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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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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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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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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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. >> 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 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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>> 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,...