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Senator byron dorgan and mitch on "the ed show." thanks so much. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton begins right now. good evening rev. good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. we've got a busy show tonight including developments out of ferguson where the suspected police shooter was in court today. and the big break in the robert durs durst case. arrested on first-degree murder charges. will audio from a tv documentary where he says he quote, killed them all, will it be admissible in court? that's all ahead. but we start with tonight's "...

Politics mcconnell also said many republicans aren't supporting lynch because of president obama's actions on immigration. listen to this. >> i think the attorney general nominee is suffering from the president's actions. there's no question about it. the -- the actions he took unilaterally on immigration after the election enraged a number of members. >> so now they won't vote to confirm an attorney general with all of these issues out here because they don't agree with the president on a partisan view on immigration, and he's holding up the nomination because he wants abortion in the traffic...

Confirm lynch, they're keeping eric holder in the job who republicans hate more than anybody. >> that shows many people that maybe this is just politics and taking partisan gains. but congressman meeks miss lynch would be nominated if none of the republicans flip because there's a real tight vote. despite the fact, as you said, they haven't come up with anything negative on her in any of their questions during the hearing. and we talked about the delay between lynch's nomination and her floor vote. she's now also facing a record delay between getting committee approval and a floor vote. it's b...

In modern history. now mitch mcconnell says keep waiting. >> hoped to turn to her next week but if we can't finish the trafficking bill she'll be put off again. if they want to have time to turn to the attorney general next week we need to finish up this human trafficking bill. first thing we need to do is finish this important human trafficking bill then turn to the nomination of the attorney general. it's not a threat. we need to finish this human trafficking bill. >> it's not a threat? this is the definition of a threat. the human trafficking bill that mcconnell is talking about would prohi...

Promising an end to obstruction like this? >> right. and now, reverend, mcconnell is claiming that he can't walk and chew gum at the same time like all of the legislation is on some sort of a lazy susan. if you got human trafficking in front of you, well sorry, we can't reach all the way over to the loretta lynch nomination. that's a canard. i left the chamber and they were voting on assistant transportation secretary so the whole notion that this can't be done is rather silly, and, of course, it is a threat to -- >> wait a minute. you just lust and they were voting on an assistant -- >> assis...