Step aside and let government get back to governing. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shocking the political World Today announcing that he will resign in 14 days amid a mass of sexual assault scandals. The Love Gov was apologetic to accusers and strangely thanked them for coming forward. He smeared the investigation as a political hit job. I am a fighter. And my instinct is to fight through this controversy. Because i truly believe it is politically motivated. Lawrence president biden, who knows all about giving people awkward hugs mourned Cuomos Resignation he did Some good things, right . He has done a hell of a job. He has done a hell of a job. And i mean, both on everything from access to voting to infrastructure to whole range of things. Thats why its So sad. Lawrence but dont be sad that its over, joe. Be glad that it happened. Dont worry happy times may be here again. Heres why. By resigning, cuomo will likely escape an ugly impeachment Proceeding And Accountability for his Nursi
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. it s halloween. there s a ton of news. i was in for nicolle last hour. this is a new hour as we re awaiting announcement of state charges against the suspected attacker of speaker pelosi s san francisco home. we ll bring you that live when we get it. charges are hitting after a separate action from the justice department which has already charged david depape with assault and attempted kidnapping. there s new information on what may be the politics of this. i say may be because we have to follow the evidence and what the authorities say and the information is slowly coming into view. the suspect did say that the goal was to, quote, hold nance hostage, viewing her as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party, and said that if nancy were to tell the truth, he would let her go, but if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. he said he would show other members of congress there are consequences to actions. the suspect
Different way than how it began. because as some people get rich by selling pot, which you might say, that s fine, that s going to be business nowadays. others are still stuck in prison right now for doing the same thing. it s a cycle of discrimination i have talked to you right here on the beat. it s also one msnbc is spotlighted in a new documentary about one of the people still paying for all this, michael thompson. as the state of michigan takes on recreational sales of marijuana, munn man is sitting in the muskegon jail. he sold three pounds of marijuana in the 90s. thompson is considered the longest incarcerated nonviolent offender in michigan s history. last night, msnbc aired what you just saw a clip of, the sentence of michael thompson, as well as a brand-new interview where just did with mr. thompson, who spent the bulk of his adult life incarcerated
Support that habit and ended up in federal prison. and i don t blame you entirely, but that was a pivotal moment for sure. i mean, i was a pot dealer before that, and that was part of my crime. you know, i had two marijuana priors, but, god, it sent me in a horrible direction. not only did it impact me and, of course, pat, who s no longer here, our families, your family, josh s family. did you carry some guilt over patrick s oh, yeah. yeah. so i don t know if you realize, but pat the only reason he was on my couch was because we drank that night and i told him he could crash on the couch. and he ended up getting killed. because i was, you know, selling pot and you guys decided to target me, man. this guy would be alive today if i didn t offer the couch or maybe if i wasn t selling pot or, you know you know. there s nothing that justifies me coming into your space and doing that. and nothing you could have done would have prevented that. that was that s mine to own. there
You know. eventually, i robbed a bank to support that habit and ended up in federal prison. and i don t blame you entirely, but that was a pivotal moment for sure. i mean, i was a pot dealer before that, and that was part of my crime. you know, i had two marijuana priors, but, god, it sent me in a horrible direction. not only did it impact me and, of course, pat, who s no longer here, our families, your family, josh s family. did you carry some guilt over patrick s oh, yeah. yeah. so i don t know if you realize, but pat the only reason he was on my couch was because we drank that night and i told him he could crash on the couch. and he ended up getting killed. because i was, you know, selling pot and you guys decided to target me, man. this guy would be alive today if i didn t offer the couch or maybe if i wasn t selling pot or, you know you know. there s nothing that justifies me coming into your space and doing that. and nothing you could have done would have prevented th