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MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY
July 6, 2014

Guest: David Cohen, Laurie Garrett, Kiron Skinner, Hillary Mann Leverett,
Jack Jacobs, Dean Obeidallah, Aisha Moodie-Mills, Danielle Moodie-Mills,
Maya Peterson, Cori Murray, Alicia Quarles

MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY, MSNBC ANCHOR: This morning, my question. Would the
Supreme Court rule differently with more women justices?

Plus, why the first black woman president was kicked out of office.

And do not adjust that set. Television is now in color.

But, first, tensions boiling over in the Middle East with no sign of peace
in sight.

Good morning, I`m Melissa Harris-Perry. Shortly after becoming secretary
of state last year, it was John Kerry`s hope to deliver what no U.S.
secretary of state before him was able to birth. Something that because of
the time frame he set forth, we couldn`t help but to call a peace baby in
the Middle East.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: The parties have agreed here today that
all of the final status issues, all of the core issues and all other issues
are all on the table for negotiation. And they are on the table with one
simple goal, a view to ending the conflict ending the claims. Our
objective will be to achieve a final status agreement over the course of
the next nine months.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS-PERRY: But, by April 2014, nine months after the initial
declaration and after meeting 34 times with President Abbas and twice that
number with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Kerry`s quest to deliver a peace deal
between Israel and the Palestinians failed.

And now, nearly after a year after that promise, the reality facing Israel
and the Palestinians is anything but peaceful as violence escalated
significantly in just the last week.

On Monday the Israeli confirmed that the bodies of three Israeli teenagers
kidnapped back in mid-June had been found dead. The three young men
ranging in age

Show: THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O`DONNELL Date: January 18, 2016 Guest: Rick Tyler, Jonathan Allen, James Pindell, Phyllis Bennis, Hillary Mann Leverett, Karen Higgins, Austan Goolsbee

RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC: That does it for us tonight, we`ll see you again tomorrow, now it`s time for THE LAST WORD with Lawrence O`Donnell. Good evening Lawrence.

LAWRENCE O`DONNELL, HOST, THE LAST WORD: Rachel, I hope you didn`t stop showing the British parliament just because my TV show was coming on --

(LAUGHTER)

Because I would have been happy to listen to that stuff for the rest of the night.

(CROSSTALK)

MADDOW: Just hearing that one guy pronounced the word idiot over --

O`DONNELL: Yes --

MADDOW: And over and over --

O`DONNELL: Yes --

MADDOW: Again, it`s pretty satisfying.

O`DONNELL: Yes, and speaking of Donald Trump, I got another personal note from him, and in the interest of full transparency on my communication with presidential candidates, I will be sharing that with the world tonight.

MADDOW: I am envious of your position sort of.

O`DONNELL: By the time you get home, Rachel, you`ll be able to turn it on and see what he said.

(LAUGHTER)

MADDOW: Thanks, Lawrence.

O`DONNELL: Thanks, Rachel. Ted Cruz`s campaign spokesman will join us tonight to answer Donald Trump`s personal attacks on Ted Cruz and we will take up the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over healthcare.

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SEN. TED CRUZ (R), TEXAS: Tom Brady was framed. And I have it on good authority that Hillary Clinton did it.

DONALD TRUMP, CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT, TRUMP ORGANIZATIONS & FOUNDER, TRUMP ENTERTAINMENT RESORTS: The truth is he`s a nasty guy.

CRUZ: It seems Donald has a lot of nervous energy.

HALLIE JACKSON, NBC NEWS: Donald Trump calls you nasty, hated by everybody, is he right?

TRUMP: He`s a nasty guy. Nobody likes him.

CRUZ: Well, look, Donald seems a little bit rattled.

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Activist Prendergast Highlights Human Rights Issues in Africa

John Prendergast, SIS/MA '90, is the human rights activism equivalent of a rock star. The co-founder of the Enough Project, a nonprofit affiliated with the Center for American Progress dedicated to ending genocide and crimes against humanity in Africa, works with A-list celebrities like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle. He doesn't wear a tie. And he makes things happen. Read more.

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Prendergast discussed current issues in Africa with Dean James Goldgeier on April 1 as part of the Dean's Discussion series. Prendergast's long list of accomplishments in the continent include supporting education initiatives in Darfur, rape prevention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and satellite imagery analysis to deter war between Sudan and South Sudan.

After receiving his master's degree in 1990, Prendergast has been involved in just about every major humanitarian and political concern in Africa. During the discussion, Prendergast answered questions about the value of non-governmental organizations and their work in Africa; positive developments in places like Sudan/South Sudan and conflict minerals and procurement policies.

Part of the solution, Prendergast explained, is openness about a company's supply chain.

"We're inching forward to create a level of transparency for companies manufacturing and selling products," Prendergast said.

For as long as he can remember, Prendergast has been an activist.

In the 1980s, he boycotted companies that had dealings with the South African Apartheid government. He supported divestment from Sout