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CONNECT. WEEKEND MORNINGS 10 A.M. EASTERN, 7 A.M. PACIFIC.

A.M. EASTERN, 7 A.M. PACIFIC. THE

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING RACHEL.

NOW. GOOD EVENING RACHEL. >> GOOD EVENING JACOB.

>> GOOD EVENING JACOB. FANTASTIC JOB TONIGHT. NICE TO

FANTASTIC JOB TONIGHT. NICE TO SEE YOU IN PRIME TIME. I

SEE YOU IN PRIME TIME. I APPRECIATE IT, MY FRIEND.

APPRECIATE IT, MY FRIEND. >> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. HAVE A

>> THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. HAVE A GOOD SHOW.

GOOD SHOW. >> THANKS. AND THANKS TO YOU AT

>> THANKS. AND THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR JOINING US HERE THIS

HOME FOR JOINING US HERE THIS HOUR. REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU

HOUR. REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. SO A LITTLE PEEK BEHIND

HERE. SO A LITTLE PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF MY JOB. IF YOU

THE CURTAIN OF MY JOB. IF YOU EVER HAVE A CABLE NEWS SHOW.

EVER HAVE A CABLE NEWS SHOW. LIKE I DO. ONE OF THE THINGS

LIKE I DO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT HAPPENS

THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF

TO YOU IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF YOUR JOB, JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY,

YOUR JOB, JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY, IS THAT YOU GET PITCHED BY A PR

IS THAT YOU GET PITCHED BY A PR FIRM. YOU GET PITCHED SOMEBODY

FIRM. YOU GET PITCHED SOMEBODY NEW BOOK OR SOME NEW ALBUM, OR

NEW BOOK OR SOME NEW ALBUM, OR SOME DUMB NEW PRODUCT, OR YOU

SOME DUMB NEW PRODUCT, OR YOU GET PITCHED A PURPORTED EXPERT

GET PITCHED A PURPORTED EXPERT ON SOME ISSUE THAT'S USUALLY

ON SOME ISSUE THAT'S USUALLY NOT EVEN AN ISSUE IN THE NEWS.

NOT EVEN AN ISSUE IN THE NEWS. YOU WILL YOU WILL VERY OFTEN

YOU WILL YOU WILL VERY OFTEN GET PITCHED THE OPPORTUNITY TO

GET PITCHED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW A PURPORTEDLY FAMOUS

INTERVIEW A PURPORTEDLY FAMOUS PERSON, SOMEONE THIS PR FIRM IS

PERSON, SOMEONE THIS PR FIRM IS ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU A HAVE

ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU A HAVE HEARD OF, AND B ARE EAGER TO

HEARD OF, AND B ARE EAGER TO PROMOTE ON YOUR CABLE NEWS SHOW.

PROMOTE ON YOUR CABLE NEWS SHOW. WHICH IS LITERALLY, LITERALLY

WHICH IS LITERALLY, LITERALLY NEVER TRUE. I HAVE, AND I THINK

NEVER TRUE. I HAVE, AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE I HAVE

EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE I HAVE BEEN PITCHED THIS WAY, AND IT

BEEN PITCHED THIS WAY, AND IT IS THOUSANDS OF TIMES NOW.

IS THOUSANDS OF TIMES NOW. AFTER ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN

AFTER ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. WHENEVER THEY PITCH

DOING THIS. WHENEVER THEY PITCH ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A I

ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF YOU AND B

HAVE NEVER HEARD OF YOU AND B I'M SURE I DON'T WANT TO TALK

I'M SURE I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. SO YOU GET THESE PR

TO YOU. SO YOU GET THESE PR PITCHES ALL THE TIME. ONE OF MY

PITCHES ALL THE TIME. ONE OF MY GREAT PLEASURES IN LIFE IS

GREAT PLEASURES IN LIFE IS BLOCKING THE EMAIL, BLOCKING

BLOCKING THE EMAIL, BLOCKING THE EMAIL DOMAIN OF ALL PR

THE EMAIL DOMAIN OF ALL PR FIRMS THAT PITCH ME. IT'S THE

FIRMS THAT PITCH ME. IT'S THE ONE WAY I RELAX OVER THE COURSE

ONE WAY I RELAX OVER THE COURSE OF A WORK DAY. BUT WE GOT A

OF A WORK DAY. BUT WE GOT A GOOD ONE RECENTLY, AND BY GOOD,

GOOD ONE RECENTLY, AND BY GOOD, I MEAN A PARTICULARLY

I MEAN A PARTICULARLY RIDICULOUS ONE ABOUT EIGHT

RIDICULOUS ONE ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO. AND IT WAS A TOTALLY

WEEKS AGO. AND IT WAS A TOTALLY UNSOLICITED, TOTALLY

UNSOLICITED, TOTALLY OVER-THE-TOP PR PITCH OFFERING

OVER-THE-TOP PR PITCH OFFERING ME AN EMBARGOED, CONFIDENTIAL

ME AN EMBARGOED, CONFIDENTIAL SNEAK PEEK AT A NEW PROJECT

SNEAK PEEK AT A NEW PROJECT FROM DOCTOR PHIL. THIS IS PART

FROM DOCTOR PHIL. THIS IS PART OF THE PITCH. DOCTOR PHIL IS

OF THE PITCH. DOCTOR PHIL IS GOING TO GREENLAND. MIGHT I BE

GOING TO GREENLAND. MIGHT I BE INTERESTED? MIGHT MIGHT THE

INTERESTED? MIGHT MIGHT THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW BE

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW BE INTERESTED IN COVERING DOCTOR

INTERESTED IN COVERING DOCTOR PHIL'S NEW TV SHOW ABOUT

PHIL'S NEW TV SHOW ABOUT GREENLAND? AS PR FIRM OFFERED

GREENLAND? AS PR FIRM OFFERED US A A SNEAK PEEK AT FOOTAGE OF

US A A SNEAK PEEK AT FOOTAGE OF THE EXCITING GREENLAND TV

THE EXCITING GREENLAND TV SERIES THAT WAS COMING FROM

SERIES THAT WAS COMING FROM DOCTOR PHIL AND WHAT THEY

DOCTOR PHIL AND WHAT THEY OFFERED US. THIS FOOTAGE TURNED

OFFERED US. THIS FOOTAGE TURNED OUT TO BE FOOTAGE IN GREENLAND

OUT TO BE FOOTAGE IN GREENLAND OF AN AMERICAN GUY TALKING

OF AN AMERICAN GUY TALKING ABOUT HIS PLANS TO DRILL FOR

ABOUT HIS PLANS TO DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND, WHICH HE

OIL IN GREENLAND, WHICH HE APPARENTLY BELIEVED HE HAD A

APPARENTLY BELIEVED HE HAD A RIGHT TO DO.

RIGHT TO DO. >> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, TO

>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, TO REPOSITION THE ROAD BUILDING

REPOSITION THE ROAD BUILDING EQUIPMENT. YOU THINK HE'S GOING

EQUIPMENT. YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO BE DOING THAT NEXT YEAR? NO,

TO BE DOING THAT NEXT YEAR? NO, IT FOR A FACT. FOR A FACT. YEAH.

IT FOR A FACT. FOR A FACT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A LOT OF

YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A LOT OF PROMISE AROUND HERE.

PROMISE AROUND HERE. >> THE GUY THEY'RE EXPLAINING

>> THE GUY THEY'RE EXPLAINING THIS TO. YEAH, AS A FACT. WE'RE

THIS TO. YEAH, AS A FACT. WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DRILLING

DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DRILLING NEXT YEAR. THE GUY THEY'RE

NEXT YEAR. THE GUY THEY'RE EXPLAINING THIS TO APPEARS TO

EXPLAINING THIS TO APPEARS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNLAWFUL.

SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNLAWFUL. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR, BUT

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HEAR, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT HE

IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS. BUT THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM

SAYS. BUT THIS IS FOOTAGE FROM A PR PITCH, AN UNSOLICITED PR

A PR PITCH, AN UNSOLICITED PR PITCH SENT TO ME IN JUNE,

PITCH SENT TO ME IN JUNE, BECAUSE SOME PR FIRM, IN ITS

BECAUSE SOME PR FIRM, IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM, BELIEVED THAT

INFINITE WISDOM, BELIEVED THAT I WOULD FIND IT AN EXCITING

I WOULD FIND IT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PROMOTE A

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PROMOTE A NEW DOCTOR PHIL TV SHOW ABOUT

NEW DOCTOR PHIL TV SHOW ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT WOULD BE TO

HOW EXCITING IT WOULD BE TO DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND.

DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SINCE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED

SINCE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE. FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD

SINCE. FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IN 2021, GREENLAND

KNOW THAT IN 2021, GREENLAND PASSED A NATIONAL MORATORIUM, A

PASSED A NATIONAL MORATORIUM, A NATIONAL BAN ON ALL FUTURE OIL

NATIONAL BAN ON ALL FUTURE OIL EXPLORATION. NEVERTHELESS,

EXPLORATION. NEVERTHELESS, AFTER TRUMP GOT ELECTED TO GO

AFTER TRUMP GOT ELECTED TO GO BACK AND SERVE A SECOND TERM AS

BACK AND SERVE A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES,

PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT

AND HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT FORCIBLY TAKING OVER GREENLAND,

FORCIBLY TAKING OVER GREENLAND, FOR SOME REASON, A NEW COMPANY

FOR SOME REASON, A NEW COMPANY FORMED IN TEXAS CALLED

FORMED IN TEXAS CALLED GREENLAND ENERGY. THAT'S NOT

GREENLAND ENERGY. THAT'S NOT GREENLAND, TEXAS. IT'S

GREENLAND, TEXAS. IT'S GREENLAND, AS IN GREENLAND AND

GREENLAND, AS IN GREENLAND AND GREENLAND. ENERGY SAID THEY

GREENLAND. ENERGY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DRILL FOR OIL IN

WERE GOING TO DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND. IN JUNE, A

GREENLAND. IN JUNE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GREENLAND

REPRESENTATIVE FROM GREENLAND ENERGY TURNED UP IN GREENLAND

ENERGY TURNED UP IN GREENLAND IN THE PART OF THE UNTOUCHED

IN THE PART OF THE UNTOUCHED ARCTIC. NO ROADS EASTERN

ARCTIC. NO ROADS EASTERN GREENLAND, WHERE THESE GUYS

GREENLAND, WHERE THESE GUYS WANT TO DRILL. AND THEY

WANT TO DRILL. AND THEY ANNOUNCED TO THE VILLAGERS

ANNOUNCED TO THE VILLAGERS THERE THAT THIS COMPANY, THIS

THERE THAT THIS COMPANY, THIS TEXAS COMPANY, HAD PERMISSION.

TEXAS COMPANY, HAD PERMISSION. THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE PERMISSION. THEY HAD SECURED

PERMISSION. THEY HAD SECURED THE LEGAL RIGHT TO START

THE LEGAL RIGHT TO START BRINGING THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR

BRINGING THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR OIL DRILLING EQUIPMENT TO THIS

OIL DRILLING EQUIPMENT TO THIS UNTOUCHED ARCTIC AREA OF

UNTOUCHED ARCTIC AREA OF GREENLAND. AFTER THOSE REMARKS

GREENLAND. AFTER THOSE REMARKS IN EASTERN GREENLAND, THE

IN EASTERN GREENLAND, THE COMPANY LATER APOLOGIZED AND

COMPANY LATER APOLOGIZED AND SAID, ACTUALLY, THEY DIDN'T

SAID, ACTUALLY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE PERMITS TO DO THAT. THEY

HAVE PERMITS TO DO THAT. THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT SORT OF

PUT OUT A STATEMENT SORT OF CORRECTING THE RECORD, SAYING,

CORRECTING THE RECORD, SAYING, QUOTE, OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE

QUOTE, OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PROJECT LED US TO COMMUNICATE

PROJECT LED US TO COMMUNICATE IN A WAY THAT CREATED CONFUSION.

IN A WAY THAT CREATED CONFUSION. SO FORGET WE SAID THAT WHAT

SO FORGET WE SAID THAT WHAT REALLY CREATED CONFUSION

REALLY CREATED CONFUSION LOCALLY WAS WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

LOCALLY WAS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A TUGBOAT

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A TUGBOAT BRINGING IN A BARGE TO THAT

BRINGING IN A BARGE TO THAT AREA OF EASTERN GREENLAND. AND

AREA OF EASTERN GREENLAND. AND THE BARGE APPEARS TO CONTAIN

THE BARGE APPEARS TO CONTAIN ABOUT 15, 12 OR 15 SHIPPING

ABOUT 15, 12 OR 15 SHIPPING CONTAINERS WORTH OF STUFF.

CONTAINERS WORTH OF STUFF. THESE PHOTOS WERE OBTAINED BY A

THESE PHOTOS WERE OBTAINED BY A DANISH INVESTIGATIVE OUTLET

DANISH INVESTIGATIVE OUTLET CALLED DAN WATCH. THEY SHOW

CALLED DAN WATCH. THEY SHOW THIS TUGBOAT AND THIS BARGE

THIS TUGBOAT AND THIS BARGE ARRIVING FULL, TOTALLY LOADED.

ARRIVING FULL, TOTALLY LOADED. ON THE NIGHT OF WEDNESDAY, JULY

ON THE NIGHT OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH. THEN THE SAME TUGBOAT AND

29TH. THEN THE SAME TUGBOAT AND THE SAME BARGE ARE SEEN LEAVING

THE SAME BARGE ARE SEEN LEAVING THAT SAME PLACE THE NEXT

THAT SAME PLACE THE NEXT MORNING, EXCEPT THIS TIME EMPTY.

MORNING, EXCEPT THIS TIME EMPTY. BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE SHIPPING

BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE SHIPPING CONTAINERS, ALL OF THAT

CONTAINERS, ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ON THE BARGE

EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ON THE BARGE HEADING IN, THEY APPARENTLY

HEADING IN, THEY APPARENTLY LEFT ALL THAT STUFF ON LAND.

LEFT ALL THAT STUFF ON LAND. NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IN

NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IN GREENLAND HAD SAID EXPLICITLY

GREENLAND HAD SAID EXPLICITLY THAT THIS AMERICAN OIL COMPANY

THAT THIS AMERICAN OIL COMPANY DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO

DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO UNLOAD ANYTHING AT ALL, TO

UNLOAD ANYTHING AT ALL, TO UNLOAD ANYTHING WHATSOEVER IN

UNLOAD ANYTHING WHATSOEVER IN GREENLAND. IN FACT, BEFORE THE

GREENLAND. IN FACT, BEFORE THE PICTURES WERE PUBLISHED,

PICTURES WERE PUBLISHED, SHOWING THAT TUGBOAT AND BARGE

SHOWING THAT TUGBOAT AND BARGE LEAVING EMPTY AFTER APPARENTLY

LEAVING EMPTY AFTER APPARENTLY DROPPING OFF ALL THAT MATERIAL,

DROPPING OFF ALL THAT MATERIAL, THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF

THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF MINERAL RESOURCES FROM THE

MINERAL RESOURCES FROM THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT DID A

GREENLAND GOVERNMENT DID A LOCAL INTERVIEW IN GREENLAND IN

LOCAL INTERVIEW IN GREENLAND IN WHICH HE SAID HE WAS SURE HE

WHICH HE SAID HE WAS SURE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE THIS

WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE THIS AMERICAN OIL COMPANY WOULD

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY WOULD NEVER BREAK THE LAW AND TRY TO

NEVER BREAK THE LAW AND TRY TO START THIS DRILLING PROJECT

START THIS DRILLING PROJECT WITHOUT PERMISSION. QUOTE,

WITHOUT PERMISSION. QUOTE, SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, GREENLAND

SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, GREENLAND HAS THE MEANS TO STOP THEIR

HAS THE MEANS TO STOP THEIR ACTIONS, HE SAID, QUOTE, THIS

ACTIONS, HE SAID, QUOTE, THIS IS A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY THE

IS A SOCIETY GOVERNED BY THE RULE OF LAW. SO I HAVE SOME

RULE OF LAW. SO I HAVE SOME BROAD SHOULDERED MEN IN BLACK

BROAD SHOULDERED MEN IN BLACK UNIFORMS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE

UNIFORMS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE WHO CAN HELP ME DEAL WITH SOME

WHO CAN HELP ME DEAL WITH SOME ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IF I ASK FOR

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IF I ASK FOR THEM. BY WHICH HE MEANS, I

THEM. BY WHICH HE MEANS, I THINK THE GREENLANDIC POLICE.

THINK THE GREENLANDIC POLICE. THEN HE SAID, QUOTE, ULTIMATELY,

THEN HE SAID, QUOTE, ULTIMATELY, I'M SURE THAT THE ARCTIC

I'M SURE THAT THE ARCTIC COMMAND WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE,

COMMAND WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE, BY WHICH HE MEANS THE DANISH

BY WHICH HE MEANS THE DANISH MILITARY, HE BELIEVES, WOULD

MILITARY, HE BELIEVES, WOULD ALSO INTERVENE TO STOP THIS

ALSO INTERVENE TO STOP THIS AMERICAN OIL COMPANY FROM

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY FROM TRYING TO DRILL FOR OIL IN

TRYING TO DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND WITHOUT ANY

GREENLAND WITHOUT ANY PERMISSION TO DO SO. SO THAT'S

PERMISSION TO DO SO. SO THAT'S WHAT GREENLAND'S GOVERNMENT HAD

WHAT GREENLAND'S GOVERNMENT HAD TO SAY. IT TURNS OUT ON THE DAY

TO SAY. IT TURNS OUT ON THE DAY THIS AMERICAN COMPANY,

THIS AMERICAN COMPANY, UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, HAD JUST

UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, HAD JUST THAT MORNING DROPPED OFF MORE

THAT MORNING DROPPED OFF MORE THAN A DOZEN SHIPPING

THAN A DOZEN SHIPPING CONTAINERS FULL OF EQUIPMENT TO

CONTAINERS FULL OF EQUIPMENT TO GET STARTED ON THEIR OIL

GET STARTED ON THEIR OIL DRILLING OPERATION IN GREENLAND.

DRILLING OPERATION IN GREENLAND. THE AMERICAN COMPANY SAID THEY

THE AMERICAN COMPANY SAID THEY HAD PERMISSION TO MOVE IN THE

HAD PERMISSION TO MOVE IN THE EQUIPMENT. THEN THEY KIND OF

EQUIPMENT. THEN THEY KIND OF APOLOGIZED FOR THAT AND

APOLOGIZED FOR THAT AND ADMITTED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE

ADMITTED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PERMISSION. BUT THEN ON THE

THE PERMISSION. BUT THEN ON THE SAME DAY, THE GREENLAND

SAME DAY, THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WOULDN'T

GOVERNMENT SAID THEY WOULDN'T DARE. WE'LL USE OUR POLICE.

DARE. WE'LL USE OUR POLICE. WE'LL USE THE DANISH MILITARY

WE'LL USE THE DANISH MILITARY TO STOP THEM IF WE NEED TO.

TO STOP THEM IF WE NEED TO. THAT SAME DAY, THEY TURN OUT TO

THAT SAME DAY, THEY TURN OUT TO HAVE UNLOADED THEIR DRILLING

HAVE UNLOADED THEIR DRILLING STUFF. ANYWAY. THEY'RE JUST

STUFF. ANYWAY. THEY'RE JUST GOING AHEAD WITH IT, EVEN

GOING AHEAD WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

THOUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SAYS NO, WHICH LED TO HEADLINES

SAYS NO, WHICH LED TO HEADLINES LIKE THIS IN GREENLAND. THIS IS

LIKE THIS IN GREENLAND. THIS IS THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE FROM THE

THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE FROM THE ORIGINAL, WHICH I CAN'T

ORIGINAL, WHICH I CAN'T PRONOUNCE. SO I'LL JUST GIVE

PRONOUNCE. SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

YOU THE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GOOGLE TRANSLATION. OIL COMPANY

GOOGLE TRANSLATION. OIL COMPANY MOVES EQUIPMENT TO EASTERN

MOVES EQUIPMENT TO EASTERN GREENLAND WITHOUT PERMISSION.

GREENLAND WITHOUT PERMISSION. THAT HULLABALOO ALSO LED TO

THAT HULLABALOO ALSO LED TO PLEDGES FROM LOCAL HUNTERS AND

PLEDGES FROM LOCAL HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS IN THE AREA THAT THEY

TRAPPERS IN THE AREA THAT THEY WOULD PHYSICALLY THEMSELVES

WOULD PHYSICALLY THEMSELVES BLOCK THE OIL COMPANY FROM

BLOCK THE OIL COMPANY FROM TRYING TO LAND ANYTHING ELSE,

TRYING TO LAND ANYTHING ELSE, OR ANY ONE ELSE ON SHORE. IT

OR ANY ONE ELSE ON SHORE. IT LED TO THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT

LED TO THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT ISSUING A FORMAL WARNING TO

ISSUING A FORMAL WARNING TO THIS OIL COMPANY OVER WHAT IT'S

THIS OIL COMPANY OVER WHAT IT'S APPARENTLY TRYING TO DO, IN

APPARENTLY TRYING TO DO, IN CONTRAVENTION OF LOCAL LAW.

CONTRAVENTION OF LOCAL LAW. THAT APPARENTLY PROMPTED U.S.

THAT APPARENTLY PROMPTED U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO POST

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO POST THIS ONLINE, SHOWING A GIANT,

THIS ONLINE, SHOWING A GIANT, SNARLING VERSION OF HIMSELF

SNARLING VERSION OF HIMSELF LOOMING OVER AND MENACING

LOOMING OVER AND MENACING GREENLAND. HELLO, GREENLAND. A

GREENLAND. HELLO, GREENLAND. A FEW DAYS AGO, THIS TRUMP

FEW DAYS AGO, THIS TRUMP ALIGNED OIL COMPANY IN TEXAS

ALIGNED OIL COMPANY IN TEXAS SENT A CHEERY, ALL SMILES

SENT A CHEERY, ALL SMILES LETTER TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS,

LETTER TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS, BRAGGING ABOUT HOW GREAT THEIR

BRAGGING ABOUT HOW GREAT THEIR TALKS ARE GOING WITH THE

TALKS ARE GOING WITH THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT. RECENT

GREENLAND GOVERNMENT. RECENT HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS BETWEEN

HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS BETWEEN PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND

PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND GREENLANDIC REGULATORY AND

GREENLANDIC REGULATORY AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN

OVERSIGHT AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE, AND WE CONTINUE

CONSTRUCTIVE, AND WE CONTINUE TO BE ENCOURAGED BY THE

TO BE ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD THE

PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD THE REMAINING APPROVALS REQUIRED

REMAINING APPROVALS REQUIRED FOR DRILLING. EVERYTHING'S

FOR DRILLING. EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT. GREENLAND

GOING GREAT. GREENLAND GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS US TO

GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS US TO DO THIS. OUR TALKS ARE REALLY

DO THIS. OUR TALKS ARE REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE. TURNS OUT THAT IS

CONSTRUCTIVE. TURNS OUT THAT IS NOT AT ALL HOW GREENLAND SEES

NOT AT ALL HOW GREENLAND SEES IT. HEADLINE IN THE LOCAL NEWS.

IT. HEADLINE IN THE LOCAL NEWS. GREENLAND DEPARTMENT OF

GREENLAND DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES TO CONTROVERSIAL U.S.

RESOURCES TO CONTROVERSIAL U.S. OIL COMPANY COLON. FORGET TEST

OIL COMPANY COLON. FORGET TEST DRILLING THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK,

DRILLING THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK, THE OIL COMPANY GREENLAND

THE OIL COMPANY GREENLAND ENERGY COMPANY ISSUED A LETTER

ENERGY COMPANY ISSUED A LETTER TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS THAT

TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS THAT PAINTED A ROSY PICTURE OF THE

PAINTED A ROSY PICTURE OF THE FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE

FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE PROJECT IN NORTHEAST GREENLAND.

PROJECT IN NORTHEAST GREENLAND. IN THE LETTER, THE COMPANY

IN THE LETTER, THE COMPANY STATES THAT ITS DRILLING

STATES THAT ITS DRILLING PROJECT IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

PROJECT IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY AND ITS AND ITS MANAGEMENT TO

AND ITS AND ITS MANAGEMENT TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN DRILLING

BE ABLE TO BEGIN DRILLING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT

BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT IF YOU ASK DECISION MAKERS IN

IF YOU ASK DECISION MAKERS IN THIS COUNTRY, SUCH AS THE

THIS COUNTRY, SUCH AS THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR THE HEAD OF THE TRADE AND

THE HEAD OF THE TRADE AND MINERALS DEPARTMENT IN THE

MINERALS DEPARTMENT IN THE GREENLANDIC GOVERNMENT,

GREENLANDIC GOVERNMENT, ACCORDING TO THEM, THERE IS NO

ACCORDING TO THEM, THERE IS NO EARTHLY CHANCE OF THAT

EARTHLY CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING. SO YOU PUT ALL THIS

HAPPENING. SO YOU PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, THIS TRUMP ALIGNED

TOGETHER, THIS TRUMP ALIGNED OIL COMPANY BASED IN TEXAS,

OIL COMPANY BASED IN TEXAS, SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO DRILL

SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO DRILL FOR OIL IN GREENLAND. GREENLAND

FOR OIL IN GREENLAND. GREENLAND SAYING, OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT THE

SAYING, OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT THE COMPANY GOING AHEAD AND

COMPANY GOING AHEAD AND DROPPING OFF THEIR DRILLING

DROPPING OFF THEIR DRILLING STUFF ANYWAY. LOCAL RESIDENTS

STUFF ANYWAY. LOCAL RESIDENTS SAYING, WE'LL FIGHT TOOTH AND

SAYING, WE'LL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SAYING,

NAIL. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SAYING, WE'LL USE THE POLICE. WE'LL USE

WE'LL USE THE POLICE. WE'LL USE THE DANISH MILITARY. YOU PUT IT

THE DANISH MILITARY. YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. KIND OF SEEMS

ALL TOGETHER. KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WE'RE INVADING GREENLAND.

LIKE WE'RE INVADING GREENLAND. I MEAN, THIS COMPANY HAS

I MEAN, THIS COMPANY HAS SOMEHOW HORNSWOGGLED ITSELF

SOMEHOW HORNSWOGGLED ITSELF INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH DOCTOR

INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH DOCTOR PHIL TO MAKE WHAT SURE LOOKS

PHIL TO MAKE WHAT SURE LOOKS LIKE PROPAGANDA TV SHOWS ABOUT

LIKE PROPAGANDA TV SHOWS ABOUT THIS HEROIC AND EXCITING OIL

THIS HEROIC AND EXCITING OIL DRILLING PROJECT, WHICH THE

DRILLING PROJECT, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND SAYS IS

GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND SAYS IS ILLEGAL. AND THEY DON'T HAVE

ILLEGAL. AND THEY DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO DO IT. THIS TRUMP

PERMISSION TO DO IT. THIS TRUMP ADJACENT BRAND NEW OIL COMPANY,

ADJACENT BRAND NEW OIL COMPANY, FUNDED IN LARGE PART BY A MAJOR

FUNDED IN LARGE PART BY A MAJOR TRUMP BILLIONAIRE DONOR. THEY

TRUMP BILLIONAIRE DONOR. THEY SOMETIMES ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE

SOMETIMES ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE NO PERMISSION TO BE DOING WHAT

NO PERMISSION TO BE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN GREENLAND, BUT

THEY'RE DOING IN GREENLAND, BUT THEY'VE STILL GONE AHEAD WITH

THEY'VE STILL GONE AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE

IT ANYWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE 12 OR 15 SHIPPING CONTAINERS

12 OR 15 SHIPPING CONTAINERS THAT ARRIVED IN THE LAST COUPLE

THAT ARRIVED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT THEY PARKED

OF WEEKS THAT THEY PARKED ONSHORE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF

ONSHORE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHILE THE GREENLAND

WEEKS, WHILE THE GREENLAND GOVERNMENT WAS THREATENING THAT

GOVERNMENT WAS THREATENING THAT THEIR POLICE OR THE DANISH

THEIR POLICE OR THE DANISH MILITARY SHOULD STOP THAT IF

MILITARY SHOULD STOP THAT IF THEY TRIED IT, IN ADDITION TO

THEY TRIED IT, IN ADDITION TO THOSE 12 OR 15 SHIPPING

THOSE 12 OR 15 SHIPPING CONTAINERS, THE SAME OIL

CONTAINERS, THE SAME OIL COMPANY NOW SAYS IT'S SHIPPING

COMPANY NOW SAYS IT'S SHIPPING 300 MORE SHIPPING CONTAINERS

300 MORE SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND A WHOLE HUGE DRILLING RIG

AND A WHOLE HUGE DRILLING RIG THAT THEY PLAN TO GET THERE IN

THAT THEY PLAN TO GET THERE IN THE NEXT MONTH. SO HONESTLY, IS

THE NEXT MONTH. SO HONESTLY, IS THIS HOW WE INVADE GREENLAND

THIS HOW WE INVADE GREENLAND WITH DOCTOR PHIL DOING A RIDE

WITH DOCTOR PHIL DOING A RIDE ALONG LIKE HE DID WITH ICE, ALL

ALONG LIKE HE DID WITH ICE, ALL BECAUSE A TRUMP DONOR

BECAUSE A TRUMP DONOR BILLIONAIRE SAYS HE NEEDS TO

BILLIONAIRE SAYS HE NEEDS TO DRILL THIS OIL, AND WHO CARES

DRILL THIS OIL, AND WHO CARES WHAT THIS LITTLE COUNTRY SAYS?

WHAT THIS LITTLE COUNTRY SAYS? AND BY THE WAY, WOULDN'T I LIKE

AND BY THE WAY, WOULDN'T I LIKE TO HELP PROMOTE DOCTOR PHIL'S

TO HELP PROMOTE DOCTOR PHIL'S TV SHOW ABOUT THIS? THE NEAREST

TV SHOW ABOUT THIS? THE NEAREST TOWNS TO WHERE THIS IS

TOWNS TO WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING. AND IN FACT, TOWNS

HAPPENING. AND IN FACT, TOWNS ALL OVER GREENLAND HAVE BEEN

ALL OVER GREENLAND HAVE BEEN PROTESTING EVER SINCE IT

PROTESTING EVER SINCE IT EMERGED THAT THIS IS THE WAY

EMERGED THAT THIS IS THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN FOR

THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN FOR THE CLOSEST LOCALS. I KID YOU

THE CLOSEST LOCALS. I KID YOU NOT, THE LOCAL MUSKOX HUNTERS

NOT, THE LOCAL MUSKOX HUNTERS ARE SAYING THAT THEY MAY USE

ARE SAYING THAT THEY MAY USE THEIR THEIR DINGHIES, THEIR

THEIR THEIR DINGHIES, THEIR THEIR HUNTING BOATS TO BLOCKADE

THEIR HUNTING BOATS TO BLOCKADE THE FJORD. THEY'LL USE ANYTHING

THE FJORD. THEY'LL USE ANYTHING THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS OFF TO

THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS OFF TO FIGHT OFF THIS OIL COMPANY. IF

FIGHT OFF THIS OIL COMPANY. IF IT REALLY DOES TRY TO SET UP ON

IT REALLY DOES TRY TO SET UP ON THEIR COAST. THIS WEEKEND IN

THEIR COAST. THIS WEEKEND IN DENMARK, WHICH CONTROLS

DENMARK, WHICH CONTROLS GREENLAND AND DEFENDS IT.

GREENLAND AND DEFENDS IT. RESIDENTS OF COPENHAGEN FORMED

RESIDENTS OF COPENHAGEN FORMED A KAYAK FLOTILLA AROUND THE

A KAYAK FLOTILLA AROUND THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN, ALL

CITY OF COPENHAGEN, ALL CARRYING GREENLAND FLAGS, THEIR

CARRYING GREENLAND FLAGS, THEIR WAY OF PEACEFULLY PROTESTING

WAY OF PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF

AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MENACING GREENLAND IN

AMERICA, MENACING GREENLAND IN THIS WAY. DONALD TRUMP'S WAR IN

THIS WAY. DONALD TRUMP'S WAR IN IRAN IS A DISASTER. THE ONLY

IRAN IS A DISASTER. THE ONLY OUTCOME OF IT THUS FAR. IT'S

OUTCOME OF IT THUS FAR. IT'S MEASURABLE, IS THOUSANDS OF

MEASURABLE, IS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEAD. IRAN IN CONTROL OF

PEOPLE DEAD. IRAN IN CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE'RE

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE'RE BASICALLY OUT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT

BASICALLY OUT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND LONG RANGE MUNITIONS AND TO

AND LONG RANGE MUNITIONS AND TO NO EFFECT BECAUSE WE'VE STILL

NO EFFECT BECAUSE WE'VE STILL LOST THIS WAR. LOSING THIS WAR

LOST THIS WAR. LOSING THIS WAR HANDILY SHOWS ADVERSARIES LIKE

HANDILY SHOWS ADVERSARIES LIKE RUSSIA AND CHINA JUST HOW LONG

RUSSIA AND CHINA JUST HOW LONG WE CAN GO IN A WAR BEFORE WE

WE CAN GO IN A WAR BEFORE WE START RUNNING OUT OF THE

START RUNNING OUT OF THE MUNITIONS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE

MUNITIONS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN COMBAT OPERATIONS

TO SUSTAIN COMBAT OPERATIONS AND PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR

AND PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR ALLIES. THE DISASTROUS WAR THAT

ALLIES. THE DISASTROUS WAR THAT TRUMP STARTED WITH IRAN, HE

TRUMP STARTED WITH IRAN, HE STARTED RIGHT AFTER HE INVADED

STARTED RIGHT AFTER HE INVADED VENEZUELA AND TOOK THAT

VENEZUELA AND TOOK THAT COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT, WHICH HAD

COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT, WHICH HAD THE EFFECT OF TURNING VENEZUELA

THE EFFECT OF TURNING VENEZUELA INTO, EFFECTIVELY AN OIL COLONY

INTO, EFFECTIVELY AN OIL COLONY FOR I WOULDN'T I WOULD SAY THE

FOR I WOULDN'T I WOULD SAY THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT APPEARS

UNITED STATES, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE AN OIL COLONY FOR THE

TO BE AN OIL COLONY FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SINCE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SINCE NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THE OIL

NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THE OIL REVENUE FROM VENEZUELA IS GOING.

REVENUE FROM VENEZUELA IS GOING. BUT IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT ONE

BUT IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT ONE THAT HE STARTED THE IRAN WAR,

THAT HE STARTED THE IRAN WAR, WHICH APPARENTLY HE THOUGHT

WHICH APPARENTLY HE THOUGHT WOULD BE EASY. BUT IT IS SIX

WOULD BE EASY. BUT IT IS SIX MONTHS OLD NOW, AND WE ARE

MONTHS OLD NOW, AND WE ARE LOSING, AND IT IS A DISASTER

LOSING, AND IT IS A DISASTER WITH NO END IN SIGHT. SO AMID

WITH NO END IN SIGHT. SO AMID THAT DISASTER, HEADING TOWARD

THAT DISASTER, HEADING TOWARD THE MIDTERMS AND THE WILD

THE MIDTERMS AND THE WILD UNPOPULARITY OF HIMSELF

UNPOPULARITY OF HIMSELF PERSONALLY AND HIS AGENDA, AND

PERSONALLY AND HIS AGENDA, AND PARTICULARLY HIS WAR, MAYBE HE

PARTICULARLY HIS WAR, MAYBE HE THINKS STARTING A NEW WAR FOR A

THINKS STARTING A NEW WAR FOR A NEW OIL COLONY MIGHT BE RIGHT

NEW OIL COLONY MIGHT BE RIGHT ON TIME. RIGHT ABOUT NOW. MIGHT

ON TIME. RIGHT ABOUT NOW. MIGHT MAKE US FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER

MAKE US FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER WAR HE'S LOSING AND CAN'T GET

WAR HE'S LOSING AND CAN'T GET OUT OF. SO YES, EYES ON

OUT OF. SO YES, EYES ON GREENLAND. EYES ON THIS TEXAS

GREENLAND. EYES ON THIS TEXAS BASED OIL COMPANY, GREENLAND

BASED OIL COMPANY, GREENLAND ENERGY, WHICH APPEARS TO BE

ENERGY, WHICH APPEARS TO BE PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE UNITED

PLAYING THE ROLE OF THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY OR THE BRITISH

FRUIT COMPANY OR THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY. COMPANIES

EAST INDIA COMPANY. COMPANIES THAT HAVE GONE DOWN IN HISTORY

THAT HAVE GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS PROVIDING THE PREDICATE AND

AS PROVIDING THE PREDICATE AND THE MEANS FOR SUPER DUMB,

THE MEANS FOR SUPER DUMB, WILDLY DESTRUCTIVE IMPERIAL

WILDLY DESTRUCTIVE IMPERIAL WARS. HERE AT HOME. WE'VE ALSO

WARS. HERE AT HOME. WE'VE ALSO GOT EYES ON OHIO, AS THE TRUMP

GOT EYES ON OHIO, AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CRIMINALIZED

ADMINISTRATION HAS CRIMINALIZED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM HAITI

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM HAITI WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LEGALLY AS

WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LEGALLY AS IMMIGRANTS, AS LEGAL IMMIGRANTS

IMMIGRANTS, AS LEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COUNTRY. FOR A SECOND

IN THIS COUNTRY. FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT WEEKEND IN OHIO,

STRAIGHT WEEKEND IN OHIO, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE ICE FACILITY IN BLUE ASH,

THE ICE FACILITY IN BLUE ASH, OHIO, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF

OHIO, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CINCINNATI. THAT BLUE ASH ICE

CINCINNATI. THAT BLUE ASH ICE FACILITY IS WHERE HAITIAN

FACILITY IS WHERE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS FROM PLACES LIKE

IMMIGRANTS FROM PLACES LIKE SPRINGFIELD ARE BEING TOLD THEY

SPRINGFIELD ARE BEING TOLD THEY MUST SHOW UP TO GET FITTED WITH

MUST SHOW UP TO GET FITTED WITH ANKLE MONITORS AS IF THEY ARE

ANKLE MONITORS AS IF THEY ARE FELONS. THESE IMAGES ARE FROM

FELONS. THESE IMAGES ARE FROM YESTERDAY MORNING. HAITIANS IN

YESTERDAY MORNING. HAITIANS IN OHIO WERE TOLD TO TURN UP AT

OHIO WERE TOLD TO TURN UP AT THIS SORT OF REMOTE ICE

THIS SORT OF REMOTE ICE FACILITY OUTSIDE CINCINNATI FOR

FACILITY OUTSIDE CINCINNATI FOR MANDATORY APPOINTMENTS EARLY ON

MANDATORY APPOINTMENTS EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING, WHICH IS

SUNDAY MORNING, WHICH IS BIZARRE IN TERMS OF ITS TIMING.

BIZARRE IN TERMS OF ITS TIMING. BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS FOUND OUT

BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND TURNED UP BY THE

ABOUT IT AND TURNED UP BY THE HUNDREDS BEFORE 7 A.M.

HUNDREDS BEFORE 7 A.M. YESTERDAY TO MAKE SURE THEY

YESTERDAY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE THERE TO SHOW SUPPORT, TO

WERE THERE TO SHOW SUPPORT, TO SHOW THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS

SHOW THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE WAY IN, THAT THIS

ON THE WAY IN, THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS THERE TO SUPPORT

COMMUNITY WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THEM, TO SHOW ICE ALSO THAT

THEM, TO SHOW ICE ALSO THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS SECRETLY,

THEY CAN'T DO THIS SECRETLY, THAT THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT

THAT THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE

THEY'RE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE WATCHING. LOCAL CLERGY SHOWED

WATCHING. LOCAL CLERGY SHOWED UP IN FORCE AS WELL, OFFERING

UP IN FORCE AS WELL, OFFERING COMMUNION TO THE HAITIAN MEN

COMMUNION TO THE HAITIAN MEN AND WOMEN BEFORE THEY WENT

AND WOMEN BEFORE THEY WENT INSIDE TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS.

INSIDE TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS. SO THAT'S OHIO. I ALSO WANT TO

SO THAT'S OHIO. I ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS FROM RIGHT NEXT

SHOW YOU THIS FROM RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN INDIANA. THIS IS A FEW

DOOR IN INDIANA. THIS IS A FEW DAYS AGO NOW. ANTI-IMMIGRANT

DAYS AGO NOW. ANTI-IMMIGRANT RIGHT WING GROUPS PLANNED WHAT

RIGHT WING GROUPS PLANNED WHAT THEY CALLED A MASS DEPORTATION

THEY CALLED A MASS DEPORTATION RALLY. HERITAGE INDIANA, A

RALLY. HERITAGE INDIANA, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE MASS

PROUD MEMBER OF THE MASS DEPORTATION COALITION. THEY

DEPORTATION COALITION. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD A

SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD A MASS DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATION

MASS DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATION FEATURING GREG BOVINO, THE

FEATURING GREG BOVINO, THE FORMER BORDER PATROL LEADER WHO

FORMER BORDER PATROL LEADER WHO LED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S

LED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACK ON MULTIPLE AMERICAN

ATTACK ON MULTIPLE AMERICAN CITIES STARTING LAST YEAR

CITIES STARTING LAST YEAR BEFORE HE WAS FIRED. BOVINO

BEFORE HE WAS FIRED. BOVINO HIMSELF SAID THE IDEA BEHIND

HIMSELF SAID THE IDEA BEHIND THIS DEMONSTRATION WAS THAT

THIS DEMONSTRATION WAS THAT THEY WERE HOPING IT COULD

THEY WERE HOPING IT COULD IGNITE SOME KIND OF LARGER

IGNITE SOME KIND OF LARGER ANTI-IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT.

ANTI-IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT. >> I'LL BE IN INDIANA ON AUGUST

>> I'LL BE IN INDIANA ON AUGUST THE 1ST. THERE'S A LOT OF

THE 1ST. THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THAT RALLY. ITS

OPPOSITION TO THAT RALLY. ITS FIRST MASS DEPORTATION RALLY

FIRST MASS DEPORTATION RALLY EVER HELD IN THE UNITED STATES.

EVER HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW,

AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES OFF

HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES OFF GOOD THERE. BUT THAT IS PERHAPS,

GOOD THERE. BUT THAT IS PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING STARTS

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A SPARK.

WITH A SPARK. >> HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES

>> HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES OFF GOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE

OFF GOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE HEAD OF THE GROUP BEHIND THE

HEAD OF THE GROUP BEHIND THE RALLY EXPRESSED SIMILAR

RALLY EXPRESSED SIMILAR AMBITIONS, TELLING INDIANA

AMBITIONS, TELLING INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO THAT HE WANTED

PUBLIC RADIO THAT HE WANTED THIS MASS DEPORTATION RALLY TO,

THIS MASS DEPORTATION RALLY TO, QUOTE, IGNITE AND MOBILIZE

QUOTE, IGNITE AND MOBILIZE PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED

PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN INDIANA, BUT JUST NOT IN THE

IN INDIANA, BUT JUST NOT IN THE WAY THEY HOPED. THEIR MASS

WAY THEY HOPED. THEIR MASS DEPORTATION RALLY WAS

DEPORTATION RALLY WAS ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED FOR A TOWN

ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED FOR A TOWN CALLED FISHERS, INDIANA, BUT

CALLED FISHERS, INDIANA, BUT THEY ENDED UP MOVING IT FOR

THEY ENDED UP MOVING IT FOR SOME REASON TO A SECRET

SOME REASON TO A SECRET LOCATION REPORTEDLY ABOUT AN

LOCATION REPORTEDLY ABOUT AN HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY. AND THEY

HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY. AND THEY REPORTEDLY ONLY GOT FEWER THAN

REPORTEDLY ONLY GOT FEWER THAN 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IN THE

100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IN THE END. MEANWHILE, BACK IN FISHERS,

END. MEANWHILE, BACK IN FISHERS, INDIANA, WHERE THEY HAD SAID

INDIANA, WHERE THEY HAD SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD THIS

THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD THIS ANTI-IMMIGRANT RALLY. LOOK WHAT

ANTI-IMMIGRANT RALLY. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN FISHERS. SOMETHING

HAPPENED IN FISHERS. SOMETHING LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE

LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE COUNTER-PROTESTED IN FISHERS,

COUNTER-PROTESTED IN FISHERS, INDIANA, PROTESTING AGAINST THE

INDIANA, PROTESTING AGAINST THE MASS DEPORTATION RALLY,

MASS DEPORTATION RALLY, PROTESTING AGAINST ICE AND

PROTESTING AGAINST ICE AND SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THEIR

SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THEIR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. THIS IS

IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. THIS IS RURAL INDIANA. TONIGHT, WE'RE

RURAL INDIANA. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFORTS

GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF TRUMP'S

TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF TRUMP'S IMMIGRANT PRISONS, ONE OF THEM

IMMIGRANT PRISONS, ONE OF THEM WHERE YET ANOTHER PERSON HAS

WHERE YET ANOTHER PERSON HAS JUST DIED. WE'RE GOING TO TALK

JUST DIED. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH A MEMBER OF

ABOUT THAT WITH A MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO WAS ARRESTED AT

CONGRESS WHO WAS ARRESTED AT THAT FACILITY AND IS BEING

THAT FACILITY AND IS BEING PROSECUTED BY THE TRUMP

PROSECUTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT, ON THE

ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT, ON THE EVE OF PRIMARIES TOMORROW IN

EVE OF PRIMARIES TOMORROW IN ALABAMA, CONNECTICUT, MINNESOTA,

ALABAMA, CONNECTICUT, MINNESOTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, VERMONT AND

SOUTH CAROLINA, VERMONT AND WISCONSIN. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO

WISCONSIN. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AN UNEXPECTED

BE TALKING ABOUT AN UNEXPECTED THING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING IN

THING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING IN MULTIPLE STATE PRIMARIES,

MULTIPLE STATE PRIMARIES, SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT

SOMETHING UNEXPECTED THAT APPEARS TO BE UNNERVING

APPEARS TO BE UNNERVING REPUBLICANS IN MULTIPLE STATES

REPUBLICANS IN MULTIPLE STATES AND IN MULTIPLE STATES, IT HAS

AND IN MULTIPLE STATES, IT HAS MADE THEM ABANDON SOME OF THEIR

MADE THEM ABANDON SOME OF THEIR WORST PLANS FOR TARGETING BLACK

WORST PLANS FOR TARGETING BLACK AMERICANS AND TARGETING BLACK

AMERICANS AND TARGETING BLACK POLITICAL POWER. WE'VE GOT

POLITICAL POWER. WE'VE GOT UPDATES FOR YOU TONIGHT AS WELL

UPDATES FOR YOU TONIGHT AS WELL ON THE DEADLINES THAT HAVE

ON THE DEADLINES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN MULTIPLE STATES

HAPPENED IN MULTIPLE STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. DEADLINES TO

TODAY AND TONIGHT. DEADLINES TO REPLACE CANDIDATES OR DROP

REPLACE CANDIDATES OR DROP CANDIDATES OFF THE BALLOT WHEN

CANDIDATES OFF THE BALLOT WHEN THEIR CANDIDACIES HAVE TURNED

THEIR CANDIDACIES HAVE TURNED ROTTEN FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

ROTTEN FOR VARIOUS REASONS. WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT

WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT STATES THAT HIT THOSE DEADLINES

STATES THAT HIT THOSE DEADLINES IN THREE DIFFERENT RACES

IN THREE DIFFERENT RACES TONIGHT. WE GOT THREE DIFFERENT

TONIGHT. WE GOT THREE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IN ALL OF THOSE. WE'LL

OUTCOMES IN ALL OF THOSE. WE'LL HAVE THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU

HAVE THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU COMING UP. BUT I'LL TELL YOU IN

COMING UP. BUT I'LL TELL YOU IN THE MEANTIME, IF THERE IS A

THE MEANTIME, IF THERE IS A COMPANY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO

COMPANY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO TRY TO ENTICE ME INTO AN

TRY TO ENTICE ME INTO AN EXCITING INTERVIEW PROSPECT

EXCITING INTERVIEW PROSPECT WITH YOUR CLIENTS, MAYBE DOUBLE

WITH YOUR CLIENTS, MAYBE DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE YOU SEND IT TO ME

CHECK BEFORE YOU SEND IT TO ME THAT YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME

THAT YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME VIDEO EVIDENCE OF YOUR CLIENTS

VIDEO EVIDENCE OF YOUR CLIENTS POTENTIALLY BREAKING THE LAW

POTENTIALLY BREAKING THE LAW AND MAYBE STARTING A WAR,

AND MAYBE STARTING A WAR, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT END

BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT END UP BEING OF INTEREST TO ME, AND

UP BEING OF INTEREST TO ME, AND NOT FOR THE REASONS YOU WERE

NOT FOR THE REASONS YOU WERE HOPING. LOTS TO GET TO TONIGHT.

HOPING. LOTS TO GET TO TONIGHT. STAY WITH US.

STAY WITH US. >> REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS IN

>> REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS IN KANSAS HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED FOR

KANSAS HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED FOR YEARS BY THEIR STATE'S SUPREME

YEARS BY THEIR STATE'S SUPREME COURT. AMONG OTHER THINGS,

COURT. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEIR STATE SUPREME COURT HAS

THEIR STATE SUPREME COURT HAS PROTECTED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION

PROTECTED THE RIGHT TO ABORTION IN KANSAS. AND THAT HAS MADE

IN KANSAS. AND THAT HAS MADE REPUBLICANS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.

REPUBLICANS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. SO REPUBLICANS THIS YEAR WROTE

SO REPUBLICANS THIS YEAR WROTE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT

A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WHOLE

WOULD CHANGE THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT

STRUCTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THEIR STATE, INCLUDING THE

IN THEIR STATE, INCLUDING THE WAY ITS JUSTICES ARE PUT ON THE

WAY ITS JUSTICES ARE PUT ON THE COURT AND HOW THEY CAN BE

COURT AND HOW THEY CAN BE REMOVED. WELL, WHEN THE PEOPLE

REMOVED. WELL, WHEN THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS GOT THEIR CHANCE TO

OF KANSAS GOT THEIR CHANCE TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL LAST WEEK,

VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL LAST WEEK, THEY REJECTED IT HUGELY. THEY

THEY REJECTED IT HUGELY. THEY REJECTED IT BY 20 POINTS. THAT

REJECTED IT BY 20 POINTS. THAT SAME DAY IN RED STATE. MISSOURI

SAME DAY IN RED STATE. MISSOURI VOTERS THERE GAVE THEIR VERDICT

VOTERS THERE GAVE THEIR VERDICT ON A REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL THAT

ON A REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL THAT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR

WOULD MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS TO VOTE TO

ORDINARY CITIZENS TO VOTE TO CHANGE THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION.

CHANGE THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION. EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS IN THE

EVEN THOUGH REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE COULD STILL MAKE

LEGISLATURE COULD STILL MAKE CHANGES THEY WANTED UNDER THE

CHANGES THEY WANTED UNDER THE OLD EASIER RULES. THE PEOPLE OF

OLD EASIER RULES. THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI REJECTED THAT IDEA.

MISSOURI REJECTED THAT IDEA. FULL STOP. 80% OF MISSOURI

FULL STOP. 80% OF MISSOURI VOTERS SAID NO WAY TO THAT.

VOTERS SAID NO WAY TO THAT. ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL IN

ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL IN THAT SAME STATE, A MOVE TO A

THAT SAME STATE, A MOVE TO A WILDLY REGRESSIVE NEW TAX

WILDLY REGRESSIVE NEW TAX SYSTEM WHICH REPUBLICANS WANTED

SYSTEM WHICH REPUBLICANS WANTED FOR MISSOURI THAT FARED EVEN

FOR MISSOURI THAT FARED EVEN WORSE AT THE POLLS. 83% OF

WORSE AT THE POLLS. 83% OF MISSOURI VOTERS SAID THEY

MISSOURI VOTERS SAID THEY ABSOLUTELY REJECTED THAT AS

ABSOLUTELY REJECTED THAT AS WELL. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIS

WELL. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIS PRIMARY ELECTION SEASON IN

PRIMARY ELECTION SEASON IN STATES RED, BLUE AND PURPLE,

STATES RED, BLUE AND PURPLE, THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN GOING

THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN GOING REPUBLICANS WAY. BUT I WANT TO

REPUBLICANS WAY. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING GOING ON

POINT OUT SOMETHING GOING ON SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BLACK

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BLACK POLITICAL POWER THAT I THINK

POLITICAL POWER THAT I THINK REPUBLICANS DID NOT EXPECT,

REPUBLICANS DID NOT EXPECT, BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ALL OVER

BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR HAVE

THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR HAVE TAKEN THE SUPREME COURT, THE

TAKEN THE SUPREME COURT, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S

U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DISMANTLING OF THE VOTING

DISMANTLING OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND THEY HAVE USED

RIGHTS ACT, AND THEY HAVE USED IT TO START A RADICAL, RADICAL

IT TO START A RADICAL, RADICAL EFFORT TO CONSTRICT BLACK

EFFORT TO CONSTRICT BLACK VOTING POWER IN THE UNITED

VOTING POWER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IN STATE

STATES OF AMERICA. IN STATE AFTER STATE REPUBLICANS HAVE

AFTER STATE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN REDRAWING

BEEN ENGAGED IN REDRAWING CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS NOT

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS NOT JUST TO ENTRENCH THEMSELVES IN

JUST TO ENTRENCH THEMSELVES IN POWER, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO TAKE

POWER, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO TAKE POWER AWAY FROM MINORITY VOTERS

POWER AWAY FROM MINORITY VOTERS AND BLACK VOTERS IN PARTICULAR.

AND BLACK VOTERS IN PARTICULAR. WELL, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE

WELL, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE ARE NOW SEEING IN STATE AFTER

ARE NOW SEEING IN STATE AFTER STATE THAT PEOPLE HAVE

STATE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. TO

SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. TO TAKE SOUTH CAROLINA EARLIER

TAKE SOUTH CAROLINA EARLIER THIS YEAR, REPUBLICAN

THIS YEAR, REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS IN SOUTH CAROLINA,

LEGISLATORS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY WERE STEAMING AHEAD WITH A

THEY WERE STEAMING AHEAD WITH A PLAN TO DISSOLVE THE STATE'S

PLAN TO DISSOLVE THE STATE'S ONLY MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICT,

ONLY MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICT, THE SEAT HELD BY THE STATE'S

THE SEAT HELD BY THE STATE'S ONLY BLACK CONGRESSMAN, JAMES

ONLY BLACK CONGRESSMAN, JAMES CLYBURN. THAT EFFORT TO BOX OUT

CLYBURN. THAT EFFORT TO BOX OUT JAMES CLYBURN DREW PROTESTS,

JAMES CLYBURN DREW PROTESTS, BUT IT ALSO DREW VOTERS IN

BUT IT ALSO DREW VOTERS IN NUMBERS THAT ALARMED SOUTH

NUMBERS THAT ALARMED SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS THE FIRST

CAROLINA REPUBLICANS THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN THE

DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY SAW

SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY SAW RECORD BREAKING TURNOUT NEARLY

RECORD BREAKING TURNOUT NEARLY FIVE TIMES MORE DEMOCRATS THAN

FIVE TIMES MORE DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS CAST BALLOTS. MANY

REPUBLICANS CAST BALLOTS. MANY OF THEM SAID THEY WERE OUT AT

OF THEM SAID THEY WERE OUT AT THE POLLS TO SEND A MESSAGE

THE POLLS TO SEND A MESSAGE SPECIFICALLY TO TRY TO STOP THE

SPECIFICALLY TO TRY TO STOP THE REDISTRICTING PLAN TO TAKE AWAY

REDISTRICTING PLAN TO TAKE AWAY CLYBURN'S SEAT. AND GUESS WHAT

CLYBURN'S SEAT. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? THAT VERY SAME

HAPPENED NEXT? THAT VERY SAME DAY, THAT FIRST DAY OF EARLY

DAY, THAT FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING, SOUTH CAROLINA

VOTING, SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS GOT SCARED AND

REPUBLICANS GOT SCARED AND SCRAPPED THEIR PLAN. THE

SCRAPPED THEIR PLAN. THE REPUBLICAN STATE SENATE LEADER

REPUBLICAN STATE SENATE LEADER WARNED HIS COLLEAGUES, QUOTE,

WARNED HIS COLLEAGUES, QUOTE, PEOPLE WILL VOTE WHEN THEY'RE

PEOPLE WILL VOTE WHEN THEY'RE ANGRY. AND I THINK WE'VE MADE

ANGRY. AND I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME PEOPLE MAD. SOUTH CAROLINA

SOME PEOPLE MAD. SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT GEORGIA.

ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT GEORGIA. REPUBLICANS IN GEORGIA, TRIED

REPUBLICANS IN GEORGIA, TRIED THE SAME THING, TRIED DRAWING

THE SAME THING, TRIED DRAWING UP NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

UP NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO ENTRENCH THEMSELVES AND TO

TO ENTRENCH THEMSELVES AND TO DILUTE AND THEREBY DENY BLACK

DILUTE AND THEREBY DENY BLACK POLITICAL POWER IN THE STATE OF

POLITICAL POWER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. AS SOON AS THE U.S.

GEORGIA. AS SOON AS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT GUTTED THE VOTING

SUPREME COURT GUTTED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR

RIGHTS ACT, GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR CALLED A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE

CALLED A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO REDRAW THE STATE'S

SESSION TO REDRAW THE STATE'S MAPS. WELL, WHEN LAWMAKERS

MAPS. WELL, WHEN LAWMAKERS ARRIVED AT THE CAPITOL FOR THAT

ARRIVED AT THE CAPITOL FOR THAT SPECIAL SESSION, THIS IS WHAT

SPECIAL SESSION, THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE GREETED WITH THE

THEY WERE GREETED WITH THE STATE CAPITOL PACKED TO THE

STATE CAPITOL PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH PROTESTERS WHO LET

GILLS WITH PROTESTERS WHO LET THE LAWMAKERS KNOW JUST WHAT

THE LAWMAKERS KNOW JUST WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA THOUGHT

THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PLAN. GEORGIA

ABOUT THIS PLAN. GEORGIA REPUBLICANS LOOKED UP AT THE

REPUBLICANS LOOKED UP AT THE BALCONY, LOOKED UP AT THE

BALCONY, LOOKED UP AT THE GALLERY, LOOKED AROUND THEM,

GALLERY, LOOKED AROUND THEM, LOOKED AT THE FURY THEY WERE

LOOKED AT THE FURY THEY WERE ABOUT TO UNLEASH, AND SAID,

ABOUT TO UNLEASH, AND SAID, OKAY, NEVER MIND. ON SECOND

OKAY, NEVER MIND. ON SECOND THOUGHT, MAYBE WE WILL NOT TRY

THOUGHT, MAYBE WE WILL NOT TRY TO REDRAW OUR MAPS TO MAKE OUR

TO REDRAW OUR MAPS TO MAKE OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WHITER

CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WHITER AND MORE PERMANENT. SEEMS LIKE

AND MORE PERMANENT. SEEMS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE WILDLY UNPOPULAR.

THAT MIGHT BE WILDLY UNPOPULAR. NOW LOOK AT TENNESSEE.

NOW LOOK AT TENNESSEE. TENNESSEE IS ONE OF THE

TENNESSEE IS ONE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE

SOUTHERN STATES WHERE REPUBLICANS DID CARRY OUT THEIR

REPUBLICANS DID CARRY OUT THEIR PLAN TO DILUTE BLACK POLITICAL

PLAN TO DILUTE BLACK POLITICAL POWER. THEY BROKE UP THE

POWER. THEY BROKE UP THE STATE'S SINGLE MAJORITY BLACK

STATE'S SINGLE MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICT AROUND MEMPHIS,

DISTRICT AROUND MEMPHIS, SPREADING BLACK VOTERS OUT INTO

SPREADING BLACK VOTERS OUT INTO MORE RURAL, MORE CONSERVATIVE,

MORE RURAL, MORE CONSERVATIVE, WHITER DISTRICTS THAT STRETCH

WHITER DISTRICTS THAT STRETCH HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE CITY.

HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE CITY. AND AFTER THE REPUBLICANS DID

AND AFTER THE REPUBLICANS DID THAT, THEN THEY DECIDED, WELL,

THAT, THEN THEY DECIDED, WELL, THEN THEY THEN THEY REALIZED

THEN THEY THEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THE PEOPLE OF

LEARN WHAT THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

TENNESSEE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. BLACK LEADERS IN MEMPHIS, IN

BLACK LEADERS IN MEMPHIS, IN PARTICULAR, GOT TO WORK.

PARTICULAR, GOT TO WORK. PASTORS AND ORGANIZERS AND

PASTORS AND ORGANIZERS AND ACTIVISTS AND CIVIC GROUPS AND

ACTIVISTS AND CIVIC GROUPS AND UNIONS HELD VOTER REGISTRATION

UNIONS HELD VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, ORGANIZED RALLIES,

DRIVES, ORGANIZED RALLIES, WORKED THE PHONES, KNOCKED ON

WORKED THE PHONES, KNOCKED ON DOORS, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO

DOORS, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO CHANNEL THEIR NEIGHBORS

CHANNEL THEIR NEIGHBORS INDIGNATION AND ANGER INTO

INDIGNATION AND ANGER INTO ACTION. IN MEMPHIS, THE

ACTION. IN MEMPHIS, THE REVEREND EARLE FISHER OF THE

REVEREND EARLE FISHER OF THE ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST

ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH SAID, QUOTE, I THINK IN

CHURCH SAID, QUOTE, I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS THIS AWOKE A

A LOT OF WAYS THIS AWOKE A SLEEPING GIANT. I DON'T THINK

SLEEPING GIANT. I DON'T THINK REPUBLICANS HAVE ANTICIPATED OR

REPUBLICANS HAVE ANTICIPATED OR ACCOUNTED FOR A MASS

ACCOUNTED FOR A MASS MOBILIZATION EFFORT. WELL, SURE

MOBILIZATION EFFORT. WELL, SURE ENOUGH, WHEN TENNESSEE HELD ITS

ENOUGH, WHEN TENNESSEE HELD ITS PRIMARY ON THURSDAY, DEMOCRATIC

PRIMARY ON THURSDAY, DEMOCRATIC MEMPHIS MAJORITY BLACK SHELBY

MEMPHIS MAJORITY BLACK SHELBY COUNTY SURGED TO THE HIGHEST

COUNTY SURGED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN A DECADE, MORE THAN

LEVEL IN A DECADE, MORE THAN TWICE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE

TWICE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TURNOUT PERCENTAGE FOR SIMILAR

TURNOUT PERCENTAGE FOR SIMILAR CONTESTS THAT WERE HELD JUST

CONTESTS THAT WERE HELD JUST TWO YEARS AGO. THE NEXT DAY,

TWO YEARS AGO. THE NEXT DAY, REVEREND FISHER TOLD THE

REVEREND FISHER TOLD THE WASHINGTON POST, QUOTE, A NIGHT

WASHINGTON POST, QUOTE, A NIGHT LIKE THIS, EXCUSE ME, A NIGHT

LIKE THIS, EXCUSE ME, A NIGHT LIKE LAST NIGHT LETS YOU KNOW

LIKE LAST NIGHT LETS YOU KNOW IT'S NOT ALL IN VAIN, THOUGH,

IT'S NOT ALL IN VAIN, THOUGH, HE SAID HE'S NOT NOT TAKING A

HE SAID HE'S NOT NOT TAKING A VICTORY LAP. BLACK TENNESSEE

VICTORY LAP. BLACK TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS WILL BE UP AGAINST

DEMOCRATS WILL BE UP AGAINST LONG ODDS IN NOVEMBER. THESE

LONG ODDS IN NOVEMBER. THESE NEWLY DRAWN CONGRESSIONAL

NEWLY DRAWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. BUT LAST WEEK'S

DISTRICTS. BUT LAST WEEK'S TURNOUT IS A BIG FIRST STEP,

TURNOUT IS A BIG FIRST STEP, AND ONE THAT IS RATTLING

AND ONE THAT IS RATTLING REPUBLICANS IN TENNESSEE.

REPUBLICANS IN TENNESSEE. JOINING US NOW IS THE REVEREND

JOINING US NOW IS THE REVEREND EARL FISHER, PASTOR AT

EARL FISHER, PASTOR AT ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST

ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEMPHIS. REVEREND

CHURCH IN MEMPHIS. REVEREND FISHER, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO

FISHER, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. THANK

HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> WHAT DID YOU AND YOUR

>> WHAT DID YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOUR FELLOW

COLLEAGUES, YOUR FELLOW TENNESSEE RESIDENTS, DO TO PUSH

TENNESSEE RESIDENTS, DO TO PUSH VOTER TURNOUT TO THOSE

VOTER TURNOUT TO THOSE REMARKABLE HEIGHTS LAST WEEK?

REMARKABLE HEIGHTS LAST WEEK? >> WELL, I THINK IT WAS A FEW

>> WELL, I THINK IT WAS A FEW THINGS. AND YOU MENTIONED MOST

THINGS. AND YOU MENTIONED MOST OF THEM. I THINK THE ANGER THAT

OF THEM. I THINK THE ANGER THAT PEOPLE FELT WAS PALPABLE

PEOPLE FELT WAS PALPABLE BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT THE

BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHAT THE RACIST REDISTRICTING DID WAS

RACIST REDISTRICTING DID WAS UNJUST. AND SO PEOPLE WANTED TO

UNJUST. AND SO PEOPLE WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT. THERE'S ALSO

RESPOND TO THAT. THERE'S ALSO SOME ADMIRATION. I THINK WE

SOME ADMIRATION. I THINK WE HAVE A CANDIDATE LIKE JUSTIN J.

HAVE A CANDIDATE LIKE JUSTIN J. WHO HAS SHOWN THAT HE CAN

WHO HAS SHOWN THAT HE CAN APPEAL TO PEOPLE ACROSS A WHOLE

APPEAL TO PEOPLE ACROSS A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS

LOT OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS FROM AGE TO RACE TO GENDER. AND

FROM AGE TO RACE TO GENDER. AND I THINK PEOPLE WERE MOTIVATED

I THINK PEOPLE WERE MOTIVATED BY HIM. AND THEN ALSO THE

BY HIM. AND THEN ALSO THE ACTIVISM OF A LOT OF

ACTIVISM OF A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO JUST DECIDED

ORGANIZATIONS WHO JUST DECIDED WE WOULD TRY TO TARGET THOSE

WE WOULD TRY TO TARGET THOSE LOW TURNOUT PRECINCTS. AND WE

LOW TURNOUT PRECINCTS. AND WE WERE CRUNCHING NUMBERS AND, YOU

WERE CRUNCHING NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, GATHERING PEOPLE AND

KNOW, GATHERING PEOPLE AND RALLIES AND TRYING TO STAY UP

RALLIES AND TRYING TO STAY UP TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT

TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE

AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE UP THE MARGINS.

CAN MAKE UP THE MARGINS. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A UPHILL

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A UPHILL BATTLE IN NOVEMBER FOR MR.

BATTLE IN NOVEMBER FOR MR. PEARSON, ALTHOUGH YOU JUST

PEARSON, ALTHOUGH YOU JUST DESCRIBED SOME OF WHAT I THINK

DESCRIBED SOME OF WHAT I THINK HE'S KNOWN FOR, EVEN NATIONALLY,

HE'S KNOWN FOR, EVEN NATIONALLY, IN TERMS OF HOW ENERGIZING HIS

IN TERMS OF HOW ENERGIZING HIS CANDIDACY HAS BEEN TO HIS

CANDIDACY HAS BEEN TO HIS SUPPORTERS AND HOW TALENTED HE

SUPPORTERS AND HOW TALENTED HE IS AS A AS A POLITICIAN AND AS

IS AS A AS A POLITICIAN AND AS A LEADER. BUT THAT'S GOING TO

A LEADER. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, PLUS 20

BE A, YOU KNOW, PLUS 20 DISTRICT OR SOMETHING. THEY'VE

DISTRICT OR SOMETHING. THEY'VE REALLY GERRYMANDERED THAT

REALLY GERRYMANDERED THAT DISTRICT TO TRY TO MAKE IT

DISTRICT TO TRY TO MAKE IT IMPENETRABLE TO ANY DEMOCRATIC

IMPENETRABLE TO ANY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, LET ALONE A BLACK

CANDIDATE, LET ALONE A BLACK DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. HOW DO

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THESE EFFORTS

YOU FEEL LIKE THESE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE SHOWN SO MUCH

THAT YOU'VE SHOWN SO MUCH EFFECTIVENESS WITH THUS FAR?

EFFECTIVENESS WITH THUS FAR? HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY

HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY SUSTAIN OVER TIME OR BUILD OVER

SUSTAIN OVER TIME OR BUILD OVER TIME? WHAT KIND OF GOALS ARE

TIME? WHAT KIND OF GOALS ARE YOU SETTING FOR YOURSELVES AND

YOU SETTING FOR YOURSELVES AND AND YOUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS

AND YOUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS AND RESIDENTS?

AND RESIDENTS? >> WELL, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW,

>> WELL, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY

I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLAP YOUR HANDS BUT NOT RUN

TO CLAP YOUR HANDS BUT NOT RUN A VICTORY LAP. THERE IS A

A VICTORY LAP. THERE IS A LONGER RUNWAY NOW BECAUSE WE

LONGER RUNWAY NOW BECAUSE WE WERE RESPONDING TO THE

WERE RESPONDING TO THE IMMEDIACY OF THE MOMENT WHEN IT

IMMEDIACY OF THE MOMENT WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED A COUPLE OF

FIRST HAPPENED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND NOW AFTER THIS

MONTHS AGO, AND NOW AFTER THIS STRUCTURE TEST THAT WE COULD

STRUCTURE TEST THAT WE COULD CALL THE PRIMARY, YOU SEE WHERE

CALL THE PRIMARY, YOU SEE WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME WEAK SPOTS

THERE MAY BE SOME WEAK SPOTS AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO LEAN IN

AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO LEAN IN AND PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ELBOW

AND PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ELBOW GREASE IN THOSE SPACES, BUT WE

GREASE IN THOSE SPACES, BUT WE STILL HAVE A SHORT WINDOW OF

STILL HAVE A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME WHEN YOU LOOK AT NOVEMBER.

TIME WHEN YOU LOOK AT NOVEMBER. AND SO HOPEFULLY THOSE

AND SO HOPEFULLY THOSE CANDIDATES WHO WERE RUNNING IN

CANDIDATES WHO WERE RUNNING IN THE PRIMARY WHO DIDN'T WIN CAN

THE PRIMARY WHO DIDN'T WIN CAN THROW THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND THE

THROW THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND THE CANDIDATE WHO DID WIN. AND

CANDIDATE WHO DID WIN. AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NETWORKS

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NETWORKS AND CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITY

AND CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN DO ALL WE CAN TO

MEMBERS CAN DO ALL WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATING

MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATING OUR PEOPLE ON THE ISSUES,

OUR PEOPLE ON THE ISSUES, EMPOWERING THEM SO THAT THEY

EMPOWERING THEM SO THAT THEY FEEL STRONG WHEN THEY COME OUT,

FEEL STRONG WHEN THEY COME OUT, AND THEN DOING ALL WE CAN TO

AND THEN DOING ALL WE CAN TO TRANSLATE REGISTRATION AND

TRANSLATE REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION INTO VOTER TURNOUT.

EDUCATION INTO VOTER TURNOUT. >> REVEREND FISHER, I WANT TO

>> REVEREND FISHER, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SORT OF A BIGGER

ASK YOU TO SORT OF A BIGGER QUESTION ABOUT THIS. I FEEL

QUESTION ABOUT THIS. I FEEL LIKE SORT OF A MORAL

LIKE SORT OF A MORAL CORNERSTONE OF THIS COUNTRY

CORNERSTONE OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT KIND OF A JOURNEY

AND WHAT KIND OF A JOURNEY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THIS

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THIS COUNTRY, WE TALK ABOUT NOT JUST

COUNTRY, WE TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BROADLY, BUT THE VOTING RIGHTS

BROADLY, BUT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN PARTICULAR, AND WHAT IT

ACT IN PARTICULAR, AND WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THE VOTING RIGHTS

TOOK TO GET THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. AND AS THE CONSERVATIVE

ACT. AND AS THE CONSERVATIVE DOMINATED SUPREME COURT

DOMINATED SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY WASHED AWAY THE

ESSENTIALLY WASHED AWAY THE LEGISLATIVE PROTECTIONS, THE

LEGISLATIVE PROTECTIONS, THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS OF THE VOTING

LEGAL PROTECTIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, AND AS REPUBLICANS

RIGHTS ACT, AND AS REPUBLICANS RESPONDED INSTANTLY TO TRY TO

RESPONDED INSTANTLY TO TRY TO ELIMINATE BLACK POLITICAL POWER

ELIMINATE BLACK POLITICAL POWER EVERYWHERE THEY COULD,

EVERYWHERE THEY COULD, PARTICULARLY ALL OVER THE SOUTH.

PARTICULARLY ALL OVER THE SOUTH. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS GREETED WITH

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS GREETED WITH A LOT OF CONSTERNATION AND

A LOT OF CONSTERNATION AND WORRY, BUT NOT MUCH WORK,

WORRY, BUT NOT MUCH WORK, ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF THE

ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHITE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. I FEEL

WHITE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF WORRIED

LIKE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF WORRIED AND SAD ABOUT IT, BUT NOT DOING

AND SAD ABOUT IT, BUT NOT DOING MUCH TO TRY TO FIX IT. WHEREAS

MUCH TO TRY TO FIX IT. WHEREAS WHAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES

WHAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING IS, IS THE WORK WHAT

ARE DOING IS, IS THE WORK WHAT COULD BE DONE, IF ANYTHING,

COULD BE DONE, IF ANYTHING, NATIONWIDE AND PEOPLE WATCHING

NATIONWIDE AND PEOPLE WATCHING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT

THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT MORE PRACTICAL

NOW TO SUPPORT MORE PRACTICAL WORK, TO TRY TO SAVE BLACK

WORK, TO TRY TO SAVE BLACK POLITICAL POWER OF THE KIND YOU

POLITICAL POWER OF THE KIND YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING.

AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING. >> WELL, THE LAST THING PEOPLE

>> WELL, THE LAST THING PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS JUST SURRENDER.

SHOULD DO IS JUST SURRENDER. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW US DO. AFTER THE VERDICT WAS IN

US DO. AFTER THE VERDICT WAS IN WHETHER IT WAS THE CALAIS

WHETHER IT WAS THE CALAIS VERDICT OR WHETHER IT WAS WHAT

VERDICT OR WHETHER IT WAS WHAT THEY DID AT THE STATEHOUSE WHEN

THEY DID AT THE STATEHOUSE WHEN THEY CRACKED THE DISTRICT. SO

THEY CRACKED THE DISTRICT. SO INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING UP

INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING UP YOUR HANDS AND SURRENDERING,

YOUR HANDS AND SURRENDERING, THE FIRST THING I STARTED TO DO

THE FIRST THING I STARTED TO DO WAS JUST LOOK AT WHAT SOME

WAS JUST LOOK AT WHAT SOME OPPORTUNITIES WERE. AND ONE OF

OPPORTUNITIES WERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND OUT, RACHEL,

THE THINGS I FOUND OUT, RACHEL, IS THAT EVEN IN THE STATE OF

IS THAT EVEN IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 48% OF VOTERS WOULD

TENNESSEE, 48% OF VOTERS WOULD VOTE IN PATTERNS THAT ARE

VOTE IN PATTERNS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH INDEPENDENT

CONSISTENT WITH INDEPENDENT VOTERS. ONLY 33% OF VOTERS

VOTERS. ONLY 33% OF VOTERS WOULD IDENTIFY PROPERLY AS

WOULD IDENTIFY PROPERLY AS REPUBLICANS. SO THAT MEANS THAT

REPUBLICANS. SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY

THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE. THEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF

THERE. THEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE COUNTIES WHERE A LOT OF

THESE COUNTIES WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST HADN'T BEEN OUT AND

PEOPLE JUST HADN'T BEEN OUT AND DONE A LOT OF ORGANIZING, SO

DONE A LOT OF ORGANIZING, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY

THAT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT

THERE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CALCULATED THE MORAL FORCE

THEY CALCULATED THE MORAL FORCE OF BLACK LEADERSHIP AND OUR

OF BLACK LEADERSHIP AND OUR CAPACITY TO MOTIVATE OUR PEOPLE

CAPACITY TO MOTIVATE OUR PEOPLE AND TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE A

AND TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE A VISION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, EVEN

VISION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, EVEN WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED

WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST THEM. I KNOW A LITTLE

AGAINST THEM. I KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT HISTORY. AND

SOMETHING ABOUT HISTORY. AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS

THEN THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO THIS,

THAT HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO THIS, WHERE WE CAME OUT ON TOP, AND I

WHERE WE CAME OUT ON TOP, AND I THINK THIS COULD VERY WELL BE

THINK THIS COULD VERY WELL BE ONE OF THEM. I'M NOT LOST ON

ONE OF THEM. I'M NOT LOST ON THE MAGNITUDE OR THE ENORMITY

THE MAGNITUDE OR THE ENORMITY OF THE TASK RIGHT HERE. IT IS A

OF THE TASK RIGHT HERE. IT IS A BIG THING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE

BIG THING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO LOSE, IT WON'T BE BECAUSE I

DO LOSE, IT WON'T BE BECAUSE I OR MY COLLEAGUES PULLED ANY

OR MY COLLEAGUES PULLED ANY PUNCHES. WE'LL DO ALL WE CAN

PUNCHES. WE'LL DO ALL WE CAN ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND I

ALL ACROSS THE STATE. AND I BELIEVE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE

BELIEVE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN SUPPORT. AND

COUNTRY CAN SUPPORT. AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS SENDING

SOMETIMES THAT MEANS SENDING YOUR PEOPLE THIS WAY. SOMETIMES

YOUR PEOPLE THIS WAY. SOMETIMES IT MEANS SENDING MONEY.

IT MEANS SENDING MONEY. SOMETIMES IT MEANS RAISING YOUR

SOMETIMES IT MEANS RAISING YOUR VOICE. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE A

VOICE. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL. EVERYBODY CAN SEND

PHONE CALL. EVERYBODY CAN SEND A TEXT MESSAGE OR SHARE A

A TEXT MESSAGE OR SHARE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR SOMETHING

SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THE MORE LIKE

LIKE THAT. SO THE MORE LIKE LIGHT THAT WE SHINE ON THE

LIGHT THAT WE SHINE ON THE DARKNESS HERE, I THINK THE

DARKNESS HERE, I THINK THE BETTER OUR OPPORTUNITY COME

BETTER OUR OPPORTUNITY COME NOVEMBER.

NOVEMBER. >> I COULDN'T PUT IT BETTER

>> I COULDN'T PUT IT BETTER MYSELF. BEAUTIFULLY PUT. THE

MYSELF. BEAUTIFULLY PUT. THE THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR IS IS

THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR IS IS NOT WORRY. THE ANTIDOTE TO

NOT WORRY. THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR IS IS ACTION. IT'S

DESPAIR IS IS ACTION. IT'S ORGANIZING. REVEREND EARLE

ORGANIZING. REVEREND EARLE FISHER, PASTOR AT THE

FISHER, PASTOR AT THE ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST

ABYSSINIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEMPHIS. REVEREND

CHURCH IN MEMPHIS. REVEREND FISHER, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO

FISHER, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

HAVE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU,

YOUR TIME. AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU, SIR.

SIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. SOME BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT FROM

SOME BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT FROM NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. NORTH

NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS HAVE

CAROLINA REPUBLICANS HAVE DECIDED WHO THEY ARE GOING TO

DECIDED WHO THEY ARE GOING TO CHOOSE TO FILL THE ANXIOUS VOID

CHOOSE TO FILL THE ANXIOUS VOID LEFT BEHIND. WHEN REPUBLICAN

LEFT BEHIND. WHEN REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS

CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK

ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK

THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION, CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS

REELECTION, CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS ANNOUNCED HIS SUDDEN RETIREMENT

ANNOUNCED HIS SUDDEN RETIREMENT AFTER THE HOUSE ETHICS

AFTER THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE FOUND THAT HE HAD

COMMITTEE FOUND THAT HE HAD INAPPROPRIATELY AND

INAPPROPRIATELY AND RELENTLESSLY PURSUED PERSONAL

RELENTLESSLY PURSUED PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH TWO YOUNG

RELATIONSHIPS WITH TWO YOUNG WOMEN IN HIS OFFICE. ONE OF

WOMEN IN HIS OFFICE. ONE OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN WAS JUST 19

THESE YOUNG WOMEN WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE STARTED

YEARS OLD WHEN SHE STARTED WORKING FOR HIM. CONGRESSMAN

WORKING FOR HIM. CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS IS 65. LAWYERS

CHUCK EDWARDS IS 65. LAWYERS FOR CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS SAY HE

FOR CONGRESSMAN EDWARDS SAY HE LOOKS FORWARD TO CLEARING HIS

LOOKS FORWARD TO CLEARING HIS NAME IN THIS MATTER, BUT

NAME IN THIS MATTER, BUT MEANWHILE, HE HAS CLEARED

MEANWHILE, HE HAS CLEARED HIMSELF OFF THE BALLOT. AND SO

HIMSELF OFF THE BALLOT. AND SO TONIGHT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR

TONIGHT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS TO

NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS TO CHOOSE SOMEONE NOT NAMED CHUCK

CHOOSE SOMEONE NOT NAMED CHUCK EDWARDS TO RUN FOR HIS SEAT,

EDWARDS TO RUN FOR HIS SEAT, WHICH REPRESENTS WESTERN NORTH

WHICH REPRESENTS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING ASHEVILLE.

CAROLINA, INCLUDING ASHEVILLE. WELL, TONIGHT, JUST WITHIN THE

WELL, TONIGHT, JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, NORTH CAROLINA

LAST HOUR, NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE THEIR

REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE THEIR PICK. THEY'VE CHOSEN A STATE

PICK. THEY'VE CHOSEN A STATE LAWMAKER, STATE REPRESENTATIVE

LAWMAKER, STATE REPRESENTATIVE NAMED JENNIFER BALCOM, WHO'S

NAMED JENNIFER BALCOM, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE NEW REPUBLICAN

GOING TO BE THE NEW REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S

NOMINEE FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. A

11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. A LITTLE BIT WEIRD, BUT SHE'S

LITTLE BIT WEIRD, BUT SHE'S HAND-PICKED BY HER PARTY TO RUN

HAND-PICKED BY HER PARTY TO RUN FOR THAT SEAT BECAUSE OF THE

FOR THAT SEAT BECAUSE OF THE SCANDAL THAT FORCED OUT THE

SCANDAL THAT FORCED OUT THE INCUMBENT, CHUCK EDWARDS.

INCUMBENT, CHUCK EDWARDS. THAT'S NORTH CAROLINA IN OHIO

THAT'S NORTH CAROLINA IN OHIO TODAY. THERE WAS ALSO A

TODAY. THERE WAS ALSO A DEADLINE. IT WAS THE VERY LAST

DEADLINE. IT WAS THE VERY LAST DAY FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN

DAY FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MAX MILLER TO STEP DOWN AND GET

MAX MILLER TO STEP DOWN AND GET OFF THE BALLOT AND LET HIS

OFF THE BALLOT AND LET HIS PARTY REPLACE HIM ON THE BALLOT

PARTY REPLACE HIM ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER. CONGRESSMAN MAX

FOR NOVEMBER. CONGRESSMAN MAX MILLER IS FACING A SLEW OF

MILLER IS FACING A SLEW OF HORRIFIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

HORRIFIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS, ALL OF WHICH HE

ALLEGATIONS, ALL OF WHICH HE DENIES, TO THE DISCOMFORT OF

DENIES, TO THE DISCOMFORT OF MANY IN HIS OWN REPUBLICAN

MANY IN HIS OWN REPUBLICAN PARTY. CONGRESSMAN MAX MILLER

PARTY. CONGRESSMAN MAX MILLER IS INSISTING THAT HE WILL STAY

IS INSISTING THAT HE WILL STAY IN THE RACE, THAT HE WILL STAY

IN THE RACE, THAT HE WILL STAY ON THE BALLOT, AND THAT TURNS

ON THE BALLOT, AND THAT TURNS AN OTHERWISE LIKELY SAFE SEAT

AN OTHERWISE LIKELY SAFE SEAT FOR THE REPUBLICANS INTO A

FOR THE REPUBLICANS INTO A POSSIBLE PICKUP OPPORTUNITY FOR

POSSIBLE PICKUP OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS. AS OHIO DEMOCRAT

DEMOCRATS. AS OHIO DEMOCRAT BRIAN POINDEXTER CONTINUES TO

BRIAN POINDEXTER CONTINUES TO OUTPOLL, MR. MILLER IN OHIO

OUTPOLL, MR. MILLER IN OHIO SURVEYS. THEN THERE'S MONTANA,

SURVEYS. THEN THERE'S MONTANA, AND THIS ONE'S A LITTLE

AND THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC

DIFFERENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE FOR U.S. SENATE. THE

SIDE FOR U.S. SENATE. THE NOMINEE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S

NOMINEE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINEE IS NAMED ALANI BENKERT.

NOMINEE IS NAMED ALANI BENKERT. SHE HAS FACED PRESSURE TO DROP

SHE HAS FACED PRESSURE TO DROP OUT OF THIS RACE, THE SENATE

OUT OF THIS RACE, THE SENATE RACE IN MONTANA, NOT BECAUSE OF

RACE IN MONTANA, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY SCANDAL, BUT FOR STRATEGIC

ANY SCANDAL, BUT FOR STRATEGIC REASONS. 22 MEMBERS OF THE

REASONS. 22 MEMBERS OF THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE ASKED HER

MONTANA LEGISLATURE ASKED HER TO QUIT THE RACE AND INSTEAD

TO QUIT THE RACE AND INSTEAD SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT SENATE

SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT SENATE CANDIDATE BECAUSE THEY THINK

CANDIDATE BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT HE HAS A MUCH BETTER

THAT HE HAS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING THAT SENATE

CHANCE OF WINNING THAT SENATE RACE THAN SHE DOES. WELL, ALANI

RACE THAN SHE DOES. WELL, ALANI BANKHEAD ANNOUNCED TONIGHT THAT

BANKHEAD ANNOUNCED TONIGHT THAT SHE IS STAYING IN THE RACE. SHE

SHE IS STAYING IN THE RACE. SHE WILL NOT BE DROPPING OUT.

WILL NOT BE DROPPING OUT. TONIGHT WAS THE DEADLINE, BUT

TONIGHT WAS THE DEADLINE, BUT SHE WILL NOT GET OUT. SHE WILL

SHE WILL NOT GET OUT. SHE WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF

NOT BE FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATES IN

DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATES IN NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND

NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND IDAHO, WHO HAVE ALL DROPPED OUT

IDAHO, WHO HAVE ALL DROPPED OUT IN THE HOPES OF CLEARING A PATH

IN THE HOPES OF CLEARING A PATH FOR AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE TO

FOR AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON THE REPUBLICAN IN A

TAKE ON THE REPUBLICAN IN A VERY RED STATE. IF THAT

VERY RED STATE. IF THAT INDEPENDENT SENATE CANDIDACY

INDEPENDENT SENATE CANDIDACY GAMBIT SUCCEEDS IN ANY OF THOSE

GAMBIT SUCCEEDS IN ANY OF THOSE RACES AGAIN, NEBRASKA, IDAHO OR

RACES AGAIN, NEBRASKA, IDAHO OR SOUTH DAKOTA, THAT WOULD HAVE

SOUTH DAKOTA, THAT WOULD HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR WHICH

HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE U.S. SENATE

PARTY CONTROLS THE U.S. SENATE NEXT YEAR. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE

NEXT YEAR. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MONTANA WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING

MONTANA WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING ALONG THOSE SAME LINES. ALL

ALONG THOSE SAME LINES. ALL THAT NEWS BREAKING TONIGHT.

THAT NEWS BREAKING TONIGHT. WATCH THIS SPA

WATCH THIS SPA THIS MAN IS IN A FEDERAL PRISON

THIS MAN IS IN A FEDERAL PRISON IN ADELANTO, CALIFORNIA, WHICH

IN ADELANTO, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS JUST NORTHEAST OF LOS

IS JUST NORTHEAST OF LOS ANGELES. THIS IS FROM A VIDEO

ANGELES. THIS IS FROM A VIDEO CALL HE DID WITH HIS FAMILY.

CALL HE DID WITH HIS FAMILY. YOU SEE HIM HOLDING UP THIS

YOU SEE HIM HOLDING UP THIS BOTTLE OF WATER HERE. WHAT HE'S

BOTTLE OF WATER HERE. WHAT HE'S SHOWING THEM IS THAT THERE

SHOWING THEM IS THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING

APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING SWIMMING AROUND IN THAT WATER.

SWIMMING AROUND IN THAT WATER. HE SAYS THIS IS THE DRINKING

HE SAYS THIS IS THE DRINKING WATER THAT HE AND ALL THE OTHER

WATER THAT HE AND ALL THE OTHER DETAINEES ARE GIVEN AT THIS ICE

DETAINEES ARE GIVEN AT THIS ICE PRISON IN CALIFORNIA. WHAT IT

PRISON IN CALIFORNIA. WHAT IT IS THAT'S SWIMMING AROUND IN

IS THAT'S SWIMMING AROUND IN THERE IN THE WATER, I HONESTLY

THERE IN THE WATER, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE WORMS

DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE WORMS OR SOME KIND OF LARVA. THE GEO

OR SOME KIND OF LARVA. THE GEO GROUP RUNS THIS FACILITY. THEY

GROUP RUNS THIS FACILITY. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR

DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. THE DEPARTMENT OF

COMMENT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TOLD US TODAY

HOMELAND SECURITY TOLD US TODAY THAT THIS ICE FACILITY GETS ITS

THAT THIS ICE FACILITY GETS ITS WATER FROM THE CITY OF ADELANTO,

WATER FROM THE CITY OF ADELANTO, CALIFORNIA. OKAY. AND DOES IT

CALIFORNIA. OKAY. AND DOES IT COME TO YOU FROM THE CITY

COME TO YOU FROM THE CITY THROUGH PIPES AND PLUMBING

THROUGH PIPES AND PLUMBING FIXTURES INSIDE THIS FACILITY?

FIXTURES INSIDE THIS FACILITY? I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW IT

I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW IT MAKES IT BETTER IF IT THAT IT

MAKES IT BETTER IF IT THAT IT COMES FROM THE CITY, BUT THAT'S

COMES FROM THE CITY, BUT THAT'S THEIR EXPLANATION. THIS IS THE

THEIR EXPLANATION. THIS IS THE ADELANTO IMMIGRATION PRISON IN

ADELANTO IMMIGRATION PRISON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS THE IMMIGRATION PRISON IN

THE IMMIGRATION PRISON IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, DELANEY

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, DELANEY HALL, WHERE A SECOND PRISONER

HALL, WHERE A SECOND PRISONER IN JUST THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS

IN JUST THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY THERE.

DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY THERE. THE MAN WHO DIED, HIS MOTHER

THE MAN WHO DIED, HIS MOTHER SAYS THAT HER SON NEEDED TO

SAYS THAT HER SON NEEDED TO TAKE MEDICINE FOR DIABETES AND

TAKE MEDICINE FOR DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND SEIZURES, BUT SHE BELIEVES HE

SEIZURES, BUT SHE BELIEVES HE WASN'T GIVEN ANY OF THOSE

WASN'T GIVEN ANY OF THOSE MEDICATIONS. DURING THE SIX

MEDICATIONS. DURING THE SIX WEEKS THAT HE WAS LOCKED UP AT

WEEKS THAT HE WAS LOCKED UP AT DELANEY HALL, HE HAD REPORTEDLY

DELANEY HALL, HE HAD REPORTEDLY COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS AND

COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS AND FATIGUE BEFORE HE COLLAPSED

FATIGUE BEFORE HE COLLAPSED INSIDE THAT PRISON, ACCORDING

INSIDE THAT PRISON, ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN ROBERT MENENDEZ,

TO CONGRESSMAN ROBERT MENENDEZ, WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES DELANEY

WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES DELANEY HALL. HE SAYS THE PRISON STAFF

HALL. HE SAYS THE PRISON STAFF DID CALL 911, BUT THAT IT TOOK

DID CALL 911, BUT THAT IT TOOK EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ABOUT 37

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ABOUT 37 MINUTES TO ARRIVE AFTER THE

MINUTES TO ARRIVE AFTER THE CALL TO GET IN AND ACTUALLY

CALL TO GET IN AND ACTUALLY ATTEND TO THIS YOUNG MAN. IT'S

ATTEND TO THIS YOUNG MAN. IT'S NOT LIKE DELANEY HALL IS OUT IN

NOT LIKE DELANEY HALL IS OUT IN THE BOONDOCKS SOMEWHERE. IT'S

THE BOONDOCKS SOMEWHERE. IT'S IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, IN A

IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, IN A SUPER URBAN, DENSELY POPULATED

SUPER URBAN, DENSELY POPULATED PART OF THE STATE. WHAT IS IT

PART OF THE STATE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT DELANEY HALL THAT MAKES

ABOUT DELANEY HALL THAT MAKES IT SO IT TAKES EMERGENCY

IT SO IT TAKES EMERGENCY RESPONDERS 37 MINUTES TO GET

RESPONDERS 37 MINUTES TO GET INSIDE, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A

INSIDE, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A PRISONER HAVING AN ACTIVE

PRISONER HAVING AN ACTIVE MEDICAL EMERGENCY? I MEAN, IF

MEDICAL EMERGENCY? I MEAN, IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED IN THIS FACILITY AND IT'S STILL

IN THIS FACILITY AND IT'S STILL TAKING 37 MINUTES AFTER YOU

TAKING 37 MINUTES AFTER YOU CALL 911 TO GET ANYBODY IN

CALL 911 TO GET ANYBODY IN THERE TO SOMEBODY WHO'S IN

THERE TO SOMEBODY WHO'S IN DISTRESS, JUST SEEMS LIKE

DISTRESS, JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING'S VERY WRONG THERE.

SOMETHING'S VERY WRONG THERE. THERE WERE PROTESTS, RENEWED

THERE WERE PROTESTS, RENEWED PROTESTS OUTSIDE DELANEY HALL

PROTESTS OUTSIDE DELANEY HALL THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING A LIVE

THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING A LIVE BAND CALLING THEMSELVES BRASS

BAND CALLING THEMSELVES BRASS UPRISING, PROTESTING THE

UPRISING, PROTESTING THE CONDITIONS INSIDE DELANEY HALL,

CONDITIONS INSIDE DELANEY HALL, PROTESTING THE AT LEAST TWO

PROTESTING THE AT LEAST TWO DEATHS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE

DEATHS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE IN RECENT MONTHS. PROTESTERS

IN RECENT MONTHS. PROTESTERS WERE PEPPER SPRAYED BY THE

WERE PEPPER SPRAYED BY THE PRISON STAFF, REPORTEDLY FOR

PRISON STAFF, REPORTEDLY FOR TOUCHING THE GATE IN FRONT OF

TOUCHING THE GATE IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE IN NEW JERSEY

THE ENTRANCE IN NEW JERSEY TOMORROW, DEMOCRATIC LEADER

TOMORROW, DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND OTHER

HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE GOING

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE GOING TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO

TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CALL THE

TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY CALL THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CRUEL

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CRUEL AND DEHUMANIZING CONDITIONS

AND DEHUMANIZING CONDITIONS INSIDE IMMIGRATION PRISONS,

INSIDE IMMIGRATION PRISONS, INCLUDING DELANEY HALL. THEY'RE

INCLUDING DELANEY HALL. THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT PRESS

GOING TO FOLLOW THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH A ROUNDTABLE

CONFERENCE WITH A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH FORMER DELANEY

DISCUSSION WITH FORMER DELANEY HALL PRISONERS AND THE FAMILIES

HALL PRISONERS AND THE FAMILIES OF PRISONERS WHO HAVE DIED

OF PRISONERS WHO HAVE DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY THERE. DELANEY

WHILE IN CUSTODY THERE. DELANEY HALL IS A PARTICULAR POINT OF

HALL IS A PARTICULAR POINT OF INTEREST FOR CONGRESSIONAL

INTEREST FOR CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, GIVEN THAT ONE OF

DEMOCRATS, GIVEN THAT ONE OF THEIR OWN, DEMOCRATIC

THEIR OWN, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA MCIVER,

CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA MCIVER, WAS INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES

WAS INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES AFTER SHE ATTENDED A PROTEST AT

AFTER SHE ATTENDED A PROTEST AT DELANEY HALL LAST YEAR.

DELANEY HALL LAST YEAR. LAMONICA MCIVER HAS CALLED THE

LAMONICA MCIVER HAS CALLED THE CHARGES POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

CHARGES POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. STILL TODAY, MORE THAN A YEAR

STILL TODAY, MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, SHE IS FIGHTING THAT

LATER, SHE IS FIGHTING THAT INDICTMENT. JOINING US NOW IS

INDICTMENT. JOINING US NOW IS CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA MCIVER,

CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA MCIVER, DEMOCRAT OF NEW JERSEY.

DEMOCRAT OF NEW JERSEY. CONGRESSWOMAN, IT'S A REAL

CONGRESSWOMAN, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US

PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING

TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. OH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THE TIME. OH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. LET'S SEE. YOU'RE NOT ON MUTE,

LET'S SEE. YOU'RE NOT ON MUTE, ARE YOU?

ARE YOU? >> HI, RACHEL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE

>> HI, RACHEL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU. >> THERE YOU ARE. THAT'S GREAT.

>> THERE YOU ARE. THAT'S GREAT. SO WE KNOW FROM ISSA'S OWN

SO WE KNOW FROM ISSA'S OWN ACCOUNTS THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE

ACCOUNTS THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT DELANEY HALL IN CUSTODY

DIED AT DELANEY HALL IN CUSTODY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. JUST IN

IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE LEARNED

THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE LEARNED THAT A THIRD PERSON HAD A

THAT A THIRD PERSON HAD A MEDICAL INCIDENT AT THE PRISON

MEDICAL INCIDENT AT THE PRISON WHO WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND

WHO WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND DIED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE,

DIED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE, THESE RECENT REPORTS?

THESE RECENT REPORTS? >> I MEAN, THEY'RE DEVASTATING.

>> I MEAN, THEY'RE DEVASTATING. THEY ARE SO DISHEARTENING AND

THEY ARE SO DISHEARTENING AND SAD TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE

SAD TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE SPEAK TO. BUT

FAMILIES THAT WE SPEAK TO. BUT RACHEL, IT'S NOT SURPRISING.

RACHEL, IT'S NOT SURPRISING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE LAST MAY,

TALKING ABOUT SINCE LAST MAY, BEFORE I WAS EVEN CHARGED BY

BEFORE I WAS EVEN CHARGED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND WE

THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE COOLNESS

CONTINUE TO SEE THE COOLNESS AND THE CHAOS HAPPENING AT

AND THE CHAOS HAPPENING AT DELANEY HALL UNDERNEATH THE

DELANEY HALL UNDERNEATH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S EXTREMELY HORRIBLE.

EXTREMELY HORRIBLE. >> I KNOW THAT YOU AND OTHER

>> I KNOW THAT YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE CONTINUED TO DO OVERSIGHT

CONTINUED TO DO OVERSIGHT VISITS TO DELANEY HALL. YOU AND

VISITS TO DELANEY HALL. YOU AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE

LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PUSHED FOR CLOSURE OF THE

PUSHED FOR CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE ANY

FACILITY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE ANY OF THE ACTIVISM AROUND THIS.

OF THE ACTIVISM AROUND THIS. THE THE FUROR OVER YOUR ARREST

THE THE FUROR OVER YOUR ARREST AND THEM CHARGING YOU FOR

AND THEM CHARGING YOU FOR HAVING BEEN THERE AT HAVING

HAVING BEEN THERE AT HAVING BEEN PRESENT DURING A PROTEST

BEEN PRESENT DURING A PROTEST AT THAT FACILITY? DO YOU FEEL

AT THAT FACILITY? DO YOU FEEL LIKE ANY OF THIS HAS MADE ANY

LIKE ANY OF THIS HAS MADE ANY PROGRESS, EITHER TO TRY TO GET

PROGRESS, EITHER TO TRY TO GET CONDITIONS IMPROVED, OR AT

CONDITIONS IMPROVED, OR AT LEAST TO PUSH MORE OVERSIGHT

LEAST TO PUSH MORE OVERSIGHT INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE

INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE AND WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS THE

AND WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS THE PEOPLE HELD IN PRISON THERE ARE

PEOPLE HELD IN PRISON THERE ARE FACING?

FACING? >> YEAH, I THINK LOOK, IT'S NOT

>> YEAH, I THINK LOOK, IT'S NOT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DELANEY

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DELANEY HALL CLOSED. I MEAN, THAT'S

HALL CLOSED. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR

WHAT I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR SINCE DAY ONE. I THINK WHAT IT

SINCE DAY ONE. I THINK WHAT IT HAS DONE IS DEFINITELY CONTINUE

HAS DONE IS DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO KEEP WHAT IS HAPPENING AT

TO KEEP WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THIS FACILITY IN THE LIGHT,

THIS FACILITY IN THE LIGHT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE TRUMP

RIGHT? BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS SO ADAMANT

ADMINISTRATION IS SO ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY

ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEEP THINGS IN THE DARK. I

KEEP THINGS IN THE DARK. I THINK THAT THEY HAVE STEPPED UP

THINK THAT THEY HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR INCREASE ON TRYING TO

THEIR INCREASE ON TRYING TO STOP OVERSIGHT. I MEAN, I'VE

STOP OVERSIGHT. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO DELANEY HALL MULTIPLE

BEEN TO DELANEY HALL MULTIPLE TIMES, RACHEL, AND EACH TIME

TIMES, RACHEL, AND EACH TIME THERE'S A NEW RULE, THERE'S A

THERE'S A NEW RULE, THERE'S A NEW, OH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS

NEW, OH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS PERSON. I CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE

PERSON. I CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW EVERY TIME THAT WE GO

THEY KNOW EVERY TIME THAT WE GO THERE AND WE SPEAK TO DETAINEES

THERE AND WE SPEAK TO DETAINEES AND WE SEE THE CONDITIONS OF

AND WE SEE THE CONDITIONS OF THIS FACILITY, WE CONTINUE TO

THIS FACILITY, WE CONTINUE TO REPORT OUT AND BRING IT TO

REPORT OUT AND BRING IT TO LIGHT, BRING IT TO PUBLIC EYE.

LIGHT, BRING IT TO PUBLIC EYE. AND I THINK THAT ICE IS

AND I THINK THAT ICE IS EXTREMELY, YOU KNOW, SCARED OF

EXTREMELY, YOU KNOW, SCARED OF THAT. THE GEO GROUP ESPECIALLY

THAT. THE GEO GROUP ESPECIALLY IS SCARED OF THAT. BUT PEOPLE

IS SCARED OF THAT. BUT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RISE UP. THEY

CONTINUE TO RISE UP. THEY CONTINUE TO USE THEIR VOICES TO

CONTINUE TO USE THEIR VOICES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT

TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THIS FACILITY. AND WE HAVE TO

THIS FACILITY. AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I MEAN,

CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I MEAN, I'M FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR

I'M FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR DOING MY JOB, BUT IT HASN'T

DOING MY JOB, BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED ME FROM CONTINUING TO

STOPPED ME FROM CONTINUING TO SHOW UP AND HOLD THIS

SHOW UP AND HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. >> I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIMITS

>> I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIMITS AS TO WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT

AS TO WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT CASE RIGHT

THE STATUS OF THAT CASE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT IS STILL A LIVE

NOW, BECAUSE IT IS STILL A LIVE CASE AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE

CASE AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FIGHTING IT. BUT CAN YOU

OF FIGHTING IT. BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AND OUR VIEWERS AN

GIVE US AND OUR VIEWERS AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH

UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE THIS CASE, WHEN THIS CASE

THE THIS CASE, WHEN THIS CASE IN WHICH THEY BROUGHT THESE

IN WHICH THEY BROUGHT THESE FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST YOU?

FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST YOU? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE

>> ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR AN

CURRENTLY WAITING FOR AN OPINION FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT

OPINION FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. WE WERE THERE

COURT OF APPEALS. WE WERE THERE THIS PAST JUNE, BASICALLY

THIS PAST JUNE, BASICALLY ARGUING FOR THESE CHARGES TO BE

ARGUING FOR THESE CHARGES TO BE DISMISSED BECAUSE OF MY

DISMISSED BECAUSE OF MY LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY AND MY

LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY AND MY ABILITY TO DO MY JOB. AND THE

ABILITY TO DO MY JOB. AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SHOULD NOT BE

EXECUTIVE BRANCH SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING UP

ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING UP FALSE CHARGES TO STOP ME FROM

FALSE CHARGES TO STOP ME FROM DOING SO. AND SO WE ARE WAITING

DOING SO. AND SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT OPINION TO COME DOWN

FOR THAT OPINION TO COME DOWN FROM THAT PANEL OF JUDGES. AND

FROM THAT PANEL OF JUDGES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE

WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE SECOND STRETCH OF THIS

IN THE SECOND STRETCH OF THIS FIGHT, AND IT'S BEEN OVER A

FIGHT, AND IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR OF FIGHTING IT, AND IT'S

YEAR OF FIGHTING IT, AND IT'S BEEN VERY COSTLY AND VERY

BEEN VERY COSTLY AND VERY STRESSFUL. BUT WE'RE STILL

STRESSFUL. BUT WE'RE STILL PUSHING. I'M STILL PUSHING AND

PUSHING. I'M STILL PUSHING AND STILL SHOWING UP, DOING MY JOB.

STILL SHOWING UP, DOING MY JOB. MOST MOST IMPORTANTLY.

MOST MOST IMPORTANTLY. >> CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA

>> CONGRESSWOMAN LAMONICA MCIVER, DEMOCRAT FROM NEW

MCIVER, DEMOCRAT FROM NEW JERSEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JERSEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. I'D LOVE TO HAVE

TALKING TO US. I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK ANYTIME TO TALK ABOUT

YOU BACK ANYTIME TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CASE, TO TALK ABOUT

YOUR CASE, TO TALK ABOUT DELANEY HALL AS ALL THESE

DELANEY HALL AS ALL THESE FIGHTS CONTINUE. THANK YOU.

FIGHTS CONTINUE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, RACHEL.

>> THANK YOU, RACHEL. IT FOR ME TONIGHT. NOW, I'M

VERY PLEASED TO SAY IT'S TIME FOR THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE

FOR THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, WHICH IS MORE OF A

O'DONNELL, WHICH IS MORE OF A PLEASURE FOR ME TO SAY THAN

PLEASURE FOR ME TO SAY THAN USUAL, BECAUSE THE NEW YORK

USUAL, BECAUSE THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS JUST POSTED A

TIMES HAS JUST POSTED A HEADLINE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF

HEADLINE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES WEBSITE,

THE NEW YORK TIMES WEBSITE, WHICH READS, TRUMP HID IN A

WHICH READS, TRUMP HID IN A CATERING CONTAINER TO SNEAK OUT

CATERING CONTAINER TO SNEAK OUT OF TURKEY. AND HONESTLY, THAT

OF TURKEY. AND HONESTLY, THAT NEWS HAS JUST BROKEN TRUMP

NEWS HAS JUST BROKEN TRUMP HIDING IN A CATERING CART. AND

HIDING IN A CATERING CART. AND THE THING I WANT MOST IN THE

THE THING I WANT MOST IN THE WORLD, UPON HEARING THAT NEWS,

WORLD, UPON HEARING THAT NEWS, IS TO HEAR LAWRENCE O'DONNELL

IS TO HEAR LAWRENCE O'DONNELL EXPLAIN IT TO ME. AND GOD BLESS

EXPLAIN IT TO ME. AND GOD BLESS YOU, LAWRENCE. PLEASE TELL ME

YOU, LAWRENCE. PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU WILL.

THAT YOU WILL. >> IT IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE. IN

>> IT IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE. IN THIS HOUR OF COVERAGE, WE'RE

THIS HOUR OF COVERAGE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RELYING ON THE

GOING TO BE RELYING ON THE WASHINGTON POST. THAT BROKE THE

WASHINGTON POST. THAT BROKE THE STORY A FEW HOURS, A COUPLE OF

STORY A FEW HOURS, A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE NEW YORK TIMES.

HOURS BEFORE THE NEW YORK TIMES. AND IT IS IT'S ONE OF IT'S ONE

AND IT IS IT'S ONE OF IT'S ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW

OF THE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST CONTROL.

DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST CONTROL. HE'S HE DIDN'T JUST LOSE

HE'S HE DIDN'T JUST LOSE CONTROL OF WHICH VERSION OF AIR

CONTROL OF WHICH VERSION OF AIR FORCE ONE HE GOT TO USE. HE

FORCE ONE HE GOT TO USE. HE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL IN THIS

LOST COMPLETE CONTROL IN THIS STORY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

STORY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THROUGHOUT

GOING TO BE COVERING THROUGHOUT THE HOUR. OTHER EXAMPLES OF

THE HOUR. OTHER EXAMPLES OF DONALD TRUMP LOSING CONTROL,

DONALD TRUMP LOSING CONTROL, LOSING CONTROL OVER HIS

LOSING CONTROL OVER HIS ATTEMPTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TRY

ATTEMPTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TRY TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE HE DOESN'T

TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE HE DOESN'T LIKE. ANDREW WEISSMAN IS GOING

LIKE. ANDREW WEISSMAN IS GOING TO JOIN US ON THAT ONE. BUT THE

TO JOIN US ON THAT ONE. BUT THE STORY THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR,

STORY THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, RACHEL, IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE

RACHEL, IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LEADING WITH HERE.

LEADING WITH HERE. >> I JUST I'M JUST GOING TO GET

>> I JUST I'M JUST GOING TO GET OUT OF