caring about the people in my neighborhood getting shot while walking down the street. >> melissa harris-perry from new orleans, and you can watch melissa saturday mornings here on msnbc, amazing show this weekend on poverty, by the way. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back with "click 3." >>> president obama addressed the latest uproar over benghazi at a news conference today. but house democratic leader says the obsession is an intentional subterfuge to avoid action on jobs. my interview with the congresswoman coming up. >>> first, i want to share the three awesomest things on the internet today. a web tool brought to the attention by a number of our twitter fans. the proportion of male and female comments retweeted by twitter users. it will take a user's most recent 100 re-tweets and figure out which gender you retweet most. it works by identifying names and gender from lists of given names. so companies and novelty twitter handles will be excluded. the results are surprising. an ideal twi-q number was ten. the average score is just 4.9. president obama

and not carol about the children in my neighborhood shot while walking down the street. >> melissa harris-perrys, and you can watch melissa saturday mornings here on msnbc, amazing show this weekend on poverty, by the way. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back with "click 3." for seeing your business in a whole new way. for seeing what cash is coming in and going out... so you can understand every angle of your cash flow- last week, this month, and even next year. for seeing your business's cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. day. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can help make this a gre

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joining me now is melissa harris perry, most of msnbc's melissa harris-perry.eing with us tonight. >> absolutely. >> the speech was a rare glimpse into the president's private side. why was it so important for him and for the audience that he addressed? >> it's interesting. the president is taking criticism both for his speech as well as making similar comments in the past. i've had my own critiques but i had an opportunity to sit down with the president for a one-on-one interview for "ebony" magazine. he was very policy-oriented until we got to the questions about family. the moment we got to the questions about family, the president chastising black men or playing to the right, it's simply untrue. this really is -- you can feel it. it's palpable when you're in the room with him. that sense for him, when he says, if we fail at family, then nothing else matters, he means that and he's trying to convey to these young men at morehouse, this lesson that he feels, despite all of his successes that he's learned. >> if you read the whole speech, he talked about dr. k

joining me now, melissa harris-perry. for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> melissa, aren't we seeing the disconnect between the nra and the allies in congress with the american people? >> yeah, it's kind of stunning. certainly at this point it's official officially puzzling. you have to be able to assume that you can predict the actions of members of the house of representatives or of the senate on a very simple equation. if they think doing something will get them re-elected, then that is what they will do. it's pretty simple. so we just have to figure out what kind of district is this person in and it's less about ideology and their own job preservation. in this case, you repeatedly have people with these pro nra fights against what seems to be against the interest of the constituents. >> and that's what is puzzling because now you're seeing every poll indicate -- i mean, i can't remember something 90% of americans agreed on and yet they are going against that and then blatant examples, let me give you one thi

catch melissa harris-perry 10:00 a.m. on msnbc. >>> coming up, a hard look another my interview with the lawyer for george zimmerman. he made a lot of claims but do the facts back him up? i'll get a response from the lawyer from the trayvon martin family. >>> plus, the war on women has started a civil war over at fox news. it's the take down you've got to see. >>> plus the genius of richard pryor. i'll talk to his wife about the star that made us laugh and pushed the racial envelope on stereotypes. >> you've been caught in an awful lot of white women. will this continue? >> as long as i can keep it up. why you think they call it the white house? >> all that plus ask rev. do you have questions. i have answers. ask heavy at msnbc.com. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of

in just a moment melissa harris-perry. on today's mhp. me. the crucial swipg state of virginia. they're -- that and the name game. who are the members of congress voting to take food off the table of hungry americans. that's melissa harris-perry coming up next. first, a few thoughts on memorial day. on march 26, 2005, landmine exploded in kabul, afghan san killing army master sergeant michael heester. two of his fellow national guardsmen. he was deployed in afghanistan since to 04. he was weeks away from returning home on leave to his wife and two children in indiana where he was a firefighter for over 13 years. he was 33 years old when he died. today his sister michelle markham remembers him as an honest and forthright man. he didn't just say he believed in something. he showed it. always looking out for the underdog. she wrote in a blog post for the tragedy assistance programs for survivors attacked. 24/p support for those who lost a loved one in the military. she writes, i remember well when memorial day was all about a three-day weekend w

i'm melissa harris-perry. on thursday evening we found out some shocking new information about the political drama we've all been following. someone in the administration who was in charge of enforcing the law is now breaking the law. a government agent discovered evidence of voting fraud in the past presidential election and buried the story. and a president we were all led to believe embodied hope, change, and maybe racial progress seems to be doing no actual governing, and now we have to wait all the way until september to find out what happens because, of course, the season finale of abc's drama scandal. not what's going on in washington. that's not to say washington hasn't seen its share of scandal. a president's election campaign whose donations had spying. an armed hostage situation. and a u.s. president who couldn't keep his pants zipped. now those are scandals. but what we're giving wall to wall coverage now, those stories that keep coming up in every press conference and committee hearing. you know t

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getting to a point where he's becoming a parody of himself i think al sharpton is too i think melissa harris perry show has a following particularly younger women and particularly younger women of color but she's not a you know a whole groom journalist you know so she's an academic like me who transformed herself into you know showbiz and there are dangers there but she does have a following but but it shows like with chris chris hayes this show is very weak and i think they have the the lynchpin of something good will in the morning believe it or not. with morning joe the ed show probably needs to be spiced up but it it's on that line between amateurish and just like they just lost their way and sometimes you get into a perfect storm and that's what's going on here what they need to do is raid current t.v.'s hosts and put them on because they're pretty good you know and look at our tease model and how you mix analysis commentary and hard news they have n.b.c. news at their disposal they don't use them they have pete williams who was the only voice of reason in the boston marathon bombing and they

i'm melissa harris-perry. what a difference three days makes.ewer than 72 hours passed between president obama's standup act and his press conference marking the 100th day of his second-term. but the president we saw on tuesday was singing a distinctly different tune for the wise guy wh who had jokes a few days before instead of all i do is win, he was doing a little diddy called second-term blues. and it goes a little something like this. >> do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda for this congress? >> if you put it that way, jonathan, maybe i should pack up and go home. you seem to suggest that somehow these folks over there have no responsibilities and that my job is to somehow get them to behave. that's their job. the point is in are common-sense solutions po the problems right now. i with not force republicans to embrace those common sense solutions. >> this president obama having a sad day as he watches an obstruction of congress sabotage his second-term agenda is the far cry from the man who put the "o" in hope in 2007.

i'm melissa harris-perry.onday evening, 5:52 p.m. the unbelievable story that has dominated the news cycle began with this call to 911. i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years and i'm here. i'm free now. >> that was 27-year-old amanda berry who disappeared the day before her 17th birthday in 2003, calling for help after emergeg from a 10-year nightmare. berry along with her 6-year-old daughter was freed from the house of who rows where they were held captive. sometimes bound with ropes and chains. more than a decade. the survival story of these women after enduring abduction, enslavement and torture is a chilling echo of others like jaycee dugard and elizabeth smard that have also captured national attention. these are the stories they remember because they go to the heart of the most horrifying svu filled nightmares of teen girls and sexual vulnerability. but far more common when it comes to young women and sexual exploitation, teen girls denied the support to emerge safely into womanhood in a

i'm melissa harris-perry. we're going to get to all of the stories i just promised you. first, an update from the middle east where there are reports of israeli airplanes striking areas around the syrian capital of damascus. the targets believed to be shipments of iranian-made missiles on the way to lebanon's hezbollah. chief correspondent richardening he will is reporting from turkey this morning. >>> melissa, according to a witness in damascus this morning, it began around 2:00 a.m. there was a huge explosion, giant fireball that lit up the sky. people said they could see this fireball and feel the shockwaves all across the city. then moments later, there were a series of secondary explosions. witnesses said they heard fighter jets in the sky, they couldn't tell what exactly had been hit. but that the targets were all roughly in the same area. in the mountains. the mountains are just on the edge of damascus and this is a military area. according to rebels in damascus, there were at least nine different targe

i'm melissa harris-perry.resident obama put it all on the line with his counter terrorism speech on thursday. the president asserted his vision for the practical use of drone war fair, the possibility of bounded presidential powers and a more measured approach going toward when it comes to the war on terror. beyond afghanistan, we need to bound these as a series of p persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific extremists. >> by my reading, this was nothing short of sur racourageo. the president not only put his second term on the line but the future of the democratic party. here's what i think is the reality. the president has another three and a half years in the office. if any act of terrorism occurs on american soil or to american interest abroad in that time, political opponents are going to point to the tone shift which began in this speech on may 23rd as the reason. for the president to say we will redefine the political war ffar was a spectacularly courageous act because for more than a decade not

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i'm melissa harris-perry. after looking to president obama for the second time last year, the republican party was inspired to do a little soul searching. the grand old party took a long hard look in the mirror and realized perhaps it was time to get a little work done. smooth out some of the bumps and wrinkles that caused the party to stumble during the election. a nip here and a snip there to get rid of some of the dead weight and maybe get a little color. tone down all of that glaring whiteness. having decided a facelift was the cure for what the ailing party was dealing with, the party didn't slink away quietly only to reemerge months later looking brand new. oh, no. republican party leaders telegraphed every gory detail of the process in advance. first, party chairman lance priebus let us know what they'd be adding and enhancing. >> the rnc cannot and will not write off any demographic, community or region of this country. we've also never been this dedicated to working at the community level to win minor

i'm professor melissa harris-perry. it's sunday may 19th. graduation day for many.t only appropriate that i wear my academic re gallon i can't to celebrate with them. we're awaiting president barack obama's commencement address to the 2013 graduating class at morehouse college in atlanta, georgia. we will bring that to you live later in the show. the president isn't the only one giving graduation speeches this year. first lady michelle obama has spent a couple of days giving rousing commencement addresses. on friday, there was this speech at historically black college bowie state in maryland. >> as the abolitionist frederick douglass put it, education means emancipation he said. he said it means light and liberty. it means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth. the only light by which men can be free. you hear that? the only light by which men can be freed. >> yes, education is supposed to mean freedom and opportunity. in fact, when her husband, president barack obama addresses the young men of morehouse college in atlanta, one of the mos

i'm melissa harris-perry. we're going to get to all of the stories i just promised you. where there are reports of israeli airplanes striking areas around the syrian capital of

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staff writer and bloomberg "business week" host of her show on msnbc, melissa harris-perry. and editor in chief of buzzfeed, ben smith, who it must be noted, sam stein drew this to my attention yesterday, according to the "jerusalem post" ben smith is the 28th most important jew in the world. >> thanks for mentioning that on air. >> you're so welcome, it's a big title and congratulations. >> sam was actually 51. >> just saying. >> we'll get into the actual rankings. melissa i want to go to you first on this. i feel like -- there are some things that we should be talking about. including 501(c)4s, our tax code, embassy security, what it means to be a diplomat. intelligence-gathering. but we're actually kind of not really talking about any of that during the scandal week and i read "the new york times" editorial board's assessment of the situation. scandal machine, whatever cranky point republicans had been making against president obama for the last five years, dishonesty, socialism, jack-booted tyranny. they somehow found these incidents were actually the proof they had been

. >> the chairman of the slate group, jacob wiseberg, host of her show on msnbc, melissa harris-perry, msnbc contributor, maria theresa kumar and senior nbc national correspondent, josh green. there's a lot to be said about this. melissa, let's start out with eric ericsson's contention and he began that litany of complaints by saying i'm so used to liberals telling conservatives that they're anti-science. but liberal who is depend this and say it's not a bad thing are very anti-science. the national order of things, melissa, apparently means men should be the primary breadwinners. >> it does make you wonder if he's ever seen national geographic where the liness gets up and goes out hunting. there's a lot of ways in the natural environment, whatever, i think we have to put that to the side. part ever what's been fascinating to me is watching this on one hand, 50 years after or actually, yeah, 50 years after the moynihan report. which made a very similar claim about african-american families. and this was at a point before the 1964 civil rights act and before the '65 voting rights act.

. >> the chairman of the slate group, jacob wiseberg, host of her show on msnbc, melissa harris-perrybutor, maria theresa kumar and senior nbc national correspondent, josh green. there's a lot to be said about this. melissa, let's start out with eric ericsson's contention and he began that litany of complaints by saying i'm so used to liberals telling

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