history of activism in her community, and later political participation. she was the fifth most voted councilwoman in municipal elections in rio de janeiro in 2016 and she had more than 50,000 votes. so you can imagine the representation of a woman, a black woman, from the hood, from the slums, basically, having 50,000 people voting for her and giving her the power of representation. because they saw their reflection of her. so, for us as black activists in brazil, especially those who were welcoming with marielle directly, what is not my case, but i know people who are really close to her. it's like marielle's death, it's in a certain way, our death as well. >> let's show some video of marielle on wednesday night. and this was literally just before she was kill. she was speaking at an event she'd organized about black

which is what triggered the mueller investigation. now back to 8:02, wow, watch comey lie under oath to senator g. when asked have you ever been an anonymous source or known anyone else to be an anonymous

military police takeover in rio. >>> joining me now is daniella gomez silva with the university of texas at austin. daniella, thank you so much for being here. tell us a little bit about m marielle franco and what kind of impact she was having in brazil. >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to talk about these issue and thank you for the opportunity to make marielle's voice echo in a certain way. marielle was a young leader. she was 38 years old. she came from a really tough favela unit and she had a history of activism in her

ance. td ameritrade. of this hour of msnbc live. i'm alex witt. i'll see you at noon eastern. right now it's time for "am joy" with my good friend joy reid. >> betsy, is this a wish that is being put forward in your view by john dowd, or is this a

scheduled retirement. mr. mccabe's actions have tarnished the reputation of the fbi. what do you make of republicans, including the chairman of your committee, attacking andrew mccabe and applauding him being fired such that he could not get his pension? >> think about it a moment. the judiciary committee which i'm a member, the chairman who issued the statement, has done nothing -- although we have jurisdiction over the justice department. we have done absolutely nothing. this is a do-nothing committee where everybody knows bills go to die and which has done effectively nothing to safeguard the constitution. being on the judiciary committee is to safeguard the constitution and the greatest values of our democracy. yet it is the committee that has been completely silent. look. this is an administration that we know, and kbroi don't think funny that we have a porn star