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Heartbroken over todays verdict." he also says "we will pursue civil rights charges with the department of justice. we will continue to fight for the removal of stand your ground rules in every state and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed." and as ben jealous says right there, theyre asking the department of justice to look into civil rights violations here against george zimmerman. do you support that effort? >> absolutely. rainbow push is having a 10:00 press ...

To use redistricting and they tried to use voter suppression tactics and schemes to limit voting and make voting more difficult did not have full reign with states rights, its a very dangerous setback. >> your organization the rainbow push coalition says it will not stand idly by. what does that mean? what do you plan to do? >> i think, first of all, the president has taken a very strong position today because he knows that without the protected right here, would not have been president in the f...

White suits. essentially looking like slaves. now there is word paula deens problems could just be getting started. leading civil rights group confirms to fox news that more workers at her restaurants around the country are coming forward with complaints. >> lighter skinned people and white people work in the restaurant. darker skinned people work in the kitchen. one is referred to as a little monkey. that he is referred to that over and over and over again. that one gentleman was shaken by a ma...

A survey out last week found him in a statistical tie with barack obama. so its true. every vote does count in a race like this. the question is whether every voter will actually get to vote. joining us now is reverend david, pastor of the greater st. matthew baptist church, president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push coalition and highland park chapter of naacp. reverend, good to see you. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> voter fraud sounds to folk, fairly it is if youre having it ...

A survey out last week found him in a statistical tie with barack obama. so its true. every vote does count in a race like this. the question is whether every voter will actually get to vote. joining us now is reverend david, pastor of the greater st. matthew baptist church, president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push coalition and highland park chapter of naacp. reverend, good to see you. >> thank you, thank you for having me. >> voter fraud sounds to folk, fairly it is if youre having it ...

In fact, obvious fraud. he did not, in fact, have enough ballot signatures to qualify for the ballot. mr. mccotter feels terrible about the state of his petitions. he doesnt know how it happened. he wants state investigators to find whoever betrayed his campaign by filing such obviously fraudulent nominating signatures. michigan has some clerical errors and a congressman whose nominating petitions are a wreck. what it does not seem to have is much voter fraud. people who are not supposed to vote...

To campaign there beginning next week with a bus tour his team is calling every town counts. mr. romney has, in fact, gotten a little bit of good news in the polls lately in michigan. a survey out last week found him in a statistical tie with barack obama. so its true. every vote does count in a race like this. the question is whether every voter will actually get to vote. joining us now is reverend david, pastor of the greater st. matthew baptist church, president of the detroit chapter of rain...

Him to protect the franchise because it not only effects women, it effects women, it effects hispanics, it effects the poor. >> help us understand why is showing photo i.d. discriminatory. >> im someone who does not drive. yes, i do not drive. i lived in new york for a long time. at least -- i did live here for aening lo time. that having been said, when you have to go to the department of motor vehicles, they do not have dmv offices across the county they do not. they are not open on weekends i...

Vote in the senate, many of whom have been dragged out of the capital building by police within the last couple of hours. heres one lawmaker losing his cool with the protesters. >> let us do our jobs! this is america! this is america! let us do our jobs! stop the tricks! enough! its enough! let us do our jobs! megyn: reverend jesse jackson, founder and president of rainbow push coalition and is live on the scene. thank you for joining us on what is a busy afternoon. i want to ask you for your re...

Mass marches. a jobs marches per state in washington. we must now take to the streets again for the focus on jobs and no one party can ignore it. we have that power and we must use that nonviolent power to bring the attention to the need for jobs, houses, health care, and education. five words you will not hear today, poverty, economic justice, racial justice, and urban policy. we need those words back in our lexicon. >> thanks for staying on the fight to bring attention to these things that ten...