so anybody want to take that someone i'll sharpton date is going to come out during that trial?what happens is nbc news loses a judgment because they were able to talk about some unfairness on another branch of nbc news. this can be very complicated. one chapter of the book talks about how i feel the focus of race relations as collateral damage. one group to fox news seems to like to cover is the new black counterparty. i was watching election coverage in november and on election day they seem to keep cutting back to this voting area in philadelphia, where this guy who was a member of the new black panther party is also volunteering to help people -- opening the doors so people could vote. i guess you might explain it if they have question, but he was 10 in the polling place, opening the door and standing as a volunteer. as far as i know, the only news outlet continually coming back to the polling place. why are we spending so much time looking at the new black panther party? they are a small group, don't have minimum nurse. they've been criticized as a hate group. they are anti

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, a more perfect union. a historical day at the supreme court. tackling one of the great civil rights issues of our time, marriage equality. huge crowds gathered outside as the court heard arguments on whether gay couples should have the same right to marry as anyone else. it's an issue that president obama helped bring to the forefront of our national debate. helping the country to evolve just like he evolved. this issue boils down to one simple thing. civil rights. equal rights.

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anybody who believes in the free market, believes in limited government, disagrees with the sharptons >> why is that acceptable and commonplace. >> it's not acceptable. >> sean: well, in the sense that if anybody made a comment against an african-american that's a conservative and-- >> it's a double standard. >> sean: why, for example, attacks against christians seemingly go, i don't hear the same attacks against muslims, attacks against other things, why? >> listen, it's a double standard and the left does not want black conservatives to be vocal. >> sean: why? >> dr. carson is a success story. he's epitome of america's exceptionalism, he grew up poor, he did bad in school. he turned his life around, he's a neurosurgeon, a success story. this would blow away the myths of the black liberal establishment because they build their life around playing the race card and race baiting and-- >> so it's really an act of courage, but it's really sadly, it has to become an act of courage to be conservative and african-american because you're going to be called names. you have been called names,

what do you think, reverend sharpton?e thinking this is something i've dreamed of to be the first woman president and has to be my shot, but she also has to say look what happened last time. something totally unseen, barack obama came about. can that happen again? she also has to look at what does biden do. most people feel he won't run if she does. you don't know. what about andrew cuomo do? dan can say many of her people that would do the work, you are talking about where the players 20 years ago during the clinton years you have eight years of obama, new leadership around the country that don't have the same affection for the clintons that her school or her age class does, how does she get them enthusiastic enough to face a republican opponent if they can come up with a formidable one. she has a lot to weigh. i think she can make the right decision but it's not a slam dunk decision. >> kelly, what is the sense in washington? the clintons, either president clinton or secretary of state hillary clinton have been on the s

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, michael. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the budget cuts are here. for real. but do the republicans even care? afterall, wall street is doing great. stocks are nearing record highs. just take a look at the front page of today's new york times. here's the headline about corporate america. rek recovery in u.s. is lifting profts but not adding jobs. wall street is buoyant. but a more troubling headline is buried inside the paper. as automatic budget cuts go into effect, the poor may be hit particularly hard. this aes the real story here. the rich are getting richer and these republican budget cut that is will make the poor even poorer, as the president is doing his best to soften the blow. >> wer going to manage it as best we can to try to minimize the impacts on mern families. but it's not the right way for us to go about deficit reduction. we're going to do the best to make sure that our agencies have the support they need to make some very difficult decisions. understanding th

we've had huge challenges in this country, reverend sharpton. as you know.here's nothing that we can't do with the american people behind us. i think what you saw with the violence against women act is women and men all across the country saying come on now. this is something that we have to do -- not just the president to do it as the president. or he did it as a father of two girls, as a husband, as a son recognizing the importance of protecting all of our women around the country. >> and men. >> absolutely. do you think,as you mentioned when i talked about the show, would this possibly lead to compromise and breakthroughs and other areas? >> certainly we hope so. we've already seen glimmers of light. there seems to be anl awesome momentum but so much of his agener agenda to invest in education and early fall of the state. infrastructure. that ambitious agenda that's a growth agenda that will position our companies to be globally competitive in order to tackle that fully, we need to get our fiscal house in order. so we're going to find that common ground a

. >> stephen: yes, we have a new pope, me and the reverend al sharpton. see you at mass on sunday, al. [ laughter ] the point is: the lord hath smokein. habeas this guy-em. cardinal jorge bergoglio of argentina or as he will be known pope francis. the first pope named for st. francis of assisi, one of the most beloved of all time. that's a ballsy move, it's like going with the name pope kitten falling asleep. [laughter] pope franky has waste nod time. our pope now no longer looks like he is out to crush the rebel alliance. [cheers and applause] but as much -- [cheers and applause] -- as much as i like the new pontiff, i may he may be going too faf with his message of pope and change. [laughter] >> setting a tone for a humbler, simpler paip cinch he dreams of a church on the side of the poor. >> he refused to sit on a thrown to accept oath of allegiance but stood on the same level. >> pope francis shocked a newspaper stand when he personally called to cancel his subscription. >> he is a guy who rides the bus. >> pope francis doesn't want the limo or the fa

. >> reverend al sharpton is with us. i'm really sorry!day. >> happy friday. >> happy friday. >> we need him to play some godfather" to make up with that. >> a little james brown after governor perry's speech at cpac. no payback. >> did you hear what they did? >> needy. not even needy. >> they have. right? marco rubio go out. they will play the song. you'll let him in and you get that song. you know, reverend al is there. they know his association to "the godfather." and play some james brown. he walks out, everybody feels better. to rand paul comes out and they play ma tametalico. >> marco rubio, listen what they play for him. ♪ ♪ you're insecure >> thank you. >> like one of my kids. >> they play that for marco rubio. >> "even though you're beautiful" i believe is that what that is. >> not because you would know because you have a 4-year-old daughter. >> and i have a 9-year-old daughter. >> 5. i'm sorry. she is 5. that is important. >> does he choose that music? >> no. cpac stuck it right in the side, for some reason. with a -- >> that's

. >> thank you, reverend sharpton. good to be here. >> councilman, you've had four years of the emergency manager. you told "the new york times," quote, an emergency manager is like a man coming into your house. he takes your checkbook, he takes your credit cards, he lives in your house and he sleeps in your bed with your wife. he tells you it's still your house but he doesn't clean up, he sells off everything, and then he packs his bag and leaves. now, those are strong words. what is happening in pontiac since the emergency manager took over? >> well, reverend, since we've gotten here, first of all, the city of pontiac, just as you stated before, was a struggling city like the city of detroit. there was close to 1,000 employees in the city of pontiac. we're now down to less than 60. every city asset -- >> from 1,000 employees down to 60 employees? >> yeah. 60 city employees right now through primary, through layoffs, through outsourcing and privatizing of all of the jobs that the emergency manager has made. and -- >>

i'm your announcer, reverend al sharpton. it's great to be with you. let's get right to it., we go to the big east tournament here in new york city where georgetown, the number one seed beat up on cincinnati. our friends in d.c. will be happy. and the louisville cardinals celebrated an easy win over villanova. oh, look, we have exclusive pictures from the locker room. it's the star forward cha chane behanan and there's russ smith, guard. and two-time president bill clinton? what an amazing scene. oh, but you really want the real march madness, the madness as in mad, as in crazy? yes. it's day two of the big conservative party known as cpac. and let's go straight to the highlights or should i say low lights? reality star and birther king donald trump taking a shot at immigration. >> when it comes to immigration, you know that the 11 million illegals, even if given the right to vote, you know, you're going to have to do what's right, but the fact is, 11 million people will be voting democratic. you could say that to a certain extent the odds aren't looking so great right now f

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, a more perfect union. a historical day at the supreme court. tackling one of the great civil rights issues of our time, marriage equality. huge crowds gathered outside as the court heard arguments on whether gay couples should have the same right to marry as anyone else. it's an issue that president obama helped bring to the forefront of our national debate. helping the country to evolve just like he evolved. this issue boils down to one simple thing. civil rights. equal rights. we can't have equal rights for some, but not for others. justice scalia, the man who just a few weeks ago called voting a racial entitlement was exposed on this very point. >> when did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? >> may i answer this in the form of a rhetorical question? when did it become unconstitutional to prohibit interracial marriages? >> these are easy questions to answer. it's never okay to discriminate. it's ne

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> wedding of the year, republicans and the nra. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. i hope you're having a meaningful good friday and will have a bright and glorious easter sunday. now, get this. the republican party says that marriage consists of one man marrying one woman. how do you explain, or we explain what just happened? five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. nia malika henderson

years is what, probably the most liberal -- >> well, he hangs out in the green room populated by al sharpton and others he is the conservative in the room. that guy that looks like chandler from "friends." >> you're so mean. >> what? what? i'm sorry. >> herself the one thing -- i think the catholic church proves one reason why government and what we've been doing has been so wrong. we compete -- no, the catholic church is proving it. 'm not a bible scholar but i believe jesus said something you are your brother's keeper. it is not your government's your keeper. i'm supposed to do it myself. >> understand what obama

"politics nation" with al sharpton sarts right now. >> thanks, chris. . >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, they've wlblock, they've spun and they've tried everything they could to stop it. but guess what, the president's plan is working. >> get your popcorn ready. we've got some pretty good numbers here for u you. >> up 236 points. increased by 236,000 jobs. the last unemployment rate was 7.7%. you've got to go all the way back to december, 2008. >> there is work to be cone. but this is project. that's 36 straight months of project sector job growth under president obama. and we're seeing momentum elsewhere in the obama agenda. on gay rights, the president now pushing for equality: >>> on terrorism, osama bin laden's son-in-law now chaptured, appeared in a new york city court. on women's rights, president obama this week renewing the violence against women act. and, on gun control. a major hurdle cleared when a senate panel approved a gun trafficking bill. the president is getting it done. and here's how you know he's winning. today, rnc chairman reince pri oh, priebus

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. they mean what they say. the gop's pretending to work on minority outreach. they've literally held seminars on how to talk to minority voters. they've even been given a list of words not to use around latino voters. yet, dispute all that, here's what gop congressman don young told a local radio station. >> my father had a ranch. we used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks and to pick tomatoes, you know, it takes two people to pick the same thing. it's done by machine. >> that's despicable rhetoric. the congressman has apologized but not before the republicans tripped over themselves to condemn his remarks, they were all lined up condemning them. speaker boehner says there's no excuse and wants an immediate apology. calling the comments offensive and rnc chair reince priebus says it doesn't reflect the belief of the republican party. the fact is, these kinds of ugliness keeps bubbling inside the party. it's todd akin's legitimate rape comments. it's audience with a gay soldier at a debate. repu

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, finishing the job. president obama is back on u.s. soil fresh from his well-received trip to the middle east and today he jumped right back into the fight for second-term agenda, demanding that congress take action on immigration. >> we've taken real action from congress, bipartisan groups in the house and senate, working to tackle this challenge. i applaud them for that. we are making progress but we've got to finish the job because this issue is not new. emp pretty much knows what is broken. everybody knows how to fix it. we've all proposed solutions and we've got a lot of white papers and studies. we just at this point have got to work up the political courage to do what is required to be done. >> political courage. the president was talking about immigration and we're going to get into that a little later in the show. but he also could have been talking about another big issue where we're seeing momentum. gun control. today we learned the president will hold a ser

"politicsnation" with the reverend al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the more the gop changes, the more it stays the same. today, the bright new republican superstar, senator ted cruz, put forward a bold new plan full of original ideas to save the gop. >> tomorrow is the three-year anniversary of the passage of obama care. it should be repealed. >> repeal obama care? are you kidding me? that's the big idea? for all the soul searching republicans claim they are doing, they still don't realize that they are out of touch. today the head of the republican national committee insisted the problems, not their policies, it's their tone. >> it's not necessarily what you see but it's how you say it and if you go around and say a lot of biologically stupid things. >> right. >> and you poison the well and you create a caricature or you allow a caricature to become reality, i think it hurts your ability to win an election. >> republicans are lost. they haven't learned anything. they are just as clueless now as they were back during th

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the right all wrong, a crucial day at the supreme court where it looks like the defense of marriage act may be on the ropes. it's a discriminatory law that turns gays and lesbians into second-class citizens. and as i've said many times,re rights, you have to be consistent about defending those rights and speaking up when they are violated. but the increasing possibility that gays could have federal marriage rights is driving extremists on the right into a fury. they are resorting to vial language, petty attacks, and absolutely repulsive arguments, simply because they are opposed to gay marriage. just listen to rush limbaugh. >> there is a gay mafia that has inflicted the fear of death, political death in the republican party, for example. if same sex fits the bill of the contract, then everything fits the bill. and at some point, who's to say you cannot have sex with a child? at some point. >> come on, rush. even for you that's ugly stuff. conservative eric erickson t

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, america hasn't forgotten exactly 100 days after the horrific shootings at sandy hook elementary, president obama called out lawmakers for their political cowardness on gun control. and the white house today, the president stood with mothers who had lost their children to gun violence. children like grace mcdonnell from newtown and hiadiya pendleton from chicago. we need action now on guns, insisting we won't forget the victims. >> let me tell you, the people here, they don't forget. grace's dad is not forgetting. hadiya's mom hasn't forgotten. the notion that two months or three months after something as horrific as what happened in newtown happens and we've moved on to other things, that's not who we are. that's not who we are. the entire country pledged we would do something about it and this time would be different. shame on us if we've forgotten. i haven't for gotten those kids. shame on us if we've forgotten. >> shame on us if we've forgotten. after the speech, t

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, michael. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead. race to the top. big news today from wall street as the stock market hit an all-time tie. it's big news for business. but the middle class and poor are getting hammered. we'll talk about that in a moment. first, the market's big jump today. >> moments ago on the floor of the new york stock exchange, the dow jones industrial average closed at an all-time high. >> the dow ballooned past its previous record high hit before october of '07. >> march of 2009, maria, 6,547 on the dow jones industrial average. and from there it's been almost straight up. >> as you can see, these past few years have been great for wall street. on the left, you see the financial crash under president bush in late 2008. since then it's pretty much been up, up, up since early 2009 when president obama came into office. but too many republicans refuse to accept that success. to them the president remains anti-business or anti-american. some sort of socialist. they b

speaking at the federal courthouse in detroit, the reverend al sharpton called the michigan issue a national struggle. >> this is a national struggle, but a local issue. what the governor has done is nullified the voters of this city to impose his own will, something dr. martin luther king spoke against 50 years ago this year. >> detroit's the emergency manager began his tenure this week. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president obama is urging congress to pass his gun-control agenda, which includes universal background checks for gun buyers. on thursday, obama made an emotional plea for americans not forget the horrifying elementary school massacre in newtown, connecticut three months ago. surrounded by mothers of shooting victims, obama said the size of action must be taken to prevent future tragedies. there's no reason why we cannot get this done. but the reason we're talking about here today i

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> show down. let's play "hardball." ♪ >> good evening, let me start tonight with this. my kingdom for a horse. how does barack obama escape? how does he avoid personal harm when the country rises up in anger? when the army and nay vil bases stop writing checks, when the airports seize up because the air traffic controllers have been shut. i have my suspicions. not everyone fears this. to the tea party, this is a party. it already is going on now. to the republican regulars, hey, this could work. it will make the squirrelies out there happy. feeding time at the zoo. and the democrats and president obama, how about this? would you rather you or them take some hits at the pentagon and some other program that is you could blame the republicans for or would you rather go out and sign onto medicare that hurts everyone. it makes it look like you've given the store away. maybe you're thinking i can dig the sequester afterall. i'm joined by the nation's john nichols. i'm going to test my premise with you.

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. >>> tonight's lead, news flash for republicans. the president is not the boogieman. he's not a king. he's not a socialist. he doesn't have horns. in fact, he's actually a really nice guy who invites people over to his house for lunch. he's the kind of guy who picks up the tab at dinner. and, now, maybe, just maybe, republicans are getting that through their heads. earlier today, paul ryan dropped by the white house for lunch with the president. he thanked the president for the frank discussion. it came on the heels of last night's dinner with 12 gop senators. and, by all accounts, they had a great time. very open, honest and sincere. >> it was very constructive. it seemed perfectly normal to have a group of folks talking about the biggest issue our nation faces. >> it was very candid. it was cordial but also substantive. it really was. >> a big thumb's up from 34k cane? turns out, he has been hiding the truth from his own party. nbc news reports that after the meeting, one senator

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. thanks to you for tuning in.ight's lead, don't believe the hype. all the gops talk about change is just that. talk. a bunch of hot air. today, almost every single republican in the house voted for paul ryan's budget. the budget that would lower taxes for the rich, cut programs for the poor, and end medicare as we know it. it's unbelievable just three days ago the rnc rolled oh ut a plan to reboot the party, claiming that they will change the public's view that they only care about the rich. >> the perception that we're the party of the rich, unfortunately, continues to grow. that's frustrating. we want to lift people up from poverty. >> lift people up out of poverty? really? what about voting for ryan's budget today, republicans endorsed a plan to give every millionaire in the country a $200,000 tax cut. while slashing the safety net for the poor. doesn't sound like change to me. republicans claim they want to expand the big tent of the party. >> no words in telling us that we have to be more inclusive. i agree.

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. ♪ >> folks, no need to adjust your television setthe budget fight in washington has gotten so surreal, it's like something out of star wars or some other science fiction movie. >>> today, still trying to get republicans to compromise, the president reached way out into space for a metaphor. >> most people agree that i'm being reasonable. that most people agree that i'm presenting a fair deal. the fact that they don't take it means that i should somehow, you know, do a jedi mind feld with those folks and convince them to do what's right. >> jedi mind melt. the president combined star wars with star trek right there, but who cares? by midnight tonight, huge spending cuts will start to kick in. cuts that mean eventually, hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs. he knows the republicans' cut, cut, cut approach makes no sense. in this galaxy or any other. >> just have them down here and refuse to leave the room. >> i mean, jessica, i am not a dictator. i'm the president. so ultimately, if they say we need to go to catch a plane, i

"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. president obama leads. he arrived in israel. a three-day trip where he will meet with israeli and palestinian leaders. for months, republicans attacked his leadership and cynically said this president doesn't care about one of our strongest allies. but what the world saw today was president obama leading on the world stage. >> as beebee mentioned, this is our fourth meeting. america's support for israel's security is unprecedented and the alliance between our nations has never been stronger. israel's security is guaranteed because it has a great deal on its side, including unwavering support of the united states. we have your back. >> we have your back. doesn't exactly fit the republican's effort to use obama's diplomacy as a battery ram against him. >> on israel, it's never been worse between the united states and israel. >> you skipped israel but you went to the other nations and, by the way, they noticed that you skipped israel. >> they see president obama and new york city the sa

the huffington post afterward said that president obama met with rachel maddow, al sharpton and influential progressives extending the bush tax cuts. four words, campaign and sell the public. when i hear that, i don't hear-- i hear sham wow guy and i hear-- >> that shows a powerful national media advancing the cause of one political party. and i mean, i think the founding fathers would be stunned that that's happening. >> i think the founding fathers would be disappointed because they wanted an independent press to be a watch dog of the powers that be. it's happened many times over the years the white house invited the reporters, to come in and talk and the white house calls sympathetic reporters at press conferences and what not. i don't think it's unusual, but i think there is a blurring of that be objectivity line that we don't see that standard in journalism laboring like we used to. a lot of them are into advocacy journalism and they're perfectly fine with that. >> bill: if you're a commentary you're allowed and if you're not-- and the democrat post colluding in colorado and you see he

"politics nation with al sharpton, starts right now. 6. >>> in the fourth months since the election, republicans have tried everything to rebrand themselves. they've been told to stop being the stupid party. they've conducted polls. they've gone on retreats, and now after all that self-examination, the rnc is out with 100-page report on what went wrong in 2012. it's been finding voters said the party is, quote, scary. that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> but the report notes that the way we communicate or principles isn't resonating widely enough. focus groups described our party as narrow-minded, out of touch, and, quote, stuffy old men. the perception that we're the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow. >> scary, narrow-minded, out of touch, stuffy old men. i think they've got it this time. the first step is admitting you have a problem. so how do they plan on fixing this mess? >> we're going to be setting up an rnc field office in the san francisco area for a more rational number of debates. what? what? was busy that month? how does that fix being scary and out of t

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"politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris, and things to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, paul ryan goes back to the future. republicans have been trying to think in some way, any way to rebrand after getting crushed in the election. and now we have their big solution. meet the new ryan budget. it's just like the old one. just worse. more cuts for the poor and the middle class. more v.i.p. treatment for the rich, so much for that big gop change of heart. here's a news flash for congressman ryan. you lost the election. americans rejected your priorities and just to be sure i'm not imagining all of this, we pulled the table of election night. >> i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his victory. his supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. >> that's your running mate conceding the election and that's you right there. we put an arrow on the tape so you wouldn't miss yourself. there's you giving a nice big hug to the second place winner on your ticket. see, you knew i wasn't making it up and yet that night must not have sun

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> gunfight. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. the shooting has begun at the ok corral. you want to stop the sale of assault weapons. go for it. joe biden says it's always a chance. the news from the battle is it's gown do background checks, which i hear could go either way. we might end up with the horror of newtown with nothing more than something about trafficking, secondhand purchases, but for all those who care about gun safety, let me repeat what i said, get ahold of your senator or member of congress and say you want a real background check on people who buy guns. get ahold of your senator, by calling 202-224-3121. if you don't know your senator or member of congress, fine, just go to www.house.gov. and enter your zip code to find out who your congressman is. and www.senate.gov to find your senator. you can then click on his or her name when it pops up. it will take you to their website with all their contact information. look, at the switchboards ar

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i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> obama drama. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. you know that scene in "casa blanca" when the captain shoots the nazi, and does the right thing by bergman, and says welcome back to the fight, rick. i felt that way today watching president obama get back to the front in the historic battle for gun safety. not biden, not bloomberg but the twice elected leader of this country leading the charge for america to do the right thing, to measure up morally to the horror of newtown, connecticut. so i say it loudly and proudly, welcome back to the fight, mr. president. neil heslin is here with us today, he lost his son, jesse in the newtown school shooting, with the organization mayors against illegal guns. today in d.c. for the national day to demand action. there they are. lori haas is a member for the coalition to stop gun violence. she was standing behind the president today when she spoke. her daughter, emily, was shot and injured i

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, ten years after the start of the iraq war, too many on the right still don't get it. ten years ago tonight president bush announced the u.s. had started bombing iraq. he did this despite the millions of us who marched in the streets demanding that he stop beating the drums of war. the bush administration sold the war using the worst kinds of falsehoods and fearmongering. >> but we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. >> the checks alleged that the attacker met in prague with a senior iraqi intelligence official. >> iraq recently sought significant quantities of uranium from africa. >> bush and his crew misled america about virtually every aspect of this war. >> my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. >> we're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon. >> in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> mission accomplished turned int

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> equality. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington, let me start tonight with this. justice. rights. fairness. equality. bias. these are the matters argued today in the supreme court. can people of the same sex be denied the opportunity to marry? is it just? is it constitutional? is it equal protection of the laws? or is it unjustified, unconstitutional, unfair and unequal? well, the court must now rule on where the defense of marriage act fits by these standards. can it be defended as just, fair and equal when it so clearly be deaf significance is not? can it be declared consistent with our american constitution which says we cannot be denied life, liberty or property without due process of law? tonight we try to discern where the high court is headed. how it will rule on this sensitive question of american rights. the freedom we enjoy in this land and recognized and enshrined in its declaration of independence, the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happin

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thapgs, chris. thanks to you for tuning in.tonight's lead, is he serious? paul ryan unveiled his latest war against the poor. i mean, his latest budget plan. it's a proposal that shreds the safety net while giving massive handouts to corporations and the rich. exactly what americans rejected in the last election. make no mistake. 2012 was a referendum on the key issues of our time. and paul ryan knew it. hey, he himself made that point over and over again. >> we want this debate. we need this debate. >> this is a debate we want to have. >> we're giving the country a very clear choice. that's what we are asking you. november 6th is a time we choose. >> what we're offering is to give you, our fellow countrymen and women a clear choice. >> and the choice is yours on november 6th. >> boy, is it a clear choice. >> and, boy, did america make that choice. the choice was to reject wrong way ryan's way. but the congressman just can't seem to understand that. >> he won that election. house republicans lost seats in the house, got 1 milli

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> reince priebus. what more can i say?et's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with that bridge being detonated down in texas. wow. that's what reince priebus, himself, is doing to the republican party. he talks about building bridges to african-americans, but isn't he the same reince priebus who is chairman of the republican national committee and presided over a voter suppression effort in three dozen states, aimed at keeping african-americans from even voting? wasn't the country's number one birther, donald trump, speaker at the conservative convention? and wasn't that sarah palin letting loose with the latest crack about the need to check president obama's background? priebus talks about getting the true nature of the party out to the public. he says it's been a communications problem. wasn't the most excellent communication of all during the election year that tape of mitt romney talking to rich people in florida about the people, the 47%, who aren't rich? priebus

i'm al sharpton. hardball starts right now. >> cutting the deficit at any price. even the price is too high. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, deficit chicken hawks. we begin this week to find that republicans have gotten what they wanted, indiscriminate cuts in government. what no one is disputing is that they'll kill jobs and slow the recovery all while doing nothing to solve our long-term spending problem. it's not unlike being fat and deciding to cut off your leg to lose weight. at least we now know the one thing the gop stands for, cutting spending, any spending, and protecting the wealthy from tax hikes at any costs. >>> also, what are we to make of mitt romney's first post-election interview? here are two reactions that come to mind. he hasn't moved on, and he still doesn't get why he lost. >>> plus, would you pay $77 for a box of gauze pads? how about $1.50 for one tylenol tablet? guess what? it's possible that you already have anytime you have gone to the hospital. here is what i wa

community coalesce behind the president, pastors who have a good esteem and good reputation, reverend al sharpton of them, and you started to see because opinion of people that folks respect is moving in that direction, that does have the power to move people. i think it has in this case. >> i want to stay on you for a minute. i want to be sensitive here, but in the black community, the sensitivity about gay marriage, is it related to the lower prevalence of marriage, itself? of straight marriage? the people are living together, not really formalizing it in church or anywhere. what is the sensitive -- what had been the sensitivity? is it just religious-based or is it situational? people realize we've got to encourage straight marriage and this somehow threatens it? or what was it? is there any particular cause there is? why it was so conservative? >> it's the evangelical tradition. within the black church which is very conservative on a lot of issues, the evangelical tradition is the same as it is among white evangelicals. it is a biblical belief that homosexuality is wrong and follows that -- >>

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> ryan shrugged. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington. let me start tonight with this. you know the book "atlas shrugged," it's what happens when the elite of the world, people calling the shots go on job action. decide to walk away from their position, stop being captains of industry and let the country fall all around them. today, paul ryan, a total believer in "atlas shrugged" philosophy did it like in the book. mitt romney's running mate came forward with a plan that gives the biggest tax rate in the world to the richest. paying for it with huge slashes in programs for middle class working people and the poor. call it ryan shrugged. it kills the president's health care plan outright in its crib. dumps medicare for a cheapskate voucher scheme. and offloads medicaid on to the states and steals from the ordinary people, that old 47%, and gives a bundle to the elite at the top. why is ryan doing this? you just have to ask, why after getting beaten and rejected in

i'm not sure if you've seen it where two carings, one playing al sharpton and the other playing jesse. and they're asking themselves, is america ready for a black president. and the answer depends on the degrees of blackness. the fact that obama has barack as an african name moves him up. the fact in high school he went by the name of barry moves him down. the fact that he was raised by a single mom and a grandmother moves him up but in hawaii moves him down. you get the idea. we can quarrel with how those factors apply but the general idea that is being judged, both on the performative idea. it is the basic point to put on the table. >> and i have another pop culture clip that i pulled about the president when he first announced his candidacy back in 2007. this is stephen colbert about whether or not barack obama is black. >> settle something for me. is barack obama black? >> no. he's not. in the american political context, black means the son of west african -- the descendant of west africans brought here to labor in the united states. it is not a putdown. it is not to say he hasn't

i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> drone ranger.et's play "hardball." ♪ >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. people here get the greatest, most well-guarded rights in the world and there's nothing i'm prouder of. life, liberty and the pursuit of happy nsz. we have debates. debates about the most central questions. these questions, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. those words are the ones that jefferson gave us. >> senator diane finestein on intelligence. anyway, late this afternoon, john brener was confirm today be the next head of the c.i.a. the final vote was pretty strong, 63-34. brennan's nomination reignited the fight against the use of drones used overseas. can the government kill americans here on u.s. soil? well, last night, he states a nearly epic 13 hour filibuster. earlier this week, attorney genric holder reported that the scenario was entirely hypothetical. let's take a look. >> does the president believe he has the thr toy the kill americans that are not engaged in comba

"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris. thanks to you forritun tuning i. we start tonight with news, the mystery is over. we have a new pope. jorge will be called francis. there's another mystery about to be solved. the man behind mitt romney's infamous 47% tape will be revealed tonight. it was his secretly recorded tape that exposed who mitt romney really was at his core. he was speaking off the cuff at a fund-raiser inside of this florida mansion and he had no idea his life and his campaign was about to change forever. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right, there are 47% who are with him who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. >> 47% of americans