so tomorrow, if you have the resources or time to give, give it to support a cause you believe in. we'll figure out something you can buy again on wednesday. that is all in for this evening. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening. hope you had a very good holiday weekend. >> i did indeed. i was wildly irresponsible and did nothing constructive at all. >> that's the best kind of holiday weekend. >> thanks to you for staying with us. how was your thanksgiving? how was your thanksgiving weekend? i will tell you, i was not only irresponsible and unconstructive, i was also very cold. so cold i had to dress like this. even in the middle of the day. it's noon. if you are counting, that's two hats and then two hoods over the two hats. but you know what? when you can get out there, even in the cold, it is worth being out there. especially when, look, it worked. it never works.

i am terrible at fishing. but it worked for me this time even in the snow. yes, this little guy went right back in after kindly posing for this picture. i'm very thankful for his visit to me this weekend. i am thankful to have had a few days off around the thanksgiving holiday. very thankful. if you got days off, i hope you are thankful, too. if you did get some days off and part of what you did was you dropped out of the news cycle, i should say there is one very big story that you might think ended before thanksgiving but it really didn't. it didn't end last week. it has rolled right through the long weekend into today and now looks like there is no telling when or if it's going to end any time soon. this is the st. louis galleria mall which is located in richmond heights, missouri. and this is what that mall looked like the day after thanksgiving. this past friday on the biggest

shopping day of the year. on black friday, hundreds of protesters marched through that mall. made their way to the third floor and then laid down. they staged a die-in for 4 1/2 minutes. lying down on the ground refusing to move or speak for 4 1/2 minutes symbolizing the 4 1/2 hours that 18-year-old michael brown's body laid in the street in ferguson after michael brown was shot by a ferguson police officer in august. demonstrators made their way through that mall as they watched, some held their hands up. other people carried signs chanting and urging protesters and shoppers to boycott the busiest shopping day of the year. protesters eventually closed don that mall on friday for about an hour. that's the st. louis galleria mall in richmond heights, missouri. the national guard was called in to that mall for that protest. more than a dozen people ended up getting arrested. protesters made their way to west county center where about

150 to 200 people blocked traffic in front of that mall. and then they marched around that building. then they went inside that mall. that one was -- the west county center. once they went in west county center they chanted no justice, no peace. some protesters called out to customers they should stop shopping. the doors into the west county center in missouri were locked for some time while shoppers remained inside the mall along with the protesters. the mall later did reopen both to let people out and let other people in. later in the afternoon, about 100 protesters made their way to a third shopping center to the chesterfield mall about 13 minutes away from the west county center. they staged another die-in by the mall escalators there. people laid on the ground and held signs. other people marched through the mall chanting shut it down and black lives matter. that mall closed for over an

hour. closed between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. some of the stores in that mall in the chesterfield mall remained shut all night. but it wasn't just the st. louis area, on friday, this was new york city also on friday. you saw those big protests earlier in the week in new york city. they kept going. protesters marched in times square and to harrold square. harrold square from the macy's thanksgiving day parade where the big macy's store is that you see in the parade coverage. hundreds of protesters gathered in front of that giant macy's. smo protesters got arrested. others wound their way through traffic. some protesters were arrested in new york, including some outside that big macy's store. on the west coast on friday, in oakland, a group of protesters, arms here look like they're bound. a group of protefrts targeting b.a.r.t., the san francisco bay

area rail commuter system. 20 protesters or so chained themselves to the platform and chained themselves together at the b.a.r.t. station in west oakland. they used duct tape and bike locks to bind their arms together and to bind themselves to the trains. they wore t-shirts that said black lives matter. those protests led local officials to close down that station, that west oakland station for two hours. that caused big systemwide delays. police ultimately arrested 14 people in that b.a.r.t. targeted protest. also nearby in san francisco, demonstrations began on friday in san francisco after nightfall near the embarcadero downtown. protesters marched to union square and thoen tried to work their way into the annual tree lighting ceremony in union square. police said they did stop the demonstrators from reaching the tree lyth ceremony. they moved the group down to market street. in san francisco, some of those protests did turn violent.

several businesses were vandalized. reports of some broken windows. some bottles and rocks thrown at police officers. two officers reportedly injured. several arrests made at night in san francisco on friday. also on friday, in chicago, it was about 200 people who marched from the city's magnificent mile shopping district in the afternoon. they marched from there to wicker park. that was described as a day of awareness and engagement in chicago. about half of that group made the initial march kept marching onward to a walmart store almost four miles away chanting hands up, don't shoot. also no justice, no profit. in seattle, same day, on friday, more than 200 protesters gathered in seattle's downtown in the rain. went to the seattle public tree lighting ceremony. protesters made their way to the westlake center mall on friday. they were chanting black lives

matter. shortly before 6:00, seattle police started turning shoppers away from that mall. they ultimately closed don that mall for the night. arrests were made in seattle. that was all just on friday, so-called black friday. the day after thanksgiving. that big pseudoholiday and big shopping holiday. the following day on saturday, protesters were out in the washington, d.c., region. they met at the foggy bottom metro station around noon. they made their way then to georgetown. then the d.c. area protesters went out to pentagon city, virginia. hundreds of protesters staged a protest and die-in outside in the streets. protesters made their way inside the fashion center pentagon city mall in virginia where they held another die-in inside the mall like some of the ones we saw in the st. louis region. on saturday, on the west coast in portland, oregon, a big bunch of protesters laid down in the streets at southwest second

avenue and main street in portland. they refused to obey police orders to clear the streets. other portland demonstrators marched down the street blocking traffic. signs that said don't shoot. later that night on saturday, some of the protests did get a little rough and tumble. there were objects thrown at police. police did make arrests on saturday night in portland. that was saturday. on sunday, yesterday, another group of protesters in the d.c. area formed a human chain across interstate 395. this was in d.c., yesterday. they shut down both the north and southbound lanes of interstate 395. this is a human barricade. it crossed both sides of the freeway. all lanes was around exit 4. police did make arrests there as well. also yesterday, at the nfl, a protesters gathered outside the st. louis rams football stadium

they had a game against the oakland raiders. protesters were met outside the football stadium with riot gear. the group of players for the rams entered sunday's game and came out of the tunnel with their hands up. they later said it was an anti-violence proo test. then today, this was the scene at washington, d.c.'s 14th street bridge. a group of 20 protesters staged another lie down, another die-in in the middle of the road. they had signs that said shut it down. these protesters formed a human chain across the 14th street bridge. they shut don that bridge at the height of rush hour in d.c. early today. protesters in d.c. then moved an to shut down traffic at another key traffic spot in d.c. at the

12th street tunnel. outside the department of justice in d.c., protesters laid on the grond in front of that building on pennsylvania avenue. a couple dozen protesters gathered holding hands chanting, that was today at the department of justice in washington. on the west coast, outside of the los angeles police department's newton station today, a group of protesters gathered. they rallied in front of the police station and drew chalk outlines of bodies. in new york today, protests were out in the street blocking traffic. they marched from union square to times square. this was time to be part of a nationwide demonstration that was called hands up, walk out. people were called on to walk out of their colleges and high schools and businesses. at 1:01 p.m. eastern time today. this was the scene in harvard square in massachusetts. more than 500 students from harvard university and from local high schools took to the streets today.

this is the university of massachusetts at amherst today. this was the university of colorado at boulder today. this was in texas. texas a&m today. this was jackson stayed university in mississippi today. this was ferguson at the university of missouri at st. louis today. the response to what happened in ferguson, missouri, and the decision to not indict the local police officer for kiling michael brown, that news did not end last week. today president obama held a cabinet meeting. he announced specific new reforms and a specific new request to congress on the issue of police reform. local police using military tactics and military equipment against protesters. he asked for specific allocation of funds to fund body cameras for tens of thousands of police officers across the country. president obama also hosted a long personal meeting with a number of civil rights leaders

to talk about discrust between communities of color and police gpts part of the agenda was how to try to learn from places where it's not as bad as it is in the rest of the country. how to try to learn and make progress based on some places in the country who may be handling this issue better than others. that indictment decision was a long time ago now. we've had a long holiday weekend in between. as you can see from all of that footage. that's just since thanksgiving. these protests are not over. the protests are not over. the anger is not dissipating and frankly, the beef is not resolved. the reason people are upset is something that can't be undone in the individual case of michael brown, but that continues in a way that's unabated, unresolved thus far in terms of the longstanding dispute between police departments and the communities that don't feel protected by them. the communities that feel they

need protection from police. what happens next in terms of our national response? what's going to happen in terms of our national response to what has happened already and to what will undoubtedly keep happening unless we change? joining us now is maria teresa kumar. she was at the meeting today with the president and vice president at the white house. it's really nice to see you. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me and thank you for having this conversation. >> part of it is it's a big long holiday weekend. i'm not sure everybody knows these protests have been unabated and big and it's really continuing in the same tenor for a solid week now. this is a movement. this isn't just a reaction. >> that's absolutely right. i flew in yesterday from el paso. even in el paso, there were protests. it's because i think what ferguson is is an example of all the fergusons happening across the country where you have

communities that don't feel safe. that they don't feel safe, protected. they don't feel they can call 911 because they feel the police instead of being on their side, they aren't on anyone's side. that was the message sent today by the president. and it was very personal. he talked about his own personal experiences of being a young black man in america and growing up and feeling that he was targeted because of his race. but more importantly, he also acknowledged we have to work closely with law enforcement so they can do their job better. and one way to do that is to bridge communication. that was the first step that i was able to witness. very much the first step in a longer conversation but a brave stip because no one wants to ever say that we have -- that we're post-racial. he said. >> look. we're not. let's have this conversation now. >> the way the white house described this race and the efforts was to address specifically this issue of distrust between communities of color and police departments. and in terms of that distrust,

obviously, it's the way you get past distrust is by building trust. the way you build trust is by showing faith and communicating. in terms of the mix of people in the room and law enforcement talking with folks and that communication going both directions, what was that mix of people and how did that conversation go? >> that's what was always fascinating. not thoenl vice president and president. you had law enforcement and then eric holder, the attorney general. arne duncan, the secretary of edg education, a professor from harvard, civil rights groups and young people in the room that are at the forefront of the ferguson protests. there was a young newly elected official that was present along with d.r.e.a.m. defender philip agnew. a real representation of america and the idea that people want to have these conversations and they aren't comfortable

conversations to have. the fact the president not only brought us all together but facilitated the dialogue was incredibly impressive and what a priority it is for him to try to fix this. he recognized he's not going to be able to do this in his term but he'd like to get the conversation going and emphasized the importance of making policy change. you can start changing the current practices. one of the things he emphasized was eric holder was leaving the meeting to go down to atlanta and start a series of conversations around the country. a series of town halls to hear best practices not only from communities of where it's working but also where it's not working. often times these communities want to be heard. by providing that space from the administrative level you are sending a direct message to local communities that they'll not take any chances. this is a national initiative and it has to get fixed. >> there's never going to be a magic wand. unless the conversation can start and whether people can

feel mutually respected, that's got to be the first step. mangets thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. lots more tonight, including an incredibly rare example of a political apology that didn't seem incredibly disingenuous and terrible? maybe? arguably? also sincere props for michele bachmann. and, no, i'm not drunk. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion.

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duke energy had pledged by five years from now they'd come up with a way to conserve 330 giga watt hours of electricity. florida just before thanksgiving decided to cut that from 333 to 21. tampa electric pledged to save almost nothing over the next five years. now florida says they have to save less than half of nothing. look at the numbers from florida power and light. florida power and light was going to find a way to save 229 giga watt hours of energy. that's what they pledged. now florida says, don't sweat it. they dropped it from 229 hours to 4 hours. and they killed the program for solar power in the sunshine state. power companies, utilities, they make money by selling power. the more power you use, the more they can sell you. and, therefore, the more money they make. if you make the power yourself

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he called an afternoon press conference and admitted to edt extra marital affair. in apologizing for that, he coined one of the best phrases i've ever heard fall out of a politician's phrase. it's the last line here. it's perfect in every way. watch. >> i'm a bottom line kind of guy. i'll laid it out. it's going to hurt and we'll let the chips fall where they may. let me first of all apologize to my wife jenny and our four great boys for letting them don. i would also apologize to my staff because as much as i do talk about going to the appalachian trail, that was one of the first scenarios, that isn't where i ended up. i'm hire because if you were to look at god's laws, in every instan instances -- i think that that is the bottom

line of god's law. it is not a moral rigid list of dos and don'ts just for the heck of dos and don'ts but to protect us from ourselves. the biggest self of self is indeed self. >> the biggest self of self is indeed self. mark sanford. mark sanford's i fled the state to have an affair press conference was epic. he apologized to his wife, his kids, his staff, his friends. he apologized even to all people of faith across the state of south carolina. atheists, eh. a 20-minute rambling from governor sanford. that apology was the exception rather than the rule. it's almost normal when you have to apologize for something to give these terse terrible disingenuous nonapology apologies. you do something wrong or say something wrong you say, i'm

sorry if you were offended. i'm sorry that what i said was taken out of context. i'm sorry that i misspoke. obviously i didn't mean that terrible thing i said. how could you think that about me? that's sort of the norm when it comes to political apologies. occasionally you get the full appalachian trail, the full on, i screwed up apology. this is trent lott. he was the top republican in the united states senate in the '90ss and early 2000s. represented mississippi. he got caught out on tape praising segregation, specifically he said if strom thurmond had been elected president in the 1940s when he ran for president, we wouldn't have had all of these problems over all of these years. now see strom thurmond would have fixed all these problems with a dose of good old apartheid. that would have been bet --

trent lott apologized and started off with a normal terrible political apology. i apologize to anyone who was offended. then he kept doing it over and over. he essentially decided to do over his apology. he went an an extended apology tour. he offered a thorough rejection of his own views at length. this was an interview with tv network b.e.t. >> the important thing is to recognize the hurt that i caused and ask for forgiveness and find a way to turn this into a positive thing and try to make amends for what i've said and for what others have said and done over the years. a lot of what i think is wrong here is not enough communication. not enough understanding of how people feel and how, you know, there has been immoral leadership in my part of the country for a long time. progress has been made. >> were you a part of that? >> yes, i can't deny that. i believe that i have changed,

and that i'm trying to do a better job, but, yes, i'm a part of the region and the history that has not always done what it's supposed to have done. >> immoral leader. my part of the cannot for a long time. were you a part of that? yes, i can't deny that. trent lott made those comments in december 2002. within a few weeks he had resigned his leadership post in the senate and later resigned from the senate altogether. in the history of thorough political apologies there's mark sanford's rambling apology to everyone he has ever come into contact with. there's trent lott apologizing and thn quickly going away in 2002. there's not a whole lot of other examples, right? political apologies are almost always terrible and disingenuous and terse. and that's why they don't work. into that, this weekend stepped a previously unknown house republican staffer who is now at

least for a moment become nationally famous. on wednesday, the day before thanksgiving we got the pardoning of the turkey ceremony. president obama pardoned two turkeys, mac and cheese. they will now get to live out the rest of their days at a turkey farm in rural virginia. we all feel great about that while we eat other members of their species. this pageant of mercy. president obama's daughters they attended the turkey pardoning. put up a brave teenage face about the whole thing. but after it was over, they were targeted by the communications director for a republican congressman. her name is elizabeth lauten. communications director for stephen fincher of tennessee. she wrote, dear sasha and malia, i get you're both in those awful teen years, but you're a part of the first family. try showing a little class.

at least respect the part you play. act like being in the white house matters to you. for all the obvious reasons, the staffer did ultimately apologize for having said that online. once the remarks started to get wide online circulation and attention. this is a political professional. this is a communications director for a serving member of congress. political apologies are notoriously tor ebl. here's how hers went in part. i reacted to an article and quickly judged the two young ladies in a way i never would have wanted to be judged myself as a teenager. after many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and rereading my words online, i can see more clearly just how hurtful my words were. please know those judgmental feelings truly have no place in my heart. i'd like to apologize to all of those who i have hurt and offended with my words and i pledge to learn and grow, and i assure you i have, from this experience. that house republican staffer not only issued that lengthy

apology but then earlier today she resigned. she officially rezooned from her job working for that member of congress. so the status of political apologies. does an apology even help in a case like this? does what is a better than usual political apology help in a case like this, even though all political apologies are by their nature terrible? why did this happen in the first place? is this a rare instance of things going right in washington because the rapology was followd by a resignation? joining us is my friend gene rob beson. thanks for being here. >> great to be here. >> i have to say, people doing dumb stuff apologizing and quitting isn't a national news story except i feel this is a moment to take political temperature an the way the obama family is treated in politics and whether or not we're getting any better at apologizing for

doing terrible and stupid stuff. >> i thought it was a pretty bad apology, to tell you the truth, for this reason. she didn't apologize to them. she should have apologized to sasha and malia. she offended president and mrs. obama. and she doesn't mention them in her apology. she should have addressed her apology to them because those are the people she offended of with words that were, at first, i'm concerned, beyond the pale. this president is treated differently. and that's fine. he can deal with that. to treat his daughters that way is just -- is way beyond. and that line about dress for respect and not for a spot at the bar, that, i tell you, at my house, that occasioned some slamming down of things over the weekend. because it plays into this sort of subconscious stereotype of black women as somehow

hypersexualized. it was awful at the turkey pardoning. an event all about silly. they are supposed to act silly. the president was acting silly. where did that come from? i think she should have just apologized to the family and said good-bye. >> well, she did end up saying good-bye in terms of leaving. she didn't apologize to the family. she did leave her job. if -- because she has quit. because this happened, people were very angry. she apologized, more or less, and now is gone. i wonder if that is an important sign that there is still a more in washington about the president's family. this president and lots of presidents have had terrible attacks that this president has had worse personal attacks than any other president that has come before him for a number of reasons, including race. but i wonder if we have seen a

reupping of that line that says leave the children out of this. we've seen it violated in the past but there are consequences when that happens. >> i hope we have. and, look, when chelsea clinton was subject to ugly criticism when she was in the white house. totally uncalled for. the bush daughters, the same thing as they went through their late teen years in the white house and were subjected to a kind of scrutiny that was often mean and there was a sort of self-correcting mechanism. i sincerely hope it's kicked in here and the fact that miss lauten resigned so quickly indicates that some things are sacred in washington. and you don't go after the president's family, whatever you think about the president. you don't go after his young daughters in that way. 13 years old and 16 years old.

>> we've been led to believe nothing is sacred in washington or in politics. that principle does still hold and that ought to be recognized and put a rubber stamp on it. i would also say we should con a eugene robinson rule of apologies. that you have to apologize to the person you did the terrible thing to. >> it's a good idea. >> eugene robinson, "washington post" columnist, thanks for being here. >> great to be here. the good thing about winning something is, obviously, that you won a thing. the bad thing about winning something is now you have that thing which means if you are not careful, you can break that thing. breaking the trophy in grand style. coming up next. the busiest airps in the country. we operate just like a city, and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal, generating electricity on-site, and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact.

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