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disagreements its a reminder of how much it would mean to reach out. that does it for me tonight, the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> i love that closing story. that was excellent, and you do not know this, but it is very much in keeping with the theme that im going to be talking about this whole hour, so i know we didnt coordinate this, but this was -- we have a mind meld today. >> i will be looking forward to that. just a reminder of humanity even with disagreement which is s...

good night and i am symone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. ♪ ♪ ♪ the capital of the great state of mississippi is of course jackson. the airport in jackson, mississippi is called jackson medgar widely evers international airport. that airport in jackson is named after medgar evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from...

Row, his best spell in the match, and he trailed byjust three at one stage. Cheering and applause. But wilson finally got over the line. He was runner up to Ronnie Osullivan four years ago. That was during the pandemic and only a limited number of spectators were allowed in. He certainly enjoyed this moment. Im trying so hard to inspire a younger generation. You know, hopefully im inspiring my kids. They did an interview this week and someone asked them who their Sporting Idol is they said ronal...

Frames at one stage. Cheering and applause. But wilson finally got over the line. He was runner up to Ronnie Osullivan four years ago. That was during the pandemic and only a limited number of spectators were allowed in then. He certainly enjoyed this moment. Im trying so hard to inspire a younger generation. You know, hopefully im inspiring my kids. They did an interview this week and someone asked them who their Sporting Idol is they said ronaldo. So hopefully ive overtook him now laughter so,...

Voters to say im with them, im not with the others. >> well, without getting into the specifics, as you know very, very well, american politics has been defined since the brown decision and even before, really, but particularly since may 1954. by an attempt by politicians to put poor african-americans and brown americans and poor white americans pointing at each other instead of pointing up. >> george wallace -- >> and thats the -- yeah, thats the story of the racial politics of the country in t...