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He challenged the status quo on race. he challenged the status quo on the vietnam war. in the last, if you will, weeks, he was challenging the status quo when it comes to income inequality in this country, with the plight of the sanitation workers in memphis. >> always good to see you. a big thanks to you as well. we have an article on the four ways that martin luther king jr. wanted to battle inequality. you can read more about it when you head to the website. msnbc.com. im craig melvin. up nex...

Johnson & johnson is removing formaldehyde from their no more tears shampoo. the newest formula is being released without those potentially dangerous chemicals. is amazon a mind reader? the online retail giant developing this, its called an anticipatory shipping. they will ship items before people order them. if you make that transaction, it will show up almost instantly at your door. peter? thank you, clayton. president obama ran his re-election campaign promising to fight for women. so why...

Mr. ellison says, it appears that cece mcdonald defended herself after a bias motivated attack came on her. however, any loss of life is tragic, and therefore i have sympathy for the family of deceased. ceces case reveals the disturbing intolerance of transgender citizens, and i hope through her struggle, the plight of trans people has come to greater public awareness. so i wanted you to know that your representative sees you in exactly that way, as a role model to give us an opportunity to talk...

Everywhere. ryan lizza at the "new yorker" points out he submitted two of the text message conversations. there was one version which appears to come from sort of the phone company which was partially redacted to protect the identity of whoever it was that was smiling. if you flip backwards a few pages in the exhibits that were released on friday, wha-lah, you find parts of the same text message conversation. except these were parts that were submitted not apparently from the phone company, but ...

Help at least do no harm and stay out of the way of real dip lotmatic efforts in progress. >> you have to admit this incident with dennis rodman has gotten north korea back in the news, your brothers story back in the news probably more so than if he had not gone. what do you think is next for your brothers case? >> we are thankful for the outpouring of public support as well as the prominent americans speaking out on kenneths behalf including governor richardson and senator mccain. we dont know...

Kind of a stunt we all buy into. >> he has been there four times in a year and now after this episode and the follow-up comments about drinking and stress and the comments from the family of bae, now hopefully the media can shut the door on this guy. >> there is a serious aspect, in lending the celebrity presence to the dictator of north korea he is legitimatizing a brutal strongman who had his own uncle executed which gets lost. >> it does get lost in the hoop although but this did bring more a...

This did bring more attention to the plight of kenneth bae. the state department has been working on this but i think a lot of people didnt know what he did or did not do, why he was over there, who this guy was and i this i that any time theres more attention focused on someone that that is a good thing. >> right. >> but i dont think that -- hopefully that you know, dennis rodman i think hes starting to exhaust the medias patience because he doesnt ever say anything coherent. >> right. >> its o...

Reassure tog a lot of folks, but i know a lot more are unnerved now. >> pay attention. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. now, to the plight of 300,000 west virginians who havent been able to drink, wash or cook their tap water since thursday. thats when officials discovered a chemical used to wash coal has leaked into the elk river and contaminated the water supply for nine counties. officials still arent able to tell everyone when theyll be able to get clean, safe tap water again and the pa...

Joining us now kenneth baes sister, terry chung, welcome its nice to have you here. our hearts go out to you and your family. this is a stressful and difficult time for you. but at the very least, after this week of headlines regarding dennis rodman and the remarks that he had been making in north korea, this once again puts a spotlight on the plight of your brother who has been captive there for quite some time. >> thats right. you know, the longest detained american in north korea. hes been th...

Be allowed -- my side be allowed to offer and amendment to pay for these benefits by lifting the burden of obama cares individual mandate for one year. >> over in the house, rank and file republicans, many of whom have a problem holding in their callous disregard, received a memo, reminding that that for every american out of work, its a personal crisis for them and their family. of course, as speaker john boehner told the press this morning, sympathy for the plight of the unemployed doesnt nece...