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Of racial reckoning and you are about to talk to him. that s right. i don t know if you know that, but i consider myself a bit of a sports aficionado. i do. despite never having watched a game from beginning to end. so i will talk to him about the nba playoffs, but on a more serious note he has a wonderful new documentary called fight the power that takes a look at protest movements that have shaped the country and it is perfect to watch on this juneteenth. we want to take a look at the new federal holiday, and we don t want to be pessimist but the fact is that this holiday rings hollow when so many republicans are trying to impose voter restrictions across the country that specifically attack black black voters. i will talk to my good friend julani cobb about that. there s a lot happening in texas from the new bill where people can carry guns with no licenses and their continued fight to restrict access to the ballot box there. so we have a jam-packed show, ali. good to be bac ....
There. why do people stand by and i m not a sports aficionado, i don t know that much about donald sterling before this, terrener it terence, why is he still an owner, why do people sit by and let this guy be a racist and have lawsuits against him settled, but not really talk about it, not really call him on it in the league, why? there s two big reasons. number one, nobody has cared about the clippers. he s owned the clippers since 1981. nobody s cared about the clippers except for the last couple years they have this super team with chris paul and blake griffin and doc rivers now owning the team. so they could be in the shadows out there and l.a. as the other team and nobody ever cared. the other thing is one of the things that s been the case in professional sports forever, whether you talk about the nba, major league baseball or nfl, you re talking about the ultimate good old boy network. the owners who are a part of these thing, they protect ....
Snow south of indianapolis, south of st. louis but could come up between cleveland and pittsburgh also and as i said before, the east coast it s mostly a rain event for us. temperatures will fall. i mentioned it s very warm this morning. cold front goes through and it will fall into the 40s later today. bring the jacket. thank you very much, bill. coming up at the top of the hour, morning joe, continuing coverage, of course, on the life and passing of the great nelson mandela. among our guests the reverend al sharpton, mandela biographer richard stengle and nbc s tom brokaw. and when we come back here, we ll huddle around the cooler. ron burgundy, i know, but this one is actually this is a good one. he s getting a little tired on the promotional road but he s also a sports aficionado. his take on the doug flutie hail mary call when way too early comes right back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] whe ....
Rg3, what happened? no offense. no offense in the first half. rg3 getting banged up. the redskins tried to make it interesting, but they just couldn t. it was a so many great games, crazy games yesterday. your head s spinning as these games are coming to a conclusion because there were a lot of fascinating moments yesterday. three overtimes. real quick, more surprise that the cardinals are 3-0 or that the saints are 0-3? i m more surprised by the saints. the cardinals are a sneaky good team. they have won 10 of their last 12 games. they have a great, great defense. and they could have been 0-2 when you look at the first two games. saints, they miss their head coach, sean payton. the guy s suspended and getting himself in line for extensions and raises because the owner now realizes hey, this guy must be a pretty good coach. they re in trouble. mike florio, we love talking to you. we could do this all day. thanks, andrea. oh, yeah. andrea s not going. she s a sports afic ....