and yusef salaam joins me now.os of the pursuit of racial justice. -- also joining us as our very ow reverend al sharpton, host o msnbc's politics nation. gentlemen, great to have you here mr. yusef salaam that blowup - when you - >> i've got to tell you, i was looking for this quote, thought of martin luther kin jr. day. because of it was so appropriate that you mentioned the arc of the moral univers is long but it bends towards justice. back in 1989, we are talking about 34 years ago, despit spike wheels of justice ra over us. and much of it was predicate by what donald trump did b taking out that full page ad that ad was written -- i should say, it was placed in the papers two weeks after w were accused we were not given th presumption of innocence they looked at the color of ou skin and judge just by, and no the content of our character and the challenge in that is having to live through that, all of those decades, even still now -- we still have those indelibl scars. the beautiful thing about it i that we get

karma, that was new york cit council candidates - yusef salaam onward -- salaam was one of five blackof a wa to women in new york cit central park back in 1989. the men were commonly referred to as the central park fiv before their convictions wer overturned in 2002 and then they were renamed the end zone rated five, following their arrest in 99, donald trump took out a full page a in for new york newspapers calling for the return of th death penalty in this state. specifically for that case he has never apologized fo those ads. youssouf salaam joins me now yusef, it's great to have yo on the show, thank you for making time with us. beyond karma, what was you immediate reaction to the news of trump's indictment? >> you, know my immediat reaction was just thinking about dr. king, you know, hi statement about the arc of the moral universe we have been really really wanting justice, and the justice system to work and unfortunately for black an brown people, it is alluding us it has been very challenging just back in 1989, they looked at the color of our skin and judge just by, they said

yusef salaam, a candidate fo new york city passable slump - to twitter, marking trump' 1989 out and callingrin back justice and fairness. salaam share this message from trump, i hope that you exercis your civil liberties to th fullest, and you get what th exonerated five did not get, a presumption of innocence in fair trial yusef salaam joins me. now and trump biographer, ti o'brien, is back with me youssef, after donald -- you issued a sink but pointe statement calling it quote karma. talk us through what you'r feeling personally when you sa that news? >> i was thinking about dr martin with the king junior, and the universe is long but i bends towards justice. here i had this long history of really living under the oppression of what the syste represents for us as black and brown people and 30 decades later, give the opportunity to see the ver person who took out a full pag ad calling for our deaths. bring back the death penalty bring back our police. to be brought in the sam courthouse that we wer arraigned in, we were arraigne for a crime we did not commit. and here he is being arraigned

yusef salaam, i'm going to give you your honorific too god bless.nk you. >>> and republican lawmakers meanwhile in tennessee, ooh, speaking of protests and they're trying to expethl ree of their democratic colleagues for taking part in a peaceful protest against gun violence we'll talk with two of those democratic lawmakers next. will be big. new toasted baguettes. cater your next event with panera. - i'm lynette. this is my husband, arthur. - yeah, you wouldn't believe we're in our 70's, huh? (lynette and arthur laugh) - i have recommended consumer cellular to so many people. - she was the one to convince me to come over to her side. (arthur laughs) - that's right! - [announcer] come over to consumer cellular and start saving. get unlimited talk and text with a flexible data plan, starting at just $20 a month. - the coverage has been excellent. - you know, it gives us exactly what we want. - you should go with consumer cellular! - [announcer] switch today. call or go online. i'm not a doctor. i'm not even in a doctor's office. i'm standing on the s

yusef salaam and reveren al sharpton. >> happy tenth anniversary >> thank, you that means a lot me thank you very much that is all in this week and a special edition of the rachel maddow show starts righ now. good evening, rachel maddow. >> good evening, chris happy anniversary. do you feel old? >> - i'm still blushing from th lovely, lovely things he sai about me i think the absolute worldview here you are a model and a role model and a wonderful friend and an incredible broadcaster. and it's fun to be in the ride with you i'll stop. you've got to do your show >> thank you, my friend. i always - it's very important for. meet for me, it's always eas to remember the birthday o chris hayes's show comes right at the same time of year a paul manafort's birthday and the birthday of supreme cour justice samuel alito - >> and no one else there's no other birthdays o that day >> [laughter thank, you my friend >> thank you >> and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i'm happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am

you, quote, yusef salaam, one of the teenagers wrongfully convicted in a 1989 rape in central park isto belong, on the campaign trail. this is the man whose arrest prompted donald trump to publicly call for the death penalty in 1989 when mr. salaam was just 15 and charged with four other teenagers with a horrific crime that they did not commit mr. trump took out full page ads in four new york newspapers, including "the new york times," calling for the restoration of the state death penalty over the case in 2002 the young men were exonerated after serving years in prison. mr. trump refused to apologize now that notore oriety provided flat fo platform to run for office, and in a twist of fate, it's mr. trump indicted on criminal charges while mr. salaam runs for office it was karma, he said of mr. trump's legal situation while sitting inside the sugar hill cafe in harlem. i hope he is able to do time, he said, with a hint of mischief in his eyes when mr. trump was indicted recently, mr. salaam expressed a kind of trust in the justice system that few might expect i do not resort to hatre