in 2004, our friend al sharpton, who now works here at msnbc, al has a show here sunday mornings at msnbc, al sharpton as you may remember in 2004, he ran for the democratic nomination for president of the united states that year. al sharpton did not win that nomination, but his campaign was a hoot. and every debate he was in was a better debate and a lot more fun because he was in it. and during his campaign for the presidency in 2004, the reverend al sharpton was asked to host "saturday night live." and he said yes and naturally, he did great. look at him. it's great. but that invitation and in accepting that invitation that led to an interesting tv asterisk in the 2004 presidential campaign that year, because it led to an equal time claim from one of al sharpton's competitors in the democratic race that year. basically, the fcc rules kick in after an appearance like that because al sharpton did not have to pay for all that air time on nbc that saturday night in the 2004 campaign. and it wasn't just nbc or some other network covering him as a news story, it wasn't a interview with him a

and al sharpton was like, "you know you're talking to me, right? [ laughter ] i mean i'm -- i'm al sharpton. [ laughter ] that's right, hillary said, "that trump says whatever he needs to in order to stir up the passions of people," but trump disagreed and said, "not [ laughter ] now step aside while i fire my t-shirt cannon into this crowd. who wants a free t-shirt? [ cheers and applause ] who wants a free t-shirt? you want a free t-shirt? who wants a free" -- in a speech in tennessee trump talked about his decision to run for president and said, "i didn't want to do this. i had to do this." and he was immediately sued by jeb bush for stealing his campaign slogan. [ laughter and applause ] i didn't wanna do it. this is interesting here. a new report found that donald trump is no longer the most liked candidate on facebook. and ben carson now has the most likes with over 4 million. [ audience oohs ] yeah. you could tell that carson is pretty excited 'cause when he found out he actually opened both eyes. some news out of washington. >> steve: ragnar

>> well, you know, "snl" goes he was no al sharpton, reverend, but it was fine. this is a case of when you know, people get too frightened about the public reaction, you pull your punches. it's not as funny so i don't think it was a great night for "saturday night live." you know, as michael said, it didn't do donald trump any harm. it probably didn't hurt him either, but the whole idea it was so tame and i think people were intimidated rightly or wrongly by the protests and the result was it was just sort of a milquetoast kind of an evening. >> michelle? >> well, i think one of the biggest raps on donald trump is that he is thin skinned and has no sense of humor about himself so he did what he needed to do last night and went on and went head first at all of the ego jokes and the grandiose visions of what his presidency would be like, so was he hilarious? no. but i do think that he needed to kind of get out there and show that he could take a joke and that's what he did. >> you know, michael, when i did it, when i was running, i wanted to expand my base because

the last to host was al sharpton.ow much does it matter if he does extraordinarily well, flops, or alien ates people. >> it will help if people see him as likable, charming, adult, and mature and able to make fun of himself a bit and pull some of the edge off being bottom bask and aggressive. i think "snl" is a perfect place for him to soften the edges of his brand, move himself into is a slightly different space in the debate stage. on fallon, he did an amazing job. it is no accident that lauren michaels has the fallon/snl connection. i think it is a really great environment for him. i'm sure he will do well. if he's a little tone deaf, it won't hurt him. it would have to be a really huge gaffe for something to be really disruptive. >> his radio ads he is releasing for the first time. let's play part of one. >> i'll secure our borders and, yes, we will have a wall. you can't have a country without borders. i'll make sure that the second amendment and religious liberties are protected. obama care is a total disaster.

vet rachb advocates want the two fired. >>> and political pay day for al sharpton.i given himself a 71% raise. according to the new york "post," sharp ton bumped his earnings after his national action network raked in a record $6.9 million in donations last year. the money flooding in after de blasio started treating sharp ton as an adviser and when the president headlined the 2014 conference. the group insists it is paying sharp ton back f sharpton back for loans. >>> sometime now for your five at 5:00 just in time for black friday shopping, the app that you should download to get the best deals. adam shapiro here with the latest. >> everybody likes a deal, right? so you to the shopping, but let your smartphone do the searching. favorite apps include ads app which scans the latest deals the minute they're released paced on specific categories of goods that you wish to buy. and the stores where you shop. plus door busters, coupons and wish list features. slick deals offers you coupons and discount scanner codes before they're released in print and you can shop from

not in a way to act vise the public which is usually act vising people like al sharpton. >> he's from chicago. i can tell you what any police officer that i always talk to say is there are not enough of them. that's a key problem with any study of any of this. you think they are afraid if the communities can see the comes and the criminals knew there were new comes. >> we need more police officers in certain cities and towns. how do you get more when the president of the united states is attacking them. >> the problem is when you stop tough policing which a lot of people like the mayor of new york city are doing you get more crime. >> we are seeing it in new york city. other cities are seeing it as well. for the white house press secretary to give a shot like he did, they are not going to be shirking their responsibilities. i want people to consider what it's like to walk in the shoes of our policemen and firemen. they deserve our respect. there is a big push now for prison reform. it's being undone by what's being done attacking our comes. >> there is a cost here. this is about the c

>> from rockefeller center in new york city, this is "politics nation" with al sharpton. >> good morning. the gop is in revolt. later today key players from the republican campaigns are meeting to talk about the ways to fix what they consider a broken debate process, and on friday, the rnc suspended a debate early next year sponsored by nbc and telemundo. it's all part of the fallout from last week's controversial gop debate, held by cnbc. the candidate most in trouble after that debate? jeb bush. an nbc news poll conducted by survey monkey showed 38% of republicans think bush did the worst job. but bush says he'll do better. >> a conference call you said you're going to get better at this. what are you going to do? >> we'll have eight more debates. ily avery to do what other candidates do, rudely interrupt, not answer the questions that are asked and hopefully the debate moderators will ask more substantive questions as well. it's going fine. >> are you having any fun? >> oh, yes, you saw it. having lots of fun. >> bush has shaken up some of his staff, and is now taking aim at marco rub

in harlem, al sharpton serving meals at the national action network. we begin with kimberly richardson at the macy's day thanksgiving parade. everybody in it wants to be here. >> reporter: here marching, rolling, taking part in the best thanksgiving parade out there. >> we got here at 5:00. >> it's dark. >> it's cold. >> reporter: among the balloons, there were four new ones this year. and bands: [music] that is where you will find betty. the 84-year-old should look familiar. >> how did this change your life after last year. >> oh, my heavens. oh, my heavens. i was starting to get to feel like i was a reality star or something. >> reporter: you see, last year, same place, same time, betty fulfilled one of her life- long dreams to be a clown in the thanksgiving parade. she was a hit. >> when you saw her last year out on this road, how did that make you feel? >> tears of a clown. >> reporter: chris has reason to be emotional. with her. now we have this opportunity and it's exciting. >> reporter: shannon is betty's granddaughter. together stays together.

. >> in your book you take on jesse jackson, al sharpton and charlie wrangle. any particular reason why? >> when i wrote growing up it was the same message that i heard in the different publications because of their skin color the individuals you mentioned. my book tells the people came from growing up and looking at numerous jobs and advancing myself because of what i wanted to do for myself and i never fell for the signal of the blame game because of the failures that are happening in the community i never fell for the victimization so i think that it is a great story to see if i can do it you can do it no matter what your circumstances or family situation. >> how did you come to your political views flex >> because of my parents and how they voted i thought that is all there was and i didn't do any research or know a lot of reading but plans to go once i told them the different things and experiencing different situations and meeting a number of different people and different political views that's when i realized i was being lied to for many years especiall

. >>> film director spike lee and reverend al sharpton tonight part of a major new national they say the murder of a 9-year-old in chicago is an example of how gun violence has reached epidemic levels in this country. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is in harlem tonight with much more. >> this gun violence initiative connects on several different levels, everything from proposed legislation to pop culture and sadly the anguished plea of a bronx mother. >> i've got to live the rest of my life without my son. >> reporter: at just four years old, lloyd morgan is an example of senseless gun violence. his mothers and others want to stop. >> not just a problem here in new york. it's a problem thought this nation. >> reporter: his new initiative also brought out filmmaker spike lee. >> stop the murder madness. the situation is out of control. >> reporter: his new movie is about gang violence in chicago. >> satire will be the best way for us to tell this very serious story. >> reporter: joining this very serious issue, lawmakers, civic activists, and community leaders want to raise gr

i'm al sharpton. ( audience cheering and applauding ) now, i'm super-skinny now, but for some reason,ecause the tea party has been targeted by the "irs." i'm sorry, what? excuse me... the i.r.s. but what they fail to realize is that this has been happening to us for the past 50 years. let's talk about it. president obama has been clear-- he thinks the i.r.s. playing politics with nonprofits is "nutrageous." but all republicans want to do is spout conspiracy "the-o-ries." i'm sorry-- oh, i'm sorry. excuse me... conspiracy theories that just don't seem to hold up. joining me is dana milbank of the washington post. hello there, reverend. dana, what is this about? well, once again, reverend, republicans are taking a real problem and attaching unreal political motives to it. okay, but i wanna know-- what is this about? mm-hmm. i mean, you a man, but your name is dana. well, al, i mean, there's-- there's lots of men named dana. well i don't trust it. you know what? i'm gonna call you "dan-a." now, dan-a, obama says he's getting to the bottom of this i.r.s. mess, but republicans won't take "

. >>> the reverend al sharpton and director spike lee joins members of congress to push for new gun violence awareness legislation. the group, which includes congressman charlie rangel and create a national gun violence awareness month. also at the meeting, cheyenne norman of the boy fatally shot back in the bronx in 2012. >> my 4-year-old baby, the only boy in my family to this day he has not been replaced. he can't be replaced. >> spike lee says he plans to hold an anti-gun violence march following the premiere of his latest movie tomorrow. >>> new jersey emt is behind bars tonight accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. police arrested 43-year-old peter mitchell of new millford. a 16-year-old just told police that she had been abused by mitchell since she was 13. mitchell is charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. he is being held on $200,000 bail. >>> a correction's officer accused of smuggling drugs into the prison is out on bail tonight. only news 4 was there when kevin mccoy faced a judge this morning. he tried to smuggle scalps and other drugs into

how does the president support al sharpton who sends the attorney general to investigate racism in ferguson but his own police department he couldn't back up say he's on the side of the police. >> you know that he created this narrative that coincided with the police. this has gone on long enough. the president of the united states and his people need to get their boot off the back of the american police officers so that we can get up and go back the to help maintain what little quality of life exists in the american ghetto. we want to go back to enforce constitutionally approved laws, the rules of law. we want to engage in self initiated and assertive policing to help protect the good, law abiding black people that live in the american ghetto. but the officers are not going to do that without the protection of the political class, who have to be guided by the rule of law instead of emotional rhetoric. >> i want you to listen to fbi director jim comey. >> i spoke to officers privately in one big city precinct who describe being surrounded by young people with mobile phones held high tauntin

and they could end up getting this equal time, because this back in 2004, al sharpton hosted "s.n.l.," so rifle candidate and leaking bean bag chair, joe leash ban, got nbc to cough up 28 minutes, which he used to broadcast reruns of a lieberman town hall meeting. curl up to watch a lieberman town hall meeting and it's a rerun? ( laughter ) it all worked out great for lieberman, who famously went on to become our nation's 43rd not-president. and it's not just nbc-- the equal time rule applies to all tv broadcasts, which is a problem for me because, as long-time viewers of this show know, it is a tv show. so we checked with the network lawyers, and-- this is all guidelines i can use to protect myself. the first thing i learned is that, according to the f.c.c., content that shows a candidate in a "positive" light. it's like the old saying-- "if you can't say anything nice, ( applause ) for instance, if i said hillary clinton has cool sunglasses, martin o'malley could sue me for equal air time that makes him look good, which is not hard. damn, son! git it! get it! i wish i had some quart

. >> having al sharpton in the white house. he's now the arm piece of the white house. >> people are blaming president obama for things he did not do. that's what i'm bringing up. it's a very valid point. >> i think she has a valid point in president obama was the first african-american president and many people had high hopes that would improve race relations. obviously, you see it differently. how do you do it? >> some people hate the fact that an african-american is in the political office. that's brought out the worse. >> that could be but i don't think if that has anything to do with the debate about college campuses. >> that's weak argument and you know that. obama has made race relations worse in our country and to the students on these campuses, they need to grow up and be responsible. >> the students are doing the right thing and fighting the racism. >> you both have different points of view and we value them both. thank you. >> thank you. >>> republican presidential candidate, carly fiorina standing by live for us now

usually make the funniest show possible, rudy giuliani put a dress on, al sharpton said funny stuff in 2003 when he hosted. now trump is the leading candidate or one and two, and he doesn't want this to hurt him. may not help him in the polls, but still won't hurt him. >> hillary clinton made fun of him a few weeks ago saying isn't this the guy that calls everyone a loser. can he do the same thing to her and not get backlash? >> interesting question, people discussed that, can you make fun of hillary clinton and do an impression of her and not seem sexist and ridiculous, maybe. i think it's truly challenging. in the right context it could be fun, perhaps then, some kind of context it's okay. might be hard. easier to make fun of fellow republicans like jeb and ben carson. >> no doubt the ratings are going to be big. if you look at the 2008 campaign, the show, "snl" highest ratings hit 17 million when another controversial republican candidate, sarah palin, was on. what is it about these politicians, many times bigger ratings for "snl" than the hollywood stars. >> i think it has to do wi

al sharpton was there to help distribute them. >> every year, want to bring together many that can afford a meal but have no one top eat it with. it is about us coming together and then in the day eating together and not just giving away food but sharing the meal so people have a sense of we are one and we spend one day a year together. sharing a meal. sharing the of. this is the second year that sweet mam's has revided meals for those in need. >> the mission is holding the annual thanksgiving feast today. the long-time shelter is serving men, women, or homeless or don't have a place to special day. >> today is a day we giving back. we serve the community. we have 1800 people coming through today. we are feeding 5,000 meals across the five burroughs of new york. >> six meals are scheduled all throughout the day with additional ones being added based on demand. >> keeping heros close to our heart. let's think of the u.s. servicemen and women celebrating today. afghanistan soldiers were treated to a feast of turkey as well as all the trimmings. for many, not the first thanksgiving away from

>> another famous new yorker, al sharpton actually hosted the show in 2003 while running for presidentlubbing and i do love the ladies. >> but trump is the first real front runner to ever host the whole show. >> i love what you do. it's great. >> another mile post in the merging of politics with pop culture. >> so will he impress the viewers? or will he be a bomb? a snooze? i know i'm going to stay up tonight. i'm going to watch and maybe we'll all be reviewing it tomorrow. back to you. >> oh, you're going to be reviewing it tomorrow, indeed. thanks so much, brian, we'll look forward to it. thanks so much. that's going to do it for me. thanks for being with me all afternoon. much more of "the newsroom" straight ahead. >> 3:00 eastern, noon pacific, hi, everyone, i'm poppy harlow joining you this saturday from new york. ben carson is describing media reports about his past. just a short time ago, he took another swipe at journalists tweeting out, quote. we, the people have made 10,000 donations each day this week raising $3.5 million this week alone. thank you. that message follows a ne

the other was al sharpton back in 2003. trump's appearance tonight is also a controversial one.al latino groups are protesting, calling on the network to, quote, do away with hate and dump trump. brian llenas is live from outside 30 rockefeller center in new york city. and you know what, "snl" is getting exactly what they wanted, a lot of attention and most likely a lot of viewers tonight, as they've been touting that the ratings are going to be "huge"! what's the atmosphere like out there tonight? >> reporter: that's right, julie. that's exactly right. right now there are about 200 protesters from about a dozen latino organizations. they have been out here. they started at trump tower and now they are outside of nbc headquarters here in rockefeller center. they have signs that say "enough trump," "i'm an immigrant" and "dump trump," and "how do you spell racist? "snl"." outside, some trump supporters right in front of the entrance to "snl" nbc studios dress rehearsal for nbc at literally about 8:00 p.m. latino activists say, quite honestly, they're upset with donald trump's com

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i gave the same message when i spoke at al sharpton's conference that i give anywhere else. give the same message when i went and spoke at cornel. because the issues that involve us as a nation right now, as far as i'm concerned, they're not democrat or republican issues. they're not one ideology or another. they go to the essential survival and prosperity of our nation. those are the things i feel are important and what we need to be talking about. i think they have broad application to every aspect of our society. [ inaudible ] >> i'm not a politician, so i don't go around with my finger in the air saying, let's see, i can do that? will that hurt me with this group? that's what politicians do. i'm not a politician. if it hurts me, it hurts me. if it doesn't,tdoesn't. i don't think it will. >> dr. carson in tuesday's debate you said the chinese are in syria. since then the white house, susan rice, came out and said there's no evidence that the chinese are in syria and that the chinese military don't like to get involved in conflicts in the middle east. do you want to revise

i gave the same message when i went and spoke at al sharpton's conference that i give anywhere else.sage when i went and spoke at cornell. because the issues that involve us as a nation right now, you know, as far as i'm concerned, they're not democrat or republican issues. they're not one ideology or another. they go to the essential survival and prosperity of our nation, and those are the things that i feel are important and the things that we really need to be talking about, and i think they have broad application to every aspect of our society. >> so, you don't think this could hurt you in the african-american community? >> i do not -- i'm not a politician, so i don't go around with my finger in the air saying, let's see, can i do this and will that hurt this group or that hurt that group? that's what politicians do and i'm not a politician. so, if it hurts me, it hurts me. if it doesn't, it doesn't. i don't think it will. >> dr. carson, in tuesday's debate, you said that the chinese are in syria. since then, the white house, susan rice has come out and said that there's no evide

steve forbes and al sharpton among the past hosts our guests on snl. snl had him on. you say itning us, is a bad idea, why, mike? caller: if you notice, -- they say they are hating on us, but i look at it like this. if you are dodging the types of questions that a woman, or someone is giving you, wait until someone important, like a presidential person, comes in, you a few questions. here in louisiana, we have a guy running for government, and he does not even come and try to debate because he has a bad past. don't dodge the question. hemy personal view, i think is race baiting -- obama, the .e villain to me, they're using a lot of ine with republicans louisiana. no one is really asking the tough questions. viewer saying, liberals get all of their news from comedians, that is fine for the rest of us. in "the washington post" writing hist marco rubio, releasing american express statements, and getting a lot of attention. in a story this morning, pointing out tha -- host: by the way, we will be in florida this friday and saturday for what the florida gop is 12lling the

i think al sharpton was the last one to do that back in 2003.een some time. >> a couple of laughs there. you decide for yourself, what you think. >> yeah. the nbc "today" show starts at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. erica hill and craig joining us -- oh, sheinelle. >> erica is on assignment. >> you tricked us. >> well, coming up on a sunday morning right here on "today" donald trump taking center stage as the host of "saturday night live" with a cam yo from larry david. >> we have an exclusive interview with trump's republican rival, dr. ben carson. why the media is out to get him. >>> his effort to connect with kid neutral zone his community. >> how would you like to live in a town with no wi-fi, no self-service. we'll take you to that place where that dream or nightmare depending on how you look at things is very much a reality. all that and much more when we get started on a sunday morning here and "today," adam and angie. >> craig and sheinelle, thank you very much for that one. >> have a good one, guys. >> a trip between d.c. and baltimore

>> reporter: another famous new yorker, al sharpton, actually hosted the show in 2003 while running fordent. >> i like to go clubbing and do like the ladies. >> reporter: trump is the first real front-runner to ever host the show. >> i love what you do. it's great. >> reporter: another mile post in the merging of politics with pop culture. now for better or worse, i'm sure many people will be talking about trump, talking about how he performed come sunday morning. back to you. >> brian stelzer reporting for us. >>> and "political man" returns to cnn this weekend. our own jonathan mann will bring you the latest on u.s. politics, the presidential race from the candidates' platforms to the political missteps. in london, you can catch it at 11:30 p.m. saturday. if you're looking for questions about u.s. politics, send them on twitter @politicalplan or use #someman. we'll get to some of -- #answerman. we'll get to some of those questions. the. >>> the "peanuts" together in a new movie. >>> charlie brown, his pet companion snoopy, and the rest of dpang are being brought to life in a new 3d mo

the reverend al sharpton gives himself a 71% raise thanks to his pals president obama and new york cityngs after his national action network raised $6.9 million in 2014. the money flooding in after de blasio started treating sharpton as an adviser when the president headlined the 2014 nonconference. sharpton insists he didn't really get a raise and was just paying him back for loans. >>> are you fighting the urge to want to sleep in all weekend. >> wake up. >> that's my spaghetti chewbacca. >> babe! >> here's a good reason to get up early and watch us on "fox & friends." a new study finding you shouldn't be sleeping in late. researchers say changes in sleep pattern through the week can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes and more. but it can make you -- >> your skin look great -- sfoo. >> the dog licking your face. >> let's get outside to rick. there is extreme weather around the nation. >> the snow has been crazy this weekend across parts of the central plains. take a look at other video coming in to us now, out of iowa. you can see the stadium filling up. i love these time la

. >>> reverend al sharpton is pushing for national gun violence awareness. he will also speak about donald trump's meeting today with a group of minister led by a man from ohio. >>> starting tomorrow chain and fast food restaurants will have to start put putting the saltshaker item on foods with high sodium. >> in spring valley, 45 is closed in both directions, due to on accident on east williams avenue. in jersey city a crash is blocking the lane at the pulls -- pulaski skyway. plan for that. don't text and drive. >>> we have windchills as low as 14. we will update those at 7:19. coming up, there's enough of a breeze, and there's a mix of sun and clouds to start the day, and more clouds later today. light rain is possible, and freezing drizzle north and west. it's warmer, tuesday and wednesday, we will continue to climb. chance of rain overnight tonight, on and off showers, and more wet weather on wednesday. we need it. make sure you're ready for it another check of news and weather in 25 minutes. >> thank you for watching. i'm mary calvi.

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>> to be honest, al sharpton is to only one who was a candidate running who hosted in 2003. n of himself more. they're going to make fun of trump week in and week out after this. what they did on weekend update was reversed it. michael made fun of trump, i want to make america great again -- >> i enjoyed this. >> my negro sensibilities are tingling now. here's the reality, in "snl," weekend update is its own world. they have their own producer, write their own things together. the host is very, very little input in that. the rest of the show, the host has input. >> you got the sense they were doing on their own or going off script. >> i thought there were moments when the cast members didn't want to be there. they were uncomfortable being with trump. i doubt that would have been the case if hillary clinton or bernie sanders hosted the show. no doubt "snl" has a liberal sensibility in comedy. that said, politics, you can make fun of everybody. there's a lot to make fun on both sides. >> let's play a moment where they made fun of the wall he wants to build. >> the president of