released from these calls and from these interviews. also in florida, a green light from the government on the right to vote challenge there in that state. the feds giving florida access to a homeland security database to check whether residents and nonresidents have the right to vote based on citizenship status. but it is actually a benefit for republicans or voter rights groups. and joining me now is politics nations host, the reverend al sharpton. great to see you. thanks for being here. i like it when you come in early for us because i know you have a long day ahead of you. what is your reaction to the government and its decision to allow the department of homeland security s participation? well, i mean, i have civil liberties questions, but i also think that it is something interesting when you saw in the state of florida where they were purging voters using no data. so at one level if this data is there, it gives them no reason to try these voter purges where
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and two pills for a day free of pain. [ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. welcome back to with the kwkds with alex witt. well, the feds are giving the green light on a right to vote challenge in florida which means that the state can now use a homeland security database to check on whether its residents and non-residents have the right to vote based on citizenship status. all this is playing out in the midst of a close presidential relationship in the battleground state. steve is joining me now. good day to you and thanks for joining me. thanks. tell us what s happened to allow florida to move ahead with the voter purge. for most of the past year the governor here, rick scott,
good morning, everyone. i m randi kay. it s 8:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. wee start with a victory for florida governor rick scott. he sue the federal government and now the government has given in. what did he want? access to the department of homeland security s database on immigrants in the u. the reason? he wants to purge illegally registered voters from the state s voter rolls. so how big of a problem is it in florida? here is what we know so far. because we couldn t get the homeland security database, we used our own motor vehicle database and looked at 2,600 names. we know over 100 people have registered to vote, they re nonu.s. citizens and we know over 50 have voted in our election. so we know people are registering to note that are non-u.s. citizens and we know they re voting. that s not right, it s a crime, and it impacts our races. that was the governor a couple weeks ago on this program. critics say scott is just trying to
sent the letter to, when you sent them the letter, did have you any information that they might not be citizens? we said, you need to come forward and show us you are a u.s. citizen greta: but why then? but why them? sure, greta. because of the data we had it appeared they were not ewe u.s. citizens. we want to make sure that u.s. citizens vote is not diluted. so we took a look at a small sample. but we need the database from the homeland security. and we are entitled to it. greta: i understand that. but i am trying to understand, why did you think that the first group might not be citizens if you didn t have the homeland security database? what it was about them? we looked at data from the motor vehicles and that database gave us an idea to believe they were not citizens and that s how we give greta: like what? governor, i am thinking about my own driver s license, i don t