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
Austerity are mobbed by protesters. Pay your share of taxes. Pay your tax. Tonight, times Michael Grunwald, Jonathan Alter and katrina vanden heuvel on how to dismantle the austerity bomb. 10,000 bucks . The godfather of the conservative movement offers romney pocket change to anyone who can save the Republican Party. Ill show you why its a lost cause. Plus, a virginia pizza shop owner uses a sick promotion to sell pies and push the nra agenda. The Beltway Press takes their eye off the ball, complaining about obama and tiger woods. The least popular senator is desperately attacking ashley judd. And david corn, the coauthor of hubris and coauthor of the msnbc documentary tells me what was left out. Im sure the administration cooked the books. Good to have you with us, folks. Thanks for watching. Keep in mind when you hear the word sequester, the sequester cuts were designed to be so bad, so terrible, that lawmakers would be forced to come up with an alternative plan. Well, that didnt wo
Applauding the fact that finally they had just seen a movie that had shown an american success story. Just the fun of seeing an escapade sung seeded. No cynical antiheroes, just Straight Arrow heroes. People serving their country and this scared group that desperately needed their help. Im glad it won the golden globe for hero. Both are heroic tales. And thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. Politics nation with al sharpton starts now. Thanks, chris. And thanks to you for tuning in. Tonights lead . Taking control. Its been exactly one month since 20 first graders were sht and killed in their classrooms at the sandyhook elementary cool. And that one month had radically up rated the gun debate in this country. We were reminded of that today listening to parents who lost their children, five and sixyearolds in the sandyhook shooting. Some of them bravely spoke out on the need for change trying to turn their private tragedy into the public good. On friday, december 14th, i put
And i am pro ending this war as soon as we can but i fear thats a long way away. As Douglas Macarthur said, only the dead have seen the end of war, and we may now be in a permanent war. Okay. That does it for the cycle. Martin, its yours. Passionate patriotism from toure. Thank you. Its monday, february 11th, and a pope has abdicated, the president prepares to face the nation, but republicans are still stuck on benghazi. The president s state of the Union Address. Could be the president s last best chance to address a captive audience. Do republicans have the leverage now . None of the things i ran on as part of the tea party have been fixed. I dont want to live with this sequester. How do we get growth with jobs . No confirmation without information. Are you going to support him for defense secretary . I will see the rest of the answers to his questions but certainly i have very grave concerned. I dont think we should let brennan go forward for the cia directorship and hagel to be con
They threaten to crash the government if they dont like the way its doing something. If they dont like who the American People have elected as republican. Isnt what the republicans did in the old days . If they didnt like a government somewhere, guatemala, iran, chile, they just brought it down. Guess what . Republicans are now using the same tactic here at home. If they dont like who we have elected as president , they find some way to undermine the president. Whatever it takes to destroy it. We are using in this country the same old cold war cia tactics to destabilize our own country. Look at the impact this constant threats to shut down the government have been having on public confidence. Its all in the ratings. Its undermining it, making people forever nervous about the basic ability of america to even have a running government. That patriotic . I dont think so. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. The ed show with ed schultz starts right now. Good evening, americans,