vietnam who would push down our wages in competition with their 50 cents an hour wages. i
the tpp is far greater than any trade deal we have done. it is being modelled after the korea agreement, but it is a microcosm of the big deal on the horizon, whether it is nafta, chorus, or giving china preferred nation trading status. trade deals have killed the middle class in this country. there's no reason we should be putting our economic recovery and progress at risk in a trade deal. this is some serious dice being rolled. for more let me bring in the director of public citizen global...
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promotion authority. >> what's tpp? >> bad trade agreements are one of the reasons why the american middle class is disappearing. >> this is our moment to stop fast track and the outsourcing of millions of more jobs in this country. >>> keystone isn't the only controversial issue on the map. >> it could waive my development rights. they're taking away my farming rights. >> we will be refining the route. >> we don't need more pipelines. we need to figure out another way to live. >>> plus the search for life on another planet continues while a science great has a dire warning about our own. >> can there be life elsewhere? >> an ocean that exists beneath the icy shelf of jupiter's moon europa. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. moments ago president obama vetoed the keystone xl pipeline bill. the president releasing a statement moments ago saying that because of the act of congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short thorough consideration of issues, it has earned my veto. this i
promotion authority. >> what's tpp? >> bad trade agreements are one of the reasons why the american middle class is disappearing. >> this is our moment to stop fast track and the outsourcing of millions of more jobs in this country. >>> keystone isn't the only controversial issue on the map. >> it could waive my development rights. they're taking away my farming rights. >> we will be refining the route. >> we don't need more pipelines. we need to...
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i don't think the tpp is the way to go. i have always been against the tpp and always for american workers. there are other methods and other ways we can do this. this is a flawed trade agreement. to muddy it up with national security, i think is a mistake. appreciate your time. >> good to be here. >> have we done as much as we can do when it comes to a strategy with isis at this point? i mean i think today that this summit at the white house and this speech was the president really putting the icing on the cake of what kind of strategy he wants. he wants turkey involved, the iraqis iraqis, the jordanians, the egyptians. all culminating to work against these extremists that are isis and also their recruiting methods. this was a big speech today by the president, and i think it played really into his strategy. have we gone as far as we can go on isis and what we're doing? is this it? >> i think at this point we probably have, especially since what the president said i think is very circumspect with regard to how he wants to
i don't think the tpp is the way to go. i have always been against the tpp and always for american workers. there are other methods and other ways we can do this. this is a flawed trade agreement. to muddy it up with national security, i think is a mistake. appreciate your time. >> good to be here. >> have we done as much as we can do when it comes to a strategy with isis at this point? i mean i think today that this summit at the white house and this speech was the president really...
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still ahead, tpp future hangs in the balance in the house of representatives. congresswoman rosa de loro has an update on the negotiations and a new twist that deals with china. >>> ted cruz walks back his crass comments about the vice president. stay with us. time upon a once people approached problems the way same. always start at the starting. and questions the same asking. but that only resulted in improvements small. so we step a took back and problems turned these inside-up-down to approach them newly. and that's when we it saw. garbage can create energy. light can talk. countries can run on jet engine technology. when you look at problems in ways different you new solutions find. ♪ ♪ ♪ roundup ♪ ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ well roundup has a sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup ♪ yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ ♪ no need to pump just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves and it kills to the root ♪ ♪ 'round fences
still ahead, tpp future hangs in the balance in the house of representatives. congresswoman rosa de loro has an update on the negotiations and a new twist that deals with china. >>> ted cruz walks back his crass comments about the vice president. stay with us. time upon a once people approached problems the way same. always start at the starting. and questions the same asking. but that only resulted in improvements small. so we step a took back and problems turned these inside-up-down...
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i have a lot of concerns about tpp. however tpp is really important to the united states geo geopolitically because of what's going on in the south china sea. and i spent time in vietnam and that is the first thing on their agenda is some sort of tpp. so this is not an issue. and bernie because he is not an incumbent gets to say whatever he wants. hillary clinton because she's served in this administration has to be much more careful about what she says about things that have a huge effect on international relationships. and i think as the former secretary of state she understands that. >> does this mercedes play into the poll where a lot of people think hillary isn't trustworthy? if you can't give a straight answer i imagine it plays into that. maybe i'm wrong. your thoughts. >> it could be part of that but i think what's driving her poll numbers down on that question of trustworthiness is clearly her inability to talk about the private server and the e-mails and the deleted e-mails and that whole controversy in additi
i have a lot of concerns about tpp. however tpp is really important to the united states geo geopolitically because of what's going on in the south china sea. and i spent time in vietnam and that is the first thing on their agenda is some sort of tpp. so this is not an issue. and bernie because he is not an incumbent gets to say whatever he wants. hillary clinton because she's served in this administration has to be much more careful about what she says about things that have a huge effect on...
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president obama is still pushing the dangerous tpp, transpacific partnership. "the new york times" published an explosive article revealing the tpp investment chapter. tpp would allow foreign corporations to sue the united states government for actions that undermined their investment expectations and hurt their business. companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings before what? tribunals. how many times have we covered this on the ed show? senator warren says taxpayers would clean up. >> the company could skip the court and go br an international panel of arbitrators. if the company wins the ruling cannot be challenged in u.s. courts and the the arbitration panel could require the american taxpayers to cough up millions even billions of dollars in damages. >> so it took wikileaks to get this document, not anybody in the united states media. we've been following the developments of the transpacific partnership since last summer. now we're in the 11th hour folks. it gets really politically hot.
president obama is still pushing the dangerous tpp, transpacific partnership. "the new york times" published an explosive article revealing the tpp investment chapter. tpp would allow foreign corporations to sue the united states government for actions that undermined their investment expectations and hurt their business. companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings before what? tribunals. how many times have we...
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we want to read the tpp. no more promises. we want to read it. >> if you stop fast track, if the president doesn't have trade promotion authority, is there a consensus among labor leaders that you can stop the tpp? >> why is this the only country out of the 12 that has fast track? none of the others have it. none of the other countries have ever had fast track. it comes from a belief when the united states does trade deal we give away the store because it is about foreign policy and corporate profits. it's all a giveaway. the only way congress is going to pass these deals is to fast track it. no other country has it. we want to join the mainstream. read it before your pass it. >> why would we want a trade deal with brunei? >> no good reason. >> they have sharia law, undercut wages. the sultan is one of the richest guys in the world. it just doesn't match up with america, does it? >> in no way does it match up. it matches up with a state department view that says whatever it takes, whatever sacrifices of american workers, that
we want to read the tpp. no more promises. we want to read it. >> if you stop fast track, if the president doesn't have trade promotion authority, is there a consensus among labor leaders that you can stop the tpp? >> why is this the only country out of the 12 that has fast track? none of the others have it. none of the other countries have ever had fast track. it comes from a belief when the united states does trade deal we give away the store because it is about foreign policy and...
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hillary clinton still won't get specific on tpp. and nasa has troubling new data about our planet's water supply. we'll have the details straight ahead. when you're not confident your company's data is secure the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. we monitor network traffic worldwide, so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. thanks for calling angie's list. how may i help you? i heard i could call angie's list if i needed work done around my house at a fair price. you heard right, just tell us what you need done and we'll find a top rated provider to take care of it. so i could get a faulty light switch fixed? yup! or have a guy refinish my floors? absolutely! or send someone out to groom my pookie? pookie's what you call your? my dog. yes, we can do that. real help from real people. come see what the new angie's list can do for you. >>> welcome back to the "ed show." so far candidate h
hillary clinton still won't get specific on tpp. and nasa has troubling new data about our planet's water supply. we'll have the details straight ahead. when you're not confident your company's data is secure the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. we monitor network traffic worldwide, so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. thanks for calling...
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the tpp will devastate the american workforce worldwide, and of course the human rights implications are deadly. >> it is a great pleasure to welcome my good friend his majesty the sultan of. >> we sacrifice so we essentially pay off these countries if they scum closer to the united states than china. >> i'm gratele for his outstanding leadership and friendship. >> the lead are of a small oil-rich country recently condemned by the strict penal code for muslims, including death by stoning for homosexuals. >> they have legitimate human rights concerns in brunei malaysia and vietnam, their record on labor is very suspect. >> the oil-rich asian country is one of the nations joining the transpacific partnership. the trade deal is nafta on steroids. jobs will go overseas corporate interests will definitely be put first. >> president barack obama and i have have had an excellent meeting on the transpacific partnership agreement. we are negotiating for this economic condition. >> brunei is pushing for a tailed relationship. is the united states called the sultan a friend. human rights activi
the tpp will devastate the american workforce worldwide, and of course the human rights implications are deadly. >> it is a great pleasure to welcome my good friend his majesty the sultan of. >> we sacrifice so we essentially pay off these countries if they scum closer to the united states than china. >> i'm gratele for his outstanding leadership and friendship. >> the lead are of a small oil-rich country recently condemned by the strict penal code for muslims, including...
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fast track has to happen before the tpp. but it's greasing the skids for what many people think is a bad deal. >> because the tpp after six years of these closed door negotiations is almost done well over half the chapters are literally signed and sealed the others have a word or two to go really the vote for fast track is a proxy that you're willing to rubber stamp this version of this new orleans trade agreement. i think the reason that senator warren has really helped bring the argument to the forefront is that for the last year and a half, a lot of the agreement's been done. and because you've had congresswoman deloro and thousands in small business and faith and human rights and internet freedom activists talking about the pieces of the final tpp that have leaked. we know for instance why it was his right. the agreement has the investment offshore incentives that might be part of nafta. that chapter leaked. the government accountability office totally flopped. we need that last year. >> mike froman would take serious is
fast track has to happen before the tpp. but it's greasing the skids for what many people think is a bad deal. >> because the tpp after six years of these closed door negotiations is almost done well over half the chapters are literally signed and sealed the others have a word or two to go really the vote for fast track is a proxy that you're willing to rubber stamp this version of this new orleans trade agreement. i think the reason that senator warren has really helped bring the...
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does it darken the door of those who don't want the tpp? >> well this whole fight has been a situation where in the face of the public polling shows a majority of democrats, republicans and independents opposing fasttrack, the folks in congress and the corporate coalition in the white house have resorted to a bunch of unbelievably byzantine gimmicks and the most recent one basically was this business of splitting up the vote into three pieces which you know they got hung by their own petard. that went down. this newest gimmick is basically for the first time in the history of the house of representatives to take a counterresolution, which is kind of putting a vote you don't like the results of you can put it basically in the freezer for two days. it's called a motion to reconsider. that's a two-day window to come back and vote. well, it didn't get any better in two days. congress democrats and republicans alike, are still saying no thank you. what they did today is they did, unprecedented, a deal to have this two-day resolution stretched al
does it darken the door of those who don't want the tpp? >> well this whole fight has been a situation where in the face of the public polling shows a majority of democrats, republicans and independents opposing fasttrack, the folks in congress and the corporate coalition in the white house have resorted to a bunch of unbelievably byzantine gimmicks and the most recent one basically was this business of splitting up the vote into three pieces which you know they got hung by their own...
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vice president, who never talks about the tpp, you need to reverse your positions on this tpp and fast track because it will gut more american jobs. joining me is john nichols, and the executive director of wisconsin jobs now. jennifer, you first. do you feel like this administration has been standing with you all along? >> well listen. i think the obvious answer here when it comes to workers' rights is no. i think it is important to understand it is not just president obama, but the democratic party as a whole has spent the last several years running away from who we are and what our core values are. we saw the result of that in the last election but the good news is that we're not waiting here in wisconsin for politicians to be leaders. tomorrow, thousands of people from all across the state will be in the streets for the we rise national day of action. we are reclaiming our state. we're taking it directly to scott walker and they're demanding an economy that works for everyone. it is when people get in the streets, when people take back that power, then politicians like president ob
vice president, who never talks about the tpp, you need to reverse your positions on this tpp and fast track because it will gut more american jobs. joining me is john nichols, and the executive director of wisconsin jobs now. jennifer, you first. do you feel like this administration has been standing with you all along? >> well listen. i think the obvious answer here when it comes to workers' rights is no. i think it is important to understand it is not just president obama, but the...
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>> if fast track passes tpp will pass. there's no question about that. ed, there is a reason why virtually every corporation in america, the pharmaceutical industry and wall street want this to be passed and there is a reason as you just mentioned, why every union, many environmental groups and religious groups are against it. because anyone who looks at history understands that our trade policies from nafta, cafta, to china, have been a disaster for the american workers since 2001 we have lost almost 60,000 factories. not all attributeable to trade, but a lot of it is. millions of decent paying jobs. our demand now must be to corporate america and say to them, you want us to buy your products. the time is long overdue for you to stop outsourcing. let's create and manufacture those products here in the united states. that's what this is about. >> senator, does the size and the magnitude of this deal and the impact place a different importance on fast track? the question should congress be able to read trade deals before they vote on them? >> well that's
>> if fast track passes tpp will pass. there's no question about that. ed, there is a reason why virtually every corporation in america, the pharmaceutical industry and wall street want this to be passed and there is a reason as you just mentioned, why every union, many environmental groups and religious groups are against it. because anyone who looks at history understands that our trade policies from nafta, cafta, to china, have been a disaster for the american workers since 2001 we...
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. >> who will benefit from the tpp? >> feeling good ab the momentum that we have. >> the biggest multinational corporations in the world. >> at this hour -- >> this was not someone trying to bring healing. >> tensions rise in ferguson. >> this was a damn punk. punk. >> and later, the epa under attack. >> this is happening now. this is not a future event. >>> plus -- >> outright greed and irresponsibility in the financial sector. >> corporate profits rise as the american worker suffers. >> when does the greed stop? >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we start with breaking news out of ferguson missouri. an unconfirmed number of people have been taken in for questioning in connection to the shooting at two st. louis area police officers. a manhunt is still under way. the shooting happened just after midnight last night outside ferguson police headquarters. a crowd of demonstrators had gathered outside following the resignation of ferguson police chief tom jackson. the rally was beginning to di
. >> who will benefit from the tpp? >> feeling good ab the momentum that we have. >> the biggest multinational corporations in the world. >> at this hour -- >> this was not someone trying to bring healing. >> tensions rise in ferguson. >> this was a damn punk. punk. >> and later, the epa under attack. >> this is happening now. this is not a future event. >>> plus -- >> outright greed and irresponsibility in the financial...
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. >> every union leader in this country has said the tpp is a direct shot and a threat to the middle class. hillary clinton was flanked by lee sanders and randy winegarden. it would have been the perfect time and setting for hillary clinton to side with labor, but she's on her own schedule. today marked the final two scheduled public appearances on hillary clinton's calendar. it's most likely the last time we'll hear from clinton before she announced her next steps in early april. let's hope there's a lot of transparency when it comes to trade, jobs, and the middle class. joining me tonight jonathan alter and genevieve woods. >> the unions understand that there are such stark differences between democrats and republicans now. wasn't always the case but now there really are. in the general election between hillary and whoever the republican nominee is they'll be very strong for hillary. it's in the meantime when some of these other candidates they're not going to get money unless they're against tpp. hillary is going to be bobbing and weaving for a year and a half on this. i was just
. >> every union leader in this country has said the tpp is a direct shot and a threat to the middle class. hillary clinton was flanked by lee sanders and randy winegarden. it would have been the perfect time and setting for hillary clinton to side with labor, but she's on her own schedule. today marked the final two scheduled public appearances on hillary clinton's calendar. it's most likely the last time we'll hear from clinton before she announced her next steps in early april. let's...
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the tpp, how can we even fathom passing the tpp? i don't know. i think it is going to destroy a lot of what we have accomplished over the last 58 months. it makes no sense. it outsources labor to what the conservatives call emerging markets. emerging markets are cheap labor. vietnam, 18 cents on a dollar. that's where the market is going to grow. it is not going to grow here. it is a real threat to our economy. i appreciate the question, but my friend, i think it is -- don't fall into the trap of believing it is just showing signs of improvement. our next question is from frankie. he wants to know why isn't anybody calling out the republicans for putting ted cruz in charge of nasa? actually, there's been so much in the news we haven't had time to get to that story yet, but it's coming. doesn't it make the people at nasa feel all warm and fuzzy that a climate denier is all in charge of that you are funding or has a great deal of influence on it? it's going to be a rough two years, i'd say. lots more coming up on "the ed show". stay with us. >>> st
the tpp, how can we even fathom passing the tpp? i don't know. i think it is going to destroy a lot of what we have accomplished over the last 58 months. it makes no sense. it outsources labor to what the conservatives call emerging markets. emerging markets are cheap labor. vietnam, 18 cents on a dollar. that's where the market is going to grow. it is not going to grow here. it is a real threat to our economy. i appreciate the question, but my friend, i think it is -- don't fall into the trap...
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but tpp is 40% of the world's economy. this is a $400 million program. it is peanuts compared to what this trade agreement is. and republicans -- i mean i don't trust boehner on it. republicans are willing to jetson these workers. and jedsen. >> and unfortunately too many republicans -- >> do you think obama is going to move forward on this taa? republicans have given us no reason to believe what they say. okay? >> yeah. >> and so number one, where is the president going to land on this? and number two, just what kind of a package are we talking about? >> i met with some labor department people today and asked them to convince the president and others in the administration to put the same effort into the minimum wage in enforcement of overtime. and creating building trades jobs and many other jobs in the highway bill to put that same effort into that as the president and his allies and the administration put into tpa. i don't know if the president will sign this without taa. i don't know. somebody's got to have the conversation with him before they vote
but tpp is 40% of the world's economy. this is a $400 million program. it is peanuts compared to what this trade agreement is. and republicans -- i mean i don't trust boehner on it. republicans are willing to jetson these workers. and jedsen. >> and unfortunately too many republicans -- >> do you think obama is going to move forward on this taa? republicans have given us no reason to believe what they say. okay? >> yeah. >> and so number one, where is the president going...
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plus lies damn lies and the tpp. we'll talk with members of congress fresh off a fact finding meeting on the secret trade deal. stay with us, we're right back on "the ed show." . ideas come into this world ugly and messy. they are the natural born enemy of the way things are. yes, ideas are scary and messy and fragile. but under the proper care, they become something beautiful. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. [jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting! discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill and my fico® credit
plus lies damn lies and the tpp. we'll talk with members of congress fresh off a fact finding meeting on the secret trade deal. stay with us, we're right back on "the ed show." . ideas come into this world ugly and messy. they are the natural born enemy of the way things are. yes, ideas are scary and messy and fragile. but under the proper care, they become something beautiful. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this...
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it would reduce malaysia to a watch list and give them a path to join the tpp. the report is expected to be released later this week. people are outraged. protests were held at the u.s. capitol and the malaysian embassy today. senator robert menendez added fast track that would prohibit tier 3 countries from joining the transpacific partnership. he told vice news upgrading malaysia quote, would represent a blatant manipulation of the administration's own ranking system, undermining the credibility of our international efforts to fight human trafficking. it would be a stain on our country's record of upholding human rights around the world. for more let me bring in texas congressman lloyd doggett. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you ed. it is a really horrifying situation. >> why is the state department even considering this? >> well i've raised this directly with the state department earlier, and with ambassador froman. they've assured me earlier that they would not do this. but the report that we're hearing perhaps from a whistle-blower
it would reduce malaysia to a watch list and give them a path to join the tpp. the report is expected to be released later this week. people are outraged. protests were held at the u.s. capitol and the malaysian embassy today. senator robert menendez added fast track that would prohibit tier 3 countries from joining the transpacific partnership. he told vice news upgrading malaysia quote, would represent a blatant manipulation of the administration's own ranking system, undermining the...
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and we have an update on the tpp. ♪ with the incredible fuel efficiency of 38 miles-per-gallon highway you can feel like royalty in the nissan altima. now, get great offers on the 38 mpg highway nissan altima. nissan innovation that excites. we come by almost every day to deliver your mail so if you have any packages you want to return you should just give them to us i mean, we're going to be there anyway why don't you just leave it for us to pick up? or you could always get in your car and...
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today clinton said she's had several conversations with workers about the tpp. an article on the hill points out, clinton's has not of being cautious could hurt her. she could end up alienating liberal democrats in the process. it shows in the poll numbers. a new quinnipiac poll shows 37% of voters do not trust her. on the flip side bernie sanders's favor sablt at positive 7. 42% haven't heard enough about him. the poll shows bernie sanders beating donald trump by 7 points in a match-up. clinton beats trump by 12 points. bernie sanders's campaign is focusing on a grassroots effort to elect the candidate. last night, his volunteers hosted over 3,000 grassroots gathering to mobilize foot soldiers for his campaign. over 100,000 people packed houses, coffee shops and other venues around the country. bernie sanders delivered this video message to supporters. >> we need your help knocking on doors. we need your help making phone calls. we need your help to talk to your brothers and your sisters, your co-workers your family members. bring them in. we will make history
today clinton said she's had several conversations with workers about the tpp. an article on the hill points out, clinton's has not of being cautious could hurt her. she could end up alienating liberal democrats in the process. it shows in the poll numbers. a new quinnipiac poll shows 37% of voters do not trust her. on the flip side bernie sanders's favor sablt at positive 7. 42% haven't heard enough about him. the poll shows bernie sanders beating donald trump by 7 points in a match-up....
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he had a message for unions who are against the tpp. listen to this. >> the way i say to unions is if they want to sell to another country, they go make it in that country. outsource jobs into that country. getting a trade agreement means you eliminate those barriers that allow you to make it in america and send it overseas because you removed the trade barriers that prohibit that from happening. >> your response? >> i my response is that very little of the transpacific partnership is about trade barriers. 75% of the chapters are about protecting multi-national investors. as keith ellison just said the companies that are rich on this are the ones that move jobs from the united states to countries like vietnam with guarantees that vietnam will do nothing to change labor rights or environmental rights and damage the profits of those companies. that's the investor state dispute settlement that guarantees those future profits. so he's got it exactly backwards. no surprise because he takes his instructions from the u.s. chamber of commerce.
he had a message for unions who are against the tpp. listen to this. >> the way i say to unions is if they want to sell to another country, they go make it in that country. outsource jobs into that country. getting a trade agreement means you eliminate those barriers that allow you to make it in america and send it overseas because you removed the trade barriers that prohibit that from happening. >> your response? >> i my response is that very little of the transpacific...
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how dangerous is this secrecy about the tpp, as you see it? you say in your letter to the trade representative that members of. >>> congress haven't seen it but corporations have. we seem to be in the 11th of fast track. what about it? >> i'm just hearing a buzz. >> apparently senator sanders is having trouble hearing us. i want to commend the senator there. he wrote a her to the obama administration, saying that there are members of congress who have not seen the full text the full draft of the transpacific partnership, yet they keep telling the american people this is what we have to have for jobs. it's been written by corporations, written by people on wall street. they know what it's all about, but there are elected officials that don't. the lack of transparency has been unbelievable. we'll see where that request goes. >>> coming up new questions about chris christie's business dealings with cowboys' owner jerry jones. >>> but first disgraced former virginia governor bob mcdonnell learns hess fate. keep it here. we're right back with "the
how dangerous is this secrecy about the tpp, as you see it? you say in your letter to the trade representative that members of. >>> congress haven't seen it but corporations have. we seem to be in the 11th of fast track. what about it? >> i'm just hearing a buzz. >> apparently senator sanders is having trouble hearing us. i want to commend the senator there. he wrote a her to the obama administration, saying that there are members of congress who have not seen the full text...
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meetings at the white house, security meetings at the white house on trade promotional authority and the tpp. i know that your caucus is against this deal. wasn't this a day of mixed messages? >> there's a contradiction there. we're opposed to the fast track. as members of congress, we have to have a role in protecting jobs here in america, the environment, and for all the nations involved raising the standard of living and helping all. we're for trade. it has to be fair. it has to be balanced and fast track doesn't do it. and the agreement overall without any substantive changes, it's not going to work. >> is this an 11th hour sell job by the president and his administration? what was this today? >> i think they're nervous about getting this thing passed. everybody in congress has seen trade deals that promised a lot and gave very very little. in fact, actually took away. they're not there. they're a little worried. but look we're not worried about trade, but we are worried about bad investment deals that offshore american jobs and stagnate our wages. we're not going to support that even th
meetings at the white house, security meetings at the white house on trade promotional authority and the tpp. i know that your caucus is against this deal. wasn't this a day of mixed messages? >> there's a contradiction there. we're opposed to the fast track. as members of congress, we have to have a role in protecting jobs here in america, the environment, and for all the nations involved raising the standard of living and helping all. we're for trade. it has to be fair. it has to be...
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where does she stand on the trade and the tpp and fast track? how aggressive is she going to be on the environment? is there a possibility that the democrats won't have a fully vetted candidate, and i know we have known her for 30-something years, but the issues are different now. >> governor o'malley is my governor. i supported him twice. she voted over and over again in the united states senate for a term and a half before she became secretary of state taking positions in favor of raising the minimum wage and supports dodd-frank. he knows she is a progressive. that's why he has supported her. >> what does that mean that elizabeth warren isn't going to run? what does that do to the democratic competition as you see it from a republican standpoint? >> there is no democratic competition. she's going to have all the resources she needs. she raise $9 million and that's pennies for her in 2014. 62% of democrats support hillary clinton. her problem, her challenge, is going to be herself. the quieter that she is the less news she makes, which actually
where does she stand on the trade and the tpp and fast track? how aggressive is she going to be on the environment? is there a possibility that the democrats won't have a fully vetted candidate, and i know we have known her for 30-something years, but the issues are different now. >> governor o'malley is my governor. i supported him twice. she voted over and over again in the united states senate for a term and a half before she became secretary of state taking positions in favor of...
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i oppose tpp. she has not been clear on it. there are very significant differences of opinion that we zr. >> so is that why bernie sanders is getting all the crowds? there is no doubt he's on a role. he's drawing massive crowds of thousands all over the country. recent polls show him closing the gap in iowa and new hampshire. some of his colleagues in the senate, well they are not so excited about the recent surge. they fear he is going to hurt hillary clinton's chances. i just hope they don't move hillary so far left that people believe she is out of the realm. i've seen bases move people. senator mccaskill said this. i just don't believe someone whose that self described socialist is going to be elected to be president. sanders told politico he's been an underdog since 1981. he said people should not underestimate me. both candidates have a good record with labor. they both have gotten support from labor unions in the past. any democratic candidate trying to gain support from unianceons need to focus on the core issues we've
i oppose tpp. she has not been clear on it. there are very significant differences of opinion that we zr. >> so is that why bernie sanders is getting all the crowds? there is no doubt he's on a role. he's drawing massive crowds of thousands all over the country. recent polls show him closing the gap in iowa and new hampshire. some of his colleagues in the senate, well they are not so excited about the recent surge. they fear he is going to hurt hillary clinton's chances. i just hope they...
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. >> let me use tpp as an example. there are a bunch of republicans in the house that are going to vote against fast track because they don't want to see the president have any authority at all. this probably has something to do with it too. your thoughts on that? >> it hads been this for the last two and a half years. don't let almost win anything. there will be no shutdowns in the congress. we have already had one. now we're headed for the second one. >> great to have you with us gentlemen. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> you can get my podcast at wegoted.com. share your thoughts with us on tweeter at ed show. like us on facebook. we appreciate that. the we got ed twitter account is history. >>> coming up, scott walker's street cred with conservatives has given him national coverage in the gauntlet. >>> tonight we look at the legal battle for financial restitution. >> i think they're running out of time on the clock. the supreme court finally denied their appeal in december of this past year which started a six-mont
. >> let me use tpp as an example. there are a bunch of republicans in the house that are going to vote against fast track because they don't want to see the president have any authority at all. this probably has something to do with it too. your thoughts on that? >> it hads been this for the last two and a half years. don't let almost win anything. there will be no shutdowns in the congress. we have already had one. now we're headed for the second one. >> great to have you...
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not go the other direction, like keystone and like the tpp. so yes, they need to use every tool at their disposal to say no. we need to say no and then say we want a green new deal. we want millions of clean energy jobs across the country. when they say we want the ttp that will export jobs we need to say no we want fair trade to protect american jobs and increase american wages. when they we want to cut social security. the american people want democrats to say no we will expand social security benefits to keep up with the cost of seniors. the president needs to set the tone. and democrats in the house need to be willing to go there. >> well the president has nothing to lose. he said that in the state of the union address in so many words. and the democrats are going to get run over in the house. we all know that. but they can set a mindset in the country to tell them we're not going to take it anymore. if you're not willing to do that, how do you expect people to get excited about the campaign for 2016? if you're not going to forgs them to l
not go the other direction, like keystone and like the tpp. so yes, they need to use every tool at their disposal to say no. we need to say no and then say we want a green new deal. we want millions of clean energy jobs across the country. when they say we want the ttp that will export jobs we need to say no we want fair trade to protect american jobs and increase american wages. when they we want to cut social security. the american people want democrats to say no we will expand social...
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this shows that americans actually oppose many of the policies in the tpp. we have the details for you straight ahead. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue with safety shield technologies. the only thing left to fear is you imagination. nissan. innovation that excites. some questions can't wait until morning. so i'm one of many nurses at cigna with answers anytime, day or night. i'm lauren, and i've got your back. super poligrip seals out more food particles. so your food won't get stuck and you can enjoy every single bite. eat loud, live loud, super poligrip. super poligrip holds your dentures tightly in place so you never have to hold back. laugh loud, live loud, super poligrip. >>> here are the results of tonight's poll. the question, do you believe the supreme court will overturn obamacare. that decision could come any week now. you can keep voting until the end of the hour. and we will be right back. [phone rings] [man] hello,totten designs. sales department? yes...i can put you right through. sales depar
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