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Across the spectrum of genre. i think theres african-american rein sobs, seeing shows like abcs "scandal" huge films like "12 years a slave" come out that are incredibly well done, well funded, well promoted. they have invested from every corner. it has been a several year. >> movies like the butler, the best man holiday, all of the above, take a listen to what tyler perry told the grio about his own upcoming film "madea christmas." >> theres a wave, a crest and it comes down and you go through ...

Fellow with the century foundation and msnbc contributor, goldie taylor, also a columnist with the grio.com. thanks for joining us. so lets start, michael, with the basic dilemma that karzai is facing now over this sort of status of forces agreement, his council signed off on it the u.s. said we want to leave these troops behind. susan rice now threatening to leave zero troops behindsome this a real threat, the possibility that karzai wont sign this and what are the implications? >> i think the ...

Instance to vote no and who is the other no? >> potentially senator mark pryor has also been on the fence about this. >> thank you so much. the grio.coms julie reid, and msnbc jimmy williams and alahe azad and casey hunt on the hill for us. that leads us to todays big question. harry reid going nuclear, smart move or being it come back to bite the democrats? you can tweet us and you can also chime in on facebook, as well. floridas trey radel is taking responsibility for his actions, but that d...

His locked home when a young woman knocked at his door, at his outer door, after being involved in a road traffic accident. nor does it change the fact there was no sign of forced entry. and it does not change the fact that a 54" teenager was shot in the face while apparently seeking help. for more, im joined now by columnist and msnbc contributor, goldie taylor, whose new column "breaking black" can be found at the grio.com, and democratic strategist julien epstein. goldie, the prosecutor made ...

>> there are many people, the grio has written about this, were it not for trayvon martin case that she would have wasted away in prison and not been given this opportunity to fight back and perhaps ultimately clear her name and become a free woman. >> i think thats absolutely true. the stand your ground law did not work for her, even though the facts as we know them seemed that stand your ground should have worked. in her own words, she thinks she had the right to stand her ground because she w...

After being shot at the scene of the crime, he remains in critical condition but is not believed to have suffered brain damage, allowing for the possibility he might be able to answer questions at some point. and while the entirety of his motive is yet to be known, he did have on him at the time a letter. which had language associated with the anti-government patriot movement, as well as some additional anti-government literature about a conspiracy to form a single global government. and for mor...

Of this individual insurance market are going to have security they never had before. >> bonus, its going to lower everyones health care costs when people with those shoddy plans upgrade and no longer end up in the emergency room for care. so lets all calm down and work together to get the law up and running. right, speaker boehner? >> there is no way to fix this monstrosity. >> thank you for that. and a very happy halloween to you, mr. speaker. joining us onset, im delighted to welcome msnbc co...

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Eligible to be president of the united states? >> born in canada, perhaps not. im not sure where he was born. >> definitely born in canada. >> okay. youll have to ask him that question. but perhaps not. >> joining me today, managing editor of the grio.com and msnbc contributor joy reed and insider josh barrow. gentleman and lady. joy, donald trump is not yet done talking about birtherism and birther con speerspiracieco. even inside his own party, the chickens come home. >> and could roost, actua...

Today "bloomberg" reported among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, republican mitt romney won 213 of them in last years presidential election. joining me now is msnbc contributor goldie taylor, also a contributor to the grio.com. goldie, given that last statistic which i thought was interesting, i wonder whether you think this political attack is effective or whether the program is now so broadly used in america because of the grinding misery of the grea...