joining me now to discuss this and aa c p president and ceo derek johnson.nk you for being here, there. what have you observed and how people are reacting to attacks on their rights and freedoms in this particular year of reckoning? >> many people are fighting, this is all a result of they are running out of constituents. they're running out of what folk, therefore they are using texas to fear around race to generate enough energy to maintain a voting base to continue their agenda. for the most part, that agenda 's policy regulations and taxes, whose tax, who is not tax, what the tax dollars are used for. what we are witnessing unfortunately is a reckoning that at some point, will tip the skill and ultimately address a movement that will prevail. >> you know, black americans saw our rights attacked, especially in the academic year this year. specifically the ap program targeted not just affordable across the country, and then the supreme court second down race conscious decision making, as it applied to politic missions. education seems to be a major target

. >> reporter: derek johnson first opened the home of chicken and waffles back in 2004. >> we started off, it was robust and active. we had fridays, you had a lot of restaurants. >> reporter: over the past 20 years, derek says a lot has changed. this last year has been one of the restaurants' most difficult. >> just look. we've never been this slow. ever. >> reporter: derek says crime in the city has caused a lot of customers to avoid the area entirely. he told me he's been trying to work with the city and police to make improvements, but that's hard when there's no police chief. >> you have to have leadership in any organization. i know we have an interim police chief. we need someone who is stable and there and that's in the community. >> reporter: the mayor threatened to declare a state of emergency in oakland if she didn't get a list of candidates by the end of the year. that's exactly what she got. so when derek heard the mayor didn't like any of them and wanted to start over, he told me he was furious. >> that's disturbing. because why you're playing with our businesses and pers

. >> reporter: derek johnson first opened the home of chicken and waffles back in 2004. >> we started out, robust and active, fridays, you had, you know, a lot of restaurants. >> reporter: over the past 20 years a lot has changed. this last year has been one of the restaurant's most difficult. >> i mean, just look. we never been this slow, ever. >> reporter: derek says crime in the city has caused a lot of customers to avoid the area entirely. he told me that he has been trying to work with the city and the police to make improvements but that is hard when there is no police chief. >> you have to have leadership in any organization. i know we have interim police chief but we need someone stable, there, in the community. >> the mayor, threatened to declare a state of emergency in oakland if she did not get a list of candidates by the end of the year. that is exactly what she got. when he order had the mayor did not like any of them and wanted to start over. he was furious. >> that is disturbing. while you are playing russian roulette with our businesses and personal lives your job is t

naacp president derek johnson says her critics are not only politically motivated by racist.is enough. harvard president claudine gay is a distinguished scholar and professor with decades of higher service and education. he says these attacks are no more than political theatrics advancing a white supremacist agenda. simple as that he suggested. hedge fund billionaire, bill ackman who has been outspoken on this. he's critical of president gay. he's firing back. he said am i anti-semitic because i suggested that mit's president should be fired? am i anti-christian because president mcgill should be fired? why one must be deemed a racist or white supremacist when one raises legitimate criticisms and a leader that comes from a minority community? with that we bring in bill bennett, former education secretary and fox news contributor. bill, good to have you with us. welcome back to the program. >> great. >> so you see both sides of that there. what do you say about that? >> well, i agree with one sentence of the naacp president. enough is enough. stop with the race, race, race. on

derek johnson, simply said it's something he had to do. >> i feel it's an obligation of every business, especially small business, to support the community and when i volunteered in the past, i go to shelters and i just wanted to open the restaurant up where people could sit down, have more of a family feel and they can get served. >> yep. all right. nearby, the owner of mama t's in oakland, tina johnson, also passed out free meals. she's been doing this for 16 years. this year, mama t's handed out about 300 warm meals. this is what we love to see. >> especially when those in need on holidays. it's just nice to get a warm meal. >> and the food is good. yeah, and let me tell you, the house of chicken and waffle. >> yeah, it looks good. >> mhm. good for them. >> good morning everybody. if you have to travel today it's not looking too bad across the country. no intense storm systems brewing. here's the west coast. if you have traveled to the pacific northwest. it's a blend of sun and clouds from vegas to phenix. we are dry in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. quite chilly from fargo to kansas