megyn: element two injected by al sharpton. this is what al sharpton wrote. holder was reminded that despite his esteemed position he can and would be profiled. a.g. holder was in he sense stopped and frisked without probable cause. what issa just showed us no matter what our stature someone can try to put us in our place. what could be more outrageous. >> i think it's a political witch hunt. but i'm not playing the race card. i'm not prepared to say democrats are doing this because of race. i think voter i. dissments an issue. yesterday the majority leader of the pennsylvania house said that we are going to win because -- romney will win pennsylvania because of voter i.d. megyn: but you don't believe they are going after holder, these republicans in the house. are these other civil rights leaders playing the race card? >> absolutely. let's look at them for their operational method. sharpton led a march against the nypd on father's day it's not the soft bigotry it, the hard big on theory, don't you believe anything but what we tell you. al sharp town is a rac

and people like al sharpton.ually think brian terry's family would care if eric holder was belgian? scores of mexicans are dead. if that is not a big deal to al sharpton you have to ask al sharpton why. >> bob: you are right about the race thing. it's bad idea to raise that. it doesn't help the dialogue. but with all due respect, mr. terry would have been dead with or without "fast and furious" guns. the mexican people you are talk about -- these guys don't show up to the fights with knives. they show up with guns. >> eric: i have to ask, how would brian terry have been killed had we not walked guns over to -- >> bob: because they would have had guns anyway. >> eric: we don't know that. you can't say brian terry would be dead -- >> bob: you think drug runners don't go around with guns? you got to be kidding me. >> dana: say that's true, bob. say that's true. if the shoe were on the other foot, if the republican administration and the democrats are pressing for it, the position would be the opposite. that's not fa

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, president obama wants action on jobs. today he threw down the gauntlet to republicans in congress, demanding they put politics aside and actually do something to create jobs. he accused them of failing to act and of putting the economy at risk. >> last september i sent congress a details jobs plan, full of the kind of bipartisan ideas that would have put more americans back to work. if congress had passed it in full, we'd be on track to have a million more americans working this year. the unemployment rate would be lower. our economy would be stronger. of course, congress refused to pass this jobs plan in full. >> among other things, the plan would have created or saved 400,000 education jobs. it would have done the same for thousands of police and firefighter jobs, and it would have jumpstarted new infrastructure projects across the country. when it was introduced, john mccain's former economist said it would create 1.9 million new jobs and reduce the unemployment rate by 1%, and the american people loved it. 75% support

reverend sharpton. if we are going to be on formal names, i'm happy to be newt. reverend sharpton. the first is it was an important meeting. and i was glad and honored to be part of it. >> i'm glad you admit you had it. but go ahead. >> look, it is obvious. don't you think that in 2001 when george w. bush was being inaugurated, a group of democrats got together and said how do we get the white house? in 2005, they got together and said how do we get the white house? >> no. there is a qualitative difference how do we get the white house and that we are committed tonight to block everything he does, we are going to be relentless and really care nothing about the fact that he was inheriting the worst economy since the depression by a member of your party. >> look, i said at the time that if he stuck with the -- three speeches president obama gave that were truly historic and enormous opportunity for him. the manassas speech the last weekend before the election. the grant park speech election night. and his inaugural on -- which was -- which i said to cal taste when we left -- we were

well, last night on "politics nation," robert reich talked to host al sharpton about repeated gop claims tax breaks for the rich help the economy. >> republicans have learned a very important lesson over the years, al. that is if you tell the same big lie over and over and over again and you have enough money behind the big lies, eventually people start believing them. they've been saying that the bush tax cuts need to be extended because they worked so well in 2001, 2003 and in the years after that. well, the fact of the matter is, they poked a huge hole in the budget deficit and instead of creating a lot of jobs and creating -- instead of improving wages and economic growth, even before the great recession, the bush tax cuts were a complete dud. we had almost no job growth compared to the job growth during the clinton administration. and the median wage, the wage for most americans, continued to drop after 2001. you had a huge, huge tax cut for the wealthy and nothing trickled down. i mean tickle down economics is a cruel joke, and the republicans have absolutely no compunks about sayi

last night on "politics nation" jim mcdermott told al sharpton while the gop has no alternative program, the party is determined to see the law repealed. >> what would you have if they did repeal it? they never put a plan on the table. they said, well we want to do something about malpractice or something or other. nothing about covering 30 million people like the president put on the table. nothing about controlling costs. like the president put on the table in terms of various provisions in the bill. none of that. they simply want to repeal it and go back to the silly system we have now. where it depends on what kind of plastic you have in your pocket. >> lean forward with the reverend al sharpton in "politics nation" on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> what many are calling the most exciting stanley cup playoffs in recent memory came to a conclusion last night with professional sports most hallowed trophy going to a first-time winner. here's nbc's mario solis. good morning from the stanley cup final in los angeles where the kings have been crowned. game six at the staple center, th

why do you think al sharpton was there?bob: because eric holder enforced the voter right act. >> greg: the issue of race is a subtle factor in this effort. that's what he said. >> bob: it's a subtle -- his view, it's a subtle -- a lot of black leaders probably believe that. and i don't, i don't necessarily belief it. although i do believe that eric holder has upheld a lot of voting rights actions that probably don't make the republicans very happy. but look, the fact of the matter is this is a sheer and it's a political ploy on the part of darrell issa and the republicans to embarrass the white house before the election. plain and simple. it's ridiculous. it's bull. >> greg: how did al sharpton become a leader? this is beyond me. a lot of people may not be hold enough to remember the tuwana brawley case. but this guy perpetuated a number of hoaxs over many years. embarrassment. not to blacks, but to everybody. somehow he is still able to get in front of a camera. i think he has a show on some public access network. i can't

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, helping those who are helping others. we begin with the colorado wildfires that have left one person dead and forced 30,000 to flee their homes. more than 1200 firefighters have been working day and night to contain the blaze. president obama met some of them and hailed their courage today. >> we had a chance on site to see some guys who had just saved three homes in a community that had been devastated. for those families, the work and the sacrifice of those firefighters mean the world to them. they are genuine heroes. they're putting their lives at risk to save us and to help us. we got to make sure that we remember that 365 days a year, not just when tragedies like this strike. >> these firefighters are heroes. that's why it's outrageous that so many of them, thousands, don't have health insurance. it's a problem that's been getting more and more attention as the colorado fires burn out of control. there are some 15,000 to 20,000 federal firefighters who work seasonally classified as temporary workers who do not get he

. >> congressman, let me -- >> jared, let me just mention, reverend sharpton. there was a hearing yesterday, the day before, and a very, very neutral observer was challenged by the republicans about the stimulus package, and he indicated almost every economist said it worked. not perfectly, but it helped to create jobs. that's the truth. what the republicans have to be told is the truth and get off their duff. >> mr. clinton said the same thing yesterday, and i don't think he's some kind of wild eyed liberal. >> not last time i checked. congressman, let me say something to you that i heard a wise man say what republicans may be doing with this job, and i want your opinion on what this wise man said. >> a deliberate effort now increasingly undisguised to close the door on action to engender job creation and economic growth before the election. it is indecent delicious. we owe it to the american people. >> we're not going to debate the guy's line, but what he said was very heavy. care to elaborate on that, congressman. >> well, you did at the beginning. we need j

on the same day, thousands of people in new york city, including reverend al sharpton staged a silent mark to protest the police department's stop and frisk policy. last year, 85% of those stopped under the policy were black or hispanic, even though they account for only half of new york's population. only 42% were young, black, or hispanic men. even though they are just 4.7% of the city's population. what's going on here? a retired african-american police sergeant, nole leader, said officers are engaged in illegal stop and frisks. what's happening now under police commissioner ray kelly, he says, is that he's demanding officers to conduct stops even if they don't have a justifiable level of suspicion. sergeant leader is now the cofounder of a black law enforcement advocacy group. where does it end? let's bring in dr. james peterson, associate professor of english at lehigh university. you have written about the death of rodney king and what he symbolized over so many years. he asked the very profound question, can we all get along? but i want to start with new york's stop and frisk l

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, romney the job destroyer. a new report on romney's past as ceo of bain capital reveals explosive details on his career shipping american jobs overseas. it leaves no doubt that romney's fortune was built at the expense of american workers. quote, during the nearly 15 years that romney was actively involved in running bain capital, it owned companies that were pioneers in the practice of shipping work from the united states to overseas call centers and factories making computer components. the jobs went from the u.s. to all over the world. jobs shipped to china, to india, to taiwan, japan, singapore, malaysia, south korea, ireland, and france. make no mistake, this report could be a game changer. because romney is running on his business record. he claims experience in the private sector qualifies him for the white house. and he's had the audacity to hit president obama for jobs outsourced. >> how is china so successful in taking our jobs? this president has watched that happen. he complains. he says he would ta

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the smearing of eric holder. republicans are conspireing to take down a historic leader and undermine the cause of justice in this country. that's the story we have to talk about tonight. i want to start by going back to this very day, june 13th, in 1967. that's when president lyndon johnson nominated thurgood marshall to become the first african-american justice on the supreme court. it was a huge step forward for civil rights in this country. the leading african-american attorney in the country chosen to our nation's highest court. what a moment. but today, 45 years later, republicans are in the midst of a vicious attack campaign against the nation's first african-american attorney general. it's part of an ugly effort that began even before holder took office. and hasn't let up since. republican lawmakers are now threatening to hold him in contempt of congress. they're also calling on him to resign. it's an escalation of their attempt to attack him over a program called fast and furious. a so-called gun walking

incredible legacy, but it continues because you have al sharpton, ben zealous, two great african american organizations coming together on sunday to sort of extend that legacy. >> james peterson, always great to have you with us. thank you. >>> coming up, the koch brothers get a big-time boost from republican leader in the senate. former governor howard dean on the unholy alliance of big money and big republicans is next. >>> and mitt romney's pandering about sandwiches in pennsylvania just goes all bad for him, trying to be a regular dude, and he's not. we'll show you the latest. stay with us. man: man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about that 401(k) you picked up back in the '80s. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like a lot of things, the market has changed, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and your plans probably have too. tdd#:

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now.ç >>> fast, furious and fiction.od evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with a shocker. you know the story of how u.s. government agents allowed guns to go to the drug cartel? the story for issa, the nra, and the entire american right? well, according to a new report from "fortune" magazine, not the nation or "the new york times," "fortune," it didn't happen. the u.s. government never used a tactic of letting the guns reach the bad guys in mexico. it just didn't hapn. which raises the bigger question. if it didn't happen why is eric holder and the obama administration failed to kill the story? didn't they learn from the charges against john kerry if you don't knock down a story, it knocks you down. our guests tonight are matt miller former spokesman for the department of

thank you for being here, reverend sharpton.d they will definitely be attending this march. they are clearly prepared to stand up for themselves on this what do we hope this march is going to achieve in terms of policy change? >> i think the march. marches are always designed to put focus on a problem. >> right. >> if you didn't drama ties a problem, no one has the need, urgency, or the push to solve the problem. so the march over 200 organizations, working along with all of us. national action network, representing the naacp. the idea is to show that this is a problem across the board. as you saw this morning's "the new york times," gay and lesbian groups coming out with us. we want to force the agenda to deal with it, front and center. once we do that, have you people like opportunities that have come forth with the policy steps we need. a lot of people talk about the civil rights movement, they don't understand. dr. king and others dramatized an issue that the defense funding and others legislated, so our role is it's just we

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starting right now. >>> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharptont's night before the big recall election in wisconsin. in the last few days,

al sharpton to and representatives from the naacp and labor unions. the demonstrators demanded that that new york city police and the stop and search. they say it is humiliating to law abiding african-americans. some defend the policies and and help stop crimes before they happen. >>> the topic of illegal immigration is getting traction on the campaign trail. there is no question it plays well with hispanic voters who could decide who wins the white house. we have the story from washington. >> as mitt romney served a breakfast in ohio, his talking points would jobs and the economy. the conversation shifted to immigration. president obama it is -- decision to stop deporting children who were brought in a legally perry >> if you wanted to make a decision, this is something he would have taken up in his first 3.5 years. >> he declined to say whether he would repeal the policy. >> we will decide that as we reach that. >> republicans say it is campaign camouflage for a bad economy. >> it is to take attention away from bad news the president has had for the

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starting right now. >>> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the final push. it's night before the big recall election in wisconsin. in the last few days, thousands of activist and union members, in wisconsin, have been knocking on doors, calling voters, asking people to get out and vote. tomorrow will be the recall vote. right wing governor scott walker when walker was elected in 2010 he promised he would focus on the economy. he said he would accuracy jobs but that was just a trojan horse. here is a secret tape of what walker told a donor last year. >> any chance we will be a completely red state? become a right to work? >> well, we can -- we're going to start in a few weeks. the first step is we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employees, because you can divide and conquer. >> that's right, divide and conquer. he shocked the people of wisconsin and the rest of the state by announcing he would gut public unions. this sparked outrage and massive protest against wisconsin. democratic lawmakers fled the

that's for "hardball," "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharpton, tonight's lead, the president is fighting to turn this economy around, but republicans, they're just playing games. just a short time ago, president obama spoke to students at the university of nevada las vegas. he urged congress to get on board with making student loans more affordable, and he lashed out at congress for standing in the way of putting americans back to work. >> plenty of steps we can take right now to help create jobs and grow this economy faster. i sent to congress a job's bill. full of the ideas that republicans and democrats had supported. if they had taken the steps i was pushing for, when so many people are pounding the pavement and sending out resumÉs, congress can't just sit on their hands, so my message is, let's get to work -- let's get to work. >> let's get to work, let's get affordable loans for students. that's hard to object to, right? >> wrong. gop leadership ask for president obama to cancel this event saying he should be in washingto

," i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, good news, folks, another stellar jobs report. this is an economy on the mend. and both parties agree on why things are turning around. folks, it's that american jobs act. president obama introduced the plan to congress last september. it put millions of americans back to work. republicans put their partisan bickering aside and they passed the entire package. they put paychecks in the pockets of first responders. the gop put politics aside. they did the right thing. they came together with this president for the good of the country. yeah, i'm not fooling anyone. that didn't actually happen. and now we're suffering because of it. the dismal job report was another reminder of how gop obstruction is hurting this economy. today, president obama reminded republicans of that. >> everybody here plays by the rules, you work hard, you meet your responsibilities. and you deserve leaders who do the same. i send congress a jobs bill last september full of the kinds of bipartisan i

that's for "hardball," "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> welcome to "politicsnationing to turn this economy around, but republicans, they're just playing games. just a short time ago, president obama spoke to students at the university of nevada las vegas. he urged congress to get on board with making student loans more affordable, and he lashed out at congress for standing in the way of putting americans back to work. >> plenty of steps we can take right now to help create jobs and grow this economy faster. i sent to congress a job's bill. full of the i

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. . >>> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharptonepublican gridlock in congress and helped hundreds of thousands of young people in a major move. the president announced that this country will stop deporting young immigrants who were brought here illegally as children. >> put yourself in their shoes. imagine you've done everything right your entire life. studied hard, worked hard, maybe even graduated top of your class only to suddenly face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about. with a language you may not even speak. >> the president said this was just a temporary solution until lawmakers stop blocking

i'm al sharpton. tonight, what kind of country do we want to be? do we want a country that celebrates the people who put out our fires, respond to our emergencies, and teach our children? or do we want a country that minimizes their service? takes away their jobs. that's at the core of what this election is all about. mitt romney made it clear which side he stood on when he criticized president obama for supporting firefighters and teachers and first responders. >> he wants another stimulus. he wants to hire more government workers. he says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people. >> today one of romney's top surrogates doubled down on that. revealing it wasn't a blooper, it was policy. >> there are places where just pumping money in is not what the taxpayers want. if there's fewer kids in the classroom, the taxpayers do want to hear that there will be fewer teachers. people ought to stop jumping on it as a gaffe and understand there's wisdom in the comment. >> the

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts now. >>> health care up in the polls.>>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with the thunder on the right.c: c1 one compared it to 9/11, an attack out of the sky. one conservative branded the chief justice of the united states a traitor. have you ever wondered which side got thisnto a crazy world, listen to the screams from the star board side. the lunatics raving with rage they couldn't destroy the country's only health care plan. don't believe this soft line you hear about repeal and replace. this theory on the right isn't looking for a better health care plan. it's looking to destroy the only one there's ever been. our guests tonight. gentlemen, it's great to have you on tonight. true believers. i think we need some true believers. this reaction from

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. . >>> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, bold move. president obama today broke the republican gridlock in congress and helped hundreds of thousands of young people in a major move. the president announced that this country will stop deporting young immigrants who were brought here illegally as children. >> put yourself in their shoes. imagine you've done everything right your entire life. studied hard, worked hard, maybe even graduated top of your class only to suddenly face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about. with a language you may not even speak. >> the president said this was just a temporary solution until lawmakers stop blocking immigration reform. acting now, he said, is a question of compassion and of simply doing the right thing. >> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, a defining moment. today president obama went to ohio and delivered a major speech laying out his vision for the country, his argument for fairness, his critique of mitt romney and the gop, his case for re-election. he made the case for the next five months until the election before a ruckus crowd in cleveland. he president presented the choice facing the country. >> governor romney and his allies in congress believe deeply in the theory that we tried during the last decade. the theory that the best way to grow the economy is from the top down. so they maintain that if we eliminate most regulations, if we cut taxes by trillions of dollars, if we strip down government to national security and a few other basic functions, then the power of business is to create jobs and prosperity will be unleashed and that will automatically benefit us all. that's what they believe. if you agree with the approach i just described, if you want to give the policies of the last decade another try, then you should vote for m

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, helping those who are helping others.00 to flee their homes. more than 1200 firefighters have been working day and night to contain the blaze. president obama met some of them and hailed their courage today. >> we had a chance on site to see some guys who had just saved three homes in a community that had been devastated. for those families, the work and the sacrifice of those firefighters mean the world to them. they are genuine heroes. they're putting their lives at risk to save us and to help us. we got to make sure that we remember that 365 days a year, not just when tragedies like this strike. >> these firefighters are heroes. that's why it's outrageous that so many of them, thousands, don't have health insurance. it's a problem that's been getting more and more attention as the colorado fires burn out of control. there are some 15,000 to 20,000 federal firefighters who work seasonally classified as temporary workers who do not get health insurance. >> all we want is the opportunity to buy health

i'm alç sharpton. tonight's lead, historic day.for the next hour, we'll cover all parts of the supreme court's momentous decision to uphold president obama's health care law. a law that will improve the lives of millions of americans. we'll look how it will effect the presidential election. we'll look at the surprising vote to preserve the law. a vote by bush-appointed chief justice john roberts. and we'll with talk about presidents who have for a hundred years tried to bring health care to all americans. now barack obama has done it. we'll speak to two members of congress in just a moment for their reaction. but i want to begin with what happened inside the supreme court today. joining me now is jeffrey rosen, law professor at george washington university and legal editor of "the new republic" and ian millhiser. he was inside the courtroom today. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> jeff, let me start with you. jeff rosen. the chief justice said the law's individual mandate was constitutional. he wrote quote, the law's requi

reverend al sharpton joins us from orlando. afternoon, martin. >> what is your immediate reaction to what you've seen with the attorney general becoming the first to be held in contempt of congress? >> well, i think it's outrageous at best. he is not only the first attorney general to be held in contempt of congress, he's the first person in modern history to be held in modern history that actually cooperated with congress, voted, decided and did appear before the oversight committee on nine occasions. handed over 7,600 documents. the the documents they wanted to question are we don't know whether some of those are sensitive and would have compromised justice department cases including sources. they don't know either and they know they don't know. it was clear from the beginning of this martin, this was a witch hunt, because how do you investigate a program that you're saying you don't want to see weapons or money or drugs going across the border, but you're not going to investigate the beginning of the program which happened u

i'm al sharpton. live tonight from atlanta, georgia. tonight's lead, willard mitt romney has a jobs problem. and we saw it on full display today. it's not exactly a new problem. for months now he's been arguing that he is the man to fix this economy. that he could bring us back from the brink. that he was leading because this president made things worse. >> when he took office, the economy was in recession. and he made it worse. and he made it last longer. >> he didn't create the recession, but he made it worse and longer. he did not cause this recession, but he made it worse. >> that was romney's argument. and he was sticking to it. except he soon found out it wasn't the best strategy. >> i didn't say that things are worse. >> wait. didn't we just play this clip? >> he did not cause this recession, but he made it worse. >> that's what i thought. romney repeatedly blamed president obama for making things worse until this little slipup. >> isn't it a hard argument to make if you're saying, like, okay he inherited this recession and took

i'm al sharpton. tonight's need -- will admit romney returns to the state where he was born on third base. where his daddy was governor and where folks woke up one day to learn that he thought detroit should go bankrupt. it is all part of it is every town counts tour. he's tasting food at bake shops. he's driving old american cars. and he's repeating his claim that he restored to middle class. >> you want great jobs for americans. i want to see rising wages again. i want to help the american people know that if they work hard they get an education, they will have a fair shot. >> everyone deserves a fair shot. that's a great sentiment. but don't be fooled. this is the man who he's paining with today -- governor rick snider. and this is the type of michigan he bleeds in. in his first budget snider cut aid for more than 11,000 needy families. including 30,000 children. he slashed school funding by over 8%. guess what all that made room for. a $1.7 billion tax break for corporations. those are some messed

i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, president obama wants action on jobs.ublicans in congress, demanding they put politics aside and actually do something to create jobs. he accused them of failing to act and of putting the economy at risk. >> last september i sent congress a details jobs plan, full of the kind of bipartisan ideas that would have put more americans back to work. if congress had passed it in full, we'd be on track to have a million more americans working this year. the unemployment rate would be

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts now. . . >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton.ction fairness. at a campaign event in new hampshire this afternoon, president obama laid out his vision of this country. a vision of america where everyone has shot at success. a vision where the middle class thrives. a vision that stands in direct opposition to that of willard mitt romney. a man who made millions in junk bonds who always made sure the cards were stacked in h favor. and who profited by sending jobs overseas. >> it was reported that governor romney's old firms were pioneers in outsourcing jobs to china and india. they tried to clear this up by telling us there's a difference between outsourcing and offshoring. that's what they said. you cannot make this stuff up. what governor romney and his advisers don't seem to understand is this. if you're a worker whose job went overseas, you don't need somebody trying to explain to you the difference between outsourcing and offshoring. you need somebody who's going to wake up every single day and fight for american jobs and inves

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington.with this. what's the difference between a democrat and a republican? when it comes to economics, what do democrats want done? what do republicans want done? what wants to keep a hand on wall street and who wants to let the big boys up there do whatever they want? who wants a fair tax system in this country? who wants to top to get all the tax breaks so they will invest more? who wants a health care system for this country and who does not? let's start with the best fight in america right now. it's up in massachusetts between democrat elizabeth warren and republican scott brown for the united states senate.