change. i appreciate your time so much tonight. thank you. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politics nation with al sharpton" starts right now. good evening, rev. >> thanks. thanks to you, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live in washington. tonight's lead, the gop gets carried away with its own impeachment mania. today, the right wing has a new and even more outlandish strategy to tear down president obama. threatening to impeach him for things he might do in the future. a prominent tea party congressman, steve king, is wanting the president not to take executive actions on immigration later this summer. >> i think congress has to sit down and have a serious look at the rest of this constitution and that includes that i word that we don't want to say, and i only say that 93 on this program because i want to encourage the

president, please don't put america into a constitution crisis. >> so he wants to encourage the president by threatening impeachment? that's a new one. and there's more. >> but you're saying that if he were to do that, then impeachment would be on the table? >> i think then we have to start to sit down and take a look at that, where would we draw the line otherwise? if that's not enough to bring that about, i don't know what would be. >> a member of congress is talking impeachment over something the president hasn't done yet? it's startling. but it's the sort of thing that's now common in the gop. today, republican senator rand paul vilified president obama for the same thing, possible executive action in the future on immigration.

>> you can't do it by royal edict. you can't have a king do it. you can't have lawlessness and you can't have a president just say if they won't act i will, i have a pen, i have a phone. i will act. he's terribly dangerous to the country to allow that to happen. >> lawlessness, royal edict, a king. the gop strategy is blatant. last week, the party imploded over immigration. in a crushing embarrassment, speaker boehner at one point had to pull his own bill when right wingers revolted. in the end, they settled on a far right plan to deport children. now, to obscure their own broken agenda, they're in a frenzy to attack president obama. >> what harry reid has the opportunity to do is to come back and join us. we'll be here anytime, any day, anywhere, anyhow, and he needs to put the other handcuff on

this lawless president's hands so that we can strain this president from granting amnesty. we do that tonight with this bill, we invite harry reid to bring the senate back and put the handcuff on the president's other hand so that we can have sovereignty again on our southern border. >> the president should be in handcuffs? it's tempting to dismiss some of this radical rhetoric. but keep in mind, the same gop lawmakers now warning of impeachment and handcuffs just days ago held the party hostage on immigration. until they got their way. joining me now nia meleaka henderson and krystal ball. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> krystal, steve king and his allies caused chaos in the gop over immigration and they ultimately got their way. could they do the same with impeachment? >> you know, it would be hopeful

to be able to dismiss this as the ravings of the radical right and we're going to push them to the side and focus on what the majority of the republican caucus wants, which i honestly don't think is impeachment, but it is troubling when you look at the record, the fact that maybe most of the republican caucus didn't want to go along with shutting down the government, but they did on immigration after 2012. there was an autopsy report where the cooler heads in the party said, look, guys, we have to deal with comprehensive immigration reform. we have to move forward in a more productive direction, and after some initial movements in that direction, now they're in the position of appeasing the michele bachmanns and steve kings of the party. unfortunately, even though they don't represent the majority of the caucus, even though they are relatively a small number, nay have so much power. they have been handed disproportionate power and thus far, there's no one in the republican leader who has any courage or willingness to stand

up to them. >> that brings me to a question to you. nate silver of 538.com said republicans have a 60% chance of taking control of the senate in the midterm elections. if that happens, will republican leaders have a harder time resisting right-wing calls, far right wing calls for impeachment? >> it could be, i think, a good test for where republicans might see themselves going should they win the senate. is this recess, what happens when they're in some of these town halls in their different states across the country when they get questions about impeachment? do they say that it's a bad idea, that it's completely off the table, or do they sort of say, well, this is somewhere we might consider going? that this is something that is on the table? i think we have a big test ahead of us in august to see what republicans want to be because you have seen from the vast majority of republicans saying

impeachment is off the table, it really is only a small sliver of the party that wants to do this. people like sarah palin, people like michele bachmann who isn't actually running again for her seat. but whether or not the establishment wants to deal with this, i think we're going to have to see in august what they say. >> but the establishment wanted to deal with immigration, krystal, and steve king and them were able to turn that around. a columnist, for example, for the right wing national review, john fund, says republicans should impeach the president. they should sensor him. don't impeach him. censure. a resolution of censure would serve as a warning, a constitutional yellow card that congress and the american people will not tolerate abuses of power indefinitely and presidents who so overreach risk having a permanent block on their record. we have seen lawsuits, heard calls for impeachment.

is censure the next right wing frontier? >> it's a sad state of affairs that the reasonable wing of the republican party just wants to sue and censure the president versus the far wing of the republican party that wants to impeach him. they're all looking for a way to prove how much they dislike this president. and even when you see the talking points from rand paul where he's saying that the president's lawless, it's imperial presidency, we hear these over and over from the republican party. those are code words that are signaling to the base, we're with you. we agree with you because they have led their base down this path of saying that he's such a terrible president that it only becomes logical in the base's mind, well, if he's so lawless and so terrible, then why aren't you taking that next step? so the lawsuit, the idea of censuring him, those are ways to let themselves off the hook with the base for not taking the extra step of impeachment. let's keep in mind we're going to have new republican members of congress coming into the house likely next january. and a good number of those folks

likely ran on something about how terrible this president is and how impeachment would be appropriate. so it's not just michele bachmann who, as nia-malika points out, is going to be retiring, but you're going to have a whole crop of new recruits who ran in this environment. >> and will this new crop go for censure, is that going to be enough? >> you know, i think we've seen a bit of a slippery slope, which krystal talks about, this idea if you open the door to the president being lawless, then you have got to go -- you've got to expect the questions of what do we do next? is a censure, is it a lawsuit that looks like it has no chance of going anywhere, at least as long as this president is in office, or is it impeachment? when steve king says the "i" word has got to be on the table, the lawsuit is obviously on the table and maybe censure as well.

>> i have to ask you this, krystal. my mother would always tell my sister and i we had to behave ourselves when there was ru company. there's a lots of foreign heads of state in washington. geocongressman mo brooks accused democrats and the president of waging a so-called war on whites. >> wow. >> listen to this. >> this is a part of the war on whites that's being launched by the democratic party, and the way in which they're launching this war is by claiming that whites hate everybody else. it's a part of the strategy that barack obama implemented in 2008, continued it in 2012 when he divides us on race, sex, greed, envy, warfare all kinds of things. >> we have heard this rhetoric before from a lot of the right wing talkers and pundits, but does it bother you that we're

now hearing this creep into the halls of congress? i mean, these are elected congressman we're talking about. >> it's sad. it's infuriating, frankly, and as you're pointing out, rev, what's shocking here is he says it directly. he just comes out and accuses democrats of some war on whites. but there's this whole mythol y ology in the conservative right that white men are the real victims in this country, that white christian men are under attack, and that fuels a lot of the anger and the resentment you see in the base of the party, so yes, it's deeply shameful for the country for this congressman to be using that kind of rhetoric and accusing democrats of something so ugly and so wrong. >> and nia-malika, all of us pursue to try and correct wrongs but do it in a way that we bring people together. war on whites, i mean, you cover washington better than most.

i mean, where's this coming from? i haven't heard this since the angry white male vote 20 years ago, 25 years ago. >> i think you did correctly locate it in some ways in the radio, right? these sort of right-wing radio hosts who have quite an audience, they have said things like that, i think glenn beck said something like that. he sort of backed away and apologized more recently, but i think the sort of longer term -- >> he called it stupid. >> he call td stupid, but i think the longer term problem that republicans have is whether or not this permanently damages their chances with that obama coalition. which partly was whites. it was also african-americans and also latinos. does this kind of rhetoric really have a lasting impact on this party? and their chances at building a more rainbow coalition that will support their party? >> nia-malika henderson and

krystal ball, i'm going to have to leave it all. thanks for your time tonight and be sure to watch krystal on the cycle, weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. coming up, a fight erupts between nancy pelosi and a republican congressman. and he forgot to check the facts. and if you're a benghazi conspiracy theorists, it's not a good day for you. wait until you see a new gop house report. guess they'll have to come up with a new one. and a dramatic day in the detroit court. the man charged with murdering an unarm eed teenager takes the stand. it was emotional, and it was surprising. what did he say happened the night he fired that deadly shot? stay with us. where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card

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bills since 1947. giving new meaning to the phrase do-nothing congress. on issue after issue, house republicans have ignored the needs of the american people and we're seeing just how personal it's getting. late friday, pennsylvania republican tom marino accused nancy pelosi of ignoring the issue of immigration when she was speaker. >> you know something that i find quite interesting about the other side? under the leadership of the former speaker and under the leadership of their former leader, when in 2009 and 2010, they had the house, the senate, and the white house, and they knew this problem existed, they didn't have the strength to go after it back then, but now they're trying to make a political issue out of it now. what we need to do is pass this legislation, make sure these children get back to their

families and we need to line up and protect this border from people coming across. >> it is true. i did the research on it. you might want to try it. you might want to try it, madam leader. do the research on it. do the research. i did it. that's one thing that you don't do. >> gentleman will address his cameants to the speaker. >> works both ways, mr. speaker. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> with that, i urge my colleagues to vote for this legislation because apparently, i hit the right nerve. >> it was a stunning moment, and nancy pelosi crossed the house floor to confront him, reminding the congressman that when she was speaker, the house did act on immigration, passing the dream act. but they don't care about the facts, and guess where the congressman ran early this morning? >> i'm not afraid to speak up. i'm a street fighter and i'm not going to continue to have

someone belittle and make statements that aren't true. and i'm going to stand up and fight for my constituents. >> if he actually cared about fighting for his constituents, passing laws would be a good place to start. joining me now is congressman jan schakowsky, democrat from illinois, thank you for being here, congresswoman. >> thank you, rev. >> you know, this attack on nancy pelosi really illustrates how personal it's getting. what's your reaction? >> i would say that it's sexist and that it was patronizing. do the research, madam leader. and he got exactly what he deserved, and then for him to claim, oh, i was the tough guy. i'm a street fighter, really? on the floor of the house? misrepresenting what really happened. he did the research. and talking to her in that

condescending way. i'm really offended, and i was proud of her for marching over. and by the way, she did it after the microphones were off. she went over to talk to him personally. he broke the house rules as the speaker and the chair said. you know, you're not supposed to direct comments perm personally, and he did just that. he deserved what he got and shouldn't be proud of it. >> now, the campaign on for house democrats put out a memo today, congresswoman, saying that republicans are limping into august. quote, while house republicans pander to their base and ignore the middle class, house democrats will spend august touting our middle-class jump-start. our action plan to create jobs in america. insure equal pay for equal work and make college more affordable. now, does this break off an opportunity for democrats going into the midterm elections? >> you know, we're going to be talking about things people really care about, the kinds of

things they discuss over their breakfast table or their dinner table. wondering if they're going to be able to afford to send their kids to college. people who are working two, three jobs and still not even, you know, barely able to survive. we're going to be talking about raising the minimum wage, equal pay for equal work. women should be very offended by this republican agenda. not about repealing the affordable care act, but by making sure that we provide health care to women and the contraceptives that they need. we're going to be talking about issues that people really care about, and the republicans in the meantime are going home talking about how they're suing the president of the united states. and by the way, i just would like to know what the dollar figure, the price tag is for that foolishness. >> you know, some of the biggest issues that we're facing talking about price tags, are issues of

economic fairness. president obama talked about that recently with the economist. take a listen. >> oftentimes, you'll hear some hedge fund manager say, oh, he's just trying to stir class resentme resentment. no, feel free to keep your house in the hamptons and your corporate jet, et cetera. i'm not concerned about how you're living. i am concerned about making sure that we have a system in which the ordinary person who's working hard and is being responsible can get ahead. and are seeing modest improvements in their life prospects, if not for themselves then certainly for the next generation. >> leveling the playing field. are these the kind of issues that your constituents care about, congresswoman? >> yeah. i am so offended that we left washington without extending

unemployment insurance benefits, for example. people who have been out of work through no fault of their own, over 3.5 million americans who are really struggling. we were reading letters from them every week in front of the house of representatives. these people are hurting. we could have easily passed -- it would have taken us two minutes to extend unemployment insurance benefits. meantime, many of these people are going to end up homeless, no roof over their childrens' head. it's really a sad thing when congress neglects those folks. >> congresswoman jan schakowsky, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you, reverend. still ahead, a dramatic day in court as the shooter of renisha mcbride takes the stand in his own defense. we'll tell you what he said about the night he shot her dead. also, why is speaker boehner

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today. in a surprise move, the man charged with murdering the 19-year-old was called to the stand. in november, he shot and killed the teenager on his front porch when she showed up drunk but unarmed. her family said she was seeking help after a car accident. on the stand today, he gave his account of what happened that night. >> i hear this noise on the side of my house. i'm not sure what it is. >> what's the noise sound like? >> loud. knocking, banging. but i'm in my recliner. >> then what happens? >> it starts up again at the front door. now it's louder. >> what do you do? >> that got me up. >> is the sound staying the same or is it getting louder? >> each time, it's getting more

violent. it's escalating. the side door starts getting attacked. >> is it worse than any sound you've heard yet? >> yes. directly on the door, my entry door itself. and i could feel the floor vibrating, windows rattling. >> what is going through your head? >> i don't know what's happening. i'm scared. >> have you ever felt this scared in your life? >> no. >> what's your heart feeling like at this moment? >> it's racing. >> wafer testified he grabbed a baseball bat to scare off an intruder, but the pounding got louder and he went to get his gun. >> i knew i had to get my gun. i didn't know where this was going. i thought somebody was coming through that door anytime. i had to find out what was going on. i wanted to investigate this.

i wasn't going to cower in my house. i didn't want to be a victim. i went to the front door. >> what is going through your head? >> this is trouble. this is not good. >> then what happens to you? >> so i open the door all the way, as much as i could. and soon as i did that, this person came out from the side of my house so fast. that's when i raised the gun and shot. >> he didn't want to cower so he shot. will the jury believe he acted in self-defense? joining me now, trial attorney carmen st. george and former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst faith jenkins. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thanks. rev. >> i want to hear from you both, starting with faith on how did

he do and what was your take away? >> his direct examination, that's the easy part because he gets to put his story out there and it's not challenged. where the rubber meets the road in this case will be cross-examination because his various stories of how and why he shot that gun will eventually come out because now that he has testified today, we've heard three accounts of how and why she he decided to shoot the shotgun. first it was an accident. then on the police video, he said he was angry, mad, and was going to put an end to the knocking, and today, he's talking about being in fear and the worst fear he's ever felt in his life. if you're a prosecutor on cross-examination, you're going to attack him on those various stories because now he's giving three different accounts. the law is leer in michigan on when you can use self defense and they want to attack his story, attack his credibility and turn to the jury and say he can't be believed. he's told too many inconsistencies here. >> carmen, your reaction?

>> i think he comes across as pois poised, compelling. i think the jury has pause at this point to consider the self defense. he had to take the stand. this is not a surprise to me, i don't think to many, because he has to assert his self defense. he has to give the jury something to hold onto. he has to explain how he felt at that moment and what caused his fear. and i think he's doing it. i think he's very controlled. he's presenting himself as balanced. i don't think he's giving off the appearance that he's making up a story. yes, frankly, he's going to be cross-examined on the points he gave the police a particular story or version when inquired, and even he has to explain the accident versus at this point the feeling of fear. but i think that that can be explained, especially when he's a person on the stand being able to deliver it. >> well, faith, let me play his original story on the scene was that the gun discharged. here's what he told officers on

the scene moments after he shot renisha. >> what happened here? >> a consistent knocking on the door. i tried to look through the window and the door, but then the banging would start. i'm like, who is this. and the gun discharged. i didn't know there was a round in there. i don't get it. who's knocking on your door at 4:30 in the morning? >> he seemed pretty composed there as he was telling a story that he seemed like sounded reasonable. >> he's very clear there. i didn't even know there was a round in there. the gun discharged. it's almost like a reflex action. now on the witness stands to he's also very clear. i wasn't going to cower in my own home. he's basically making a statement, someone is threatening my home and i don't have to cower in my own home, but that's not the law.

the law is if someone is breaking into your home, you have the right to use deadly force, or if you're in fear for your life because someone is posing an imminent threat to you. that's the law. the law isn't if you don't feel like cowering in your own home, you don't get to shoot and kill someone. that's not the law. also, his emotions on the stand today. he cried numerous times and now you're going to have the prosecutor bring out that tape. he was interviewed for two and a half hours the night he shot renisha mcbride. how many times did he cry then? now in front of the jury, the judge, he's crying. >> he became very emotional at various times in his testimony today. listen to this exchange with his attorney. >> now that you know who it is, are there days that you think about renisha and her family? >> every day.

so devastating. this poor girl. she had her whole life in front of her. i took that from her. >> now, he showed a lot of remorse, crying today. but he's got to contrast that in the two and a half interview the day after he killed her where he showed no emotion, remorse, or any tears at all. how does he deal with that, carmen? >> well, rev, i think that what is displayed in front of the jury is important here because she he's showing empathy and emotion. that's frankly necessary. i think if he came across as stoic and unemotional about it and frankly not cowering within his own home, if you look at it that way, he's going to look at the person who just takes a gun and wields it at whoever comes

through the door, but he basically was able to explain to this jury that there was knocking, again, i have said it before, on the side, in the front. he's letting the jurors think there's more than one person or at least hooe believes that to be so. and that's important. yes, they certainly have to deal with statements that were made before and the position he's taken at trial. that is certainly important, especially with respect to the gun and whether it's fired accidentally or intentionally at this point. >> faith, what does a prosecutor have to do tomorrow? >> the prosecutor has to cross-examine him and get to the bottom line with his inconsistencies because the night he was interviewed after the shooting, the only emotion he said he felt the moments before he shot that gun was anger. he said he was mad. that is not self-defense. >> carmen st. george and faith jenkins, thank you both for your time. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. coming up, that's a wrap. the benghazi obsession might be

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their scandalmongering especially on benghazi. a new roert from the gop-led intelligence committee is demolishing again the right's favorite myth about the terror attack in benghazi. the report hasn't been released publicly yet, but democrats say it confirms no one was deliberately misled, no military assets were withheld, and no stand-down order was given to u.s. forces. this was a bipartisan report adopted unanimously last week from a committee where republicans outnumbered democrats 12-9. this follows a slew of investigations over the past 18 months, all looking for smoking gun to implicate the president and his administration in a scandal that doesn't exist. eight different committees, 25,000 pages of documents, 13

congressional hearings and 50 special briefings. none of them finding any evidence of a cover-up, but that's not stuping the gop's witch hunt. tray gowdy is gearing up for his benghazi hearing throwing out questions that have already been answered time and time again. it was a tragedy what happened in benghazi, but it was not a scandal. but republicans just can't seem to let it go. joining me now, dana milbank and gesmcintosh. thank you both for be here. >> hi, reverend. >> to good to be here. >> let me start with you, dana. how many times do republicans have to prive themselves wrong before they believe it? >> you could say it just proved a conspiracy is broader than anybody thought because now even all of the house republicans on the intelligence committee are

part of the cover-up trying to protect this administration. this is the fourth comprehensive report, one at the state department, one senate intelligence, then we had two house committees, both controlled by republicans, both saying, hey, guys, nothing up here. nothing up here with the talking points. nothing up with the standdown orders. yeah, things may not have been handled as best as they could have. no conspiracy. nothing doing here. i suspect it will only fuel further the belief among republicans out there in the grassroots that they're getting a raw deal and that trey gowdy and his special committee better really find out what's going on. >> you know, jess, congressman gowdy announced this special committee hearing, we'll be meeting in september, next month. and they've already hired staff, and they request eed have been given a $3.3 million budget. ithotropens were supposed to be the fiscally conservative group. how can they justify this

complete waste of taxpayer money? >> if facts or the threat of national embarrassment were a deterrent for the republican party, they would have knocked this off a long time ago, but clearly it's not. what boggles the mind to me is that this is 2014, and this is supposed to be their year. they have the map. it's the midterms. they have the narrative. this is supposed to be republicans' year, but all they can do is talk about investigating benghazi and how they're not talking about impeachment, which doesn't actually after a ton to voters. and these are house republicans we're talking about. a lot are asking voters for a promotion. this is the team that republicans are going to try to take back the senate with. i can't see that being appealing to voters. >> you know, dana frk time and again, republicans have compared benghazi to watergate. listen. >> somebody the other day said to me, this is as bad as watergate. nobody died in watergate.

>> benghazigate is the right kind of term for this. i think this is very, very serious. probably more serious than watergate. >> that's going to go down in history as the greatest cover-up. i'm talking about compared to the pentagon papers, iran contra and the rest of it. >> if you had water gate and iran contra together and multiply it times maybe ten or so, you're going to get into the zone of what benghazi is. >> eight investigations have found no wrongdoing, and it's worse than watergate? >> well, that's what makes what's happening with this report extraordinary. and it's important to say that we don't have the documents, but nobody is yet challenging what the democrats on that panel are saying. so what is making this republican-led committee decide younanimously to knock this down? maybe they had about enough of it because you have seen the intelligence committee, armed services, other committees getting shunted aside to hand it over to trey gowdy.

the willness to get it out in public is saying, you're not going to tell us we didn't do our job. we did do our job and this is where the evidence has been pointed all along. >> what does this do for darrell issa who has been the one driving this until we get to gowdy? >> i go back to the point about them seemingly being impuvious to embarrassment. i guess it doesn't do much to darrell issa at all. it should make republicans afraid, not just for 2014, but for 2016 also. when emily's list first polled about the possibility of electing a woman president, we found battle ground voters thought women would have the right judgment, and abilities to cut through partisan bickering and put families first. in the face of numbers like that, i could see how republicans might be very, very frightened of a potential hillary clinton presidency. >> it's interesting you brought that up because they're hoping, dana, that this benghazi stuff

would also hurt hillary clinton. listen to what rand paul said on friday. >> if you're not in charge enough of the state department to be in charge of the people who work for you and you don't read the cables from one of the most dangerous spots on earth, frankly, you preclude yourself from ever being the commander in chief at this time. >> now, what's interesting about that, dana, is they accuse the obama administration of politicizing benghazi. isn't that exactly what they're doing there? >> well, of course, and we've seen fund-raising off benghazi. it's going to get harder and harder to do that now that you even have elected republicans in the house saying it. but you know, i suspect that it will not stop anybody. we'll probably see all this as some sort of conspiracy because it's occurring on president obama's birthday. >> because of the birthday. you had to slip that in, dana. jess, can they -- their attempt

to put this at mrs. clinton's feet backfire on them politically? >> yeah, absolutely. i think that every time they pull a stunt like this, it just more clearly shows the contrast between the two parties. democrats including hillary clinton are talking about things like raising the minimum wage, economic opportunity, ending gender discremination and pay, access to health care, and republicans are spending taxpayer dollars on insulting stunts. i think that voters are going to see that very clearly in 2014 and in 2016. >> i'm going to have to leave it all. dana and jess, thank you both for your time tonight. still ahead, as dana said, it's the president's birthday. we have a very special birthday for president obama. we'll have some fun imagining what kind of birthday wishes he would get from people like darrell issa, mitt romney, and john boehner. stay with us.

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and the well wishers are pouring in. first lady michelle obama tweeted, happy birthday to the man who always makes me proud. thank you for your friendship, honesty and compassion. i will love you always. bill clinton writes, happy birthday. they say the job of president ages you, but, well, that's it. environme vice president biden tweeted happy birthday, president obama, with a great photo of the two sharing a laugh. but you might not expect this one. many republicans also sent the president birthday greetings. and politics nation has the exclusive. we were able to get our hands on them. ted cruz writes, happy birthday, king obama. only you could have just given yourself a birthday. even darrell issa sent one. happy birthday. hope you can blow out all the -- i mean candles on your cake this

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community leaders to take positive steps together for justice. this weekend here in new york, police officers arrested the man who recorded the video of the police chokehold that killed eric gardner. ramsey was arraigned on weapons charges today. his case will now proceed through the item criminal justice system as it should, but of course, that arrest doesn't have any bearing at all on the gardner case. the video that he recorded speaks for itself. and if the district attorney has a conflict of interest in prosecuting a man who may be also called as a witness, then the gardner case should be turned over to federal authorities. but tonight, the important thing is also to create positive change from this tragedy. and to work together on solutions that move us forward.

illegal cheokeholds must be hel accountable. i don't believe all cops are bad, i don't even believe most are, but we must deal with those who are wrong as we do with others in the community. we must come together sometimes and say things that are uncomfortable, but we must seek solutions, not just get caught up in the noise on our way to doing that's. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. war against whites? let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start this monday night with the latest craziest charge against the president. it's that he's leading a war on whites. i leave it to you whether such a charge if somehow proven would be grounds for conviction and removal from