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democratic city. diverse culture, distinctively chocolate. we will talk to the working people. people like this dude. sure. was that henry rollins? ♪ >> look, we hear about it every day. if there is thing that regularly brings our country together it's our hatred of washington, d.c. whether you are republican --

>> washington, d.c. is not only broken, it's broke. >> or democrat. >> structural change needs to start here in washington. >> or just a crass opportunist. >> we have to change from the word swamp to sesz pool or perhaps suer. >> you have a dislike for the nation's capital. what's it like for the people who happen to live in d.c.? washington, d.c. is not just capitol hill. while the people who dominate that scene are overwhelmingly white men, the city has proud black leadership and problems like any other city. unlike most cities, d.c. is not allowed to solve them on their own. washington, d.c. is a federal district which means it's not a state, but it's not in a state. >> we would like state hood. >> when d.c. decides to legalize

ma marijuana or hand guns, the federal government said not today, black folks, not today. i'm going to talk to these folks. >> your name? >> lamont tomson. >> you did it like a rapper. what's your name? >> pierre richards. >> mischa. >> so how did you end up here talking to me? >> we saw you outside the window and tried to gather more coworkers, but the white coworkers were like ooh! >> thanks for that ego boost. there is something about d.c. people with a chip on your shoulder. is that true? >> you say that about a couple of things. >> like d.c., some cities -- >> very proud. >> we sometimes don't get the respect we deserve. like there is no culture in d.c. any time a new person is in d.c., i try to tell them the

history of the city because so many people don't know. they don't understand why we don't have representation. they think it's because the government is here, but when black people moved here after the reconstruction period, white people did not think we were smart enough to govern ourselves. we don't have representation because of racism. >> she ain't lying. 25,000 africans moved to town because it was pro union and they had a growing inf infrastructure of black businesses. they had a greater percentage of black folks that led to many black politicians. locally they empowered themselves -- this is by invitation only. >> it has been a battle for the people of d.c. who didn't have the right to vote for president until 1961. this week i'm going to try to get to the bottom of some of this. i'm going to start with the place that defines d.c. to me.

i'm headed to the shaw neighborhood owned by my friends. she used to come to my shows and we became friends. she even sends care packages to my family. >> how are you doing? >> excellent. glad you're here. >> thank you for sending that to my mom. >> she's a borable. a doll. how can we heal you? >> what tea do you have for kids. >> absentee dad tea. absent tea. >> kombucha mixed with that. that's fantastic. >> i brought the camera crew. how busy can a tea shop be? >> people say that. it's good. >> all right. >> this place is packed. look who it's packed with. some of everybody. the first 15 minutes of a

classic spike lee movie before they give a speech. there is lots of black people on the wall. >> what are do people don't know about d.c. outside of d.c. >> this is a really democratic town. completely. it's a really don't tread on me area. they tried to pass this legislation that if huh loud music playing, you get 10 days in jail. everywhere was up in arms. black people, white people. they were angry they would try to slide that in. the people here are fervently committed to rights of other people. we have lots of d.c. folks here. >> the tea shop is right around the corner from howard university so it's a regular spot for students and d.c. scholar like this. >> how long have you been here? >> to go. at least 42 years. >> what was d.c. like when you got here? >> the demeanor of the

population here, they were more subtle. they were cordial. >> felt like a small town. >> yes. that's why i didn't move to new york. >> older and dirtier. >> it's all neighborhoods. >> there was a record store that used to anchor this block where a lot of people convened. there is a barbershop where people still convened. it renewed the energy. a lot of students from howard are from all over the world. it has nothing to do with what's going on 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> you recognize it as national news. it's a lot of noise. it doesn't really affect our day to day. worse than this happened to us. it's kind of how the people are. we have been worse than this. we will move on with whatever else we are doing. >> in this city.

we were here before you and will be here after you. >> politicians are not even thinking about it. >> except when they want to play god with the rules. in puerto rico and guam, it's occupied territory. in the heard of the city from the beginning, it has really been the african population. there is always attention to keep that here. >> i want to thank you for inviting me. >> i'm grlad you came and hung out with us. >> if i came to d.c. and you saw on tv -- >> no. >> drink this. (paul) great. another wireless ad.

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the mayor of the district of columbia. >> if we are going to talk about washington, d.c. i wouldn't be doing justice if we didn't caulk about marion barry. for a lot of you he is a punch line to a joke. >> how the hell did that happen? >> he's the story of caught smoking crack with ripe with comic possibilities. so many. what's less known is to the people of d.c., he's a here oechlt yo. here's a he was a civil rights leader in the 60s.

>> in this famous picture, look who is next to mlk. >> that's my role as a leader or leadership position to get something if i can do it. >> mr. barry's office. >> he was instrumental to passing the home rule act. >> he taught us to vote. >> there could be a mayor in d.c. for the first time and that led to him serving as mayor. he got the finance in order and more black police officers on the force and maybe what you hear about the most is the summer youth program that gave many people in d.c. their first jobs. >> the first on the job. >> what did your mayor do? >> one of the first offices was on u street, a center for black culture and business in d.c. for decades. >> hi! >> at first glance, lee's flower

shop seems like a flower shop. but it has the laughter and conversation of a barbershop and a first job for many team in turned into a career and a successful family business that has been a successful family business for more than 70 years. >> 1945. >> you weren't here in 1945. >> no, but may grandparents were. this is my sister. >> it's one of d.c.'s oldest black-owned business. in a place known as chocolate city, that's saying something. >> there were challenges with opening a floral shop in 1945. not a lot of people would think >> there were a lot of black businesses on u street. >> back in the day, d.c. was like detroit, los angeles, major cities with large populations of black folks where segregation led to enterpriseship. since black people couldn't go downtown to shop and see shows,

they had their own. >> there were tentists and doctors and jewelry stores and all kinds of black businesses here: this was the main drag. here i am. >> look at you! >> how does a business stay open for more than 70 years? >> my grandparents decorated the white house. there were not a lot of black people in the picture -- >> this could be a current white house photo. >> number two, you change with the times. i never have seen a florist shop with so many computers. they were working the phones and it's like a telethon. this is our patriarch. my dad. >> i imagine u street has changed quite a bit since you took it over. >> millions of changes.

>> d.c. went through tough times after the assassination of martin luther king, jr. and riots in d.c. how did that affect you? >> we were here all night long. i wrote black owned and soul brothers on the window. my mom went in here with a shotgun. >> hoping to discourage people. i'm a soul brother with a shotg shotgun. locked and load and full of soul. >> that was rough though. there was smoke all over the city. 14th and 7th street were on fire. nothing happened on u street, thank god. >> this is our beautiful mother, marie lee. >> you let them talk and do all of this stuff. >> that's the way it is. >> tell me your perspective.

>> it's wonderful. she's the president and a vice and the they are doing a wonderful job. our accountant can't believe how well they are doing the business. >> i like that you got down to the bottom line. our accountant. >> this is smart. >> my daughter and sage. this is samantha. samantha has been with us for 15 years. >> this is gina, the hostess with the mostest. this is my aunt, but we were born on the same day. we are the same age. >> that's how black families work. from alabama. that's how it works. >> there are more black women employed here than at the white house. i feel like i need to open a

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maga hat staring me down like what are you doing here. >> we know you are here and that led us to there. >> we're asked trump supporters to talk to me, but we got nobody white or black to talk to me soy i appreciate you talking to me as a trump supporter. >> thank you very much. >> have you had anything assume because you are a black woman that you must be a democrat? >> of course. people come up come down talking trump. he is no more of a racist than obama and hillary in my opinion. >> we were talking about her life as a republican in d.c. we couldn't help but take a stroll down maga lane. >> he's just standing up for himself. i was happy just -- >> who could forget this. >> i didn't see his birth certificate. i don't know. >> that was fun. let's get to the real conversation before i start to cry. >> what are is it like living in

d.c. with that hat on, specifically with that hat on? >> they say how could you and you are a sell out. >> we all know they are black republicans. >> we are not all in a closet. >> that's true. that's a complicated layer. everyone is in the closet as a republican. >> even white people? >> oh, yeah. they are afraid of being attacked. you go to a restaurant, i wouldn't wear this in a restaura restaurant because i'm afraid they are going spit in my water and food. >> you bring your own water with you. come on, we know it's not regular republicans that have the problem. it's the republican policy maker who is work for trump.

say you are ted cruz and you restrict freedoms and spew nonsense and at the end of the day you get hungry and you transform into a regular guy and that creates a problem for you. while you think you pulled off a super man clark kent switcheroo, the people you speak out against recognize you and they have opinions about your opinion and you and your friends hide behind arguments about civility. >> we are supposed to have civility. >> there is a loss of civility and an anger and a rage on the far lefts that frightening. >> what do you say to people who say it's rude to interrupt somebody's dinner even if you disagree with them. >> did i laugh out loud? >> kristin is one of the meal interrupters. in july 2018, she saw scott pruitt, then head of the environmental protection agency in a restaurant even though she

was with her husband and kid, she knew she had to say something. >> we need somebody who does protect the environment and believes in climate change and takes it seriously. >> that's my son, brooks. >> i think i saw her in a viral video. >> i saw her as a parent who knows how to multitask with the complicated list of things. raise the kid, save the world. >> the video of you walking over to scott pruitt to as we say, read him for filth. and it was such -- i think it was a mom moment. such a parent moment. >> on many levels. >> that's what made it great. as a real person, it was not a rehearsed speech. what you did shows how the regular people of this area get pulled into this. >> my husband took the video for me and after he walked away, i

was like that was a boring video. nobody is going to watch that. >> why do you think it was boring? >> i just came up and said what i wanted to say and i was polite and he was like -- and i sat back down. you gotta post it. >> new tonight is resign from a woman who came face-to-face with scott pruitt in a restaurant. >> you definitely helped him put the accelerator down. >> we will never know. he said in his letter he cited unrelenting attacks. >> that's me! >> i was a tiny part of that! >> an unrelenting attack! >> come on, scott. you know what that means? you are doing a bad job. >> you haven't have had the job you had. what do you think about losing civility because you are not letting a man eat his lunch. >> the civility debate is a waste of time.

when people say that, they are uncomfortable with the content of what is being said. sarah huckabee sanders wanted to say that was not civil. did she say anything to address the content of my words? the corruption, the misuse of taxpayer dollars, what he is doing to our air and water and the favors he is doing for corporate lobbyists. no, people should be able to eat their lunch. like his taco is more important. what do i have to say to that person? >> yeah. my last question is, what's that noise? these are the biggest grasshoppers. it's all throughout d.c. >> every 17 years and with climate change, they are unpredictable. >> these are from scott pruitt. i'm feeling attacks from them. i'm going to write a press release about this. bonvoy. bonvoy.

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in a city filled with people claim to it like it is and actually don't, man tells it like it is for a living. henry roll ups. >> in the 1960s, this was jackson elementary school. what i learned here informed me for the rest of my life. >> henry rollins is a citizen of the world. he circled the globe many times as the lead singer of black flag and with rollins band which you may remember from the 90s. he mostly spends his time going everywhere he is invited and

taking pictures and speaking truth to power. >> how hard you stand up for lgbt and brown folks and women and reproductive health rights, et cetera, et cetera, it all matters now. >> no matter what, he returns to d.c. and reminisces about the old days. notice i didn't say the good old days. >> this was a majority black school when you were here. >> here's the great irony. this is an incredibly white neighborhood. most of the kids in this neighborhood are going private schools. so they are being spared the wrath of the public school system. even as a little kid, i knew i was lucky. this is a nice neighborhood. >> parts of d.c. are on fire. >> and kids i was going to school with were coming from that to school. they were mad. at what, i don't know. just angry because their parents were angry. day one of first grade and i

walk in looking like a sears ad for please beat me up. i got surrounded by black kids with tiny fists in my face. i'm easily frightened, you know. that's when i heard cracker. bama. i never got the 411 on that. i was literally trembling. it was so loud. i had no idea what i had done. the chant was fight, fight, finger and a white. beat them because president white can't fight. that's right. i said you have a song? what is this? this sucks! i haven't even gotten inside. this is how it starts? here's what i would do since i lived down the street. i would come here on the weekends when there would be no

one in here and play by myself. i wanted to have a fun time in the school yard. whenever i have a chance when i'm here in washington, i will come to this school yard and visit because it was so impacting. >> the most remarkable thing is that you didn't walk out as a person who was like oh, these people are bad. i'm better than these people. >> here's the pay back. >> how can you become who you are now, a guy about equality and togetherness and uplifting the voices and you become the character you played. >> it was about stopping color from getting stronger. >> how did that happen? >> not to be corny, but it's true. my mom. she said well, honey, it's a tough time and these kids, they don't dislike you. they are just hearing bad information. i said what do i do? she said stick your handout and say hi, i'm henry, let's be

friends. it didn't work. >> that's exactly what you do for a living. give mama roll ups credit. >> parts of washington i have never been to. when i was living here, there was music shows. what made me want to go to the neighborhood was go-go. you see the fantastic and let's go. >> in the 70s from funks, the g godfather died a few years ago. >> i would be willing to bet one entire don lemon paycheck that most of you watching have no idea what go-go is. it's d.c.'s homegrown kind of music. it makes you dance even if you don't want to. you heard of baby making music. let's make that baby later. this is my jam. these guys right here are go-go

legends. tonight i'm meeting up with a founding member. i figure if i'm talking go-go, he is one of the biggest fans. >> do you remember what record you were first on? >> pump me up. >> first funk song i ever heard. >> here looks at them the way i look at him. >> we're got the straight up go-go live record. >> that's classic. >> that's the one. they are all good, but that's like the best record you have ever heard. on a bunch of black flag shows, before we go on, go-go. that was what we put on. no one didn't like it. that will work. it always worked. >> even this is interesting about d.c. to me. in many cities, the white music and the black music doesn't mix. you guys have all played together. >> my first experience, it was

minor threat. looking at minor threat and these people look like they are biting. >> the mosh pit. >> oh, hell, they arrived. that's the way they dance, right? i'm thinking like what's going to happen when we come on? the way they adapted is like amazing. it was a marriage. between the two styles. >> so what was it like when you were a kid growing up. d.c. has gone through so many changes. >> you see people get robbed, shot, it was kind of rough. i lost two brothers to the streets. i lost one of my brothers right in front of my mother's house. it is, you know, it was rough. it's a rough thing to deal with. and it's still rough. believe it or not.

>> i believe it. this is still america and the d.c. police department is like many police departments in this country. they blame violence and crime on black culture and music. >> the councilman didn't know what to do about the violence. they associated the things that happen outside of the go-go with the go-go. they tried to shut go-go down. >> they like to shut down, but they can't control. >> perfectly said. >> just for the record, i paid my taxes. i ain't in trouble going nowhere. >> just for the record, tax man. we are all straight. >> yeah. moving in together, it's a big step.

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>> you started in 1997. >> bill clinton was president. >> mr. period, general barry mccaffrey is in the middle of controversy over the needle exchange program. >> he understood there was a racial prejudice in this nation. back then, it was interesting to watch the people walk in front of the white house and have their opinion. now there is a different type of mood and type of atmosphere and type of anger, but yet every day i still walk to that white house and get goose bumps and chills. a kid from baltimore five generations removed from the last slave in my family. every day i walk into that white house, i don't know what i'm going to get. >> april ryan, i watch her get up. you talk about somebody that's a loser. she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. >> i'm a kid from baltimore just doing her job. i have been asking the same

exact questions. mr. president, are you a racist? >> that's a tough question. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> think about it. it was building up. we had charlottesville and the ni gegerian nigerians. the banning of the muslims and this and that. so many things. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> i cried. i cried some someone's arms from baltimore. a cameraman at the white house. i fell in his arms and i said i shouldn't have to ask this of the u.s. president. if i hadn't asked, no one else would. that was a hard day for me. >> why you have become so important for black folks is because -- >> and the white and the asian folks. >> right now, we are talking about the black folks. >> all right, my brother. >> because many of us feel like we have somebody in there who

understands and recognizes the concerns and speaks to the concerns. >> okay, sometimes when we sit in the unique perches, there is a responsibility even that i'm not a policy maker, but when you ask questions, sometimes it effectuates change. i appreciate you. can we take a picture with my phone? hold on. >> since the day this country was founded, we debated about what was wrong with it. living in d.c. is a unique opportunity to be a part of the conversation by walking outside their front door. >> they're show up and they'll rally and protest. that's great. that's what d.c. is about. a place where you can be heard. >> sometimes a correspond resident needs to show up after she finishes her homework. she 11 years old. at some point in my conversation, you are going forget she is 11.

>> we lie to ourselves and say we are virginians. we are in d.c. >> at other points you are going to remember. >> this great diverse, ethical? ethical. people with all different backgrounds. >> ethical? >> ethical is morally correct which you shouldn't describe the city as. >> if naomi doesn't look nervous, this is way less than her first appearance. >> i'm representing the african-american girls who don't make the front page. >> she spoke at the 2018 march for our life really. she got national attention for leading a school walk out. >> my walk out was different not only because we were 10 and 11, but we had an extra minute. >> we led a walk out on the 14th. >> adding a minute to honor an

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the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. now, i've talked to a lot of different folks in d.c. while they all have differences, there is one thing they can agree on. >> what type of chocolate? [ laughter ] >> like cappuccino. >> white chocolate. >> yeah. >> this is a chocolate mix.

>> like a reeses pieces right now. >> no. [ laughter ] >> there is not. as much as i hate to admit it, no. we trying to get it back, though. >> if d.c. isn't chocolate city anymore, then what is it and what is it going to be? if we're going to talk about the future, why we wasting time talking to grownups? let's talk to some kids. >> so bilingual public school and half of the students are spanish speakers, half ocare native english speakers and pick up chinese. >> you're not messing around here. >> no. >> this is principal myer cruz.e she leads an incredible school and she's friends with our producer gerald dean.

>> how did you end up in d.c.? >> i first came here with a congressional hispanic caucus institute. i was a chci intern with my congressman is and i saw capitol hill. i remember saying where are the latinos? you have to go to colombia heights. i got on the metro and the education campus was at dismissal and i saw these beautiful kids come out and i said if i ever live in d.c., i'm going to work at this school with these kids. >> i don't think people even think about latinos in d.c. >> you can't have d.c. without s el salvador and a rising mexican population here. >> i had no idea. >> this is washington, right? >> in washington, washington, salvador has the largest immigrant population and led the mayor to deepen the connection to el salvador with the cultural

ties between the two. it was a historic first for a sitting d.c. mayor and further evidence of the changing city that the students here with one day lead. you've all gone here to school all your school life? >> i've been here since prek. got here in fifth grade. >> what took you so long? >> waiting list. >> the waiting list? >> i was on the waiting list since kindergarten. >> really? >> yes. >> do you like it here? >> i do. i like the kir licurriculum, cl and teachers. >> kcurriculum. >> the love the diversity. there is people of from basically everywhere here, and it's great. >> when you're here, do you think about the white house and all that stuff and things you see going on there? >> it's always on my mind. i know that there was like this event happening where about the kkk going there. i have friends that live here and they were going to go there and i didn't want anything to happen to them because of most of my friends are hispanic and

like i don't know, i just felt like they were unsafe. >> i mean, that makes sense because they were potential violence and things, right? >> it really brings me down to think of the stuff that is happening right down there like it's a drive and they are coming up with decisions that are going to negatively affect lots of people like it's hurting kind of. >> i know a friend that's undocumented and she's afraid to like walk near the white house or like get out of her house. i can't relate to that because i was born here and like just to hear her story and what she has to go through every day, it's like it's really heartbreaking to me. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. are you old enough to remember barack obama as the president? >> yes. >> what do you think -- >> thankfully. >> she said thankfully. [ laughter ] >> what did you think about what he was president? >> i felt safer. i felt more confident about our neighborhoods, the people around us.

i just felt better about the country that we live in. >> uh-huh. >> you actually sound like young barack obama the way you speak. >> he does. >> i want people to know that the only thing in d.c. isn't the president. and the people here probably like any state in the united states just it's a good community. it's a good place. >> i know a lot of people like think about like the d.c. like a place where they like divide people based on like color, religion, their sexuality but there is always a part in d.c. where there is a community you can always go to? i like how everything blends here, cultures from all over the world and everybody seems to accept that. >> it's been great to go to some of the marches that have been here. i had a great time at the women's march. it was fun to be part of a big movement like that. >> i like people stand up for what they believe in, the hatred

that's going around. i think that needs to like decrease because there is a lot of hatred in the world and there is no point of hating people. we should all just get along. >> yeah. good job here. good job here. well, thank you. you need to get back to class. we pulled you out of class. >> i don't know. >> look, a lot of you claim to hate washington d.c. but really your problem is with washington with capitol hill, with the politicians who don't even really live there and guess what? the people of d.c. have the same problems with washington that we do. i love d.c. it's a beautiful place, a city with a proud black history when it wasn't easy to be black and proud and turned out some of the best artist and thought leaders and many of those people have a real problem with washington because washington won't let d.c. be d.c., a diverse place with progressive politics, with a history of fighting for the voices of unheard. look, on some level, washington

will probably always be a mess, but that ain't d.c.'s fault and whether you're on the left or the right or an opportunist, you have to support a city being allowed to decide what is good for itself. let d.c. be the wrath of god is in you,