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you're the split screen in between sean and reverend sharpton chuckling here. how do you see this? >> i would love to debate the issues and i think that's what we really want to have and see in this florida race is what is this agenda that gillum is pushing? i would argue bernie sanders known as a socialist and cortez known as a socialist are pushing abolish i.c.e. or medicare or pushing for higher corporate tax rates. that is by definition a socialist agenda. is it pure socialist -- >> exactly. >> it is socialism. let's have that debate between the trump agenda and what gillum is pushing -- >> let's talk about this. this is what you're here to talk about when it comes to this and let me jump in in talking about this. when it comes to this, the issue that we're trying to get to at this point is desantos bringing up that word, out of all the words in vocabulary you can choose as a harvard educated man choosing this word knowing -- >> oh, lord. >> knowing he's the one and you're saying yes -- >> jake carney -- they all used this term. this is what frustrated me a little bit. all of t

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. >> good morning, reverend sharpton.ontradicts the department's own policy that says she would be able to take action to preserve the integrity of her police department. obviously the texas rangers are investigating, and she was saying she did not want to interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation, but according to the department policy, it is showing she could weigh in on this if it were to preserve the integrity of the department. >> and to fire her in terms of the police officer, in terms of what she did on duty -- not on duty but did as an officer, would not in any way impune the investigation by the sheriff's department. it's saying the job she can no longer really do, because who could trust somebody who doesn't know their house from somebody else's house and kills somebody? >> true. yes, and also -- it is like one of the big things -- it's like, i guess my biggest thing is that good cops -- i'm sorry, bad cops we saw prosecuted simply had -- had -- had -- had -- >> the good cops being -- >> they were actuall

rachel: jesse yaction e al sharpton and louis farrakhan.to be lectured by any of them. how overtly christian so much of it was i was impressed and jennifer hudson's ren division amazing grace. talk about divinely inspired. ed: it went on for a little too long. rachel: it was like 8 hours long. anyway we are. ed: we are going to read some headlines. rachel: we will read headlines and then have snacks. services continual for late senator and war hero john mccain. wife cindy and daughter paying respects. 30th person to lie in state at the u.s. capitol rotunda. >> i will miss a dear friend whose smile reminded us that service is a privilege and whose scars reminded us great cost that brave souls paid for our freedom. ed: later this hour we will have a live report from capitol hill on the ceremony planned this morning at the national cathedral. rachel: the fbi arresting a muslim extremist training kids to become school shooters at new mexico compound. all five now charged with breaking firearm and conspiracy laws. they will appear in court on tu

sharpton says he won't stop until someone is held accountable. >>> developing out of southern california, a car chase that ended in a gunfight in east los angeles has left two deputies wounded and one suspect dead. the deputies stopped four men yesterday when a chase began. as deputies approached the suspects, gunfire was exchanged. officers are in serious but stable condition. two other suspects were also arrested and another suspect is still at large. >>> a young man gunned down in san francisco's outer sunset district has been identified and his family is commanding justice. 20-year-old ryan sacdalan was killed tuesday night. he was shot near 46th and moraga. his father said he was out with his friends when gunshots rang out. his family is searching for answers and asking witnesses to come forward. >> i just thought he was the most loving person i have ever met. and i just wish that this had never happened to him. >> my family is in pain. and we just want justice. if anybody knows any information, please, let the police know. >> san francisco police say they are investigating but are

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joining the table is the rev al sharpton, host of "politics nation" on msnbc.know where to start. no concept of what it's like to be a victim of sexual assault. the vast majority of them do not report those incidents, and a lot of them take many, many years to go to authorities, if ever. >> i have fought issues on both sides of this from central park. and i think there's a certain level of you would of regard the president of the united states to respect both sides, if that's his choice and let them litigate it or deal with this in front of the senate. but to come with the weight of the presidency where he is clearly castigating this dr. ford, again shows why, as you've been discussing on the rosenstein issue, why people feel he is not fit to be president. i think that his aides were advising him in the best interest of not only where we want justice, but our president should be able and you're dealing with such a serious issue as a lifetime serving on the supreme court. there are issues that rise that need to be dealt with. >> where do you think the kavanaugh

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today on her behalf, theivil rights icon reverend al sharpton demanded the same from ten current prespton: the other sunday on my show i mispelled "respect," and a lot of y'all corrected me. now i want y'all to help met correct presidump to teach him what it means. d >> when i wo to her shows and watch her sg, it would be the best feeling in the world. nothing sounded better than the way my grandma sings. her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note, every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace. smokey: the world is celebrating you, and the world is mournig you.ld in the ws going to miss you. >> ♪ you make me feel you make me feel you makee feel like a natural woman ♪ aleem: there is no doubt that the often tough, troublife ofldretha franklin that yie such towering achievements has touched many who came after her. beinggoodbyes are said today, her legacy will inspire long into the future. jane: aleem maqbool reporting there. t also in detr the bbc's nada tawfik. she joined us a brief time ago. this has been going on all day. people are not running

today, on her behalf, the civil rights icon reverend al sharpton demanded the same from the current president on sunday on my show i misspelled "respect" and a lot of y'all, a lot of y'all corrected me. now i want y'all to help me correct president trump, to teach him what it means. cheering and when i would go to her shows and watch her sing, it would be the best feeling in the world. nothing sounded better to me than the way my grandma sings. her voice made you feel something. you felt every word, every note, every emotion in the songs she sang. her voice brought peace. the world is celebrating you and the world is mourning you and the world is going to miss you. # you make me feel # you make me feel # you make me feel like a natural woman # there's no doubt the often tough, troubled life of aretha franklin that ultimately yielded such towering achievements, has touched many who came after her, and while goodbyes are being said today, her legacy will continue to inspire long into the future. aleem maqbool, bbc news, detroit. a short time ago, fellow musician and longtime friend stevie wonde

same time we we are tired of music that she left and we were seeing pictures of the reverend al sharpton and jesse jackson amongst that they had the well wishes that at the funeral it's important to remember that as well as a singer she was a she was something of an activist as well in the civil rights movement. yeah yeah he brought that up he brought that up to say she may not have been on the front line on a time but she was her voice was there on the front line i mean i read those voices is american black family that's that's her voice i mean that's what i do when i hear or read i think about my grandmother's house and i think about listening to records and her share and different things that may have gone on in the civil rights movement and also i just you her voice carry so much with it it wasn't just the song it was the whole feel in the soul of the music that was a part of our families just a part of our live shot in case of an outright thank you so much thank you thank you more tributes and the united states this time to a political giants the body of the lake u.s. senator john m

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al sharpton: "she bore her cross, she fought a good fight, now it's time to crown the queen." family...jordan franklin/ grandson: "i know you be watching me from the windows of heaven. and i promise to carry our family legacy with pride and joy. long love the queen."both those who knew franklin personal -- and those who admired her talent from afar -- will keep her memory alive.smokey robinson/ recording artist: i'll miss you my buddy... i'll miss you my friend...i know my that my love for you...will never end..."in detroit, i'm omar jimenez. (vicki) 14-hundred bucks a month for rent?! sounds like a great deal right? that's the new national average...and it's an all time high. but get this...there's not a place in the bay area that cracks the top five most expensive neighbrohoods. (grant) remember that six year old from washington state that had us all feeling so sorry for him....after he said bullies beat him...when he stood up for another kid being bullied? police now say he made that story up why social services is talking to áhis family. (vicki) and right after the break..

. >> that's sharpton's black berry is that hillary calling. >> obama had trouble convincing democratsi'm going with obama over clinton they didn't want to risk the lost election. >> i'm asking to you look at the evidence and the record. >> we were feeling pretty good about her prospects but our polling showed there is this obstacle for her to prove she could indeed be commander-in-chief even though she was a woman. >> when you're attacked you have to deck your opponent and that is what i be -- >> so we were run on the fact she was incredibly experienced. she could start this job on day one and just go. >> senator hillary clinton has more than doubled her lead over barack obama. >> we were as far as 30 points behind in the national polls and our view was if we didn't win the first primary in iowa there would be no chance to win the nomination. and so he spent more than 80 days there in 2007 meeting one-on-one and in small groups. >> are any of these people over 30. >> i'm on my way to mason city then sioux city and out and around. >> how many people are going can vancing today. it's a

al sharpton/ civil right activist:"she was a feminist before feminism was popular. she was a civil rights activist when it wasn't popular."the celebration of aretha franklin's life, fittingly played out by another soul icon - stevie wonder coming up..a daylight auto burglary turned violent in the east bay. now the hunt is on for the suspect who nearly ran over the victim...who tried to put up a fight. plus...bizarre video of a woman using a car jack to pummel a greyhound bus.you won't believe what happened next....stick around for that but first...two more restaurants in an east bay mall, shut down because of rodents.just the latest in a series of infestation problems there...a live report..coming up. ((vicki))new tonight at nine...two restaurants at a shopping mall in the east bay... closed due to rodents.. ((grant)) one of them has re-opened after complying with the health department. the other has closed for the second time in two weeks.((dbl bx)) kron 4's gayle ong is live in concord at the sunvalley shopping center. gayle.. both of the restaurants are inside th

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here is al sharpton at the funeral in detroit. >> i misspelled respect, and a will t lot of y'all correctede. now i want y'all to help me teach president trump what it means. [applause] when word had went out that ms. franklin passed, trump said, "she used to work for me." no, she used to perform for you. she worked for us. >> i don't know why they have to politicize everything, but we see this across american life. people just want to turn force. now even the great celebration of a life, a musical legend, the queen of soul is being twisted and turned into a political rally. >> this was so gratuitous. and, again, aretha franklin, one of the great american voices of all time. didn't she get an award from george w. bush? i guess she was a democrat. she didn't seem like an overtly political person. maybe i missed that. maybe i wasn't aware of that. but it just seemed completely out of step. and then you had farakhan up on stage. he was an interesting person to have there on the same stage as bill clinton and other l luminaries. ariana grande took the stage, chaka khan. but here's my larger pro

his public image by meeting twice with a dedicated opponent of president trump, the reverend al sharptonaid to me, reverend al, would you pray with me? and we parade right there and i said are you going to be all right? and he said yeah i'm going to be all right for my kids. i think his state of mind is somewhere between very committed to trying to find a way to repair something for his family. and very much wanting to salvage some kind of refutation to the country. and very much wanting donald trump to understand he's not going to get away with just humiliating him. and belittling him. >> while cohen sought redemption in the public eye, his lawyer, lanny davis was ready for a fight. he turned to cnn to make a stunning revelation. >> bewee have one of the michael cohen tapes. >> and donald trump heard one of the most alarming sounds a president could ever hear -- his own voice in a secretly recorded conversation. >> i have just spoke ton allen weiselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> what do we got to pay -- >> funding, yes. >> that report appears to confirm that donald

why my daughter came a a from meeting you at the global citizens festival and said, wow, that's al sharptonud of you. good morning to all of you, i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york. 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. the second accuser the fbi now questioning her about claims against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. we're going to tell you what her lawyer says. >>> the president says critics are wrong. he's not limiting the new background check saying the fbi has free rein. >> the fbi, as you know, is all

his public image by meeting twice with a dedicated opponent of president trump, the reverend al sharptonand we took hands and prayed right there at the table, and i said, you going to be all right? he said, yeah, we'll be all right. i think his state of mind is somewhere between very committed to trying to find a way to repent something for his family, and very much wanting to salvage some kind of reputation to the country, and very much wants donald trump to understand he's not going to be getting away with just humiliating him and belittling him. >> while seeking redemption in the public eye, lanny davis was ready for a fight turning to cnn for a stunning revelation. >> welcome to prime time. we have one of the michael cohen tapes. >> and donald trump heard one of the most alarming sounds a president could ever hear. his own voice in a secretly recorded conversation. >> i've spoken to allen weissinberg how to set it up with familiar funding -- yes. that recording appears to confirm that donald trump was in the loop about that september 2016 plan to use ami to pay off karen. >> so i'm a

al sharpton is in good standing. none of this is about race at all.re trying to silence us, they don't want to answer the question. they don't want to answer it because they don't have an answer to it. think about that. america is a country the size of a continue in any event with 325 million people in it. what holds all of that together, what is glue? it doesn't need to be ethnicity or religion but it needs to be something. countries don't remain united without a reason. what's ours? you think our elites would be staying up late thinking about. that they're not, they haven't given it a thought and they don't want you to either. diversity is our strength. it is ined a "response from inadequate leadership class. they fan the flames of mindless tribalism, division helps them maintain power even as it destroys our country. they have no interest in national unity, they have no interest in the nation state itself, that's a barrier to advancement. there are a lot of people including us who still care about america the nation and it's worth thinking about wh

his public image by meeting twice with a dedicated opponent of president trump, the reverend al sharpton reverend al, would you pray with me? and we parade right there and i said are you going to be all right? and he said yeah i'm going to be all right for my kids. i think his state of mind is somewhere between very committed to trying to find a way to repair something for his family. and very much wanting to salvage some kind of refutation to the country. and very much wanting donald trump to understand he's not going to get away with just humiliating him. and belittling him. >> while cohen sought redemption in the public eye, his lawyer, lanny davis was ready for a fight. he turned to cnn to make a stunning revelation. >> bewee have one of the michael cohen tapes. >> and donald trump heard one of the most alarming sounds a president could ever hear -- his own voice in a secretly recorded conversation. >> i have just spoke ton allen weiselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> what do we got to pay -- >> funding, yes. >> that report appears to confirm that donald trump was

i think al sharpton was great yesterday. that was another communion, i thought, of people and personalties. there's george w. bush of course in the foreground there. dick cheney is there as well. there's the senator from minnesota with barack obama chatting there. she has sort of a girl next door image and i think it's appropriate for her, accurate. she's very likable. let's see, bill clinton is chatting away there. this he's one of the most sociable politicians we've ever come across, bill clinton. he can get along in everyone room. i always thought if he showed up on mars he would get them laughing. he would figure out what their sense of humor was. they've all been in this together. the one thing about politicians -- michael, you ran for the senate as i remember voting for you in maryland. i have to tell you there is a sense of being in the arena. there's pat leahy, pretty much the senior democratic senator, and marcelle, his wife with him. once you've run for office and faced the lions, i think you have a lot in common w

recognize mark morele, the president of the national urban league, melody campbell, reverend al sharpton, the president of national action network, vanita gupta, the president of civil and human rights, derek johnson, president and ceo naacp, sherylline legal defense fund, kristin clark, president and executive director lawyers committee for civil rights and fatima gross graves, president and ceo national women's law center. i would also like to recognize fred guttenberg, the father of jamie, one of 17 killed in the parkland shooting, kelly gregory, former airman first class, single mother, business owner living with stage four cancer, sarah mcbride, an advocate for lgbt rights and protections for patients, tia nellis who works on behalf of people with disabilities, angel young, an enrolled member of the standing rock la quota and a veteran. kim gain who advocates for a women's right to choose, bobby jenkins, a long time resident of randolph county, georgia and a voting rights advocate. kerry chin, who's been fighting for marriage benefits for same sex couples and carlotta ra near, a mem

preside ial, president of the -- president of the coalition on black civic participation, reverend al sharpton, the president of national action network, vanita gupta, president and ceo leadership conference of civil and human rights, derek johnson, president and ceo naacp, sheryl lynn eiffel, president naacp, legal defense fund. kristen clark, president and executive director, lawyers committee for civil rights and fatima gross graves, president and ceo, national womens law center. i would also like the recognize fred gutenberg, the father of jamie, one of 17 killed in the parkland shooting, kelly gregory, former airman first class, single mother, business owner, living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. sarah mcbrierksd an bride, advoe for lbgt rights. tia ellis that works on behalf of people with disabilities. angel young, an enrolled member of the standing rock lakota and a veteran. kim jorgenson-gaines who had advocates for a woman's right to choose, bobby jenkins a long-time resident of georgia and a voting rights advocate. kerry chin, who has been fighting for marriage benefits for

here is al sharpton at the queen of soul's funeral in detroit. >> you know on a sunday on my show, i misspelled "respect" and a lot of y'all corrected me. now, i want y'all to help president trump and teach him what it means.. [ cheering and applause ] when word had went out that miss franklin passed, trump said she used to work for me. no, she used to perform for you. she worked for us! [ cheering and applause ] >> i don't know why they have to politicizeha everything, but we see this across american life. people just want to turn sport, now even the great celebration of a life, a musical legend, the queen of soul, it's being twisted and turned into a political rally. >> laura: raymond, raymond -- this was -- no, no! this was so gratuitous, and you -- again, aretha franklin, one of the great american voices of all time -- i mean, she -- didn't she get an award from george w. bush? she -- i -- i guess she was a democrat, but she never seemed like an overtly political person. maybe i missed that. maybe i wasn't aware of that, but it just seemed completely out of step. and then you had

franklin's funeral in detroit included former president bill clinton, jesse jackson, and the reverend al sharpton who hailed her as "the soundtrack to the civil rights movement." and georgetown sociologist michael eric dyson. this orange apparition had the nerve to say she works for him. you doppelganger of deceit and deviance, you lethal liar, you dimwitted dictator, you bullish fascist, she didn't work for you. she works above you. she worked the on you. get your preposition right. amy: and legendary pianist and composer randy weston has died at the age of 92 in his home in brooklyn, new york. for more than six decades, randy weston was a prime nearing jazz musician incorporating the vast rhythmic heritage of africa.. his 1960 album, "uhuru afrika," was a landmark recording that celebrated the independence movements in africa and the influence of traditional african music on jazz. in 2001, he was named a jazz master by the national endowment for the arts, considered to be the nation's highest honor in jazz. in 2012, the late randy weston appeared on democracy now! and talked about the making of

. >> i don't know if you saw our segment earlier with sean jackson, the reverend al sharpton, other people as well. sean had said, he's not racist, and also the head of the caucus, the gop in florida said, no, this is not racist at all. is there any other way to interpret it? >> i have a hard time interpreting it otherwise. i understand that people are going to debate it. i respect that people will bring their opinions to this. but the fact of the matter is that ron desantis, from even before the primary, has been sending an awful lot of signals that, as was just discussed a moment ago, he wants to run a campaign that's very much like the campaign donald trump ran in 2016. i don't think there is any way to look at that 2016 race for president and not see it as an effort to divide the united states in order to achieve a political end, and to use incredibly divisive, destructive, often racist and xenophobic signals to divide the country. i think we're seeing the florida race begin to head in that direction. it may already be there. and what i would counsel is if we don't pay serious attentio

why my daughter came a a from meeting you at the global citizens festival and said, wow, that's al sharpton and i said, yep, and he's my friend and i'm proud of you. good morning to all of you, i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york. 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. the second accuser the fbi now questioning her about claims against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. we're going to tell you what her lawyer says. >>> the president says critics are wrong. he's not limiting the new background check saying the fbi has free rein. >> the fbi, as you know, is all over talking to everybody. >> well, not exactly everybody. according to one of the president's harshest critics, lawyer michael avenatti who represents a third accuser. >> if the fbi does not meet with my client or question her, then i think that's going to call into question who told the fbi not to meet with her. >> the week supreme court battle setting up the season premiere of "saturday night live." >> this is my speech. there is others like it, but this is mine. i wrote it myself last night while screaming

the rev al sharpton, president of the national action network and host of politics nation here on msnbc. brett stevens, op-ed columnist for "the new york times" and mar a gay, journalist and member of the "the new york times" editorial board. jeremy bash, let me start with you, one because i missed you. and two, the juxtaposition today, it was a split screen moment we finally achieved the two americas john edwards first talked about in my political career where, on one side of the screen, donald trump was urging the sitting attorney general to investigate the identity of the author of that op-ed in "the new york times," really rebuking his stability, calling into question his capacity to carry out the duties of his job. on the other side, the former president talking about how easy it should be to distance yourself from people who embrace good people on both sides of the kkk rally. >> what president obama has brought here to the fore, for the first time in his campaign season, but i don't think it's going to be the last, is this deep concern that we see that president trump wants to use

like, dude al sharpton -- lorne michaels is here, blah blah."he came to like, ten minutes later, he's like, "oh, this party's crazy tonight man. heidi klum is here, jiy fallon simon rex is here." [ laughter ] "manifest," about people being stuck on a plane for five years. or as spirit airline calls it, "the feel-good show of the year." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: yeah, we're, uh -- not gonna take off. so. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: what is that? >> steve: just forget it. [ light laughter ] pretend i didn't say anything. [ light laughter ] now we're going to land, but it's five years later. so, uh -- >> jimmy: what's that? i can't -- >> steve: sit back and relax and please take all your belongings with you. thank you for being on spirit airlines -- >> jimmy: is he talking to us? >> steve: -- for five years. [ light laughter ] been on a flight for five -- hold on one second. i'm getting something from the tower. >> jimmy: what's that? >> steve: aaaand it's five years later. [ laughter ] oh champagne james is on the flight. [ air horn ] >

the rev al sharpton, president of the national action network and host of politics nation here on msnbc. brett stevens, op-ed columnist for "the new york times" and mar a gay, journalist and member of the "the new york times" editorial board. jeremy bash, let me start with you, one because i missed you. and two, the juxtaposition today, it was a split screen moment we finally achieved the two americas john edwards first talked about in my political career where, on one side of the screen, donald trump was urging the sitting attorney general to investigate the identity of the author of that op-ed in "the new york times," really rebuking his stability, calling into question his capacity to carry out the duties of his job. on the other side, the former president talking about how easy it should be to distance yourself from people who embrace good people on both sides of the kkk rally. >> what president obama has brought here to the fore, for the first time in his campaign season, but i don't think it's going to be the last, is this deep concern that we see that president trump wants to use

>>> thanks to steve schmidt, joyce vance, phil rucker and the rev al sharpton. i'm nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, chuck. >> hi, nicolle. just another friday, huh? >> nothing much going on. >> actually in trump era, it is just another friday. >> it is. >> happy friday. thank you. >>> well, if it is friday, is the man in charge of the russia investigation about to be fired for cause? >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." we begin tonight with some pretty big breaking news that involves some explosive allegations involving deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who of course is the man who oversees the russia investigation. this afternoon "the new york times" dropped an extraordinary story that says rosenstein suggested last year that he secretly record president trump by wearing a wire. and according to the "times," rosenstein also discussed lobbying the cabinet to potentially remove the president from office via the 25th amendment, specifically singling out two cabinet secretaries, jeff sessions and then dhs secretary john kelly

. >> joining the table, my colleagues, msnbc anchor stephanie ruhle and al sharpton host of "politics nation." and president of the national action network. you were on the air when a lot of this was going on today. i was e-mailing you n wanted you to come back. this has had time to sink in. mitch mcconnell is on the floor now. kasie hunt said going through the formality of approving what the judiciary committee request chd is something that if they'd asked for at the beginning they might have avoided a lot of carnage for professor ford and the kavanaugh s. >> this has been so damaging for professor ford's family and brett kavanaugh's family. the fact they'll have this brief investigation doesn't give a final determination but gives the opportunity to get all of these unanswered questions addressed. brett kavanaugh should welcome this. no doubt he's going to have a difficult week ahead, but maybe a week that will give him justice and peace at the end. look how devastated his wife was yesterday. and while he gave that very impassioned and heartfelt speech, then there was the next hour

ñ l sharpton, i like miley cyrus, but she wanted to leave -- ed: didn't alex baldwin say he was goingave when president bush won for the second time the. november, does your act change? does your -- >> my act will change because i'll need to learn to speak spanish, because i will move to spain. >> trump win, i'm moving to africa. >> i need to come to your country if you'll let me in or canada. >> i'm also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins. >> maybe it's time for me to move. >> you can't possibly really be trying to be elected to become president. >> i did my house in another country -- all these people who threaten to leave the country and don't, i will leave the country. katie: chelsea handler not making good on that threat, zero celebrities have left since trump was elected, and it's just greatest country on earth, and they wouldn't be able to pursue their -- ed: what about al sharpton? let's buy him a ticket. pete: that's a lot of hot talk. and in their mind, the president's been really successful. in their mind, things have gotten worse, right? where's the exodus?

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also in aten dance william barbour and al sharpton who brought the crowd to their feet with this searingponse to donald trump whose tribute to franklin was to tweet that she once worked for him. >> i say that because when word had went out that ms. franklin passed trump said she used to work for me. no, she used to perform for you. she worked for us. 12k34r just one . >> one of the mem memorable moments from that municipal ran and the honor guards outside buckingham palace offered a tribute to the queen of soul courtesy to the queen of england. ♪ ♪ ♪ take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. so you don't have to stash antacids here... here... or, here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. >> john understood, as jfk understood, as ronald reagan understood that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline, not on what we look like, what our last names are, not based on where our parents or grandparents came from or how recently they arrived but on as heerdherence common creed -- that all of

reverend al sharpton, the president of national action network. danita gupta, president and ceo conference of civil and human rights. derek johnson, president and ceo, naacp. sha sheralyn, and fatima gross grays, president and national ceo of national law women's center. i would also like to recognize fred glutenberg, the father of jaime, one of 17 killed in the parkland shooting. kelly gregory, former airman first class, single mother, business owner, living with stage four breast cancer. sarah mcbride, an advocate for lgbt rights and protections for patients. tia nellis who works on behalf of people with disabilities. angel young, an enrolled member of the standing rock lacotah and a veteran. kim jorgensen gain who advocates for a women's right to choose. bobby jenkins, a long-time resident of randolph county, georgia, and a vote rights advocate. kerry chen who has been fighting for marriage benefits for same sex couples. and carlota lamear, a member of little rock nine. thank you for this courtesy. >> senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman.

from gladys knight, the reverend al sharpton and snowstormer president bill clinton. >> she took thist a song it turned out to be. >> hand in your cross and pick up your crown. >> franklin arooived as only she could, watched over by a caravan of 100 pink cadillacs across a red carpet into the church. >> the pastor who officiated at franklin's funeral has apologized. bush ol' charles ellis said he was sorry for touching ariana grande on stage and making a joke about her name. it shows his arms around her with his fingers around the left side of her chest. he said, this is the last thing i want to do. this is all about aretha franklin. >>> and the tribute to the queen was not lost on buckingham palace. the palace guards band belted out "respect" during the changing of the guards ceremony. >> i'll have you know i insisted we show this. >> she is the queen. it's quite a gesture. >> what a nod. >> it's about ten after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> mail call in the middle east. that means a special delivery for a most unusual reason. some of these items we

and reverend al sharpton, the president of national action network, amitta gupta. derek johnson, president and ceo naacp. president and executive director lawyers committee for civil rights, and fatimma gross-grayes, national women's law center. i would like to recognize frank dispute -- dispute enberg -- guttenberg. sarah mcbride an advocate for lgbt rights and protections for patients. tia nellis who works on behalf of people with disabilities. angel young, an enrolled member of the standing rock lakota and a veteran. jordan segain who advocates for a woman's right to choose. brandy jenkins, a longtime resident of georgia and a voting rights advocate. harry kim fighting for medical benefits for same-sex couples. thank you for this courtesy. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, ms. chairman. and i was perfectly happy to you, to senator feinstein, for that. ms. chairman, we've heard a lot of rhetoric. i think it might serve the committee well to have some reality. i've served in the senate for 44 years. during that span, i've gotten to vote on 19 nominations to th