thank you, reverend sharpton, for the strong vote. [applause] second of all i'd like to recognize and applaud this, we had record numbers of people of color in our caucus and record number of women. we have always been for a long time now a majority caucus, the house democrats, of women, people of color, and lgbtq. over 50%. now we're probably over 60%. that's a stark difference from the other side of the aisle. we're america. we look like america. america is represented in the congress very fully. it's interesting that it's -- 30 of the new members, 57, maybe 60 new members, 30 are women. over half of the people elected are women. [applause] this is particularly meaningful to us because we're observing the 50th anniversary of the election of the first african-american woman to congress. shirley chisholm. [applause] rep. pelosi: that's an appropriate way to recognize her success and courage. imagine the courage it took then. now it still takes courage. let's talk about a few things. we ran on an agenda of for the people. lowering heal

reverend sharpton, thank you for saving america. [applause] reverend sharpton: give a hand, nancy pelosi, congresswoman. [applause] [inaudible] a person that we all know. when she first went into office, i did not know her. my friend who was then governor telling me -- [inaudible] congresswoman kristen gillibrand. i said who is that? he said you know who i said. she made her first appearance -- she spoke for about 10 minutes and said i'll take questions. don't want to do that. she said no, i'll do it. [inaudible] i want to hear from the senator from new york. kristen gillibrand. [applause] senator gillibrand: thank you for his incredible leadership, his vision. he has spoken truth to power every step of his life. and he's a role model for all of us. i also want to recognize dr. w. franklin richardson for his leadership, for his constant effort to make our country stronger. i know why we're all here. we're in a moment in time where our country and our morality as a country is literally on a knife's edge. we have a president who has b

[applause] reverend sharpton: give her a hand! senator brown mentioned, i hear about her often from our greater cleveland chairman and our president, cleveland chapter of national action network. they brag about their congresswoman from the third district in ohio, serves on the committee of financial services, a member of the congressional black caucus, but a strong advocate for health care, let us hear from congresswoman joyce eatty. [applause] mrs. beatty: good afternoon my brothers and sisters. i want to myself with the words of my colleagues. let me say the two most important words i can say to you this afternoon and to you reverend al, thank you, thank you to the national action etwork and thank you to a room full of advocacy, workers for champions of civil rights. thank you for being here today at a very unique time. you see when things are wrong, in my opinion, as the granddaughter of a baptist minister, someone above has a way of taking care of things. this election is the beginning of taking care of things. you see, when

sharpton. [applause] reverend sharpton: good morning. tiffany.er hand to [applause] sharpton: i am so happy to see so many of you come from different parts of the country. this is the first to gathering of activists since the midterm election. and our determination, and we our other buses coming -- determination is that we want the senators and members of congress to lay out where they see us going and where we go the next hundred days. we will actually revisit some of their offices to really find out exactly where we go. your from them and question them. we cannot keep telling people in our community to come out and vote. know what is the agenda and what will be accomplished? voting rights, health care, and pre-existing conditions. criminal justice reform. where are these issues? majority have taken a in the house. what will be the agenda and? we can't go from fighting to get a majority to who will be the speaker? our agenda is who is going to get johnny home? politicsis beltway does not work

thank you, reverend sharpton. for decades reverend sharpton and the national action network and the people in this room have truly been on the front lines in fighting for civil rights and for economic opportunity. i want to tell you, i love national action network and i want to tell you exactly the reason why. there are a lot of good reasons, yao out there making things -- you're out there making things happen but it's because your middle name is action and i believe in action. you know, i'm all for good ideas and i'm all for talk but at the end of the day, it's action we need and we need it now so thank you some and thank you for having me here today. i'm so pleased to be here. thank you all for being part of this fight. it has been a rough two years. ha ha. can i have an amen on that one? even in the face of racist, hateful, boggetted attacks on bigoted -- biged -- attacks on our values, democrats have stood strong. well fought together, we have cried together. we have resisted together and we sure as hell have

a crisis, al sharpton is there.sure, that's the understatement of the year. thank you for saving america. did he save america before or after he decided to insight a shooting at freddy's fashion mart? save that tape for the next time some liberal calls you a racist. hilarious. east coast opening columnist may routinely denigrate them but americans remain a caring and generous people. the most caring and generous people in the world by far and unfortunately some people take advantage of that. one year ago, mark d'amico and kate mcclure raised $100,000 on the go fund me site. they did it allegedly for a man named johnny bobbitt. later he accused the couple of keeping all that money for themselves and now in a new twist, authorities say the entire story was a hoax from day one. all three of them are facing charges. what can we learn from this? author and columnist mark steyn joins us tonight for an interview. what do you make of this? >> i didn't think this was the craziest story of the day until i heard your last segm

the honorable reverend al sharpton. i love him.[applause] if you love him, stand up and let him know how much you love him. [applause] he's our guy. thank you. just if i may, by way of further introduction so that you can understand why i do the things i do, just a brief message for the introduction. i'm the kid who went to work with his father one day. i'm the kid who saw his father do what was required of him. he was a mechanic's helper. if they said clean up that grease spot, he had to clean that spot. if they said clean the toilets, he had to clean the toilets. i'm the kid who heard people call my father secretary, and i queried, i wondered why would they call him secretary, so i did what any child would, ask why do they call you secretary. i had never heard my father called secretary. he said they call me secretary because they know that i can't read, and i can't write, and they're making fun of me. every child wants to believe that his father is superman. so i had to ask, why would you let them do that to you? why? and he sai

thank you, reverend sharpton.know, for decades, reverend sharp t sharpton and the national action network and the people in this room have truly been on the front lines in fighting for civil rights and for economic opportunity. now, i want to tell you, i love national action network and i want to tell you exactly the reason why. there are a lot of good reasons. you're out there making things happen but it's because your middle name is action. and i believe in action. you know, i'm all for good ideas, i'm all for talk, but at the end of the day, it's action we need, and we need it now. so thank you so much and thank you for having me here today. i'm so pleased to be here. thank you all for being part of this fight. you know, it has been a rough two years. can i have an amen on that one. but even in the face of racist, hateful, bigoted attacks on our values, democrats stood strong and we tried to stand together. i think that's really important here. we have fought together. we have cried together. we have resisted t

you so much for knowing your value. [ applause ] >> and coming up -- coming up, the reverend al sharpton, historian walter isaacson and carole king, yes, that carole king, all join the table. "morning joe" is coming right back live from historic studio 8h in rockefeller center. i just got my cashback match,

an organization founded by sharpton. did al sharpton save america? on nancy at this point. >> he saved america from racial harmony. >> i will say no, there's a lot of things he's done that are problematic. >> problematic? >> you are a trump supporter. we are not going to get into that. >> he's done a lot of things that are problematic. nancy pelosi is referring to the fact that he's done a lot to take on racism. >> stop racism by causing racism. >> laura: we are going to vaping. i wish you could stay for this segment. we have a millennial vaping fanatic facing off against a doctor who was against it. it's time to get out of line with upmc. at upmc, living-donor transplants put you first. so you don't die waiting. upmc does more living-donor liver transplants than any other center in the nation. find out more and get out of line today. >> the disturbing trajectory of use we are staying in youth and the resulting path to addiction must end. >> laura: e-sigg usage has raised 80% on high schoolers. they want regulation with regard to flavored varietals t

all the al sharpton questions. about is i had a ticket in my hand, and i was walk out of "the daily show," because two weeks before it was released worldwide i had a ticket to a prescening of "the fellowship of the ring." and i put my hand on the door to leave "the daily show." and i heard, "stephen colbert, come to the studio. stephen come to the studio." and i said (bleep)! and you said, "you're al sharpton? i said, "got it." that was literally the entire conversation. >> and then it just ran. and it was so brilliant that al sharpton's action network actually then asked stephen to take over. ( laughter ). >> stephen: yeah. >> which i was -- >> stephen: and here i am. >> i was shocked about. very few people know, stephen is on television and he shares with you every night his thoughts and his feelings and dreams about this country and his hopes for the future of it. but what you don't know is what a dwoapted and lovely family man stephen colbert is. and i wanted to ask you about that. >> stephen: sure. >> which ch

it's a civil rights organization founded by sharpton. did al sharpton save america? missed that memo. >> he saved america from racial harmony. >> no. i will say -- no. he's done a lot -- there's a lot of things that he's done that are problematic. >> problematic? >> you are a trump supporter. we are not going to get into that. >> he's done a lot of things that are problematic. nancy pelosi is referring to the fact that he's done a lot to take on racism. >> stop racism by causing racism. >> laura: we are going to vaping. i wish you could stay for this segment. we have a millennial vaping fanatic facing off against a doctor warning against it. find out what's going on, next. n >> the disturbing trajectory of use we are seeing in youth and the resulting path to addiction must end. >> laura: e-cig usage has raised 80% among high schoolers and as a result the fda wants regulations, specifically with regard to flavors varietals, that helped propel an explosion in use among the young. here now, two folks on opposite sides of the issue. and you go by the name tommy smokes be

reverend sharpton, thank you for shaving america.esse: if sharpton saved america, we are doomed. >> he insulted over 400 young black conservatives rebrought to the white house and said some horrible things about him. if she thinks he saved anything. the irs called reverend al. you still owe some money. if these are the cast of characters and clown show the democrats want to parade around. 2020 is still around the corner. i hope nancy pelosi wins because it will help republicans. jesse: pelosi could wave good-bye to the majority. a report in "axios" about 85 potential investigations of the trump administration. everything from the comey firing to the travel ban, tax returns, family businesses. they are reopening the russia investigation. do you think that will be a positive for the democrats? >> yes. the president has gone basically unchecked since he won the election. jesse: unchecked? >> 64 subpoenas for information that have been rejected. there are rules of the game that he doesn't play by that every president in our history has.

pelosi was talking about -- al sharpton charlie listen and react to what pelosi said about al sharptonll it. >> thank you for helping take back america. people call over the place are cacalling me, writing airports here, there thank you for saving america. i give those thanks to you. thank you for saving america. [applause] reverend sharpton thank you for saving america. >> well charlie if shorp ton saved america we're doomed. >> mid gooness. look i'vef had my back and forth of reverend al sharpton weeks ago he insulted young black conservatives we brought to the white house. andac said some horrible things about them s before them to thik she has a moral stature to think he saved anything xepght his own career by exploiting comungts around the fear and division by the way irs called him you owe some money. but look if these are cast of characters in clown show 2020 is right around corner soon to be speaker pelosi hope she wins to do nothing but help us conservative and republicans. >> might have been a wave election that means pelosi can wave good-bye to majority in two years. kelly t

leave it to reverend sharpton to kick this off with two powerful women. so now i have the honor of bring up congresswoman terri sewell. she is in her fourth term representing alabama's seventh congressional district. she is one of the first women elected to congress from alabama, and in her own right, and is the first black woman to ever serve in the alabama congressional delegation. she sits on the house ways and means committee, and the distinguished house permanent select committee on intelligence charged with the oversight of our national security. she is the ranking member on the subcommittee of the department of defense intelligence, and overhead architecture, she is the key subcommittee on house permanent select committee on intelligence. she is busy. but today we are here because we are so thankful to her work on voting rights and how she is spearheading efforts to restore the protections of the voting rights act that was guided in the shelby versus holder decision. so we're going to bring her up here to start this and then immediately after, tiff

reverend sharpton, thank you for shaving america.esse: if sharpton saved america, we are doomed. >> he insulted over 400 young black conservatives rebrought to the white house and said some horrible things about him. if she thinks he saved anything. the irs called reverend al. you still owe some money. if these are the cast of characters and clown show the democrats want to parade around. 2020 is still around the corner. i hope nancy pelosi wins because it will help republicans. jesse: pelosi could wave good-bye to the majority. a report in "axios" about 85 potential investigations of the trump administration. everything from the comey firing to the travel ban, tax returns, family businesses. they are reopening the russia investigation. do you think that will be a positive for the democrats? >> yes. the president has gone basically unchecked since he won the election. jesse: unchecked? >> 64 subpoenas for information that have been rejected. there are rules of the game that he doesn't play by that every president in our history has.

thank you reverend sharpton. decades reverend sharpton and the people in this room and the national action network julia been on the frontlines and for economic opportunity. i love the national action network because your middle name is action. i believe in action. but at the end of the day action is what we need and we need that now thank you all for being a part of this. it has been a rough two years. but even in the space of racist hateful bigoted attacks on our values, democrats tested strong and we try to stand together fought together we cried together and resisted together and we sure as hell have persisted together so americans went to the polls to put power back into the hands of where belongs we need a celebration around that. into months the house of representatives the people's house will be doing a lot more work for the people and that's a good thing i'm here at the people that i hope are ready to get to work are you ready to get to work? . >> i say this because i recognize the road ahead will not be

reverend sharpton, thank you for saving america. [applause] okay.elle on cr tv. michelle now we know -- with the election last week, that democrats took over, the house -- and reverend al sharpton helped save america. [laughter] >> who knew -- that it was who knew that midterm were a referendum on al sharpton. i am not shocked, of course, of the die rir of the mouth that comes out of nancy pelosi. but it tells you something about how out of touch the leadership of the democrat party is still kissing ring of the god father of racial hoaxes. someone who has been a -- a racially divisive charl ton not to mention a financial charl ton owing millions in backed tacks and someone who was such an extreme and marginal figure who has stoked the rhetoric against cops for decades now, and has no constituency. what is nancy pelosi thinking? i mean, i joked that it is diary of the mouth but clearly this is calculated. i think that at the same time that she has to elay revolt that's whatting from the progressive slank, that this is what it's really about. it is th

>> al sharpton hasn't done -- he hasn't saved america.ne is tried to do is to buy america. hood wing black people exploit black people is what he's done. that's what he's been doing he hasn't done anything if it was behind america and wanted america to prosper why wasn't he behind tax cuts why isn't he happy about lowest unemployment especially among african-americans. but he hasn't done anything for america but race baited all he's done he hasn't done anything for america. >> only time you see al sharpton is is whenever a white person killed a black person but a black person kill another black person go behind like a turtle you don't see him no more. >> president obama looked at as like a confident. >> michelle obama is telling her book but what bothers me is fact that they can disrespect a sitting president disrespect the oval office it is so disrespectful. they haven't done anything for america. that's why america chose donald trump. >> you look at president obama running here if we have a biracial president and did nothing for black p

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for now its over to reverend al sharpton, politics nati"politic >> good evening and welcome to politics nati"politics nation". we're following two breaking stories for you tonight. first, the florida recount drama is drawing to a close. less than 24 hours before all returns are due to finally decide the state's razor thin senate race. next, to georgia, that state's high profile governor's race is finally over as democratic hopeful stacey abrams ends her historic campaign with everything but a concession. we'll get in to both stories shortly, but first, president trump is in california visiting with officials and communities ravaged by the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. at this hour, 71 people have been confirmed dead, more than 1,000 unaccounted for, with thousands more displaced. joining us now from chico, california, in the heart of the devastation is nbc news correspondent scott cohen. tell us what's going on at this point. >> reporter: the president is just about to leave northern california, spent a little less than two hours here, now on his way to southern california,

>> well, i think, reverend sharpton database thanks for having me on. republicans by and large for the past two years did a back flip as far as what you're previous positions used to be on a lot of these issues, particularly as it pertains to having norms and respecting ours constitutions. i think mitchell mcconnell is going to have a reality check. because in 2020 there are dozens of republicans up for re-election. mitch mcconnell has to face the reality do we stand behind donald trump and his craziness or face the reality that we have to steep away from him to save senate seats? and to be honest with you i think you will see republicans slowly distance themselves. otherwise they risk political suicide if they don't. you think november was bad this year, just imagine how worse it will be come 2020. >> isha, as a democratic strategist, you look at the is not races up in 2020. and as sher michael has said. the whole map changes this time because it's tilted where a lot of republicans are up. is this an opportunity for the democrat not only to capture the

i am joined to kickoff coverage by donny deutsch, and reverend al sharpton, president of national action network. he met with cohen in july where they prayed. thanks to both of you for being here, rev, your response to the reported comments? >> i think they will try and pick cohen apart saying he is desperate i think was one statement. all you have to do is look at the behavior and does the behavior of donald trump match what cohen is saying. he is saying donald trump said derogatory statements about a contestant on "the apprentice." he didn't choose that contestant. he talks about he does not think a black can run a country or a city, he was the one that started his political career questioning the birth of the black president of the united states. central park five. i mean anything that has shown a pattern of behavior of donald trump goes right along with these statements, so i think michael cohen is not making this up because it is not antithetical to trump's behavior. people keep saying he is dog whistling. i said i have dog ears. i understand exactly what he's saying and i don't nee

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joining us at the table, reverend al sharpton. i'm going to start with you, rev.ind this all kind of extraordinary and historical and a million things but tell me, what do you think you hear when you hear what rick scott is saying, what president trump is saying, what all these people are saying about the situation in florida and what it means about andrew gillum? >> i think it would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. i was in florida last sunday leading the polls -- souls to the polls. the local ministers organized hundreds of people. andrew gillum came and marched even though it wasn't a gillum rally. and i had been there throughout the summer around amendment 4 which did win. >> right. >> the irony of this is that you're talking about the same people that counted the votes tuesday that said rick scott won and now all of a sudden they become democratic operatives in the recount. there's not been a new hiring practice of election counters and election officials in florida. so how are these people great civil servants tuesday night when they won but now scott wants

i'll bust out al sharpton i am. sick. and. tired. ok see that i'm going back to the bios to look at them out on the funniest bloweth post and it's home to most of the shows just the flu and souls the. moon noodle and you must. move. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent slice last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one one distance shows you can't afford to miss the one and only boombox. twelfth of may twenty seventeen open eyed and dangerous computer virus has spread around the globe want to cry is the name of this type of criminals have given the virus was which they blackmailed thei

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the reverend al sharpton who founded the group is among the speakers this morning. also speaking today, d.c.'s delegate to congress elinore holmes norton, and we'll hair from amy klobuchar and kamala harris cliburn, the third ranking democrat. and congress is back in session today, the first gathering since the midterm election. >> the president back in town, we'll spend time on washington journal focusing on the week ahead, plenty to talk about, plenty to cover, john bennett for roll call, and a reporter from the hill newspaper. and melanie, the lame duck session kicks off this week, so take us through what to watch for this week, the highlight, i guess, has house republican leadership? >> that's right, this week they'll start with the leadership elections, taking place wednesday. not a lot on the schedule, but they'll look at december 7th. they have a few government agencies funded, the lion's share of the funding has been taken care of, but of course, the department of homeland security which has jurisdiction over the border wall has not been funned and trump is

trish: we have new video from inside an al sharpton-run conference with senator bernie sanders unleashing on president trump. i want you to hear it. >> we have a president who is a racist. a president who is a sexist. a president who is a homophobe. a president who is a xenophobe. it gives me no joy to tell you that. but that is the simple truth and we have to confront that truth. tub * i have said' times on this show, i think it's irresponsible some of the comparisons they make. especially when you hear the comparisons the network across the street like to say. invoking adolph hitler which i think is insulting to the people who died at the hand of that heinous man. adam johnson, is this what you do when you have no economic platform? >> my mother somewhere in 6th grade said don't call people names. bernie sanders is calling donald trump names. on and on and on. when you don't have something to stand on, you call people names. it's hard to defend yourself. donald trump is the one who moved the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. one of the greatest white house defenders. it made me feel uncomforta

time to hand it to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." tonig tonight's lead, it's been five days since election day. the drama in florida, georgia and elsewhere is just as high as a week ago. in florida, all 67 of its counties are on the clock. more than 8 million ballots to machine count in the next four days in a statewide recount that has brought out protesters from both camps. and it's getting ugly, folks. meanwhile next door in georgia, stacy abraham is refusing to bow to pressure for brian kemp to concede in the state's race for governor saying that thousands of provisional ballots. president trump returns to washington with just six weeks before a historic democrat majority in the house starts flexing his muscles and later i'll talk about that with democratic national committee chair, tom perez, about where the party expects to start. joining me now, american family radio host stacy washington, as i understand indicated talk show host and author, bill press, and "new york times" columnist and msnbc contributor, michelle goldberg.

al sharpton as opposed. various civil rights groups opposed. misquestion is, if the answer is, he can get people a voter i.d. that not only helps them vote and helps them get access to government benefits to travel, to other things like entering federal building where i.d. is required, why don't we do that rather than spend the money on lawsuits? and if people like jimmy carter and bill clinton and martin luther king jr. iii and andrew young can agree, why don't the civil rights group support it. >> we welcome listeners on c-span radio. welcome to the conversation. karen is lake view, oregon, republican line, good morning. >> good morning. i'm so thankful to talk to john today. was a poll challenger in 2012, which means you go in and you check off name's people who are voting and call them into the republican party. there was a democrat representative there and she told me that she did not -- she didn't think of this it was right and if she was a voter she wouldn't want me taking her name down as a voter. and then later -- they sat me in the ba

live this month at the national action network its founder al sharpton talks about the result of the2018 midterm elections. the potential legislative agenda of a new congress and the voters might see on their 2020 ballots. the the senate returns at 3 p.m. for the first time since election day for votes on coast guard programs. >> sunday on q&a, california democratic congresswoman jackie speier talks about her memoir. >> i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation to war with then congressman leo ryan, and we were ambushed on the airstrip, and shot. congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on the airstrip. there were members of breast that died. one defector who died and i was shot five times on the right side of my body. a bone jutting out of my right arm, a wound in my the size of a football, and it was oh, my god, i'm 28, this is it. >> sunday night at the eastern on c-span's q&a. >> last month the supreme court heard oral argument in the case garza v. idaho. at issue is whether a criminal defendant may appeal his convict

it begins with national action network president al sharpton. good morning.

and al sharpton. director off progressive programming for sirius xm radio. the pulitzer prize winning presidential biographer and historian and an msnbc contributor. and an msnbc political analyst in d.c. with us. let me start with our new arrivals. >> i think when we look at the fact that the democrats did take the house t does mean that they can move forward. they have to move in a balanced way. they can't over jump the runway where it plays into trump play thing victim, but they must hold him accountable and show their constituents that taking the house means something. so more than to find the balance. we didn't expect they would take the senate. very disappointed in florida with gillum losing and we don't know yet what's happening in georgia. and quoting as minister from the book of meacham, you have to wonder whether race played a factor but i'm very happy that amendment four that restores the voting rights for felons. because my brother got me involved. so i'm very happy that passed. that's 1.4 million that should have never been in that situation. so

. >> this is what you were talking to rev sharpton about? >> yes.live so i have a chance to reinvent myself to get paid. >> can i ask a question. you see the sampling. creativity is all about -- there's no original idea, you steal, picasso said if you're going to steal, steal from the best. >> it's not stealing. they do it -- the artists, i'm friends with them, they take the money from the artists but never give it to -- >> that's my question, if i hear it from you, do you ever get a dime of that? >> for the most part, myself, no. lots of people do. but you have to figure a way because you don't have enough money to fight the big companies. >> any fan of yours would say that's so messed up. last question for each of you, you were in a period of a real civil rights, women's music, cultural awakening. then it felt like it was the '80s, there was a lot of artists that wanted to stay out of politics. are we seeing an emerging now that we see these artists talking about voting? >> i think it's coming back. they took us backwards after the fights in the '

. >> reverend sharpton, what we're talking about in 2018 is the basis for a civilized society.n we talk about health care, for instance, i did a town hall in newark, new jersey, and two african-american people stood up and said, i wouldn't be here if they would repeal the affordable care act because i would be dead. when i was in north carolina, people were talking about hunger, about young people going hungry. >> literal hunger? >> that is not my idea of what the united states should be standing for in 2018 or anytime. we're talking about fundamental human dignity for every american citizen and what that means in the 21st century, that's what's at stake. >> if there is a democratic win on tuesday, will you also be holding them accountable to dealing with some of these issues? >> look, i think that there has been a sense that this is a game, that the democrats play the republicans, and it's like a sports league, and sometimes the yankee win, and sometimes the red sox win and sometimes the dodgers win. that's not what's going on here. we're talking about the lives of american ci

i turn it to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's double lede, the almost-official end of the midterms and the next phase of the russia probe in washington. nbc news is reporting that according to a source familiar with the matter by thanksgiving thursday this week, president trump will submit answers to written questions from special counsel robert mueller's probe. will the two meet face to face? it's still unclear. in florida where a democratic senator bill nelson a short time ago conceded his re-election bid to rick scott, the state's outgoing governor, the decision was made after nelson short of the votes in the latest recount, not hesitating, president trump tweeted in the last hour celebrating the victory. the win shores up the republican majority in the senate, and now stands at 52 republicans to 47 democrats with one seat still up for grabs in mississippi. in the house, democrats have picked up 37 seats since election day with three races confirmed. and still undecided is three. joining me now is carrie shelfed, c

now i turn it over to reverend al sharpton in "politics nation." >>> good evening and welcome to "politicsre following the developing news at the u.s./mexican border on the west coast where hundreds of migrants have pushed past a blockade of mexican police was shut down in both directions. this comes after the mexican government denied striking a deal with president trump on our asylum seekers. plus, protesters outside of birmingham, alabama, are demanding answers after police mistakenly shot and killed a black man in a mall on thanksgiving night. >>> later, we will speak with the mother of that victim. >>> and all this as democrats in washington prepare to launch investigations into the president and his inner circle when they regain control of the house in january. >>> more now on that developing news we've been monitoring today at the southern border. hundreds of migrants are at the u.s./mexico border. the u.s. government has shut down the point of entry after large crowds of migrants began running toward the border. its known as the world's busiest border crossing, but right

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i think he's done as a personality and politician but i felt that way about al sharpton. >> jedidiah:gh, there was no evidence that was brought forth. here you have sworn declaration from her in addition to a police report, supposedly evidence of marks on her body. there was a restraining order that she was able to get. he is saying that i want a full and fair investigation. with all of this out there and yet he didn't apply to somebody who had accusations come out from x amount of years ago where no one was able to bring forth any amount of evidence. other than testimony. >> juan: to the contrary, i think he brought forth a woman that he said had some evidence. what he said turned out not to be true. and of course we know that professor ford sat down and gave testimony. she put herself directly forward. in the case of avenatti, understanding that he still may face charges. he could be facing misdemeanor charges. i don't know exactly how the details. as you say, it's just breaking but to me, the issue is should she be heard? of course she should be heard. if that's the charge against

. >> he is, reverend sharpton. our family thanksgiving will never be the same, because that was the night that they took e.j. away from us. and you know, on this picture, you can see these beautiful, big bright eyes and as a mother i'll never get a chance to look into my son's eyes. i don't know -- even know at this point if we'll be able to view his body open casket. and in light of that, after all of this has happened, even with them coming back recanting their statement, i have yet to get any type of apology, any type of anything, phone call, period. they didn't even notify me that my son had been killed and that's disturbing. that's disturbing -- >> you're saying that this happened -- this happened on thanksgiving night, this is sunday evening and you still have not gotten a phone call from authorities? >> i still have not. that's correct. i still have not gotten a phone call, a knock on my door or anything. nothing. >> reverend al, just remember his father was a correction officer for the birmingham police dep

i'm aaron gill chris now we turn it over to reverend al sharpton and politics nation. >>> good eveningt's a week of thanks for most americans. but not everybody is enjoying the spirit and joining in the spirit. while the nation spent the holiday week expressing gratitude president trump flew in the face of government branches and agencies. at times attacking them, from the comfort of his mar-a-lago resort the president berated supreme court chief justice john roberts, disputed the cia assessment of a saudi journalist's murder, and threatened a government shutdown next month if no more money is provided for border security. he