po politics nation with al sharpton. pushl push . tonight, from the world famous rockerfeller center in new york city. it s the best and worst in politics in 2012. all the big stars are on the red carpet. donald trump is hoping to win a revvie in the unreality show category. paul ryan is pumped and ready to go. what s with the hat there, fella? and what s an awards show without this guy? he survived a really rough year and he s looking just great tonight. the evening is about to get started. so take a seat before clint eastwood yells at it. sit back and enjoy the show. now, without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your master of ceremonies and the host of politics nation u the reverend, al sharpton. good evening.
direction. richard wolffe, paul bearic, the reverend, thanks a lot. a bit of good news. we re breathing a huge collective sigh of relief after being held captive, an nbc correspondent group richard engel and his group are freed and out of arm. engle and his crew sharing the story of what they faced. the ordeal. i m very happy that we re able to do this slapshot this morning. we were driving in syria about five days ago in what we thoughts were a rebel-controlled area. we were with some of the rentals. as we were moving down the road, a group of gunmen literally jumped out of the trees and bushes on the side of the road. probably 15 gunmen. they were wearing ski masks, they were heavily armed. they dragged us out of the car. they had a container truck
but they know because they have been involved in financing a well structured campaign to convince people that the president is a muslim, they know that if they can get that belief, then they can play on a prejudice, and it is nothing but a political strategy. okay. i agree with that. so i m already well spoken here by the reverend. i do believe that less than half the american people accept obama at his word that he is a christian, is part of an overall strategy that is relentless. people like donald trump over and over again raising the birther questions, questioning this man s word. it s gotten to the point where more people disbelieve him than believe him. the president of the united states. i ve never heard a person say i m jewish, oh no you re not. or i m catholic, no you aren t. you accept people in this country for what they say they are. i think there are two different things going on here. on the one hand, there are probably republicans for whom this is just a republican a
think they can win an election. everyone knows that according to the constitution s religious freedom provisions, it shouldn t make any difference whether the candidate is a mormon, a muslim, or a christian. but they know because they have been involved in financing a well structured campaign to convince people that the president is a muslim, they know that if they can get that belief, then they can play on a prejudice, and it is nothing but a political strategy. okay. i agree with that. so i m already well spoken here by the reverend. i do believe that less than half the american people accept obama at his word that he is a christian, is part of an overall strategy that is relentless. people like donald trump over and over again raising the birther questions, questioning this man s word. it s gotten to the point where more people disbelieve him than believe him. i ve never heard a person say i m jewish, oh no you re not.
think they can win an election. everyone knows that according to the constitution s religious freedom provisions, it shouldn t make any difference whether the candidate is a mormon, a muslim, or a christian. but they know because they have been involved in financing a well structured campaign to convince people that the president is a muslim, they know that if they can get that belief, then they can play on a prejudice, and it is nothing but a political strategy. okay. i agree with that. so i m already well spoken here by the reverend. i do believe that less than half the american people accept obama at his word that he is a christian, is part of an overall strategy that is relentless. people like donald trump over and over again raising the birther questions, questioning this man s word. it s gotten to the point where more people disbelieve him than believe him. i ve never heard a person say