what you may not know is the end of the song, professor melissa murray did a free style rap that really brought down the room. is that true? what else does she is to say? we ll get into it when we re back in one minute. say we ll get into it when we re back in one minute we believe there s an innovator in all of us. that s why we build technology that makes it possible for every business. and every person. to come to the table and do more incredible things. [sound of helicopter blades] and every person. ugh. they found me. nice suits, you guys blend right in. the world needs you back. i m retired greg, you know this. people have their money just sitting around doing nothing. that s bad, they shouldn t do that. they re getting crushed by inflation.
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strongest language. and i said to the vice president that i think you ve fulfilled a mission. the question is whether all of the democrats will stand up and say to a democratic president and a democratic vice president, we re not only not on your side, we re on the side of those that oppose dr. king and john lewis and others. really striking, and thank you. stay with us, rev. i know you re traveling and doing work while also making time for us. professor, the rev said several things. i ll pick up on one of them, which is that he and other civil rights leaders and progressive leaders have been pushing biden to get where he is today. this is not where he publicly was last year, let alone five years ago, let alone when he was a senator. just as dr. king and others who make history in the very literal sense of not watching it or predicting it, but adding pressure, adding direct action, doing the things that may affect how lawmakers and others act is
civil and voting rights. it s an important story and we begin with a guest in the thick of it. i m joined by reverend al sharpton, an msnbc colleague, who speaks to us today on the road and as president of the national action network, and i understand, folks were just telling me, you just spoke with both the president and the vice president moments ago. we have that photo there. and i m also joined by professor melissa murray with nyu law school. welcome to both of you. rev, your thoughts on what matters today, given all of this, and if you have reflections to tell us about your meeting of the president and vice president, your discussions with them, let us know as well. well, i think today was a very important day. particularly for those of us that are engaged in voting rights and civil rights, because we ve been saying for months we
nuclear option, eliminating the filibuster in total and the prospect in later years that another party, maybe with different agenda items, would be willing to use a simple majority to advance its own thoughts that may not be compatible with what we re thinking today. it s a major evolution on his part and he s right, the filibuster has been used in ways that have obstructed civil rights throughout this history. political scientists at the brookings institution have known that between 1917 and 1994, of the legislation that was filibustered, roughly half of it was civil rights. these are bills that didn t make it to the floor for a vote. you make such great points. we have some of that just briefly, to reinforce. the professor is talking about how often segregationists and others over history used this. it s the weapon of choice. we ve also counted ten different years where it s been used to