Involved, but my overriding theme from being a little boy preaching in brooklyn, to being a teenage activist, all the way to now, has been my fight for social justice. And those Little People that bleed in the same fight are the things im most proud of. Im getting older, learning how to do it better. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Have a great weekend. Hardball starts right now. Another beheading abroad and ebola quarantine at home. This is hardball. Knng, im Chris Matthews in washington. We begin tonight, this friday night with the latest horror from abroad. The Islamic State has committed another beheading. This fourth victim in a growing list is allen henning, a british aid worker. His wife had appealed for his release, and hoped for his safe return, especially after being joined in her appeal by dozens of Muslim Leaders in britain. This is going to drive the demand for this country to get even, if you will. This is humiliating, insulting, and a death of an innocent person. A
He later spoke out against the war and promised to bring that experience to the white house as commander in chief. What conservatives did next was shameful. They launched a swift boat ad smearing his war record, trying to drag him down into the mud. A few years later, they tried it again against another democratic nominee, but it hasnt worked. You can keep trying to smear and lie, but after a while, truth will rise again. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Impeach me. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in
washington. Let me start tonight with what could be a battle between president obama and the republican congress. The stakes are these. Can congress destroy a president s ability to destroy the vital problems facing the country, a broken immigration system, aging and decaying infrastructure . Can a partisan house of representatives sabotage the working of the democracy, kill a presidency in broad daylight . Uh now to the weapons. The speaker of the house is su
Why now when Michael Brown is killed do we change the rules . Thank you for your time tonight on the ed show. The senate is voting on the Keystone Pipeline. Thats the ed show. Politics nation starts now. Thanks to you for tuning in. We start with breaking news, right now the senate is voting on the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline, a project that stirred up huge divisions and an issue at the center of political and environmental fights for years. 60 votes are needed to bring this to the president s desk. The fight is over a plan to bring oil from alberta, canada down to the gulf of mexico. Tonights vote hinges on getting approval to building the last
portion of it from canada to nebraska. If built oil would flow through about 2,000 miles of canada and the United States. Supporters, mostly republican say it is all about job creation and Oil Independence from the middle east. Opponents say it could be devastating to the environment. The process to get the oil procedures around and to produce eve
Welcome back, everybody. Lets get a check on the day ahead before the day ahead. Secretary of defense and chairman of joint chiefs will appear before the Armed Services committee to discuss the plan to defeat isis. Trump plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City officially closes its doors today. Another casino shuttering there. That will do it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. You know, mika, we dont know a lot about the Shooting Range instructor in arizona who was tragically struck down last month, by a 9yearold girl. That horrifying incident obviously brought to light the insane practice of some shooting
ranges that actually let very young kids shoot very powerful weapons. But this morning were getting very glimpse of the very least what kind of a father he was. His own children fought through the grief of losing their dad to reach out to the little girl. We wrote this letter. We dont know your name but were connected by this tragedy. In the news we were just called the
Didnt talk about right here on the panel. You may want to log on and check it out if you havent been there before. Make it good night. Right now two big developing stories a race against the clock. Ebola survivor dr. Kent brantly rushing to the the rescue with his own blood trying to save another ebola patient. You are about to find out what dr. Brantly is doing, make no mistake about it, ebola is deadly. Just today terrible news out of a dallas hospital liberian man who came into the United States with ebola undetected. Well, he died. That news as our government desperately fights to keep ebola from entering the u. S. And from spreading across the United States. And today, the Homeland Security department ordering new screening measures at five u. S. Airports. All the the latest on ebola in just minutes. First, new fears isis could soon invade turkey the pentagon key syrian town
could fall to isis and could fall soon. Stepped up u. S. Led Coalition Air strikes not keeping isis from ad