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i knew for sure that it was over with and that my day has come. >> from rockefeller center in new york, this is "politicsnation" with al sharpton. good morning. i'm al sharpton. we start with the 2016 fight erupting into heated accusations centering on race. the week started with donald trump appearing to reach out to minority groups including latinos saying he was, quote, softening on immigration and seeming to back off his deportation force. but then a reversal. >> on hannity you used the word softening. >> i don't think it's a softening. >> but 11 million people are no longer going to be deported. >> i would say it's a hardening. >> trump is also reportedly

making a push to appeal to black voters. planning trips to african-american neighborhoods and meeting with latino and african-american trump supporters. and he painted a doom and gloom picture of life under democratic leaders. >> right now you walk down the street, you get shot. you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs. what the hell do you have to lose. hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes. >> in response, clinton highlighted the -- against african-americans. and she said this.

>> he has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. it's deeply disturbing that he is taking hate groups that lived in the dark regions of the internet making them mainstream, helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. >> joining me now is trump supporter pastor mark burns. the co-founder and ceo of the now television network. he spoke at the republican national convention and he was at the meeting with trump earlier this week. pastor, when we talked earlier -- good to see you again, first of all. >> honored to see you. >> let's get right to it. trump's birther position, his comments about the judge, his lawsuits over housing description -- discrimination, did any of this come up with the meeting you were attending with him? >> i think this meeting was about moving forward, n looking bawards.

as you know the election is coming closer to an end. we cannot continue to discuss matters of the past. we have to come up with solutions. the meeting yesterday was all about solutions, actual plans of action that he can take. >> he went to the past saying that under democrats blacks had suffered. so he did not say going forward what he was offering. he said that we need something new. did he detail what new is? >> well, i think when he outlined part of his economic plan -- first of all, it's an honor to see you and talk to you but i'm not going to debate with you on politics. that's your expertise. the point i'm making is i think the plan of action is as i stated earlier today $2.1 trillion of businesses that is overseas that is not here in america and what donald trump proposes in part of his economic plan, this is a direct connection to poverty that is taking place within our african-american communities.

by empowering the businesses within our communities -- as you know, 25% of franchise business owners are african-americans. >> so he said that if he brings some of that $2 trillion back, he would set aside some of that money to black businesses? >> absolutely. so that we can develop -- so that urban american businesses can be developed and that we can put money back into our own communities. >> but does his conservative base know he wants to set aside for business contracts? >> i'm not saying that he is in the manner that you're speaking about in reference to the set aside program -- >> how else do we know that any of that 2 trillion zlrs going to come to black businesses? >> dr. ben carson also spoke about this thing about this was a consensus of what the african-american minority leaders and the hispanic leaders were saying, one of the things that could be taking place --

>> no, i understand that's what they wanted. but he agreed. is that going to be part of his policy that if blacks vote for me? i'm going to set aside some of the percentage of named percentage of business contracts and jobs to blacks. did he make that commitment? >> mr. trump is going to be laying out his plans and policies coming up soon. >> he didn't do it at the meeting? >> the meeting was designed about trump hearing from the republican leadership initiative. >> he said we're going to do something new but we don't know what new is yet. >> education is really more important right anyway than jobs. he talked about for parents to have the right too choose. that's putting the hands in the -- >> the president doesn't decide how states deal with education. >> as you said earlier, the president is over the board of

education. >> over the department of education. but what is he going to do about public schools then? >> i think it's important when you give parents a right too choose, then two things will happen. for those underperforming schools, they will either raise up the level of their education so that they can attract students to their schools or they will go out of business. but either way like i said, children will be the -- >> but he didn't lay out the plan on that? >> i'm sure he's going to be meeting -- >> so he doesn't have a plan. >> i'm not saying that. the meeting was not so he can reveal the plan. >> he's just attacking the democrats. >> no he's only pointing out factual information. >> let's talk about the facts. i want to show you something. because when he says that we cannot just take the democrats and hillary taking the black vote. under the president's -- the last five presidents, black

unemployment under ronald reagan was 11.8% in his last month of office. when he was leaving. i'm going by after they initiated all of their -- what they were going to do as policy as president. >> sure. >> he left at 11.8% black unemployment. george h.w. bush left 14.1%. clinton left 8.2%. george w. bu jr. left 12.7%. prident obama right now is 8.4%. so blacks had higher levels of unemployment under the democrats and not the republicans the last five presidents. so factually we can have different pns. but factually he's wrong in that. >> factually the average income for a black family is less than -- >> and it has increased under

democrats. >> that's the point i'm saying. that's what vexes me. right now we're debating whether we should raise the minimum wage. i think it's irrelevant. i think black people are way more deserving than a net worth of $5,000. >> so we should have affirmative action and set aside -- we should have a targeted for blacks. will donald trump support that? >> i believe donald trump is going to support whatever it's going to take to make sure that all americans including african-americans, the prosperity is raised within the communities. >> well, we'll be looking for his plan on that. because i know you're a man of faith. you have a whole lot of faith if you think he's going there. >> i know he's going there. i really do. i know the man. i know his heart. and understand how bits and pieces of donald trump is taken apart and is laid out for the world. but i know the man has a real heart to bring americans together. that's the voice i'm echoing. again, my job is to be a moral authority and speak to what i believe is a truth to the body

of christ and to americans. but also to donald trump. again, i don't agree with everything he says. of course i've spoken to him and he's listened to the things that i've had to say. >> well, i'm going to be listening to see if he comes with a policy. >> he is. >> you take him to church. >> he's going to church. >> i don't think he's going to the white house though. >> and he's going to the white house, reverend al. >> maybe to visit. pastor mark burns, thank you for your time. >> i'll be there with you. god bless you. we're getting reaction to trump's appeal to black voters from the halls of congress. including democratic congressman greg meeks of new york. member of the congressional black caucus. he told "the washington post," quote, to him we are all uneducated, unemployed. donald trump has repeatedly proved himself to be a bigot. joining me now is congressman greg meeks. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> first of all, after hearing

pastor burns, what do you make of trump's outreach to blacks? >> i think it's an insult to blacks. when he made his statements that blacks are unemployed, you can't walk out your door. you're going to be shot. you know, the stereotypical type of comments that he made in front of an all-white audience, i don't think he was trying to appeal to blacks at all. i think he was really trying to appeal to that white audience that he's trying to get to come out to support him. he insulted black folks. >> what are you hearing from your constituents is there an alarm about his comments? >> yes. my constituents clearly say this is probably the most consequential election of their lifetime because this man who basically started out repudiating the first black president of the united states by saying he was not a citizen of the united states of america. when you talk about taking our country back. from whom? and to what? so my constituents are outraged by the statements that donald trump has utilized throughout

this campaign from the beginning to where we are right now. >> do you think because there's no plan or policy that i heard pastor burns -- would he he has not been defined. >> when i look at him, i equate him to a con man. he is conning. he conned his way into getting the republican nomination in the first place. because he's really -- i work with republicans on the hill. and what he is talking about, most of the republicans are running away from him. you take even senator scott. he's running away from him. >> the senator from south carolina who's a republican and black. >> he's running away from him. you take the speaker. you have not heard the speaker with him. >> one of the interesting things is congressman clyburn who is

from south carolina has what he calls a 10-20-30 plan around investing in communities that have been underserved, underfunded. paul ryan and hillary clinton have both supported that. we haven't heard mr. trump address that policy. >> at all. we haven't heard any policy from mr. trump from the beginning. one policy he talked about was immigration. and he's flip-flopping all over the place almost every minute on that. we know nothing of substance from mr. trump. because he's a con man. he's a con man. >> let me ask one question that comes up. the trump campaign is suggesting to african-american supporters that they're being undercounted in polls that are being taken. because some people are uncomfortable admitting that they're going to support trump. you think there's any truth to that? >> trump is at 1%. that's overcounting. >> let me -- so you think it's

less than 1%. he says he's going to get 95% of the vote next time if they elect him president. and you're saying that he's really not even talking to blacks but to his white independent voters hopefully. and republicans. i wonder if they are looking for things pastor burns spoke about. >> listen to the people he would put as jurors of the supreme court. >> right. who decide -- >> that's who decides affirmative action. look who he would put on the supreme court. what do we have to lose? we talk about voting rights. we talk about affirmative action with the supreme court making determination. i tell folks let's just look at history. you know, what changed things if you look at history at the reconstruction. it was ferguson. a decision by the supreme court that made separate but equal the law of the land. who you put on that supreme court is absolutely critical.

>> and the president makes that nomination. thank you, congressman greg meeks. >> good to be with you, rev. next, one-on-one with trump supporter hugh hewitt. and later, after his life sentence is commuted, a former prison learns to start over. americans... ... 83% try to eatealthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's gummies. complete with key nutrients we may need... ...plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day vitacraves gummies.

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trump supporters say the candidate is finally sticking to the script. this past week we read from the prompter. he focused on his attacks on hillary clinton. yet trump's shift is sparking new questions from conservatives. like rush limbaugh who laughed at trump's new tone softening on immigration. >> who knew that it would be donald trump to come on and

convert the gop base to supporting amnesty. >> of course trump's been dealing with criticism from the right for months. earlier this summer, another conservative radio host warned trump would hurt ballot republicans. saying the plane is heading towards the mountain. and that man joins me now. hugh hewitt. he has since said he supports trump, for the record. thank you for being here, hugh. >> good to be with you. it's been a few years since you were in my studio in l.a. good to talk to you again. >> good to talk to you. let me ask you, how are your callers going to respond to trump softening his stance on immigration? >> reverend, what i'm about to say is controversial with 5% of the republicans but i think 95%

of the republicans are now where donald trump came to. which is regulation for those who are here that are not criminals and a big fence that has got two sides to it, two double fencing with a road in between it so the future immigration is stemmed along with a visa. i always thought along with charles krauthammer and others that that's where he is. he ran with a bit of ambiguity in the primaries. i did a half dozen interviews with him on immigration. four debates with him. he was always talking about this touchback thing. nobody knew what it meant. it requires congress to go along with you anyway. so this is a very reasonable proposal. what he did not flip on, what he cannot flip on is the fence. >> do you consider trump a mainstream republican? >> no. oh, no. no, no.

he is the nominee. he's not the party leader. the party leader is paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. i'm supporting donald trump because hillary clinton will wreck the supreme court and -- she's in deep trouble this week after the clinton foundation situation. i'm with donald trump 100%. >> how do you trust donald trump with the supreme court? >> because donald trump gave us a list of 11 names. and if he departs from those 11 nams, i look to mitch mcconnell to do to his nominee as he's done to merrick garland. i asked trump about that on the air. i said if you depart from your list, are the republicans justified in turning down your nominee? he said absolutely. i'm not going to depart from the list, but if i do they can filibuster me. >> that would be one of the few lists he's stuck with if he got that far. do you have any concerns about trump's ability to expand his

base? when you talk about the 5%, 7% on his immigration stance. can he expand his base? i mean, when his campaign ceo embraced the so-called alt-right. >> i reject the alt-right. in its narrow sense it represents racism, anti-semitism. it ought to be and has been completely rejected by the republican party. we're the party of lincoln. it sneaks back in at every turn and i do not like it surfacing online. breitbart which was founded by my friend who died on march 1st, 2012, i interviewed him hours before he died. his website was traditional right but very combative, very in your face, very new politics, and very successful. it has since gone a little crazy. a lot crazy in some instances. >> under the -- but it's gone

crazy under the guy donald trump now has as the ceo of his campaign. >> steve bannon, i've never met. i've never met him. i don't know steve bannon. kellyanne conway is the campaign manager. i do know her. she has contributed significantly to i think a very good change in donald trump's rhetoric and position over the last month. and here's what's really the story of the week. you remember '88, al. that's when gore used horton against ducaskakis. didn't work for him. but then in the general election campaign it did work. what secretary clinton did this week is basically her willy horton ad against donald trump. trying to make this a racially tinged campaign which i detest. i reject that. i think we ought to be focused on america's position in the world, creating jobs in america, and we ought to be focused especially on -- >> well donald trump called her

a bigot. donald trump brought that in. we're out of time, but you -- two things. i would love to have you back. you and i don't agree on much, but i don't agree with donald trump when he said no one listens to your radio show. because everybody told me they heard it. and i don't agree it's still the party of lincoln. we'll debate both of those. >> we very much are, al. look forward to it. have a great weekend. >> thank you. thank you for being with me this morning. straight ahead, you'll never believe who's criticizing the president over his handling of the louisiana storm. plus challenges facing hillary clinton. the "politicsnation" panel weighs in.

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president obama saying the president, quote, botched it. of course, this week the president did go to louisiana. coordinating with the state's governor on the timing of the visit. >> sometimes once the flood waters pass, people's attention spans pass. this is not a one off. this is not a photo op issue. this is how do you make sure a month from now, three months from now, six months from now people still are getting the help that they need. >> that's what this is about. people, not politics. nice try. but the cheap attacks aren't slowing the president or louisiana down. and we got you. wait. data just changed... now she's into disc sports. ah, no she's not. since when? since now. she's into tai chi. she found disc sports too stressful. hold on. let me ask you this... what's she gonna like six months from now?

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but she's still facing some tough headlines including reports that as secretary of state, she met with people who donated to the clinton foundation. meantime, a judge ordered the release of nearly 15,000 additional e-mails. trump is trying to take advantage calling her actions, quote, criminal. clinton is pushing back saying it's not an issue. >> are you certain that there are no e-mails or foundation ties to foreign entities that will be revealed that could perhaps permanently impact your presidential prospects? >> mika, i am sure. neither myself, my husband, my daughter have taken a penny of salary from the foundation. my work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces. >> joining me now is liz smith, former deputy campaign manager for martin o'malley's campaign

for president. and elise jordan. msnbc political analyst and former adviser to senator rand paul's campaign. first of all, thank you both for being here. >> thanks. >> elise, is this a real opening for the republicans? >> well, i think it definitely is. the clintons' on going -- with hillary clinton's inability to grapple what happened with the clinton foundation and the unseemliness of the behavior is what donald trump should be talking about constantly. instead he gets distracted as we know and it's a gaffe about race. could be any news of the day and donald trump will miss the opportunity. >> but, you know, what's more damaging, liz? the foundation or the e-mails that have come up? >> i think both. i think they feed into the same issue with her. which is trust. and, you know, i want to separate the two issues because

i don't want to conflate the two. with the e-mail situation, i think what elise said is right. they handled this so poorly from the beginning and let it become an issue. it's undermined her trust with voters. do you think it will be the deciding issue for voters in november? i don't think so. even though voters don't trust her, they're still choosing her over trump. with the foundation, this is the tragedy of that situation. they allowed that to be swift boated. this should have been a big strength for hillary clinton in this election. that her family had devoted all these years to, you know, bringing cheaper drugs to kids with hiv and malaria in africa. instead it's talking about the donations. imagine if they could do the first person testimonials from children who had been helped by then. instead we're talking about billionaires. >> but the fact, elise that there's no smoking gun.

the fkt that they have not been able to say that somebody gave money, was a donor to the clinton foundation. and therefore got preferential streemt. . >> it's like what i wrote for "time" this week. so much of what the clintons -- it's not even about what they do, it's how they respond to it. and hillary clinton has not responded in a satisfactory way. she hasn't seemed contrite. she hasn't seemed like she actually was admitting, hey, i shouldn't have had the private server. it's taken her so long to do that. >> about the foundation, contrite about what? >> the appearance of donors coming in. >> but there's no smoking gun, liz. what is she contrite about? let me ask you another question. >> okay. sure. go ahead. >> you can answer both. >> got it. >> politico reported this week clinton's strategy was to run the clock. quote, the democrat aims to

ignore the e-mail and foundation controversies seeing a shrinking calendar as her friend. isn't that risky, though? >> yeah. she needs to confront this stuff head on. and one thing that i think they could do is make her a little bit more accessible and a little bit more transparent. and have her out there talking more and making an em passioned case for what they have done. right now they're playing defense and that's not good for her. >> i agree with liz. because on friday secretary clinton spoke to "morning joe" and mika this morning. she did sound like she was upset and felt she hadn't handled it. it was much better than her previous interview with anderson cooper where she was testy, defensive and she just wasn't willing to be accountable for her actions. >> but, you know, the reason i think she was testy and defensive in her interview with anderson cooper is because she's rightly frustrated. she's being held up against donald trump, a guy who has lied

so many times over the years about giving charitable donations. including during this campaign. he's not even released his tax returns and she's the one being attacked over not being transparent. >> politics is politics. let's take a minute, stay with me. we're going to do more straight ahead. liz as well as elise. stay with me. coming up, leading gun control advocates supporting republicans. drilling down into what it means. with hydrogenated oil...

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it might seem like there's a clear line between republicans and democrats, but not so fast. some powerful gun control groups have now endorsed these two senators. the twist? they're both republicans. mark kirk of illinois and pat toomey of pennsylvania. here's a new ad from a group funded by gun control supporter michael bloomberg. >> my mom was the principal at sandy hook's school in newtown. she died that day protecting the children in her care. when it came time to vote on gun control, pat toomey crossed party lines to support. i'm grateful. >> but toomey's critics says he's played both sides of the issues. quote, making a political calculation. i want to welcome back our panel

liz smith and elise jordan. some say they're being taken for a rude and they shouldn't trust senator toomey. are they right? >> yes. i am fully in their camp here. this is the thing. if it would make sense to endorse people who are passionate advocates for gun control, neither of these men are. toomey even voted to block, you know, a vote on the terrorist loophole. hillary clinton is campaigning for stricter gun laws. these guys when they get to the senate, you know what they're going to do? the first vote is going to be for mitch mcconnell. he's never going to bring any common sense gun legislation to the floor of the senate. >> elise, you know, senator toomey did cross party lines as a state of fact. in a big gun control vote. he's also saying things like this on the campaign trail. i'll read you the quote.

i have a perfect track record with the nra. is senator toomey trying to have it both ways? >> i think he's trying to win re-election. and i do agree -- >> but the he trying to have it both ways to win? >> maybe a little bit. but i do think it is important for republicans if there actually is going to be gun control in any form, democrats need to be welcoming of republicans who are willing to cross party lines. and i think that the same is true with criminal justice reform. it's ultimately going to have to be led by republicans. you have to get both sides in on the issue. >> but is that what they're trying to do is undermine the nra's kind of stronghold here and show there's some strength and political capital on the other side of this issue? >> a little bit. i think a little bit is they're trying to play an insider game here and show that -- give themselves the veneer of bipartisanship by backing these incumbent republicans. these are two of the closest senate races in the country. these are two of our best pickup opportunities. and for people who care about

gun control and for people who believe that we need a real revolution on this, we have to stop these -- you know, stop these mass shootings, stop all the violence. we can't be backing people like pa toomey and mark kirk. we need democrats in those seats so we can have a democratic senate. >> and the bipartisan which you feel is a strategy you would go. >> i'm all for throwing support by republicans in any way, shape, or form. >> no kidding. >> actually not totally saying that. these days it could be donald trump accepting white supremacist support. but with these big issues of our country really going to grapple with them, we're going to have to start coming together before. i hope that's what this post-trump era will be. >> are we going to see change? that's the real thing i'm concerned about. >> i think if they go back to the senate, they'll do what they've done in the past. i don't think we'll see any change with them. we need serious change on this because this is a life or death

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this month president obama commuted the sentences of 214 prisoners as part of the president's push to reform the criminal justice system. the vast majority of those whose terms are sentenced are not-violent felons. like alton mills. part of our bending toward

justice series. he was sentenced to life in prison because of mandatory minimums. last year president obama freed him. >> i didn't have the thought in my mind that i was going to be going to jail for the rest of my life. >> alton daughter was 19 months old when he was incarcerated. he missed seeing his daughter grow up. >> i believe in your ability to prove the doubtfuls wrong. good luck and god speed. sincerely, barack obama. i did 22 years, 4 months, 4 days, and 1 hour. that's how much time i actually did. >> what does a second chance look like? how do you get a job when you're lacking two decades of experience? part one of our series followed alton up to his release from prison. now here's part two. what happened next. >> i signed my papers and i shook the warden's hand because

i knew for sure that it was over with. and that my day has come. i can feel a difference. the air smells different. it's just a different plac period. and i still today walk around with my prisoner id in my wall let. it's a remembrance of hell and i don't want to go back there again. just left my mother and father's house for my weekend pass spending with them. and i'm back to the halfway house. the halfway house is considered one foot in and one foot out. kind of still in prison a little bit. >> it don't seem like he never left because he was gone for 22 years. it's not normal, but we are getting there.

>> this is where i spend two-thirds of my time in here. room 433. i can open up the window. and see freedom. instead of looking out the window with the bars and seeing what's going on the compound. but here open up the window and i see freedom. >> he's been gone over 20 years. the ward is different. everything has changed. i remember him telling me a story about just going to the gas station and the pump being different. >> i bought a prepaid phone. and the first thing i asked the lady was how do you turn it on. and it takes me two hours to actually figure out how to operate the phone. i got it on, but that's all i did. >> the men and women who come here from federal prisons oftentimes have nothing. >> when folks have these mistakes kind of on their back, there absolutely is a stigma.

we want to fight so hard that individuals like alton get a second chance. ♪ >> it helps you get rehabilitated back into society to be job savvy, learn how to use computers, learn how to fill out resumes. i haven't filled out an application since i was 17 years old. >> can you think of any job that you do not work as a team? this is new for alton. he's got to be able to trust some people and developing some social skills. >> i'd like you to recognize alton mills. [ applause ] >> he was in washington speaking and that's when i seen him break

down and cry. >> over 20-some years in prison like myself. >> he's getting a lot of attention. he's getting a lot of people saying we're sorry, apologizing and all those other things. what happens when those stop? >> my name is alton. >> hey, alton! >> i went to the streets of selling drugs. today i am very blessed because i did 22 1/2 years in prison. president obama, senator dick durbin, congressman danny davis, my lawyers they're the reason why i'm here today. >> there's a whole lot of altons out there who don't have the support system. and they got to kind of find their way back in. >> look who signed that piece of paper for me.

if one of us did something wrong 20 years from now, they're going to bring that up and say that was a bad decision that barack obama made. i got too many good people in my corner. and i don't want to disappoint them. >> alton now faces a struggle shared by millions of other americans. adjusting to life outside prison. over 30% of former federal inmates end up back in prison within five years. that number nearly doubles for former state inmates. they can't find jobs. sometimes they fall back into drugs. they don't get the help they need. but alton has a strong support system and he has good reasons to move forward. his daughter was only 19 months old when he was incarcerated. now she's a mother, a baby born

13 weeks premature. and alton is a grandfather. more on that in our next installment. we'll continue following alton as he rewrites the ending to a life story that was previously set in stone. and as we close this morning, by remembering george curry. preeminent writer who passed away last week at 69. may he rest in peace and his legacy live on for generations to come. that does it for me. thanks for watching and keep the conversation going. like us at facebook.com/politicsnation. catch our video marking the five-year anniversary of this show. i'll see you back here next sunday.

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