their leadership, and try and change it. >> okay, reverend, i appreciate your time tonight. it's a heavy lift, no doubt. the tensions are very high in the ferguson and st. louis area on that. going to take a lot of prayers and understanding to make it right before the criminal justice system gets fixed with black americans in this country. no doubt. that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, how democrats can win by standing with president obama. we're now less than a month from the midterm elections. in kentucky, democratic challenger alison lundergan grimes is taking on gop senator mitch mcconnell. it's a tough race in a red state. and grimes made headlines when

she wouldn't say whether she voted for president obama. >> did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012? >> you know, this election isn't about the president. it's about making sure we put kentuckyians back to work. >> did you vote for him? >> i was in 2008, a delegate for hillary clinton, i think kentuckyians know i'm a clinton democrat true and true. i respect the sanctity of the ballot box -- >> so you're not giving an answer? >> i don't think the president is on the ballot as much as mitch mcconnell might want him to be. it's my name. >> grimes is trying to win in a red state. and it led to an awkward moment. but there's a better way to handle it. when you disagree with the president, say so. but when you know he's right, don't back down. and don't give in to the gop's distorted narrative about the president's record. here's the cover story in

"rolling stone." in defense of obama, paul krugman writes, quote, obama has emerged as one of the most consequential and, yes, successful presidents in american history. he calls the affordable care act a huge step forward. notes that economic growth is much better than in any other advanced country. and says his work on the environment is a major legacy. quote, this is what a successful presidency looks like. democrats should be proud of that record, and the president's agenda for the future also. >> let's agree that nobody who works full time in america should ever have to raise a family in poverty. let's give america a raise. [ applause ] it will make the economy stronger. >> let's catch up to 2014. pass a fair pay law, make our economy stronger. let's enroll six million

children in high quality preschool. that's an achievable goal that we know will make our workforce stronger. [ applause ] >> i'm not on the ballot this fall. michelle's pretty happy about that. [ laughter ] but make no mistake, these policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> these policies are on the ballot. and democrats should embrace it, even in red states. even in red states, there are people working for minimum wage, who want to see it lifted. there are women who don't make as much as men for doing the same job. and there are people with preexisting conditions who need health care. that's the case democratic candidates across the country need to be making. joining me now is congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat of missouri. and former pennsylvania governor and former dnc chairman ed rendell. thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev.

>> my pleasure. >> congressman cleaver, you're a democrat in a red state. don't republican voters need jobs and health care just like democrats? >> absolutely. and when you think about the fact that 26% of the uninsured are now insured, it goes across political boundaries. everybody needs that. being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition. you know, having a heart attack may be, but having a baby shouldn't be. and i think that sells anyplace. i think we have to stand up and tell the truth. things are better. you know, reverend, you and i both have probably heard many times, people will say, well, things have not gotten better for african americans. that's a lie. and we need to shut it out whenever it happens. things have gotten better. maybe it's not perfect. but for people to go out and say things have not gotten better,

when the economy has been reversed, that was going down the toilet. and when you look at the fact that more people are now insured, things have gotten better, and it's a disservice to the nation to say otherwise. >> governor rendell, isn't there a way to frame president obama's policies in a way that will appeal to moderates and independents, and maybe even a few republicans? >> sure, there is, rev. there's no question. i think alison lundergan grimes will make a great senator. but i think she whiffed on that answer. what she should have said, yes, i voted for him, that doesn't mean i agree with all his policies. but let me tell you, he's done some good things for this country and he's fighting for ordinary working people. he's for the minimum wage, the republicans aren't. you can't live on $7.15 an hour, if you have a family. he's fighting to extend unemployment compensation, and

that's important, to tens of thousands of kentuckyians. those are the answers she should have given. president obama's not perfect, but you have to go long and hard to find a perfect president. maybe abe lincoln, who knows. we made a mistake in 2010, and congressman cleaver knows, all of our blue dog democrats ran from the affordable care act, instead of standing and defending it, and saying, hey, what's wrong with getting rid of the ban on preexisting conditions? what's wrong about seniors getting $1,000 to fill the hole -- the donut hole? >> right. >> what's wrong with allowing your kid to stay on your health care until they're 26? we could have defended it. >> not only 2010, governor. congressman, the governor was talking about the grimes race in kentucky. you know, she should have talked about the affordable care act in kentucky. let's talk about the affordable care act in the state she's running in. in 2013, before the law took

effect, the rate of uninsured in the state was about 20%. since the aca went into effect, it's fallen to 11.9%. isn't this a story she could have used, and democrats in a lot of states can tell, congressman? >> absolutely. and the governor from her state came to the democratic caucus meeting in washington and talked about the program now. the key here is, they're not calling it obama care in kentucky, i think it's called something like kai care or something. it is obamacare, but they gave another name to it. but it's working, and it's working fabulously. she should have said, the aca isn't perfect, but it's unimpeachable. more people are insured, more people are being saved from bankruptcy, which is the number one cause of -- health care is the number one cause of bankruptcy. >> the other thing that i

noticed in the krugman piece that stood out to me is that the right-wing and republicans have been the great deficit hawks. and they've said cuts to medicare and social security are needed because of the deficit. but under president obama, the deficit has been dropping rapidly, as a share of gdp is now just 2.8%. and in terms of the economy, we continue to see employers hiring, 55 straight months of private sector job growth. why doesn't this administration get the credit it deserves on the economy, governor? >> well, again, democrats don't talk about it. 248,000 new jobs in the past month, unemployment under 6%, those are great factors. the stock market reached 2,000 a couple weeks ago. that's indicating an economy on the rebound. and our recovery has been much more robust than any developed

nation in the world. we should be talking about that. the president got beat up when the economy wasn't doing well. well, the economy is taking off. he should get the credit for it. there's no question about it, and we should be talking about it. unemployment, minimum wage, jobs from infrastructure, those aren't democratic proposals. those are proposals that republicans, independents and democrats, polls show, all agree with. so are democrats cowering in the corner, afraid to mention the name obama? they're missing the boat. we have a chance to talk about the good things, the growth, the progress, and say, yeah, i don't think the affordable care act is perfect. it needs to be amended. but you want to go back to the old way? are you nuts? >> well, congressman, are some democrats -- let me be very blunt. are some democrats cowering? >> oh, absolutely. you know, i've been a democrat

all my life. i'll never change parties. i'm going to be a democrat and i embrace democrat principles. sometimes democrats are so careful, maybe too careful, and i think that works to our disadvantage. if we believe we are right, we ought to stand up and say it. if we think that the policies we supported have been right and helped this country, we ought to say it. and that's what's happened under the leadership of the president. republicans will stand up and say something that is absolutely wrong, but they'll say it with conviction and stick with it no matter what. and we've got to be able to stand up and say, we are right. and the american public supports what we do, over any other party's positions. >> i agree, and i agree with the governor. in fact, i think we're seeing a season of political bullying. and if we would fight, we would find out the bully's not that tough at all. they're not winning in the polls or making it close because they

have a message or something to campaign on. they're winning in many places because we're running away from the fight. take the fight to them. >> and rev, you're absolutely right. what happened in 2010 to all the blue dog democrats who ran from the affordable care act, instead of standing and defending? they all lost. >> that's right. >> they all lost. >> i believe in fighting, and if you get in a fight with me, i may lose, but you're going to know you were in a fight. they're going to have to wake you up in the dressing room and tell you you won on points. [ laughter ] congressman cleaver, governor rendell, thanks for your time tonight. have a good weekend. >> you too, reverend. coming up, america on edge over ebola. a team ever hazmat officials remove a man from a plane after he joked he had ebola. and this -- >> hey, look!

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go long. ebola has been a big topic of discussion on social media all week. today a lot of talk about a man in philly who was taken off a plane after joking that he had ebola. instead of taking off,

passengers got a vit from hazmat suits. eileen says, that's as dumb as falsely claiming you have a bomb. >> marie posted, it was a joke, lighten up. curbside wrote, some people just need to drive where they are going. we have more on this story and developing news tonight on the investigation into thomas eric duncan's death. some growing questions for the hospital. but first, let you know what you think. keep chatting with us on facebook or on twitter, @politicsnation.

we're learning troubling new details about how the treatment of thomas eric duncan, the ebola patient who died wednesday in dallas. the a.p. reports medical records show duncan's temperature spiked to 103 degrees when he first went to the hospital on september 26th. he also told a nurse he'd recently been in africa. but his doctor wrote a note saying he was negative for fever and chills. duncan was prescribed antibiotics, told to take tylenol and sent home. duncan wasn't re-admitted to the hospital for days, raising serious questions about whether this country is prepared to deal with ebola. five airports are set to start screening passengers coming from west africa for symptoms. but duncan's death has ratcheted up fears about the disease. and those fears were on full

display on a flight this week from philadelphia to the dominican republic. a passenger reportedly sneezed on the plane and said, i have ebola, you're all screwed. here's what happened next. >> at the depth of my being, i've done this for 36 years, i think the man that has said this is an idiot. and i'll say that straight out. if you hear me, that's fine. i want you to keep your wits about you. we have people coming on, we've all been watching the news. they look like they're in the bubble. >> take a look at what followed. a hazmat crew came on board, wearing plastic protective suits and breathing equipment. they went to the back of the plane to talk to the man who made the joke.

>> [ bleep ]. >> he may have been kidding, but he was escorted off the plane and examined at the airport's medical center. because to most people, this is not a joke. joining me now is dr. seema yasmin, public health professor at ut dallas and a staff writer for the dallas morning news. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> what did you think when you saw the plane video? is that the right response? >> reverend, this is an infectious disease, but it's very much a global health security threat. so in the same way you would not make jokes about a bomb at the airport, you cannot make jokes about ebola. it's a very serious issue. airline personnel and security personnel have to treat that as if somebody may potentially actually have ebola. it's a very serious condition and it cannot be joked about. >> you know, doc, another plane was quarantined in las vegas this morning after reports that

a passenger who had been to africa recently, vomited on board. the passenger was then cleared. will we likely see more cases like this? >> we probably will because now everybody is on high alert. ebola is on the radar. this outbreak is not going anywhere soon in terms of the spread in west africa, as long as it keeps to spreading in west africa, there will be more imported cases to america, to other parts of europe and because people are on high alert, we'll probably have more ebola scares as well. >> now, a lot of concerns about thomas eric duncan's treatment. the associated press said, the hospital was repeatedly changed in its account of what the medical team knew when it released duncan from the emergency room early on september 26th. and today a spokesperson for the duncan family spoke about what

happened. >> no explanation at all on why they sent him home with 103-degree temperature. if you went to the hospital right now and your temperature was 103 degrees, no doctor would send you home. >> should the hospital have known better, doctor? >> this is really troubling information, reverend. for two reasons. one, the family needs closure and they need information about how their loved one was treated. but there's a second wider issue. we need transparency and clear communication so if things were missed, other workers can learn from this. we've now had so many contradictory statements from this hospital about what happened on september 25th, when mr. duncan first went to the hospital. we need to know what happened, not just to assign blame, but so we can learn from there. >> we've seen predictions that there could be between 500,000

and 1.5 million cases of ebola by january 2015. what's your response? do you agree with this? >> so, some of those models, reverend, they look at the fact that many cases go unreported. so, for example, for every one case of ebola we hear about right now, there may be as many as five or six that we are never told about. those people may die. they're just never registered as an ebola case. so there's potential that there's more spread even now, which is troubling and of course the less that we ramp up efforts, the longer that we take to deal with the situation, there's potential for more spread in these countries and possibly farther. >> dr. seema yasmin, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you so much. coming up, in ferguson, protesters kick off what they're calling weekend of resistance. and caught on tape, a police dog attacks a suspect. stay with us.

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it's been two months since the michael brown shooting and last night, we saw more unrest in the streets of the st. louis area. there's no excuse for violence. and today michael brown's parents released a statement about protests set for this weekend. quote, it is our hope that those coming to ferguson to protest the shooting of our son this weekend do so peacefully and lawfully. the brown shooting two months ago sparked a national conversation about policing, and it put a new focus on how video from cell phones and body cams can help raise awareness of these issues. check out this new video from arkansas. police were called in after a report of a possible disturbance involving a gun. a deputy showed up with his k-9 while officers on the scene were handcuffing the suspect.

the dog got loose and attacked the suspect for a minute and a half. all of it caught on the officer's body cam. >> hey, look at! [ bleep ]. >> hey, don't move. [ bleep ]. >> ow, ow, ow! >> [ bleep ]. >> get the dog off me! >> stop moving. >> sorry, i'm sorry. >> please, please, please. please pull that dog off me.

>> tyson, no! >> i can't be still much longer. >> please do something. >> for 90 seconds, the police k-9 was attacking the handcuffed suspect with the officer doing little to remove the dog's grip. videos like this can help the public understand what's happening on the streets. earlier this week we saw video of a new york police department officer appearing to knock a teenager unconscious for smoking a cigarette the officer believed was marijuana. >> you can't do that. >> [ bleep ]. >> mister, it was just a cigarette. >> oh! >> and in another incident in new york, an officer appears to be stealing from a man. >> you see this, look. you see this?

you see this? [ bleep ]. >> give me my money, man. give me my money. >> these videos can help the public and police be more aware of what's really happening in our community, and change that relationship for the better. joining me now is mark claxton, a former police officer and director of the black law enforcement alliance. thank you for being here with you, mark. >> thanks, rev. >> now, in that video from arkansas, we're now hearing other police officers critique the k-9 officer's reaction. won't these videos help police self-police and just their tactics? >> we hope that the videos will provide that opportunity for there to be increased effective policing, but too often, departments and individual officers will tend to be in denial about what's obvious on videotape. >> now, last night, mark, we showed a video of police

stopping a disabled african american man in an affluent community in washington, d.c. a bystander recorded the incident and got involved. watch this clip. >> he's coming. he gets loud and boisterous. >> because you're accusing him. i'm sorry, but i'm videotaping. come on, dennis, she said you can go. >> i'm disabled. >> come with me. >> no, stop. >> hold it. >> this is the address. >> you don't need to stop him. i'm reporting this. i'm an attorney and this is wrong. now please leave our neighborhood. just because he's black doesn't mean he's here to rob a house. he works for us. he's been in this neighborhood for 30 years. >> what's your reaction, mark,

when you see that video? >> it's a fascinating -- really, what that is, it's really a sociology study all compacted in one incident. you have a class of race, an economic class, and structure there, all in one video itself. and what's interesting about that video, it shows -- it demonstrates there and you can see it clearly, there's a vastly different reaction from police, as far as accommodating the request of civilians, when it appears that this may be a professional person. this woman happened to be an attorney, this white woman happened to be an attorney, in defense of ts black man on the street. something else that's been introduced into this conversation which is very important about the video is that you're talking about two black police officers involved in this incident. >> i think that's involved because many people don't understand that people like you and i, that raise questions on police, raise it against police no matter what their color, and

many of them behave differently to blacks, even if they're black. i mean, the movement in new york that i was in the leadership, it was two of those three cops that shot him were black, and we marched on them. i think you were right to point that out. >> yeah, and also, rev, i think what people often times miss, organizations that are addressing this issue, dealing with the police service, we're looking at the larger issue of criminal justice reform. >> that's right. >> and our interest and our concerns have always been color blind and consistent. i think what makes people uncomfortable is that when you see there's a pervasive problem, it appears, in different communities, where you have that color dynamic going on, but in fact, the interest that we have is about improving and reforming criminal justice matters and law enforcement being one major component of that. >> now, how can police use videos like this for training?

how can this be used in a way that is constructively trying to deal with the police culture and train police? >> well, one thing for sure, police departments cannot remain in denial, or i call it refusal, when the evidence is before you, when it's before you in video and audio form, and still you stick to a particular story that suits your needs. so i think the first component is, that police department, law enforcement agencies, have to be willing to accept when they make mistakes, when they err, and they have to be accepting of the penalties that come with that. if you're not acknowledging the arrangements and the facts that you're seeing before you in video and audio, then there will be no progress based on those videos. so it's important to incorporate those videos in the training process without a doubt. but more importantly, we have to be realistic and honest about what we're seeing and the impact

these incidents are having on communities throughout this nation. >> mark claxton, thank you for your time this evening and have a great weekend. >> thank you, rev. coming up, we have the police report from a palin family brawl at a summer party. and microsoft ceo is trending today after saying women should hope for a raise, but not ask for one. and wobble politics. "conversation nation" is next. why do i cook? because i make the best chicken noodle soup >>because i make the best chicken noodle soup because i make the best chicken noodle soup for every way you make chicken noodle soup,

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we're back now with "conversation nation." joining us tonight, msnbc's joy reid, democratic strategist mark hannah, and trial attorney sema aier. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> great to be here. we start with microsoft ceo trending worldwide today. at a women's conference, he was asked how women should ask for a raise. here was his response. >> it's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. um, and that i think might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly,

women who don't ask for a raise, have. because that's good karma. it will come back. because somebody's going to know that's the kind of person that i want to trust. that's the kind of person that i want to really give more responsibility to. >> karma will take care of it? after a lot of criticism he put out a statement saying, quote, i answered that question completely wrong. i believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. if you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask. sema, your reaction to this? >> well, it's a cultural thing. and myself and that gentleman, we're from the same culture. any anybody's going to go about karma, it's a hindu. however, as a woman, i disagree. i find it offensive. i think we've changed. >> joy and i come from the same church denomination and if i say you reap what you sew --

[ laughter ] >> go ahead. >> it goes along with the advice, of always be a perky and snappy dresser, always be nice, smile at your boss, wear a lot of skirts, show a little leg. it's so offensive and anti-modern that i can't believe the head of a technology company thinks in that way. if people noticed how well you work, people wouldn't have a pay gap. >> it's not just because i'm surrounded by women that i'm taking this position. but, no, he completely stepped in it. cultural, not cultural, where he is at his level, he's working in a capitalist system where the people who are asking for raises are getting ahead. so the man who asked him that question was on air defending this cultural aspect, but the fact is, like, she wouldn't be where she was today if she hadn't asked for these raises. >> sedoesn't it really go to a

deeper problem, for one, that women that ask are considered aggressive and not lady-like, and b, the fact that a ceo of a major tech company could even be comfortable saying that without thinking about it? >> he is comfortable, because it is engrained in our culture for men to think that way. however, we are seemingly aggressive, but i don't think to everyone. i think that society has changed, employers have changed and they expect women to ask for what we deserve. >> by the way, that industry, the tech industry is probably the least diverse, has the least number of women moving up. so there's already a problem in the industry that he's a part of. so trying to encourage women to be more aggressive -- or less aggressive, doesn't make sense. >> let me move on to the brawl. >> let's, brawl, rev. >> from the palin family. it sounds wild according to the police report. the fight happened last month at a birthday party in alaska.

sarah palin, her husband todd, their daughters bristol and willow, and son trek arrived from a white limo. according to the police report, there were two fights. the first fight started after bristol, who police say was heavily intoxicated, went after a woman who had allegedly shoved her younger sister willow. when they were asked to leave, brittol allegedly said to the homeowner, who are the expletive are you? and told him she would kick his blank before she hit him five or six times in the face. at that point, she was shoved on the ground and people pulled her around on the grass by her feet. police say the second fight involved trek. after he claimed some guys were talking rudely to his sisters, making them cry, he was allegedly beaten by four people and appeared shirtless and

bloodied. at that point, todd and sarah palin were there asking, what happened? and the homeowners told them to leave. no arrests were made, and police say no charges were filed. joy, some may laugh, but sarah palin is still a force in the gop. will stunts like this hurt her political capital? >> you know what, the sad thing about it, i think every time something embarrassing happens with the palins, john mccain should apologize because he said she should be the vice president of the united states. if the obama family had incidents like this, what the right would do to them, the way they would tear them apart. it was a new yorker cover with mrs. obama with the afro pick, and trying to depict her as this angry, scary, black woman. i think it's remarkable on the right they don't have the self-reflection about the people that they respect. that there is no self-reflection about whether or not they -- >> we are ntalking in fairness

about her children, not her. some people get it no matter what. >> she made a decision to put her family in the public eye when she ran for office. that was a decision she made with her family. >> and got a reality show. >> and got a reality show. i was surprised, when i read about this story, i was wondering where the cameras were approxima . >> todd and her were there feet away from where they were. >> it's a controversy i wasn't even at. i was later miles away. [ laughter ] >> but they had the cameras there and if this was done for entertainment television, that's a shame and horrendous. because other countries are looking at this too and they're thinking to themselves, this is now america nominates to be their vice presidential candidate. this is the best and the brightest of the united states? i'm embarrassed. >> and they would have been the second family of the country. >> thank god they're not.

but i also think that sarah palin is not under the spotlight that she was several years ago, right? so she's not much in the daily conversation. and she tries to put herself back into it with the reality show, and maybe stunts like this. >> but every time there's a conservative conference, she's still a huge draw. she's still the person that cpap wants to have on the scene. >> but no one's going to criticize her. >> not at all. the gop won't criticize her or her family. >> they'll criticize us for criticizing her and her family. finally, we know it's close to the midterm elections. but senator mary landrieu has a new way to attract voters oot wobble. ♪ ♪

>> we are out of time. >> no! >> no wobble. >> we are going to wobble on the way out. >> thank you all for your time. have a great weekend. >> thanks, rev. >> watch joy reid on the reid report weekdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern. coming up the one and only smokey robinson on his new album, and what it's like to discover diana ross. you don't want to miss the living legend himself, next. ♪ ♪ tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. diversifying. dip! you got our attention. we did? of course. you're type e* well, i have been researching retirement strategies. well that's what type e*s do. welcome home. taking control of your retirement? e*trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right.

for half a century, smokey robinson has been one of the greatest singers, songwriters, and producers in american music. as the front man for the miracles, he gave us huge hits, like tears of a clown, i second that emotion, and the tracks of my tears. now he's revisiting some of his favorite songs in duets album, featuring mary j. blige, elton john, and john legend. >> i've been exposed to smokey's writing since i was a very young child. >> i was happy enough to pick "tracks of my tears" because i've always loved this song. >> it's the classic opening line for a long. i don't like you, but i love

you. i'm always thinking of you. what? just brilliant. ♪ i don't want you ♪ but i need you >> this amazing artist has written more than 4,000 songs. now he's writing a new chapter in his iconic career. joining me now is the one, the only, smokey robinson. thanks for being here. >> oh, it's my pleasure. all the time, man, it's good to see you. >> it's great to see you, and it's amazing how you just keep coming. i mean, you don't get tired. >> well, i get tired, but i'm trying to keep up. it's possible. >> let me ask you, on this new album, duets album, what was it like to work with all these other artists and help them reinterpret your music. >> they picked these songs themselves. so the ones that you hear them singing on are their favorite

smokey robinson songs. we let them do their interpretation of it first. i heard john legend sing "quiet storm" about five years ago and i told him, man, you should record that. he said that's a good idea. it ends up, we're recording it together. ♪ shower me with your sweet love ♪ ♪ your sweet love ♪ i will bathe in every drop ♪ through all the seasons ♪ let it fall and never stop ♪ quiet storm >> are you saying, without john on "the tracks of my tears," and we just heard him talking about it, what surprised you about working with him? >> i had no idea that he felt that way about "the tracks of my tears." what surprised me about him, when you listen to his interpretation of it, he's growling and he's soulful.

he's throwing down. i was surprised to hear him sing like that. ♪ if you look closer it's easy to trace ♪ ♪ the tracks of my tears oh baby baby baby ♪ >> you're also a talent scout for motown. you discovered some of the talent, like diana ross. tell us about that. >> she lived four doors down from me as kids, growing up. eventually she moved away to detroit. i hadn't heard from her for a while. after he started motown, she called me and said, i got a group, i want you to listen to us. i said okay, they came and sang for me. they were called the primeetts at that time. they sang and i loved them. i had to wait until diana and the girls graduated from high school before i could sign them. when they did, i got them signed

up. >> and the rest is history. >> when i left the miracles, i tried retirement. i was just going to the office to do my vice presidential thing, and i did that about three and a half years, and i was miserable. so, no, i don't plan on retiring again at all. it's not in my plans right now. >> on behalf of millions of your fans, i can tell you, we don't want you to retire. >> well, thank you. >> smokey robinson, congratulations on the new album. >> always good to see you. >> always great to see you. coming up, an extraordinary person doing extraordinary things. why she's an inspiration to us all. [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. keep going strong. and as you look for a medicare supplement insurance plan... expect the same kind of commitment you demand of yourself. aarp medicare supplement insurance plans

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