>>> al sharpton has been deeply involved in the ferguson tragedy as an advocate for the michael browny and covering this story on his msnbc program. this week, it was almost surreal. reverend al delivered the eulogy at michael brown's funeral and led you have his cable show featuring the host himself. >> you've got to deal with the streets in ferguson and st. louis. the brown family asked me to give the eulogy today and i explained how i first took a call from michael's grandfather. america, it's time to deal with policing. we are not the haters, we're the healers. we can't ignore thwhat we've se. that's why we must continue to peacefully protest and get the change this country needs. >> just a small bit of it. the question came up, sort of, when joe scarborogh) criticism. >> why was al sharpton there? he's chasing cameras. why were you there? >> first of all, i was called by the family. it's not about chasing the camera. i'm on tv every night here. >> why is msnbc so im peevus to the criticism that sharpton is clouding the basic rules of journalism? >> msnbc and nbc owe him big time

>> you want al sharpton? i'm going to send him to your house. >> i thought you see him every morning. race is injected into every story. the past couple years, but not here.. >> wrong. wrong. >> where is he? >> i don't know where al sharpton is. >> he's going to appear somewhere frightening. >> wait, but you know, race is part of this because you look, all the players are black. and people talk about why theolo slavery thing, the switch and m the whipping and it's horrible.e okay. but here is ththe reality. then you have this white commissioner, right, and these's white team owners and you get -- i think part of the issue hererh is i'm a little older than you guys, but pete roselle had a great relationship with guess o who, the head of the players union. had gene upshaw. i don't think goodell delivered these. >> you have a blacknshi representative representing the players association, black coaches.n. 70% of the league is black.k the owners happen to be white because they're the ones who purchased the team. t

where's al sharpton? >> where's al a sharpton? i'm going to send him to your home. >> race is injected into every story. >> i don't know where al sharpton is, i think that greg's being greg. it would scare the bologna out of me. race is part, because you look at all the players are black, you talk about why the slavery thing, the slich and the whipping, and it's horrible, right? here's the reality, then you have this white commissioner, right? and these white team owners and you get, it's a little bit -- i think part of the issue here is, i'm a little older than you guys, but pete rose sell had a great relationship with guess who, gene upshaw. >> you have a black representative representing the players association. >> yeah, yeah. >> you have black coaches, you have 70% of the league is black. i mean the owners happen to be white because they're the ones who purchased the team. there's no restriction, there's all one color in the owner's box, it's green. >> for the players, there's one color too, green. >> i'm glad you injected rac

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. >> one of his chief advisers was al sharpton. it was obvious the direction they were going the beginning when they refused to do anything about the obvious voter intimidation by the black panther party. if any other group did that the full wing of the federal government would have come down on him. he said racism is the biggest problem america faces. that's not america's biggest problem in 2014. it's reflected in his approval numbers. but also it's a betrayal of the basic promise of the obama administration. you may not agree with his politics. but many people felt in 2008 he was going atone. but race relations have gotten worse. that's not all the holder's fault. he's a reflection of the divide between black and white. bill: do you think he's set a precedent for what an a.g. does? >> al sharp town is one of his key advisers. somew someone said al sharpton will be one of the key advisers guiding government policy. it is actually true. it's a fact, everyone admits it. nothing reveals more about the tone and tenor of the justice de

about the black on black violence in chicago. >> with chicago violence making national headlines al sharpton plans to convene a summit of civil rights leaders here. >> jon: that's right it was a up eld group last three months -- the violent torn communities are trying to do something. you see you being ignorant of those a testimonies doesn't mean the issue is being ignored as where it slow slow where you lie doesn't mean the world isn't getting hotter. -- where it snows where you live doesn't mean the world isn't getting hotter. [cheers and applause] >> jon: you know something else is bothering you. >> when a cop pulls me over i put my hands outside of the car. if i'm carrying a weapon, i'm licensed to carry one in new york. i tell the officer, i have a legal farearm in the car. >> jon: then i brace myself for the taser. without getting into the fact you get pulled over so much by the cops, sometimes you're carrying a weapon. sometimes you're not. depends on how i feel that day. continue. >> i often would take my -- step out of the car, lift my shirt up so he could see where the gun is. [lau

what does he think about al sharpton's role in finding a replacement. him in, now you're stuck paying for their education at the special school for illegals. details straight ahead. ♪ ♪ >>> fox news alert for you. life from new jersey where a truck driver just flipped over on the new jersey turnpike, i-95, leaving the truck driver dead and the driver of another car hurt. emergency crews now cleaning up hundreds of gallons of fuel that has spilled onto the road. that is going to be ased right gigantic traffic jam heading into new york city. >>> more breaking news. this time out of detroit. a pedestrian bridge collapsed on another freeway after being hit by a car hauler. one person was hurt. nothing serious. what is serious? the traffic. all lanes are closed in both directions. so terrible traffic in new york coming in on 95 and in detroit at this hour. >>> u.s. attorney eric holder stepping down from his post at the department of justice. >> this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot. in things racial, we have -- civil rights move

al sharpton says i'm helping obama pick eric holder's replacement. t sharpton specifically said is that his national action network is, quote, engaged in a conversation was the white house in deliberations over a successor who we hope will continue in the direction of attorney general holder. that's sharpton wearing his activist hat, not his msnbc host hat. i know it's confusing, maybe that's part of the problem sometimes. and that's why we try to sort it out here with red news/blue news. it's time for another quick break. when we come back, we're going to talk to somebody i think is maybe a sign of the future of television. he's an anchor who sees nothing wrong with being kind of an activist as well. you won't want to miss this. , y. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) o

al sharpton chases the limelight the way president obama chases golf balls. >> wow, your thoughts and reflections -- >> controversial, yes, we ran a couple of clips of obviously "fast & furious." there is a big problem there because he denied any involvement in there. and if you go back you can find some links to the department of justice. and some of the things we talked about as far as race, he went to ferguson. some people say he should not have done that. he weighed in on trayvon martin. some people say he should not have done that. i hope the next attorney general is a constitutional attorney general, who abides by the rules of the constitution. no more snooping on people, reporters when there is no reason to do that. and crack down on this irs scandal. the irs falls under the department of justice. you have to find out what happened and put an end to that. by the way, is there -- the timing of this, does that coincide with the irs thing getting a little bit bigger, maybe opening up a little bit. obviously, the conspiracy theorists say maybe he doesn't want to be there when the t

. >> reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening. good evening, dr.>> washington free beacon put together those clips highlighting al sharpton's ongoing battle with a teleprompter. and we can relate but it reminds me of obama's reading of the teleprompter. navy corpsman. navy corpseman. >> and when you're reading, it's very hard. >> corpseman. >> he's sharp >> he doesn't need notes f you're a producer that likes al sharpton, you may no more prompter, and say introduction, here is the name. and good thing shinseki resigned. >> it makes him more human. more likable. >> yes. yes. >> right. >> he needs more than that to be more likable. >> if you say so. all right. >> well, science conductor by espn. majority of americans don't want redskins' names changed >> don't change it. and al michaels will saying i have not come across one native american says change the name. >> change the name. >> really? >> i have morphed on this. i'm sick of the issue. it's unimportant in terms of what most americans are thinking. >> change the name. >> what about change new yo

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. >> joining me now, reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" which airs here at 6:00 p.m. on msnbc. talk about eric right's civil legacy. the civil rights department has been one of the high points of this administration. how do you think that legacy will be understood? >> well, i think that the legacy will be understood as having raised the bar higher than it's ever been raised. you must remember that eric holder, in many ways, single handedly went in after the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act and went into those states and put lawsuits down that literally protected the right to vote. that martin luther king and others are being applauded in history for gaining. >>> so you can't at all minimize the impact of what he did around voting rights. opening up this whole question of disparities and sentencing and getting blacks and browns sentenced longer. telling citizens that they must be mindful of the way they're handling cases, who they're tar getting in cases. what he's done in terms of not challenging same-sex marriage. what he's done in terms of imm

al sharpton and the rest of that bunch should be ashamed of themselves. for what they have let, how they have let the issue of black life degenerate into a political opportunity issue. >> that opening line, they have's what he said, which was they're better off back there in the days of segregation, is to me, and anything he said after that is absurd. >> i think that i am not as qualified to talk about black america as he is, okay, so there's that. but i do think that a focus on safety and crime has got to be the number one thing, then jobs is second and education, there's a study that's come out showing the disparities between the white community and black communities. but still, it's not good enough in america, we have to include that. >> saying blacks are better off before segregation is never an argument winner because you end up tarring all your points. but you don't persuade anybody by saying that, maybe he meant that the last 40 years of government programs has hurt the black community. but saying that, that's not how you persuade people. >> let's

"politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. breaking news tonight on a mysterious plane crash are. this small private plane plunged into the ocean about 14 miles off the coast of jamaica this afternoon. the plane was flying unresponsive for hours, causing two f-15s to tail it. the jamaica defense force found the wreckage field and dive teams are refuelling now, heading back to continue the search. no victims have been found yet. it took off from rochester, new york, bound for florida. the question is what happened. the two people on board, jerry glazer and his wife. their son confirmed they were the only passengers on board. >> before the plane lost contact with air traffic control it did radio a message, indicating a problem. >> 900 kilo november we need to descend down to about 180. we have an indication that is not correct on the play. >> 900. november descend and maintain level 250. >> the plane left rochesterer, new york, at 8:45 this morning. bound for naples, florida. never made the turn it w

do you think that president obama should be listening to al sharpton? >> i think he probably should listen to a wide variety of people. he shouldn't have a select group. you need to hear opinions from everyone, but recognize that the position of attorney general is supposed to be a nonpartisan position and it's supposed to be the highest authority with reference to what is legal and not legal in our nation, and is supposed to enforce things in an objective way. so that means you need to have everyone's input, not just a particular ideological group. in his u.n. speech this week, president obama made a comparison that some people have questioned. i want to play it for us. >> in a summer marked by instability in the middle east and eastern europe, i know the world also took notice of the small american sill of ferguson, missouri, where a young man was killed and a community was divided. dr. carson, what do you make of the president in some sense growing a parallel between the isis actions, the beheading of innocents, russian invasion of ukraine in an effo

i'm al sharpton. i will see you back here starting at 8:00 p.m.for msnbc's special coverage of the president's speech. first, "hardball" starts right now. >>> fight night. this is "hardball." good evening, i'll chris matthews in washington overlooking the u.s. capitol. only the the president must make an impossible argument. that we can protect ourselves in this country at home or

i'm thinking of a certain person, al sharpton who now is pushing back on the narrative that he has hiss in mind and that it was his foundation that was called on by the white house. >> the one thing i want to weigh on al sharpton is that no one should listen to him about anything. >> but the president dud that. >> well, that tells you something. let me go back to something about holder which is important. i watched some of these show this is morning, where including, ed, some republicans are being nice because they want to go to dinner parties and the washington post's legacy. let me tell you what he is, he was a political hack under janet reno who stopped the investigation of al gore and the buddhist temple skachb daals and including after they brought in a special agent from san diego who they destroyed when he said you have to have a special prosecutor. he is the person who has all the way through suppressed the irs, the fast and furious investigation, has cooperated with the irs in their efforts to stone wall, he's got investigations going on that go nowhere. not since john mitchel

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> trouble at the white house.lay "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in philadelphia. home of the 3-0 eagles. anyway, lots of news tonight. all pretty startling. start with the guy jumping the fence in front of the white house, right there on pennsylvania avenue. then sprinting right into the president's house itself through the formal entrance known as the north port co-. what if someone from isis decided to try that route? speaking of which, we have a top u.s. official now saying that some americans who joined isis i

"politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, refr. >> good evening, ed. and good evening to you. we're going to continue the news about the first ebola case in the united states. let's go right back now to atlanta, to the center for disease control, where the director is taking questions on the first egoabola case diagnos in the united states. let's listen in. >> unlike this, that individual was not cared for with infection control and resulted in a number of secondary cases. but even in lagos, and even with 19 secondary cases, they appear to have been able to stop the outbreak. i have no doubt that we'll stop this in its tracks in the u.s., but i also have no doubt that as long as the outbreak continues in africa, we need to be on our guard. other questions in the room? >> request you give us a number or a scale of how big the team from the cdc is going to be, and who that directly entails? doctors in the hospital? or people who are fanning out into the community? can you give us a little bit more information on t

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i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> when is enough, enough?dball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight we ask the brutal question, can president obama live with americans being beheaded every two weeks from now until january 20, 2017? this is precisely what the islamic state is threatening. the only question is how the president can top them from doing it. also on "hardball" tonight some republican can't dates trying to win back women

"politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. breaking news on that white house fence jumper who was the first person to ever make it inside the executive mansion. tonight, we're learning just how far he made it. "the washington post" reporting omar gonzalez made it much farther into the building than previously known. overpowering one secret service officer and running through much of the main floor. after barrelling past the guard immediately inside the door, gonzalez, who was carrying a knife, dashed past the stairway, leading a half flight up to the first family's living quarters. this is stunning information. secret service had previously said gonzalez was stopped in the main entry. now it appears he wasn't stopped until he got deep inside. according to the post, here's what's happened. this is the lay-out of the state floor of the white house. gonzalez made it through the entrance hall, then into the 80-foot-long east room, the same room where presiden

reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight in washington, d.c. we start with breaking news. a new round of air strikes against isis have just been completed in syria. the pentagon says u.s. and allies including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates conducted the attacks. these latest strikes are on top of the five strikes this morning. nbc news confirms that new targets include oil refineries at 12 separate locations. all inside syria. the revenue from oil sales has been a major source of income for isis. as much as $2 million per day according to estimates. joining me now on the phone is msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs. colonel, air strikes have targeted isis, financial and communication targets, and now these 12 oil refineries. what is the strategy as you see it? >> the best thing to hit. one of the ways to choke them off is to choke off their money. we've been trying to get turkey to stop the shipment of isis oil that provides money to stop the banking lines t

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> the alliance grows.od evening, i'm chris matthews in philadelphia. talk about a game change, here are photos of the saudi arabian pilots, including the son of the crown prince of the saudi royal family who took part this week in air strikes against isis in

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i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> voting with their feet.matthews in washington. something's happened and all of a sudden we're hearing members of congress saying they want to take this war to an up or down vote. this as the united states continues the bombing campaign in syria and iraq. no more hiding in the bushes, no more playing footsy with the other side to protect both sides from taking a political f

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> good evening and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight in cincinnati. we start with breaking news on capitol hill. the senate is voting on president obama's plan to train and arm moderate syrian rebels who are fighting the terrorist group isis. the house past the plan last night. the vote comes after a day of startling headlines about isis, suggesting the group's reach goes far beyond the middle east. >>> early this morning, australian police arrested 15 people, stopping what they described as an isis plot. one man has already appeared in court. >> he was ordered to behead random people in public. >> searches were conducted across the suburbs of sydney, that included in excess of 800 officers. it's the largest operation of its type undertaken in australia's history. >> it's a serious concern right at the heart of our communities, we have people that are planning to conduct random attacks. today we've worked together to make sure that that didn't happen. >> the australian raid comes just days after u.s. prosecutors indicte

al sharpton is almost 60. the people who were around when martin luther king was fighting are old men. you can't lead people unless you love people and you can't save people unless you serve people. the leadership is not about the titles, the accolade. it's about do you love people and are you serving people? what is the depth of your love for fellow citizens? what is the quality of your service to them? by it that definition, we are lacking leaders in every race of people in this country who really love people. just name -- can you get to one all of our commoditiecommoditie. >> you are pretty much good at everything you try to do. >> no. no. no. >> twhauk about that. >> yeah. yeah. one thing you have not been good at is winning e legs. >> yeah. i only ran one time. >> city council and tried to be president of -- >> all right. all right. so i lost twice. >> you lost twice. great research team, man. no. no. because of what dr. king meant to me when i was a 12-year-old, i decided then that my calling in the worl

"politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, and thanks to you for tuning in. we start tonight with breaking news. nbc is reporting the u.s. military struck two more targets inside syria today. continuing last night's dramatic bombing campaign against isis and other terrorist groups. tomorrow, president obama will address the world at the united nations with a call to arms against isis and other terrorists in syria. the strikes overnight mark the beginning of a long campaign against key terrorist targets, with support from five arab allies. late today at the u.n., the president dropped by a meeting with leaders from those countries. >> we also recognize that right now we have a very severe and significant threat. what we've seen from the world community is the recognition of that threat. and we are very appreciative of our partnership with all the countries here. >> earlier in the day, this president said the coalition will do whatever is necessary. >> the strength of this coalition makes it c

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> war plan, attack left and right.> good evening, i'm chris matthews. in washington a slew of big stories tonight. loud calls against the war, president obama championing against the terrorist group isis. the heavy lift, including 3,000 u.s. troops he's asking us to perform, against ebola in africa. the minnesota governor's call for a key nfl player, star running back, adrian peterson, to be sidelined for child

i'm al sharpton. have a great weekend."hardball." good evening, this is chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this plague of violence in the nfl. and the deepening scandal involving its commissioner, tmz reporting late today that one of the league's biggest star, minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson has been indicted for child abuse. it comes on the heels of this bombshell report on nfl commissioner roger goodell. according to espn, baltimore ravens running back ray rice told goodell he had hit janay rice then his fiancee in the face

the reverend al sharpton loudly boasts he's helping the administration find holder's replacement.rpton tried to walk that back by saying he was not involved in decision making. here with reaction is contributors, good to see you both. >> how are you? >> just assuming he's speaking the truth the first time. take a look. >> you ain't nothing. you're a punk. now come, and do something. >> we were kings. >> deep connections to the white house one way or another. is there often. >> incredible. asking him to be involved in picking the next attorney general is asking arsonists to pick the next fire chief. very often, people die. a freddie's fashion mart up in harlem. a white owner. he called him white interloeper and led a protest. one of sharpton's followers went in, killed eight people. crown heights, he went in referred people there and there was mayhem going on. so this is a dangerous man i don't know why he's involved in anything involving eric holder. >> bringing up 20 years ago, that is your prerogative. i think al sharpton has been doing productive things on civil rights and raci

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stuart: do you know anything about the reverend al sharpton having some kind of role? al sharpton has become the go to guy. he is a racial polarizer. we have gone from martin luther king i have a dream speech in 1963 to all-star bids i have a scheme and 2014. it is kind of a shame. stuart: thank you for joining us. they are rioting. what happens there affects your money here. we are on that one. prime working age americans are not working. the second hour is two minutes away. ♪ 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500, its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment expert, maybe it's time for bny mellon, a different kind of wealth manager ...and black swans are unpredictable. ♪ stuart: six years after the crash, things are still not going well. america has not returned to

my thanks to chris matthews, al sharpton, chris hayes, all our guests tonight. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. thank you very much. >>> an hour ago, the president presented his plan for as he put it, degrading and destroying the islamic state. >> our objective is clear -- we will degrade and ultimately destroy isil through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism

speaking of food and libation, i see your al sharpton and raise you dr. seuss. your fans, they always say "less green eggs and more hamm." i have a food theme. green eggs and ham does not work as well as sirloin steak and tofu. work with me. >> green eggs is just a metaphor. >> it is -- going out on c-span, folks. i want to go through the lightning round as time wanes. james and i are the ones with living memory of the great reagan victories of the 1980's. you have living memory, but you were all fairly young. the gingrich revolution of the 1994 sweeping the house and senate with the contract for america. we wax nostalgic and say, it was great back then when the right was not so divided. we had our eyes on the prize and agreed on 80% and disagree amicably on the other 20%. i will start with you, james. is that just a false nostalgia? was it really better, or have we always have these fights? >> reagan was a better leader than what we have today. if you remember, the left absolutely detested ronald reagan. as quiet as it is kept, so did certain republicans who we