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. >> joining me now is jason johnson, professor of politics and journalism at morgan state universityson johnson. just to prove that we actually can exist in the same place at the same time. sometimes i have to get you on here because sometimes we swap out. but let's talk about this. there are some people going, why would she go on charlamagne or she's going to go on joe rogan's podcast. she's going on because that's where the people are. these are the top podcasts among black weekly listeners. number one is rogan, number two is the breakfast club. that's why she's there, right? >> right. yeah, joy, that makes perfect sense. the last time i looked at numbers, literally, the number of black listeners that skroe rogan has is larger than i think the entire audience of charlamagne. he's that big. and look, it's a great movie. also good campaign strategy. everywhere, everything all at once. the best way to win is by going where people are, communicating in different kinds of environments and hoping that important segments end up getting broken down into little pieces here and there. i am o

of the october 7th massacre, congressman and army combat veteran cory mills. ben domenech and jason rantz "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> the university banning a pro-israeld that be? lydia hu outside columbia with more from there. >> columbia university says the professor is harassing and intimidating another university staff. at the center of the controversy are videos that he posted stemming from the memorial that marked the one-year when hamas attacked israel. he says these videos speak for themselves. take a look. he took them during the october 7th memorial and he says that other students that are show pro-palestinian support attended and there were also carrying signs and shouting remarks demonstrating support for hamas. the professor said he encountered administration officials at the memorial and in this video approached them why he says they are tolerating the hate when he published this video and staff email addresses on social media as well. now he tells me even with this temporary ban in place he is not going to stop calling it out. listen to this. >> i think when every person on campus, jewish or not jewish, can be -- can feel safe being who

of the souls to the polls events. joining us is jason johnson and professor at morgan state university tara setmeyer, a former communications director and cofounder of the seneca project. >> good morning to both of you. so, i am not -- i don't have a question because i'm actually stunned that this is what our country is doing right now. you have the republican nominee for the presidency of the united states, standing on stage at a rally, not talking about the economy. not talking about creating jobs for the next generation. not talking about providing health care or even dealing with the attractable issues around climate. no, talking about a man's genitalia. this is the part that is the most disturbing, tara. the people behind him who are laughing and yucking it up and thinking that is good political discourse and what the next president of the united states should spend his time talking about. they weren't offended. they were mused. that's the rub with donald trump. it's all about the amusements and entertainment and yucking it up and dumbing you down enough to be stupid enough to buy in to these narratives about other peo

of your book, we will get more guys like neon. >> i hope so. [ laughter ] speak >> jason, "twenty-four seconds from now" is your first run increments. it is a universal of age story. tell me more about that and why that was important to you right about now? >> i would think about how once i was in a juvenile detention center, and there were young people in there that asked, what i thought there most checked out book was. i said, grady grtitty, sort of real stories about their lives, things they could see themselves in, she said, no, the romance novels are what they are checking out, because they are vicariously living through the author's words. they are incarcerated when they would be free and experiencing here first. i thought to myself, that is heartbreaking, but even more heartbreaking that jose boys don't feel comfortable or safe enough to check out this book if they were free. we have not created enough safety and enough honorable spaces for young boys to know that it is totally okay to activate their tenderness, gentleness, compassion, and their desire. and it is more about the talk of consent, there is more conversations to be held about thei

of president gerald ford and jason carter, grandson of resident jimmy carter, discuss a peaceful transfer of power during a presidential election year. this was part of a conference held on elections at the university of she can afford school

msnbc political analyst juanita tolliver is here, and professor of politics and journalism at morgan state university, msnbc contributor, jason johnson. with us, political strategist and msnbc senior analyst matt dowd is here, though not at the table with me, which i would truly, truly enjoy. one day we will make that happen. talk to me about the balance here that the vice president is trying to strike. she does need to sharpen the contrast with the ex-president. that's a rather dark comment. title, she launched this campaign saying we want this to be about joy. joy is difficult to sustain as a strategy over a period of time, right? joy is something you want at the end. it is the crescendo. how do you do that in the next two and a half weeks? >> yesterday was a perfect example. she had the anti-abortion hecklers in the crowd saying something to her from the floor of the venue. she said, i think you're at the wrong rally and cracked a joke about trump's smaller rallies. that hit all the things you mentioned on the head. contrast to trump what he prioritizes. rally sizes instead of policy. she had fun in that moment and that tr

well, jason miller is a professor at michigan state university, an internship of the department of supply chain management. welcome to the data that you didn't invite you. they have the international longshoremen's association . so it shuts down old ports from maine to texas. a 12 i want, i am on tuesday and this was after rejected. the employee is supposed to be final offer. but on monday, the us amount of time reliance, which represents the shipping from support associations and the reading terminal offer. it says they say about 5 offer was 50 percent, a triple employee as pension contributions and strong to health care options. which sounds like an amazing deal. you know? yeah, that's where we're at right now. is us, amex has put with their requirement is their best offer on the table the i l. a. the longshoremen union in question has rejected that. and so we are now in day 2 of a strike that is affecting all container shipping operations on the east and gulf coast ports, as well as what we call roll on roll off operations which concerns finished motor vehicles, construction equipment

board of supervisors in january, the city staggers its supervisors elections with odd numbered districts up for election this cycle. san francisco state university political science professor jasoncdaniel said with six seats in play, it will be an indication of how san franciscans are leaning. >> what's what's interesting for me is that this election has been kind of an anti-incumbent election, but also an election where progressive politicians are on the defensive. >> aaron peskin from north beach and asha safai from the excelsior district are running for mayor. and hillary ronen is termed out in the mission district. what remains to be seen is if voters will follow the recommendations of the outgoing supervisors for those open seats, or decide to vote for change. >> it could be a very mixed election, an electorate sending a lot of mixed messages. maybe in these races, though, i think especially in the open seats, these incumbents were relatively popular in their district. and so maybe their endorsement will carry a lot of weight. >> three incumbents are facing challenges from the richmond district to the panhandle and tenderloin and the west portal and inner sunset. some of th

of supervisors in january. the city staggers its supervisors elections with odd numbered districts up for election this cycle. san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said. with six seats in play, it will be an indication of how san franciscans are leaning. >> what's what's interesting for me is that this election has been kind of an anti-incumbent election, but also an election where proon the defensive. >> aaron peskin from north beach and asha safai from the excelsior district are running for mayor, and hillary ronen is termed out in the mission district. what remains to be seen is if voters will follow the recommendations of those outgoing supervisors for those open seats, or decide to vote for change. >> it could be a very mixed election, an electorate sending a lot of mixed messages. maybe in these races, though, i think especially in the open seats, these incumbents were relatively popular in their district. and so maybe their endorsement will carry a lot of weight. >> three incumbents are facing challenges from the richmond district to the panhandle and tenderloin and the west portal and inner sunset. some of those races could be b

board of supervisors in january, the city staggers its supervisors elections with odd numbered districts up for election this cycle. san francisco state university political science professor jasonsaid with six seats in play, it will be an indication of how san franciscans are leaning. >> what's what's interesting for me is that this election has been kind of an anti-incumbent election, but also an election where progressive politicians are on the defensive. >> aaron peskin from north beach and asha safai from the excelsior district are running for mayor. and hillary ronen is termed out in the mission district. what remains to be seen is if voters will follow the recommendations of those outgoing supervisors for those open seats, or decide to vote for change. >> it could be a very mixed election electorate sending a lot of mixed messages. maybe in these races, though, i think especially in the open seats, these incumbents were relatively popular in their district. and so maybe their endorsement will carry a lot of weight. >> three incumbents are facing challenges from the richmond district to the panhandle and tenderloin and the west portal and inner sunset. some of those races

of president gerald ford and jason carter, grandson of resident jimmy carter, discuss a peaceful transfer of power during a presidential election year. this was part of a conference held on elections at the university of she can afford school of public policy -- university of michigan ford school of public policy. >> i have to say it is in honor for me to be sitting here between the descendants of two of america's not just finest presidents but finest persons. it is a good reminder character matters in politics and we can have people of good character holding our highest offices. you have both been involved in the principles for trusted elections initiative. i'm wondering if you can help introduce our audience to what the principles are and to your own interests in being involved in this. would you like to go first? >> thank you all for having me. thank you for hosting. it is a great honor for us to be here. the connection we have with ambassador page is a very close one. i come from georgia. i can assure you all. i know we have talked about the big house. you don't get to win a national championship every year so don't it greedy. georgia might when it every year but no one else. >> did you not wat

jason johnson, would professor at morgan state university in baltimore. he is also an msnbc political contributor and tara palmeri, senior correspondent and host of the somebody'sssed with jd vance's answer but i did not expect a good answer. his answers like build a better wall, build stronger windows. these are not answers when it comes to kids being shot out and people being frightened in schools. i expected jd vance to do what he did which is -- he started with and trying to redefine myself. i'm not the couch guy. i'm not the cat lady guy. that is his whole point and he seems to have an instant polls move from being hitler to ed amine. he still unpopular, still don't like the guy but he's improved in some big way but objectively he is a better debater than tim walz, but as far as presenting yourself and defending the top of the ticket, they failed. that is the thing. jd vance looks better. donald trump does not look any better after this debate than he did the first time in your goal as a vice presidential pick is to make your boss look better and that is where i think tim walz was more successful. >> i actually think he succeeded because he actually commun

. >> joining us now, jason johnson, politics and journalism professor at morgan state university in the great city of baltimore. he's also an msnbc political contributor, and terra palmieri, senior political correspondent and host of the somebody got to win podcast. i like that. >> somebody's got to win. >> who won tonight? >> the lollipop has made an appearance, jason. what did you make on j.d. vance's answer on gun violence? >> the answer is build a better wall, build stronger windows. these are not answers when it comes to kids being shot at. i expected j.d. vance to do what he did, which is -- he started with i'm trying to redefine myself, i'm not the couch guy or cat lady guy. and the polls move from being hitler to meme. objectively he is a better debater than tim walz. but as far as presenting yourself and defending the top of the ticket, he failed. like that's the thing. j.d. vance looks better, donald trump doesn't look any better after this debate than he did the first time. and your goal as the vice presidential pick is to make your boss look better, and that's where i think tim walz is mo

jason schwartz, who is a professor of public health at yale. devastating to public health as the way dr. michael osterholm at the university of minnesota put a potential trump administration he said he has served a health role in every administration back to ronald reagan and he's never made such the public pronouncement. he told me. i also spoke with paul offit is a vaccine scientist at chop, who warned that it would be a disaster if rfk jr. were put in charge of health policy in a trump administration. he hearkened back to vaccine misinformation involving some cases in samoa of measles thousands of cases where he talked about it with you last month. here's what he said measles mumps, rubella vaccine was killing children, cause a drop in immunization rates in that company, which she visit country rather, which he visited, hung out with the anti-vaccine activist, wrote a letter to the president of samoa immunization rates drop. there were 5,600 cases of measles and 83 deaths in children and smell all less than four years of age as a direct consequence of his lobbying efforts? that's what this information does. it kills and