Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. Able to sell the shares. They have telephone logs, who called whom and when. It appears they have people helping the government out with the testimony. As mimi said, andrea, its kind of overwhelming evidence thats difficult for federal prosecutors to ignore. And chuck todd, weve not yet seen to my knowledge a tweet from the president or any suggestion that this is witch hunt, mueller related. But this is really separate, this is an investigation that started, there was an Ethics Investigation that we heard about some months back, last year sometime. And so this does not come from the Mueller Operation at all. Right. And thats the thing, it has zero to do this is just bad timing, bad coincidence. And it looks bad, right . Here is yet another person close to the president who seems to be taking advantage of access,
special access, or a pay to play issue. The president s ally, the president has allies that are accumulating a lot of baggage, frankly, that makes the president s Drain The Swamp mantra just look even more ridiculous two years later. You look at the story, theres another story out there this morning about maralago members, that suddenly essentially are unofficially running the Veterans Affairs department, including the head of Marvel Comics studio. Just in the last week weve seen a lot of people in and around the president. So its certainly a bad look for him. But remember, this has no connection, and politically, andrea, lets say youre the Republican Party and you wake up this morning and not only did you have that horrendous night last night that just scares the bejesus out of you, but now you have a congressman arrested in Western New York in a seat you never thought would be in play, but by the way another incumbent
congressman has a local prosecutor looking into Petition Signature Fraud in Virginia Beach, all before 9 30 a. M. This morning. As we see the prosecutors come out and the u. S. Attorney there, and we should point out one of the big figures there, its the fbi official but also the u. S. Attorney there, is a trump appointee. Of course this is one of the u. S. Attorneys who was fired by President Trump. And the fact is, were going to be talking about that election and all those results coming up in a minute, chuck, with you as well, but there is no way that we know about to get him off the ballot. That is another issue. Lets listen to the head of the fbi. Chris collins, a United States congressman, Congressman Collins is charmed wiged with i trading and lying to the fbi. As alleged in the indictment, Congressman Collins cheated our markets and our justice system
in two ways. First, he tipped his son to confidential Corporate Information at the expense of regular investors. And then he lied about it to Law Enforcement to cover it up. Also charged is his son, Cameron Collins, and steven zarsky, the father of camerons fiance. These charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws, and that everybody stands equal before the bar of justice. Now i would like to go into the details of the allegations a little more. In addition to serving in the house of representatives, Congressman Collins was also on the Board Of Directors of a
publicly traded company that was developing a drug for Multiple Sclerosis. In june of 2017, Congressman Collins was told some confidential and highly Sensitive Information about innate, information that was not yet made public, namely that innates main drug, the drug innate was developing to be the backbone of its company, was a total failure. This was devastating information for the company. Congressman collins had an obligation, a legal duty, to keep that Information Secret until that information was released by the company to the public. But he didnt keep it secret. He instead, as alleged, decided to commit a crime. He placed his family and friends above the public good. Congressman collins was a major investor in innate, and so was his son cameron. The congressman knew he couldnt sell his own shares for personal and technical reasons, including that he was already under an investigation regarding innate by the congressional ethics office. The crime that he committed was to tip his son cameron so that cameron and a few select others could trade on the news while the investing public remained in the dark. As the indictment alleges, thats exactly what they did. His son cameron sold. Camerons fiance sold. The father of the fiance, zarsky, sold. Zarskys wife sold. Other friends and relatives sold. All because Congressman Collins violated his duty to keep innates Information Secret. And when the news of the drugs failure became public, the stock plummeted. In total, the conspirators used the Inside Information to avoid over 750,000 in losses. But Congressman Collins couldnt keep his crime a secret forever. The fbi asked to interview him and instead of telling the truth, he lied. And so did Cameron Collins. And so did steven zarsky. By lying to the fbi, they compounded their Insider Trading crime with the crime of criminal coverup. Now i would like to go over to these two charts which summarize some of the allegations in the indictment. This first chart is a tipping chain. It demonstrates the flow of the illegal Insider Information and the trading, the illegal trading on that information. At the top of the chain is Congressman Collins. He had an obligation as innate board member, when he received confidential Corporate Information, to keep that Information Secret until the Company Announced it to the public. In total disregard of that obligation, minutes after Congressman Collins received the devastating, highly confidential news that innates drug had failed its drug trial, Congressman Tocongress M Congressman Collins tipped that
information to his son so his son could trade it. Cameron collins. When he received that illegal Inside Information, he did two things, both of which are illegal. He sold stock based on that Inside Information and avoided 570,000 in losses. And he also took that illegal Inside Information and tipped others. He tipped his fiance. He tipped his fiances wife. He tipped his fiances father. And he tipped a friend. All of whom traded on that illegal Inside Information. Steven zarsky, his fiances father, avoided 143,000 in losses by trading on that information. And he tipped others. He tipped his brother. He tipped his sister. And he tipped a friend. Two of whom traded on the information. One attempted to trade on the information but was unable. In total, the conspirators avoided losses of over 768,000, all because of the initial illegal Insider Trading tip by Congressman Collins. In this chart we set some of the key allegations in the indictment against a timeline, a backdrop of the innate share price. On the evening of june 22nd, 2017, Congressman Collins was at a congressional picnic. And at 6 55 he received an email from the ceo of innate informing him of the horrendous news that the drug had failed its trial. At 7 10 p. M. , congressman
collins responded to that email. So as the indictment alleges, at least at 7 10 p. M. , Congressman Collins is aware of the Insider Information. A minute later, Congressman Collins attempts to call his son. In the period of five minutes, there are six unsufficientccess. Congressman collins illegally tips his son cameron about the Drug Trial Results so that his son cameron could trade on those results. Later that evening, on june 22nd, after Cameron Collins has the illegal Insider Trading
information, Cameron Collins drives with his fiance to his fiances parents house. They arrive at the house at 9 17 p. M. Less than 20 minutes later, at 9 34 p. M. , the fiances mother is on the phone with her broker, beginning the process of selling her shares of innate. The next morning, on june 23rd, at 7 42 a. M. , Cameron Collins begins the process of selling his shares of innate. During june 23rd and june 26th, Cameron Collins sells approximately 1. 39 million shares of innate prior to the market close of june 26th. After the market closes, innate announces to the public that its drug had failed the trial. And the next day, the drug price, the price of innate, falls off the cliff. It drops 92 in value in a single day. This was the drop that was anticipated by the coconspirators. This was the drop in value that the coconspirators avoided by selling their shares before the public announcement. And they could only sell those shares by virtue of the initial tip of Inside Information by Congressman Collins. A case of this type and significance obviously involves the sec and the fbi. And their representatives are standing up here with me today. To my left is my good friend bill sweeney, the assistant director in charge of the fbis new york field office. And to the far left is john brosnan, the special agent in charge of the fbi new york office criminal division. The fbis work on this case was spectacular and i want to thank them for their professionalism and dedication. We work with the fbi on so many important cases, and it is always a privilege. To the left of bill is Stephanie Avakian and steve pieken, who are codirectors of the secs division of enforcement. I want to thank them and the sec for their hard work on this matter. Last, i want to acknowledge and thank the Career Prosecutors in my office handling the case. To my right is max nicholas,
damien williams, bob allen, scott hartman, and the cochiefs of our securities and Commodities Fraud Task force, tim kasulis and jason cowan. Congressman collins, who by virtue of his office, helps to write the laws of our nation, acted as if The Law Didnt Apply to him. The charges today demonstrate once again that no matter what the crime and no matter who committed it, we stand committed in the pursuit of justice, without fear or favor. I would now like to invite to the podium bill sweeney. Thank you, geoff. And good afternoon, everybody. U. S. Representative Christopher Collins sat on innates Board Of Directors for a period of more than three years, spanning the runup to the Drug Trial Announcement in mid2017. Collins himself was the companys largest shareholder. In or about the summer of 2017, a drug designed to treat a debilitating form of Multiple Sclerosis had entered the late stages of a phase ii Clinical Trial. This drug, mis416, was the only viable drug in the pipeline for innate. This is significant in that the companys value was nearly completely wrapped up in the success of the Clinical Trial and a subsequent phase iii trial. On the evening of june 22nd, 2017, collins received an email informing him that mis416 had failed its Clinical Trial. Electronic records indicate his initial shock at having received the news. The drug, once anticipated to hold billions of dollars in value, would now are the cause of significant financial loss for innate and of course its investors, many of whom shared a personal relationship with Congressman Collins. While the congressman was legally bound to keep his information confidential until the Trial Results were released to the investing public four days later on june 26th, we allege he did not. The indictment charges that collins immediately began contacting the family and fri d friends he brought into the fold. This set off a Ripple Effect in which many investors directly or indirectly connected to Congressman Collins were notified. Most of them quickly sold their shares. Innates stock price plummeted 92 on the first trading day following the public announcement. Collins conspirators saved themselves 750,000 in losses. Collins himself, having been prohibited from selling his
shares for various reasons, did not avoid a financial loss. Despite this fact, his alleged actions brought him facetoface with federal agents who had become aware of the crime that has been committed. When questioned by Law Enforcement about the alleged dealings, Congressman Collins, his son cameron, camerons fiances father steven zarsky, lied, plain and simple. Today they are charged with Insider Trading and lying to federal Law Enforcement amendmenagents. While collins may have thought that giving his family and friends was a good idea, for those in society who hold a position of trust, they need to
act accordingly and do not lie to Special Agents of the fbi. Gentlemen, your work has been exceptional. To the sec, i would like to thank stephanie and steve for your work. To our white collar branch, and to your team of Special Agents and investigators, i want to extend my personal appreciation. Some are standing in the back, in the shadows. But to nick, john, yelena and tracy, your work has been exceptional. What you do in the Community Matters and makes a difference. Thank you. I would like to invite to the podium Stephanie Avakian, codirector of enforcement at the sec. Thanks, geoff. Good afternoon. As geoff said, my name is Stephanie Avakian. Im codirector of the secs division of enforcement. Before i begin my remarks, i would also like to thank u. S. Attorney geoff berman and his prosecutors as well as the fbi
who worked on this matter for their assistance. Today, the sec filed Securities Fraud charges against congressman Christopher Collins, his son Cameron Collins, and three others, alleging that they engaged in Insider Trading ahead of Innate Imunion know thera innates announcement of a failed drug trial. T youre watching the Enforcement Officer of the sec, following the fbi and also geoff berman, the u. S. Attorney who replaced preet bharara, i believe, as a trump nominee. This is totally separate from the mueller investigations, as chuck todd was just saying. I want to bring in kasie hunt. Kasie, Congressman Collins is on the ballot. And according to new york state law, there is no way for him not to be reelected, if the voters choose to reelect him. Donald trump won that district by 59 of the vote. Chris collins was the first member of congress, completely, the first member of congress to endorse donald trump the candidate, before even Jeff Sessions did from the senate. His most loyal supporter and his Congressional Liaison during the transition. At a time when there was literally no one in the Republican Party who was holding Elective Office at the federal level who would stand next to President Trump. Chris collins is the guy who took that leap. And we know how the trump family views loyalty like this. But youre right, hes likely to be reelected. There is no real way to strip him off the ballot without collins consent in doing so. And lets not forget, theres history of member of congress continuing to serve even when theyre under a cloud of indictment. Democrats as well as republicans. Exactly. Thats why, interestingly, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sharply criticizing him and talking about the corruption, but no one in congress and leadership is calling for him to step down. Nope. Pending a conviction. And chuck, join us here, because senator menendez stayed through a very contentious trial and was acquitted and is still, you know, the ranked member of the Foreign Relations committee. Kasie is right in this respect. If you look at the history of members of congress who have been under investigation and you talk to the ones that agreed to leadership demands that they resign and those that didnt, the ones that resign always regret it. They always look back and think, oh, i could have beaten it, or maybe i could have survived. Ill tell you this, though, in this environment, the amount of attention this is going to get, look, this is a solid republican district. His democratic opponent is a local elected official. Hes a town supervisor, not in buffalo but in and around that
area. You know, hes not unviable, is my point here. Exactly. And so i wouldnt totally write it off. But i do think the calculation is this, andrea, and if i were Steve Stivers, the guy has already had a rough week, rough night in ohio, then you wake up to this. Theres a whole Virginia Beach problem too with an incumbent member down there, scott taylor, a Special Prosecutor investigate Petition Signature Fraud. But if youre stivers, you stay rather than try to get a new candidate on the ballot, youve got a 55 chance that collins would eke this out, although remember Dan Rostenkowski back in the day, andrea, he was under investigation, people thought, yeah, not that district. Yeah, guess what, that district too went down in 94. It can happen. But if youre the republicans here, the best thing to do, just politically, would be see if
collins survives. Then if he does, force him out and maybe you can win a special in the spring of 19 or something. Let me just also point out, because some people may have, as well, a long memory, this issue of this stock came up with another sitting member of congress, who was tom price, he was being nominated to be hhs secretary. He ended up stepping down after all sorts of allegations about improper use of expensive charter flights and it never was this issue. But he was questioned about his stock sales here and whether or not he had gotten some tips from his friend and colleague Chris Collins. So nothing was ever alleged, nothing is being alleged, he has not been charged in this, theres no evidence against him, but this was an issue in that confirmation as well. Theres a whole draintheswamp issue here that has not been fully addressed. Kristen welker is standing by at the white house. Kristen, the white house keeps buffeting away any allegations about insider this, insider that, corruption. But this is the first person to endorse the candidate donald trump. Reporter its going to be very difficult, andrea, for President Trump to distance himself from Chris Collins for that very reason. This is the first person to endorse President Trump, someone who is sort of an unofficial liaison to the transition team. And so President Trump is going to have to come out and say something. I can tell you, ive reached out to a whole host of white house officials. I asked mercy schlapp, the communications director, effectively, look, what is your reaction to this Breaking News . She said, i refer you to doj. So she didnt have any Immediate Response to that. Right now theyre trying to brush aside questions. Were looking at our twitter feed to get the president s reaction, how has he typically responded . Edition he digs in. Tom price was under criticism and scrutiny for months before
ultimately he left this administration. He wouldnt be surprised if we saw a similar approach. But of course the stakes are different because were getting closer to the midterms. Of course you had all those Warning Signs overnight. The president himself right now weighing whether to do an interview with Special Counsel mueller. His team of lawyers is poised to submit a counterproposal to the mueller teams latest proposal. Theres a lot thats hanging over this president as he tries to determine how to respond to this latest controversy, andrea. Count me as skeptical about any real negotiations going on until we hear about it from the mueller team, because weve heard so many, over months and months and weeks reporter theyve been negotiating since january. Yes. We only have it from one part of one side, and not from the president himself. Theyre making it look as though the president really does want to cooperate and have an interview, but who knows . Im totally inconvincunconvince that. Daniel goldman, former assistant u. S. Attorney for the southern
district and new york, now an nbc legal analyst, happily. Daniel, youve prosecuted some of these very cases in that district. Yes, i prosecuted an Insider Trading case against the las vegas gambler Billy Walters last year, Phil Mickelson was wrapped up in it although not charged. This is a powerful indictment. And what youre seeing here related Chris Collins is that he is the insider. Hes the guy who had the information that was supposed to be kept confidential. He was on the Board Of Directors of this company. And as soon as he gets the information that is going to tank the stock, which ultimately went down 92 when the information was made public, he relayed it to his son who then relayed it to a whole host of other people, all of whom were owners in this stock and all of whom sold their shares of stock or at least attempted to sell their shares of stock. So theres no rick gates type of
cooperating witness here. It still remains to be seen who the witnesses are, what kind of evidence they have. Its hard, ive been trying to study the indictment and figure it out a little bit. I think some of the people who are mentioned as ccs, coconspirators, are likely cooperating with the government and will testify, which could add a whole nother wrinkle because they seem to be all family members. But in Insider Trading cases, what youll look for, and ill draw the analogy to the manafort case just because its going on and people have been talking about how its a document case, in Insider Trading cases the critical documents are the records of phone calls and the records of trades. And what you see in this indictment is incredibly closely timed calls and trades related to information. I mean, it alleges basically that representative collins got
an email at 6 55 p. M. That informed him of the Inside Information and by 7 10 p. M. , hes trying to reach his son, who then immediately tries to make a trade. That is Documentary Evidence that is very powerful. And in fact, daniel, what they are now saying there is that six times, he called his son six times in five minutes from the south lawn of the white house, from the congressional picnic. Yes. So that is incredibly detailed. They obviously have the Phone Records and theyve got the trading recording. He pulled himself away from his picnic to do this. Right. And, you know, calling from the white house grounds, that sort of adds a very colorful, shall we say, political note to all of this that can be very persuasive, one would think, to a jury if it ever gets to a jury. The other question i would have is, you have such familiarity with this, daniel, how long
would it take, with pretrial motions and all the rest, when would this come to trial . Before november . Absolutely not, no way will it come to trial before november. I dont know who the judge is, a lot of it depends on how quickly judges set trials. But this Wont Go To Trial until 2019. And in fact, geoff berman, want u. S. Attorney just said this indictment comes far enough away from the election. So who knows whats going to happen on election day . Stranger things have happened. One of the cases i first covered, a dead man was elected to be nominated to congress because that fit what the party wanted to do in a democratic distribute in philadelphia, back in the day. Just on that point, andrea, bob menendez remained in the senate during his allegations and trial. So its not it wouldnt be crazy for him to do the same. And in the end was acquitted. Thank you very much. Thank you, daniel. Well be right back. Coming up, the Political Team stays in place because the razor thin congressional race in ohio is still too close to call. Is it part of a larger trend for the upcoming midterms . Thats ahead right here, stay with us. I gotcha baby. vo its being there when youre needed most. Hes the one. vo love is knowing. It was meant to be. And love always keeps you safe. vo love is why we built a car you can trust for a long time. The allnew Subaru Impreza sedan and fivedoor. A car you can love no matter what road youre on. The Subaru Impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Right now, get 0 Apr Financing on the 2018 Subaru Impreza. I never thought id say this but i found Bladder Leak Underwear thats actually pretty. Always discreet boutique. Hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. So i feel protected and pretty. Always discreet boutique. Theres also a lot to know. The most important thing . Medicare doesnt pay for everything. Yep. Youre on the hook for the rest. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. A plan like this helps pay some of what medicare doesnt. So you could end up paying less. And these are the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. Selected for meeting their high standards of quality and service. Call Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company now to request this free Decision Guide, and learn more. Like, Medicare Supplement plan, give you the freedom to go with any doctor who accepts medicare patients. Its nice to have a choice. And your coverage goes with you, anywhere you travel in the country. We have grandkids out of state. They love our long visits. Not sure about their parents, though. Call unitedhealthcare and ask for your free Decision Guide today. Congressional special elections. But its too close to call and wont be decided for several days, after provisional ballots get counted. Republican troy balder s eerson holding a slim lead over democratic dan oconnor. The candidates will face off in three months no matter how things play out in the coming days. There have been democratic gains in special elections in republican districts across the country. Is it a sign of a blue wave . Garrett haake had been up all night in ohios 12th district. Chuck todd also remains with us. Garrett, i know you had a late night with vote counting, but this district has been red since Ronald Reagan was elected. Now you have a 1,700vote margin. The two candidates will face off in november in any case, right . Reporter yeah, lets set aside the question of who ultimately wins in the short term here today. As you point out, this race will be run again in november. Just the fact that im here, that reporters are covering this race, that were paying attention to this district at all, is an indication of the problems that republicans have as they go into november. As you said, this district has not been a democratic district in the lifetime of the democratic candidate who is running here. Its been reliably republican all that time. Its your classic john mccain, mitt romney, john kasich kind of district. The fact that Republican Voters are peeling a little bit away from the president in places like this and that democratic voters who democrats didnt even realize existed, rushed to the polls to drive uptu turnout, is
problematic for republicans across the country in districts that look an awful lot like this. I misspoke, i meant an automatic recount if it does get that narrow. Chuck, the significance of this, it really is striking that they spent some 3 million plus, thats 10 of the sheldon add adelson big campaign fund. Can they do that in 435 districts . They cant, but the reason you do it in this district is you send a message for current republicans running that youre fighting for them. If they hadnt, it would be katie bar the door. At least now, Steve Stivers can say, we found a way some of you can survive. Thats what im trying to figure out, is this the playbook for
survival or not in a district like this . I looked at last night, garretts right, its as if this district created more democrats than we thought existed in that district. But it really is this John Kasich Wing of the party, the suburban republican voter, who weve been watching since november of 16, andrea, start to make its way to the blue side of the ballot box, right . It started in georgia 6th, not quite enough to flip it. You saw what happened in the Northern Virginia suburbs which made it look like it was new york city, not Northern Virginia, in the virginia governors race. Now here we are, here. Last night, missouri 2 is the suburbs of st. Louis. I was looking at the election results. Basically a carbon copy of this district in ohio, okay . Turnout among democrats, there were more democratic votes in that congressional primary than republican votes, and yes, there was a contested race, but that
is just another indicator. The president is driving up suburban turnout, whether hes there or not. Then the question is, does his presence somehow drive up enough of the base that its worth the amount of turnout he may create with alienated swing voters, right . Thats the question i cant answer about ohio 12. Did the president s presence save the seat . And if thats the case, then its even worse than i thought. Or did his presence actually help the democrats at the end there and increase a surge in voting in Franklin County . I actually think its probably the latter. I heard one argument last night that john kasich endorsing a late endorsement of balderson, the republican, was more beneficial to him to try to persuade some of those educated republican suburban voters than the president coming in for him. Thats more logical, andrea, thats a more logical
explanation, than that somehow the president goosed media, got turnout of his base to go from bad to mediocre and that was the difference. Thats the part i dont buy. I think the president may have almost cost him this election, not the reverse. But thats something that i dont think we can 100 know. Let me ask you about kansas and kris kobach. Reporter andrea . Hang on one second, garrett, i want to nail down what happened in kansas with the kris kobach election where he was such a controversial candidate. Were still waiting. We still have votes to count. The good news for the appointed governor, jeff colyer, were still waiting for votes in a county on the kansas side of the border. If colyer is going to make up that ground, thats the place to make it up. That race is so close, that feels like recount for sure. And thats the case where the president jumped into a republican primary, improbably. Caused a huge problem and may have put that race in jeopardy. Garrett, you had a final thought there. Reporter just on this question of trump and his affect on this district, the Operating Theory i hear from a lot of people on the ground here is that trump showing up here on saturday was probably a net positive for the republican, it reminded Republican Voters who may not have been paying attention to this special election that it was even happening at all, and allowed them to connect Troy Balderson to the president. The president s existence in the white house is a negative because it has democratic voters fired up. But his actual showing up seems to have been a benefit to the republican on the ground. Thanks for hanging in, chuck, well watch you on mtp daily and on meet the press, and garrett, thanks for your coverage all night. Coming up, startling revelations about the prosecutions star witness at the manafort trial, the latest from the courthouse, next. Stay with us. Lets take a look at some numbers
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affairs . Right then we heard an objection from the prosecution. And the two sides deliberated with the judge. We couldnt hear what was said. But then that line of questioning was dismissed and gates was let go from the stand. So theres a big gates was let from the stand. Was there more than one affair and did he lie about those affairs because in that case his Plea Agreement can be ripped up and he can be sentenced into jail for the rest of his life. He gave a long story of the affair he had in london and he apologized and what else is he not telling the jury. Thats left as a question as he left the stand. Manafort had gotten a 16 million bail out loan from a chicago banker not putting up much at all for that loan and return he was offering what the chicago banker with no qualifications to be secretary
of army of the pentagon. Do you see reaction to that . Thats something brought up as the prosecution tries to regroup of a fairly controversial testimony from the star witness. Thats true. Reporter thats something we heard yesterday. We may not hear it in this trial in particular. This has less to do of Paul Manaforts work as a Trump Campaign manager. We were able to get details because rick gates did work in the inaugural committee. When we might hear that come up again is when manafort coming up for the second trial at the end of december in d. C. Then they can get into other things that he may have done that could be closer to his actual work. Julia ainsllainsly. Thank you so much, well be
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refused to prosecute the police. Joining me now Kimberley Atkin and our msnbc contributor, jonathan kay park. Kimberley, this is significant. Wesley bell he was a Counsel Member in ferguson. Right, seven terms. Mccccolough has faced some criticism before. He talks about the failure of prosecuting the Police Officer that shot Michael Brown and other issues like cash bail and sentencing reform. We are seeing a lot of energy in these local elections. We are talking about the anniversary tomorrow of Michael Brown when we think of what transpire after that and all the other related issues and other jurisdictions, jonathan, this is a movement and it is starting at the grass roots level. Right, this is a piece of that i am working on frantically right now. Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary remembering what was happening in the days immediately after where we were watching on television of a Militaryi Militarized response in a population where they. Reportewere being stopped. The Africanamerican Community was led up time and mumbai a police force and a City Government that was funding itself through its fines. A movement was started that came about a week after Eric Garner Di died. The Grass Roots Community were already energized months or
years before. What victory chose four years later that activism can have results if it is focused and persistent. And we think about all this week is the anniversary in 1965 of the Voting Rights act which is under attack and so many jurisdictions and what we are seeing and what well see this weekend and well talk about more tomorrow in the program is charlottesville, one year later. Yes. This weekend of another rally here in washington, d. C. White nationalists who are going to charlottesville in the Community Still dealing with the results of the horror. It is an Election Year where race is being used as a wedge issue and a device. It is gallivvanizing forcing on each side. On the flip side you are seeing others embolded n to hold ralli
ahead of this. This is the racial divide thats wider than ever in 2018. The difference between ferguson four years ago and america today, ferguson four years ago had a president of the United States that had justice and went in there to do right. The United States today have a president that said there were fine people who were nazs. Thank you so much, Kimberley Atkins and jonathan, looking forward for your post. A busy day for Andrea Mitchell reports. Remember to follow our show online and on twitter. Craig melvin is up next in new york right here on msnbc that was fascinating conversation. Good to see you my friend
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