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and don king and al sharpton get along. we used to go to fights together, and he liked me until i ran and succeeded in politics. then it wasn't to his benefit. but, look, al is a con man. we all know that. [applause] pres. trump: just a con man. he's a con man. and he scared nbc into giving him a show. you know, they don't want to have any trouble. but he's a -- just a, sort of a third-rate con guy. but here's van jones. [laughter] pres. trump: here's van jones. van jones, "i want to thank al sharpton. i want to thank all of these people." he's naming people i never heard of. the only one he didn't mention was me. and then it got worse. you ready? candace, listen to this. [laughter] pres. trump: terrence, are you listening? [laughter] pres. trump: so he named these people -- a lot of people -- standing at the end of a show. "i want to thank -- because this was the greatest year we've ever had. we got criminal justice reform. i want to thank this one and that one and that one and that one." i never heard of any of them. and

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but next, reverend al sharpton joins me to talk about the real rudy giuliani.iani. >> i you're the worst mayor the city's ever seen. you're the biggest criminal in the city. >> hey, john, what kind of hole are you in there? sounds like you're in a little hole. john? are you okay? you're breathing funny. >> no, i'm not john. i'm sick and you cut me off on medicaid several times, too. but i guess you don't give a damn about that either. >> stlz something really wrong with you, john. stay on the line. we'll take your name and your number and send you psychiatric help, because you seriously need it. >> even before he was trolling for dirt to help donald trump's re-election campaign and appearing in weird tv appearances, and before he was labeled america's mayor after 9/11, rudy giuliani was infamous to new yorkers for his drastic cuts to social services, and particularly to black new yorkers who watched him preside over some of the most notorious incidents of police brutality in the city's history. my next guest knows the real story of rudy giuliani very well. the

she talked to al sharpton.atch this. >> we have a criminal justice system right now that is pervaded with the problems of race and no one wants to talk about this other than you, reverend and a lot of the good folks in this room. >> tucker: nobody talks about it except al sharpton. kind of a monopoly on that i guess. it all comes to office sad and patronizing and off of touch, like watching her drink a beer. a son all that different from hillary clinton's pandering from four years ago. >> what is something you always carry with you? >> hot sauce. >> really? >> are you getting them into formation right now? hobbs has in my bag. >> really you know people are going to say, she's pandering black people. [laughter] >> okay! is it working? >> tucker: is it working? no is the answer. the attorney and a long time u.s. civil rights commissioner and were always happy to have them on the show. thank you for coming on. elizabeth warren as this problem and it will probably fix itself organically. the most popular democratic

and don king and al sharpton get along. i used to go to fights together.e liked me until i got into politics. but al is a con man. we all know that. nbc into giving him a show. they don't want to have any trouble. but he sort of a third great con guy. but here's van jones. van jones, i want to thank al sharpton, i want to thank -- naming people i'd never heard of. the only one he didn't mention was me. and then it got worse. you ready? candace, listen to this. terence, are you listening? he named these people. i want to thank because this was the greatest year we've ever had, we have criminal justice reform. this one in that one and that when i'd never heard of it. i kept waiting for my name. i said darling, come over here. i'm going to have a great little name mention. yes, darling, the first lady. how good is the first lady? and i kept waiting. and i kept waiting. embarrassed in front of my wife. i said he didn't name me. i'm the one who did it. i called up jared. i said jared, what the hell is this? todid have one other thing say. this was three weeks a

for now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome toion." tonight's lead, he died like a dog in a dramatic televised announcement earlier this morning, president trump described to the world how a u.s. military raid in syria led to the death of the leader of isis. the president says he watched much of the raid. here he is in the situation room. and he provided a detailed account how the isis leader died. >> last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to

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that filed the current resolution in condemning the semantic views of al sharpton and mr. scarborough ended by saying as the reverend aisle sharpton has reputed that they are bloodsucking jews and my question to you as, does mr. scarborough assertion lead to that true or did you not say those things? >> they are flatly untrue and i never said that. can i finish my answer? >> it's actually my time. >> i thought you raised the question. can i answer the question? >> since dispersion's were cast on the witness -- >> aspersions warren cast. >> you asked were the true that i said that. >> the witness -- they witness will be given the answer. >> the question was asked and it was not true and as you know, mister scarborough and i were inaction that was convinced and i think it was a great guy and know each other often. >> excuse me. the gentleman who -- the timekeeper will add 30 seconds to his time. you >> mister chairman, parliamentary inquiry. >> parliamentary inquiry? >> is it appropriate for a member to personally attack a witness before the party? shall i say, can a -- candi

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led by al sharpton. >> we hope he gets convicted because he presiewsmed because they were black thaty are criminals. >> we provided security for bernard goetz so he could get safely to the court. i could see in the faces and minds of the general population who used the subways. they were somewhat torn now. they started taking sides based on the color of their skin. >> i will be prosecuting those four thugs that meant to do hill ill will and rob him. >> jurors heard the opening statements. >> the prosecutor argued that he did not act reasonably. that there were alternatives available to him. >> the defense would have to persuade the jury that bernard goetz acted in self-defense. a complicated feat. somewhat slotnick showed at the -- what slotnick showed at the trial is would a reasonable person have reasonable fear that his life was in danger or he would be harmed. >> it was about to become an abyss. >> no one made a sound. not a whisper. they were fascinated on what they heard on the tape-recording. >> police played a tape of an interview he gave the concord police. he sound nervous,

taylor: we are also getting news zuckerberg will be meeting with political rights groups including al sharptonng to meet with these leaders can anp, but also how much of obstruction is it? >> i thought this was terrible news for facebook. i did not think of it in terms of just twitter exclusively. every single person who is out there thinking facebook's policy is wrong can point to twitter and say, they are doing this, why can you not do that? hillary clinton was tweeting about this. a number of other politicians yesterday took jack dorsey's tweet and spread it out and said , "facebook, it is your turn next," and i think that pressure is the biggest thing. taylor: coming up, it is one of the biggest things to emerge from the facebook cambridge analytica scandal. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: as we mentioned earlier, ceo just twitter's ceo removed political ads -- twitter 's ceo made the decision to remove political ads. $10 million led by jack dorsey. what are you doing with the money? .> we are building an exchange we have historically run token sales, and today we are expanding t

paul ryan, the former speaker, there with al sharpton and chuck grassley. i mean, talk about -- talk about the political spectrum there. that's in one image you will see it all right there. it's not known, not yet clear, at least i haven't heard yet what president trump will be doing, if anything, in taking part in any of these ceremonies. but this is a real image, especially as former congressional correspondent for cnn, a recovering, i would like to say, a moment to see when all the politics go by the wayside. all of them come together. we're waiting for the ceremony to get underway. we will bring you these moments when they play out. suzanne is there for us, and we're going to come back to this in a second as we continue to see as they prepare for the ceremony. a beautiful good-bye to elijah cummings, and he will be lying in state. the first african-american lawmaker to receive such an honor. we're going to come back to this in a moment. we're going to take a quick break. woman: what does the word "partner" really mean? someone i can trust. (impact, clic

. >> i think obama believes the party iska being pulled to the left with kingmaker, al sharpton.obama ran right now, he would be dismissed as establishment. and regarding kanye west, it is one thing to come out as a black republican who supports trump. it is another thing to come out as a christian black republican who supports donald trump. remember in 2012, got booed at the bmc and the idea being the capital of israel also got booed. they had a complicated relationship with god. and you have beto o'rourke who say that if church does not accept same-sex marriage, they will lose. so this is a party that is very uncomfortable with god. very comfortable with the support of evangelicals that donald trump gets a veryid comfortable with the idea that israel should be embraced because of one place with god. so barack obama to show how nervous he is about the green new deal, $15 minimum wage, illegal aliens getting health care, decriminalizing illegal crossing, obama's concern about all this stuff.. >> tucker: what is interesting that god is still and jesus is still pretty popular in bl

al sharpton was beating him. he won iowa, it changed the whole thing.d iowans have said it. only 20% have committed so far. >> always great to see you here in studio or anywhere or in montana. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> next time i'm in montana. >>> all right. president trump saying it out loud calling on china to investigate the bidens. and now cnn has learned this is not the first time the president has mentioned biden to china's leader. we have details next. ( ♪ ) only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol®. for fast pain relief. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong? life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take prolia® if you have low blood calcium, are pregnant, are allergic t

reverend al sharpton, and an msnbc contributor karine jean tee, a. and political contributor rick tyler. joe and mika are off today as they attend the funeral of congressman elijah cummings later this morning in baltimore. rev, i wanted to start with you because you were at that beautiful memorial for elijah cummings where you have saw mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, both sides of the aisle paying tribute to a great man. >> elijah cummings was the first african american to lead the state. and to see schumer and pelosi and everyone sitting there together, mika and joe and i sat with the family. you know congressman cummings officiated their wedding. this is a man who never gave up his principles but learned how to relate to others. it was a testimony a day after we saw 130 republicans storm the house, that we can be civil and debate in spite of fighting. it was great to see and we were there to mourn his passing. >> his funeral will be later down in baltimore. we'll go live there a little bit later in the show. at the want to begin with nbc news confir

. >>> more politicsnation with reverend al sharpton right after the break. to managing your fleet... to collaborating remotely with your teams. giving you a nice big edge over your competition. that's the power of edge-to-edge intelligence. i am royalty of racing, i am alfa romeo. >>> today 2020 presidential candidates are gearing up for the next democratic debate slated for tuesday. just as the impeachment inquiry into president trump continues to heat up. nearly three weeks into the inquiry, the npr poll shows a slim majority, 52% of americans, support the investigation into the president's alleged abuse of power. meanwhile, in the race for the nomination, former vice president joe biden and senator elizabeth warren are duking it out for the top spot in the national polls while the leader is changing almost by the day. the recent poll has warren in the lead with 28% followed by biden with 25% and vermont senator bernie sanders with 14%. joining me now democratic congresswoman from massachusetts, a supporter of senator warren, and member of the house armed

for now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's lead, he died like a dog in a dramatic televised announcement earlier this morning, president trump described to the world how a u.s. military raid in syria led to the death of the leader of isis. the president says he watched much of the raid. here he is in the situation room. and he provided a detailed account how the isis leader died. >> last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakar al baghdadi is dead. he died after running into a dead end tunnel whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest killing himself and the three children. but test results gave certain, immediate, and totally positive identification. it was him. >> it was a breakthrough five years after the elusive militant launched an organization that inspired violence worldwide. it brings a dramatic end to the hunt for a man who launched an underground band

we saw my colleague the reverend al sharpton there, speaking on people who are on different sides of the aisle. we see those conversations going on in that hall as they wait for this to begin. i don't want to talk too much about politics, jake, at a time like this when we really do want to celebrate his life. he was inherently a political figure. he loved politics. he believed in politics. he believed in the work that congress could do. and when you look at the void that is left behind, particularly now in the impeachment process, you could put a whole laundry list of things together about why he will be missed, but i do think it's the rips he had, particularly with people across the aisle, the conversations he could have with certain other key members, and just the whom idea that when he talked in a hearing room, when he spoke, he did have that gravitas of a great preacher who believed so passionately in what he was always talking about. >> reporter: refs respected by both sides of the aisle which is something you need right now in these charged times with impeachment, which he had

for now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton and politics nation. [ music playing ] >>> good eveningh alert. you to the the news coming out of the impeachment inquiry last week was a whirlwind. the week ahead is going to give you whiplash. four potentially explosive depositions happening on capitol hill. most of the testimony by diplomats who will defy orders by the white house and the state department to not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. the most impact from witness testimony is expected on thursday when the ambassador to

you said the other day in an interview with al sharpton president trump inspired by the propaganda of the third richt that the more justice and dizzying the behavior and less likely to do something about it. is that not going too far to make a comparison between the president of the united states and the nazis. >> find me a better analogy of another leader of a western democracy describing people of one religion as defective or dangerous and that is what the president did when it came to muslims, seeking to ban them and replying the lie that mexican immigrants pose a violent risk to this country and calling them animals and predators and rapists and criminals and asking four women of color elected by constituents to go back to their home country and having an almost nuremburg rally where people are chanting send her back or inviting the kind of violence based on the racism that he's inspired, where you have another crowd cheering when shun said shoot them when the president asked what do we do about the immigrants. it doesn't just foend our sensibilities it poses a violence. 22 shot d

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up, biden's surrogate democratic congressman lisa blunt rochester of delaware j n joins reverend al sharpton on why the former vice president is still the best chance to kick donald trump out of office. that's next on "politicsnation" only on msnbc. n msnbc. at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. plus, it's safe to use on all my floors, even wood. glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor. try wet jet with a moneyback guarantee o♪ ozempic®! ♪ oh! oh! (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (ann

joining me now is al sharpton who was quoted in that "new york times" piece. of politics nation which airs on weekends eat 5:00 p.m. eastern here on b msnbc. rev, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> there are a few candidates in the race who have appealed to african-american voters. couple of them are african-american. joe biden has great support mens african-americmongst african-am part because of his affiliation with barack obama and others have come out with specific formulas and policy per scriptives that would be beneficial to african-americans. where do you place warren in this? >> she has some very good policies that would appeal. i think african-americans nationally were not as familiar with her and she has been actively campaigning. i would even say aggressively campaigning, in african-american communities and we can see from the quinnipiac poll she went from 9% black voters to 19% so it's beginning to work. i can say she is one of the few candidates i've seen in the years i've been out here that actually reaches and touches you. she stays in touc

joining us now at the table is reverend al sharpton, our friend, host of "politicsnation" and presidentnational action network joyce vance. rev, to you quickly, impeachment inquiry shows trump at the center of ukraine efforts against rivals. it all comes back to donald trump himself, doesn't it? >> it all comes back. i think what is amazing, if you start from fiona hill all the way to sondland is that they are all giving complete and direct evidence that this came from the president. and if that wasn't enough and he certainly is enough, you have his own acting chief of staff saying, yes, we did it, and get over it. so i don't know what else the american public needs or the congress needs when you have people saying one right after another that we were directed to do political favors for the president using approved u.s. congress approved funds, military aid to ukraine, and we are going to extract from that we want you to do certain things politically. and when mulvaney says that oh, no, no, we didn't do it for this, we did it for this investigation, we wanted to get into the dnc server,

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us now, host of msnbc's politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharptonr u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and an msnbc contributor, joyce vance. and state attorney for palm beach county, dave ehrenberg. wow, guys, do we have a lot to get to. i'm work through this and trying to get over it. joyce vance, i see impeachability. do you see criminality here and god knows what's on the record for mick mulvaney to come out and try to get people to get over this. >> we've been being looking at criminality here for a while. and i think mulvaney put the final nail in the coffin yesterday. and here's why it's important, mika. it's very, i think, critical at that point that we think about the difference in the two standards here. impeachability and criminality. because impeachment is just about somebody losing their job. criminality is about someone losing their liberty and going to prison. and so in our system we impose much higher standards and much greater protections when we talk about criminality. the president keeps complaining about he wants c

is reverend al sharpton day.e and you said simply you were in mike barnicle's generation. >> i'm happy to say i'm 65 today. >> i say is happily because there was sometimes in my career dint think i'd make 25. but i thank god i made it to 65 and i'm enjoying it tonight. spike lee and sammy jackson and others are having a big party for me. i woke up this morning and seen a tweet and former president obama sent a video in for the party. it's a great birthday for me starting my morning. >> that sounds exactly like my birthday, spike lee throwing me a party. >> happy birthday to you. we're glad you're here on your birthday. let's give you the first word on what's going on with the d dynamics of this poll. >> first all of, we have senator sanders in our prayers. i think it showed a real measure of leadership when he used it as an opportunity to also push his policy medicare for all. but i think it's undeniable, elizabeth warren has a momentum, is showing real traction, and i ab served ov observed over the month the gro

senator, let's talk about criminal justice reform and bring in my colleague now, reverend al sharptont of work when it comes to criminal justice reform. >> well, i think that senator, you raised a central exonerated five at our rally this morning. the fact is are you thinking that yesterday when they would only allow ten students from the college in that this really was the misuse of a historic black college to try and act as though president trump was going to speak at a historic black college when, in fact, it was not him being in front of the students of a historic black college, just really using the hall to give an imagery given his background and from the central park five to privatizing jails to many of the things you named? i mean, if you want to bring a lynching in, calling for execution of five people -- >> right. >> -- into a crime might come close to that. >> that's right, rev, and absolutely. it's yet again an attempt by donald trump to whitewash his -- his -- his background and his position on an issue. this is a very well-known and well-regarded, esteemed hbcu, and the

ter he as i mentioned, i think the people like al sharpton, who encourages police, or at least blames them, blames sad on racial motivation, i think that's one of the why you had an increase. you had police who were afraid what they could do for sanctioned.ng you had people maybe afraid to go for the police or go to the to report criminals, perhaps, because they were told irmean.ce was there -- enemy. haven't checked, but i'm sure al sharpton hasn't been invited to the white house times in president trump's time. we have someone who knows as long as the police are appropriately doing their job, their back. and we've seen that significant last two years, which is rare good news that you get. await when the statistics come out for the year 2019. we know another drop of about 7% in the massive cities, south end of chicago. seven ve in the first months of the year we saw another 10% drop in milwaukee. another drop in new york. is is this a coincidence or this because our police know at the y are respected highest level of government? i get back home, i hear some people talk about crime an

you see we have reverend al sharpton with us.n and president of the national action network. also joining the conversation, founder and director of the group defending democracy together. and editor at large of the conservative website, the bulwark, bill kristol. former chief of staff to the triple "c," adrienne elrod joins us and senior news correspondent at wbr boston and an msnbc contributor kimberly atkins. and politics editor for the daily beast, sam stein is still with us as well. good to have you all on board. let's talk about the damning testimony that's expected today in the house impeachment probe. for the first time, house investigators of hear from a white house official who stulis actually assigned to listen in. "the new york times" was the first to obtain an opening statement from lieutenant colonel vindman who is currently serving active duty in the u.s. army. he's expected to testify that he twice reported concerns to the nsd's lead attorney. once after a july 10th meeting in washington between then national secur

book direct at choicehotels.com >>> jiening toining the convers reverend al sharpton.snbc political contributor. so we'll start with that new poll, joe, that, again, again, shows a majority of americans support house democrats impeachment inquiry into president trump. according to this new npr/pbs poll, 52% of americans said they approve of house democrats impeachment inquiry into the president. that's up three points since last month. 43% disapproved. 49% said they support the impeachment of the president, 47% are opposed. americans in this poll are divided 48 to 48 on whether they support the senate voting to remove trump from office. 68% of americans said that it's not acceptable for a president to ask foreign countries to investigate his political rivals. 26% disagreed. and, joe, that's the question that i think -- i think the white house, perhaps, thought they would have a very easy time conflating this, confusing this, muddying it up and making it too hard for people to understand. the answer to this question is basic. the answer is no. it's not okay to shakedown

us now, host of msnbc "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharptonpresident obama's 2012 reelection campaign. contributor to conservative web suit "the bulwark. y tim miller. he argues where the notion bad but not impeachable is wrong. author lauren leader, co-founder and ceo of all in together, a non-partisan women's civic and political organization. her latest op-ed is entitled "anti-trump business women, women are nervous about warren and the democratic debate didn't help." great headline. >> that is a great tease to the article. i want to start, rev, obviously we are mourning the loss of our good friend, your good friend, elijah cummings. what do you remember about elijah this morning? >> i remember most that elijah cummings never stopped being elijah cummings, who he was as a regular guy. lived in the same house. dealt with the people in the neighborhood the same way. when i first met him maybe 20 years ago, he was in the state legislature, worked with our national action network chapter there, larry young, and when he went on to congress, the s