well, the safeguard methods need to be looked at because not many people would want to board a plane knowing a pilot is dealing with depression. we will have you back to talk more about this because it is such a riveting subject. no question about it. i appreciate your time tonight, dr. taylor. that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight in tampa, florida. we start with breaking news. claims that the origins of that racist frat chant caught on video extend far beyond a single campus chapter. that's according to the university of oklahoma president who announced results from the school's investigation. >> it was learned by chapter members at a national leadership cruise sponsored by the national organization four years ago.

that chant was learned and brought back to the local chapter. over time the chant was formalized by the local chapter and was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal pledgeship process. >> it's a major new claim suggesting the chant was more common than publicly stated. in a letter to the sae national fraternity, president david boren said quote, the chant was widely known and formally shared amongst members on the leadership crews. it stands in contrast made by the national fraternity earlier this month. >> from what we see, it's not a wide problem. whenever we look at the overall picture, 235 groups across the country, we're finding an overwhelming majority have never heard of this don't know anything about it are not familiar with it. >> but again, the university

indicates it was widely known. at least at this leadership conference. and late today, sae confirmed it's likely these students learned the chant on the cruise. sae saying quote, the organization has no current evidence that the chant is widespread across the fraternity's 237 groups. sae continues its in-depth investigation of its chapters. sae also said the song is horrific and does not at all reflect our values as an organization. if we find any other examples of this kind of behavior currently occurring, we will hold our members accountable just as we've done in oklahoma. this is a fraternity with around 200,000 students and alumni. today the university president said high school students were

on that bus and heard that chant. and that this is far too big an issue to ignore. >> we know racism when we see it. we know when certain inappropriate words are used in our presence. we know when inappropriate stories are told in our presence. i don't think anybody here at this press conference needs to be taught about what racism is. we know it when we see it. we saw it and we reacted to it. and we've said no tolerance for it. >> joining me now are florida state police chief david barry -- david perry who is the president of the international association of campus law enforcement administrators. and jason johnson, a political science professor at hiram college. thank you both for being here. >> glad to be here. >> thank you, reverend al. glad to be here. >> chief perry, let me go to you first. are you surprised by the university's claim that this

chant was widely known at this frat leadership conference? >> so i'm not surprised. i'm really disappointed that this is going on but not surprised at all. this is a problem that this doesn't only impact campuses and colleges around the country, but it impacts many parts of our nation, unfortunately. >> jason, the school's president in his letter he also says and i'm quoting from the letter this matter cannot be closed in our view. however, until the culture at the national level has been -- has also been addressed. now, the school clearly believes this is a much bigger than just one chapter on a single campus. doesn't it? >> well yeah. and they should. you know again, the issue has never been about hurt feelings or just being racist and hostile, it's about creating a hostile learning environment. you've got kids there who are legitimately concerned, parents

legitimately concerned if there's some roving band of students on my child's campus singing about lynching i'm legitimately worried. the school has every reason to be aggressive about this. they should be applauded about the work they've done to investigate this. >> now, mr. perry, the sae spokesman a few weeks ago when we learned about the chant, he said this. listen. >> we have every reason to believe that when they're talking about being taught the songs, it was done by somebody who was an older member of the chapter and just a two or three year period there, passed it down and said here's the chant we want to teach you. >> but the school now says it was taught at a leadership conference. suggesting it was widely known there. does the national chapter need to explain further? >> i think they do have to explain further. i think that it's going to take a thorough investigation. not something they can just rush

and say that it's been reviewed. but i think it's due to the university. i think they should have that done. i understand that they really need that in order to start the healing process. so they should do a thorough investigation. >> you know because, jason, in recent weeks we've learned more about the history of this chant. a former student at angelo state university in texas says she heard the same song at a different frat in 1973 or 1974. another man reports hearing it at texas tech in 1963. and yet another heard a similar chant at the university of georgia in 1961. how far back does the history of this chant and chants like it go jason? >> well see, reverend. you're making an excellent point here. there's a big difference between when it was learned and where it came from. i don't care that these kids learned it on a cruise in 2011. it's the idea this has been

going on for 60 years. as a faculty member this is always i think the key issue here. i've never thought it was a good idea to kick somebody out of school just because they said something bad. but you can kick them out for creating a hostile environment for other students for drinking underage. and as an organization sae is obligated not only to those engaging in the behavior but anybody else who wants to join to say we have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior. as a private group, this is important to them and their reputation. >> and, you know, the thing that is very disturbing, mr. perry is there were high school students, recruits that are hearing this. i mean this is very damaging. president boren delivered a powerful message about this issue not being isolated to the campus. listen to this. >> this is a problem in america. we've had an epidemic of racism all across our country.

we can stop it if all of us and the institutions and organizations we belong to and all of us as individuals say we have zero tolerance for racism in america. that's not who we are as an american people. >> very strong words there, mr. perry. how can universities and fraternities begin to grapple with this issue? one that touches so much of american lives? >> i want to first applaud president boren for his proactive approach to this. it took his leadership to pull that university together. i'm telling you after talking with some of my colleagues there it was not a good feeling initially when this was unfolding. but it goes back to value development. we have to get back in the homes and work on the value. somewhere in that socialization stage they're paking up on what's wrong and what's not right. so at the end of the day they

have some bad data that's in their heads about people and how to view them. >> and jason, again, we're talking about 200,000 members and alumni with this frat. this is a lot of people and this clearly has implications nationally. this is serious. and to see the passion out of this president of this college, at least that to me is refreshing. >> well it's refreshing and it's responsible. and i just want to be candid about the racial elements of this. this is internal policing in the white community. on racism. and that's a good thing. it's a good thing that there was somebody white on that bus who said hey, i don't like this. this is inappropriate. it's good a majority white institution says we have zero tolerance for racism. it's got a majority white fraternity says we have zero tolerance for racism. it didn't always have to fall on the shoulders of brown and black

people. but white people against this says they won't stand up for this. and that is progress. >> with that mr. perry, let me pick up on that. the national fraternity says they won't tolerate it that it doesn't represent them. do we need to hear from them? what do they need to do. they say they're going to look into this, but what do we need to see them do about this? what do we need to see them do that would restore any level of credibility in this area? >> we need a transparent investigation. we need straight talk, reverend al. we need them to show they're being honest and forthcoming with the investigation. and at the end of it we need training. we need to show every member has gone through sensitivity training to show they have gotten this message and understand the importance of respecting others and not saying things that are so insensitive and so hurtful. >> chief david perry and mr.

johnson, thank you for your time. have a good weekend. >> you do the same. breaking news a ruling in the amanda knox case. the international legal saga that dragged on for years finally coming to a close. also new questions about the co-pilot who brought down that plane in the alps. was he hiding an illness? and could he have been stopped? plus -- >> this bill is not about discrimination. and if i thought it was about discrimination, i would have vetoed it. >> but miley cyrus disagrees. why she and many others are attacking a new law that they say could legalize discrimination. all that plus the hillary clinton listening tour. stay with us.

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breaking news tonight. should the airline have stopped the germanwings co-pilot from getting on the plane? new details on 27-year-old andreas lubitz who's believed to have deliberately taken the plane down and killed all 150 people on board. german prosecutors searched his apartment and his parents' home. they say, quote, documents with medical contents were confiscated that point towards an existing illness and corresponding treatment by doctors. and there are sick notes saying he was unable to work that were found torn up which were recent and even from the day of the

crime. prosecutors say they didn't find a suicide note or confession. the airline says lubitz did not give them that sick note. but german newspapers say lubitz was deemed not suitable for flying for a period of time during his training. he was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode in 2009. underwent a year and a half of treatment and investigators are looking into whether he'd recently experienced a personal life crisis. a university clinic in germany has confirmed lubitz was a patient this month but says he wasn't treated for depression. meanwhile lufthansa says it'll pay at least 50,000 euros per person to the relatives of passengers. investigators are still

searching for the remains of victims. police say they haven't found a single body intact. and families of the victims want answers. >> they were innocent people this relative said. if lubitz was ill, the company should have been aware. >> joining me now is captain jay rollins, a retired american airlines captain and former u.s. navy pilot. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> jay, could this airline have done more to make sure this co-pilot was fit to fly? >> i believe so. aside from the fact that the airlines were not in a position up until now to realize the problem was psychological illnesses like this this company hired this individual with only 650 hours which in my estimation is far too few hours

to be placed in a position of responsibility. it requires more than physical skills to fly the aircraft. it also requires vetting. in other words this individual in my opinion should have been flying smaller aircraft in smaller venues until he proved himself through the years and then was able to assume this responsibility that if a senior pilot left the cockpit that he would sit there and continue to do his job regardless of whatever sort of personal issue he had going on. >> jay, let me get a little personal. tell me about your experience. was there ever a time you didn't feel like you should fly? >> most absolutely. a few years back when i was flying, i actually went through a period of my life that was very stressful, lots of lawyers and missing calls and all that sort of thing. it got to the point where i

decided it was intruding upon my time in the cockpit. so i voluntarily called in sick. and normally when you do that it's for cold or something like that. when you come back four days to a week later, there's no problem in clearing yourself and you're put back on the schedule. this time it was probably a month, maybe six weeks before i felt that i was ready to fly again. and when i called in to clear, they wouldn't let me to their credit. instead they sent me for psychological evaluation. very thorough. >> let me push you right there. four to six weeks, when you called back in they would not put you back on the schedule. they sent you through an intense kind of vetting. explain what that entailed. >> they sent me to a local psychologist that gave me a two or three hour psychological -- written psychological exam and talked with me in detail about what it was that i had that stressed me in the first place and why today was any different

from six weeks ago that i should go to work now. and until they were satisfied, i did not fly. but once i completed the exam and they had measured it all and decided that i was fit to fly, that's when they returned me to the schedule. >> but what's disturbing is that you were self-reporting. it was not something that they put on you, you reported this yourself. how does the public now have any assurances that there is a process that discovers this if you don't have someone as responsible as you that would step forward and self-report. >> this is why we have to have the vetting that i described earlier where people have been tested and shown that they will use that sort of responsibility. if we are left in a situation where they're going to clear people then yes the public should be concerned about a situation like that.

>> you know here's what faa requires for pilot screening. pilots under 40 are required to get an annual physical exam from a flight surgeon. pilots over 40 have to get exams every six months. those exams are supposed to include questions on mental health. and pilots are required to disclose existing conditions to the faa. european rules are about the same. but do doctors actually do mental health screening, jay? >> not very much. but there is no specific sense they are checking you for it. but they can definitely improve in that regard. i think also they can encourage other crew members to the extent that they're flying with someone a little bit odd. maybe they should have a

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. it's time now for reverend al's weekly report card. >> welcome back to all my students tonight. it's time to shake off those spring break blues and give out some weekly report card grades. first up tonight, a very special joint report card for senator ted cruz and congressman tim huelskamp. they haven't exactly been fans of obamacare. >> we need to repeal every single word of obamacare. >> it's unpopular, unaffordable and unworkable. >> but believe it or not, they're both obamacare customers now. these guys get an "a." actually let's make that an aca for the affordable care act. next, it's ted cruz again.

he and outgoing congressman aaron schock are both in my remedial history class because their grasp of the facts is a little shaky. >> today the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat earthers. you know it used to be it is accepted scientific wisdom the earth is flat and this heretic galileo was branded a denier. >> everybody faces adversity in life. abraham lincoln held this seat in congress for one term. >> ted cruz comparing himself to galileo? i don't quite see the resemblance. and aaron schock is abraham lincoln? i'm not so sure about that. this dynamic duo gets a "d" for delusions of grandeur. time for summer school fellas. our final student is on the

wisconsin basketball team. during the march madness tournament, forward nigel hayes has been having some fun with the stenographers at their press conferences. >> i'd like to say a few words. cattywampus, onomatopoeia and antidisestablishment antidisestablishmenttarianism. >> but a few days later, this happened -- >> gosh, she's beautiful. did you hear that? >> i heard that. >> all right, so we'll open it up to questions. >> tonight he gets a "b" for blushing. but all's well that ends well. looks like nigel is bff with his new stenographer friend. good luck in the tournament. thanks as always to my students tonight. class dismissed. . >> that's tonight's edition of reverend al's weekly report card. alk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure.

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it's time for conversation nation. joining me tonight, radio host stephanie miller executive editor of blue nation review.com jimmy williams and msnbc contributor victoria defrancesco soto. thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks rev. >> thank you. >> thanks reverend. >> we start with the backlash to indiana's new law that could legalize discrimination under the cover of religious freedom. indiana's republican governor mike pence signed the religious freedom restoration act into law yesterday. critics says the bill could allow private businesses to refuse to serve same-sex couples. and the backlash on social media to pence has been severe. miley cyrus posted on her instagram page you're a blank

governor pence. the only place that has more idiots than instagram is in politics. the ncaa is hosting the final four in indianapolis next week and has expressed concern over the law. other businesses have threatened to pull out of the state entirely. there are now 20 states with similar legislation and governor pence is defending the law. >> this bill is not about discrimination. if i thought it was about discrimination, i would have vee toad it. i think there's been a lot of misunderstanding about this bill. >> he says it's all a big misunderstanding. what's your reaction? >> i think the misunderstanding was when he was a member of congress, there was probably no more homophobic member than congressman mike pence. today he's governor george wallace.

today is a jim crow. today he is the governor in 2015 of the state of indiana. and what he has said is that anybody, any business any public accommodation can now say because of sexual orientation or race or whatever it is he can say no because we don't believe in you under our religion. that's the same thing that jim crow was. that is exactly what george wallace did. there is no difference except that was 40 years ago and this is 2015. he should be ashamed. my home state governor should be ashamed and so should the 17 other states that have passed these pieces of legislation. we ought to sue the hell out of these people and take it all the way to the supreme court and destroy jim crow once and for all. >> victoria isn't that the real point? that if this stands that they can say it's against my religion

for any number of people race nationality, and any number of other things. and isn't this also bad politics? i mean, the gop's supposed to be reaching out. i mean look at this. >> it's bad politics reverend and also bad economics. you've got to sue the heck out of this let it reach the supreme court. i'm also going to call on businesses to boycott indiana. think back to a couple of years ago when arizona passed sb 1070 and what did latino serving groups and businesses and people who supported latinos and immigrants do? they said arizona, we are not going to do business with you. and i think the mighty dollar needs to speak with regards to indiana. we need to attack this problem from many angles. courts economics, politics, and social media. i don't agree with a lot of what miley cyrus does or says but god bless her for what she did on instagram.

>> steph? >> i agree. that's what's been heartening is how the business community has already spoken whether it's sales force saying they're not going to take their business there. i love the gaming convections. nerds come to the rescue of us gays. and honestly if we're going to start with everything in the bible, you know, we got to start shutting down long john silvers because you can't eat shellfish. you got to shut down people that wear two kinds of fabrics. it is ridiculous to try to make social policy in the 21st century on the bible. and it is -- liberty in that bill means your liberty to discriminate against me against gays. >> and liberty to discriminate against people with the bible. once you open that door where does it stop? >> that's right. >> a lot of pressure on. we're going to be following this one. let's move on to that big announcement from senate minority leader harry reid. >> we've got to be more concerned about the country, the

senate the state of nevada than us. and as a result of that i'm not going to run for re-election. my friend senator mcconnell don't be too elated. i am going to be here for 22 months and you know what i'm going to be doing? the same thing i've done since i first came to the senate. >> a former boxer reid brought his love of a fight from the boxing ring to the senate floor. as senator majority leader for eight years, he was instrumental in getting the affordable care act passed in 2010. today president obama paid tribute to his work on a call-in radio show. >> is this harry reid? >> it is. >> harry this is barack. >> we'll i'll be damned. i'll be damned. >> are you allowed to say that on live radio? >> well i'll be damned. what a guy. >> well i could not be prouder of him. he did an unbelievable job on a

whole bunch of really tough issues. he's been one of my best partners and best friends. and i'm really honored to have served him. >> victoria reid was as crafty as they come. democrats will miss him, won't they? >> they will miss him dearly. and i think what's going to be really interesting here is what happens in his home state of nevada. we're going to be seeing that seat open up and i think we're going to be seeing brian sandoval, the current governor fighting very hard for that seat. with regards to the senate leadership, i don't think there are going to be a lot of surprises. there have been rumors that maybe patty murray or elizabeth warren. i think at the end of the day it is going to be chuck schumer. why? he's been his lieutenant. but more importantly he has been a rainmaker for the senate democrats. come 2016 the senate democrats don't just want to win, they want to win big and get that veto-proof majority in the

senate. >> schumer's all right. we're both from brooklyn. jimmy, how did reid -- what made him so effective? how did he get things done? he was very crafty but he found a way to get things done that was unusual on some hard assignments. >> i worked in the senate. first of all, i worked for both durbin and schumer. i worked under mr. reid when he was the whip. he loves the institution i can tell you. perhaps behind his wife, there is no thing he loves more than the united states senate. maybe his children. but he truly loved being in that place. loves his staff. and he's an institutionalist. he likes to make the place -- he just -- it's that closed network of 100. and so he will be missed i think, by a lot of people. not by a lot of republicans but by i think the majority of the democratic caucus who replaces him? chuck schumer. again, someone i worked for for

a brief period of time. leader reid has endorsed him for that. senator schumer has not. and so i pt suspect that friction is very frustrating for those of us who have worked in the united states senate and want that place to work better more free openly with amendments and that sort of thing. but today is harry reid's day. that's what we should be thinking about is his legacy. it's one hell of a legacy no doubt about it. >> hold on, stephanie. everybody stay with me. we'll be right back with hillary clinton's listening tour. what she plans for after the big announcement. and is the first couple heading to new york? lots of buzz today about their potential plan for the big apple. stay with us.

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we're back with our panel stephanie jimmy and victoria. next up the hillary clinton listening tour. there's still no official date for an announcement about a potential presidential run, but politico reports that afterwards she will embark on a short tour to interact with voters in a series of events most of them in low key cities. one source saying they know they need to reintroduce hillary to

america. stephanie, is this the right move for her again? i remember she did this when she ran in 2000 for the senate in new york. >> that's right. well, you know after victoria had to harsh our buzz on a friday by saying elizabeth warren won't be the majority leader. i think this is the right move for hillary. i think she's been funny lately when she was talking about her new e-mail and new relationship with the press. i say as a comedian she needs to bust the funny out now. now later like mitt romney was really funny the other night with jimmy fallon. you were like now? now you're late? but people that know her say she's very funny. and i think, you know we saw in the later phases of the campaign the last time, she really started to loosen up. i think this is a good idea. if she's listening to america what she's going to hear is we don't give a flying about the

e-mails, we care about what you're going to do now. i hope they keep talking about the obama/clinton policies as ted cruz said the other day. because guess what unemployment was 10% when they took over. it's probably going to be 5% by the time hillary's running. look at every indicator. health care the stock market everything else. please run on the obama/clinton record. >> it's under 6% now. victoria? >> you know with hillary clinton what we need to do is see the human side of hillary clinton. i think with that comes some emotion. remember back to 2008 when she was running in the primary and she was in new hampshire and she was doing one of these small meetings and a woman asked her how do you do it. basically how do you keep it together? and she started to answer and then she was tearing up and she got very emotional. and rather than getting a negative response to that the american public said wow, you're human. you have emotions. and she got a lot of positive

re-enforcement for that. so i'm not saying tear up all the time, pull a boehner. i'm saying show yourself. pull down that professional screen, pull down that toughness and let us see you for who you are. and the other thing she needs to do in this listening tour is listen especially closely to women and to young women. she cannot assume that women are automatically going to support her because she's a woman. especially with the lena dunham generation. she needs to let them know she's going to be an advocate for him. >> jimmy, where will the obamas live after they leave the white house? buzzfeed is reporting today they are seriously considering a move to the big apple. columbia university is a top contender for president obama's library which would be a homecoming of sorts for the president who graduated from columbia in 1983.

is new york big enough for two former presidents? >> it already has 9 million people so why not? a couple secret service agents a family. i mean the thing to remember is his youngest daughter will still be i think maybe an incoming junior when he leaves the white house. so they have a couple of years left here in washington, d.c. unless they decide to move her from sidwell friends to wherever they go and she can finish out her high school years there. but new york is a great city. it's a tough city. if the president loves it he loves it. my gut tells me that will not be their only home. they already have their place in chicago. and last week they were looking at a place in hawaii. so you've got new york chicago, and hawaii. not a bad way to go. >> stephanie, jimmy, and victoria, thanks to all of you and have a great weekend. >> have a great weekend. thank you. >> thanks rev. when we come back the powerful new film about the

obesity epidemic that's threatening millions of american kids. stay with us.

america is facing a major health crisis. childhood obesity has quadrupled in recent decades. nearly a third of kids are overweight. now a new documentary is tackling the issue head on.

"bite size" is following the story of four overweight children and their struggle to slim down to a healthier size. >> i want my diabetes to go away so i can do what everybody else can do. >> you're eating your life away. you're a couch potato. >> how could he be making fun of me if he has his bag of cheetos and his coke. >> they all love to dance. maybe that's the first step. >> she's lost the weight and comes home. is there the accountability to us? yeah. >> i am a nerver-ending trash can. >> i spoke recently with the director of "bite size" and asked him what inspired him to create this film. >> you have to understand that it's a growing up demmic that we as a nation are facing. we're facing statistics that are one out of three children in america are obese. what i really wanted to do is portray the faces behind the numbers so that people could not just recognize that it's a

problem but relate to the problem and maybe then invest in becoming part of the solution. >> i grew up fat myself and it struck me personally. you know one of the kids you feature also suffers from a very common health problem associated with being overweight. type 2 diabetes. let's play this clip. >> sure. >> i ain't never been on ball camp. i can't participate through the whole thing. i got diabetes already. i might not probably live that long. i want to live as long as everybody else you know. some people don't live that long. >> what does it mean for a kid to have type 2 diabetes? >> type 2 diabetes is a result of general obesity, lack of exercise, and diet. it breaks my heart when i hear

that that he has to grapple with his own mortality. if they're diagnosed below the age of 15 they're facing 27 years shorter life expectancy. i'm 26 myself so this overwhelms me. what we really wanted to portray in following his story specifically, he lives in the mississippi delta which is number one in type 2 diabetes hypertension, you name it. we wanted to see if he could rise above it and overcome. and it was just absolutely to witness his journey. >> now, all four kids revealed they've been targeted by bullies as a result of their weight. and you captured a really powerful moment when some of the girls wrote down the names they'd been called. let's watch. >> we're going to put all of this ugliness behind us. we're going to put behind us big "a," fat "a," fatness, fat

whale, cow, cheeseburger big blob and some of the other terrible names on here. they're hurtful. they stay with you. long after the person has said them. >> besides the health risks, how does being overweight affect these kids emotionally and mentally? >> well i speak purely from experience that it's shameful. we exist in a country whether you're looking at commercials or you're looking at who's on the cover of the magazine the way people are photoshopped, there's a stigma attached to being heavy. these kids shed the emotional weight of being ostracized because of it. >> we're out of time but how are the kids doing now? >> they're doing great. i mean, obviously it's still a struggle for all of them. it's a struggle for me personally too. but what you'll see in the film is it defies expectations. it's not an issue of race class, or gender. this is an american issue.

and you'll watch kids succeed despite your -- their limitations. and your own expectations. and it's really an inspirational and hopeful film at the end of the day. >> thank you for your time. you can go to bite size movie.com for more information on where to see this documentary. we'll be right back. my parting thoughts on today's big report on that racist frat video.

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ferguson, missouri might be the best known case. but it's all across our country. every day, every week there seems to be another one. and i've asked myself why. why is this happening? i don't know why it's happening. but i know what we can do in this country of ours. every single one of us here and every single one seeing or hearing my voice we can stop it. >> we can stop it. we have to stop it. this is a national issue. late today we learned that a student at ole miss had been indicted on several rights charges for hanging a noose around a statue honoring the school's first black student. that noose was found in 2014. more than 50 years after james meredith integrated that university.

yes, everything is not racist. everyone is not a racist. but racism exists. and discrimination denies people equal opportunity and equal protection under the law. we can't stop it while we're in denial. we must confront it and deal with it. and we can. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. have a great weekend. "hardball" starts right now. unfit to work. ready to kill. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. police in germany last night raided the homes of andreas lubitz who's accused of deliberately