both of you to talk to about it. a. practicing note. the rev will interview the father of jacob blake, jacob blake sr. as well as the mother wand de cooper jones tomorrow night atteckh 5:00 eastern on politics nation. up next here, kevin mccar thou s small tactic couldn t stop the house from passing lands mark legislation and delivering the biden administration a big huge win. more on that after a quick break. ck break. [gaming sounds] [gaming sounds] [gaming sounds] just think, he ll be driving for real soon. every new chevy equinox comes standard with chevy safety assist, including automatic emergency braking. find new peace of mind. find new roads.
want the see equal justice and equal fairness under the law. and let us never forget that jacob blake jr. never got that, never got a day in court. that s why those young men were there in the first place. shaq brewster and maya wiley thank you for starting us off on this. the rev sticks around. after the break, in a country already on high alert for domestic extremists moved to carry out acts of violence, new questions about what messages are being sent about vigilanteism in the rittenhouse verdict. plus, somewhere we are pretty sure kevin mccarthy is still talking. how the democrats delivered a huge win for president biden and the american people. just in time for the holidays the cdc has now officially endorsed covid booster shots for all adults. we will talk turkeys and boosters, coming up. don t go anywhere. e. so now, he s free to become, wonderland will.
that can support rittenhouse, to see him aquitted but when black ministers sit with people in georgia after a young man was killed, who had no gun we are bar trd the courtroom in the same news cycle. that s the problem we are facing in the country today. it took a tremendous blow with this verdict. rev, you inspire a million questions right now. i will stick to where your focus is. how is the family of jacob blake doing? i have been in touch with his father. in fact he will be on politics nation with me tomorrow afternoon. he s outraged because the thing that these people came to his city and killed people that were there protesting for his son, who was shot on videotape, jacob jr., on videotape, seven times in the back. and the policeman was never
the shotting of jacob blake, the man who was shot by kenosha police officers, if that was justified, then he suggested that kyle rittenhouse s shooting was also justified. you had both sides leaning into the conversations that uz saw outside of the courthouse, and those cultural themes of original is atlanticeism, the second amendment and the right to self-defense. you saw that in the courtroom where in many cases attorneys try to separate what happens outside, in the cultural tonings they try separate that from what happens inside the krour. maya, on what legally did this acquittal turn in your view? i don t think there is much question that obviously the jury bought the self-defense claim. this was one that included witnesses in addition to what shaq said that said for instance mr. mic guinness from the daily
many americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken. i ran on promise to bring americans together because i believe that what you nights us is far greater than what divides us. i know we are not going to heal our country s wounds overnight but i remain steadfast in my commitment to do everything in my power to ensure that every american is treated equally, with fairness, and dignity under the law. the family of jacob brake whose shooting by a police officer triggered the unrest that drew rittenhouse to kenosha in august of last year is expressing outrage over today s verdict. jacob blake s uncle spoke to nbc s gabe gutierrez. here s some of what he said. there was no self-defense. self-defense is when you are protecting your home, protecting your family. he in a bastardly and dastardly