cameras and took to youtube to respond to critics. >> many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they are more interested in divisive politics than ensuring that no one's vote is disenfranchised by fraudulent ballot. >> this is new york's mayor is vowing to fight a court defeat of the controversial policing tactic known as stop and frisk. a visibly irritated bloomberg didn't hold back his feelings about that ruling. >> this is a dangerous decision made by a judge who i don't think understands how police works and what is compliant with the u.s. constitution as determined by the supreme court. >> it seems to me there's a fairly simple solution which is stop and frisk some white people also. >> so also ahead the racial

controversy swirling around celebrity chef paula deen. a judge dismissioning the lawsuit for discrimination against her. joining me is california democratic congresswoman maxine waters. good to have you here. ws we start it establishes a strict voter i.d. requirement and ends early voting on sundays known as soles to the poll electoral tradition and a lot more on the political front especially when it comes to hillary clinton now on the record about the defense of voting rights. take a listen. >> not every obstacle is related to race. discrepancies and resources

across precincts and polling stations still disproper portion nationally impact african-americans and latinos and young voters. >> will you push congress to revamp the voting rights act because of it? >> i think that congress has a responsibility to revamp the voting rights act. they are going to make the supreme court look awfully shameful in the decision that they have made to eliminate the kind of oversight that stops this kind of discrimination. this business of requiring strict i.d., of getting rid of early voting days, all of this is designed to keep people away from the polls instead of bringing people to the polls to vote, and i think as these states emerge doing this kind of thing, they are going to make it awfully clear to everybody what their efforts are all about and we have got to fight against

that and, again, congress must rise to the occasion. >> congresswoman i want to get your reaction to hillary clinton coming out saying the voting rights is the first of several major issues she plans to address in the coming weeks and "the washington post" describes this speech as essential for her future. how important that she come out on this issue and other issues as she looks to run potentially for 2016? do you see this as the groundwork for that run? >> let me say this. hillary clinton and bill clinton both have a long history and a reputation for dealing with discrimination, for dealing with voting rights, for dealing with human rights, all of that. and so i certainly expect her, no matter what she decides to do or not to do, to continue to be a vice on those kinds of issues. she's made it very clear in that statement, it was very clear of what she is concerned with, what she cares about and she is absolutely correct. while we celebrate the 50th

anniversary of the voting rights act, we will have to pay attention to the fact that it's going backwards and not forwards. i applaud her for her statements. >> yesterday, the other news that was made attorney general eric holder announcing that he would seem limits on mandatory minimal sentencing for low risk drug convictions. i want to remind everybody. take a look. >> when we fail to -- those who pay their debts have the chance to become productive citizens. >> this has the potential to cut jail time for thousands. is holder taking the right approach or could he be overreaching as someone criticized? >> oh, no. absolutely not. the attorney general is not overreaching. as a matter of fact, this is a rather modest proposal. this is something that is long overdue. these mandatory minimum

sentences have caused overcrowding in our prisons, over $80 billion has been spent just in 2010 alone. we have these low level offenders. we have people who first-time offenders, nonviolent crimes that were being locked up because of these mandatory sentences. dealing with drugs and crack cocaine. it is costing the taxpayers too much money and it's not making us any safer. this is a modest approach. i intend for this approach to be placed in law, for 15 years, i've been introducing legislation that would stop mandatory minimum sentences for these low level offenders and go after those who are involved in cartels and real drug dealing and high crimes. so this is very modest but it is very with well needed. i appreciate it so much and it's going to go a long way toward helping to reduce the prison

population and we need to be talking about prevention and talking about redirecting people away from the prison system, so this is very good. i like what this administration is doing and the announcement, smart on crime. that's what this administration is talking about. >> as you say, modest beginning. >> yes. >> we will see where it goes from here. we have to leave it there. congresswoman maxine waters, thank you. later this hour i'll speak with the reverend dr. william barber, president of the north carolina chapter of the naacp. florida secretary of state is polling lawmakers asking them if they feel a special session is warranted to review that law and that is come about largely because of the efforts of dream defenders who have been camped outside the governor's office for weeks in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict demanding lawmakers hold a special expedition on racial profiling and stand your ground and school to the prison

pipeline. sarah is joining me. your group reached a milestone. nearly 20% of florida lawmakers sent a letter to the secretary of state asking for the process to start the review that is and that is 32 lawmakers who needed to send letters and you reached that total. how confident do you feel you'll meet your goal? >> i am very confident that the poll will show the true political landscape in florida. this is a win/win situation. if we are able to get the special session to happen, that is amazing. but it's stel great to know which side these politicians are on. are they standing with the people or working against them? >> you've gotten high profile help from the reverend jaes jackson and harry belafonte. your efforts do face big odds. we have the state representative matt gates who will lead the florida hearing in the

statehouse on this saying he didn't want to change, quote, one damn comma of stand your ground. when you see that is what you're up against, do you feel that it's almost insurmountable? the kind of opposition from the right? >> definitely not. i think that they shy away from grouping the right into one general and one general vote and that is the reason why we want to have the polling of those who would wish to have the special session. because we understand that governor scott doesn't speak for all floridians so he doesn't speak for all of the legislature, whether they are democrat or republican. so with this poll, we will be able to poll each individual member to have their individual voices heard on behalf of their constituency. >> so for people what want to get involved, because we know where the governor rick scott feels on this, what is your hope for other young people like yourself that want to look at this law and feel that it needs to be reviewed and for those seeking some type of resolution

or solution to feel that their voices are heard what do you suggest? >> they have developed a website for that. we have www.dreamdefenders.org/have the debate. this has a way for floridaians to look up their local legislator, their senator and their representative. they will have the phone number and contact information for that representative. and it will also have talking points so they can lobby on behalf of their own communities and letting them know -- letting their legislators know they want the special session to happen. >> so we all know the t-shirt you're wearing i believe it says can we dream? we can see the can we at the top but can't see the dream part because the shot but that is what it says, correct? >> it says can we dream together? we believe in order for the political process to work well, it takes everyone to chip in and give their input and so can we dream together is asking, you know, the community around us, you know, can we work together? can we make the future better?

>> it's a thoughtful goal. sarah, thank you for coming on. new york mayor slapping down a defeat of stop and frisk. i'll talk to somebody about that. we are get cooking on a judge dismissing a racial discrimination lawsuit against chef paula deen but does chef the right recipe for a comeback? that leads to our question of the day. weigh in on my facebook page or tweet me. at a dry cleaner, we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally.

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i don't think there's any question that one of the problems we have in our society today is that victims and per traitors of crime are disproportionately young minority men.

that's just a fact. we go to where the reports of crime are. those, unfortunately, happen to be poor neighborhoods and minority neighborhoods. >> that was michael bloomberg defend stop and frisk and vowing to appeal a judge's ruling saying stop and frisk was like burning down a house to get rid of mice. the judge says, quote, the city adopted a policy and the policy leads nypd to stop blacks and hispanics who would not have been stopped if they were white. defenders of the practice are issuing dire warnings this morning. >> this is a piece of a puzzle they think it's a significant piece to that puzzle and all i'm saying is people should be very aware the judge is wrong people will die as a result of his decision. >> joining me is lalit and pita, good morning to both of you.

i want to start with you. this has been certainly very trying on your life being here in new york city, as i understand it, you're a teacher in the bronx and you were stopped at your lunch break. briefly, tell us what happened when you became a target for stop and frisk. >> what happened was i was a teacher's assistant at the time and i was coming back twork with the kids. while coming into a store, i saw two individuals i believed to be police officers. they weren't in regular uniforms. as i've leaving the store, they come outside and they say, hey, you, come over here. i turned around, what is going on? they flash the badges, we are police. they say we saw you walking down the block and this is a drug building, a drug building at the end of the block. you know, do you have any drugs on you? i'm like, no. so they come a little bit closer. you sure if i don't check you don't have drugs on you, no.

they come a third time and their voice is louder and louder and people come out of the stores and that sort of causes them to leave. that was sort of the stop that i testified about. >> what does this do to you psychologically knowing you live in city knowing somebody has that looks like you is being profiled as you go about your business? we can here newt gingrich and others say this is a good thing to have but from a psychological standpoint, what does this do for your humanity? >> i think in some ways it makes you feel like you're a criminal even though you're not. i think that is the bigger problem with the stop and frisk policy is that it criminalizes a whole group or the judge says a racial classification of people. like like i said i'm on lunch break to come back and teach children. >> it seems it should be called presumed guilty because it seems that is what the judge came to the decision with yesterday. however, we have the mayor who

often said that stop and frisk is a deterrent and touts the city's falling crime rates. because of it, murder in particular has gone down from nearly 2,300 in 1990 to 420 last year and daily news cover saying murder she wrote. eluding to the fear of the return of the days like newt gingrich was talking about the fact that there will be deaths on this judge's hands. how do you plan to combat the perception of that fear? >> first of all, we need to make sure we know the facts. the murder rate and the crime reduction has been going down for two decades. citing 1990 statistic is far too far back. if we look at what happened, what the crime statistics were at the time that the bloomberg administration came into office, crimes already down at a record level and so was the murder rate. last year in 2012 and in this -- in 2013, the numbers have

stopped and frisk have started to come down even though crime has continued to be reduced. and it's like she said, crime can't be a proxy for race. the 90% of people who are stopped and frisked that are completely innocent shows that the population that they are targeting is of innocent black and hispanic new yorkers, not criminals. >> this is supposed to be for the city to have a comfort level, for individuals in the city to feel good about walking around the streets, to know that they are safe. has this done nothing but make you uncomfortable in your own city? >> yeah. i think the stop and frisk policy, it makes me, you know, it makes myself and others feel like i can't walk to the store because if there are police officers in front of the store are they going to stop me when all i'm doing is trying to get milk. what it has done is the exact opposite. it makes children, it makes

adults have to have two conversations. how do you handle yourself in the street and avoid police to avoid these encounters even though we know we are not committing any criminal acts. >> the mayor is using the reverse race card here. blacks and latinos want to be safe. they are the victims of crime and we need to protect them. there was a poll done that shows the majority of black and latinos are against stop and frisk and what we are hearing from the class members who are calling us and the judge got it right. she said the community and people affected by stop and frisk need to be a part of the reform. >> thank you both for coming in here and sharing your story. great to have you both here. we appreciate it. it's hurt her professional and personally and she's gotten roughed up and it's completely unfair. >> anthony weiner talking about his wife and scandals. he talked to hillary clinton

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. anthony weiner opened up last night with buzz feed during an interview. he says he still goes to therapy but not a lot of time to do that while campaigning. he was asked about his wife huma abedin who is working or has worked with the hillary clinton campaign and dropped a hint involving her famous boss. >> is huma still working on the campaign? >> she is helping out every day. >> do you know what her role in hillary is in the 2016 campaign going to be? >> i do. >> and what is it going to be? >> i'm not telling you. >> do you feel you've damaged her place in that world? >> i feel what i have done take

has hurt her, yeah. it's hurt her professional and it's hurt her personally. joining me is politico edward isaac. good to have you here. weiner was being coy there but an interesting admission. then the sexting scandal has hurt his wife's career with speculation that hillary is running in 2016 and huma is working on that campaign every day. the ripple effect of this has to be a consideration for huma to be a part of hillary's campaign. >> this hasn't been go for huma abedin and really brings to light one of the first rules of being a staffer, maybe the most important rule which is that the story is not supposed to be about you and in this case, it has become about her because of what her husband has been involved with and because of his campaign. that could be a problem going forward as -- if we get to the point of the hillary clinton campaign ramping up.

>> it's just so weird that the focus of the weiner campaign just draws this connective tissue to whether or not hillary is going to run or not but then we have got the data about weiner himself. polls don't necessarily predict the outcomes but give us guidance here. we have weiner setting unfavorable rating 80% according to this new poll and on top of his ratings sinking in overall donations as we see here before july 23rd. it was over $800,000. after that, $24,000. then buzz feed ben smith said the unusual combativeness was kind of gone. does it seem like he is just getting to that date in september, i think the 10th, and he has to stick it out until the 10th? >> at this point, it doesn't seem a way to drop out that would make any sense so he is staying in the race. it is until september 10th. he has to fight through it and

it's hard for anybody. it would be hard for you if you were looking for ratings as bad as the ones that anthony weiner is looking at. >> i would have bleeding ulcers and my default position so you know, edward, is shame so i operate from a position of shame at all times. >> i'm not sure that is anthony weiner's default position at this point. >> no, but we will continue to watch and continue to cover, but he did commit the great interesting thing about this is he committed to that buzz feed interview before the scandal broke and he kept that commitment. that is a positive, we have to say that he was able to stick it out and sit down for that. whether or not people like that interview or not they can judge for themselves. politico edward, isaac, thank you. >> thank you. justice department is joining six states in washington, d.c. to challenge a proposed merger between us airways and american airlines. the d.o.j. says the merger would create the largest airlines would mean higher fares and less competition.

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impeachment threats? protesters and rodeo clowns. today's topic for our agenda panel. joining is faf daphne and steve and earl. great to have all three of you here. there is an article right now occupy msnbc.com talking about the growing rhetoric surrounding race in america, specifically surrounding conservative protests against the president. the weekend where the obama mask rodeo clown at the missouri state fair who has been banned from performing for life. protesters greeting the president in orlando reading kenya go home. phoenix last tuesday the president was there to visit and got a chorus of bye-bye black

sheep and shouts he is 47% negro. it would be naive to think because we elected our first african-american president, re-elected him to a second term, that discrimination in the country would cease. doesn't it seem like we would be a little bit further of seeing this type of rhetoric fired at the president? >> oh, yes. . i think two things are happening here. first off this is coming after the verdict in the zimmerman trial when the president tried to broach the subject of race and talk about his experiences as a black machine for the first time really to the country and what that experience was like growing up as a young guy. and also it's not coming out of nowhere. we see house republicans who have made remarks in town halls since going home at the beginning of the month, you know, suggesting, you know, that the birtherism thing is back again, questioning the president's legitimacy as commander in chief suggesting he

may not have been born in the united states and we are back where we were with donnell trump in 2011 and he couldn't be more excited about it. >> it seems there is too many things adding up to one tight. we have the racist tweets attacking cory booker and new jersey primary is taking place today and justin is saying they are scoring lower on tests and steve king disparaging immigrants on "meet the press." and texas congressman taking the birther talk to another level and talking about impeachment. take a look. >> you talking about getting along. if everybody is so unhappy with what the president has done, why don't you impeach him? and i'll give you a real frank answer about that. if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably -- to do it. >> probably get the votes to do

it. is birtherism really back? >> it's upsetting, insulting but, yes, we are clearly at a point in the political process in which the whole birther conspiracy theory should be long gone. it was stupid in 2007 and 2008 and blistering stupid now. yet three republican congressman in the last two weeks. talking about this not just in private but in public settings where they are recorded and in front of an audience and no shame about it. they are continuing to pounce on this ridiculous concept and it's not going away. >> early, at the same time, we had majority leader harry reed getting backlash over recent comments saying race plays a role in the pushback what congress is trying to get through congress. i want to read a part of it. the relentless racial assault on obama is unwielding from the moment obama declared his presidency candidacy in 2007. it was orchestrated by the gop

with the clear political aim of disrupting obama's proposed legislation. is the gop rebranding or at least the talk of their rebranding after the rnc's autopsy in the spring is that really happening at all? are we not witnessing that happening? >> i think what is happening with the republican national committee let's walk it back for a few months. yes, in fact, they said we are going to rebrand. we are going to reach out to hispanics and reach out to gays and african-americans and reach out to women and do all of these great things. they had this huge blueprint for change but remember one thing. even at the point where the republican national committee and the top officials in the rnc were saying this you had a ground swell among the gop rank and file, a large segment of that and, of course, just generally gop voters saying you know what? we are not going to go in a different direction. we are comfortable where we are

now. we don't see any need to change anything. as a matter of fact actually we return to, quote/unquote, even more conservative fundamental values and principles. after the rnc came out with this supposedly blueprint for change, you haven't heard another word on about it. it just died. a stillborn death. what does that tell you really about the sincerity on the part of the gop leadership? i think it's just a smoke screen, pr effort and nothing more. they are not serious about it. >> do you think it's too much to expect, earl, there is enough time or even enough desire to want to try to adhere to that rebranding before 2016? >> no, here is the problem with that. the gop is looking over their shoulder and they know this. they know the protesters, we are in phoenix, they were in orlando. all of that and also the clown at the missouri state fair.

>> right. >> even though it seams outrageous and ridiculous and ludicrous they know it's their rank and file. a huge ground swell of sentiment that agrees with that. no, they are not in your face doing these silly and stupid things but, at the same time, a huge undercurrent that we support that, we see nothing wrong with that. the gop has to understand and they are always looking owe their shoulder, their base. >> nthank you. great to have you all three on. later today a third lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of north carolina's voting law. it comes one day right fieafter governor signed that law into effect. the governor justified that law into a youtube statement. take a look. >> you need a photo i.d. to

board a airplane or cash a check. many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they are more interested in divisive politics than ensuring that no one's vote is disenfranchised by fraudulent ballot. >> joining me right now is the reverend dr. william barber, the president of north carolina's chapter of the naacp and he along with the advancement project filed a lawsuit yesterday. sir, good to have you here. we have seen former secretary of state hillary clinton weighing in about this issue yesterday, about the threat to voting rights. i want to remind everybody. unless the hole is fixed, citizens will be disenfranchised and victimized by the law instead of served by it and that progress, that historical progress toward a more perfect union will go backwards instead

of forward. >> reverend, you heard the governor there where he feels like you, other people there, hillary clinton, using scare tactics about this. during the 2012 election cycle there were 120 cases of fraud which comes out to .0001.74% of votes cast. given the facts, how do you respond to the governor's charges and also how do you respond to the governor comparing voting rights to cashing a check or the luxury of boarding a plane? >> first of all, the governor's disingenuous, sad he would respect that perspective. he knows he is wrong. he knows what this is, it's not about vortiter i.d. this is about voter suppression. we know this bill is far reaching. 32% of african-americans don't have the current type of voter i.d. that they are proposing even though 23% of the

electora electorate. further than that they went after the same day registration knowing that african-americans use same day registration and they went after straight ticket party ticket voting knowing that african-americans overwhelmingly use that. so this bill is draconian and regressive and crime against democracy and attempt by he and the other extremists to hold on by power by manipulation and cheating and violating our most fundamental invite, the invite to vote. >> 41% used same day registration, more than 70% of african-americans voted early in 2008 and 2012. how will this go over grassroots rights no north carolina? what is the message you want to say to them about being a gathering storm to try to fix

it? >> the lawsuit i have right here is connected to a movement. we have been meeting for 15 straight weeks among thousands of people and that movement is continuing to grow and galvanize. we are going to fight this with everything we have. we believe that the claim of this lawsuit is very strong. we are going to ask the court to join north carolina, we are going to ask for the process to happen. this is just bad for the nation. this is the first major voter suppression law after shelby. it is as though the governor wants to be like strom thurmond and george wallace on the wrong side of history. it is as though they believe this is 1877 like when the troops were pulled out of the south and they can do whatever they want to. we know and the grass did roots know the 14th amendment is the law of the land and 15th amendment is also. section 2, 3, and 5 of the voting rights act are still the law of the land. 24th amendment saying you can't use a poll tax or any form of -- the law of the land. we will stand on constitutional

grounds and fight this. the last thing the statistic that you gave are clear. these are direct attacks on the african-american vote, minorities and progressive rights who want to build coalition with the african-american community and we will file it with everything we have. >> we will continue to follow it, rev reerenreverend. thanks for the time. >> god bless you. joining me in a matter of minutes will be out olympians. figure skater johnny weir and u.s. women's team soccer player megan rapino. a firestorm erupting. can paula deen career, can she make a comeback? that is our big question of the day. in giving people choices. especially today, as people are looking for more low, and no calorie options. that's why on vending machines, we're making it easy for people to know how many calories

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this morning russian ofgs say t officials are saying the gay athletes will not face discrimination. the prime minister calling it unfounded. they are demanding russia change its policies or the games be moved to another venue. joining me is johnny weir and megan both olympians. she is a member of the u.s. soccer team. i want to mention that nbc universal put out a statement saying it stronel supports the equal rights for all people. it is about unifying people and it is our hope that spirit will reveal. great to have you both here. i know both of you as out athletes as role models not only for the lgbt community but athletes all over the globe. johnny, your husband is a first generation russian. i know the country has a very

important place in your heart. what is your reaction to knowing the type of discrimination that has been leveled through these new laws in russia to the lgbt community? >> in russia it's difficult to go against the government and do something that is against the rules. but people in the united states right now are focused so much on attacking russia and they are kind of losing the point of attacking this law as opposed to attacking russia as a nation. for me as an athlete and somebody who a has trained and lived and performed and loved russia for so long it's heart breaking that my community is being so suppress inside a country i love so much that i could be suppress inside a country i love so much and that this olympics, this thing that we train every single day for bleeds bled, sweat and tiers. it could end in disaster for people like me that could be arrested simply for wearing the wrong costume.

>> i know you're in training right now. how much is this weighing on your heart and your spirit as you're trying to get ready to qualify potentially for the spots available? >> for me, it's bus as usual. we don't really think about where we are going to perform. we don't think what we are going to do. we think about the olympics. for me personally, if this were on mars, i would perform there. that is what i it into my training every day. i'm working and try to give a stand-up performance and do something not only america is proud of but the lgbt community around the world. >> megan, you came out last year and declared your status. as we know that you support all other athletes that are in training. you know how hard it is. johnny, among other 80 athletes are protesting this russian law. thousand by other summer olympians like yourself and rally behind olympians like

johnny who might not do so because of fear with when they go to russia? >> yeah. i hope everybody is rallying around this. i think it's easy to focus on russia as well as focus on russia we need to focus on the people it's really affecting. i have a feeling that it's not going to be the athletes that are the most affected by this law but the months leading up to the russian games and the months after the russian games. what is the lgbt community subject to? to focus on that and i think lean in on russia and put pressure on them to get rid of these laws which are absolutely inhumane. >> megan, what have you been hearing from other athletes like yourself potentially, you know, other female and male athletes that have not come out yet? have you talked to anybody specifically about what their rea reactions are what will happen to olympians who go to russia? >> i have a few friends and i think it's a little bit unknown

at this point. the laws are vague and i think the russian government hasn't been all too clear what is going to happen. will i be able to walk out in the streets like myself and feel like i would be okay? would i be able to bring my girlfriend and feel like i would be okay? it's a little bit unclear. but i don't think it's so much the athletes. i think that would put a very bad light on russia. i think it's more about the community there right now and what is happening and how they are suffering right now. >> what? it would create an international incident and, johnny, i know it's not something you want to do but you're one not to shy away from controversy. do you expect victor your husband to travel with you if you qualify? do you want to wear any type of pin, a rainbow pin for the lgbt communities and, most of all, do you hope you get picked if you make the team to be the flag bearer? >> every athlete wants to be the flag bearer of their country, ritz no question. for me, i have this amazing

extended russian family and i have a russian husband and they would travel to sochi with me. for me, i'm out. i'm pretty much as gay as they come. supported by russian people -- maybe not the government, but the russian people. everyone knows. it was front page news, and it was a very big deal over there, and people were happy for me. so i think myself personally the best think i can do is how up at the olympics, whether i qualify or not, still be prison, show i have this wonderful support i supportive -- and really show that we're no, and no law can keep us from liven the way we want to. we're going to let you get back to training. johnny weir, megan rapinoe, thank you for making the time for us. many thanks to you two.

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the lawsuit against paula deen has been thrown out. this is the same case in which deane had admitted to using the "n" word and those revelations led to her being dropped by many sponsors. and now many of wondering if today's ruling will help deen help rebuild her brand. joining mess is chris from the grio.com. that's the big question. she's not out of the woods legally, because the sexual drill nation lawsuit still exists, but the linchpin that took down her house of cooking cards was the rasht lawsuit. >> yes, and i read a article that said you have to play in the court of law and the court

of public opinion as well. the court of public opinion, the jury is still out. there's still a lot of negative stories. she's lost all these business endorsements, so i think that, you know, the door is open for her to try to rebuild her brand, but the question is, can she? the last interview she game with us with matt lauer where she is i is what i is and i'm not changing, but there are so many unanswered questions. >> americans love a redemption story. they can forgive, but might not be able to forget how she made them feel. this really made people think otherwise. >> i think it's not just the black people that follow paula deen. i think a lot of her white loyal audience on the food network, people who endorsed d. they looked at her as this very angelic mama next door person.

she has a facebook page out there called we support paula deen, with 612,000 likes, so a lot of people are still following her, rallying or gathering outside her restaurants and showing up in droves to support her. there are people still on team paula deen. >> we always want to believe the best of people, so we shall see. chris witherspoon, thanks very much. that's going to wrap up for now. i'll see you later at 2:00, filling in for alex wagner. this is the one i was telling you about.

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