Figure, he was big brother. But i didnt see the little stuff. He was doing the best he can, and the mistakes he made. And i watched him, followed him, corrected myself as a grown man, as a teenager growing up. And, you know, learning from him how to be a man. Everything he told us, he was doing, but he was teaching us to be a man because he was in the world before us and he gave us great lessons. One thing about a man, responsibility, he would stand up for his family and friends, and hes great at that. And i want you guys to know he would stand up for any injustice anywhere. Whew. Can you all please say his name . George floyd. Plause im brandon williams. Im georges nephew. I call him perry. We happen to share the same middle name for some reason. My momma wanted to name all of us after some of ouri oincidentally, i ended up with george. Growing up, im a lot younger than him, but my grandmother raised me. I didnt have a father figure present in my life, so i grew up in the same house w
Republicans and democrats alike, especially that are watching this and understand the humanitarian crisis, unparalleled Health Crisis coming to new york city, when they hear the governor of that state begging for help for their residents, this is war. And, again, more people could die from this that have died everywhere combined according to a study the white house was at least concerned about last week. This is like a general under fire knowing that the enemy is approaching from all sides and begging for help for the sake of American People, for the sake of seniors. And the president s again, in that moment there seemed dismissive, almost contemptuous of that. And make no mistake were were going to show some schwartz from Johns Hopkins and Financial Times that show the crisis coming to america is going its going to be on an Unprecedented Health care crisis and its going to look much worse than china, much worse than italy, much worse than spain, much worse than france. We are going to
Eat. I mean, you look hes complaining about not getting enough to eat. Now. While theyre serving america. Thats i think that sums it up. Thats it right there. Its monday, december 2nd. And with us we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press Jonathan Lemire who turned 40 over thanksgiving. Thanks, mika. What a child. The political reiter for the New York Times and nbc political analyst nick confessore. Host of politics nation and president of the Nation Action Network reverend al sharpton. And u. S. National editor at the Financial Times, ed luce joins us as well. The impeachment hearing for President Trump will shift from investigation to prosecution. They house judiciary gavels in on wednesday but do not expect the president to participate. The president heads overseas for the upcoming nato hearing in london. He will be backing his domestic issues right along with him comflange theyre happening. Speaking of politics here at home, this morning there was one fewer democrat in
Im not making this up. We will get to the faux outreach surrounding that just ahead. Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its friday, december 27th. With us we have msnbc contribute by thetor michael barnicle. Republican strategist susan de l percio, host of msnbc politics nation and president of the Nation Action Network reverend al sharpton and nction nebc new correspondent with us in washington, heidi. Good morning. I always say the friday between new years and christmas you know who your friends of. And here you are. Rev, you had a Big Christmas, as you always do. 28 years at national Action Network. In year our special guest was phil griffin, the president of nbc. He and cory came said well do about an hour, they stayed 2 1 2 hours. People loved that the president of msnbc spent Christmas Day with them along with about 2,000 elected officials. Christmas should be about what you give, not what you get. The thing that i really appreciated about phil coming is we talk about a lot of
the world series or when the mets finish a season. i like that. i love what the commissioner said, we got him. you re thinking, well, yeah, he called from mcdonald s. so congratulations. all right. joining us now, host of msnbc s politics nation, president of the nation action network, ref reverend al sharpton is with us. also from the new york times, mara gay. you write, for now, the most desperate scenes of the housing crisis are unfolding in public view. children are sleeping in crowded subway cars. people are battling mental illness and drug adecks outside new york s most iconic land marks and in its famous parks. mr. adams talks about street homelessness as though it were a moral failure and about the people experiencing it as though