tv Disrupt With Karen Finney MSNBC August 25, 2013 4:00pm-5:00pm EDT
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thanks for disrupting your sunday afternoon. i'm karen finney. i say, you know what, go for it. >> if we see a grass roots tsunami, that is going to cause republicans and democrats to listen to the people. >> god help us if he ever does get to be anything more than the senator from texas. >> it is going to tick a tsunami and i'm going to do everything i can to encourage that tsunami. >> let's let the man with grass roots common sense. then watch america go, my friend. >> we are going to take back america. >> i have people who we want to take our country back. >> take it back where?
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where are we going? >> republicans have to do something we haven't done in a long time. >> we have to protect our phony bologna jobs. we must do something about this immediately, immediately, immediately. >> this fight is likely to heat up in the month of september. that's going to be when the battle is engaged. >> in case you haven't heard, texas senator ted cruz is a man on a mission. he wants to take away your healthcare, even if that means bringing down government or war with within the government. >> fair stoking is reminiscent of another senator, a man from wisconsin on his own mission. he also wanted to take his country back then it was from
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the communist who supposedly infiltrated it. his name, of course, joe mccarthy. while cruz's mission this time around might be different, the rhetoric sound eerily the same. take a listen. >> let's put the man with grass roots common sense in charge of the government and then watch america grow my friend. >> grass roots comes together and demand elected officials. >> light up the phones. there is nothing that scares elected officials more. >> there is a common sense limit. to gentleless and delicacy. >> we have to stand up and win the arguments. >> stand up and win, my friend. >> how do we win the fight in don't blink. >> scary stuff np director of washington examiner and washington reporter for the
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"daily beast." mark, i will start with you. how surprising. in all seriously, the thing about ted cruz is for a long time it was, there was 17 or so tea partiers in the house and it was easy to say, it is the house. and ted cruise legitimized that part of the tea party elevated it to a national level. wouldn't you say? >> i don't think ted cruz did it. i think the tea party did it itself when they add tremendously successful 2010 election. and since then learned that it is not so easy in american politics. you have to do successive elections. and they've kept to it. they kept organized. and they elect smed significant people like ted cruz. >> but it does feel like because he is? the senate, there is this division of the house. they are whacky and the senate is this more thoughtful body and to have a senator i do think changes dynamic a little bit with the tea party. >> one would hope so. whether you're coming from the left or right in this country,
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there is a tremendous yearning as my examiner colleague baron york said in his column this morning, there is a tremendous warning for politicians who speak their con vicks. rather than mealy mouthing and taking boj sides and hiding behind rhetoric. politics who have the courage of their convictions. >> you know, michelle, i think that's part of my question about ted cruz. is he really speaking to his convictions or is he just a very savvy politics who knows exactly what he is doing. he has figured out that if he can lock up that tea party support and use that, ride that wave, this is not a dumb person, right? i mean, he is a smart guy. you know, just this morning he said that he wasn't -- don't be surprise fed the president doesn't go ahead and sign the repeal of obama scare. which sounds just delusional. then though, he was very wise. he made -- used his inside voice
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and sounded very reasonable when he talked about how they could shift the blame to obama. let's take a listen. >> it goes forward. president obama, harry reid, will scream and holler that mean nasty republicans are threatening to shut down the government. and at that point, republicans have to do something we haven't done in a long time. we have to win the argument. they stand up and say, we voted to keep the government open. why is president obama threatening to shut the government down. force it down the throat mster can people. >> you notice he started with a much lowerer tone. like he is trying to sound reasonable. >> when you are suggesting something as dramatic as shutting down the government, i suspect the democrats in congress are fine with him trying to win that argument. last time the republicans shut down the government, that didn't go quite so well for them. >> that's not quite true.
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let's check the record on that. 95 shut downs, actually two of them, michelle -- >> yes, there were. >> and we look back and say, the republicans suffered buzz of that. but what happened in the next election was clinton was re-elected. the republican majority in the senate increased to two. and republicans loss in the house was an incidental -- first time in seven years -- >> but the overall perception damaged i think the to the republican party is that -- remember the other -- >> right. remember the other piece that happened was newt gingrich whining because he didn't get the seat he wanted on air force 1. that didn't help their over-all. my point is more this guy is not stupid. he knows what he is doing. he knows how to rally up a crowd. he knows thousand push a leadership. he wants what he wants. we wants to shut down obama care and he will go out with the heritage guys and rally for
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that. but then when he is talking to kndy crowly, he can make it sound so reasonable, right? he is very savvy. i think there's no question. nobody is accusing ted cruz. being insincere. we did a story in the "daily beast" about how he has been a very, very strict conservative since his college days. he is a very savvy politician. he knows what plays well. we are talking about a man extremely established. not only does he have his double ivy degreeses and clerkship for the supreme court, he is in the bush campaign. bush administration. an extremely established guy but he knows that these days, poplism in the outside/insider argument is very popular. >> mark, to that point, it seems like he doesn't care if he burns bridges. this is sort of establishment, anti-establishment things going on. he wouldn't say if he would support his fellow texan, john cornyn. he also said earlier, when he
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was asked if he would would support mitch mcconnell, he shied away interest that. but he made it clear he might get engaged in primary contests but might not. an obviously the establishment, i think they thought they were putting a check on him when they made him the advivice chair but is out there doing his own thing. >> this is why ted cruz scares estaishment republicans to death. and he does. they voted in the house for example 31 times on meaningless repeal obama care. >> that's right. >> and republican base voters, especially look at that, and they say, why should we take that seriously. why don't you do something when have you a rel opportunity? >> how do they keep that up? >> actually defund it. they want politicians who have the courage of their convicti convictions. >> ted cruz this morning said he thought president obama could potentially sign the repeal of obama care. you can't think that's going to happen. >> we can't know what would
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happen if -- >> how do we not know? it is already law. >> i can't believe -- >> i know, it is a shock. either they get the law or the government shuts down. that's the scenario. we might have a situation if republicans were firm enough. we might is a situation for example where they say well we're going to delay implementation for two more years and try to fix these problems. or they may have, let's defund this part and refund this part. >> he is a complete, we're going to shut down the government unless -- >> he will not. he is not saying that. >> that's what he said last week in dallas heritage. >> he is not saying we will shut the government down -- >> he said we must -- >> you're right -- >> he is smarter than that. >> but the intention is very clear. now he is trying to figure out and you can tell because the leadership is trying to do this dance of we can't really shut the government down.
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that's bad politics. so instead maybe we will make it about delaying obama care and just hold hostage the debt ceiling. that's harder for people to understand. >> i think the point he is trying it make is, that it is equally valid as a constitutional legislative and political matter to say we should fund obama care which is what the obama president obama says. it is equally valid to say, no, we should not. >> equally val toyed say that but not equally valid to believe it will happen. it is just not. >> it is only valid if you believe you should fund it. >> only if there is a chance it would happen. >> what we are talking about in terms of defunding is a minuscule portion -- we're not talking about spending that's already been -- >> even the acts were -- >> oh, that's where we're going. >> thank you mark and michelle.
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coming up, forward march. pressure is high for the president this week as he prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. what we've achieved and what still needs to be done. that's coming up next. >> we've got to be sure we can do everything we can to make equal opportunity in jobs and economics available to all-americans. and if dr. king was here, i'm quite sure he would say, congratulations and all progress has been made but let's keep going. the dream is not achieved yet. ♪ ♪ ♪
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commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. but it's not over yet. saturday's events were called to action which will culminate in a speech on president obama wednesday. exactly 50 years after martin luther king, jr. junior gave his speech. in 1963 president kennedy chose not to address the crowd on that august day but now five decades later we will watch as president obama, nation's first black president reflects on the legacy of dr. king and what the march has meant for the progress of our nation. with me now, two men who eloquently lent their voices to yesterday's celebration. president of the naacp. and lee saunders head of the acme labor union. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> one of the things we are already hearing, it is always the expectations and expectations for the president are pretty high going into wednesday. how will he meet those expectations? or can he? >> there is really no way to. i think that he should get a boy
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scout badge or something for even being willing to step out there. it would have been easier and many would suggest just doing it from the oval office. just avoid that place on that day. now that he is doing it, it is clear this is more after reflection, a recreation, and that's much of what we should hope for, is for the president to put in place where we are and what we need to move ahead. one thing we will avoid is a kul call to action. and i would hope that it would be a call to action that can excite people. that is not a rehash of what we heard before or stopped short for going as far as we might want to. >> we heard several themes i want to touch on from yesterday that go to this point of a kul to action and one i thought reverend sharpton developed quite eloquently.
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and encouraging the march forward and urging all of us to support them. let's take a listen. >> we must give our young people dreams again. but not to worry about saggy pants but sagging mentalities. if we told them. if you told them who they would be and what they could do, they would pull up their pants and good to work. we've got change how we deal with this. >> we have been talking more about this in the wake of trayvon martin as we have been talking more about crime and gun violence but reverend sharpton was very em passioned there and i think made a very important case for the how we would support our young people. >> ben and i were at the march yesterday. you were there too. i was so pleased to see so many student there and so many young people. i think that was amazing. i think that shows they are engaged and that they understand there are major issues that confront all of us. not just young people but retirees, working families all
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over this country and they want to be a part of the fight. a part of the struggle and they were there yesterday in force. and i think we've got to nurture that and to mentor our young people. and we've got to teach them not only about the past but the future and engage them and bring them along and have them participate with us. >> go ahead, ben. >> one of the things that i think is most exciting to me is this demand 15 campaign. spending time with the fast-food workers and retail workers, and folks making 7.25. and it is clear to them there wasn't much their boss could do to them anyways. i was in a room with them about ten cities across the country. young black men on the margin of our time. i haven't seen that many young black men on fire outside after prison. you know, from that segment, who really that 7.25 or trying to
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figure out how to do it on the street. and we need to be all in. >> right. >> with folk like that when they are standing up because that is where the movement comes from. as people, the end of the day who have nothing to lose and they will risk everything to make a better future for their own children. >> and that really seems to be to be so much of what the march was about in 1963. and the sort of intimate connection between economic security, jobs and freedom and this idea that you know, having a good paying job, making a living wage, able to take care of yourself and your family, and are we faltering in being able to provide that opportunity for young african-american men in particular but for young people in general. >> there's no question about it. you look at students. who are going to school. and they have to bore remoney to go to school. right new that debt is over $1 trillion, okay? and they have the opportunity to go to college. many young people don't have that opportunity. when you look at what is happening with voting rights, with civil rights, with worker
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rights, with labor rights, across this country, under attack, every single day. the 1% trying to gain more wealth and more power at the expense of the 99 percent e who are trying to play by the rules every single day. trying to feed their kid. send their kids to school. this is not what this country should be about. this is why the march yesterday was so important. but we not only should commemorate and bill and i talked about this yesterday, and we have to rededicate ourselves and recommit ourselves to the struggle. we are under attack. working families are under attack. retirees are under attack. student are under attack. we have to jointly make our voices heard. >> as part of that, ben, i want to talk about the voting rights. i this i that's one of the issues. obviously people talked about it yesterday that we all hope the president will address on wednesday. and one of the things john lewis said to me yesterday in an event is in 1963 issues were rooted in morals and values. and not politics. and it seems to me that
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particularly when you talk about voting, right, it is not about the id, it is about the fundamental constitutional right to vote. how do we make that moral argument stronger? >> what we really need to focus on is the bridge to get the voting act restored. there is a real opportunity for the republican party right now to kind of pull back from the edge that they've been teetering on. and we are seeing some good signs whether it is from sensenbrenner and i hope they will go further toward us right now. >> right. >> the moral argument for one person, one vote, is clear. i don't think you can make it normal. it is just clear. voting should be easy. fraud should be hard. we have already said that -- >> fraud is kind of a falsinge argument, right? that is not really the problem. >> you and i have seen false fraud when they say vote on wednesday. and voting day is tuesday. the particular type of fraud that voter id about doesn't really exist. you are more likely to get
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struck by lightening in the same place twice than somebody -- than see someone engage in impersonation. but we need to come back -- there should be a table of morality in politics where both sides come together and whether it is down sizing our criminal justice system or raising the minimum wage or securing the right to vote, gentlemen just agree that as the world's greatest democracy, there are limits to how little we pay somebody. there are limits to how much our population we're going to put in prison needlessly and we will also be about one person, one vote. the other thing that struck me yesterday that is beautiful, is such a broad coalition of people. you have labor, environmental groups, lbgt, black, white, old yb young. and that seems to be key to the model now in terms of organizing and mobilizing that you have to build these broad coalitions. in order to make these moral arguments and in order to have the numbers to show, i think
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like they did in 1963, that this is about shared values of a large group of people. >> one thing that dr. king understood very well is that you linked civil rights with human rights. linked it with union rights, economic rights and libbabor rights. it was a coalition effort. labor unions, civil rights organizations, religious community, retirees, students. that same coalition has to come together once again. it is not like we disappeared, but we have it rebuild and pay more attention to it. >> it is coming back. >> it is. no question. >> you can look at the movement and ref regard barber, our great leader down there. but you can look across the country. we had a choice when the tea party rose up. we can all run back to our bushing houses but we decided to adopt the motto of the three musketeers and say all for one and one for all. >> and coming together. >> and winning as a result.
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>> let's hope the president speaks to that and gives us a call to action we are looking for on wednesday. ben, lee, thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you, karen. >> be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter where you can find my interviewes with martin luther king iii. we will be back with more "disrupt krots. " /* se neosporin to help you h. it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid brand bandages.
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. now to the latest in syria. the white house said quote there is very little doubt the assad regime attacked with chemical weapons on the 21st. finally they are letting investigators in where it occurred. but this might be too little too late. joining us is kristin welker. we understand the president just spoke with the president of france. where are we with that red line, rather and where are we in terms of the diplomatic efforts?
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>> karen, president obama did speak with france's president this afternoon. and i can tell you, that is consistent with what is going on behind the scenes at the white house according to one top u.s. official. the administration is reaching out to its allies because if the president does decide it take action, he want to do so with broad international support. that is still as "if "as you point out. the administration saying there is very little doubt that chemical weapons weren't used. having said that, they want the u.n. inspectors to have a chance to go in and to corroborate whatever evidence they possibly can. but we know that president is weighing a number of possible options. he has taken the option of putting boots on the ground off the table. but he is consideringing limited airstrikes that would potentially be launched from warships. we know there are four navy warships in the mediterranean which are within striking distance of syria. so that is one point.
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we do know though that the president likely won't establish a no-fly zone. that's another option that has been taken off the table at this point. but as you point out, karen, president obama has said that use of chemical weapons with be a red line. certainly in this case because of the scope, the administration believes it is possible that they might have to take action in this instance. the question is, what will they do and when will they do it? again they want to give the inspection teams time to sort of gather evidence before they make an ultimate decision. if you look at the polls though, karen, majority of americans, still don't support action in syria. that has been one of the things that the obama administration has been acutely aware of. karen? >> we will continue to follow those developments. thank you so much wsh kristin welker. >> absolutely. thanks. >> coming up, your weekly look ahead with the slight clans of impeachment. immigration and possible shut down in the forecast.
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the thatheic. nira rb now that we are hearing a shift from the conversation about defund to delay with the cr that has to get done before oh, what was that, september 30th, i mean, it follows like this is all about october 1st when you know, the implementation really start to kind of kick into, one of the first key date. so this feels to me like this is all about, what can we do to make sure that doesn't happen. >> i think we've had several attempts to stop obama care. there is the 2012 election which the president did win. there is a supreme court case which affirmed the bill itself. i think this is the last gasp. but the reality of it is that republicans cannot stop this on their own. so i think what's really happening is that you are finding, you know, squeeze play in the republican leadership between the vast majority of americans, who may have some questions about fixing it but want the law it go forward and
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stop arguing about it, actually. and the far right base represented by senator cruz who want the republicans to actually threaten to shut down the government over obama care. and that is something that the american people will reject again as they have rejected before. >> you know, molly, other tension here, you wrote a piece this week where senator richard burr said defending efforts would be the dumbest idea you've ever heard of. then you have the heritage foundation and series of town halls, $500,000 in on-line ads. you know, grover norquist out there. you have the outside groups putting pressure on. you have the ted cruz's of the world putting that pressure on. yet within the party, the leadership seems to get this is a really bad idea. >> you had on one hand, 80 house republicans signing a letter in support of the whole defund idea and john boehner on a conference call saying to them, look, we will not shut down the government.
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it shouldn't be news to anybody who watches msnbc that their house republicans are quite divided. >> no. >> but and you know, even in the senate, you do have very prominent conserve stiffs like ted cruz and mike lee but only 40 something republicans have signed on to this idea. it is something that has traction on the outside. as you said, tea party patriots during this multistop tour. and people really responding to this in the conservative grass roots. you don't have the conservative grass roots up in arms over immigration like a lot of people expected. up in arms over obama care and impeachment and they are pushing their republican senators and representatives to take this step that a lot of the sort of republican establishment would be suicidal. >> to this point, we heard a lot of bluster going into the recession about how they will be, you know, almost like 2010
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all over again. and hot summer of tea party people getting out there. and that hasn't materialized and we have seen a pretty good response from the pro obama care side in terms of about ordinary citizens charging citizens in the town hall. while groups seem to believe that defund is the way to go, you're not seeing this same intensity of activism. >> i think this actual squeeze play between the far right and sort of the mainstream middle, is taking place in these town halls in the same town hall. ted cruz had people from his state raising questions about why would he want to end obama care and it is producing result for them now with cheaper healthcare. and you can see how people will afford more affordable healthcare but even in immigration, and the whole slew of issues, and in the conservative town halls, where
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they are saying the pain stream middle is saying, why are you taking these far right positions. >> and the other thing we see on immigration reform is a place we haven't seen the activism we were told we would see. you have seen the business community actually getting engaged and trying to encourage republicans to support reform. >> this is something that chamber of commerce and business community more largely has wanted for a long time. we are seeing the faith community, a lot of churches and religious leaders and catholic leaders are engaged on this. they are not clear how much of that pressure is felt by the republicanes who are going to need to not just sort of give in but take an affirmative step toward passing immigration reform, if it is going anywhere in the house. >> i can't wait. shutting it down, impeaching the president. great first week. thank you molly and nira. coming up, moving past the talk about gun safety reform and finding ways to take action. that's ahead. >> flip that coin.
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but he's not just my son. he's all of our son and we have to fight for our children. >> yes, we will pass trayvon's law from coast to coast! >> a report for the children's defense fund finds that u.s. children and teens are more than 17 times more likely to die from a gun that poors in the 5 other countries combined. from from the impact of stand your ground laws by the trayvon martin shooting death it gang violence to the senseless killing last week of an australian student in oklahoma. are we finally seeing the momentum for a tipping point for real change. joining me now, phillip agnew, johnny cob, and mark glaze. thanks to you all for being here. mark, i want to start with you because last year, we saw the
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nra fighting tooth and nail against background checks and than we find out this week, guess what, they've got their own data base where as they created this scary monster government data base. but they've got one and i bet you this they used some of that on that data and they make money on that data. >> they probably do. and the best part when somebody asks about the nra an they were told, it is none of your business. which is wh they want the government not to be doing. watching that speech it was hard not to remember that reason we have the gun law we have today, the foundation of which is particularly dangerous, people should not have easy access it firearms is because of assassinations, martin luther king, jr., president kennedy, robert f. kennedy. we still haven't realized the promise because we don't give everybody background checks. the wrong people are getting guns. that's what we have to change.
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>> part of what we feel we have to hear, nra says, background checks wouldn't have solved that situation or assault weapons ban wouldn't have stopped that situation from happening. when it strikes me that argument we need to be making and i know mark you've done this, is this is a multifaceted problem and it needs a multifaceted solution and rather than taking down the rabbit hole of fighting about, you know this solution versus that solution, that we have to make a holistic conversation. >> we do. i think there is other kind of basic points that we have avoided here. we have this imaginary boundary people people who are lawful gun owners and people who are unlawful gun owners but the fact of the matter is if we have such leniency for lawful gun owners it makes it easier. there is no distinction between these two. a person can buy guns lawfully and sell them illegally. this is one of the big concerns here. in addition i think we have these concerns about now high profile instances with assault weapons and so on.
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but the majority of fatalities are coming from handguns p. that's where we have conversation. that's probably the most political issue as well. >> you know folks to that point, so tray veen law we are talking about it now, we heard a lot of people talking about it now. and i know trayvon's parents are traveling and talking about this. is this a political issue for 2014? >> i think we can. i think it is mandate for us. trayvon martin's death may not be the reason it peace but it was certainly the alarm clock for energy we are seeing around the country. i think what ji giloni is true. this is an interesting opportunity to engage young people in the conversation right now around gun violence, around the circumstances that lead to violence. we need to talk about problems in schools. we need to talk about the school of prison pipeline and talk
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about systems that leave young people with no other choice but to make their enterprise in a criminal way. >> right. >> and then guns are a pivotal part of making sure that's a success. so right now is the time to do it. we saw it yesterday and i think young people are ready to talk about it as well. >> they are ready to take action, i guess is the question. >> action is the only thing, only solution to the problem. i think our government s has done everything they can. i think young people are tired of being portrayed as gun toting criminals. and i think engaging them in the discussion will have a lot of innovation in the solution to the problem. snrs. >> know, earlier today collin powell was on face the nation. he was asked specifically about trayvon martin. i was surprise bid his answer. we have sound from that that i want it pli and then talk about. >> i don't know if it will have staying power. these cases come along and they blaze across the midnight sky. and then after a period of time they are forgotten.
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>> i mean, mark, this case does not feel to me like it was a blaze across the sky. that has been forgotten. particularly when have you people, not just issabrina, but saying trayvon is everybody's child. and the way you talk about guns and violence. this sparked a very big conversation. >> i thought a little bit about something rfk once said, which is one person takes an action and it is like throwing a rock into the lake. it is just a rock but ripples spread out to effect the world. i think that's true. not just in the trayvon martin case but the past couple of years when people have seen tucson, aurora, oak creek, trayvon and finally newtown. i think that changed the conversation from mentally ill. people reached the tipping toint when they have had enough. i don't think that is changing. i this i this will be a an issue whether republican or democrat. i think we will be reward fed you stand with 90% of the public
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who think a criminal background check is not too much to ask. >> right. you know, one of the things i find frustrating this past week or so be you've seen some folks on the right wing and another network i will not mention, use the situation in oklahoma where you had an australian student shot and you know these kids just said they were bored, it which is horrible and disgusting. you have seen them twist us into making it about race and why isn't the president talking about it when it is about guns. this is about getting guns off the streets. >> and to be even more basic about it, right, homicide is a terrible thing. let's start there. we all agree with this. if what we heard about what happened in oklahoma is true, it is an abombable act. but the fact is of the matter is, these men are arrested quickly. >> which is the other part of the injustice in the trayvon martin case they won't talk
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about. >> that is not even an investigation. and there is an acknowledgement that perhaps under some circumstance there was something slightly wrong about what happened to trayvon martin. and so that's the difference here. this is not simply saying, okay, we only care if a black person is killed by a nonblack person. we think that homicide across the board is wrong. also an important thing to say americans are disproportionately the victims of gun violence. you see americans outpacing white americans in support for gun control by far. 71% of african-americans versus 41% white americans believe in gun control. i don't think anyone want anyone to die wrongfully at hand of a gun owner. >> i think to that point, i hope that means that african-americans, latinos turn out in 2014, i think that's another area where we can really make the difference. thanks to you phillip agnew, mark glaze, gilani cob. thank you.
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there must also be a pledge to continue advancing the dream for the next 50 years. ♪ >> the task is not done. the journey is not complete. >> it's time to march for a new america. >> committed and not complacent. >> i was here 50 years ago. so who among you is going to be the speaker of the house, the president of the united states or whatever. >> don't simply commemorate, agitate. >> we say, we will stand our ground. >> we must stand until we live in a nation where it doesn't matter who you love. >> we march because trayvon martin joined in the pantheon of young black martyrs. >> until every young black american has the chance to exercise his or her right to
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vote, unincumbered by rules o, procedures or practices. >> i believe we will win. >> where are the women that need to be acknowledged in this movement? >> we have to fight for our children. >> we got to keep on ending violence. we got to keep on fighting for peace. >> you cannot sit down. you got to stand up, speak up, speak out and get in the way. make some noise. >> i want to add my personal thanks to the men and women who continue the struggle and who were there in 1963 for disrupting the status quo and not accepting h they were being told was or wasn't possible. that does it for me on this historic weekend. thanks so much for joining us. we hope you will share your thoughts about the weekend event.
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