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anne it's one of the things al sharpton said. you can't be little. if when you're entering the white house, it's time to be big. i think one of the concerns with donald trump is that he's still very much in campaign mode and he has to move from campaign mode, confrontational to basically saying we are inclusive and i am going to president for everyone. but what al sharpton said when 12 came to what are his priorities for americans when he's talking about nominating attorney general sessions, it's completely the an tip thinks for someone that is going to protect the rights of the poorest and the most vulnerable among us. >> on the issue on civil rights right now with this administration coming in, jeff sessions as maria notes is the likely attorney general here. what differences should we anticipate seeing between the way a donald trump administration looks and the one that's been governed by president obama? his mess achblgs pessimistic. he kept on saying what do you have to lose? could things get any worse? he painted a very dark picture of inner ci
anne it's one of the things al sharpton said. you can't be little. if when you're entering the white house, it's time to be big. i think one of the concerns with donald trump is that he's still very much in campaign mode and he has to move from campaign mode, confrontational to basically saying we are inclusive and i am going to president for everyone. but what al sharpton said when 12 came to what are his priorities for americans when he's talking about nominating attorney general sessions,...
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here's your host, al sharpton. >> we're back with our panel. we turn now to the year in social justice and civil rights, with a lot of courageous americans taking a stand. we saw the mothers of the movement, out on the campaign trail, turning their grief into action. protesters marching against the discrimination of north carolina's so-called bathroom bill. and standing rock demonstrators braving frigid temperatures and violent clashes with police to protest a pipeline. this year, congressman john louis earned the honor. at the age of 76, he led a sit-in on the house floor to protest the failure to pass gun legislation. >> the time for silence and patience is long gone. >> maria, what was the big issue for you this year? >> i have to say it was that moment, and followed up by senator chris murphy did a 15-hour filibuster and demonstrated that all of a sudden the progressive movement, the democrats had their guts back, they were listening to the protests that were happening in the last ten years, whether immigration reform, whether it was black
here's your host, al sharpton. >> we're back with our panel. we turn now to the year in social justice and civil rights, with a lot of courageous americans taking a stand. we saw the mothers of the movement, out on the campaign trail, turning their grief into action. protesters marching against the discrimination of north carolina's so-called bathroom bill. and standing rock demonstrators braving frigid temperatures and violent clashes with police to protest a pipeline. this year,...
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the reverend al sharpton will be speaking around 11:00, then they'll march farther down to the mall and their goal is to bring attention to what they think the gains are of the obama administration. and try to consolidate that. they had some light jazz playing earlier. i suspect we'll get some rabble rounding speeches you might be able to hear. with that, i'm going to send it back to you. don't ask me a follow-up. it's too loud for me to answer. >> hans nicholls with the instructions. thank you very much for that. misha al sin dor, national reporter from "the new york times" and alex seitzweld, political reporter. do you think somebody as revered as congressman john lewis, is it fair he is questioning the legitimacy of a president when we haven't seen any public evidence that the legitimacy itself of the process was undermined? we know the hacking took place at the dnc but to say he is not a legitimate president. >> congressman john lewis i think is really expressing a view that is staired by a lot of people. whether or not it's fair for him to say that is tough to answer because this i
the reverend al sharpton will be speaking around 11:00, then they'll march farther down to the mall and their goal is to bring attention to what they think the gains are of the obama administration. and try to consolidate that. they had some light jazz playing earlier. i suspect we'll get some rabble rounding speeches you might be able to hear. with that, i'm going to send it back to you. don't ask me a follow-up. it's too loud for me to answer. >> hans nicholls with the instructions....
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the march is organized by reverend al sharpton's national action network and 16 other civil rights groups that are aimed at protecting the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. and preserving the legacy of president barack obama. nbc's hans nicholls was at the rally today and has the latest from the mall. hans. >> reporter: richard, the march is over, the protest is over, but the activists hope their message will continue to be heard throughout the trump presidency. one of the many theme ts here, we won't be trumped, we won't be moved, and something that came up quite often was police brutality. we had parents of those slain, eric garner, tray son martin, parent were there, mothers talking about it, and the reverend al sharpton made the point that police brutality and everything that's going on there needs to be changed. >> we are not here because we didn't have something else to do! we're here because we fought hard to make sure that this administration heard our cry and we are not going away now! criminal justice and police reform must go forward! >> reporter: perhaps a dozen speakers and
the march is organized by reverend al sharpton's national action network and 16 other civil rights groups that are aimed at protecting the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. and preserving the legacy of president barack obama. nbc's hans nicholls was at the rally today and has the latest from the mall. hans. >> reporter: richard, the march is over, the protest is over, but the activists hope their message will continue to be heard throughout the trump presidency. one of the many theme ts...
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reverend al sharpton trying to bring attention there talking about civil rights, about police brutality. those have been the themes all morning. we're wait iing to hear more he. it must be said there's a light rain. the morning started off with sleet. so in some ways this crowd might have been even bigger had the weather been a little more cooperative. >> all right, hans nichols, we'll continue to check in with you throughout the afternoon. msnbc's joy reid, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i came into the studio this morning, where is -- that's right. >> we're changing in. >> i interested in your perspective here, the significance of the march really just two days from the day honoring martin luther king jr. and less than a week before donald trump is inaugurated. your perspective? >> it does feel we are traveling back in time to a period in time activism and civic activism and civil rights activism was kr critical. donald trump has vowed to do things that are troubling to people who care about civil rights and human rights whether it's deporting, mass deport iin people who are
reverend al sharpton trying to bring attention there talking about civil rights, about police brutality. those have been the themes all morning. we're wait iing to hear more he. it must be said there's a light rain. the morning started off with sleet. so in some ways this crowd might have been even bigger had the weather been a little more cooperative. >> all right, hans nichols, we'll continue to check in with you throughout the afternoon. msnbc's joy reid, good morning to you. >>...
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i'm joined by reverend al sharpton host of msnbc's "politics nation" and founder of national action network. as we listen to eddie said arer in the background and people fit interthat hall where the president will be giving his final address, this is a chance for a historic marker. this is what these addresses have been in the past. we have news about the incoming president, there are so many people feeling fearful or that he's illegitimate. what are you looking for? >> i think that i would expect the president to, yes, be the same kind of uniter he's always has been but united around certain principles. i think people confuse unity with uniformity, you can say we must you night around health care and we must and we must unite around preserving and protecting voting rights like many of us that were in d.c. the day of the session hearings or you can unite around civil rights but then we need to unite in protecting them by confronting those that would break that unity. >> and do you think that second part of that -- i mean, you know, there's a few ways this speech can go, there can be a broad
i'm joined by reverend al sharpton host of msnbc's "politics nation" and founder of national action network. as we listen to eddie said arer in the background and people fit interthat hall where the president will be giving his final address, this is a chance for a historic marker. this is what these addresses have been in the past. we have news about the incoming president, there are so many people feeling fearful or that he's illegitimate. what are you looking for? >> i think...
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>> hello, i'm al sharpton. welcome to "politics nation." on saturday of mlk weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation's capital to protect the dream of dr. martin luther king jr.
>> hello, i'm al sharpton. welcome to "politics nation." on saturday of mlk weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation's capital to protect the dream of dr. martin luther king jr.
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i'm al sharpton, and welcome to "politics nation."
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>> hello, i'm al sharpton. welcome to "politics nation." on saturday of mlk weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation's capital to protect the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. the icy rain did not deter us as we reminded donald trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced. >> we didn't come to protest trump! we came to let them know that issues of voting rights, issues of health care inequality and income inequality, issues of police brutality will be front and center! >> on the same day, a war of words escalated between the president-elect and a civil rights icon. donald trump fired back at democratic congressman john lewis after lewis said he did not see trump as a legitimate president. joining me now is martin luther king iii, a human rights and civil rights leader and activist in his own right, and the eldest son of the reverend dr. martin luther king and coretta scott king. thank you for joining me, martin. >> thank you. >> let me ask you, as you are now entering in the middle of
>> hello, i'm al sharpton. welcome to "politics nation." on saturday of mlk weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation's capital to protect the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. the icy rain did not deter us as we reminded donald trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced. >> we didn't come to protest trump! we came to let them know that issues of voting rights, issues of health care inequality and income inequality,...
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thousands attended the march organized by the reverend al sharpton's national action network, and 16 other civil rights groups. now back to "dateline extra." >>> welcome back to "dateline ext extra." as investigators questioned keith griffith about where he was the night of julie's murder, the grieving husband got a text that sparked their interest. it was from a woman, but was she just a friend, as keith explained, or was the traveling salesman hiding a secret? here, again, is dennis murphy with "skunconsumed." zblienks the sales department kept details of the murder quiet for days. >> i could not believe it. >> daughter-in-law ali. >> i couldn't imagine anyone that would ever want to hurt her much less set the house on fire, the dogs perished. i had no idea what could have happened. >> no enemies. i mean, it made no sense. it just -- who would want to kill her? >> after keith was released, the night of his interview with detectives, he headed straight to his friend's, the bradley's. they were floored to hear the line of questioning that he recounted. what was up with his marriage,
thousands attended the march organized by the reverend al sharpton's national action network, and 16 other civil rights groups. now back to "dateline extra." >>> welcome back to "dateline ext extra." as investigators questioned keith griffith about where he was the night of julie's murder, the grieving husband got a text that sparked their interest. it was from a woman, but was she just a friend, as keith explained, or was the traveling salesman hiding a secret?...
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i'm al sharpton, and welcome to "politics nation." donald trump's administration obviously needs a reality check. compare the pictures of trump's inaugural crowd to the 2009 inauguration of president barack obama when the city estimated that 1.8 million people came to witness history. meanwhile, saturday's women's march on washington had an estimated 500,000 participants, according to a d.c. official and organizers. well over 1 million people demonstrated at sister marches nationwide. civil rights hero representative john lewis addressed marchers in atlanta. >> when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation, a mission and a mandate to say something, to do something. we cannot afford to be silent. we're going to send a message. i know something about marching. [ cheers and applause ] >> joining me now, three members of new york's congressional delegation. hakeem jeffries, gregory meeks and yvette clark. thank you for being here this morning. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> congresswoman
i'm al sharpton, and welcome to "politics nation." donald trump's administration obviously needs a reality check. compare the pictures of trump's inaugural crowd to the 2009 inauguration of president barack obama when the city estimated that 1.8 million people came to witness history. meanwhile, saturday's women's march on washington had an estimated 500,000 participants, according to a d.c. official and organizers. well over 1 million people demonstrated at sister marches nationwide....
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i'm al sharpton, and you're watching "politicsnation." senator bernie sanders has called on the president-elect to keep his campaign promises. trump repeatedly promised not to cut medicare, medicaid, or social security. senator sanders joins me now from burlington, vermont. thank you for being with us this morning, senator. >> my pleasure. >> you have called on donald trump to do what donald trump said he was going to do. do you think he is going to yield to your reminding him of what he said, or do you think that the change is already in motion? >> well, al, i know it is a radical idea to demand that a candidate actually keep his word. i do know that that is a radical approach. but what the heck, you know. and what's important here to understand is trump didn't just say this in passing. it wasn't in one interview. what he was telling the american people, working people, elderly people, hey, i am a different type of republican. and he mentioned people like paul ryan by name. he said ryan and these other guys want to cut your social securi
i'm al sharpton, and you're watching "politicsnation." senator bernie sanders has called on the president-elect to keep his campaign promises. trump repeatedly promised not to cut medicare, medicaid, or social security. senator sanders joins me now from burlington, vermont. thank you for being with us this morning, senator. >> my pleasure. >> you have called on donald trump to do what donald trump said he was going to do. do you think he is going to yield to your reminding...
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. >> reverend al sharpton joins me with new reaction. >>> plus the reality of trumpcare. how does the president-elect plan on delivering on his health care promise vowing insurance for
. >> reverend al sharpton joins me with new reaction. >>> plus the reality of trumpcare. how does the president-elect plan on delivering on his health care promise vowing insurance for
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it was on police brutality reverend al sharpton really called out for a need for change. >> we are not here because we didn't have something else to do. we're here because we fought hard to make sure that this administration hears us and we are not going away now. criminal justice and police reform must go forward. >> reporter: a lot of talk about fighting, fighting to win, fighting for the long term, just really the goals that will animate this movement, civil rights movement, throughout the trump presidency, talking to people throughout the day. there was a great deal somewhere between passion and anger. ayman, just to give you a sense of what happened, further on down, i don't know if you can see the washington monument in the background, this is about a mile walk down here. they gathered here in the driving rain and eventually things started getting going around 1:00. people start trailing out when it really got cold. we'll get an official crowd estimate for you on just how many people were here, and then of course this is on the. >> efan: of the martin luther king holiday starting
it was on police brutality reverend al sharpton really called out for a need for change. >> we are not here because we didn't have something else to do. we're here because we fought hard to make sure that this administration hears us and we are not going away now. criminal justice and police reform must go forward. >> reporter: a lot of talk about fighting, fighting to win, fighting for the long term, just really the goals that will animate this movement, civil rights movement,...
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sharpton. it is great to have you with us. thank you for joining us, my friend. >> thank you. >> what did you think of this -- of this speech as a speech, as a man who has a reputation as an orator yourself but what did you think of this as a closing note from this presidency? >> i thought it was way beyond the expectations of even those of us that have known this president because in many ways, he was today, tonight, the same kind of person he is in private. i was at the farewell the other night at the white house. the mixture of his being one that is lofty and poetic but pragmatic. i smile when i heard him talking about his mom says reality will catch up with you because he says that all the time when he meets with civil rights leaders. you have to go beyond the boundaries of what's comfortable. reality will catch up with you. reach out but keep protesting. i think he said that to the american people tonight. whether you are protesting, whether you are not, whatever side you are on, you have
sharpton. it is great to have you with us. thank you for joining us, my friend. >> thank you. >> what did you think of this -- of this speech as a speech, as a man who has a reputation as an orator yourself but what did you think of this as a closing note from this presidency? >> i thought it was way beyond the expectations of even those of us that have known this president because in many ways, he was today, tonight, the same kind of person he is in private. i was at the...
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>> reverend al sharpton thank you very much for joining us. we presume you have to scoot inside the hearing room for the afternoon session. one gentleman who has been standing by to talk to us is a gentleman whose name came up in the morning session of this hearing, and that is j. gerald hebert, a 21-year veteran of the department of justice. he works on voting rights issues for the campaign legal center, but in the '80s he worked in the civil rights division of the department of justice, where he knew the then u.s. attorney jeff sessions. you have written an article for "the washington post," i hold in my hand, as they say in hearings "why i told the senate jeff sessions thought civil rights groups were un-american." can you explain the headline? >> well, back in 1986, i was a friendly acquaintance of jeff sessions. i worked out of the u.s. attorney's office. i was stationed in washington, but had a big case there, and had numerous conversations with him, and in 19le1986 i was relut but testified to had. and i testified honestly. i stand by t
>> reverend al sharpton thank you very much for joining us. we presume you have to scoot inside the hearing room for the afternoon session. one gentleman who has been standing by to talk to us is a gentleman whose name came up in the morning session of this hearing, and that is j. gerald hebert, a 21-year veteran of the department of justice. he works on voting rights issues for the campaign legal center, but in the '80s he worked in the civil rights division of the department of justice,...
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remind you tomorrow morning at 8:00 eastern reverend al sharpton talks to former presidential candidate bernie sanders about the progressive movement's way forward. that's on a live edition of "politics nation." up next, the florida airport gunman, what motivated him to open fire? and a live look at manhattan on fifth avenue outside trump tower. snow is coming down not just here but up and down the east coast. and in some places that frankly aren't used to it. so we'll have more on this and a forecast coming up at the top of the hour. >>> thank you for waking up and tuning in with us today. we've been giving you live looks at ft. lauderdale international airport today, the site of yesterday's shooting rampage. we can tell you the airport has reopened following the attack that killed five people and wounded six others. right now terminal 2 remains closed, but it is expected to open again a little later today. again, that's where police say esteban santiago allegedly opened fire in a baggage claim area after retrieving a handgun from the 26-year-old's checked luggage. airport officials sa
remind you tomorrow morning at 8:00 eastern reverend al sharpton talks to former presidential candidate bernie sanders about the progressive movement's way forward. that's on a live edition of "politics nation." up next, the florida airport gunman, what motivated him to open fire? and a live look at manhattan on fifth avenue outside trump tower. snow is coming down not just here but up and down the east coast. and in some places that frankly aren't used to it. so we'll have more on...
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sharpton. it is great to have you with us. thank you for joining us, my friend. >> thank you. >> what did you think of this -- of this speech as a speech, as a man who has a reputation as an orator yourself but what did you think of this as a closing note from this presidency? >> i thought it was way beyond the expectations of even those of us that have known this president because in many ways, he was today, tonight, the same kind of person he is in private. i was at the farewell the other night at the white house. the mixture of his being one that is lofty and poetic but pragmatic. i smile when i heard him talking about his mom says reality will catch up with you because he says that all the time when he meets with civil rights leaders. you have to go beyond the boundaries of what's comfortable. reality will catch up with you. reach out but keep protesting. i think he said that to the american people tonight. whether you are protesting, whether you are not, whatever side you are on, you have
sharpton. it is great to have you with us. thank you for joining us, my friend. >> thank you. >> what did you think of this -- of this speech as a speech, as a man who has a reputation as an orator yourself but what did you think of this as a closing note from this presidency? >> i thought it was way beyond the expectations of even those of us that have known this president because in many ways, he was today, tonight, the same kind of person he is in private. i was at the...
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. >> thanks for that, alex, and i want to thank reverend al sharpton for leading that march. sometimes you have to remind the folks that it may look bleak, but opportunity still abounds and the message to the present-elec is that he shld hold true to his campaign promises. i know a lot of people are disappointed, but he won and he won the electoral college, and he will be sworn it as our president, but he made certain promises on that campaign trail. he said he promised to protect social security and medicare. he promised to help the working poor and the working class in this country, and there are millions of people who are depending on him to do just that. he can get it done. he must resist not doing those things, and if he does not do what he promised he has to be held accountable, but i am holding out some hope that he will do that. >> nina, do you think you have to have these rallies in large part because despite his promises there's been so much campaign rhetoric out there that people have trouble distinguishing between what he says on one level and what he says on anot
. >> thanks for that, alex, and i want to thank reverend al sharpton for leading that march. sometimes you have to remind the folks that it may look bleak, but opportunity still abounds and the message to the present-elec is that he shld hold true to his campaign promises. i know a lot of people are disappointed, but he won and he won the electoral college, and he will be sworn it as our president, but he made certain promises on that campaign trail. he said he promised to protect social...
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. >> reverend al sharpton joins us to talk about the president's speech. >> and max fisher, we want to thank you for coming. i think it's worth noting, for all of our viewers, that as steve was saying last night, everybody was going off to the races and there were explosions going right and left online and max said, guys, hold on. >> it's a "seinfeld" episode! >> we have seen this before. 2003 and 2002. it may be true. take a deep breath and wait. thank you for that, max. appreciate you being here today. >> before we go to break, here is bill karins with a check on wild flooding out west. >> the floods, snow and pictures incredible. we had a couple of avalanches on interstate 70 in colorado. the cars parked there and saw it coming and this guy took the picture from the front of his windshield. thankfully the barrier stopped the avalanche of snow and made big plume of snowflakes and didn't hurt anyone. everyone all right there. pictures out of colorado and california -- i mean, look at the snow. they have had ten feet of snow. those are cars completely buried there near truckee, califor
. >> reverend al sharpton joins us to talk about the president's speech. >> and max fisher, we want to thank you for coming. i think it's worth noting, for all of our viewers, that as steve was saying last night, everybody was going off to the races and there were explosions going right and left online and max said, guys, hold on. >> it's a "seinfeld" episode! >> we have seen this before. 2003 and 2002. it may be true. take a deep breath and wait. thank you for...