election. congressman pocan, good to have you with us tonight. that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, no excuses. we're two weeks from the midterm elections and it's a sprint to the finish line. these are live pictures from minnesota where the first lady is about to speak at a campaign event for senator franken. she was in iowa this morning. former president clinton is in kentucky, stumping for alison lundergan grimes. at stake, control of the senate. and whether that senate will work with president obama or against him for his remaining two years in office. i spoke to the president in an interview for my radio show, about his closing argument to

voters. >> what has been your message? i know you, over the weekend, went home to chicago, and voted yourself. you campaigned in maryland. what is the message that you want voters to hear? >> well, the message is one of progress, and the need to get some more work done. we have created over ten million jobs. longest uninterrupted private sector job growth in our history. we've cut the deficit. we've given millions of people health care who didn't have it before. there's almost no measure where we haven't made a significant difference. >> the president also outlined an agenda for the future. >> there are things that we could do right now to make a difference. raising the minimum wage, making sure there's fair pay laws so women are getting paid the same as men for doing the same work. rebuilding our infrastructure.

but early childhood education that we know would have an impact on kids' performance and prepare them for the jobs of the future. the only reason we're not doing it is because we have a congress that will not cooperate and says "no" to everything that matters to middle class families and would make a difference. >> throughout our discussion, the president emphasized one theme above all -- get out and vote. even if there's voter i.d. even if some are trying to suppress your rights, you need to get out and vote. >> if we have high turn-out in north carolina, then we will win. if we have high turn-out in georgia, we will win. if if we have high turn-out in clea colorado, we will win. so across the board, it's important for us to take responsibility and not give away our power. just turn out and vote. but get out there and vote. now is the time to do it. no excuses. keep on getting those folks out to the polls. >> yes, sir. >> tell them the president said

no excuses. the first lady said, no excuses. >> this election is still up for grabs. 9 of the top 10 senate battleground races are within five points in polling averages. and one top election analyst says, quote, this fight has a lot more uncertainty than the computer models suggest. one of the biggest questions now is a simple one. how many voters will show up? will democratic voters in key states stand up and say "no" to the voter suppression laws in their state? from voter i.d., to fewer early voting days. that's the question. will democrats stand up as president obama says, there's no excuse not to. >> joining me now angela rye and michelle coddle, thank you both for joining me. >> thanks, rev. >> angela, the president's

message to democratic voters is, no excuses. what are you hearing about this kind of attitude about democratic turn-out? >> i think we saw this before in 2012. although the laws that republicans put forth to -- whether it's get new identification, or stop early voting days, or restrictions on absentee voting, they were not as successful in 2012. but nevertheless, people stood up and said, not on my watch. i'm going to the polls. and the more that you try to push me away from the polls, the more that i will not only go to the polls, but bring folks with me. that's what we saw in 2012. i anticipate very much that we'll see that in 2014. even with the supreme court upholding the most restrictive law in the land about voter rights, rev, just this past saturday, saying, people have to get an i.d. two days before early voting starts. i hope people will protest in a way that will make sense to us, make sense to our democracy, and

still go to the polls. >> you know, michelle, president obama's comment to me on my radio show about democrats who haven't embraced him on the campaign trail has got a lot of attention. listen to this. >> these are all folks who vote with me. they have supported my agenda in congress. they are on the right side of minimum wage. they are on the right side of fair pay. they're on the right side of building the infrastructure, they're on the right side of early childhood education. so this isn't about my feelings being hurt. these are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me. i tell them, you know what, you do what you need to to win. i will be responsible for making sure that our voters turn up. >> michelle, will that strategy work, them standing up saying, these are the things i vote for? obviously they don't agree with everything with the president, but emphasizing they like

minimum wage and other things that he outlined, unlike the critics, they were people that agreed on certain specific issues. >> that's a pretty fine distinction, and my guess is that republicans are going to latch on to that statement. because they have been trying all along to nationalize this election in terms of painting their individual democratic opponents as supporting the president on all these key issues. they're going to spin it their way. yes, these are the issues, a lot of them are popular with the electorate. so it will come up to jazzing up the base and getting them to turn out. my guess is republicans are going to latch on to this and use it to their advantage as well. >> but see, this is where if i was one of the candidates, i'd say, fine, let's debate the issues. i disagree with the president on something things, even though i'm a democrat. but let's deal with the outlying, what i would vote with him on. he didn't leave it up in the air. he said minimum wage, he said

equal pay, he said infrastructure. i challenge you, my opponent, let's debate the issues. let's debate what he's said. >> i think that's exactly right, rev, but here you have a problem and the president just brought it up at a rally that i was at on sunday. anything that he says, even if he says apple pie is the best pie in the land, republicans would say, no, it's not. so you're dealing with folks that are not being rational. it's the person they have a problem with. folks have overwhelmingly said they support fair wages. they support equal pay for equal po work. they support rebuilding of our infrastructure. they support obamacare, or affordable care. to your point, yes, folks have to debate the issues, but you also can't be afraid of the president because the gop has made him the boogie man. he's not the boogie man.

some of his advisers have even said, the president is not on the ballot, but his policies are, and that is something, rev, that you know polls very well in your community. there are other communities where that does not work as well. so you have to be sophisticated enough to massage the message. >> but at the same time, you can't get the turn-out you need to win unless you can deal with these issues. yes, they are irrational on the other side, but i do not feel voters are irrational and they proved that in 2012. if you look at the polls, what the president outlined are corner stones in the democrats' 2014 agenda. minimum wage, equal pay, early childhood education. 62% support the paycheck fairness act. 70% support expanded investment in pre-k education. how big a factor will these issues be in the election if

they're emphasized, and not listen to the noise from people that are not going to support them, but go with the policies that will take hold and bring their base out? >> well, a lot of it is going to be how they present that message. i mean, the reality is, midterm elections are always tough for democrats, because the midterm voters tend to be older. they tend to be whiter. this is the republicans' base. so what you have to do, is not just present the issues that they like. you have to go for the gut. you have to make clear what's going to happen if the other side wins. and that's one of the things that kind of like presenting a good compelling message, not just, we know you agree with us on these issues so you should come out. they got to get out there and whip up the get out the vote efforts, they have to get them to the polls. >> you got to turn people on, before you can turn them out. >> that's exactly right. >> you got to deal with that with policy. gop governor chris christie fell

in line with republicans attacking the minimum wage during this cycle. listen to this. >> tell you the truth, i'm tired of hearing about the minimum wage. i really am. >> what's your position? >> i'm not going to repeal it. but i don't think it serves a purpose. >> i can't think of a worse time to be killing jobs for young people than right now. >> now, that was chris christie today, angela. i mean, is this going to catch up with the gop, with independent and moderate voters, these kinds of positions? >> it has to. these folks has to start holding them accountable. chris christie went on to say that american families aren't sitting at their table talking about, they sure hope their children get minimum wage. here's the problem, there are some folks sitting around the table and there's no food on them. there are some people wondering how they're going to pay the light bill.

chris christie's views have to come back down to earth. they don't want to talk about minimum wage either, rev. they just want a raise. >> interesting point, michelle. here's what ohio republican governor john kasich said. quote, that's not going to happen. then he went to say opposition to medicaid expansion was really either political or ideological. i don't think that holds water against real flesh and blood and real improvements in people's lives. now governor kasik went on to twitter and insisted, quote, the a.p. got it wrong. ohio said no to the obamacare exchange for a reason. as always, my position is that we need to repeal and replace. the bottom line, a year ago republicans hoped to use opposition to the affordable care act in the midterm.

now it just seems to be tripping them up. >> it's gotten muddier and people knew that would happen as it went along. and people understand the good sides of it. originally they were only hearing the scary story. now they're seeing people get coverage, it's helping out a lot of people. the governor did the classic washington gaffe. he said something that was a fact and then he had to spend his time back pedaling. because you can't say that sort of thing and not have the base go berserk on you. so he's had to do a little bit of damage control. >> going to have to leave it there. thank you both for being on and not trying to copy my red glasses? >> of course i did! [ laughter ] coming up, how some gop pundits and politicians are trying to use ebola to literally scare people into voting republican. also, backlash to monica lewinsky.

some ugly statements about her anti-cyber bullying and the scandal that made her famous. and the great life and legacy of the godfather himself, james brown. >> my fight has just started. my fight is against the past, the old colored man. my fight now is for the black america become american. >> i'll talk live with the film's director. big show tonight. stay with us. ♪ as boys the dodge brothers made their own bicycle. ♪ john went on to hold office and horace supported the orchestra. they raced yachts.

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halloween. fright night in the gop. republican pundits and politicians have a new campaign message. be afraid. be very, very, very afraid. >> someone with ebola really wants to come to the u.s., just get to mexico and walk right in. >> evil forces around the world want to harm americans every day. >> isis militants may infect themselves with ebola and fly to this country, thus using the disease as a biological weapon. >> this president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home. >> that's the question. do you think things are going to hell in a hand basket? 58% said absolutely. >> things are so scary. [ screaming ] >> they actually debated whether this country is going to hell in a hand basket. it's time for this fear mongering to end. turn up the lights. turn off the music.

here's the truth. on ebola, we're seeing real progress. no reports of new cases in the u.s. the quarantine period over for dozens of people. nurse nina pham has been upgraded to good condition. and with isis, more countries are stepping in. the u.s. bombing continues, and the right's worst predictions haven't come to pass. yes, the world can be a scary place, but using fear for political gain is cynical, it's irresponsible, and it's time for the gop to stop trying to creep us all out. joining me now is richard wolf, executive editor of msnmsnbc.co. thanks for being here. >> thanks, rev.

>> the attacks aren't scary. if you're scared by the idea of -- they didn't actually say isis fighters getting ebola and walking across the southern border, but why not. they're ridiculous. they're playing for low information voters. i don't know that even those people at this stage are scared by that. because we've seen the fever break in terms of the ebola coverage and the idea that this thing is out of control. it clearly is under control. what's more shocking, i think, is the idea that republicans really haven't broken out of that post 9/11 playbook. that was the politics of fear. it worked for them really, really well. but it worked for them when they were in government and they could say, we're the only things that are protecting you, even though osama bin laden was still out there. i don't see how making such a negative framework really works with anyone other than the people who already hate president obama. otherwise all they're doing is depressing the turn-out among people who might be interested

in republicans but don't know anything about their agenda other than, well, the world is pretty scary. >> speaking of fear mongering, a former bush speech writer wrote a column about ebola and isis. this is the quote. terrorists could collect samples of infected body fluids and place them on door jobs, hand rails, or airplane tray tables, allowing ebola to spread quietly before officials even realize that a biological attack has taken place. what effect does this have? >> however you pronounce his name, he was a speech writer for donald rumsfeld. so this isn't just rantings of someone in the conservative chamber, this is the kind of rhetoric that used to come out of the bush administration. it's crazy talk. it's not rational. it's not science. it's not based in the facts.

does it whip up people? i guess, again, if you are, a, liable to be scared. the whole rumsfeld approach is, you can't scare us, because we know how the world works, and we have a plan. either you're easily scared, or you think the president is incompetent, the federal government is incompetent and ebola is coming down at you. in which case you are already voting republican in this midterm election. >> two recent focus group interviewed walmart moms to shop at the store and have kids under 18. they reported, quote, moms consider ebola a threat that needs to be contained, but they do not necessarily fear it's an imminent threat. and not one city -- not one

cites as a reason to vote against or for democrats in november. >> if you're not getting walmart moms, and we've seen election cycle after secycle, then you a getting anyone who's persua persuadable. moms are smart. as a parent of young children, you know that children are going to get diseases and infections and colds. and the federal government isn't going to save you one way or another. you've got to be a smart mum, and thank god most of them are. >> richard wolf, thank you for your time tonight. coming up, monica lewinsky steps back in the spotlight. passionately speaking about cyber bullying. then she immediately got cyber bullied. why so many ugly responses? plus, a video i can watch

over and over again. a voter in chicago telling the president, don't touch my girlfriend. the president's response was priceless. and the james brown video you have never seen, the film maker behind a new documentary on the godfather of soul, joins me live.

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volunteers will get an all-expense-paid three-day bus tour as long as they contribute an enthusiastic atmosphere to his events. meals, lodging and transportation are all included in the trip. gee, i wonder why he would need to pay for enthusiasm. >> if i'm the leader of the majority next year, we'll have a new agenda. it will be an agenda that's related to creating jobs. not destroying jobs. >> oh, excuse me. i could hardly contain all that enthusiasm. it's well known mitch mcconnell has a little trouble in that department. president obama once even made this joke at his expense. >> some folks still don't think i spend enough time with congress. why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell, they ask.

really? why don't you get a drink with mitch mcconnell? [ laughter ] >> maybe if he offered to pay for meals, lodging and transportation, the president would join him. until then, did senator mcconnell think we wouldn't notice he's trying to pay supporters on the campaign trail? nice try, but the bus stops here, right at the corner of politicsination. and we gotcha. ter growth. ter growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label and it's automatic. we save time and money. time? money? time and money. awesome. awesome! awesome! awesome! awesome! (all) awesome! i love logistics. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup.

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she was emotional and deeply personal. it was all part of her campaign to end cyber bullying. >> overnight i went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. i was patient zero. staring at the computer screen, i spent the day shouting, oh, my god. and, i can't believe they put that in. or that's so out of context. and those were the only thoughts that interrupted a relentless mantra in my head. i want to die. but immediately following that speech, the backlash started online. she was attacked in very personal and sexual ways. most of it too vulgar to even

repeat on tv. so zerlina, why so much anger against her and why is she in the spotlight now? >> i think it's good she's in the spotlight. because cyber bullying is an important topic now. like she said, she was the first person when the internet became a place in which we could all talk to each other. she was the first person to really experience cyber bullying and it is a problem. you're two times more likely to have suicidal ideetion if you're experienced it. >> i think she has been a victim. but if you look back at the incident she's referring to, she's bringing up and opening old wounds. i feel like hillary clinton was the victim in that. hillary clinton, monica lewinsky was a home wrecker. she ruined this family. in a lot of ways, playing this victim, is what outrages so many

folks to turn to twitter and get upset and call her names, but that's not called for. [ all speak at once ] >> that's the reaction if someone has been victimized or something like that, is then to attack them and say vulgar things. this is, unfortunately, welcome to the internet. this is what people do and it really brings out the ugliest side of so many people. thankfully at this point she's a grown woman and has learned from all this. but the people she's trying to speak to are really often those who i think are young women that can be the most damaged by something like this. >> but let me take something off of what chris said, because zerlina, she really got emotional when she was recalling the days surrounding the scandal. it was a lot deeper than a lot of people thought. listen to this. >> i was threatened with up to 27 years in jail for denying the affair in an affidavit, and other alleged crimes.

27 years. when you're only 24 yourself, that's a long time. chillingly, told that my mother to -- that my mother too might face prosecution if i didn't cooperate and wear a wire. and in case you didn't know, i did not wear the wire. my friends and my family were subpoenaed to testify against me. >> i mean, that's a lot of stress and anxiety and threats and fear to put on a young woman. >> i think we forget because everyone else in the story is older. bill clinton and hillary clinton. she was in her early 20s at the time. when people are very young, we have to give them freedom to make mistakes. while i do agree that hillary clinton was a victim in this

story as well, so was monaica lewins lewinsky. everybody jumped in and slut-shamed her. >> this happened 16 years ago. and for me, it felt like it was shameful to bring it back up. hillary clinton might be running for president [ all speak at once ] >> isn't it the point that she can't move on? she's monica lewinsky and will always be known as that? >> exactly. she can't go into any other industry. >> she has tried to make hand bags, tried to do design. >> i want her to try -- [ all speak at once ] >> i want her to rally around a cause where she's not playing the victim card. >> cyber bullying.

>> she's playing the victim. >> but she is the victim. >> now i want to go to something before we run out of time. i've got to do this. it's burning up the internet. president obama was in chicago early voting yesterday, doing his early voting. while voting there, there was a funny moment. he ended up voting next to young woman who was there with her boyfriend, mike. and mike said something to the president that has everyone talking today. watch this. >>. [ inaudible ] >> he says to the president. we have a little audio trouble. mr. president, don't touch my girlfriend. and the president kind of smoothed it out. >> said, i wasn't planning on

it. >>. >> did you just say that? >> i really wasn't planning on it. >> i am sorry. >> just embarrassing. >> just for no reason whatsoever. >> and now you'll be going back home and talking to your friends about it. what's his name? >> mike. >> i can't believe mike. i was just horrified. fortunately the president was nice about it. >> i'm freaking out right now. >> so was i. >> thank you so much. >> mike seems like a decent guy. >> chris, your reaction? >> i think obama -- >> is it good fun or inappropriate? >> i think obama said it best.

mike, you are such a fool. you get the golden opportunity to stand two feet away from the president of the united states and you say something like that. it makes no sense. i think that it proves that obama has the most swagger out of anybody out there. he's just cool. >> he has a great sense of humor. [ all speak at once ] >> what they didn't show here was the end of the video when the president left his booth and he walked up to the woman and gave her a kiss on the cheek and said, that will keep him talking -- >> wait a minute. this is "politicsnation." show what they're talking. >> give you a kiss, and give him something to talk about. >> is that what you were referring to? >> that's what i was referring to. it's smooth, it's funny, but like i said again, the machismo. >> don't touch my girlfriend as if she's a possession.

that part of it i didn't really like. but the president always has a good sense of humor and we saw that here. >> zerlina going to bring in the women society. thank you all for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> still ahead, my interview with the film maker behind a new documentary about the one and only james brown. also, remembering an icon's impact on fashion. and on fleads for that matter. for over five decades. i have a cold

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he was the hardest working man in showbusiness, the godfather of soul, and a father figure to me. he was james brown. nearly a decade after his passing, he's still one of the most fascinating performers in history. a new documentary titled "the rise of james brown" takes you through his life, from growing up poor in the south to becoming one of the most influential icons in history. and how he carved out a sound that was purely his own. ♪ ♪ >> once "sex machine" came out and once he had enough time to rehearse that band and rearrange

his music to fit that band, it did reinvent the james brown template. >> the film, produced by long-time fan mick jagger of the rolling stones. also shows a side of james brown that some might not know well. the social activist, the man i saw fight to lift his community, who was instrumental in the civil rights movement. >> around the country i've been doing a lot of things. guess i'm a little concerned about people. overlooking the city, i see the torn buildings. buildings that are still standing and that should be removed. and you know who live there, the black people. you know, in washington, the houses we were walking in front of, condemned. no one can live in these houses. i went and saw a lot of people there and they have nothing to offer. i went from black america and i

started talking to white america, and i was saying, these are things that has to be done. we need education. got to go to the people that are not even surviving. and my fight is just starting. my fight is against the past, the old colored man. my fight now is for the black america become american. >> joining me now is the director of mr. dynamite, oscar winner alex gib ni. thank you for being here tonight. >> delighted. >> why did you want to make this film, and why is james brown so compelling? >> mick jagger reached out to me and asked me if i'd do it. i immediately said yes. because i'd always loved his music. i didn't know enough about his story. sometimes that's why i get involved in something. so i had an opportunity to dig. one of the things that i found so important, he changed the

culture and it wasn't just in his music. though his music was important because he's the one figure in american music who goes from the big band era in jazz all the way to hip-hop. but there was a political dimension to him that i hadn't appreciated going all the way back to the march against fear, performing in the heart of mississippi, right through to the famous song, i'm black and i'm proud. and to the role he played in that moment after martin luther king was assassinated when he prevented boston from erupting in violence. >> and all of that footage you have -- >> it's amazing. i even have footage of him singing with hubert humphrey. >> i don't think i've seen that and i think i've seen everything on james brown. you talk to former band members in the film and two of them opened up and talked about what a strong man he was and how he demanded strength. watch this.

>> you had to approach him with strength. you had to always be a man. and i really loved the guy. but i could never say to him, hey, man, i love you, man. because he had a way of taking advantage of that, or taking that for weakness. ♪ >> with men, he ain't that super tough guy. he wants to be. he's not. he is with women. brown would be a super tough guy with women, and the women do what he wants, when he wants. >> i mean, he was a very hard taskmaster and disciplinariadis. i know that first hand, since i was a teenager and been around him. you captured that in the film. why was telling that part of james brown so important? >> first of all, he was a band leader more than anything else. to understand how he led, but also he was beset by demons. and i think that was important to tell. you said it, late in the film, he took a negative and turned it into a positive. but it was that motivation, that

will he got from growing up poor and having his mother and father desert him when he was young that i think really propelled him forward. >> and one of the things and i did talk in the film, you have several clips of me. one of the things that was amazing to me is his raw will power. i mean he grew up abandoned by his mother and father and goes all the way, and his commitment to civil rights. i think a lot of people will get more than they've ever -- how dr. king stopped the meeting once. i'm going to see james brown. >> enough of the meeting, i'm going to see james brown. >> and all the way to us, in the no justice, no peace era. james brown helped set a tone and i don't think people understand the impact of that. >> he was just determined to make a mark. he was determined that he was going to represent, for his people, and to make sure that racial injustice was not going to survive. and he was very powerfully

motivated. >> one of the compelling scenes in the documentary is where he also would jump on with those who were considered liberal, because he wanted to, in his exchange with a talk show host at the time, where he wanted to define for himself what he thought empowerment for blacks and others were. so he was -- now we would see that in private, but you caught that where he's sitting on mike douglas show -- >> right. >> and was very emotional. even jumped out of his seat on the question of race. it was fascinating. >> and i think he was coming at it from kind of a condescending place, and he said, we ought to live in a world where you ought to be as good as me. and james brown said, i am as good as you. >> right. >> that was a a really important moment. it was a conflict between the kind of liberal idea of we're

going to help you, about you in a super sillious or condescending way. and he was all about -- [ all speak at once ] >> that's part of the story that has never been told. a lot of when the movement came north, it was encountered by people who felt they knew better than those of us fighting, and still do. but one of the things also that was very compelling to me is, you showed how he was a historic figure, not just a guy that could dance. though no one could do what he did dancing. and that's how he saw himself. i mean, james brown never wanted to just be a number one artist. he wanted to make history and i think this documentary shows he did. >> he did. he changed the culture. there's no way of saying it any better than that, he changed the culture of america. >> alex, i thank you for your time tonight and for the great film. really it premieres monday night at 9:00 eastern, hbo on this

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payback as a black record because it's relevant and says many of the things that young blacks have tried to say and could not musically express in our own way. we feel this is the theme song of young black america 1974. >> that's a clip from when i appeared on "soul train" in 1974. don cornelius is there when i gave an award to james brown. mr. brown became like a father figure, a father i didn't have at the time. and i carry him with me every day. one of the things he taught me was the importance of being disciplined, being focused in all the things that you do. governor nixon announced the creation of a commission to address the conditions that have

fueled so much of the anger there. >> legitimate issues have been raised by thoughtful voices on all sides. shouting past one another will not move up to where we need to go. this is a defining moment that will determine whether this place will be known as a region marred by racial division and unrest, or a region that pulled together to rise above and heal. >> the governor's right. we must all keep having the conversation to lead us to a more just and equal society. but he made it clear a commission will examine complaints of inequality, not investigate michael brown's death. and yet my mentor, james brown, would remind me to stay focused on the issue of michael's death. for as much as i need to address the larger problems, we must first solve the immediate issue of fully and fairly investigating the shooting death of michael brown. i went to ferguson when the

grandfather of michael brown asked me to come. we went to get justice and a fair investigation. a big, broad conversation is good, but we cannot step over the body of michael brown to have the conversation, without first addressing a fair investigation. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. killing the black vote. this is "hardball." ♪ ♪ good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. this is rotten stuff, isn't it? the republican effort to kill the black vote in state after state. pennsylvania, wisconsin, north carolina, florida, texas. we can all see what they're doing. believing they can't convert the african american vote, they