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Legislation next week followed by a mark up the week after that. i'm joined now by jane clebb of bold nebraska and zerlina maxwell of the grio.com. does this signify in a serious way -- not thats there was a chance -- that the president will not work with boehner, that the house and the executive office are not going to see eye oh eye for the rest of the term? >> this puts the last nail in the coffin. nobody else was under the illusion that this house was able to pass legislation that helps people in their daily lives. i think this is one of the things where you read it and you can't believe t...

Roots. i will also be part of the festivities with members of the msnbc family. they can join the growing hope conversation and share your hope for change in our communities. joining me, the grio.com editor chris witherspoon who will be at the festival and also wrote about my natural hair on the grio. the essence festival. why is this so popular? >> it started out fairly small and now it's getting bigger and bigger. it's now the largest live event in the country. it's amazing. 543,000 attendees as you said. this year will be bigger than ever. 80 performers, 20 stages. you have prince coming he...

Questions. of course he has declined. joining us tonight from the grio.com. zerlina, great to have you with us. he says there is a danger here that the definition and interpretation of sexual assault would become too broad. i would like your response to that. >> i think what he's trying to get at is he thinks that there is an epidemic of false rape allegations. so by broadening the definition of sexual assault to include unwanted touching which is when you touch someone without their consent which is assault under the law by definition, he's saying women are making things up and these innocent...

New laws aimed at restricting voting rights. yesterday, the president presented himself as a product of the civil rights act of 1964. >> because of the laws president johnson signed, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody. not all at once, but they swung open for you and for me, and that is why i am standing here today, because of those efforts, because of that legacy. >> let me bring in goldie taylor from grio.com, and james taylor is a director of african-american studies at lehigh university. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> the pres...

Turn it around to where it's more based off constitution. not socialism. >> mitch, i dare you to debate. i dare you to debate him. step up and be a man and debate him. >> we don't have any information on that man's hat. but i can tell that you there is a battle brewing in the bluegrass state. but not your average rank and file republican. he's the highest ranking republican, mitch mcconnell. and at least for now, the far right and democrats are united in an effort that has been dubbed very simply ditch mitch. editor for the grio.com, you