or a tweet. what did he do to get this bill passed? he stayed on. there were several points where it looked dead, particularly when scott brown won the upset election or senate? there were only two people who thought they would pull it off and that was the president and nancy pelosi. rom emmanuel said you have to cut your losses. everyone said to cut your losses and go for something much more modest. a point i want to make, that s republican senators and president trump keep saying they will let it fail. and the way they site that it is failing, is that in iowa, only one insurance company on the individual market or in north carolina, they are are at x number of counties that only have one insurance company. there was zero insurance companies on the individual market before obamacare.
thank you for joining me. a new report in the chicago tribune says a police officer was on the scene within one minute of the la kwan mcdonald shooting last year. could this officer shed new light on the case that sent the city into an uproar. what s the latest. more none administrations planned for today. the reverend jesse jackson and other city leaders will walk around city hall today seven times, they say n pursuit of justice. that follows last night s demonstrations. about 150 people walking through the streets once again calling for mayor rom emmanuel and the state s attorney, anita alvarez to step down. it was generally very peaceful. no arrests. a smaller group broke off earlier to meet with representatives of the u.s. attorney s office actually handing them a petition asking for them to prosecute chicago police officers who commit crimes. for anita alvarez to tell a
it good to see you. kristen welker at the white house as well. turning to chicago, where fuel is being added to the already fiery city. the chicago tribune reports that a police officer was on the scene within a minute of laquan mcdonald s fatal shooting last fall, but he was never mentioned in the subsequent police reports or the investigation. msnbc s adam marreese is in chicago. adam. reporter: good morning. more demonstrations planned later today. the reverend jesse jackson and other community leaders will walk around city hall seven times, they say, in the pursuit of justice, and that follows last night s demonstrations. about 150 people walking through the streets of chicago, lying down in the middle of the street, blocking traffic, once again calling for the resignation of mayor rahm emanuel and the state s attorney, anita alvarez. a couple hours earlier, around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, a small group went into the u.s. attorney s office, met with representatives of the u.
prosecute chicago cops who commit crimes. i m calling personally for anita alvarez to step down and rahm emanuel to step down. we re tired of these cover-ups. we re tired of not getting justice for these police officers killing our children. they called murder a justifiable homicide and how can it be justified when he s lying on the ground on his back, getting shot in his back three times? nothing justifiable about that. reporter: now, as we await a press conference from laquan mcdonald s family in a couple hours, nbc chicago is reporting that two sheriff s officers from the cook county sheriff s department were actually at the scene of the shooting of laquan mcdonald, never reported that they were there, never filed an official report, and it wasn t until months later when the fbi
get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question are republicans happy to see detroit go bankrupt? text a for yes. text b for no. we will bring you the result later on in the show. let me just say this. detroit is the result of republican policy when you don t believe in workers, when you don t want to invest in communities and when you start picking and choosing neighborhoods like rom emmanuel is doing in chicago. i offer to you tonight that this is, god dang it, it can t be the beginning, but i m afraid it is. for more, let s turn to the mayor of lansing michigan who ran against rick snyder and lost in that election. also with us is msnbc analyst dr. eric dyson. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. thank you. great to be here, ed. virg, you ran against snyder