two-party system and right now i'm happy with the show as it is and can't wait to see is on sunday. >> john always great to have you with us. thanks a lot. appreciate it. that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" starts right now. >> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. breaking news tonight on the investigation into the triple murder of three muslim students in north carolina. right now investigators are trying to figure out if hate was the motive. new on this case tonight, a loud call for a federal hate crime investigation. a new fbi inquiry and words of comfort from the president. all three victims were shot in the head at their apartment complex tuesday. chapel hill police say this man, craig hicks, pulled the trigger because of a fight over a parking spot. but now the fbi has a separate

inquiry to see whether any federal laws were broken. also today, close to 150 civil rights groups say murder charges do not go far enough. sending a letter to attorney general eric holder asking for a federal investigation into the murders. "the circumstances surrounding this incident previous threats by mr. hicks, combined with the sentiment expressed in mr. hicks' social media posts warrant a federal hate crime investigation." one victim's sister said she will fight for justice. >> i think it's absolutely insulting, insensitive and outrageous that the first thing they come out and say and issue a statement that this is a parking dispute. >> this is a case gripping the nation with an outpouring of

support for the victims' family. joining me now is the father of the two women killed dr. mohammed abu saleh. first, doctor my condolences to you and your entire family. >> thank you, reverend. >> first, how are you and the rest holding up? how are you feeling? how are you doing? >> i'm okay. we're patient and we're enduring and submitting to god's will. we're in severe pain. gut-wrenching primal fear that we had to face. we will live through it. >> how do you want the world to remember your daughters? >> my daughters and my son-in-law, they have told the world how to remember them already. i don't have to say much. yes, we raised them me and their mother but they taught us

a lot. they proved to the world that this is a great country where they can grow up with diversity, as the president -- my older daughter who's deceased now and they felt comfortable being with everybody else and being all one, with all colors and shades of skin and belief and faith and ethnicity. we're all american. excuse me we're all american. excuse me for beginning to lose my voice, i've been fatigued with interviews all the time. i just -- i just want to remember that my daughters have lived for peace. they have loved everybody. they would not even allow us to backbite if we're angry with anyone. they celebrated the american dream. they did all kinds of charities for all kinds of people.

they fed the hungry and the homeless downtown raleigh many times, cooking in our kitchen at home and taking loads of containers of food. they volunteered at the missions of mercy clinics for treating the indigent and uninsured and providing aid to dentists who volunteered there. they also volunteered overseas at refugee camps and carried on with a lot of activism here and fund-raising activities for all kinds of causes that are humanitarian. >> wow. you've been outspoken, doctor that this is a hate crime. what leads you to that conclusion? >> sir, when somebody's children die, it is not time to fake anything or pretend or tell any lies. it is a time of truth. at least what i owe my children and the world. our oldest came to us two, three

weeks before the murder and shared with us that she felt that steven hicks was a man who hated them for how they looked and the way they were. i'm not quick to point fingers, and i would like to think this was an outrage over a silly dispute and somebody who lost his mind but that was not the case. this man has lived at the complex for years and he had an issue with parking for years. i was told to where towing companies even abandoned that area to tow any cars. he never the any issue with my sornl son-in-law who lived there a year and a half. he was 6'3" all white, the average american looking kid. no one could tell what the ethnicity was. he always fit in wore sport clothes and was athletic so mr.

hicks did not figure out what he was and did not have a major issue for him for the one year and a half that he lived in that apartment until my daughter got married to him december 27, 2014. and i danced at her wedding in this suit i'm wearing now, and she moved in. and then mr. hicks lost his mind when she moved in. >> so he didn't have a problem until this young man married your daughter? >> i -- i don't know that he ever had any issue. they never complained of him before until he got married and my daughter moved in one week after her wedding and her honeymoon and then trouble began. he did make it clear to her that he didn't like her and didn't like her friends. and he picked up not just on the parking but sometimes because there was noise, because she had five or six friends. our muslim kids do not party, they do not drink, they do not

make noise, they do not play music loud so he was really zoning in on certain victims. and he never hurt anybody before though he picked on parking before for years. so why now, and why execution style? why bullets in the back of the heads? if you're angry with somebody and you get enraged, you shoot them in the face in the chest, in the leg, and then you run away or flee. but that was execution, sir. >> the president spoke out on this. what did that mean to you, doctor? >> that means a lot. president obama and miss michelle obama and their condolences to us help us bring this nation together. we're not here to divide this country. we belong here. we have blended our blood with the soil. we raised our children to honor any country they live in and to be loyal to it and to their community. president obama by acknowledging our pain and calling us assures

us for what he stood and what this country stands for. this is really an honor to show our families where we came from and the world that we were not wrong when we came here and we believed in this country. >> dr. abu-salah, thank you, first of all for being here tonight. you again have our condolences. we all give our deep condolences for your terrible loss and your seeking of justice has our full prayers to you and your family. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. joining me now are mark claxton, former new york police officer and director of black law enforcement alliance and former u.s. attorney kendall coffey. thank you both for being here. >> thanks reverend. >> thank you, rev. >> we just heard from the victims' father say that this is a hate crime. mark what do you think? >> well there obviously was a tremendous amount of hate.

he spoke briefly about the number of shots into the victims, the manner in which these victims were shot et cetera. >> shot from behind back of the head execution style. >> absolutely. the challenge that the prosecutors will face and part of the ongoing investigation will have to deal with what was the direct motivation for the crime, whether or not it was as it was simplified initially about a parking spot or whether there was some animus regarding any religious, cultural ethnic reason. so there is a challenge when establishing some type of a hate crime, but i think the investigation will clearly show that there is enough to proceed with that avenue. >> kendall was it a hate crime? >> well there's certainly many reasons to be glad the fbi are investigating it. it doesn't look like road rage. the execution-style killing, the obvious circumstances, and

there's a lot more that's going to come out. hate leaves a trail. the fbi is going to be looking at his e-mail the kind of things he communicated with texts, speaking to co-workers speaking to neighbors. they're going to collect a lot of information, but it doesn't look like some kind of angry guy who had been just a ticking time bomb for years and then just happened to stumble into these folks. it looks like a thought-out, hateful killing. and it has to be proven beyond and to the exclusion of reasonable doubt to maintain a federal charge for a hate crime but that's something that's being very very seriously looked at and for good reason. >> here's what we know about the suspect. warrants say police found 12 guns and ammo in his apartment. his favorite movie is kwl falling down" about a shooting ram page and he posted against religion on facebook. what will this investigation

mean for his case marq claxton? >> it will be significant. social media all of the communications they can access e-mails, et cetera. even the previous contact with these victims or other neighbors from the area i think it can be very telling a lot of times. hate does leave a trail and it's the job of the investigators really to go back and piecemeal it and find out and follow the bread crumbs if you will to determine if it was a clear motivating factor. if this person was guided and led and acted based on hatred of ethnicity, religion color, whatever it is. but that investigation will be extensive and it will reveal a lot of details, intimate details about this individual the perpetrator, and pramgserhaps the motivation for this crime. >> neighbors say, kendall, that they felt threatened by hicks. listen to one describe him. >> he was aggressive when it came to things like parking and

noise. i've seen and heard him be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community. equal opportunity anger. >> she says he was angry at everybody. how does that play into this investigation, kendall? >> well, it certainly doesn't make him anything more of a sympathetic character. the key thing is he didn't shoot anybody else. and instead, as the father and it was very very heart wrenching to hear his comments on your show reverend but as the father explained, there wasn't really a problem until the wife moved in and she's there with her sister wearing traditional muslim head scarves. and that seems to be something that was a catalyst for this killing. so he might have been a bad guy to begin with but nothing prompted him to take a gun and shoot people in the back of the head until he was looking at these three individuals who are undeniably people of middle

eastern ancestry and people of a different faith. >> well it's an important story and we're going to keep following it. marq claxton, kendall coffey thank you both for your time tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> thanks. well coming up we'll tell you why this photo is the saddest picture in washington today. also you just knew it was coming. you knew it was coming. the gop freakout over president obama's buzzfeed video. plus 40 years of "saturday night live." who's coming out and who's not for the big reunion party this weekend. i'll talk about it with snl star keenan thompson. i'll also have a few questions for him about this. >> all over the country there are protests. and for the first time in my life, everyone agrees with me. folks are high fiving with me inviting me places.

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instead, we're getting scenes like this. speaker john boehner held a sad little signing ceremony today for a bill that president obama has already said he'll veto. it's just kind of pitiful. they're going nowhere fast and it continues the string of gop failures in 2015. stall the tax on affordable care act, the dodd-frank bank reform law and now the president's immigration actions. right now republicans are holding funding for homeland security hostage to roll back the president's executive actions on immigration, but it's back fired and turned into a political hot potato. on tuesday, senate republicans told house republicans to take care of it. >> and so the next move,

obviously, is up to the house. >> but two days later, house republicans said don't look to them for action. >> house republicans have passed a bill we've done our job. >> somebody in the gop better do their job, and fast. the clock is ticking. there are just two weeks to go before homeland security funding runs out. 2015 has been a big disappointment for the gop, but they shouldn't drag the country down with them. joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott democrat of washington. thank you for being here. >> good to be here rev. >> congressman, republicans finally control both houses of congress, so have things so wrong for them how has this happened? >> well you know rev, my mother said to me always be careful what you wish for. and mitch mcconnell has been wishing for control of the house

and senate and now he's got it and he's painted himself into a corner. he can't get the republicans to come to a resolution on a bill that has to pass. he's only got four legislative days left. we're going to be gone all next week, back in our districts, and then we're going to come back for three days and we will have no homeland security department funding and the 27th or 28th of february. >> so by the 27th 28th we don't have any homeland funding. and you know republican congressman charlie dennis is calling on his party to stop playing around with homeland security funding. listen to this congressman. >> at some point we the house republicans, must be the adults in the room and come february 24th or february 25th we're going to have to send over another bill to the senate. the bottom line is we do have to pull the bandage off the scab. >> i mean do republicans, do

your colleagues in the republican party realize the risk they're running by playing these games, congressman? >> well it's pretty clear that there's a large majority of them who are not in touch with reality. there are some guys like charlie dent and others who recognize that the job of the majority is to govern. you have to make decisions. you have to make compromise. you won't get everything you want. but there's still isn't people in the back saying yes, we can do all we want and we'll just sit there and force the president. they're going to find out that he's tough and this is not something he's going to give in on. and i think it's going to be a learning lesson for this congress, for these new people that you can't use these kind of bullying tactics to try and get legislation through. it never works. >> talking about bullying tactics, leading the charge is senator ted cruz once again, just like he did in the last shutdown in 2013. here he is then and now. listen.

>> ask if harry reid and president obama are willing to try to shut the government down in order to insist that obamacare be fully funded now. for senate democrats in a partisan vote to filibuster funding for the department of homeland security is both reckless and irresponsible. >> i mean he blamed the democrats then he's blaming the democrats now. i mean it would be funny if it wasn't so serious what they're doing here. but i mean how do the republicans think they can get away with this? >> well i think, rev, that they think the american people aren't watching and the people aren't paying any attention. but everybody is worried about our national security. we counting on the department of homeland security to give us that security.

there are fence against what's coming in from the outside. if we simply open the gate and say we're going to go home and we're not going to pay the people then you're leaving us open to the kind of things people are worried about. they're making a terrible mistake in thinking the american people aren't watching what's going on here. >> congressman jim mcdermott thank you for your time tonight. have a great weekend. >> you're welcome. coming up file this one under least surprising things. the right wing attacking president obama's viral video. plus the legend of the notorious rbg. why the supreme court justice says she wasn't 100% sober at the state of the union. and tonight 30 rock is electric gearing up for snl's big 40th anniversary show this weekend. tonight keenan thompson stops by, and you might see this. >> all republicans want to do is

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does but doesn't talk about, and it was an instant web hit. >> oh. thanks, obama. >> thanks, obama. >> mr. president? >> can i live? >> yolo, man. >> the video was aimed at young people encouraging them to sign up for health care before the deadline this weekend. but the right is on the war path, calling the president tone deaf. >> we need to focus on the trouble over there, and what is the president of the united states doing? he's making crazy videos for

buzzfeed. >> it just shows you how frivolous he is in executing his office. >> it's just so tone deaf and like bad taste. >> victoria is there anything wrong with the president doing this? >> he is not frivolous and he is not tone deaf. the office of the presidency by its nature is one of multi tasking. he's juggling dozens of issues a day, domestic and foreign. in this case he was turning to the domestic policy that the public cares about that affects us tangibly. when i saw that buzzfeed video, that was the obama that the country fell in love with in 2008. it was that fun, hip, cool president obama that we need to harness in order to get folks to sign up for health care because, as we know, health care does not sell itself. >> eric? >> i agree. president obama went to where the people are, and there is a quote in the movie "gladiator" that says win the crowd and he

wins the crowd. he goes where they are, on their social media websites and reaches them about health care. president obama is doing a great job getting his message out. that's why he's two terms because he's reaching out to people that are totally ignored. everyone does that. i saw keenan going to your set, reverend al and i caught a selfie with him because i'm so impressed with this guy and everyone does this type of thing. >> zerlina, i see you nodding your head. >> i think this was a smart move by the white house. i think that they looked back at the video that they made with zack gal knack is and the success of that video. young people signed up for health care at that time so why not do it again. what we're talking about is life and death, people's ability to get health insurance for their kids, for themtszselves, so they don't have to go bankrupt instead of going to the doctor. so there's nothing frivolous about trying to get young people to sign up in droves and they

have. >> the right wing just doesn't get it but next the growing legend of the notorious rbg. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been getting fame for her spirited dissents and snappy interviews. earlier this year a photo of justice ginsburg apparently asleep at the state of the union went viral. yesterday she revealed what was going on. >> the audience for the most part is awake because they're bobbing up and down all the time. and we sit there stone faced, the sober judges. but we're not -- but at least i wasn't 100% sober because before we went to the state of the union union, we had dinner together and i vowed this year just sparkling water, stay away from the wine but in the end the

dinner was so delicious, it needed wine to accompany it. >> zerlina, what do you think of rbg's confession? >> i think it's great and it's very humanizing. i think they call her notorious rbg because of moments like this where she's being so candid. one of the things i think this points out is that jeff toobin talked about the supreme court justices are a mystery and an enigma to the american people and that can't be the case because they're deciding things that tangibly impact our lives and are crucially important. so if you have a moment where a justice of the supreme court, like ruth bader ginsburg i mean her career tackling gender discrimination and issues like that reproductive rights is humanized and you can be relate -- she's relatable to people. i think that goes a long way to making the court not something that is too high off for regular people to be able to understand and relate to. >> eric you've faced a lot of judges. what do you think? >> i've faced a lot of judges

and they're human. they're human just like us. and a lot of people don't realize that. they think they're the stone-faced, god behind a robe and so many people don't realize these people are human. they like wine with their dinner. wine will make you fine and i guess she had a little bit. it was a moment for her to tell people i had wine with my dinner. >> victoria what do you think? >> well i heard that the enabler was actually justice kennedy, that he was the one that produced the wine but when i heard this i said god bless her. you know she can enjoy life and live life have a great dinner and some wine. who doesn't have a big dinner and some wine and nod off. 9:00 was when the state of the union was. i'm asleep by that time. so i don't think there's anything much here. there's been some criticism that justice ginsburg is too old to be serving on the court. i completely disagree. she is sharp as a tack and if she takes a nap, who cares. >> thank you for your time tonight.

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live from new york it's saturday night. the iconic line opening every episode of "saturday night live" since 1975. but this weekend, it will be live from new york on sunday night for a star-studded party that we haven't seen before. the snl 40th anniversary special will air live on nbc. for over four decades the show has become engrained in american culture and given us moments that live forever. >> we are two wild and crazy guys. ♪ ♪ hot tub, gonna get you hot ♪

>> look cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger. >> jane you ignorant slut. >> well, isn't that special. ♪ >> wayne's world! >> i gotta fever, and the only prescription is more cow bell. ♪ >> we may never know how many people perished. >> you want to celebrate the fourth of july in style, new york's hottest club is hello. >> the star power will be shiepe shining sunday. everyone from old cast members to favorite hosts to musical

icons are coming together for the special, and one of those taking the stage will be keenan thompson. the longest running member of the present cast for 11 seasons keenan has been making america laugh with his hysterical celebrity impressions, including one i know pretty well. >> now, jim, those in the gop want to talk about helping people. what, the wrong camera? well, which one is it. the red light? there's red lights everywhere. on the top. okay so this one? now wait you just switched it on me now. no that's what i need to be asking you. have you ever been on tv before? good evening i'm al sharpton. republicans are mad because the tea party has been targeted by the earth. i'm sorry, what? excuse me the irs. >> all over the country there are protests.

and for the first time in my life, everyone agrees with me. folks are high fiving with me inviting me places. this must be what it feels like to be beyonce. >> joining me now is keenan thompson or should i say reverend al. keen keenan, it's a pleasure to have you here tonight. >> it's my pleasure man, thank you for having me. >> we're going to get to reverend al but tell us about the epic show on sunday. what are we going to see? >> it's getting crazy, man. i think you're going to see a lot of the favorite sketches you've ever seen on the show some version of it. all the hitters are coming back from the original seven, everybody that can make it all the way up to the present day, everybody is going to be there, along with athletes and people that have just been around the show musical people. it's going to be crazy. >> who are you most excited to see? >> i keep saying eddie murphy because that's the bigger story for me you know what i mean growing up and watching the show

and him never having come back. >> the first time he's coming back. >> yeah. so i think that's huge. >> now this is a celebration of 40 years of history. forget pop culture, snl is a part of american culture. what is it like being a part of this keenan? >> it's really surreal. like i was upstairs just now rehearsing with martin short and dan aykroyd. they implemented what's up with that into something they're doing, like a best of a bunch of sketches. and just to be involved in that is crazy to me you know what i mean? >> well who are upper idols growing up? >> comically it was like cosby and eddie murphy and chris rock and chris tucker. you know all those people. dave chappelle was my favorite. >> political satire was born in studio 8h. it impacts the political process. let's watch. >> if i don't win, i will continue to run in the primaries, even if there are none.

and now for my second announcement. >> remember mr. hussein, the venom of the american cobra spits far and true. not spitting yet, wouldn't be prudent. >> what's your name sweetheart? >> her name is shakira. >> that means african princess doesn't it? >> why, yes. >> well she certainly is beautiful enough to be a princess. say, are you going to finish these fries? >> i'm the president of the united states and i need a straight answer. am i going to get the spy plane back? >> i believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy. >> and i can see russia from my house. >> did you have a favorite political impression? >> that i do is you. you're my favorite man.

>> well it's become a must stop for politicians themselves. let's watch that. >> yeah they have to. >> yeah they have got to do it. >> the who is that under there? >> so you dressed as yourself? >> well you know hillary, i have nothing to hide. i enjoy being myself. i'm not going to change who i am just because it's halloween. >> well, that's -- that's great. >> look would i rather be on three major networks? of course. but i'm a true maverick a republican without money. >> i really wish that that had been you. >> loren, i just didn't think it was a realistic depiction of the way my press conferences would have gone. [ laughing ] >> do i really laugh like that?

yeah well -- >> who was the best politician to do the show? >> that's tough because there's been so many. but i think the most epic one was sara "tina fey" palin. >> when i hosted a show and that was the year you started, it amazes me how hard we work all week to get there. >> you remember that. >> and going over scripts and all that. and i remember you were saying y'all don't give him nothing to make him cuss he's a preacher. i remember that. i helped start you, boy. >> i give you all the credit. i give you all the credit. you know my impression is out of love you've got to know that. >> well we'll get to that. you're the senior cast member. >> yeah. >> you've been with the show since 2003. what do you love most about working with snl? >> it's just a group of amazing people, man. the people that write that show are brilliant. so to be around such brilliance and to try to splice in what you

might think is funny is a real pleasure, you know what i'm saying? i didn't really necessarily go to harvard like that but there's a lot of harvard cats i get to hang out with and call my friends. i think that's really cool. >> keenan stay with me. coming up your impression of reverend al meeting reverend al. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> you don't want to miss this one. usiness. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. i don't know what

we're back with snl's keenan thompson. ahead of snl's 40th anniversary show we're about to get to you doing me but you actually hold the record for the most celebrity impressions on the show. let's take a look at some of them. >> people got all kind of phobias. ain't no reason to judge anybody. you see i got this thing where i'm scared that after i fall asleep, my mustache going to slide down my throat and choke me to death. and it's a beautiful day in most of the country. we're looking at afternoon temperatures in the 60s and 70s. >> the original goal of the 999 plan was to get me a show on fox news. at 9:00. but if america is looking for catchy, unworkable solutions to complicated problems, herman cain will keep them going. >> i don't know even hold a mirror. the last time i looked in the mirror, i gave myself one of these. >> who is your favorite celebrity impression?

>> i mean you're definitely up there. if it was between one and two, it would be you and probably whoopi. whoopi is definitely another one of my favorites. >> let's get down to business. you've been doing me for over three years now. >> i'd say longer than that. >> i guess we have to roll it. >> joining me tonight are kelly o'donnell and msnbc analyst here in our studio. >> nice to be here. >> and jim vandeheho of politico.com. >> hello. it's vandehigh. >> in three days i have gained over 100 pounds. >> excuse me www point health care point gov is now capable of handling 800,000 folks a day.

>> all republicans want to do is spout conspiracy the owe rise. oh, i'm sorry, excuse me. conspiracy theories. >> how did it start, was it your idea or a writer or loren michaels? >> no i saw that you had a show. i thought this is good for us because that's the thing that they do is talk shows like really well, and it's good for me because it gives me a character to do on the show. you know what i mean it would be good for cold opens and you get to say live from new york and stuff like that. >> give me the art of you doing your impersonation of sharpton. how do you get yourself -- >> it's just in my ears. it's what i hear from you. i hear that boisterousness. you talk with such a gruff and it's kind of a thing. i don't know it's embedded in you. and it's like just little twangs. >> you've got to get a little gruffer than that. >> well when i'm really doing it, yeah i feel you, though. >> see, you've got to lose a little more weight so you can

have more hair. >> yeah i'm weighing on myself. >> i don't want you -- you know how many hours, did you watch any tape? what did you do? >> i watch the show. you're on like every night, so i watch. >> so you watch the show? >> yes. you're a black leader so i pay attention to what you have to say. >> so you're more than a comedian? >> yes. >> well we're cool. we know each other now for 12 years or so worked on the thing. but do you ever worry about mocking people if you have to see them after you impersonate them and they may not take it well? >> for sure i was really scared about running into star jones back in the day. i saw her in traffic and i was in the cab and i ducked down in the seat when she was crossing the street. yeah she's a larger lady so i didn't want to have any problems with her back then, you know what i'm saying. but honestly everybody is pretty cool because we just have fun. it's not like i'm doing anything to be mean you know what i'm

saying, it's just all out of fun. >> no, but let me tell you, people ask me and i think it's nothing but fun if you can't laugh at yourself and it's flattering. let me tell you something, all jokes aside. i was reading the other day you about me. if i'm going to be impersonated i'm very honored to be impersonated by one of the best in the business. >> i appreciate that man. you know it comes out of respect, honestly. you have to like make an impression with somebody for them to do an impression of you, you know what i'm saying so you've definitely done that. >> well i thank you for that and i'm looking forward to the anniversary. i'm going to be there. i'm missing the all-star game to be with y'all that night. >> we're going to represent, man. >> you've got to represent. so i want everybody to be there and root for my main -- i'm glad to have you on. keenan thomas -- oh keenan thompson? thanks so much for doing this snl 40th anniversary special, live sunday 8:00 p.m. okay keenan or should i say

reverend al you take us away. >> i can do that. which one is my camera? am i over here or -- i'm right here? which one is it. it's this one? that one. okay. coming right up we're going to be talking about something, just stay tuned for it coming back from commercial. >> we'll be right back. >> we'll be right back. >> keenan thomas -- >> keenan thompson. >> keenkeenan, reverend sharpton. their own. they believed in more, than the assembly line. they believed driving was a holy endeavor. a hundred years later, the dodge brothers spirit lives on.

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of you. spend a good day with someone you care about, and an even better day with somebody that cares about you. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. have a great weekend. "hardball" starts right now. isis on the attack. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. as the u.s. congress shows bipartisan hesitation over president obama's request for war powers the enemy shows new strength. isis forces recently attacked in anbar province attempting to overrun a city there, al baghdadi and today 25 isis fighters nearly penetrated an iraqi military base con taping