Rev. Al Sharpton reviews the days top political and humaninterest stories and interviews newsmakers from across the political spectrum. Attack the media, the democrats, the Special Counsel investigating the 2016 election and, yes, black people. They are talking about this blue wave. I dont think so. I dont think so. Maxine waters is leading. Maxine. Shes a real beauty. Maxine. A seriously low iq person. Seriously. Maxine waters, shes leading the charge. Let me tell you about the spin that is president is doing here and why i think his approach will not work, even on his own base. I remember when i was a young
Civil Rights Activist, younger Civil Rights Activist, james brown, the founder of soul, embraced my youth. He said reverend, there are those that are lounge acts, they work in the lounge where they serve drinks and have to compete with the noise and drinks and conversation. Then, when you make it is when you play in the big room, the inside room on the big stage. Thats where you have to have a better act. Thats where people sit and spend a lot of Money Eating Dinner with their wives and their families and perform. Donald trump is a lounge act. He continues to do a lounge act. It will wear thin and even his base will get tired of being treated like people just lounging around intoxicated. Joining me now from washington, tiffany cross, managing editor
of the bdc. Com. D tiffany, let me start with the fact the president is talking about the blue wave. He doesnt believe it is coming. Forget his disparaging remarks on persons. Im trying to deal with the reality that if there is a political shift in this country, in the u. S. House of representatives and possibly the senate, what does that mean, politically, for the people of the country and for the president . Why is he so concerned about the blue wave . First, we have to realize where the president was yesterday. He was in the 12th district of ohio. This, actually is not a home of extremists. The candidate there, it was a question of if trump would be helpful to endorse his candidacy. This is the columbus area. They are not the fox viewers, if you will, there are moderates
who live in this air yachrea. The behavior of the president shows she tweets and responds to things he is nervous about. The fact he is talking about a blue wave and being afraid of it shows this may be a reality. What it means if the democrats take back one of the branches of government, there will be balance again. Thats what the country is missing. The president controls the house, the senate, the courts and the white house. That is not a healthy balance of power. One of the reasons why they are concerned about the balance is this president has been able, despite all the distractions hes been able to throw out, hes able to confirm a lot of judges to the bench, federal judgeships, a lifetime. Hes able to try to appoint a new Supreme Court justice after
out and said something, i think its great. She should come out and speak more. I remember Melania Trump being a birther. I dont consider her an ally. I think its interesting when you look at the insults trump directs toward the people of color, that does matter. He can only view black people in a certain way. This is why he only invites certain people to his office because he knows they will be submissive to his message. They have something to gain personally. For the larger communities, who are trying to get, you know, fight for the greater good, people dont lend their brand to him. Thats why its dangerous when you have a kanye west or Steve Harvey Stand next to him or the ridiculous people that have validated this person. When you have a Lo Brochb James or when you see ministers sit there for a conference on inner
city policies, yet they dont sigh what is going to help the city. Did they go in with an agenda or come out with one . Every time we met president obama we said this is what the meeting is about and this is what we are after and able to get things done. I have to leave you there. Thank you, tiffany cross. Coming up, Jeff Sessionses declares a holy cultural war against, well, were not sure. Later, ill tell you who else is coming to my rally tonight in clear water, florida, calling for justice for a man fatally shot in front of his kids during another Stand Your Ground case. Be right back. man managing my type 2 diabetes wasnt my top priority. Until i held her. I found my tresiba® reason. Now im doing more to lower my a1c. I take tresiba® once a day. Tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. woman wed been counting down to his retirement. It was our tresiba® reason. He needs insulin to control his High Blood Sugar and, at his age, hes at greater risk for low blood sugar. Tresiba® releases slow and steady and works all day and night like the bodys insulin. vo tresiba® is a longacting insulin used to control High Blood Sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Dont share needles or insulin pens. Dont reuse needles. The most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. Check your blood sugar. Low blood sugar can be serious and may be lifethreatening. Injection site reactions may occur. Tell your prescriber about all medicines you take and all your medical conditions. Taking tzds with insulins like tresiba® may cause serious side effects like heart failure. Your insulin dose shouldnt be changed without asking your prescriber. Get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing, fast heartbeat, extreme drowsiness, swelling of your face, tongue or throat, dizziness or confusion. man i found my tresiba® reason. Find yours. vo ask your Health Care Provider about tresiba®. Covered by most commercial Health Insurance and Medicare Part d plans. Crisp leaves of lettuce. Freshly made dressing. Clean food that looks this good. Delivered to your desk. Now delivering to home or office. Panera. Food as it should be. That was Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, monday, announcing his justice departments new religious liberty task force. At the core of the mandate to enforce trump era guidelines on religious protections. Is it yet another white house offering to the white evangelical voters, this time by enabling faith based organizations to innor nondiscrimination laws, sometimes while receiving federal funding. While religious leaders cheered the announcement, civil Rights Groups saw a threat to a different kind of religious freedom. Freedom from discrim for women, lgbtq folks and nonchristians. Joining me now is ria mar, a
staff for the aclu. Ria, im a baptist minister. Im also a Firm Believer, i do not have the right to impose my belief, my faith, my convictions on others by law. When i saw this announcement by mr. Sessions, who has been adamant about things like the case we saw with the bakery in indiana making a cake, having the right to deny lgbtq people from services and others. I am wondering, are we really seeing this new initiative as a mask for them going back to violating the Civil Liberties and rights of people that may
not share my faith or Attorney General sessions . Well, this task force is just the latest chapter in the trump administrations plot to embolden discrimination against lgbtq, women, those of minority faiths. This country was founded on religious freedom. From president trumps first days in office, we have seen them target lgbt people, telling transgender troops they are not able to serve in the military. You can fire people because they are gay or transgender. Thats not how it works. A fact of the matter is, there were those that would use the bible to justify slavery and justify jim crowe laws. We have seen manipulation for the most reactionary and most
backward kind of ways of imposing racism, sexism and this task force smells of the same kind of thing that we have seen in the past, just with a new name. Thats exactly right. We have been down this road before. In the wake of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we saw businesses in the south refusing to treat blacks equality as whites and claiming their religious freedom stops them from the lay. A chain of Barbecue Restaurants that took this argument to the Supreme Court. They flatly rejected it saying businesses have to treat everyone equality. The fkt that they had the view to contravene the will of god doesnt lead to a blank check. Our nation has already struck the right balance between
religious freedom and equality. Theres nothing about the fact that is laws protect people who are lbgtq that changes that. I think, what is important is that it does not mean you change your belief. Im a Firm Believer in what i preach and what i teach, but i also believe people have the right to other beliefs and to protect my right of belief, i have to protect everyone elses because someone of a different faith or believe come to power can make what i believe illegal. To protect yourself, you have to protect others. That is right. You cited Masterpiece Cake shops and they sided with the bakery. They pulled themselves out as open to the public, yet they declined to sell to aclu clients because they are a samesex couple. The bakery asked the Supreme Court to find if there is a
institutional right to discriminate. While the court didnt accept that argument, it let the bakery off the hook for discrimination because of proceed urdural prob. They cited why they think this task force is necessary. The Supreme Court didnt license discrimination. Receive sessions is going to himself. If Jeff Sessions has his way, he is going to authorize discrimination by businesses receiving federal funds and using Taxpayer Dollars to discriminate. You could see a federal contractor fire someone, a landlord taking section 8 vouchers, evicting a tenant for being an unmarried mother. Thats his vision of religious freedom. You touched on something that is a very important aspect of this debate. We are talking about people that get Taxpayer Dollars. So, not only do you run the potential of me or you or someone that is different than a particular belief or particular faith being discriminated against, they are actually paying for it. So, im paying for the Police Department that takes care of that bakery or the Sanitation Department that picks up garbage and on and on and on, the zoning where he was given from the local municipality to have the business there. Im going to sponsor you discriminating against me. Thats a lot of what is forgot in his argument, you accept everybodys tax dollars, but you want to be able to give it to who you want and they tell the taxpayers, i believe your way is
sinful, therefore i dont have to service you, even though you are underwriting my ability to be in business. Exactly. I think most people dont agree with with that premise. Jeff sessions is a bully, but most agree no one should be fired from a job or turned away because of who they are or who they love. Now is the time to make our voices heard. We need to call on e lektlected officials. We need to update the civil rights laws, one set of rules for everyone and put lgbt people on the same Playing Field as everyone else. Thank you. Coming up, a Record Number of women running for office in novembers midterm election. Within that record is another milestone that has been largely ignored. Ill tell you about it. Stay with us. This is the ocean. Eliquis is fdaapproved and has both. So whats next . Seeing these guys. Dont Stop Taking Eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an Artificial Heart Valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis, the number one cardiologistprescribed blood thinner. Ask your doctor if eliquis is whats next for you. A law that allows shooting unarmed black people, but doesnt defend people of color when they invoke it. More on the tragic death of Markeis Mcglockton and the Stand Your Ground Law that is protecting his shooter in a moment. My life is here. [telephone ring] ahoyhoy. Alexander graham bell here. No, no, my number is one, you must want two two, i say like my father before. [telephone ring] like my father before. Ahoyhoy as long as people talk too loudly on the phone, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Help stop the clock on further irreversible joint damage. Talk to your rheumatologist. Right here. Right now. Humira. Trying to do the right thing
and not have because thats what they told us to do, not have somebody who is a citizen who is claiming they acted in conformity with the law and they acted under the Stand Your Ground statute sitting in jail for weeks or months. My decision is based on floridas Stand Your Ground Law. It is a preliminary decision about arrest and not a final decision about chargings. If you are outraged by the law and dont like the law, then change it. Well, later today, ill be leading a rally in clearwater, florida, with the parents of Trayvon Martin and attorney Ben Krup Calling for justice for Markeis Mcglockton fatally shot after an argument at a gas station. Mcglocktons death reinvigorated conversation around floridas Stand Your Ground Law, which you
heard Pinellas County sheriff cite it in not arresting the shooter. Against this backdrop, you have a state Gubernatorial Race where the winner will have the power to suspend the law or at least reform it. An alteration that after the outrage of mcglocktons request may find support from republican supporters of the law as well as the nra itself. More on that in a minute. Joining me now is businessman and democratic candidate for governor, jeff green. Jeff, good morning. You and i talked this morning on my radio show and you said,
reverend, im coming to the rally. Im against this law and i want to publicly say, as a very successful white businessman, who wants to be governor, that this law should be changed and im coming, no matter what, i think its the wrong thing to do. Why did you come to that conclusion . This is legalized murder. This doesnt need to be changed. This law needs to be repealed. The day i get to tallahassee, reverend, im going to fight for criminal Justice Reform and ending this law. Florida cannot be a place with legalized murder where we have White On Black crime going on constantly. Havent we learned enough after Trayvon Martin . The nra should be ashamed of themselves. This is one more murder, as far as im concerned, that is on their hands. She wrote the law. They have exported it across the
country. We should be ashamed allowing it to be on the books. Why the sheriff has not arrested this murderer is beyond me. When you say its been exploited all over the country, let me show you this graphic. The fact is, nationwide, in 33 states where Stand Your Ground Laws are, when the shooter is white, victim white, justified 11 times out of 11. Its usually 11 . Its justified 11 of the time. When its black on black, justified 8 of the time. When its White On Black, its justified 34 important of the time. So, the numbers dont lie, to which you said. There is a clear, racials is spect to the application of Stand Your Ground. 100 . Look, we need in florida to have a strong governor, thats why im running, to end these injustices. I will address this from day one. We have to end mandatory minimum sentences, give back felons their rights after they serve their time. We have to end it. We have this Prison Industrial Complex and pipeline, Prison Pipeline we have in florida is a horror. My goal, the day i get there will be the start. Stand your ground is going to be the first thing. Im not going to take no from these legislatures. If i have to veto every one of their bills, i will do that. When im headed to tall hass see, im not going to say, no, it must come from this state. Follow us and get rid of the lips to kill. Before you go to tallahassee
to be governor, be with me this afternoon in clearwater as protester. I will be there. Thank you. Thank you for coming down and raising awareness. Its so important. People like you, reverend, that bring the awareness up to the level so everyone knows how unjust this is and how it must be. I thank you for coming and leading the rally. Well thank you. Ill be at your side. Thank you so much. Earlier this week, tallahassee, florida mayor called on governor rick scott to suspend the Stand Your Ground Law, pending review by lawmakers. Hes been out early and often on this issue. He, also, is running for democratic candidate in florida. He joins me now, tallahassee mayor and democratic candidate for mayor, andrew gillham. Mayor, its good to see even opponents in a primary can come together on this issue. Let me show you tape of the actual shooting of this young man that we are rallying in clearwater this afternoon about. Clearly, as we see the shooting and he goes back in the store, his 5yearold son, standing there, he shoved him and he starts backing up and the guy comes out and shoots him. He says stands your ground, while hes backing up. The thing that also got to me, mr. Mayor, is he died in front of his 5yearold son standing at his side and two kids under the age of 2 years old, all of whom will be with their mother at the rally this afternoon, in the car watching them, traumatized for life. He went to the morgue and his shooter went home to bed and has
not spent one night in jail. It doesnt make any sense, reverend. Im thankful for you joining and leading todays rally in clearwater. I want to say, first, i want to welcome mr. Green to my position on Stand Your Ground. Since the death of Trayvon Martin, we know this law has no place in civilized society. It makes life more dangerous for everybody. The fact you have an individual who becomes judge, juror and executioner in their own minds under the cover and protection of the law and the United States is a travesty of justice. Today, i look forward to joining you as we call for an end to the law. As a father to two black boys, this is personal to me. I have watched too many of these tragedies take place and unfairly snuff out the lives of the people we love because of the way they look. We have to bring this law to a
conclusion. I called earlier this week for the governor of the current state of florida, governor rick scott to call for a state of emergency. So long as there is confusion over the law, peoples lives are on the line. He can call for an Executive Order, pausing for 60 days continuously until we get a full repeal of stand your gun law. What you said is a good point. The governor can repeal it or have an Executive Order right now. We are coming in, trayvons parents because the people in clearwater have already been protesting. We are coming in to enhance them, not try and overshadow any of their work. Because, at the end of the day, the people of the ground are going to have to make florida and the other 32 states change these laws. Thats right. I tell you, i accept the fair challenge, if you dont like the law, repeal it. Thats what we have to do. Elections have consequences. They have been at a rough shot over the state. This legislation was pushed by the nra. I have experience, having beat them twice in court when they sued me and drug me through court because we said you cannot shoot guns in city parks where kids play and families picnic. In the state of florida, thats so radical of a nation we enable the nra. They are only acting in the best interest to keep the community safe. Stand your ground puts all of our lives at risk, particularly the lives of our boys where Stand Your Ground exists. I showed the graph of how it
is not equally applied along racial lines. You and i and others are not trying to be polarizing when we bring up the racial aspect. We can have different opinions, but not different facts. The facts are what they are when you use Stand Your Ground. It is applied differently when the race involved is different. We know that, reverend. I appreciate your fount. There is to simply face the facts. The facts do speak for themselves. There is a racial bias in the application of this law. If we are concerned about the safety of all people, why would we allow a law that creates confusion, conflict and puts, unfortunately, the lives at risk of predominantly our young men of color who find themselves, oftentimes on the other side of the law. For conservatives, we have state
attorneys all over the state of florida that have hardened criminals before them, who they are attempting to prosecute and hold accountable for actions, being able to get away with committing heinous crimes under the cover after Stand Your Ground. It doesnt make any of us safe. In fact, it provided a safe haven for those who intend our community harm. Thank you, mayor. Give my regards to reverend holmes. Ill see you in clearwater later today. Up next, a face of the possible blue wave. A grieving mother now running for office. Well be right back. When heartburn hits. Fight back fast with tums smoothies. It neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum tum tum tum tums. Smoothies. And introducing new tums sugarfree. It was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. To do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. To fight cancer. And never lose sight of the patients were fighting for. Our Cancer Treatment specialists share the same vision. Experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. Specialists focused on treating cancer. Using advanced technologies. And more precise treatments than before. Working as hard as we can doing all that we can
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know there is so much at stake and futures are on the line. So were really taking a lead and making sure that the politics of our communities and our states looks like, feels like, thinks like the people that actually live there. Now, one of the appeals that youve made beyond gun control, youve dealt with health care. You have dealt with things that are across the board issues. And in any Congressional District, and for that matter statewide or Even National contest, theyre are going to b disagreements. But there are central things that all voters are concerned about, like health care, like education, like retirement. And like equal protection under the law. As you campaign now for republicans to also vote for your crossover in the general, since you are the democratic nominee, have you found these kinds of issues that kind of go beyond the partisan divide . Absolutely. And ive spoken to many republicans who have actually said to me, you know, these are the things that im concerned about. You know, were concerned about health care. Were concerned about educating our children. Were concerned about gun violence. These are the same things that republicans and democrats are both concerned about. But what i see, i see a change. A shift. And what im hearing from republicans is that, yes, i need somebody that aligns with my beliefs. And my ideologies. Things that im concerned about for the future. And im not necessarily im not going to tell you im going to leave the republican party, but i am definitely looking at candidates that serve my interests better. And ive had republicans tell me theyre voting for me, because they believe in me as an individual and not necessarily are they going to be the ones that are lifelong democrats. But theyre really taking a good
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