A lot of you might remember this powerful moment from Condoleezza Rices speech at the 2012 rnc. And on a personal note, a little girl grows up in jim crow birmingham, the segregated city of the south where her parents
condition take her to a Movie Theater or to a restaurant but they have her absolutely convinced that even if she could not have a hamburger at the woolworths counter, she could become president of the United States. Yes, yes, america has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect, but we know it was never inevitable, it took leadership and it took court and jury and it took courage and it took believe in our values. Less than two years later, eric holder. In too many of our school districts, significant divisions persist and segregation has recurred, including zero Tolerance School discipline
practices while well intentioned affect black males at a three times higher than their white peers. What a difference is in speeches. This is, the ram Rahm Emmanuel
You went and golfed. Do you want that back . You know, it is always a challenge when youre supposed to be on vacation. Because youre followed every where and part of what i would love is a vacation from the press. Theres no doubt that after having talked to the families, where it was hard for me to hold back tears listening to the pain that they were going through, after the statement that i made, that i should have anticipated the optics. You know, thats part of the job. Its Serious Business and you care about it deeply. But part of this job is also the theater, part of it is, you know, how are you its not something that always comes naturally to me, but it matters. And im mindful of that. Oh, good lord. Were here. Good lord . What do you mean . Youre talking in my ear. Im excited. I accept him with open arms. I missed you. Been away. Field work. Field work. Oh, the kids. Dont overdo it. Willie and i have this, we love the kids. Thats all im going to say. We also have msnbc
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He is always working it. Isthanks for inviting us into your home. That is it for special report, fair bs balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. Fox news confirming an american was killed in syria while fighting for isis. Yes, for isis. Thats the same group that executed james foley. Catherine herridge joins us. Catherine . Thank you, greta. Within the last hour, senior Law Enforcement official confirmed to fox news the american citizen killed in syria was known to the u. S. Government and his affiliation also with isis. Fox news has told that the family of Douglass Mcarthur mccain of san diego, california, has also been notified. Evidence of his death, including a photo of his american passport, was first reported by the Free Syrian Army which is fighting against isis for control of eastern syria. On twitter in june, he told
his isis contact that he would soon be meeting them in that country and as his radicalization deepened he changed his
Out to africanamericans with the the speech at the National Urban league. Well get the urban leagues president thoughts. And the oldest leaving female vet will be ouagadougou. Witnesses say five explosions tore through this u. N. Run school in northern gaza. The playground with shells. Soaked in blood. They thought they were safe here. These days nowhere is safe in gaza. The hospital was overwhelmed. Most of the casualties are children and women. You want to tell me that
netanyahu mailed the responsible thing . Are deaths a responsible thing . Thins incident sparked anger among palestinians. Air algerie. Because of a storm. The israeli airport u. S. Airlines are starting to fly in tel aviv. This decision by the faa, was this a political decision . We have not just done this on politics but the facts and everything else. The European Union is to have 33 new and unreasonable and counter productive. Weve seen europe move with us. Not always as fast as wed like, but they get there. Russia
In 2001, president george w. Bush vowed to go after the terrorist whos attacked us on 9 11. Only the president obama will lay out his vision to the country for defeating isis. The nation will be watching. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. I will see you back here starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern for msnbcs special coverage of the president s speech. First, hardball starts right now. Fight night. This is hardball. Good evening, ill Chris Matthews in washington overlooking the u. S. Capitol. Only the the president must make an impossible argument. That we can protect ourselves in this country at home or entanglement abroad and still
defeat our new enemy, isis, isil, the islamic state. Were still having a hard time agreeing on what to call it but a much harder time agreeing how to confront it. My first guest is bill mahr. He joins us on this big night when the president addresses the American People and because of the beheading of two american journalists, it is a time when people have a