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to reverend al sharpton and "flick politicsnation." >>> good evening. and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's lead, here we go again. yesterday at this very hour, as i was interviewing the mayor of dayton, ohio, about her fight to promote gun safety, reports began to trickle in of yet another mass shooting, and yet, again, in texas. the second mass killing the state has had to deal with in less than a month. this time, it ended with eight dead including the alleged shooter and 22 injured. officials say the gunman opened fire as he drove through the west texas cities of midland and odessa. the gunman shot at a state trooper who pulled him over then 4 fled the scene and at some point along the way, he stole a postal truck which he used to continue his rampage. police eventually caught up with him in the parking lot of a movie theater, exchanged fire and killed him. police has identified the gunman as a 36-year-old white male named seth atore. officials say he used a rifle to carry out his attack. his motives are not yet clear. however, we do know that

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reverend al sharpton will join me this hour.headquarters here in new york, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." >>> we have breaking news this hour. just a few minutes ago, former vice president joe biden decried in very strong terms president trump for attacking him and his son. biden reacting after three national media outlets reported that president trump pressed the president of ukraine to investigate biden's son. biden says he never spoke with his son, hunter, about his business dealings in ukraine. the former vice president also wants the transcript of the president's july 25th call to be released. listen to biden's strong words just in this last hour. >> trump deserves to be investigated. he is violating every basic norm of a president. you should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader trying to intimidate a foreign leader, if that's what happened? that appears to be what happened. you should be looking at trump. trump's doing this because he knows i'll beat him like a drum, and he's usi

al sharpton. >> thank you chairman nadler and ranking member collins.ent of national network i've submitted my testimony i would like to summarize it by saying that what we really seek is this committee to begin moving toward federal law and federal standards that would define clearly where the line is in terms of excessive force and take this argument from a state and local level to where there is a federal standard that all must abide by. what we've seen in the last several years is that in different cities where we are called in, in every case we have fought including the eric garner case and the cases we've submitted this morning, the mother of michael brown has submitted testimony from ferguson missouri, the mother of stephan clark submitted testimony. we have seen different counties react different ways. it reminds me of my study in the early cities of the 1960s of the movement for civil rights until the federal government stepped in, they would have to fight state-by-state county by county against segregation. so it was the judgment of martin lut

. >>> coming up next, democratic congresswoman katherine clark joins reverend al sharpton to discussnvestigation and how speaker nancy pelosi's desire to change policy so that a sitting president can be indicted. minutes away on "politicsnation." mes of my gran. i got a leaf right away. a leaf is a hint that is connected to each person in your family tree. i learned that my ten times great grandmother is george washington's aunt. within a few days i went from knowing almost nothing to holy crow, i'm related to george washington. this is my cousin george. discover your story. start searching for free now at ancestry.com why accept it frompt an incompyour allergy pills?e else. flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief to call yourself an explorer? traveling to the darkest depths of the ocean. pushing beyond the known horizon. passing through... "hey mom," "can we get fro-yo?", >>"yeah, fro-yo." "yes." the all-new 2020 ford explorer st. with intelligent 4wd and terrain management system. it's the grea

reverend al sharpton is joining us now. guilty of the things she's accused of? >> no, i don't see how -- to advocate, people have a loyalty to their home or community based institutions. it's not any more racist than any other ethnic groups saying, i'd like to see you do something for us. it's a matter of self-involvement. sex enrichment in terms of the community. and i think that that's the spirit in which she said it. let's not forget the on going controversy of a lot of these colleges you have the whole issue of these youngsters make a lot of money, make a lot of fame for these colleges. don't directly benefit. i think the point was making that, it is a relevant point. >> how can they have the top inductee. he was supposed to go to florida a&m instead opted to go to oregon. there's something about oregon that attracted him. what is it that he was attracted to that should be now amplifyie. >> he would have to answer what attracted him. i would know on a broader scale there are a lot of resources that hbcu's do not have. t

democratic presidential candidates line up to praise al sharpton. n msnbc. but thankfully is he not entirely invulnerable. sharpton testified before the congress yesterday. florida congressman matt gaetz decided to ask sharpton about all the things the left prefers to forget about. here is part of it. >> have you ever referred to members of the jewish faith as white interlopers or diamond merchants? >> no, sir. i referred to one in harlem, an individual who i didn't even know was jewish as an interloper. >> have you ever referred to african-americans who disagree with you as fellow and then the "n" word? >> i don't know that i have i have referred to people as names. i don't know if it's because they disagree with me. >> have you ever referred to african-americans who disagree with you as negro militants? >> i didn't know that was a derogatory statement. >> have you said "i'm in hell already." i'm in israel?" >> yeah. because i had been threatened. >> tucker: i didn't know that was a derogatory statement. one of the great responses. have you got to g

as we continue, the reverend al sharpton has a long career of inflaming tensions in the country. naudible] reverend sharpton was on capitol hill to participate in a hearing on police practices. congressman matt gates of florida gave him a chance to answer. here's how it went down. >> jo scarboro condemned the n.views of sharpton. his resolution began by saying he called jews blood sucking jews and jews bastards. so is it true or did you not say those things? >> they're patently untrue. >> neil: and jo scarboro said you called them diamond merchant. >> wow. thanks for being with us. monday night. we have an exclusive interview with the vice president. we will never be the media mob. have a great weekend. thanks for being with us. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham. every day is climate protest day, let's face it. we're broadcasting miles away from a place where a seattle police officer says he and dozens of others were exposed to dangerous toxins. that site was the site of a t homeless encampment that they were charged with cleaning up. we'll bring you the details on that shocking story.

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for now, turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politics nation." >>> good evening and welcome tolive from cleveland, ohio tonight. tonight's lead, he gave us no choice. despite the uncertainty that has and will no doubt define the rest of the trump presidency, two questions was settled this week. one, would there ever be a tipping point in which house speaker nancy pelosi would believe her caucus had enough to cover two impeach president trump and two would rank and file house democrats still mostly divided on this issue until just a few

i think it's important that i want to get back to that in a moment because al sharpton hasn't calledhe president today but tim i want to share some of this footage, very emotional, right -- at 17 young girl being united with her mom after spending five years as a nicest. them either was also captured by isis. >> this happens to thousands of thousands of children for 12 years old, this little girl was taken. she was taken from her village and centura in northern iraq and taken into syria, she was in slavery for five years, her mom thought she was dead. our foundation, we go in and extract these children and bring them back to their homes and in this case we brought them back to australia where with other refugees and it's amazing to see this child reuniting with her mother. it was one of the most emotional experiences ever. >> laura: are we allowing in an off persecuted christians to the united states? i keep hearing from my friends who do this that we are not allowing enough end. these people, these are the people we should be bringing in as refugees. i mean we have a lot of other re

more "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton just after the break. just after the break. can you help with these? we're more of the plan, invest and protect kind of help... voya. helping you to and through retirement. and i don't add trup the years.s. but what i do count on... is boost® delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. boost® high protein. be up for life. >>> i do think that we will have to pass some laws that will have clarity for future presidents. a president should be indicted if he's committed a wrongdoing. >> while in office? >> any president. there is nothing anyplace that says the president should not be indicted. >> house speaker nancy pelosi on friday again saying she has not changed her mind on pursuing the impeachment of president donald trump. but as far as presidential powers go, she is making it clear that laws should be changed so that a sitting president can, in fact, be indicted. joining me now is a member of the house leadership supporting impeachment, congresswoman f

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reverend al sharpton founder of the national action network, advocacy organization attended brooklynollege and received an nonrare doctorate of die skin vinenity, from virginia union university as well as an honorary degree from ap bible college. james blake is a former tennis professional and currently a correspondent and host for the tennis channel. he's the tournament director for the miami open. i suppose we can get good tickets. mr. blake is here to speak about his personal experiences with law enforcement. gina hawkins has served more than 30 years in law enforcement and the chief of police for the north carolina police department. she also serves as an executive board member of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. chief hawkins received her bachelor of science from georgia state university and master of science from johns hopkins university and graduate of the fbi national associates academy. heather mcdonald, the thomas w. smith fellow a the manhattan institute for policy research and written books on the criminal justice system and previously clerk

alongside her reverend al sharpton we implored lawmakers to act. >>> i'm here for white people and black people. and any other people that are victims of excessive force.>> how come no one was held accountable? no one was held and charge for my son's death. >>> james blake testified saying he was tackled by an officer in a case of mistaken identity. any witnesses called for more federal intervention including training funding and legislation to combat excessive force. some say lawmakers are only doing their job. >>> there is no one i believe honestly in this country who once bad actors who do bad things out of the police force more than the police themselves. >>> actavis hope the hearing will be a step in helping to repair the relationship between the police and the communities. >>> mark zuckerberg has been meeting with lawmakers about internet regulation. josh hawley told him if he is serious about data privacy he should sell instagram and was app. the senator is one of facebook and silicon valley's biggest critics. senator hawley accused facebook of being biased against conservatives.

. >> reporter: reverend al sharpton testified before a house hearing on policing imploring lawmakers i'm here for white people and black people and any other people that are victims of the force -- >> reporter: sharpton appeared next to gwen carr, mother of the eric garner who was killed five years ago after he was put in a choke hold by a new york city police officer. >> how come no one was held accountable? no one was held and charged for my son's death. >> reporter: another man was tackled by a police after a case of mistaken identity. >> i actually was under the misguided opinion that this may have been someone coming to give me a hug or a fan in some regard. >> reporter: many of the witnesses called for more federal intervention including training, funding, and legislation to combat the use of excessive force. >> i do believe the federal government can play a direct role in helping to create standards. >> reporter: some say law enforcement is only doing its job. >> there's no one, i believe honestly in this country, who wants bad actors who do bad things out of the police force

we have democrats embracing race-baiter al sharpton who called jews, blood-thirsty jews and walked next to a protestor who signed red, the white man is the devil and the mainstream media chose to report on macy's dishes. mainstream media is more outraged by objects like plates than real issues, do not believe, do not buy into the stake outrage, this is cya from the mainstream media, cover your ass, the mainstream media is covering for the democrats and the democrats rely on this. so don't let anybody even within our own party tell you to ignore the mainstream media and tre pend -- pretend that they don't exist, the bias and the lies of the mainstream media must be debunked if we are going to defeat the left and in my book i show you exactly how to do this. do not let the left silence you or dictate what you're allowed to say, do not let the left define narrative, do not threat left claim moral superiority ever, do not let the left and when they do lie, call them out and when they block you for calling them out, call them out even blocker, and we do not take marching orders, as young con

we have democrats embracing al sharpton who called jews bloodthirsty and walked next to a protester signed the white man, is the devil. yes, the mainstream media choose to report on macy's dishes. the mainstream is more outraged by objects like plates than real issues. don't buy into that outrage. you ia stands for coverage for the democrats. they rely on this. don't let anybody ignore the mainstream media and pretend they don't exist. the lies of the mainstream media must be debunked if we are going to defeat the left. in my book, i show you exactly how to do that. the message i want to leave this morning is this, don't let the left silencer. don't left the left dictate what you say. don't let them define the narrative. don't let the left claim muriel superiority ever. when they do lie, call them out and when they flock you for calling them out, call them out even louder and remember, we don't take orders. we don't take marching orders from a party that says conservative is violent violence from left speech. we don't take marching orders from a party that teaches kindergartners in public

as we continue, the reverend al sharpton has a long career of inflaming tensions in the country.ch. >> you ain't nothing. come and do something. >> yesterday reverend sharpton was on capitol hill to participate in a hearing on police practices. congressman matt gates of florida gave him a chance to answer. here's how it went down. >> jo scarboro condemned the views of sharpton. his resolution began by saying he called jews blood sucking jews and jews bastards. so is it true or did you not say those things? >> they're patently untrue. >> neil: and jo scarboro said you called them diamond lurchers. >> wow. thanks for being with us. monday night. we have an exclusive interview with the vice president. have a great weekend. 10:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. here comes "the five." ♪ ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody i'm jesse watters along can dagen mcdowell, martha mccallum and janice dean? hello, everyone, this is "the five." liberal climate hysteria reaching a fever pitch. students across the country allowed to ditch class and people skipping work for today's climate change protest. ove

i turn it over now to the reverend al sharpton and "politics nation." >>> good evening and welcome toxas. tonight's lead, protection racket. three of four state republican parties expected to scrap their presidential nominating contest to protect president trump have done so in the last 48 hours.

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on msnbc this week and al sharpton claimed that actually climate change has become a civil rights issue i'm proud to say these young people of color are connecting the dots between climate change and its effects on back communities, their futures. when the young people went out there y yesterday, it made me so proud, i was in kansas city when i heard iny several cities some of the people from networks say this is a civil rights issue. >> tucker: got that? global warming isn't really about the environment, it's really about racism, more specifically it's about how you'rere a racist if you don't agree with our solution to the suppose it environmental problem. you don't want to surrender the entire economy over to people like alexandria ocasio-cortez, other dumb people, give the free green card to every person from a tropical latitude, of course you're a racist. environmental'r racism. tried with mark is a new york-based journalist who's been watching all of this with jaw agape and he joins us tonight. chat with mark, what is environmental racism exactly? >> environment all racism is a way

for now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's lead, presidential pajama party. this evening there are questions over a potential convict of interest involving president trump and his personal properties. sound like a day ending in the letter "y", right? on friday both the house judiciary and oversight committees publicly revealed letters they sent to the white house and the trump organization demanding information about the president's habit of guiding government spending into the trump family treasury. a no-no considering that the constitution explicitly prohibits presidents from earning money for themselves from government sources zporn domestic. the probes come as politico reports that an air national guard crew was ordered to make an impromptu stop at president trump's scotland golf course en route to kuwait from the u.s. no word yet from the pentagon as to why. elijah cummings state meeting were 200 miles away on dublin% on the other side of the country. the president hasn't done his administratio

for now, turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politics nation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politics nation." live from cleveland, ohio tonight. tonight's lead, he gave us no choice. despite the uncertainty that has and will no doubt define the rest of the trump presidency, two questions was settled this week. one, would there ever be a tipping point in which house speaker nancy pelosi would believe her caucus had enough to cover two impeach president trump and two would rank and file house democrats still mostly divided on this issue until just a few months ago, believe it themselves. after arguably the most significant week thus far of his presidency, when we learn that a cia whistle-blower accused the president of accubusing the off for person, political gain, endangerring national security in the process by president doubled down on his own victim hood and going after his biggest imagined enemy, hillary clinton. who called all of this three years ago and this morning. >> for in the democratic primary or whether you're a republican, when the president of the united state

al sharpton's question forced a rare moment in a presidential campaign, a candidate admitting that legislating up to the house and senate. here's a sample of the candidates remembering who they are really running against. >> you know, when i first got into this race, i remember president trump scoffed and said he'd like to see me making a deal with xi jinping. i'd like to see him making a deal with xi jinping. >> we have a guy there that is literally running our country like a game show. >> we have a white supremacist in the white house, and he poses a mortal threat to people of color all across this country. >> we must and will defeat trump, the most dangerous president in the history of this country. >> there's enormous, enormous opportunities once we get rid of donald trump. >> and now president trump, you can go back to watching fox news. [ cheers and applause ] >> joining our debate about the debate now is marie kumar, president and ceo of voto latino. she was at the debate in houston last night. and ej deyoung from "the washington post," visiting professor at harvard university. he is th

i turn it over now to the reverend al sharpton and "politics nation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politics nation" live from houston, texas. tonight's lead, protection racket. three of four state republican parties expected to scrap their presidential nominating contest to protect president trump have done so in the last 48 hours. state gop leaders in nevada, kansas, and south carolina have announced they will cancel their presidential primaries or caucuses with arizona expected to do the same. at least as long as donald trump is the incumbent, the democrats are trying to cut down on candidates. and as of this morning, three republicans not named trump are officially challenging the president with former south carolina governor mark sanford announcing today that he will run for the republican nomination. i'll talk to someone who knows about a tough primary fight, 2020 presidential candidate kamala harris will join me to discuss her plans for this week's democratic debate and the return of congress after a summer of horrific gun violence. but first joining me now is doug cornell,

now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton for "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnationnight'sea

now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton for "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation" live from washington. tonight's lead, full-court press. like an army being attacked from all sides, this white house is increasingly surrounded in this very news week. democrats fired what looks like the opening shot of a growing impeachment battle, as expected on thursday, the house judiciary committee formally voted to pursue an impeachment inquiry, but remaining dissent from under half of house democrats around the "i" word is giving the administration creative ways to protect the president. the attorney general william barr insisting friday that secret grand jury materials from the special counsel's investigation remain off limits to congress because democrats have not clarified that an actual impeachment investigation has taken place. house judiciary chair jerry nadler cleared that up last night with my colleague, lawrence o'donnell. >> we are, in fact, conducting an investigation, preparing to decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment. >> but while more than half of h

al sharpton was beating him.e and has been debate rules that actually narrow the field. it's the early state, people take a real close look at this and take big fields and make it much smaller. >> montana governor steve bull logistic on his way to new hampshire. thanks for joining us. we rate appreciate that. thank you. >> you're watching "hardball." ♪ ♪ ♪ applebee's handcrafted burgers now starting at $7.99 now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. now starting at $7.99 whyou should be mad that airports are complicated... he's my emotional support snake. ...but you're not, because you have e*trade, whose tech isn't complicated. it helps you understand the risk and reward potential on an options trade. don't get mad. get e*trade. would shakespeare have chosen just "some pens?"s. methinks tul pens would serve m'lady well. thanks. and a unicorn notebook! get everything on your list. this week's doorbuster - 300-sheet paper ream for $1; $1 in store or online from the advisors at office depot officemax. doprevagen

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former congressman david joins us and the rev al sharpton host of "politicsnation" here on msnbc.he president of the national action network. rev, in politics when you go in for the political assassination, you better make sure your gun is loaded. he made an attempt to take biden down, to diminish him to suggest he's diminished and he missed. >> well, i think clearly he did. you know, i was there last night in houston, and i was sitting there. and when he did it, and i like julian castro. he's very strong on a lot of the things i'm concerned about. but clearly he went three or four times suggesting that mr. biden was forgetful and wasn't working with a full deck in terms of memory. which is a republican talking point. i think we've got to be very careful that we not confirm what we know trump and them are going to do if biden or whoever is the nominee. that's one. second, you win the nomination by getting the most votes, not by doing the beatdown, especially when you're using a false premise. biden clearly did not forget what he said. if anything, julian fabricated that he said fo

be very painful when they land. [ laughter ] >> joining our conversation mara gay, plus the rev al sharptonpresident of the national action network, and phil rucker the aforementioned is back with his trip with the president. phil rucker, i mean, maybe there is a job for him somewhere in the government where he's in charge of concrete and rebar. the. >> well, nicole, this was like trump's baby, the wall. and he was so proud of it taking the press corps down that dusty road to see the construction site. he showed it off as if he were pitching a new condo building or some of these skills he had as a real estate developer and promoter. he wanted more than anything i think for the journalists with him to be impressed because when he got back on air force one for the flight home he came back to us. we were all in the middle of eating our dinner, and he just wanted to know what we thought of the wall and kept asking did you like it, did you like it? what'd you think? was it serious? so he's very proud of this achievement obviously. >> but is it true, i think i saw it in your story. let me just sa

joining our conversation, rev al sharpton, host of "politicsnation" here on msnbc and president of the national action network and phil rucker, white house chief for "the washington post." phil rucker, it's your scoop. to you first. >> well, nicolle, it's actually my colleague's scoop but what they're reporting overnight is it was indeed the president that used that sharpie to alter the map that was displayed in that oval office briefing. and it speaks to his frustration with this story line. so much of the reaction he had over the last few days on the alabama situation is because he's reacting to news media reports such as shep smith's show on fox yesterday and he's angry because he believes -- and this is according to his aides, he believes that he was correct in his announcement on sunday that alabama was in the hurricane track. of course, that was old information, as you just explained, and alabama was indeed not in the track of hurricane dorian when he made that announcement on sunday. and it's the is reason why the national weather service took to twitter to correct the president

the reverend al sharpton is founder and president of the national action network, a national civil rights advocacy organization. he attended brooklyn college and received an honorary doctorate of divinity, from bethune cook university, virginia union university, and honorary degree from a.p. bible come ledge. james blake is a former tennis professional and host of the tennis channel. he's also the tournament director for the miami open. i suppose we can get good tickets. mr. blake is here today to speak about his personal experiences ith law enforcement. geno hawkins has served more than 30 years in law enforcement, and current chief of nay yetville police department. she also serves as executive word member of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. chief hawkins received her bachelors of science from georgia state university. and masters from johns hopkins university. she's a graduate of the f.b.i. national associates academy. heather macdonald is the thomas w. smith fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research. she's written numerous books on the crimina

cliff, washington correspondent with the daily beast and host of politics nation, the reverend al sharpton back from the cdc, the black caucus in washington, d.c. reverend, i do want to start with you. we listened to that sound byte. we heard what seems to be directly addressing the criticism he came under after that long winded response that he gave to slavery and reparations at the houston debate that kind of eva fld into venezuela and record players. did he help make up for that in. >> i think he started to go toward making up for that. but i think former vice president biden is going to have to be very specific on what policies that he's going to bring forward if elected to be president that will close the wealth gap and the race gap in terms of employment and education. because you have to remember part of the criticism of joe biden by me and others was the crime bill in '94 and he has said that he has seen where it was unintended consequences, which many of us accepted as his work as vice president, but when have you done specific legislation we feel is detrimental, you have to come

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here's what's happening at this hour reverend al sharpton and the mother of eric garner appearing beforeiciary committee today. the two joined a panel to discuss police misconduct and how it can be reformed gwen carr spoke out on her son's death. >> the entire family is traumatized. each and every time we enter the courtroom or watch the officer responsible for my son's death get a pay raise. or hear the department of justice saying they're not going to seek charges. >>> more than 1,000 people in the houston area were rescued because of rising waters caused by the remnants of tropical depression imelda. heavy rains from the storm have flooded streets and homes. hundreds of flights have also been canceled or delayed at george bush intercontinental airport. >>> and this is probably the shocking story of the day. an extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades' worth of data show that their numbers have dropped by 3 billion since 1970 that is a 30% decline. and that steep drop stunned the researchers. you are up to date that's the news update, this hour guys, a number of reaso

. >>> and joining reverend al sharpton in a few hourses from now, joined by cory booker. that's at 5:00 p.m. >>> president trump's latest national security whistle-blower firestorm causing fresh concern among foreign policy experts. we speak to a former ambassador to russia who says this could point to criminal behavior. >>> a new generation of the kennedy family trying to win a seat in the u.s. senate. why congressman joe kennedy says his run is a generational fight. we'll get to that. later this hour, the fight to keep the planet clean. demonstrations happening around the world started on streets yesterday and now moving to the beaches today. beaches today. pping. you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey, no. when you want it. you get a delivery experience you can always count on. you get your perfect find at a price to match, on your own schedule. you get fast and free shipping on the things that make your home feel like you. that's what you get when you've got wayfair. so shop now! red lobste

. >> president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. >> reverend al, it is great to haveosh. >> a great man. >> he lost his wife, emily, who was a real treasure and backbone to him. as we were doing congressional hearings here on policing yesterday, the news flashed. she was a wonderful woman and all of south carolina and the nation and certainly the nation joins with jim clyburn, a great man, who was that because he had a great wife that stood shoulder to shoulder with him. >> a great man and we are praying for him and the entire family right now. >> absolutely. also with us this morning nbc news correspondent covering national security and intelligence, ken dalanian. you guys, we are talking about the madness and sort of -- i don't even no if there's inebriation here. what is going on? >> always a bridge too far. >> explaining it -- no, no. >> this bridge i can walk over, but there's one in the distance -- >> no, no, no, there is not. it is right here. okay. this is like an obvious question. it is just a question. >> you know what -- >> let's let the viewers decide. >>

also host of msnbc's politic nation reverend al sharpton. vaughn, we'll start with you.ncredibly well, her polling is good. i also think we often fail to notice bernie sanders right there too. >> reporter: exactly. you kind of find joe biden boxed right in between those two. you have vermont neighboring over to the west. you've got massachusetts neighboring over to the east there. and remember, a large number of folks that live in new hampshire, they receive, they watch the boston airwaves on their television sets so they've been long acquainted with elizabeth warren. it's more than if a few folks came across the lines there. the response to her was telling. you had 19 candidates that took that convention stage over the course of ten hours and nobody came close to receiving that sort of reception. who are those folks that were in that room? largely they were activists. you have 1400 delegates, new hampshire delegates. these are elected officials. as long as those activists that are on the ground there, 1400 of them in what elizabeth warren, her message to them was quite