hillary clinton. "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. >> thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, fighting to protect our civil rights. today, president obama gave a major speech, mocking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, talking about how far we've come and the work we still vl to do. >> we are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. for history travels not only forwards, history can travel backwards. history can travel sideways. and securing the gachbs this country has made requires the vigilance of its citizens. our rights, our freedoms, they are not given. they must be won. >> make no mistake, civil rites and voting rights are under attack today.

and we see that in the vicious personal attacks on the man responsible for protecting those rights. the u.s. attorney general. here's what attorney general holder said this week at the convention of my civil rights group, the national action network. >> the last five years having deion fined by significant strides and by lasting reforms, even in the face, even in the face of unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly and divisive adversity. . if you don't believe that, you look at the way -- forget about me, forget about me. you look at the way the attorney general of the united states was treated yesterday by a house committee. have nothing to do with me. what attorney general has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? what president has ever had to

deal with that kind of treatment? >> the answer, of course, is that no president or attorney general has been treated this way. and today, the right wing media is proving the point. one site accused the attorney general of, quote, playing the race card. fox news accused him of playing the victim and whining about how he's treated. and that was just the start. >> he is not an effective law enforcement agent. he is a politician maskqueradin as one. you're failing as an attorney general. it's embarrassing. >> they rewrite certain laws and the skun be dpam constitution b. >> he's trying about it. it's not about me, the way they treated the attorney general. there's never been an attorney general treated that way. >> all this mockery and

disrespect is ugly and offensive, and it's coming from members of congress also. >> eric holder, is he willing to defend the civil rights of all americans? or just those he favors. >> the attorney general only defends the civil rights of those he favors? what exactly is the congressman implying? the attorney general says he will continue to fight for voting rights. even if it sparks outrage on the right. >> protecting the right to vote. the action that truly makes our nation an exceptional one will continue to be a priority for this administration, for this department of justice, for this president, and for this attorney general. >> 50 years after after 9 civil rights act, the fight continues, despite these vicious attacks. the fight continues even with

the right wing attacks. >> joining me now, thank you for joining me. karen, rush limbaugh morking the attorney general of the united states and a lawmaker implying he favors certain people. aren't they really just proving the point eric holder was making? >> well, of course they are. and don't forget, you've had a republican senate candidate in iowa suggest that the reason congress isn't pursuing impeachment against the president is because of his race. i didn't hear any of those men come forward and say anything about that either. so yeah, i think they're proving the point. i think eric holder said something that has been on the minds of a lot of people for a number of years, and he finally just said it outloud what a lot of people have been thinking. >> you know, dana, today, reporters asked speaker boehner about the perception that race plays a part in these right wing attackses. here's his response.

>> there's no issue of here. the frustration is that the american people have not been told the truth about what happened at the irs. the american people have not been told the truth about what happened in fast and furious. the administration has not told the american people the truth about benghazi. >> so all of these personal attacks we're seeing, all of these ugly statements are because of the obama administration's phony scandals? >> well, reverend, it is true that attorneys general have been lightening rods for a long time. i even if, think about janet reno and john ashcroft, alberto gonzalez and now we have this with eric holder here, but it has gotten worse in each case, and now it has reached this fever pitch. so we have to ask yourselves, why has this occurred here? and to pair phase louie gohmert, i don't want to cast apersians on anybody'sasparagus here, but

we have to ask the questions. nobody know what is's going on any individual's mind or heart at any given time, but it's been a couple of years since holder was held in contempt by this congress. now they're going to go after lois learner from the irs. but you have to ask, why is he being singled out and it's a fair question. >> but even before we get to lerner, which is another point i would argue against them, let me go gook you on this one, karen, let's not forget the attacks on reno, yes. the attacks on ashcroft, yes. but it's unprecedented on this attorney general. in american history, congress has never cited, never cited a sitting attorney general for contempt until eric holder, which dana just said. not one time. >> and the thing is actually,

rev, if you go back and watch one of the exchanges, there's another one with gohmert, one with issa. you know, talk about you lie to the president. i mean, the level of disdain and disrespect to their faces, very publicly, that is not something we saw with janet reno, that's not something i would argue we saw with alberto gonzalez. certainly there have been -- there's been a tension, and i think that's a fair comment, but the level of just how personal these things have become, i think that's why the question is being raised. and again, it's happened a number of times. it's not like this is the first time this has happened. >> uh yo ne, dana, it's a history of personal attacks. and the threats of impeachment. listen so this. >> start the rattles of impeachment on eric holder? i think you'll get to that point. >> you either lied or you were grossly incompetent in your actions. >> further, mr. attorney

general, you're well known in this town for not reading memos. >> do you think he's smart, holder? >> i have not been impressed with his intelligence, no. >> he's not, you know, somebody saying hey, let'si impeach holder. this is a request coming from our constituents all around our country. >> hee not stock mark >> he's not smart, he doesn't read, cries of contempt. but through it all, they maintain in my opinion, their eyes focused on their goals. they've operated with impeccable, unflappable dignity, and they've not played into it. and now they don't even want it mentioned on the right? >> let's compare holder to kathleen sebelius, who presided

over obama care. you're not seeing calls for her impeachment. you're not seeing the same level of personal vitriol. so i think it's fair to ask the question and let every individual say why is it they have that particular antipathy towards this attorney general, towards this president. and why not say towards kathleen sebelius, who they're obviously much more at odds with? >> and i think, karen, let's not forget there is, in my opinion, a strategic reason that they're going after holder is he's on the line dealing with voting rights, which a lot of them want to, in my opinion, suppress the vote. i think that this is the man what is holding his finger in the dike, protecting the rights of voters and that's why i think a lot of the venom is going against him. and for that matter, those that are not in government like me

that want to fight and protect voting rights because they need that not to be interfered with in their plans for this midterm election, karen. >> i think that's exactly right. i agree with you. the vitrol to eric holder goes back to his time in the clinton administration for similar reasons. he is such a staunch defender of civil rights and essentially one of the few people standing between a complete collapse of our voting rites and what the republican agenda would do in terms of what we've seen all across this country. i think ear right and there's something personal to it. let's not forget the fake scandals, each one of those cases, their theories have been disproven. time and time again. lith h literally, darrel issa was trying to say he was

involved in a border officer gettinging killed so he could get support for new gun control laws. that is insane and just undig fi fied to the office of the presidency and the attorney general of the united states of america. >> i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you both for your time tonight. and be sure to watch deposit disrupt" with karen finney, right here on msnbc. coming up, new photos from inside the florida movie theatre where a man was shot ged over popcorn. it has a controversial sfraial your ground law back in the headlines. tonight, my exclusive interviews with the mothers of trayvon martin and jordan davis, who are turning tragedy into action. also the shame of the ryan budget. republicans just voted to gut the safety net and give tax cuts to millionaires. senator bernie sanders joins me. and later, big news on this guy.

>> the grim reaper. that's right, the angel of death clearly he is popular with the gop base this year. he's got all the qualifications they're looking for. he's old and bone white. . he's backing a weapon. he's got an incredible war record, and believe me, no one wants to get rid of obama care more than this guy. >> stephen colbert is taking over for david letterman. and the reaction from the right was laugh out loud funny today. people join angie's list for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact

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today, president obama threw down gauptlet for those who want the gut the safety net. he challenged opponents of medicare and medicaid and rejected the cynics who think the government is the root of all evil. >> as was true 50 years ago, there are those who dismiss the great society as a failed experiment and an encroachment on liberty. who argue that government has

become the true source of all that ails us and that poverty is due to the moral failing s of those who suffer from it. i reject such thinking. not just because medicare -- not just because ned scare and medicaid have lifted millions from suffering, not just because the poverty rate in this nation would be far worse without food stamps and headstart and all the great society programs that survive to this day. we believe that together we can build an america that is more fair, more equal. and more free than the one we inherited. >> that speech, that forceful defense of families stood in direct contrast to a scene that played out just hours earlier in washington. the house gop voted almost unanimously to pass the devastating ryan budget plan.

219 republicans drew their support behind a plan that would cripple the poor. 69% of all the budget cuts target programs for low income americans. it fundamentally transforms the medicare program into a voucher program, repeals the affordable care act, and takes the ax to food stamps. why? to pay for massive tax break for the rich. it's a budget that republicans should be ashamed of. it's not worthy of their party, much less this country. joining me now, senator bernie sanders of vermont. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> my pleasure. >> aren't the republicans trying to roll back 50 years of progress with this ryan budget? >> al, the problem wheith the rn budget is it is so vul ger, so obscene, so out of stuch with

what the american people want and need that it is literally hard to believe. it is hard to believe. the richest people in this country are doing phenomenally well. the ryan budget substantially lowers taxes for millionaires and billionaires. working families and low income people are struggling. the ryan budget makes savage cuts in nutrition programs, in education, and in health care. it does exactly the opposite of what the merp people need and what the american people want, and as you indicated, this is a continuation of the war against the middle class and working families that the republican party has been mounting and work for for a number of years now. >> when you say it's hard to believe, when you look at the fact that the budget stands in direct opposition to what americans want, 77% of americans oppose reducing met care benefits.

70% oppose food stamp cuts. 65% support raising taxes on the rich. i mean, this is in opposition to what americans say they want to see happen. >> that's absolutely right. so why do they do this? well, the answer is the american people don't want to see the end of medicare as we know it. they don't want to see horrendous cuts in medicare or nutrition programs or in a time when kids can't afford to go to college, major cuts in federal aid to college students so they can afford to go to school. why are the republicans doing it? and the answer is pretty simple. the american people don't want it, but the koch brother and the other billionaires do want it. and with what this whole business is about is catering to the needs of the wealthy and the powerful so you can solicit more and more campaign contributions and win elections. >> as you say, the super rich, because there's huge tax breaks

in this for the wealthy. >> al, the average millionaire will get a $200,000 a year reduction in taxes at a time when the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well. at a time when we are spending almost as much as the rest of the world on the military, on the defense. this ryan budget substantially increases funding for the pentagon. if you go out, as you've just indicated you recollect quite appropriately, if you go out and ask the american people what they want, this budget does exactly the opposite. the american people think the wealthy and large corporations should pay more in taxes. the ryan budget cuts taxes for the rich and large corporations. the american people think we should encrease funding for education to make college affordable. the ryan bhugt cuts funding to make college affordable. what they are doing is catering to the needs of wealthy and the

powerful and they're they're really continuing this war against the middle class and working families. >> and what's very noteworthy here is just about every republican in the house voted for this budget. in fact, the only opposition seemed those that felt it wasn't harsh or extreme enough. a. >> that's right. and it is just unbelievable how far out of touch they are from the realities facing working families in this country. and how indebted they are to the millionaires and billionaires in multinational corporations. i really hope the american people study this budget. and it is hard for me to believe how any ordinary citizen concerned about the future of his or her country could support and vote in november for any candidate who voted for this ryan budget. >> senator, thanks for your time this evening. >> thank you. >>. cog up, more signs the affordable care act is working.

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>> health care is working. >> 7nd 1 americans signed up through the marketplace. as of this week, 400,000 additional americans have signed up. and we expect that number to continue to grow. >> 7.5 million people have signed up on the exchanges. but republicans continue launching the same old tired attacks with the same old attackers. do you remember massachusetts senator scott brown? he was elected in 2010, promising to stop the health care law. didn't work out so well. and he lost his seat two years later. but tonight, brown will announce he's running for senate in new hampshire. the associated press reports he plans to save, quote, along with our money and our health plans for a lot of us, it feels like we're losing our liberty to obama care.

forces us to make a choice -- live free or log on. and here in new hampshire, we choose freedom. live free or log on? but it's funny. senator brown thinks the health care law makes us lose our liberty. back in 2012, a reporter asked if senator brown used the law to add his adult daughter to his health insurance? he said of course i do. of course? the law didn't cost him any liberty. would his family have benefited from it, they didn't lose their benefit. and guess who senator brown voted on romney care, the model for the national health care law. >> state senator, you were involved in then governor mitt romney's moves to establish state care, it was called state care, but to broaden health care coverage for all in massachusetts? with. >> well, yes. i voted on it. it was a bipartisan effort.

>> guess what? no one in massachusetts lost liberty. it worked. and it saved lives. it's the same story now. good luck to republicans running on that. joining me now are jamal simmons and crystal ball. thank you both for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> crystal, how does having affordable health care cost people liberty? what am i missing? >> i never understood this line. you're really going to fight for people to have the liberty to be uninsured? is that what we're looking at here? and senator brown was successful when he ran against the affordable care act. that was a much different time. that was before the affordable care act was law. that was before people really understood the way they could benefit from it. that was before 7.5 million people had signed up. so he's trying to run on these same old cliche, tired buzz words that people are increasingly realizing don't

match up with the reality of what this law is, what it does, and the way that it benefits them and their family. even senator scott brown's family. >> you know, jamal, republicans are trying to play politics with the health care law. >> no! >> but they're playing politics with people's lives. we mentioned this story last night, the orlando weekly. they write about the perils of florida's refusal to expand medica medicaid. and it's about a young woman, charlene dill who fell in the medicaid gap and passed away last month after struggling to pay for her medications. a friend of charlene's recently shared her story. listen to this. >> esh woe worked really hard t provide for her kids. baby-sitting, cleaned houses, collected cans and sold vacuum cleaners, whatever it took. but charlene had health problems. she could not afford her medications, she could not

afford to see a doctor. she didn't make enough to qualify fi for a subsidy to get obama care. my best friend died because she didn't have the medical insurance she needed because florida, my state, and i'm a fifth generation floridian decided not to take the money that would have helped her. >> i mean, how do republicans run against that? >> i don't know that they can. there is a -- not just health care here. there's the fact that you have this woman working so many jobs. she paid $9,000 a year, with two children. and you expect americans to live on that? so republicans aren't just standing in the way of health care, they're standinging in the way of minimum wage hike, standing in the way of people having access to the very basic things that people need to survive. and i argue, this isn't just about health care. this is a stand-in. this opposition to obam that is a stand-in for a smaller group of americans who are getting older, they're less diverse, they're less happy with barack obama being in the white house, and they are looking for code

words to say they're not happy being governed in the current american dynamic. >> krystal, let's get back to scott brown for a minute and his attacking the health care law and benefitting from it. he's not the only one. the billionaire koch brothers are pouring money into the ads attacking the law, but koch industries received $1.4 million in subsidies from a program created by the affordable care act. i mean, we keep hearing these stories of hypocrisy when it comes to this law. >> absolutely. they're really demonizing the afford care act. it's no wonder the public has been confused about the law and who's going to benefit from it. but i want to go back to the story of the young woman that you highlighted who literally

died, literally died because her state wanted to play politics on health care. they wanted to make this about obama rather than their own citizens. and i just -- i don't know how you defend that. he was fired by the people who went up on the stage and said it felt like he was building his own coffin. in this situation, you have real identifiable people dying. citizens in your own community who are dying because people want to play politics rather than do what's best for their citizens. to me it's unconscionable and i just can't even imagine how they justify it. >> florida governor rick scott, his political committee has been running adds claiming 300,000 people have lost their health care plans because of the aca. it's not true. at all.

but watch what happens when reporters confronted him. >> it's not, governor. >> but 300,000 people didn't lose their insurance? >> well, if you look at what we saw last fall -- >> that was true last fall. but they didn't really lose it. >> if you look around the state, obama has had an impact op a lot of people's plans. they're losing their plans. >> it's just not true, jamal. but he says the ad is accurate. what do you make of this? >> they've got talking points, not facts. so they're going around trying to encourage their voters to show up and trying to discourage everyone else. the problem is, though, a lot of people are paying attention to this. i think there are a lot of people in america who are probably not very political who don't think about the world in partisan terms but they hear

these ideas being thrown around that are not factual, people not telling the truth. they're not able to get access to health care and they're wondering, how can they vote for people to do that. i think they're in danger of having a reverse effect that really smacks the republicans in the face if they keep this up. >> we getting some breaking news. moments ago, we learned that kathleen sebelius is resigning. she's been the object of controversy since the botched rollout of the health care website. of course, the numbers have turned around since then with 7.5 million enrolled in the exchanges. she's done a lot of good in her job. krystal ball, jamal simmons, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thanks. >> and be sure to catch krystal on "the psycycle" right here on msnbc. stopping the epidemic of gun violence in north america.

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>> new evidence inside a movie theatre where a man was shot dead in december. en s withes say the victim threw a box of popcorn at rece and he responded with deadly force. today, prosecutors leased photograph sffrom inside the theatre. they showed the bullet shell casing. there's the photo of reeves' gun and his retired captain's badge from the tampa police department. and here's the so-called weapon. the so-called deadly threat reeves was reabouting to. the bag of popcorn alston threw

at him. yet another example why the controversial stand your ground law needs to be repealed. it allows people to use deadly force if they just feel threatened. the controversy exploded two years ago when 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed walking home. and more recently, jordan davis, another 17-year-old was killed sitting in a car listening to music. and now, their courageous mothers are fighting back, turning their personal grief into activism and a push for justice. joining me now is jordan davis' mother lucia mcbath and trayvon martin's mother sabrina fulton as well as martin family attorney. thank you all for being here. >> thank you. >> is a brin yeah, what are you doing to fight this law? >> what i'm doing is making people more aware of this law and how dangerous this law is and how this law does not benefit anyone, especially the victim.traveling the

country and have been speaking out against stand your ground and racial profiling and profiling in general, because people need to be aware of what's going on in order for us to make any type of change. >> lucia in september, the original sponsor of florida's stand your ground law, state representative dennis baxley defended the law. >> i think most people in florida are with us, according to what we see. and the results are favorable overall. >> he said most people in florida agree with him. i was with you and sabrina at a march in florida. a lot of people there was against it. how do you respond to him? >> i definitely say that he -- i have deaf fit misgivings about that statement there. we know even within the state of florida justifiable homicide have been gone up over 200%. across the country, justifiable

homicide have gone up. so that's a misnomer. this law does not protect. in fact, it's just bringing on more increased criminal behavior due to the stand your ground laws. >> and it's spreading nationally, sabrina. your national action network convention, both of you. and 25 states now with the stand your ground law. >> that's awful. i think people are not paying attention to what's going on until it hits their front door. a lot of people are being blind sided by what's going on in exactly what the law means. so they think that this law is going to protect and benefit them when it's not, as a victim. >> now attorney crump in florida, the state where it all began, the senate just approved a so-called warning shot bill. a move to expand the controversial stand your ground law. the bill was inspired by marissa alexander who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a

sthot near her estranged husband. supporters claim it would fix the mandatory and harsh 10 to 20 life sentencing, but critics say it encourages people to fire weapons. it's headed to the governor's desk but he hasn't signed it yet. what would you say to him? attorney crump? >> that we are going to expand a bad law is not the answer. when you think about this warning shot, it's a knee jerk reaction and we can't just be reactionary. we've got to think things through. isn't it foreseeable when you read this law, they say a warning shot, you won't be tried for attempted murder or murder. can't we already force somebody who's going to shoot somebody and say that's my warning shot? and now we've got not only stand your ground, but now we've got a warning shot defense. this is not good for america. a. >> what are you hearing? as you talk about is there any

hope in the legislators themselves? >> in talking to legislators across the country, they're trying to come up with plans of action right now. i think most of them are wanting to work more in the state level, not just the federal level at work, in conjunction with the states to devise strategies and plans to combat what's happening in the states collectively. >> have you met a lot of supp t supporters in your position? you've become a symbol in this law. >> i think some are under the impression it's only africans american against this law. this does not seek a color familiarly, because you have a lot of other denominations, whit whites, blacks, hispanics,

everybody is opposed to this law. they know one day they may be the victim and they may need this particular law to be against them and it's not working for them. >> the popcorn case is not a black kiss. what's it been like? >> it's been an uphill battle. those women, those families show this is real. people somehow think this is abstra abstract, that this law doesn't affect them. it doesn't until it comes to your doorstep and it's your child. their sons were real people. their sons were gone. nobody is held accountable. we have legalized murder. >> you know, lucia, you could have gone on with your life, you could have mourned and moved on.

why are you out here dealing with something like this and crusading and spending all the time you can on the road doing this? >> i know the justice for trayvon and jordan and everybody that's been affected by senseless gun violence, i know true violence comes in changes in the laws. no one will be able to hide behind their criminal behavior and justify shooting first, asking questions later. >> and you formed a foundation. you're working night and day. i mean, it seems real, real personal to you. >> when i think about the cases and what's happened, it was about trayvon wearing a hoodie, walking home from the store. it was about jordan listening to

loud music. this guy in the movie theatre eating popcorn. those things make a big difference to us who are on the other side, and tho who's on the side of the victim. because it affects us a lot more than people really realize that this changed our lives together. we could have been just negative people and just been depressed and do nothing about it, or we could decide to do something ability. and this organization, such as the national action network that helps support us to get things done. that's why it's so important so we can try to make a change and try to help other families that are hurting, that are victims of senseless gun lie vens. -- violence. >> thank you for your time and the important work you're doing

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>> big news in the entertainment industry. stephen colbert will take over for david letterman. he's known for his satire show "the colbert report." i've been honored to be on his show. >> you education in your streets and your church, why can't we just give that to children and forget about the books? isn't there a sort of tyranny? isn't there a tyranny in country that everything has got to be out of the book and you have to do what the teachers say. why not just let these kids fly, be free? >> see, this is exhibit a why we need education for kids. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> it's always good time whens

stephen colbert is around. jimmy kimmel said a finer or funnier man, i do not know. and nbc's own jimmy fallon tweeted, i would like to welcome the great stephen colbert to network late night, and also congratulate him on his new name, jimmy colbert. but not everyone had such kind words for mr. colbert today. right wing blog breitbart called him a divisive and rabid left winger and it's all about the left holding on to the culture. and then the gop boss showed his sense of humor. >> cbs just declared war on the hear land of america. there is a -- and here's the -- no longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional american values, conservatives. now it's just wide out in the open. >> war on the heartland of

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because michelle has lived out the legacy of those efforts. because my daughters have lived out the legacy of those efforts, because i and millions of my generation were in a position to take the baton that he handed to us. that's why i'm standing here today because of that legacy. >> we should remember lbj's legacy, but we should also see how that legacy is under attack. already this year, lawmakers in 19 states introduced bills to scale back voting rights. there are nearly 6 million americans who cannot vote due to current or past felony convictions. our prisons are overcrowded and our schools are underfunded. the safety net is under attack. those are the civil rights battle of today. but just as those who fought the battles of the '60s, that faced lunch counters that blacks couldn't eat and faced those

efforts to stop them from voting, they looked them in the eye and sang, we shall overcome. and they did. and we shall overcome. thanks fsh watching. "hardball" starts right now. hire on the right, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. let's start tonight with the right wing assault, not just on the president, but government. government itself. are they out to destroying not just the party in power, the right wing, but the power in government? is that what people like ted cruz and birther types are up to? knocking over not just barack obama or washington, but the