i want to turn, now, to bernice king. daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. she is the ceo of the king center. thank you so much for joining us, bernice. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to play because i want our viewers to see it. i just want to get -- they need to see it of this state representative protesting and getting arrested while the governor signs a bill to restrict voting rights into law. >> the governor is signing a bill that affects all georgians. why is he doing it in private? and why is he trying to keep elected officials who are representing us out of the process? are you serious? >> no, you are not. represent -- >> she's not under arrest. >> for what? under arrest, for what? for trying to see something that our governor is doing? >> why is she under arrest? >> our governor is signing a bill that affects all georgians. and you're going to arrest an elected representative. why does the governor have more power than -- than a representative? >> why are you arresting her? >> why are you arresting her? >> bernice, the

i want to call out to bernice king. she actually invited me to martin luther king celebrations in atlanta several years ago. it was one of the highlights of my career, don. what happened to that woman was ridiculous. it was an overreaction. it was terrible. what they're passing is no good either, particularly the voter i.d., because, you know, they tried to pass a voter i.d., a picture i.d. here in ohio. i said if you pass that, i'll veto it because a lot of folks don't have a lot that don't have that thing and that isn't right. have them show some form of identification, but it doesn't have to be a picture. that is apparently in that along with limiting voting on sunday, which also i don't like that either. let people vote. >> so then what is going on here? i mean, you're still a republican, right? >> yeah, a very good one. >> so what's going on here? is this voter suppression? >> what i think, don, is that republicans -- some people do this because they're worry about the the integrity of the voting, okay? some feel t

thank you, bernice king. i appreciate you joining us. >> god bless you. >> we'll be right back at the top of the hour.

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civil rights leader bernice king says the guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial is a turning point in the movement for justice and equity. she's the daughter of the late reverend dr. martin luther king jr. she spoke to cnn about her feelings leading up to the verdict. >> i was nervous. i was anxious because for 400 years, we've gotten it wrong. and i think we approached this moment just believing that we couldn't -- we wouldn't get it right. and thank god that the verdict was just right. it was the right verdict. and god knew how much we could bear. >> former u.s. president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama have praised tuesday's verdicts in the derek chauvin trial, but they emphasized that more work must be done to achieve justice. they say -- and this is part of their statement -- true justice requires that we come to terms with the fact that black americans are treated differently every day. it requires us to recognize that millions of our friends, family, and fellow citizens live in fear that their next encounter with law enforcement could be their last. and it

and i think that history has shown us we can win some battles even when it -- reverend bernice king was on tonight, and one of the things she said, darkest before the dawn. that's the reality of where we are, and we're dnot giving up. >> the only way you're going to do that is to have an informed electorate and be armed with the truth. i'm glad you recognize what i do here every night regardless of who gets upset, but you got to tell the truth. thank you so much, melanie campbell. i hope you'll come back. thank you very much. >>> vice president harris meeting today with texas democrats who fled their state to block republicans' restrictive voting bill. joining me now, one of those lawmakers, texas state representative james tallarico. i want to talk to yabout your meeting with the vice president today. what did she have to say? >> we were thrilled to meet with vice president harris. we met with her just a few weeks ago when we came to d.c. in june. just like in that meeting, she was enthusiastic about what we had done to stand up for democracy and stand up for voting rights in the state

civil rights leader bernice king says the verdict is a turning point in the movement for justice and equity. she's the daughter of the late reverend dr. martin luther king jr., and she tweeted, oh, that george floyd were still alive. but i'm thankful for accountability. the work continues. justice is a continuum, and america must bend with the moral arc of the universe which bends towards justice, referencing the words of her father. she spoke to cnn about her feelings leading up to the verdict. >> i was nervous. i was anxious because for 400 years, we've gotten it wrong, and i think we approach this moment just believing that we couldn't -- we wouldn't get it right. and thank god that the verdict was just right. it was the right verdict. and god knew how much we could bear. it's a turning point because people literally were at a point of being out of breath in this movement for justice and equity. >> tamika palmer, she was the mother of breonna taylor. breonna was fatally shot in a disastrous police raid. tamika palmer is praising the verdict against chauvin. she says simply, thank

this is reverend bernice king. she tweeted on friday, don't use my father to ban teaching about racism in u.s. schools. he said this, the roots of racism are very deep in america. historically it was so acceptable in the national life that today it is still only lightly burdening the conscience. your reaction, your response to what reverend king there says? >> we're not asking people not to teach about racism. we're asking people to teach -- teachers to absolutely talk about the egregious things of the past. we want to make sure that's covered in full, totally. to not teach about the egregious things of the past means that we as a nation could repeat them. that's the reality. that is -- that is the desperate, you know, part of man, that we need to teach the past. my bill does not encourage not teaching the past. >> state representative steve toth, thank you. >>> all right. just into cnn, u.s. port authorities are in cancun, mexico, to help spot people who may be posing as tourists to sneak across the southern borde

bernice king, daughter of martin luther king jr., al vivian and john miles lewis son of congressman john lewis say corporate leaders and lawmakers fail to live up to their racial equity commitments and disrespected their fathers' tireless work. >> they write rather than sowing seeds for democracy legislators are trying to transport us back to mass voter suppression for communities of color was the law of the land. the assault on voting rights has led for calls for big sporting events and hollywood productions to be moved out of georgia. >>> a police officer in georgia says he was thinking about the insurrection at the u.s. capitol while he was arresting state representative park cannon for knocking on the governor's door. the atlanta journal constitution reports that lieutenant j.d. langford wrote in his incident report he was worried other protesters would have been, quote, emboldened to follow cannon's lead if he didn't arrest her. the atlanta democrat faces two nell knee charges for refuse to go knock on governor kemp's office. >>> family and friends in the boulder community will say

bernice king. >>> what about saying that the fbi and the nypd may have had a hand in his death? >> these have been concerning allegations from the beginning. it has long been known that the federal government had been clueding with other elements. assume that they had been colluding with other elements. for the families and supporters of the truth and justice and malcolm x himself, this is proof positive that the assassination went far beyond the nation of islam. >> the letter is attributed to raymond wood. a former nypd office here confessed before dying that the nypd and fbi conspired in the assassination. i see you got the striped shirt and blue navy jacket memo today? i think you look great. >> thanks so much. >> that will do it for me today. if you're going outside. wear a mask. if you're staying in, ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage next. mohyeldin picks up our coverage next ♪♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis... or psoriatic arthritis, little things, can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a p

want to bring in bernice king, ceo of the king center. bernice, thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving holiday. you heard my conversation with cal. i think probably one of the hardest things for ahmaud arbery's family is seeing that empty chair on this thanksgiving holiday. it hurts even more on a holiday like today when family is supposed to be together and it is about safety and security and loving one another. let me play some sound for you from reverend al sharpton who was on the 9:00 a.m. hour of msnbc. he talked about how he helped the family prepare for worst case scenario. >> even though i felt the evidence was rock solid, i prepared them for the worst. when they read the charge and we had the first guilty, i think wanda breaking down crying is the only thing that stopped me from crying. because the tears i had was that finally we got something for one of these families. >> and it is real in this country, bernice, right? even with evidence rock solid, you always wonder how is this thing going to go. as we've seen so many other

bernice king, it's such an honor to talk with you. thank you very much. really appreciate all you do for the country. thank you, thank you, thank you. really appreciate you. >>> stunning ahead, revelations about donald trump's final days in office. the bottom line, it was way worse than we ever imagined. michael wolf joins us next. e geg clearer. ♪ ♪ i feel free to bare my skin yeah, that's all me. ♪ ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand nothing on my skin, ♪ ♪ that's my new plan. ♪ ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ achieve clearer skin with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. and skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. ♪ i see nothing in a different way it's my moment ♪ ♪ so i just gotta say... ♪ ♪ nothing is everything. ♪ skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such

so bernice king had a tweet i thought was perfect because all of the republicans are out here, let me quote the 1963 march on washington speech. i have a dream. they all are quoting it. she said please don't act like everyone loved my father. he was assassinated. 1967 poll found he was one of the most hated in america. many that quote him now and evoke him to deter justice may already hate the authentic king. it annoys me that he is used. what are your thoughts? >> notice they never quote the agenda of march on washington, $2 minimum wage, $15 today, and complete and full civil rights act. we must be honest, can't deal with innocence. what we saw happen at the capitol two weeks ago is the result of a long history, many corporate leaders, republican politicians and religious nationalists have sewn politics of race driven class bathe division that was cynically named 50 some years ago positive polarization. they said richard nixon and others, we're going to do this deliberately to divide the country in half. what we know is the strategy of feeding and seething race class division into t

bernice king to spare him the lectures about her father's legacy which she specifically works to preserve. he went on to tell the ceo of the king center that he'd take his civil rights guidance from his cousin, thank you, which is unsurprising since she's a big fan of the disgraced former president. josh mandel undoubtedly knows nothing that dr. king actually preached beyond i have a dream. he probably memorized that one line. nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and stupidity. meanwhile, hedge fund hill billy j.d. vance in an interview this week he defended the texas abortion ban was asked if anti abortion laws should make exceptions for rape or insist. >> it's not whether a woman should be forced to bring a child to term, it is whether a child should be allowed to live even though the circumstances of that child's birth are inconvenient or a society or a problem. the question is about the baby. >> no one thought to ask of j.d. when she thought of commander vance's thoughts. not that they could. maybe they could query her martha. ohio's moderate former govern

you'll hear from bernice king, the daughter of mlk, members of congress, former naacp president general jealous, the rally will turn into a martha will go for an hour long. this is one of the many cities across the country having a march like this, at least 40 cities having a march on for voting rights. the main one is there in washington, d.c. where you are now and there you'll hear from reverend sharpton and the brother of george floyd. the big purpose of the march, they're pushing back ta counterweight against the anti-voting laws you're seeing, the restrictive voting laws we've seen go through the country. they're really trying to send a message that they have some activism. they have people. they have people who are willing to common is strait and get in the streets to protect those voting rights and they're calling for congress to pass not only the john lewis voting rights act, which will help push back against some of the rollbacks we saw against the supreme court recently in back in 2013. but also they're pushing for that hr-1, the senate one, which goes after the redistricting

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i appreciate bernice king calling that out and saying keep my father's name out your mouth. >> that's right. she did that and she was right. it was offensive, insulting, and a miscast of what dr. king stood for. thank you for joining me. >>> coming up, the latest revelation from the january 6th investigation and what they tell us about the critical importance of voting rights legislation. >>> plus, the omicron variant is new, but the racial disparities in our health care system exposed by the coronavirus pandemic have been with us for a long time. we'll look at what's being done to address them later on "politicsnation." >>> but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. richard? >> rev, a very good saturday to you. more stories on the issue of omicron. president biden will lay out new steps in a speech tuesday to combat the new omicron variant. measures are expected to be beyond his already-released covid winter plan. the world health organization says omicron cases double every 1 1/2 to 3 days according to data. >>> london declared omicron a major incident to dea

reverend bernice king, a valiant advocate for civil rights herself, makes it a point about who ultimately pays a price. but in the short term it may be necessary to sacrifice. her father said that we will have to sacrifice our blood, that is the people who are advocating for social change in order for real change to be brought about. if dr. king was willing to suggest the sacrifice of body, limb and blood for the long term gain of not only economic prosperity, but racial justice it may be true that it will be necessary to sacrifice in the short term the wages and the economic security that may redown to sacrifice their personal wage interest, economic interest and income redownding to them for the bigger picture of saying we have to stop this because if we allow this to go forward the harm and damage to black people in the long term will be far more substantial. i think a targeted, short-term boycott is extremely necessary. >> i have to tell you, it's a micro and macro look at all of this. hey, do stay with me because i want to talk to you about your meeting with president biden and other

speaking to the content of his criticism, i would like to point to bernice king. youngest daughter of the reference dr. martin luther king jr. who tweeted this message. please, stop using out of context quotes from my father to excuse not working to eradicate racism. his content of their character, live with a full speech, i have a dream, in which he talks about ending racist police brutality and economic injustice." so today's absolute worst, conservative flip-flopper an opportuist glenn beck. stupidity doesn't stop there. and what they're squawking about today. it will sound very familiar. we'll be right back. ight back. no. you know what you want? no fettuccine. no fries with that. no foods you love. no added salt. no added sugar. in a can? you can-not. no pizza. have that salad. unless there's dressing. then, no. remember, no skipping meals. but no late-night snacking. and no sleepless nights! is this stressing you out?! no stress! stress...is bad! exercise. but no overdoing it! and no days off! easy, no? no. no. no. no. no. or... you can 'know.' with freestyl

bernice king is on stage speaking. this is part of the second round of the rally we've been watching. the crowd has thinned out a little bit as we enter hour five of this rally. it started with a much larger crowd that marched for about an hour and then came back. organizers say things will pick up once rapper ludacris takes the stage. i'll show you this sign right here. 11780, that's the number that might be familiar to you with the call that president trump made to a local georgia official. they're saying that's the need for the voter right advancement act. that's the john lewis voting rights bill that has passed the house, and they're also talking about h.r. 1. and the reason why they say is because here in georgia, back in march the governor passed a restrictive voter rights bill and they need the help from the federal government to go and counter against things like the restriction os drop boxes that was passed or the limits to some early voting hours, advocates of that law will say it expanded early voting hours

king, lebron james, helping people to feel like they are being seen and heard. and we've talked about this a lot over the past year that words matter. i was asked when president biden recognized what was happening and said we have to to stop the hate, did that make an impact, and i believe it did. i think people in the aapi community finally feel like they are being seen and this is going to change. but it will take action and it is also going to take people taking care of their mental health too and just stepping away when they need to because it is triggering and traumatic. >> frank, in the time that we have left, nbc has learned that the nypd has deployed counterterrorism officers to asian communities out of what they call an abundance of caution. so tell us what has to happen for a locality like new york to make that decision based on what happened in atlanta. >> nypd is probably the best in the country as reacting and responding swiftly to a potential trend or triggering event that could cause other like minded people to do the same thing. so they are doing

martin luther king jr.'s daughter, bernice king. i think she was on stage in the last hour when we were talking with you. tell me what she was tellings you. >> that's right. she was on stage, alex, as i was talking to you in the last hour. i pulled her aside. she talked to some reporters and i asked about the connection with the fact it was her father 58 years ago was in washington, d.c. gathering people together for a social justice movement there. now she is kind of doing the same thing. listen to what she told me. >> it is really frustrating that we are at this place, but in spite of that i'm encouraged about the level of consciousness and coalition building that's happening around this nation. not just around voting rights, but issues of social justice in a way that i haven't seen it since my early adult life when we were dealing with apartheid. >> reporter: you know, i have been talking to a lot of people. they have been repeating that and reflecting that same sentiment here, but there's also a sense of realism here. that's the

bernice king put it like this. please don't act like everyone loved my father. he was assassinated. in 1967 poll reflected he was one of the most hated men in america. most hated. many who quote him now, she reminds us, and evoke him to deter justice today would likely hate and may already hate the authentic king, end quote. we share her words tonight because it is a fitting place to reflect on all this. and we should apply it forward. if we look around and see that the people that carry on this legacy, black lives matter activists or other people fighting for the marginalized or the economically oppressed which king also cared about, if those people are attacked, reviled, hated today, let's reflect on what we learned so we don't repeat mistakes. we need not celebrate all the heroes in the country long after they're dead. roes in the countrr they're dead state of the art technology makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx, lease the 2021 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. lease the 2021 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. my body is

bernice king, in a town hall this week, it's part of our week of action, and it's always darkest before the dawn. and so if you believe in that, and we have faith in that, we were at the united methodist building prior to going over to the senate and spent a couple hours with a speak-out with leaders from georgia who helped make sure that the turnout happened in georgia, the texas legislaors came by, and we had several of our organizations from across the gamut come together in unity to make sure that we're clear that for us, voting rights is not -- it's not an option to say we will go back to the 1940s, rachel, because at the end of the day, for african-americans in this country, we have always had to fight for our vote. we have always had to have federal intervention. and so for us, to say, well, we don't have enough votes, what does that mean? we risk our lives in 2020 to turn out the vote. in the middle of a pandemic. and so we expect for our leaders to lead. and so we're going to continue to put the pressure on those leaders. and believe that at the end of the day, we will win. now

martin luther king jr., bernice king, who spoke about what the moment meant to her, the fact that 58 years ago her father was in washington, d.c., gathering hundreds of thousands of people in a social justice movement. now she says she is doing that fight again, she is continuing that fight, and this one, of course, the focus on voter rights. that is something that you heard from many of the people who gathered here today, saying that they feel under attack from that georgia law that was passed and signed back in march, that was signed by the governor, brian kemp. they said they felt attack by that law. they felt it was a threat on their voting rights, and they see that happening in other states across the country so they came out to really speak against that and provide a counterpoint to what you are seeing in different legislatures. so that's what is happening here in atlanta, some big names. it started with the rally, it was then a march and now you see the performance happening on stage. lindsey. >> nbc's shaq brewster in atlanta. thank you. >>> some of the biggest crowds for tod

king who tweeted this. representative mccarthy, i encourage you to study my father's teachings and words beyond the last lines of i have a dream. this nation has yet to eradicated racism against black people. you should help with that. joining our conversation, kim atkinson, and david plouffe is still here. kim, this feels like a thing that in their bubble they all pat themselves on the back. they debase themselves in front of general milley and secretary austin and then they go into the safe bubbles, the snowflakes that they are, of fox news green rooms and everything is okay. but he seemed to step on sort of a live wire when he invoked martin luther king. explain. >> well, look, this is something that we often see certainly around dr. king's birthday where we see our twitter and instagram feeds flooded from folks who we know have pushed policies that do great harm to black and brown folks in america, but they think so long as they post a two or three-sentence quote from dr. king everything is okay or that

king. this monday, while republicans who supported the 1776 commission were tweeting out empty platitudes about martin luther king jr., his daughter, reverend bernice, took them all to task, reminding them, quote, many who quote him now and evoke him to deter justice today would likely hate the authentic king. that's a historical truth that cannot be denied. i gotcha. i gotcha ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. it lowers the risk. oh! and i only have to take it once a week. oh! ♪ oh, oh, oh,

you have martin luther king jr.'s daughter, bernice, who is in the in favor of that, eddie. she tweeted, it could hurt middle class workers and people grappling with poverty and increase the harm of both racism and classicism. do you have a sense of what you think voters should be doing on this? >> well, i think we need to trust the organizers on the ground in georgia instead of helicoptering in. they've been organizing for a long time. i think they're ready. they've already filed lawsuits and the like. i think there needs to be targeted boycotts in some ways or targeted efforts. whether or not that will include boycotts, we will have to see. we know that the s.e.c. did in the state of mississippi to bring down that flag, but look, i think it's very important for us to understand that there are forces around the world, not just in the united states, who believe that capitalism can proceed without liberalism, who believe that you can pursue profit without any commitment to democracy. and we're seeing that view, evidence itself in our own country. we have to understand that th

and got to know well his widow, coretta scott king. i thought about the sacrifice dr. king made, finally giving his life. he never lived to see a lot of what he planted the seeds to happen. he did not know we had a black president, that we elected and reelected. that wouldn't have happened without what he did in selma. he did not know we would have a black woman vice president. he marched because he believed in it. we must continue the fight. that's why i'm asking everyone to log on to national action network's convention, week after next, april 14 through 17, where members of the biden administration and civil rights leaders and youth activists will be on virtually so we can plan to protect voting rights and protect the rights of people in policing and the police reform movement and economic justice. and i'm reminded, as i look at the difficulties and i see the weeping in the courtroom, in the family room, as they watch the tape of george floyd. dr. king's last speech, he said we'll have some difficult days ahead but we will get to th