not allow the waste, fraud and abuse that this governor has over the last four years. >> great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight from atlanta. tonight's lead, one week to go, just seven days until election day, and all that talk of a republican wave was just talk. because it is tight. right now senate races in ten states are closer than five points. this election is going to come down to turn-out. so if you care about fairness, if you care about the affordable care act, or minimum wage, or women's rights, then you have to get out and vote.

a new poll found 73% of republicans are absolutely certain to vote. but 61% of democrats said the same. here's what's at stake. fairness, radical republican policies, and a senate takeover. and the race right here in georgia really illustrates that. in a debate this week, democrat michelle nunn hammered republican david perdue for saying he was proud of his business record of outsourcing jobs. >> in a deposition under oath, you said that you spent the majority of your career outsourcing. your record of shipping jobs overseas, you'd be the only one in the senate that has said they spent the majority of their career outsourcing jobs. >> this issue has become front and center here in georgia, where there's an unemployment rate of 7.9%.

that's the highest in the nation. and nunn hit perdue just as hard on a pay discrimination lawsuit. >> he was head of dollar general, there was over 2,000 women that were not paid equitiably. >> there was no wrong-doing there. that lawsuit, or that claim was settled five years after i was there. and she knows that. and it was less than 2,000 people. we had upwards of 70,000 people in that company. >> 2,000 women, that sounds like a lot who say they were discriminated against. and public investigators found it was true. it was during your tenure. it was settled afterwards, but the suit was during your tenure. >> pay discrimination, outsourcing, just a few of the reasons this race is so tight. and that's why georgians, like the rest of the country, need to

get out and vote. joining me now is atlanta mayor kas eem reed, and joan walsh from salon.com. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having me, reverend al. >> mr. mayor, a lot of people still think of georgia as a completely red state. what does it say that the senate race is so close? what are georgians looking for? it says they want to look for somebody who cares about fairness. and what's resonating is this outsourcing pride that mr. perdue showed, is absolutely hurting him. and michelle nunn has a lifetime of helping ordinary people, and it's coming across. and in every important poll that i've looked at, she's been up or even. so i think that the outsourcing comments, the claims that mr. perdue made, his career at dollar general, his career at pillow tex, is causing people

who would have voted for him, to turn away. the other thing is, that the black community in the state of georgia is getting more and more excited about michelle nunn. and i think that georgia is getting ready to flip and vote to support michelle nunn and put her in the united states senate. we're eight days out -- seven days. >> joan, this is sounding like romney 2. but on some of the issues democrats are way ahead. minimum wage is one of those issues. >> right. >> and when you look at the fact republicans have really struggled with this issue. i want to play wisconsin governor scott walker. listen to this. >> what is your position on the minimum wage? should we have it? >> i'm not going to repeal it, but i don't think it's -- i don't think it serves a purpose, because we're debating then about what the lowest levels are at. i want people to make, like i said the other night, two or three times that. >> are comments like these going to hurt the republicans, joan? >> oh, i think they are.

i think they already have. scott walker sounded really kind of stupid, to be frank, when he said that. and he tries to explain it by saying, yes, i want people to make more, but he doesn't seem to understand labor history, where we place the floor really determines what people get even higher up the ladder. when the floor is so low in so many places, he certifies $7.50 is the living wage in wisconsin. and people in that state know it's not a living wage, if that's your only job and you're supporting a family. so david perdue has been tenured. michelle nunn has turned out to be a very good, solid candidate, who is not afraid of hitting him, and sitting here listening to him say, 2,000 women, that's not a lot of people. >> she handled that adeptly. and he does have this silver spoon problem. but the voters seem to think

differently. >> you know, mr. mayor, i want to go back to something you said about the black votes, because everyone talks about how democratic voters don't turn out in midterm elections. but in georgia, black people made up 30% of the turn-out in 2008. there wasn't a drop-off in georgia. do you think black voters will turn out this year? >> i think they're definitely going to turn out. what we have to do in georgia is to get michelle nunn over 50. we need 50 more votes in every precinct. you're in atlanta. you can feel the energy. it's resonating in the black community. congressman john lewis was out campaigning with michelle nunn yesterday. he was absolutely on fire. president clinton will be in atlanta on friday. you can just feel the energy building as we go into the home

stretch. we've got to get her over 50 plus so we don't have to do this again. >> besides the senate races, a lot of incumbent governors, republican governors, are close in the polls in their races this year. scott walker, who i mentioned. rick scott of florida. sam brownback of kansas. and paul lepage of maine. does that say to you that the gop policies and practice have turned out to be unpopular, joan? >> well, i think all of those governors have overreached in one way or another, reverend al. and thought they had a mandate with much more conservativism than they did. and they all have relatively good or even excellent contenderers. mary burke is a newcomer in wisconsin, who people weren't sure about at first, who has turned out to be a very good campaigner and very positive, but dogged and not afraid to hit governor walker on his broken promises in terms of jobs.

and so you now have a situation where scott walker is apparently beefing with chris christie over not getting enough money from the republican governors association. so when they assemble the circular firing squad a week before the election, you know that they have some things that they're worried about too. >> mayor reed, i must ask you before we run out of time, president obama, you've been a part of the new young guard, national leaders that have stayed also very close with the president. >> yes. >> how is his popularity in your state? and how will it affect the outcome of this campaign? >> statewide it's pretty tough, but he's more popular than ever among black people in georgia. we make up 30% of the electorate and everybody understands how important it is that democrats keep control of the united states senate. so that message is resonating. we understand that michelle nunn has to do what she has to do.

what we know that it's in the president's interest to make sure that democrats control the united states senate. and we're going to vote that way. >> all right, and i think, joan, that we may see a lot of surprises if people come and turn out. mayor kas eem reed and joan walsh, i thank you both for your time tonight, and i'm going to hang around, joan, until i see where kas eem goes. so that gives me a little time. >> me too. >> thank you, reverend al. >> coming up, dr. christie's ebola politics. now defiance from the governor over his decision to lock up a nurse returning from africa. plus elizabeth warren in 2016. will she run? and how could it be a big opportunity for all democrats? and why would bill maher be banned from speaking at uc

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americans who fought the virus and won. these successes give reason for hope. and politically, it makes republican fear mongering on ebola look desperate. >> do you believe that the administration is planning on bringing ebola patients from overseas here to america? >> well, there's increasing evidence that they're making those plans. this is simply a matter of common sense, that if you are concerned about this problem spreading, and this is a deadly disease, we certainly shouldn't be bringing in the patient. >> can you believe this? flying in fallen ebola patients? this is why you can't help but think politics is part of this. maybe he took his cues from dr. christie. the governor remained defiant today on his decision to lock up nurse returning from west africa in a tent.

>> the fact is that the cdc has been incremental on this. this newest guidance from my perspective is incredibly confusing. let me just finish -- >> you're on the wrong side or the right side of public opinion? >> i'll be on the right side of both. i think doctor fauci is responding, as are many from the cdc in a hyperbolic way because they've been wrong before. i understand the cdc has been behind on this. we're not moving an inch. our policy has not changed and it will not change. >> the facts about ebola and the political rhetoric from the right don't match. joining me now is msnbc.com's executive editor richard wolf. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure, rev. >> we're seeing success stories like amber vinson, but we're also continuing to see a lot of fear mongering. what's your sense? is it possible that politics are involved here? >> yeah, this is the kind of

politics we actually saw when people started talking about defaulting on the national debt. you know, it works, i guess, to a point. you get people's attention. fear is an easy thing to prey on when you're looking for votes. but it's incredibly irresponsible. i mean, you set off all sorts of panic. you're not really serious about having a public health position. just as republicans weren't really serious about ultimately pushing through with default. but these things can get out of hand, when you're in a public health crisis, what governor christie and governor cuomo did on day one at the hospital in new york was the responsible position. and then they started to shift and change. he can dress it up any which way he wants, but criticizing the cdc is one thing. but saying you're going to supercede the cdc and then the next day, allow your new plans for quarantine, for someone to just walk out of there, it makes

no sense. it doesn't track with science. what it does track with is the latest overnight polling and i guess that's one way to approach being governor. >> probably the strongest public reaction to what christie had to say came from senator warren. listen to this. >> he should bring out his scientists who are advising him on that, because we know that we want to be led by the science. that's what's going to keep people safe. science, not politics. this is why elections matter. and why they matter over time. you know, ebola is not new. we've known about it for a long time. and we were putting money into funding ebola many years ago. and the republicans have cut funding overall, for medical research, for the national institute of health. and ebola has not been a priority. >> is governor christie going to get some backlash for this? i mean, is he going to pay a

political price for this if this backfires? >> i think where he's going to pay a political price is that as he seems to be running for president, people will look to presidential candidates to see how they respond in a crisis. what's their thinking like on the fly? do they make cool-headed decisions or not? and i'm afraid that chris christie has taken a lot of heat from the right because he seemed to cave. he's taken heat from the left because he's not in tune with science. that does leave him much political room to play as a serious presidential candidate. so he's flunked this kind of test of what do you look like, what do you behave like in a crisis? just to senator warren's point, the challenge for republicans and how they fund research. it's how we fund foreign aid. we have to be stopping this in west africa and not stopping american heroes, doctors and

nurses volunteering, taking their lives at risk and saying, you know, that's something we should encourage. we need to treat this in west africa. not having to treat it when people come on planes from overseas. >> you know, maybe dr. christie is taking his cue from the boss of the republican party, rush limbaugh, who in fact said he doesn't think christie has gone far enough. accusing him of caving to the white house. listen to this. >> we need to quarantine chris christie is what needs to happen here, folks. this is the second election in a row. one week prior to the election, the governor of new jersey ends up -- well, i don't know, arm in arm, hand in hand, in bed with, i don't know how to characterize it, but responding to obama's demands. >> i mean, richard, is this a problem for the republicans, that no matter how far to the right they go, people like rush limbaugh want them to go even

further to the right? >> that's right. being reasonable, basing your policy on science, that's all just pandering to obama. it leaves no middle ground at all. and if you're going to fight a national election at least chris christie knows that you have to appeal to the middle part of american politics. rush limbaugh is fulling them to one side. science is pulling them to another. he actually knows that he's got to go arm in arm with governor cuomo, a democrat. otherwise he's got no brand out, chris christie. so how do you run from the middle in this republican party? it's not just rush limbaugh. it's the whole sweep of the party commenting and influencing the party leaders. >> richard wolf, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, rev. ahead, banning bill maher. whe why do uc berkeley students not want him at their commencement?

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keep a big hunk of it. but part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay it forward to the next gift that comes along. >> she's got some high profile appearances and it has many asking about a presidential run, but is she already having an impact without getting involved? is this an opportunity for other democrats? that's next. why do i cook for the holidays? to share with family

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does the democratic party have an elizabeth warren problem, or an elizabeth warren opportunity? for months, if not years, there's been constant speculation that hillary clinton will run for president. but could elizabeth warren get into the race? she's repeatedly said no, but then last week, her comment to "people" magazine sounded different.

quote, if there's any lesson i've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. there are amazing doors that could open. warren's staffers quickly stepped back that statement, saying, nothing has changed with warren's plans. but lately she's made a lot of public appearances, and she's taken her brand of fighting for the middle class mainstream. >> i'm fighting to level that playing field. i'm fighting to build real opportunity. >> a kid gets caught with a few ounces of pot and goes to jail, but a big bank breaks the law and no one even gets arrested. the game is rigged, and it didn't right. that's how i see it. [ applause ] >> we believe that no one should work full time and still live in poverty. that means raising the minimum

wage and we will fight for it. >> and we believe that corporations are not people, that women have a right to their bodies. >> the way i see this, we can whine about it, we can wimper about it, or we can fight back. i'm fighting back. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm ready to fight back. are you ready to fight back on this? >> so, is the door really shut on a presidential run? and could see already be making impact on 2016 without even getting in? joining me now are angela rye and michelle coddle. thank you both for being here. her staff says no, but is elizabeth warren toying with the idea of a run for the presidency? >> well, at this point, the staff is of course going to say no, and as she herself said, you

can't predict what's going to happen. but even if she doesn't run, there's no question she wants to make sure that her ideas are a big part of this debate, and there's really no down side, on some level, to kind of flirting with the idea and showing a little leg, and saying, well, maybe i should leave the door open. because, as you know, then, that's going to push hillary to move a little bit more toward the populace vein that people would like to see from elizabeth warren. >> right on that point, last friday, hillary clinton was campaigning in massachusetts for martha coakley. she had a lot of praise for senator warren and even sounded a little like her. watch this. >> i am so pleased to be here with your senior senator, the passionate champion for working people and middle-class families, elizabeth warren! [ cheers and applause ] >> i love watching elizabeth.

you know, give it to those who deserve to get it. don't let anybody -- don't let anybody tell you that, um, you know, it's corporations and businesses that create jobs. you know, that old theory, trickle-down economics, that has been tried, that has failed. it has failed rather spectacularly. >> angela, is elizabeth warren already having some impact on hillary? >> it sounds like she is, rev. i just hope that we can tighten up those talking points a little bit more. because we do know that businesses do create jobs. i think the one little stumbling block would be that often times it's small business job creators. so we just need to tighten that message up a little bit more. but i certainly think that elizabeth warren is not only

having quite an impression on hillary clinton, but she is on our nation's consciousness, whether you're talking about drug disparities, job creation, wall street bailouts, or anything else, she's a passionate advocate, and has clearly, you know, made a tremendous mark on the u.s. senate, and i think will continue to do that on the united states body of politics. >> but where could this go with hillary clinton? i mean, is she having impact? you've heard angeula's answer. and how far could she push hillary clinton to more progressive position? >> well, i mean, the message that elizabeth warren pitches is very popular and resonates with a huge chunk of the country on the left and right. the tea party feels like the 99% is against the 1. she talks things being stacked against regular people and the system being broken. this is not just the message for the left. there's a strain of populism ready to be tapped and neither

party has managed to do this. so if she starts pitching this message and it looks like she's getting some traction, then the democrats and republicans alike are going to have to pay attention, as the primaries start rolling along. so it will depend in part on what response she gets. >> you know, angela, there are some things elizabeth warren does that's clearly progressive, some things that could be popular on either side. but political points hints that hillary clinton has ground to make up. clinton has been criticized by progressives. i'm reading politico's piece now. -- as being too close to wall street and she seemed mindful of the claim as she praised warren. it drew private whispers from a few democrats that she's trying too hard to embrace populace rhetoric. if she does try to be more like elizabeth warren, will this definitely help her, angela, or hurt her? >> well, i think that the answer

depends on whether or not elizabeth warren herself entered into the race. i think the reality of our current situation, in this country, is that it's not so progressive. it may be a little more purple. and hillary clinton has been lauded for being what we call a blue dog democrat. pro-business, common sense interest, that's why people think she's electable. the president -- our current president, has been criticized for being too progressive at times, too conservative at other times, which means he's made just the right amount of people angry. if hillary clinton were to go too far to the left, i think he would run the risk of not being electable. but it does depend on whether elizabeth warren enters the race, to ensure the more populace views were represented at the table. >> but notwithstanding that, michelle, there's no question, the democratic nominee has to be leaning toward progressive

politics and embracing at least progressive policy, because that's what americans want. 60% of americans support raising the minimum wage. 62% support the paycheck fairness act and income inequality. how does hillary navigate through that, yet remain a cent rift enough for general election assuming she runs and assuming elizabeth warren doesn't challenge? >> well, this could be an interesting test for hillary. one of the criticisms about her is that she doesn't adjust well when something goes awry or off kilter, or she's not as politically flexible. certainly not as her husband was on the fly. so it would be interesting to see how she does this. that's always what the primaries wind up being about, testing the candidates. she might not be able to do it at all. so it will be interesting to see. >> angela rye and michelle cottel, thank you both for your time this evening pch.

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say about islam. >> it's the only religion that acts like the mafia. [ bleep ] that will kill you if you say the wrong thing, if you draw wrong picture, or write the wrong book. >> but not all students are against maher as a commencement speaker. the president of the college said she disagrees with some of maher's views, but has no issue with the invitation. jason, should the university pull the invitation? should the university drop the invitation to bill maher? >> no, i can say this as a college professor. this is not a freedom of speech issue. they're not saying he can't ever come to campus. but it's graduation, and i think students have a right to say, if i paid all this money, took all these classes, took all this work, if i don't like somebody, they have a right to complain. it's up to the university to decide if the complaints are bad enough that it's going to ruin

the graduation. they should listen to the students. i don't think it's an automatic that your keynote speaker has to be somebody offensive or terrible. should be somebody they can all agree on. >> do you think they can get somebody they would all agree on? >> you can. >> they're not going to get everybody. why not open your minds like you're supposed to on a college campus, to say, i don't like what he has to say, but maybe i should hear what he says. he is a comedian at times. let's have some of that from him at graduation. >> these students have accused bill maher of voicing hate speech. it is not hate speech. hate speech incites a dangerous unlawful act. i'm sorry, folks, maybe you don't like what he has to say, but don't call it hate. >> let seema finish, i'll come back to you. >> it's not hate speech. and there's always a freedom of speech issue.

and the essence of freedom of speech protects political speech. >> go ahead, jason. >> if you say a religion is inherently violent and that people who believe in it are violent, that is hate speech. and there's reason for people to be concerned about that. >> hate speech has to have an m imminent dangerous component -- >> no, it doesn't. >> yes, it does. >> would you say -- he compared them to the mob or the mafia. i agree with the free speech in that. i don't know whether the legal term of hate speech, but clearly there's some bias. >> hold on, you're allowed to have a bias. >> she's right. >> you're allowed to have a bias and speak out about it. >> that's right. >> 27 at colombia, right here in university the president of iran was here and people were upset

and angry is protested. and yet they opened their minds enough to listen to somebody they disagree with. let bill maher come speak on your campus. i bet you will find something in that speech that makes you think. and that's what we want on a college campus. >> but what about jason's point that this is commencement, it's not about free speech on campus. this is about a family day of commencement, where all of the graduates, the seniors and all, have a right to weigh in? >> he was invited to be there. if the school administration chooses to disinvite him and listen to the students, that is a separate issue. but their complaint is based upon a freedom of speech argument. >> let's move on. next topic. the walmart controversy. the retailer is under fire for selling fat girl costumes on their website. there it is, right on the

website. fast girl costumes. the company responded monday making it plus size. and saying, this should have never been on our site and we apologize. we quickly removed it and made sure to not let it happen again. seema, how in the world does this happen? >> i'll tell you how it happens, rev. walmart sells alcohol and those people on that website, they were bombed when they wrote this because there's no logical explanation to offend the consume. that's my answer. >> you know what? >> i got to be honest with you, it was a bad idea from a -- >> one at a time. >> it was a bad idea from a marketing standpoint. do they not look at torrid? there's a lot of plus-size women out there who buy things, and they go to walmart. and heaven forbid they're going to go and dress sexy and have a good time on halloween too. so i think it was stupidity on their part.

i'm glad they apologized. they need to check who their web master is and make sure he knows what he's doing. >> forget the plus-size thing. you said the word sexy. there is not a halloween costume out there for a woman of any age that doesn't supposed to be sexy. we should have a bigger problem with the kid costumes that they're marketing to teenagers that are a little too adult. the fat isn't okay, but that's an even bigger problem for all marketers of halloween stuff. >> i completely agree with that. however, as a woman on halloween, i'm not going out and looking ugly. >> i'm with you, i'm with you. >> i want to look attractive. >> i agree. i'm with you, seema. >> well, okay, we finally got you all to agree on something. [ laughter ] panel, stay with us, because when we come back, julia roberts on face-lifts.

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magazine, she talked about her personal decision not to get plastic surgery. julia says, quote, by hollywood standards, i guess i've already taken a big risk in not having had a face-lift. it comes after a week of controversy around renee zellweger's new look. and the backlash on social media over her appearance. roberts saying her anti-aging techniques, including studying yoga on a more conscious level, and not taking things too seriously. >> dana, are hollywood women held to a different standard? are they under pressure to hide their age? >> not just hollywood women. women that are on tv, and i speak of that from experience. of course we're under pressure. and so many go out for plastic surgery. if that's their right answer, more power to them. except i think when you look at like, renee zellweger, she

doesn't even look like herself anymore. thought we learned that lesson when jennifer gray got her nose job. then he wasn't working anymore. i think julia roberts is saying, this is what 47 looks like. it's not a 20-year-old trying to be a 47-year-old. and until those of us in the public spotlight do that, everybody's going to think that how a 20-year-old looks is how a 47-year-old looks. >> is it true, as we went through this with renee and just last week? i mean, what are we seeing here? this constant standard, it seems, for women, particularly hollywood women and tv women. >> well, and also different kinds of women. because you don't necessarily hear this about kathie baits. the real problem here is the perception that beauty stops at 25. and that's the problem.

it's this notion that we have in this country that you can't be beautiful when you get into your 40s and you get into your 50s and things like that. women who are comedians and perceived as primarily being in dramatic roles aren't held to the same standard. it's incredibly unfair, it's incredibly sexist. but i will say this about renee zellweger, your face and your body are a tool. if you're an actor, you have every right to change them. but it doesn't absolve us from the public from having crazy standards about what beauty is supposed to be. >> should we be praising julia, giving her a thank you? >> i do not judge how other people improve their appearance, rev. i'm an indian, and i have red hair. who am i to speak about anybody else and what they do? before i got on here, you have a team of hair and makeup people that have created this vision. so i don't judge, rev.

>> i saw them, rev, they weren't working that hard, didn't take them a long time. >> going to have to leave it there. thank you all for your time tonight. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. now to breaking news moments ago, an astonishing sight. an unmanned cargo rocket exploded after takeoff from a national launch pad in virginia. at this time, there are no known injuries. the rocket was designed by a private contractor to deliver supplies. you can hear the realtime reaction to the explosion as mission control monitored the launch. >> launch team, launch team, be advised, stay at your consoles, maintain your positions in your consoles. in the lcc, maintain positions at your console. >> again, the silver lining, no

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i go downstairs in the building to the gym, do about 20 minutes on the treadmill, maybe one or two jumping jacks, come back, shower, shave, and by 8:30, 9:00, i'm at work. work there till about noon. and then i go over to 30 rock, they have a radio studio they set up for me. i do my talk show there for three hours. >> and that's why today i feel better than i have in decades. >> when people come up to you and they say, reverend, you don't look well, you look too skinny, what do you say? >> i say, you should have worried about me when i was obese. i'm healthier now than i was when i was obese. >> and you probably feel better, right? >> more energy, more focus, everything's better. >> so here's the recap. more than ten years ago, i used to eat fried chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

now, this is a look inside my fridge. i start off with three slices of whole wheat toast, tea, and juice. in the afternoon, it's a salad with two hard-boiled eggs and a banana. i could take all the cartoons in the tabloids, in the newspapers, all the criticisms, but i couldn't take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why i was so fat. that was my inspiration to lose the weight. and probably the last time anyone really hurt my feelings. the key to it all, don't try my diet. find out what works for you. but the key is discipline and self-control. if you can't control your intake, if you can't focus and discipline your eating, you can't do it in other areas of your life. once i took control of my appetite, i could also control my thoughts, my tone, and the

rest of my life. i'm more than half the size i was, but i'm twice as sharp. more effective, because as i worked my body, i sharpened my mind. self-control is the key. discipline must be your goal. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. tonight, two title fights, christie versus obama. and hillary clinton versus elizabeth warren. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. pt barnum, the guy who created the greatest show on earth, knew how to fill the tent. if you want a crowd, start a fight. he put his money where his mouth was. he had