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good morning, im melissa lee harris-perry. were going to begin with breaking news. u.s. special operation forces entered syria to capture an isis leader. that senior leader known as abu sayyaf was killed. no u.s. forces were killed or injured during the operation. joining me now from washington, d.c. nbc white house correspondent correspondent kristen welker. do we know about the target? >> reporter: a lot of fast-moving developments. according to a report, president obama approved thi...

times" saw it, a major racial barrier had fallen with the election of president barack obama had been elected to the united states. seemed the presidency had fallen and the election of barack obama was a win for the whole country. he shook up the old assumptions about both black america and black men because he was seen as different. he had parents who were both black and white. hes highly educated and accomplished. but in no way did president obamas win sweep away the last racial barr...

0 dream. out of this war, how come things like headstart, food stamps, medicare, medicaid and even if they havent solved inequality permanently, these programs crafted the crucial social safety net that lifted millions from poverty. and then came 1971, the year that forever changed the way in which we use the term war. in june of 1971, president richard nixon declared the war on drugs. this was a brand new front in a brand new kind of war. no foreign en membership, no deep injustice. its a war o...

Bubbas wife, lawyer, political organizer, professor, first l y lady, senator and secretary of state. its natural to think adding president to the list of accomplishments would be icing on the cake, right? wrong. people, please, stop acting as though her legacy is only complete if she becomes president. if we are so worried about the possibility of an end of the era for hillary, broaden it to the overall representation of women in elected office. more worrisome is the closing of the white house p...

An achievement of identity in the modern world. that was an important period for him, and first the shift from not an international, but an american, and number one. and then not w, table, msnbc political analyst karen finny who is the former director of communications for the dnc, and kai wright, editorial director of colorlines, and kathleen hall jamison head of the annen berg center for polic. okay. i confess -- i confess, i loved this story, because i felt like one of the things that excited...

blind audience. hello, im melissa harris-perry, and this morning the alleged mastermind of the september 11th attacks is appearing before a military commission in guantanamo. shaikh khalid muhammads detention is coming to an end for the open case of justice after 9/11. for many americans though, that ending came a year ago this week with the killing of osama bin laden. president obama commemorated that day with a trip to afghanistan where the war on terror began and while there he si...

laden. president obama commemorated that day with a trip to afghanistan where the war on terror began and while there he signed a ten-year agreement with afghan president karzai while we will draw down the troops and bring them home. >> our troops here in afghanistan launched the trip that killed osawma bin laden, ad the chance to defeat al qaeda is now within our reach. >> so with one speech, he is able to take responsible for killing the head of the global terrorism, and vow to commi...

They didnt take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. so were continuing our conversation about the obama administrations stances, that means plural on discrimination when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity. joining us, kai wright, author of "drifting toward love" black, brown, gay and coming of age on the streets of. mara keisling, joy-ann re...

Shelter and if they get hud money, you cant discriminate, pe obama administration bans discrimination from housing entities, getting government money and a month or so later, another aspect of the administration doesnt ban it the hud rule is meaningful policy change, one that might get them in a lot of trouble and the failure to sign the executive order, feels like, well, a failure. how do we assess the us are kai wright, author of "drifting toward love." and mara keisling, joy-ann reid, and all...

The utter control. for as much as we have known her for two decades, maybe weve never actually heard her voice. she has always worked beside or bow hind some powerful men and has always been very aware of their and her own political future. this site is a peek into the possibility of what hillary unchained would or could say. its kind of reimagination of what a whole generation of women would do if we really did run the world. and that is our show for today. thank you to kai wright, joanne reed ...