Transcripts For MSNBCW The Place For Politics 2016 20160422

MSNBCW The Place For Politics 2016 April 22, 2016

An impact on the debate. Chuck, we have got an election here and referendum there. But, the big cross currents across the atlantic of this whole antitrade deal and antinato. Theyre all experiencing this middle class squeeze in the same way. There are similarities in between what sanders and trump is tapping into and what Boris Johnson is tapping into the uk. We can see evidence of this in france and south korea. Lets call this event what it was. This was a campaign for david cameron. They knew the risk of having an outsider say to the british people, what do you do. What does it tell you how nervous cameron is . He knew there would be criticisms that came with the president of the United States do it. The president would not do it unless cameron asks him to do it. Local coverage tonight is going to be about who are you mr. President . There will be a lot of this debate, should he have done it or should he have not. That tells you, this breaks it. Cameron is beyond nervous. It is risky to ask an outsider to participate and even a friendly outsider like the president of the United States. Yeah, that was a big deal. Unity is under strained. That was a strong statement. I have not heard him say that. And a time when nato was under strained and thats obvious but a shocking one. His next stop in germany. Under strained of the crisis. We have to leave it there. To our friends, chuck todd, see you later on daily and ron allen traveling with the president onto germany and kier simmons, that does it for us. Craig melvin picks it up live following of the latest reactions on the death of prince. I never ever believe somebody could play like prince and do a split and at the same time keeps on playing. No one sits down at prince conference, you are afraid that you are going to miss something and it is electric. He was playing with intersexuality before that was a term in academia. Prince for purple rain. It is still so hard to believe hes gone. I have lost one of my best friends. That was not something that i ever imagine i would say. It is surreal and kind of unbelievable. Hello everyone, it is the place where prince lived. It is also where he died just over 24 hours ago, all day, folks have flooded here and many of them purple clan flooded here to pay their respects for r the music icon. Officials are conducting an autopsy on princes body. Theyre trying to figure out what cause his death. The results are not expected to be released for several weeks. However, the sheriff announce add few hours ago, theyll hold al ne a News Conference at 4 00 eastern, theyll give us information of whatever they have. The plane was diverted because of an unresponsive male on the plane. Princes exwife, his passing leaving me a devastating feeling of pain and loss, the love we shared and the music he made and the life together is forever engraved in my heart. The sales of his album, no surprise, they have soared. President obama a huge fan of prince talked about his death a few moments ago. I love prince because he put out great music. He was a great performer. I did not know him well. He came to the white house and performed last year and was extraordinary, creative and original. Nbcs blake mccoy is live at the News Conference thats going to be happening in a few hours. What can you expect to hear . Reporter well, craig, yesterday, the sheriff was not sure he was going to be holding a press conference. Today we are told that he will be summarizing the Public Information of what we know about this case so far. He also says he will be opening himself up to questions from the media and caution that he may not be able to answer some of those questions. Autopsy is under way and it begins at 9 00 a. M. Here in minnesota and conducted fwie chi by the medical examiner. It will take a couple of weeks before results are back. I was out first avenue in Downtown Minneapolis where prince filmed a lot of purple rain and it is becoming a second memorial site and i spoke with some people who stopped by on their way to work. He was ours, we lost a legend yesterday. It was my first tape. I was eight years old. I listen to him my whole life so it is a huge loss. Reporter and back here the press conference will be conducted at 3 00 local time and 4 00 eastern and well be all over it and bringing it to you live, craig. Nbcs blake mccoy for us, thank you. Tamron hall became very Close Friends with prince over the years. Prince composed a theme song for her show news nation right here on msnbc. This is the new at news station theme song composed by none other the music icon, prince. Following his death, tamron tweeted, a bird without a song. I lost one of my best friends today. I know he would have an advise right now. Prince, i am listening as always. Earlier today, i talked to tamron of the prince that she knew and the conversations they had of the last days of his wife. Tamron, lets start with how you guys became such good friends. How did it happen . Oh, hi craig and hi to our team there. Prince reached out to me years ago and we just bonded over his interests in news and interests in family and it just turned into what was one of the most incredible friendships and relationships in my life when i tweeted out that i lost one of my best friends, that was not something that i ever imagine i would say. I knew this is hard and i know that you talked to him a few days ago as well. Did you get the sense during that conversation that there was anything wrong, that he was not okay in anyway . Like everyone else, i started to see on social media and information about an emergency landing. I emailed him on saturday and i said prince, are you okay . He immediately wrote back, are you okay . That was kind of the joke being that we would do sometimes. He said called me and we talked for nearly three hours which is not uncommon for us to do. I didnt hear anything that sounded like a flu or the cold. We did not talk a lot about it. It was clear that he did not want to elaborate on that. Our conversation wens went the that it always go, he talked about life and he wanted me to come for his concert. He posted different events including for the National Black journalists recently coming out. He has always wanted that place to be opened to his fans. I took the fact that he was hosting something and wanted me to be there of a sign that he was okay. I never felt the need to ask again what was wrong. Monday, i was in a restaurant, i video taped the restaurants music and it was one of his songs. I texted him and i said you are everywhere. But nowhere at the same time. Which is again, how prince communicates. He eventually wrote back, you are thinking of me because i am thinking of you, too. And, i never imagine again that would be my last correspondence with him. In my life, the only other person that i spoke with or speak with more than prince is my mother. This is the person that i communicate more than anyone. And, i think it is important for people to understand that prince was a compassionate person. We recently went with another great friend to visit harris, yesterday, he told me he was taken in by prince, he did not know how much he was for the truth and for people and we sat there forever, at harrys house. His history of civil rights and his ability to transform his career to an actor to an activist. Thats what prince always wanted. Thats why he always challenged the Music Industry and it was not for royalty or money. It was an unfair system for artists. For me, i am a lucky person that i have had a friend like this. But, it is not loss on me that he was much more than music. I think people know that and i love the fact that he on saturday, he wanted to even in his illness be around people who love music and appreciated him. You know, it is he did not talk about life and all of these things of death. He did not look at time. So it was not conscious of how long he would legislative or what he had to do next. For him, this was always an ongoing journey and he was always creating music and always opened to new young people and new band, third eye girl, those are three young women that he took in. All young talents. He was a great person. You were recently featured on the cover of a kisingle. I think we have this cover of the single, there is tamron hall in a purple dress. How did that come about . I have said this before, i send picture of whatever outf s outfits. Prince would always love to give his thoughts both good and bad, i have taken a selfie, i have given him that selfie years ago and he sent me a note and we typically would communicate late at night even though i get up early on the today show, we would resume our conversations in the afternoon. He said i am going to put this on my single. I am thinking how did i go from a fan and singing the track from purple rain to my friend saying i am going to put this picture of you on my single. You know, those are the things that, of course, are big headlines. The things that i have in my intimate mind and my heart because he was so private about his life, you know, those are the things that warms my heart. He protected the privacy of his friends. Even though i am talking about him today and with you and on our show, there are just great things i wish i can tell people but he wanted them to stay private. He didnt want people to know all of the ways he helped other people. He did it as this silent angel and including how he helped me in my life on many occasions. So, you know, he loves his fans and thats what is important and they love him and i had a chance on saturday to tell my friend how much i love him and thats what matters. As you indicated hes private and circle is very small and tight. What can you tell us about how folks inside that circle, how they are all doing today . They are devastated. They are devastated. Thats what i can tell you. Overwhelming. Tamron, i know this has been very hard for you and i know it is been a very difficult 24 hours, my friend thank you very much. Thank you, craig. I am very sorry for your loss. I am sorry for the world. Hes not gone. Hes not gone. That was my conversation with my friend, colleague, tamron hall with her memories of prince. The civil rights activist, mr. Belafonte, thank you for calling us this afternoon. We heard tamron talked about that meeting that you had with prince and hes taken in by you. What was it about prince . Beyond all of what we have been listening to the past of two days of the perception of prince hes a great diver diversity. Most of them being ideas of stimulations and graciousness and commitment, what i took up of him, he just came into a new phase of his life, so he said is challenge ng ting the way in he performed. The last concert he did, he did about 30 songs in the evening and of the 30 songs, only five of those songs are from his origin original repetoir. Everything that the audience heard of a new song and a new point of view. He was in the space seeking change, looking for challenge. Gre great artist. His recent search is seeking for change. He was very much [ inaudible ] mr. Belafonte. We are having a minor problem here on our end with your phone connections. Well get our engineers to talk to you about it. Hang on, melissa, thank you for being with me. First of all, what is your fondest memory of prince . My fondest memory was the last time that i saw him and it is so funny, tamron was there. He had invited us to a party in new york, and he was showcasing his new artist which he talked about. They told me it was downstairs waiting you know say hi to him. Prince, wants to say hi to you and they grabbed me and ran me to the djs booth and they just stopped me and he was standing in front of me and i screamed and he screamed back at me, he was like ah. It was like little ah it was so funny. Tamron was there, i am sure she remembers that. He wrote that song do me baby. It was about among other things. I want to play a portion of him performing, take a listen. Do me baby wow, how did he feel about your version of the song, melissa . Well, he loved it. I am so happy to be one of the few artists that he let record one of his songs. When we first did it, the president of the Record Company was holding the song for two years. The next r b artist that i signed, she got to do that song and it was me. You know in the 80s were not saying do me baby like that. It was kind of daunting for me to do that. I had to get dads approval on that. Once my dad said go ahead and do it. We went in and did it and Paul Lawrence did a great job. It went number one for like four weeks. I think i was in los angeles and Lionel Richie had a concert at the roseville, thousands of people and they arranged for me to meet prince backstage like in the green room. We both had on white leather, it was too funny and he came over to me and he said thank you for a great song. I was like you wrote this song, it is your song, he was like yeah but you made it great. You wrote it yeah, but you made it great. Thatll stay with me forever. He was such a sweet, kind person every time that i met him. One time when i went to the studios when i was working with terry lewis and he had a party, i was blown away by the department that had the clothes and his shoes where they sew everything and made it for him and the studio and the chill out room. He just always seemed like he had it so together. I appreciate his artistry and kindness. With prince to me every time i saw him, it was not life and music. Music and life was one. His passion for that is what i will always remember. Melissa morgan remembering prince this afternoon. Thank you, i want to bring back the legendary actor, performer, harry belafonte. When we broke up for a second, you were talking about the songs he put together for the city of baltimore, i was just there yesterday on the anniversary o f freddie gray east death. We heard a lot of stories about his activism and his philanthro philanthropy. We know that when Travon Martin was killed in florida, it was prince that helped his family. Why did you think that activism was so important for prince. I think that he took a look at his life and all the things. He felt that in the arena of social activism and commentary, he did not participate too much in that. We are not quite sure he wanted to participate. He thought what he needed todd do was to talk to people who had been committed to our social issues and criminal justice and to talk to us about our experiences and having to express our own point of views and to see whether or not of what he was hearing and what he wanted to do. How compatible were those two sources. I met with him more than once. Both instances, he flew to new york and both instances we spent of some hours together. As as matter of feedback, we were supposed to meet again this sunday to continue pick up where we left off because he wanted to begin to do performances and leave young men and women, social activists that he had not met before. He was on a search for his next place. I think you saw in his heart of the power of it and the use of it through our social change. It was a great possibility to him so use himself and found himself to be. One legend talking about another legend on this friday afternoon. Mr. Harry belafonte, enjoy your weekend, i appreciate your time. Thank you. When we return, well get you caught up on politics and the republican race for the white house of the stop Trump Movement and my interview with princes exfiance, he tells me of what no one else knows and first, the cast of hit way washington from prince. Were always looking for ways to speed up your Car Insurance search. Heres the latest. Problem is, we havent figured out how to reverse it. For now, just log on to compare. Com. Plug in some simple info and get up to 50 free quotes. Choose the lowest and hit purchase. Now. If youll excuse me, im late for an important function. Compare. Com. Saving humanity from high insurance rates. Or if youre young or old. 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Thanks so much, craig, we are at the Coffee Roaster in baltimore, maryland. I know you were just here on tuesday. Candidates are taking sometime to ex perpress their condolence the passing of the legend. Donald trump tweeted, i met prince on many occasions. He will be greatly missed. Trump with a six point lead in indiana, the nbc affiliate corespoc, the first poll we sees out of indiana which votes a week from tuesday. That state is critical and determines whether trump debgeto that magic number. Trump is meeting in florida on a trump candidacy with top eight trying to esther worase their w. Trump says quote, i am not going to rebrand and with four days until the next wave of primaries, including here, maryland has opened a new line of attacks. Several hours ago, cruz posted this video to his facebook page. The Cruz Campaign attacks trump for comments he made on thursday which trump criticized the North Carolinas so called bathroom law this morning in pennsylvania which votes next tuesday. A chorus of boos and other negative reactions directed towards trump when he brought that remarks. After that remark, he continued that line of attack with reporters. Donald trump coming out with grown men going to bathrooms with little girls. Thats sillyness. Nbc hally jackson is in delaware where trump is scheduled to speak in a few hours from now. Whats the reaction to cruz . Reporter well see what trump has to say here at 4 00 this afternoon a couple of hours away. Will be surprising if trump did not talk about this. Hes on top of the headline and he likes to come out and defend himself at times at rallies like this one. We had a long line of people waited to get in and they are all headed inside now. We can talk about it though, what cruz and his campaign is trying to do and take trump on. 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