That has people all across the country talking about race identity and deception. Rachel dolezal breaking her silence, speaking out in exclusive interview just the day after resigning from the naacp. Are you an africanamerican woman . I identify as black. This goes back to a very early age with my selfidentification with the black experience as a very young child. When did it start . I would say about 5 years old. You began identifying yourself as africanamerican. Ways drawing selfportraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon and the black curly hair. Thats how i was pore trag myself. She identifies as black. For millions of americans, this was the first time theyve heard about this sort of thing. What exactly does it mean . In a cable news exclusive with msnbcs Melissa Harris perry, she talked about her identity in greater depth. Ive heard a lot of people ask you the question are you africanamerican or caucasian. Im not going to ask it that way. Thanks. Are you black . Y
Firebombs and grenades, a capital city turning into a combat zone. 100 people were killed today in kiev after a tentative truce quickly fell apart. Ukraine government blaming the protesters for trying to stage a coo. Ukraine sits at the crucial crossroads. A tug between the east and west making the stakes enormously high. We must caution you, some of the pictures that youre about to see are extremely graphic. Nick paton walsh is joining us from kiev with the very latest. Nick . Reporter wolf, as the protesters behind me grow in numbers, somber in the atmosphere, we heard a lot of massive prayers being said for the loss of nearly 100 people, according to act visits in the bloodshed. This morning, we are possibly seeing maybe the beginning of a solution. The polish president who is here with the french, german, and Dutch Foreign ministers have been in meetings with opposition leaders and the ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych. This may bring elections forward to this year and may perhaps
Republican party comes out on top. The gop gaining control of the senate widening the majority in the house and winning several key governors races in this morning. Well have more results on the Battle Ground races and the balance of shift in political power. This is way too early. Hey, everybody. Good morning. Hope you are rested and ready to go. Its wednesday, november 5th. Welcome to way too early. We needed an extra 30 minutes. We have all the numbers for you despite millions of democratic dollars, republicans have taken control of the senate they did it on the strength of big wins and races that issue thought to be close so far gaining seven seats it is the end of the harry reid era as Senate Majority leader. They say hell now run for minority leader. It wasnt close in mcconnell when he easily beat Allison Lundergan grimes. We see the tally. A gracious acceptance speech he was conciliatory after a nasty race. A little while ago i spoke with my opponent. They ran a spirited campaig
Keystone pipeline and unemployment falls to 5 . Inside politics. The biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. We tee up a big week in president ial politics. The fourth Republican Debate is tuesday night and the Second Democratic debate on saturday. With us to share the reporting Jackie Kucinich of the daily beast, matt viser from the boston globe, and Jonathan Martin from new york times. Its the american people, sir. Theyre sick of winning. Theyre winning so much. Its just too great, sir. That was donald trump, of course, his visit to saturday night live was not without controversy. The show tried to make light of the situation. Who is that . Trumps a racist i heard if i yelled that they would give me 5,000. [ applause ] i can fully respect that as a businessman. Larry david having more fun on saturday night live. The next big National Stage for trump is tuesday in milwaukee. Gop debate number four where the fields other surprising o
Our top story this hour. Shifting loyalties in afghanistan. Taliban insurgents are making bold advances in the countrys heldman province. And part of the reason the Afghanistan Government seems to be losing ground there is because of soldiers like these defectors from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. For more on all this, Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins us now life from kabul. Nick, why are these soldiers swapping sides and choosing to fight with the taliban instead, and how likely is it that afghan troops will be able to regain this lost territory . Reporter well, the reasons these men, who spoke to us, gave was really the corruption in the ranks of the afghan army, the lack of resources theyve been receiving. Frankly, widely acknowledged problems by the Afghan Government themselves and even u. S. Officials admit to about twothirds of personnel losses the afghan may have suffered. Its a widespread issue and particularly right now its acute because