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Senator byron dorgan and mitch on "the ed show." thanks so much. thats "the ed show." im ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. good evening rev. good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. weve got a busy show tonight including developments out of ferguson where the suspected police shooter was in court today. and the big break in the robert durs durst case. arrested on first-degree murder charges. will audio from a tv documentary where he says he quote, k...

Politics mcconnell also said many republicans arent supporting lynch because of president obamas actions on immigration. listen to this. >> i think the attorney general nominee is suffering from the presidents actions. theres no question about it. the -- the actions he took unilaterally on immigration after the election enraged a number of members. >> so now they wont vote to confirm an attorney general with all of these issues out here because they dont agree with the president on a partisan vi...

Confirm lynch, theyre keeping eric holder in the job who republicans hate more than anybody. >> that shows many people that maybe this is just politics and taking partisan gains. but congressman meeks miss lynch would be nominated if none of the republicans flip because theres a real tight vote. despite the fact, as you said, they havent come up with anything negative on her in any of their questions during the hearing. and we talked about the delay between lynchs nomination and her floor vote. ...

In modern history. now mitch mcconnell says keep waiting. >> hoped to turn to her next week but if we cant finish the trafficking bill shell be put off again. if they want to have time to turn to the attorney general next week we need to finish up this human trafficking bill. first thing we need to do is finish this important human trafficking bill then turn to the nomination of the attorney general. its not a threat. we need to finish this human trafficking bill. >> its not a threat? this is th...

Promising an end to obstruction like this? >> right. and now, reverend, mcconnell is claiming that he cant walk and chew gum at the same time like all of the legislation is on some sort of a lazy susan. if you got human trafficking in front of you, well sorry, we cant reach all the way over to the loretta lynch nomination. thats a canard. i left the chamber and they were voting on assistant transportation secretary so the whole notion that this cant be done is rather silly, and, of course, it is...