>>> 25 PAST THE HOUR.
>>> 25 PAST THE HOUR. JOINING US NOW HOST OF MSNBC
JOINING US NOW HOST OF MSNBC "POLITICSNATION" AND PRESIDENT
"POLITICSNATION" AND PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK,
OF THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, REVEREND AL SHARPTON.
REVEREND AL SHARPTON. GREAT TO YOU HAVE WITH US.
GREAT TO YOU HAVE WITH US. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG IS OFFERING AN
RAPPER SNOOP DOGG IS OFFERING AN APOLOGY TO JOURNALIST GAYLE KING
APOLOGY TO JOURNALIST GAYLE KING FOLLOWING BACKLASH OVER HIS
FOLLOWING BACKLASH OVER HIS COMMENTS APPEARING TO, WELL, HE
COMMENTS APPEARING TO, WELL, HE DID THREATEN THE CBS "THIS
DID THREATEN THE CBS "THIS MORNING" ANCHOR FOR ASKING
MORNING" ANCHOR FOR ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LATE KOBE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LATE KOBE BRYANT’S 2003 RAPE CASE, IN AN
BRYANT’S 2003 RAPE CASE, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WNBA STAR LISA
INTERVIEW WITH WNBA STAR LISA LESLIE.
LESLIE. >> TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE NO
>> TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE NO RIGHT.
RIGHT. WE DO WRONG, THAT AFFECTS.
WE DO WRONG, THAT AFFECTS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, GAYLE
WITH THAT BEING SAID, GAYLE KING, I PUBLICLY TORE YOU DOWN
KING, I PUBLICLY TORE YOU DOWN BY COMING AT YOU IN A DEROGATORY
BY COMING AT YOU IN A DEROGATORY MANNER BASED OFF EMOTIONS ME
MANNER BASED OFF EMOTIONS ME BEING ANGRY AS QUESTIONS THAT
BEING ANGRY AS QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED OVERREACTED, SHOULD
YOU ASKED OVERREACTED, SHOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WAY DIFFERENT
HAVE HANDLED IT WAY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. I WAS RAISED WAY BETTER THAN
I WAS RAISED WAY BETTER THAN THAT.
THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO
SO I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU PUBLICLY FOR THE LANGUAGE
YOU PUBLICLY FOR THE LANGUAGE THAT I USED IN CALLING YOU A
THAT I USED IN CALLING YOU A NAME AND JUST BEING
NAME AND JUST BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
DISRESPECTFUL. I DIDN’T MEAN FOR IT TO BE LIKE
I DIDN’T MEAN FOR IT TO BE LIKE THAT.
THAT. I WAS JUST EXPRESSING MYSELF FOR
I WAS JUST EXPRESSING MYSELF FOR A FRIEND THAT WASN’T HERE TO
A FRIEND THAT WASN’T HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
DEFEND HIMSELF. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK UP TO ME,
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK UP TO ME, LOVE ME AND APPRECIATE ME AND I
LOVE ME AND APPRECIATE ME AND I WANT TO LET THEM KNOW, ANYTIME
WANT TO LET THEM KNOW, ANYTIME YOU MESS UP, IT’S OKAY TO FIX
YOU MESS UP, IT’S OKAY TO FIX IT, MAN UP AND SAY THAT YOU
IT, MAN UP AND SAY THAT YOU WRONG.
WRONG. I APOLOGIZE.
I APOLOGIZE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN SIT DOWN AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK PRIVATELY.
TALK PRIVATELY. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> JOE, YOU GO FIRST.
>> JOE, YOU GO FIRST. >> SO -- YEAH.
>> SO -- YEAH. WELL, LISTEN, I -- IT WAS PRETTY
WELL, LISTEN, I -- IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD APOLOGY, A
STRAIGHTFORWARD APOLOGY, A COMPLETE APOLOGY.
COMPLETE APOLOGY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPLETE
I THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPLETE APOLOGY
APOLOGY APOLOGY.
APOLOGY. I KNOW YOU HAVE A SLIGHTLY
I KNOW YOU HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT, BUT, YOU
DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I THINK WE, WE
KNOW, I THINK -- I THINK WE, WE ALL SCREW UP.
ALL SCREW UP. WE ALL MESS UP, AND WHEN WE DO,
WE ALL MESS UP, AND WHEN WE DO, WE NEED TO STEP FORWARD AND
WE NEED TO STEP FORWARD AND APOLOGIZE, AND THE PART, THE
APOLOGIZE, AND THE PART, THE PART OF THAT APOLOGY, I MEAN, HE
PART OF THAT APOLOGY, I MEAN, HE SAID HE OVERREACTED.
SAID HE OVERREACTED. HE APOLOGIZED FULLY.
HE APOLOGIZED FULLY. HE WAS BEING DISRESPECTFUL AND
HE WAS BEING DISRESPECTFUL AND SAID HE NEEDED TO "MAN UP" AND
SAID HE NEEDED TO "MAN UP" AND APOLOGIZE.
APOLOGIZE. HE DID.
HE DID. THE BEST PART WHEN HE SAID THEY
THE BEST PART WHEN HE SAID THEY NEEDED TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK
NEEDED TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK PRIVATELY, WHICH I’M SURE AT
PRIVATELY, WHICH I’M SURE AT SOME POINT THEY WILL, THOUGH I’M
SOME POINT THEY WILL, THOUGH I’M SURE THIS IS STILL VERY, VERY
SURE THIS IS STILL VERY, VERY RAW FOR GAYLE.
RAW FOR GAYLE. SHE’S BEEN THROUGH HELL OVER THE
SHE’S BEEN THROUGH HELL OVER THE PAST WEEK AND I KNOW HAS TO BE
PAST WEEK AND I KNOW HAS TO BE DISILLUSIONED BY PEOPLE SHE
DISILLUSIONED BY PEOPLE SHE THOUGHT WERE FRIENDS WHO SAT BY
THOUGHT WERE FRIENDS WHO SAT BY AND SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
AND SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I KNOW SHE HAS TOS
I KNOW SHE HAS TOS DISILLUSIONED, BY NEWSPAPERS
DISILLUSIONED, BY NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND
LIKE THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND OTHERS WHO CLAIM TO BE SUCH
OTHERS WHO CLAIM TO BE SUCH CHAMPIONS OF JOURNALISTIC
CHAMPIONS OF JOURNALISTIC FREEDOM AND PROTECTING
FREEDOM AND PROTECTING JOURNALISTS.
JOURNALISTS. THEY TALKED ABOUT PROTECTING
THEY TALKED ABOUT PROTECTING JOURNALISTS WORLDWIDE BUT DON’T
JOURNALISTS WORLDWIDE BUT DON’T EVEN PROTECT ONE DOWN THE STREET
EVEN PROTECT ONE DOWN THE STREET WHEN HER LIFE IS THREATENED?
WHEN HER LIFE IS THREATENED? IT’S VERY STRANGE THIS
IT’S VERY STRANGE THIS CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE TO PROTECT
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND A BLACK FEMALE
AND DEFEND A BLACK FEMALE JOURNALIST.
JOURNALIST. I -- I’M READY TO MOVE PAST
I -- I’M READY TO MOVE PAST SNOOP AND WHAT HE SAID.
SNOOP AND WHAT HE SAID. I’M FAR MORE FOCUSED ON THIS
I’M FAR MORE FOCUSED ON THIS COMPLETE DERELICTION OF DUTY BY
COMPLETE DERELICTION OF DUTY BY OPINION WRITERS, BY MEDIA
OPINION WRITERS, BY MEDIA FIGURES, BY LEADERS, BOTH BLACK
FIGURES, BY LEADERS, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE, WHO HAVE REFUSED TO
AND WHITE, WHO HAVE REFUSED TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK TRUTH TO
STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.
POWER. WE HAVE ONE OF THE FEW ON THIS
WE HAVE ONE OF THE FEW ON THIS SET, WHO HAVE, AND THAT’S, OF
SET, WHO HAVE, AND THAT’S, OF COURSE, REVEREND AL.
COURSE, REVEREND AL. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKA?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKA? >> I DON’T THINK THOSE FOLKS ARE
>> I DON’T THINK THOSE FOLKS ARE OFF THE HOOK JUST BECAUSE SNOOP
OFF THE HOOK JUST BECAUSE SNOOP DELIVERED THIS --
DELIVERED THIS -- >> THEY’RE NOT.
>> THEY’RE NOT. >> -- SO-CALLED APOLOGY.
>> -- SO-CALLED APOLOGY. AN APOLOGY IN SOME WAYS AND
AN APOLOGY IN SOME WAYS AND WASN’T IN OTHERS AND HERE’S
WASN’T IN OTHERS AND HERE’S WHY --
WHY -- FIR OF ALL, QUITE A TURNAROUND.
FIR OF ALL, QUITE A TURNAROUND. OKAY?
OKAY? FROM WHAT HE PUT OUT THERE AND
FROM WHAT HE PUT OUT THERE AND IT TOOK A WEEK.
IT TOOK A WEEK. PROBLEMATIC.
PROBLEMATIC. WHEN YOU’VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG
WHEN YOU’VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG YOU KNOW IT RIGHT AWAY AND GET
YOU KNOW IT RIGHT AWAY AND GET RIGHT OUT THERE AND DO NOT GIVE
RIGHT OUT THERE AND DO NOT GIVE EXCUSES FOR IT.
EXCUSES FOR IT. HIS FIRST LINE GAVE AN EXCUSE.
HIS FIRST LINE GAVE AN EXCUSE. TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT?
TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT? LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THAT’S
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THAT’S PROBLEMATIC.
PROBLEMATIC. HE LEFT GAYLE HANGING IN AN AREA
HE LEFT GAYLE HANGING IN AN AREA THAT’S QUITE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF
THAT’S QUITE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF THIS, WHICH I’LL LET THE REV
THIS, WHICH I’LL LET THE REV TALK ABOUT.
TALK ABOUT. TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT?
TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT? NO.
NO. THAT’S NOT OKAY.
THAT’S NOT OKAY. AND THAT KIND OF UNDERMINES THE
AND THAT KIND OF UNDERMINES THE ENTIRE APOLOGY.
ENTIRE APOLOGY. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY IT TOOK A
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY IT TOOK A WEEK.
WEEK. WHAT IS IT THAT MADE HIM THINK
WHAT IS IT THAT MADE HIM THINK FOR A WEEK ABOUT THIS BEFORE
FOR A WEEK ABOUT THIS BEFORE COMING OUT WITH THIS?
COMING OUT WITH THIS? AND WHAT HE DID WHEN HE TORE
AND WHAT HE DID WHEN HE TORE GAYLE DOWN AND THREATENED HER
GAYLE DOWN AND THREATENED HER WITH A PROFANITY-LACED TIRADE IS
WITH A PROFANITY-LACED TIRADE IS HE DIVIDED PEOPLE AND HE KNEW HE
HE DIVIDED PEOPLE AND HE KNEW HE WAS DOING THAT, GINNING UP
WAS DOING THAT, GINNING UP DIVISION.
DIVISION. IT’S NOT A GOOD, NOT A GOOD LOOK
IT’S NOT A GOOD, NOT A GOOD LOOK AT ALL.
AT ALL. SO I THINK HE’S GOING TO NEED TO
SO I THINK HE’S GOING TO NEED TO DO MORE.
DO MORE. I THINK IT’S A GOOD START.
I THINK IT’S A GOOD START. BUT A LOT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE
BUT A LOT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THIS REALLY IS, QUITE FRANKLY IN
THIS REALLY IS, QUITE FRANKLY IN A PLACE OF PEACE.
A PLACE OF PEACE. >> NOW, WELL, I’M SURE -- I’M
>> NOW, WELL, I’M SURE -- I’M SURE GAYLE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO
SURE GAYLE FEELS THE WAY YOU DO RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. I’M SURE SHE’S STILL VERY RAW
I’M SURE SHE’S STILL VERY RAW ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO REFUSES TO
PRESIDENT WHO REFUSES TO APOLOGIZE AT ALL TIMES.
APOLOGIZE AT ALL TIMES. WHO REFUSES TO EVER ADMIT HE
WHO REFUSES TO EVER ADMIT HE MAKES MISTAKES AND I THINK, REV,
MAKES MISTAKES AND I THINK, REV, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY STEPPING
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY STEPPING FORWARD AND SAYING THEY NEED TO
FORWARD AND SAYING THEY NEED TO "MAN UP" AND APOLOGIZE, AND SAY
"MAN UP" AND APOLOGIZE, AND SAY THAT THEY ARE SORRY, AND THEY
THAT THEY ARE SORRY, AND THEY BEHAVED POORLY, YOU KNOW, I
BEHAVED POORLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT
THINK WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT APOLOGY
APOLOGY APOLOGY.
APOLOGY. OF COURSE, IT’S UP TO GAYLE --
OF COURSE, IT’S UP TO GAYLE -- >> I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT. >> -- TO PERSONALLY ACCEPT THAT
>> -- TO PERSONALLY ACCEPT THAT APOLOGY BUT WE NEED TO SLOOUTALU
APOLOGY BUT WE NEED TO SLOOUTALU PEOPLE WHO MAKE MISTAKES.
PEOPLE WHO MAKE MISTAKES. WE’VE ALL MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKES
WE’VE ALL MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKES AND IN THE END IT’S ALL ABOUT
AND IN THE END IT’S ALL ABOUT GRACE AND HOPEFULLY SNOOP AND
GRACE AND HOPEFULLY SNOOP AND GAYLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND HE
GAYLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND HE CAN OFFER WORDS TO HER AND SHE
CAN OFFER WORDS TO HER AND SHE CAN PROVIDE GRACE BACK TO HIM,
CAN PROVIDE GRACE BACK TO HIM, BUT FOR NOW, I’M JUST GLAD THIS
BUT FOR NOW, I’M JUST GLAD THIS EXAMPLE WAS SENT OUT TO THE 39
EXAMPLE WAS SENT OUT TO THE 39 MILLION, 40 MILLION PEOPLE THAT
MILLION, 40 MILLION PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW SNOOP ON INSTAGRAM.
FOLLOW SNOOP ON INSTAGRAM. >> IT WAS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT
>> IT WAS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT SETS A CULTURAL TONE THAT YOU DO
SETS A CULTURAL TONE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ENGAGED IN
NOT HAVE TO BE ENGAGED IN THREATS AND MISOGYNY.
THREATS AND MISOGYNY. I THINK BEYOND GAYLE AND SNOOP,
I THINK BEYOND GAYLE AND SNOOP, WHAT CONCERNED ME WAS THE
WHAT CONCERNED ME WAS THE MESSAGE IT WAS SENDING TO A LOT
MESSAGE IT WAS SENDING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO SNOOP
OF PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO SNOOP AND THAT ARE IMPACTED BY HIM.
AND THAT ARE IMPACTED BY HIM. AND I THINK THAT THEY GOT A REAL
AND I THINK THAT THEY GOT A REAL EDUCATION, AND I HOPE THIS IS A
EDUCATION, AND I HOPE THIS IS A TEACHING MOMENT THAT SNOOP WILL
TEACHING MOMENT THAT SNOOP WILL USE TO SAY TO THEM, IT IS NOT
USE TO SAY TO THEM, IT IS NOT THE MANLY THING TO DO TO CALL
THE MANLY THING TO DO TO CALL WOMEN OUT THERE NAME AND TO
WOMEN OUT THERE NAME AND TO THREATEN WOMEN AND JOURNALISTS
THREATEN WOMEN AND JOURNALISTS FOR WHAT THEY SAY.
FOR WHAT THEY SAY. IF HE SAID HE FELT IT WAS
IF HE SAID HE FELT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE OR HARMFUL THE WAY
INAPPROPRIATE OR HARMFUL THE WAY SHE CONDUCTED THE INTERVIEW,
SHE CONDUCTED THE INTERVIEW, WHETHER YOU OR I AGREE WITH THAT
WHETHER YOU OR I AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT, HE HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY
OR NOT, HE HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT, BUT TO HUMANIZE HER AND
THAT, BUT TO HUMANIZE HER AND USE MASSAGE NISTNIST TERMS AND
USE MASSAGE NISTNIST TERMS AND THREATEN HER WAS WRONG.
THREATEN HER WAS WRONG. GLAD YOU STOOD UP FOR GAYLE.
GLAD YOU STOOD UP FOR GAYLE. I DIDN’T STAND UP GORE FAILLE.FO
I DIDN’T STAND UP GORE FAILLE.FO I STOOD UP FOR MY DAUGHTERS, FOR
I STOOD UP FOR MY DAUGHTERS, FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. GAYLE DOESN’T NEED ME TO STAND
GAYLE DOESN’T NEED ME TO STAND UP FOR HER.
UP FOR HER. THERE ARE OLDER PEOPLE AND
THERE ARE OLDER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY THAT
PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY THAT I MARCH FOR, SHOULD NOT BE
I MARCH FOR, SHOULD NOT BE CALLED OUT THEIR NAME AND WE ACT
CALLED OUT THEIR NAME AND WE ACT LIKE IT’S SO RIGHT AND SO HAPPY
LIKE IT’S SO RIGHT AND SO HAPPY IT WAS VALIDATED AND SUPPORTED
IT WAS VALIDATED AND SUPPORTED BY SNOOP AND JUST LIKE WE TOOK
BY SNOOP AND JUST LIKE WE TOOK SNOOP ON WE OUGHT TO GIVE HIM
SNOOP ON WE OUGHT TO GIVE HIM HIS PROPS AND PRAISE HIM FOR
HIS PROPS AND PRAISE HIM FOR STANDING UP AND HOPEFULLY USE
STANDING UP AND HOPEFULLY USE THIS AS A TEACHING MOMENT TO
THIS AS A TEACHING MOMENT TO MANY OF HIS FANS THAT TO MAN UP
MANY OF HIS FANS THAT TO MAN UP MEANS TO REALLY BE A MAN AND TO
MEANS TO REALLY BE A MAN AND TO BE A MAN IS TO NOT DISRESPECT
BE A MAN IS TO NOT DISRESPECT WOMEN.
WOMEN. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO
I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW-UP WITH WHAT YOU SAID,
FOLLOW-UP WITH WHAT YOU SAID, REV, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE
REV, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WARDE FROM KAREEM, SHEAN PIERRE,
WARDE FROM KAREEM, SHEAN PIERRE, TWO VERY TALENTED BLACK
TWO VERY TALENTED BLACK PROFESSIONAL WOMEN WORRIED ABOUT
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN WORRIED ABOUT THE EXAMPLE THIS WAS SETTING,
THE EXAMPLE THIS WAS SETTING, AND, AL, I DON’T -- MAYBE YOU
AND, AL, I DON’T -- MAYBE YOU CAN HELP EXPLAIN, BECAUSE I
CAN HELP EXPLAIN, BECAUSE I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY MAJOR MEDIA
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS, WHY ORGANIZATIONS, WHY
OUTLETS, WHY ORGANIZATIONS, WHY POLITICIANS, WHY WHITE AND BLACK
POLITICIANS, WHY WHITE AND BLACK POLITICIANS REMAINED SILENT
POLITICIANS REMAINED SILENT WHILE A BLACK FEMALE JOURNALIST
WHILE A BLACK FEMALE JOURNALIST HAD HER LIFE THREATENED, AND
HAD HER LIFE THREATENED, AND WAS -- WAS THE VICTIM OF
WAS -- WAS THE VICTIM OF MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS, SIMPLY FOR
MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS, SIMPLY FOR ASKING A QUESTION, WHICH, AGAIN,
ASKING A QUESTION, WHICH, AGAIN, YOU’RE RIGHT.
YOU’RE RIGHT. WE CAN HAVE THAT DEBATE.
WE CAN HAVE THAT DEBATE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE DEBATE.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE DEBATE. LISTEN, WE DIDN’T BRING THAT UP
LISTEN, WE DIDN’T BRING THAT UP THE MORNING AFTER HE DIED, WHEN
THE MORNING AFTER HE DIED, WHEN WE DID KOBE COVERAGE.
WE DID KOBE COVERAGE. MAYBE WE WOULD SIX MONTHS FROM
MAYBE WE WOULD SIX MONTHS FROM NOW WHEN TALKING ABOUT HIS
NOW WHEN TALKING ABOUT HIS LEGACY WITH SOMETHING LIKE MIKE
LEGACY WITH SOMETHING LIKE MIKE LUPICA.
LUPICA. WE DIDN’T DO IT.
WE DIDN’T DO IT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT DEBATE.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT DEBATE. TALK ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY OF
TALK ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE?
SILENCE? WHY DID PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS SO
WHY DID PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS SO FIERCELY SPEAK OUT AGAINST
FIERCELY SPEAK OUT AGAINST ATTACKS AGAINST THE MEDIA WERE
ATTACKS AGAINST THE MEDIA WERE JUST SILENT AND REFUSED TO LIFT
JUST SILENT AND REFUSED TO LIFT THEIR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND ON
THEIR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND ON THIS?
THIS? >> I WISH I COULD HELP YOU WITH
>> I WISH I COULD HELP YOU WITH THAT.
THAT. IT IS INEXCUSABLE.
IT IS INEXCUSABLE. BECAUSE YOU’RE DEALING WITH A
BECAUSE YOU’RE DEALING WITH A TOP-RATE JOURNALIST THAT WAS
TOP-RATE JOURNALIST THAT WAS THREATENED AND THAT WAS THE
THREATENED AND THAT WAS THE VICTIM OF A MISOGYNIST ATTACK
VICTIM OF A MISOGYNIST ATTACK AND THEY SAID NOTHING.
AND THEY SAID NOTHING. AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO
AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO REALLY EXPLAIN THAT TO
REALLY EXPLAIN THAT TO THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. I SAID TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT
I SAID TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY, I
THE OFFICE YESTERDAY, I UNDERSTAND I’VE BEEN
UNDERSTAND I’VE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL ALL MY CAREER.
CONTROVERSIAL ALL MY CAREER. IN CIVIL RIGHTS YOU’RE GOING TO
IN CIVIL RIGHTS YOU’RE GOING TO BE THERE.
BE THERE. NOT SAYING SOMETHING IF IT WAS
NOT SAYING SOMETHING IF IT WAS ME.
ME. BUT GAYLE KING?
BUT GAYLE KING? GAYLE KING IS LIKE TOP TIER
GAYLE KING IS LIKE TOP TIER A-LIST JOURNALIST, NOT
A-LIST JOURNALIST, NOT CONTROVERSIAL AND YOU’RE NOT
CONTROVERSIAL AND YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT GAYLE KING?
GAYLE KING? BUT THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE WOMEN’S
BUT THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS AND LGBTQ MOVEMENTS
MOVEMENTS AND LGBTQ MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS AND
AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME, BECAUSE WE SPEAK
PEOPLE LIKE ME, BECAUSE WE SPEAK WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE SILENT AND
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE SILENT AND FORCE THEM TO SAY SOMETHING.
FORCE THEM TO SAY SOMETHING. >> THIS IS WHEN YOU STEP UP.
>> THIS IS WHEN YOU STEP UP. >> THAT’S WHEN YOU STEP UP.
>> THAT’S WHEN YOU STEP UP. AND THAT’S WHY WE BECOME
AND THAT’S WHY WE BECOME CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE’LL SAY
CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE’LL SAY WHAT THOSE SAFE PEOPLE WON’T
WHAT THOSE SAFE PEOPLE WON’T SAY.
SAY. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. >>> STILL AHEAD, MICHAEL
>>> STILL AHEAD, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS HIT THIRD PLACES
BLOOMBERG HAS HIT THIRD PLACES IN A SERIES OF NATIONAL POLLS --
IN A SERIES OF NATIONAL POLLS -- THANK YOU, REV -- NOW FINDING
THANK YOU, REV -- NOW FINDING HIMSELF AT A FEW CENTERS OF
HIMSELF AT A FEW CENTERS OF CONTROVERSIES.
CONTROVERSIES. FIRST A STOP AND FRISK POLICY
FIRST A STOP AND FRISK POLICY AND NOW FEELING THE HEAT OVER
AND NOW FEELING THE HEAT OVER COMMENTS HE MADE AT THE HEIGHT
COMMENTS HE MADE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. WE’RE TALK ABOUT HOW IT COULD
WE’RE TALK ABOUT HOW IT COULD IMPACT HIS CANDIDACY, NEXT ON
IMPACT HIS CANDIDACY, NEXT ON "MORNING JOE."
