>> it is mind boggling. >> it's a national crisis that needs to be addressed. yes, the federal government should pay the damn water bill. >> how about that? amen. >> michael eric die son, thank you so much. that's "the ed show." "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead -- is tonight the night republicans go off the cliff? today the first primary election since eric cantor's stunning primary collapse. the loss had republicans falling all over themselves, scrambling to the right. and it exposed an ugly fight for the heart and soul of the gop. voters in eight states are going to the polls today. but party leaders are bracing for what happened in the mississippi run-off. where tea party challenger chris mcdaniel is trying to unseat c.

it's been ugly and bizarre from the start. today poll watchers supporting the mcdaniel campaign were spotted after the thad cochran campaign began courting black voters. one voter told the washington post p reporter he was very worried about the lx being stolen. mcdaniel's record on makes the development for disturbing. he spoke before a neo-confederate group. he attacked hurricane katrina victims as welfare dependent. he talked about reparations. >> social security went broke. millions of illegals pouring across the border trying to become citizens and they all want theirs. and reparations. let me get crazy with it. if they pass reparations and my taxes go uh, i ain't paying

taxes. >> it's radical rhetoric. for a radio show or the u.s. senate. the thad cochran campaign is too far right even for gop voters. >> meet chris mcdaniel. >> it's so interesting to see this woman basically using her [ bleep ], using her breasts to run for office. >> that's chris mcdaniel. >> hot mama. you're a fine looking young thing. >> that's chris mcdaniel. >> maybe if you get a [ bleep ] and some crack maybe they will give you a discount. >> it is not clear if the gop will reject that talk or embrace it. the same battle playing out in colorado where former republican congressman tom tancredo is running for the gop governor nomination. here's a taxen on immigration and immigrants made him notorious.

he's picking new targets. in 2010 he told a tea party crowd that a lit are a are si test for voters would have stopped president obama. he's fond of comparing the president to a terrorist. >> he doesn't want to physically destroy america as al qaeda does, but he's as dangerous -- more dangerous because he's inside. >> all of the external threats to the united states pale in comparison to the threat that barack obama poses. >> the president of the united states should have been impeached four or five times by now. this guy is a greater threat to america than al qaeda. i have said it on many occasions. i'm sure if i am nominated i'm going to see it on the television. >> it's already on television. that's the problem for the gop. this could be a kit call night for the party's future. and for the country. joining me live from the mcdaniel campaign headquarters in hattiesburg, mississippi,

nbc's casey hunt. in washington the national journal's michelle coddle. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, reverend. >> casey, does the mcdaniel camp expect a win tonight? >> i think at this point there is a little bit of nervousness, probably on both camps but definitely on the mcdaniel side. some of the facebook postings have fo cussed on the idea that liberals might elect the next republican nominee as a reference to what's going on with the cochrane campaign supporters essentially saying that democrats maybe in particular african-american democrats should go to the polls and vote for senator cochrane because he brought so much to the state over the past few years. the dynamics on the ground have shifted when the mcdaniel campaign swept into the run-off. they felt they had a lot of momentum. there was discussion of how it's

likely that mcdonnell would have pulled it out. it's clear the cochrane campaign at least. it is a question if it will be enough to push him across the finish line. they are more optimistic now than three weeks ago. >> changing the dynamics is what kacie said. here is a message from mcdaniel's facebook page today. the democrats will steal this republican primary for thad. unsless you helps us turn out your friends. an accusation of stealing the election on a day we are seeing poll watchers, this fight gets uglier by the day. doesn't it, michelle? >> indeed, it does. this language is a two-for for the mcdaniel campaign. it suggests that thad cochran is such a liberal squish that democrats will line up to help him out. tries to delegitimize him.

it's an emotional rhetoric that gets people to the polls and in run-off elections it's whoever has the most motivated base. >> kacie, big turnout, small? can you tell by where the turnout is who might be favored by that? >> at this point, i have thad cochran supporters saying they feel good about the turnout for them. they are looking for a turnout of voters who didn't show up three weeks ago. i have heard from sources that they think african-american turnout might be up in a few locations. not 100%. or at least they are not 100% sure how high the turnout is. at this point they are optimistic about the people they are seeing show up. i have not heard from the mcdaniel campaign on whether or not they believe they are getting supporters to the polls. >> thad cochran spent a lot more

money. what's driving mcdaniel's vote and support? >> the campaign spent more money than the mcdaniel campaign. mcdaniel had a lot of support and money from outside groups. the difference you have seen over the last three weeks is how the cochrane campaign spending money. they are getting out the vote. what i have heard over the past couple of days from republicans is they are saying there are voters who didn't believe senator thad cochran could lose. that goes for republican voters, potentially for democrat voters. if they are going to change the game that's how they will do it, by turning those people out. they are optimistic so far that's what they are doing. >> you know, we are hearing that you've got in colorado liberal groups running tv ads against tom tancredo. that appears to make primary voters choose them as the no, ma'am fee for governor.

watch this. >> even as it's starting to work, republican tom tancredo is one of the strongest opponents of bank. he called it crony capitalism on steroids and a monstrous government scam. he's too conservative for colorado. >> again, that's an ad by democrats trying to lure republicans into voting for tancredo. doesn't this highlight the risks republicans are facing by running extreme candidates? >> sure. just like the republicans worked hard to weed out in the primary cycle to a certain degree of success. the democrats decided tom tancredo would be their optimal candidate to run against. whatever his positions on obamacare, he is nationally known as a hard line immigration basher. i think especially with

republicans still kind of dealing with their immigration issues and worrying about the demographic shifts, they have not managed to make progress on that whatsoever since the last election. democrats would be more than happy to run against tancredo. >> kasie, you cover a lot of race races across the country. is there a thread in terms of the extreme right that have become victors in some primaries or particularly mississippi that has caused a uniform reaction about more moderate republicans or is it sporadic just here and there, not really a threat around the party? >> i think the cycle has been good for them. senator mitch mcdonnell is leading this against the tea party elements. he was quoted as saying he was going to, quote, crush them everywhere, end quote. so far the track record is good

from lindsey graham in south carolina crushing his opponents to mcconnell himself knocking back a challenge from matt bevin. at least the folks running the party would say it's so far been a good election cycle for them. >> michelle, the new york times writes about the fear some republicans have of mcdaniel winning and becoming part of the senate majority. let me read from the times. republican lawmakers and party on a tifs worried that the election of mavericks like chris mcdaniel could make a difficult governing environment almost impossible by expanding the ranks of republican senators who are willing to defy the party leadership. >> well, you know mcdaniel has already said that the next time ted cruz stands up and takes a stander or mike lee takes the stand he'll be right there with them.

this may play well with the conservative base, i'm not sure the republican establishment is delighted with the thought. anything that adds to the sense that republicans are there, not to govern but to be dis-rupp ty and oppositional just makes life harder for the leadership. >> i was asking because i was still trying to figure out where the governing environment has been for a few months. thank you both for your time tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> coming up, breaking news tonight. the house could sue the obama administration over executive orders. yes, speaker boehner is talking about possible legal action. unbelievable. a powerful new film about the historic freedom sum of 1964. i will talk to the film maker who rediscovered rare footage

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after a spring rock bid scandal, new jersey governor chris christie seemed to be getting back to normal. even taking time yesterday to play in a charity baseball game at yankee stadium. but governor christie's troubles may not be over. today a front page story in the new york times. a second bridge inquiry said to be linked to christie. it centers on whether the christie administration broke securities law by using port authority funds instead of state money to pay for repairs on another bridge. the polaski skyway. remember the port authority is the same agency whose officials ordered the closures on the george washington bridge. nbc news has confirmed the manhattan district attorney and securities & exchange commission

are investigating. let's recap. the u.s. attorney and state legislature are investigating lane closures on the george washington bridge. the u.s. attorney is looking into allegations the christie administration withheld money from the city of hoboken to punish its mayor. now we are learning about new investigationses by the manhattan d.a. and s.e.c. the governor might be relaxing but the investigators aren't. joining me now is brian weiss. thanks for being here. >> good to be here, rev. >> the times reports the christie administration used money for a cancelled rail project to fix the bridge and, quote, again and again port authority lawyers warned against the move . the pulaski skyway, they noted,

is owned and operated by the state, putting it outside the agency's purview. but eventually the authority justified the repair pas by casting the bridge as an access road to the lincoln tunnel though they do not -- they are not directly connected. what is the manhattan district attorney looking at? >> they are looking at something called the martin act which is a 1921 law in new york state that basically gives prosecutors almost unlimited discretion when it comes to securities or bond violations. >> break the martin act down for me. i understand it allows felons for intentionally deceiving bond holders. they don't need to prove intent to defraud and it's bye-bye u 'o

bring charges against wall street firms. how does this work? >> you're right. it includes criminal are felonies in new york. if you're on the wrong side you can spend one to four at clubs with sing-sing, places like that. its also includes civil penalties. you don't have to show as a prosecutor that you are had the intent to harm, defraud or that there were damages as a result of that. this is what i don't understand. there is something about bridges and chris christie that's crypt nooiz niet to this guy. while they would have thought for a millisecond they could take a project where they were told they could not use federal funds and use federal funds because they wanted to call it an on-ramp or exit ramp,en you

know, i can call myself brad pitt. that doesn't mean i can go home with angelina jolie at the end of the night. >> after the lawyer said the plan would work, a top appointee of governor christie's at the port authority said, quote, it evident to say but we gotta figure this out. baroni was in the middle of the bridge scandal. he resigned. what are prosecutors going toe ask about him? >> i think bill baroni probably wisheses he'd never heard of the port authority. what prosecutors want to know about that e-mail is whether or not it's creative, dynamic politics or ultimately a violation of new york law. again, in this situation, we

have said it before on the show. i think it bears repeating. e-mails are to prosecutors in the 21st century what wire tapped phone calls were in mafia prosecutions at the turn of the century, rev. >> i've got to ask this. a recent story in esquire reported that christie's appointees all face near certain indictment and are being pressed to hand up christie. quote, the clearest, quickest road to christie, both sources agree runs through david sampson, a former attorney general of new jersey who is 74 years old and report aredly suffering from parkinson's diseas disease. nbc news hasn't confirmed this story, but do you think governor christie is worried about davda samson? >> i think he has to be. chris christie is a tough politician. he's a made man. but at the end of the day he's got to be concerned that you can't tell this without a score card.

we need a flow chart to figure out who has done what to whom. you make a great point. given his age, health and the overall back story, mr. samson will probably be perceived and correctly so by the prosecutors who can determine everybody's fate in this tale is the week link. again, the facts are stubborn things. the tacts are going to determine what happens to whom and how. we are still in a very early stage before the rest of the facts determine what happens to these people in this great morality tale, rev. >> i'm going to hold it there. brian wice or as they call you in the control. room, brad pitt. thank you for your time. >> thanks, rev. >> coming up, president obama won't wait for an obstructionist house to take action. now speaker boehner is looking for legal action against the president's executive orders. amazing story. we'll get at it. first, scott walker's attempt to discredit prosecutors has landed him in tonight's gotcha.

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this is unbelievable. president obama's executive actions are completely within the law. and he's only using executive action because house republicans have refused to legislate. they have refused to cooperate. and they have refused to even compromise. speaker boehner has failed to do his job. so now he's trying to stop the president from doing his. joining me now, congresswoman jackie spear, democrat of california who serves on the oversight committee. and dana milbank of the washington post who wrote are about the hearing last night that i i want to discuss. thank you for being here. >> hi, reverend. >> thank you. >> congresswoman house republicans may sue the president. what's your reaction? >> i think the republicans have lost it. i can't begin to tell you how preposterous this ideaed is. first of all they can't

independently sue the president. a bipartisan commission has to. come together. they attempted to have the president enforce the defense of marriage act. they spent $2.3 million on legal fees and dropped it. i'm sure because the polling showed they were so far on the fringe that the american people weren't even buying it anymore. >> dana, you have been writing about this back and forth on executive actions for a while. what's your reaction to this? >> well, there was a time not too long ago when republicans were against activist judges and frivolous lawsuits. it's certainly their right to take this through the court system. but it's a very difficult challenge. one is will judges say that they have standing to sue the president? they tried to get around this by passing laws giving just the house the right to file these suits. of course the senate hasn't gone along with that. unless you have both houses of

congress on board here , it is a little bit questionable. look, they have tried everything else. they tried repealing obamacare. they lost in the 2012 election. they have tried defunding it. they have floated the idea of impeaching the president. this is about the only possibility left. so why not give it a try? >> you know, they really have tried a lot of things, congresswoman. clearly, now here we come with the latest stuff. i want to get to this scandal mongering by chairman issa. the president has had to move forward with executive action because they have been so hung up on scandal mongering. it's not clear what the republicans would target. president obama has issued executive actions on gun safety, gay rights, minimum wanl, immigration, environment. he's had to move forward. >> i think if you also look at the history books you will find

in terms of executive actions, george bush probably has the record for having issued more executive actions than president obama. >> a lot more. a lot more. >> i thinks that's important to point out as well. >> there is a lot more. let me go to chairman darryl issa. his scandal mongering and bullying has been a big part of the gop's lack of agenda. check out how he attacked the irs commissioner last night, dana. >> would you please rise to take the oath? raise your right hand. little higher. thank you. frankly, i'm sick and tired of your game playing in response to congressional oversight. we have a problem with you and you have a problem with maintaining your credibility. i asked a question. >> i answered it. we are going to provide you 24,000 e-mails -- >> my time is expired and i have lost my patience with you.

>> before you respond, congresswoman, you were there, part of the panel. was it as ugly as it appears? how did your colleagues respond? >> actually it was uglier. a number of republican members then started attacking the commissioner. wouldn't let him finish his answers, would cut him off, for all intents and purposes were saying that obstructing justice. at one point i actually called on the chair man to recognize that the rules of the committee required him to retain order and decorum and cited the section so that he could refresh his memory. this is harmful not just to the committee but the entire institution when we have witnesses who come before us and they aren't treated with respect. even speaker boehner this morning in a question and answer setting said it's important for congress to respect the

witnesses that come before it and to treat them appropriately. that was not happening last night. >> now, dana, in your article today, you are wrote that, quote, the bullying was vintage issa and he used, quote, frequent interruption of colleagues to inject his thought. parliamentary arguments with democrats and takings of personal umbrage. you argued the hear ings are more about issa himself than about investigations, dana. >> yeah. i think everybody seems to agree. i'm sure the congresswoman agrees that they are not happy with what they have seen happen at the irs. it takes a lot to get people to feel sympathetic toward the irs. darryl issa seems unique ly qualified to make it happen. this happened over and over again with his investigations. he's disqualifying his committee. it happened with benghazi. that's why things were handed over to this new select

committee. it's happening here where he's in some competition with the ways & means committee to see who can be the toughest on the commissioner. issa starts out with some kernel of investigation and it develops quickly into sort of a farce that discredits the whole issue. >> congresswoman, you said a little while ago that they have lost it -- they being the republicans. they are talking about suing now speaker boehner going forward. is the behavior of chairman issa indicative of what you are talking about about "they losing it"? because this seems extreme and way over the top. >> it is extreme and way over the top. the american people have made it clear. they want to see action out of congress. this is the most do nothing congress in the history of this country. bills that have come from the senate side languish in thes house because there is an unwillingness for the membership of the house republican caucus

to take these measures up, whether it is marketplace fairness or immigration. you name it. they have just basically buried every one of the efforts that have been successful in a bipartisan fashion on the senate side. >> well, if they go forward with this suit, this would be outrageous. even for this dock, this would be outrageous. congresswoman jackie spier and dana milbank. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> still ahead, disturbing questions about the story of the little girl who was allegedly kicked out of a kfc. was the whole thing a hoax? also, my interview with the director of a new film about the historic free are ddom summer. pivotal moment in civil rights and the movement around civil rights and the brave act cysts who change america. >> it wasn't too long before three white men came to my cell.

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searching for three civil rights workers who had gone missing in the backwoods of mississippi. michael swerner, james early chaney and andrew goodman were in the state as part of the historic freedom summer, a courageous effort to bring students into the deep south to fight jim crow. activists soon learned the men had been murdered by the kkk. a new documentary "freedom summer" on pbs record ares this stunning moment of grief and passion at chaney's memorial service. >> i want to talk about really what i really grieve about. i don't grieve for chaney because the fact i feel that he lived fuller life than in of us will ever live. i feel that he's got his freedom we are still fighting for.

>> all the different emotions leading up to this particular moment rekindled to come out. looking out there and seeing ben chaney, james's little brother, i lost it. i totally just are lost it. >> don't bow down anymore. hold your are heads up. we want our freedom now. i don't want to have are to go to another memorial. i'm tired of funerals. tired of it. >> joining me now is stanley nelson, the emmy award winning director and producer of the pbs freedom summer documentary. he also produced the acclaimed films, the murder of emmett till

and the freedom write arerrs am countless others. it's an honor to have you. >> thank you so much. that clip is haunting. what goes through your mind when you watch it? . >> two things. one, i am a emotionally moved like everybodies else. also as a film maker i'm thinking, wow, that is great piece of film i have to get out to the public, that people have got to see. there is no way that you can be cold about it. there is no way that you can't understand the emotions that dave dennis was feeling when you see that footage. >> you're dealing with the emotions of seeing the little brother of one of those slain. it's as real as you could get. on top of that you cover in the documentary some of the real work they were doing. it wasn't just protests. for example your film shows how important the freedom schools were to the project in mississippi that summer.

watch this. >> the state of mississippi deliberately and systematically kept black people uneducated and ignorant. and then turned around and made education a requirement in order to participate in the political process. >> black people couldn't go to the library. it was for whites only. here they are, got their own library now. they become excited to be exposed to the teaching. and to browse the books. >> we taught african-american history, civics, african-american culture, african-american dance. they were learning black history that they were reading books that had been written by blacks that they had never heard of. >> i don't know how many americans know that education was required to be part of the process, as you said. >> right. you had to take a test to vote. that was one of the things that

you had to do in mississippi, yet you couldn't go to decent schools. the schools for young people were closed for most of the year so young people could get out and pick cotton. in the schools, are black history wasn't taught. they were not taught about black authors. black people had never written a book. the freedom schools were different. >> one of the things that was compelling to me is they went all the way to the democratic convention. and the fact that they were trying to integrate the mississippi delegation, the testimony of family lou haymore was especially compelling. this is a clip of this from your film. >> i was carried to the county jail and put in the booking room. they left some of the people in the booking room and began to play something sad. >> she had mississippi in her

bones. martin luther king or the snookfield secretaries couldn't do what fanny lou hayman did. they couldn't be a sharecropper and express what it meant. that's what she did. >> it wasn't too long before three white men came to my cell. one of these men was a state highway patrol. he said, we're going to make you wish you was dead. >> i mean, you have done a lot of films. what made you do this documentary now? >> three years ago i finished "freedom riders" which was fairly successful. i was talking to american experience about what next to do. it's the show this is on. we started talking about freedom summer. i said, yes. that's a great story. it's a story most people don't know.

the 50th anniversary is this year. little did i know that things in this country would change so much or start to change so much that it would become even more important today. >> what surprised you about during the film what surprised you that you learned about 1964 ? >> one of the most surprising things to me and that most audiences will be surprised at is lyndon johnson's role in trying to stop the freedom democratic party. >> wow. >> he taped his phone calls. so you hear him behind the scenes in his own words manipulating people. you hear lbj was this amazing politician. here, you hear just what a devious man he could be. >> stanley nelson, good luck with the film. thank you for your time tonight. "freedom summer" airs tonight on pbs. check your local listings for

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was it all a hoax? just over a week ago we brought you the awful story of 3-year-old victoria wilcher. she was severely disfigured in a pit bull attack. her grandmother claimed the two were asked to leave a jackson, mississippi, kentucky fried chicken because victoria's appearance was upsetting other customers. the story got all kinds of

national attention. kfc pledged $30,000 toward victoria's medical care. donations poured in on the family's fundraising site. over $100,000 raised. today a new report in a local newspaper alleged the whole story was a hoax. >> reporter: according to the laurel leader-call paper, sources told the paper the entire incident was an elaborate publicity stunt to raise money saying security footage doesn't put victoria or her grandmother who claimed to be with her, in the kfc or even another kfc, the day the incident supposedly occurred. >> victoria's aunt wrote on facebook, i promise it's not a hoax. i never thought any of this would blow up the way it has. she added, it is not over until kfc releases a statement.

today kfc did just that. "after the alleged incident was with reported to us, two investigations took place, including one by within independent investigator. neither revealed any evidence that the incident occurred. we consider the investigation closed." kfc also said it is committed to honoring the $30,000 donation to victoria. i commend the company for keeping that promise. she's been through a terrible tragedy and has a long road to recovery. we wish her all the best. the lowest price

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president obama's administration corrupt. thanks to all who voted. you can continue the conversation by heading to our facebook page. finally tonight, honoring the king legacy. today, leaders from both parties gathered to honor reverend martin luther king, jr., and coretta scott king, awarding them both the congressional gold medal. the kings' three surviving children were with on hand to accept the award on behalf of their parents. congressman john lewis talked about what the kings taught us all. >> together they taught us the way of oh peace, the way of love. the way of nonviolence are. they inspired a generation to find a way to get in the way. to find a way i to get in trouble -- good trouble, necessary trouble. >> afterwards, something you

don't see every day. congressional leaders linking arms for "we shall overcome." today was a moment to honor the king legacy. but also to look ahead to the work still to be done. where is the bill to restore the voting rights act? where is the bill to address economic injustice? where is the bill to stop the kind of gun violence that took dr. king's life? it was good to see them holding hands, singing "we shall overcome," the theme song of the civil rights movement, but the only way we are going to overcome is not just having symbolic hands linking, but by really dealing with the civil and human and economic rights, the critical issues dr. king and mrs. coretta scott king gave their lives. let's not just honor those that do good deeds.

let's do some ourselves. let's legislate them. let us link arms in a way that some things are both partisan bickering. when we see that then we shall overcome. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. a bridge too far. let's play "hardball.." good evening. i chris matthews in wash. let me start with governor christie's problems. it's getting hot. prosecutors in manhattan have zeroed in on a securities fraud case involving new jersey raising money under the name of the port authority and spending it on a state road project. if proven reportses suggest it could constitute a felony against who in the