pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta who wowed president obama at first because of hisy, if you don't think things have changed, having a brother in the state legislature with that hair cut, that's a change. it looks sharp, man. but i'm just saying, you didn't see that. >> no. my hair stylist thanks you. she'll cut this up. >> that's good, man. props. >> i'm state representative malcolm kenyatta, thank you for everything you've done and continue to do. when you ran for office, your slogan, hope and change. the last couple years have been a lot of sadness and destruction. what still gives you hope? >> you know, when i sort of burst on to the national scene, it was after i had won to be the u.s. senator from illinois and i was invited to be the keynote at the democratic national convention in boston. and i talked about hope and the audacity of hope. i made this point about hope which was, hope is not blind optimism. hope is not ignoring problems. hope is believing in the face of difficulty that we can overcome and get a better world. hope is looking squarely at our challe

representative kenyatta, i'll start with you.w what? we have a real opportunity and i share that pain. you know? this week was tough, and i'll tell you, i cried a couple of times because of the video of walter wallace, because of my constituent brutally beat by police, but we have an opportunity to elect somebody like joe biden and kamala harris, but also on the ballot here in philadelphia are two ballot questions. one that deals with citizens oversight board of our police. but also to finally end the disgrace of stop-and-frisk in philadelphia once and for all. and so it's why it's going to be so important that people fill out those ballot questions that they vote for us to flip the pennsylvania house. >> reverend sharpton? >> when you hear this lady, and i was in detroit this week as well as chicago, and there was a police killing in waukegan, illinois. i went up and stood with that family. then philadelphia as i am dealing with people ahead of the national network in philly dealing with the family there. that is motivating a lo

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kenyatta, i never asked you what you did. the leader of the group and, my god, is he charismatic. >> in my mind, she was about 7 1/2 feet tall, you know, and i felt, my goodness, she's so much smaller than i thought >> reporter: smaller in stature, but when she sang -- ♪ it rocked his world. >> that did not feel as though you had gotten a new thing, but that a new thing had been awakened within you. >> reporter: he started writing music for her. >> there was no, this is really nice for an amateur or for someone who is in a prison program. ♪ put your heart on the table >> reporter: their first duet written by him part of a concert put on for inmates >> are you ready >> reporter: three years after that concert, kenyatta was released he had served 25 years then this past summer came that unexpected call. it was joyce, asking him to write music for the met concert. >> i felt really compelled to address our situation of what is happening with race. i'm a white middle class midwestern singer. i wanted to be sure that everything tha

representative kenyatta, thank you for being here. are the proof that many americans need tonight that protest and talking up sometimes works. >> absolutely. i think that this is another example that our voices matter and for folks who are, you know, getting their mail-in ballots, making a plan to vote, your vote matters. and i think that when we see things going on that we know are absolutely wrong, we have to speak up. and i'm, you know, incredibly grateful that, you know, everybody here at the maddow team spoke out about what happened. because if you look at what leader benninghoff said, he wasn't ashamed of what he'd done. they weren't upset about what they did. they were just upset that they got caught, that they got caught. >> yes. let me read that actually. i'll read what he said. it's remarkable actually. leader kerry benninghoff, the republican leader in the state legislature, said the common themes from those conversations show you that you understand the select committee was being formed with the best of intentions, but the

. >> joining us now is pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta.ng us tonight. we really appreciate it. we all discovered you on rachel's program recently, and i've been dying to talk to you since. what is the latest state of play in getting out the vote in pennsylvania in a fair way and overcoming the voter suppression challenges that you have already faced? >> i think and thank you, lawrence, it's really a pleasure to be with you. and we couldn't be on a more important topic. you've seen the president focusing on pennsylvania, both campaigns really because this is going to be the decider of this election. the president has engaged now, his campaign has involved in multiple lawsuits against our democracy trying to come up with all types of reasons to cast doubt on the process and to make it more difficult for people to vote. but that's not really a surprise with someone like donald trump who spent his entire career engaged in frivolous litigation, and so he's engaged in litigation. he's lying to the american people. he's doing everything but leadi

black votes voting for donald trump is like wolves, like sheeps voting for wolves. >> kenyatta has a. but as i search for these trump supporters, mind you, again, this was not scientific by any stretch and it's just one part of a city in one city in this entire country, i did not necessarily find -- i didn't find any black men that were supporting trump, but enthusiastically looking to vote him out. one i spoke with explained why. >> what i care about is the future of my 10-year-old son, my 14-year-old son, and my 16-year-old daughter. and i don't feel that this candidate that's representing our country right now in this moment is representing me, my sons, my daughter, or anybody that's from my community. >> and when it comes to who exactly they're supporting, it was -- i would ask a question, who are you supporting, and it would just be quickly, joe biden. take a listen. >> who are you voting for? >> i'm voting for joe biden. >> who are you going to vote for. >> most likely biden? >> most likely? >> biden. >> who did you vote for? absentee? >> joe biden. >> who are you going to vote

and kenyatta, thanks for the introduction, all you did, jumping in and helping us govern.f something my dad said. he said your job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it's about your dignity and place in the community. it's about respect. it's about being able to say to your kids everything is going to be okay and mean it. that is what the job is about. a decent paying job like the uaw provides. i grew up surrounded by hard-working families in scranton and delaware when we had to move there was no work in scranton. just like here in toledo, the times are hard. unemployment is way up due to the pandemic in a terrible way that it's been handled. the economic outlook remains uncertain. across ohio and the country, folks are worried about making their next mortgage or rent payment and whether or not they can purchase the prescription without being able to put food on the table, literally. worried about whether their kids school is open and will be able to stay open and if they are not, how they can go to work and still take care of their kids. they see the people at the very

i spoke to the state workers of malcolm kenyatta.upport for trump. >> i think what we're seeing right now is a real concerted effort on the part of the republican party to try to peel away black voters however they can. black votes for donald trump is like sheep voting for wolves. >> caught up with black voters to see what would drive support for trump. take a listen. >> it's not sexism. but it's a masculine perspective. if you are talking about men that want to provide for their families and trump is saying, you will have more money because of my tax cut, and you can provide for your family, that element is there. >> some minorities are more religious and he apeels to them. >> sometimes you have people that, they are swayed by media, social media, and you see things that are sensationalized. and that usually sways people's attitudes or how they feel. and also, how they vote. >> it is not a scientific poll by any means. but i searched along south street there, looking for trump supporters, because we have increasing numbers in the po

on wednesday, democratic state representative malcolm kenyatta blasted republican plans at a committee meeting in harrisburg. >> this -- i guess we're calling it committee on election integrity -- has no integrity. has none. and what it would do -- and you can laugh, representative. but what it would do is allow people, allow the folks on this committee that are actively up for reelection to subpoena ballots. to subpoena election officials during an election of which they are participants. nothing about that screams of integrity. amy:y: last week, the "atlantic magazine" revealed republican party officials are lolooking at waysys to subvert the election process to ensure trump stays in power, including a plan to have republican-led state legislatures claim the results of the election to be fraudulent, then choose a slate of republican electors to vote in the electoral college regardless of the outcome of the actual vote. president trtrump on thursday yd he disavowed thehe ku klux klan and white supremacy in an interview with fox news's sean hannity. pres. trump: i condemn the kkk, i co

. >> pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta get tonight's "last word." thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, lawrence. >> "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again, day 1,362 of the trump administration leaving 22 days until election day, and the u.s. is now on track to hit 8 million coronavirus infections by the middle of this week. over 216,000 americans have now died in this still raging pandemic. put another way this as yet uncontrolled virus has already killed 1 of every 1,600 americans. people who were here at the start of the year gone today. yet tonight donald trump claiming immunity, not surprisingly claiming great personal strength, went back out on the road for a rally in florida, feared by medical professionals to be yet another super spreader event in the making. he threw masks out to the crowd but didn't advocate wearing them. many seated behind him where cameras could see his speech were wearing masks. many others in the crowd were not and were cramm

perspective and see how the dog sees the world the concept for the exhibition came from japanese designer kenyatta in 2012 it went around the world only now arriving in europe every design was created for a specific breed of dog. created a piece for a jack russell and a jack russell terrier is particularly fond of his or her. scent the idea is that it's a frame which you can put your own clothes and the dog will feel comfortable. titled this design i feel you did intended for dogs with black cloak. the idea is that the dog is able to camouflage itself amongst a kind of black background it's made from sheep's wool the whole thing has a smell of delicious smell to the dog which attracts it initially and the shape you can see starts in the ground and lifts up in this curve the idea is that kind of resigned. the way the dog discovers the world around it maybe the way it sees is by smelling the ground and slowly looks up to discover what's the surface there in front of you. is did it really camouflage shirt with her light colored fur but she's got plenty more pieces to discover and lots of fellow canin

> joining me to discuss, democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives, malcolm kenyattaublicans are creating a committee that could investigate november's vote, and the election hasn't even happened yet. what is going on? >> thank you so much, stephanie. what's going on is donald trump is afraid of having to run on his record and so instead of litigating this election in the public square, he is trying to litigate this election in the courts. there have been multiple lawsuits he has filed to try to distract and dissuade voters from coming out and exercising their right to vote. and this commission on election integrity is another example of the republican party really being sycophants and imbracing any crazy idea that comes out of the president's month and on his twitter feed, even if it's going to come at the cost of our democracy. >> is there anything you can do about it? they control the state legislature. >> i think that what folks need to recognize, and i think what folks need to do is vote. they need to vote like they've never voted before. and as i said before, we