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dr. angelou served as the reynolds professor of american studies. we'll have more on that service later in the program. but we begin this morning with former federal reserve chairman ben bernanke in 2012 signaling that the housing market was showing promising signs of recovery, but warning of remaining challenges. >> while the economic recovery and regulatory policy affect access to credit for all households, some potential borrowers may face the additional burden of discrimination. two types of discrimination continue to have particular significant to mortgage markets. one is red lining in which mortgage lenders discriminate against minority neighborhoods. >> now, this is important. what then chairman bernanke was saying. and it is important that he was even talking about the term red lining in a modern context. red lining is a term you are more than familiar with if you read the "atlantic "magazine article "the case for reparations." if you haven't, let me offer this explanation. the homeowners loan corporation

was a federal agency created during the depression to prevent foreclosures and that federal agency developed a series of maps rating neighborhoods, assessing their desirability by assigning a letter grade from a to d. like this 1935 map of new orleans, with colors ranging from green areas rated with an a, to d-rated neighborhoods colored in red. the key in the bottom there starts with green as best, then blue, still desirable, to yellow, definitely declining, and red, hazardous. that practice of using maps with neighborhood ratings was followed by the federal housing administration or fha, the government agency created in 1934 that, provides federal insurance for mortgages. the fha had a published underwriting manual that provided a formula to determine the risk of insuring mortgages in different areas. one of the things they used to do were maps of mortgage risk districts. those maps showed different

things but one of them was where people of color lived. the maps had blocks pencilled in color to determine that they were 10% or more race other than white. and the instructions noted that neighborhoods receiving "a" ratings had no residents of a race other than white nor of a nationality on a lower economic scale than the old american stock. having an area rated "d" meant automatic rejection for mortgage insurance through the fha. now, this point is crucial because a federally insured mortgage offered those who borrowed a safety net in case of default and caused lower interest rates and lower down payments. so who could and could not obtain these loans had enormous impact. that practice, denying financial support or services to eligible applicants based on the neighborhood where they live, is called red lining. those areas, the areas where residents could not ged the federally insured loans were areas identified on maps with the federal agency in the color

red, and that policy became illegal with the passing of the 1968 fair housing act. red lining was outlawed. fast forward to the 1990s when there was rapid growth of a relatively new type of lending that offered the promise of opening up homeownership to people with low credit scores, people who did not qualify for prime mortgages. that new type of lending was called subprime lending. a 2000 report by the department of housing and urban development noted prime lenders have made significant efforts and indeed significant progress in reaching historically underserved markets and communities, but they also warned of the other side of the story called subprime lending. a fertile ground for predatory lending activities. and that warning may have proven prophetic. there are claims that communities of color were targeted with predatory subprime loans. black and latino loan customers who could have qualified for otherwise more affordable prime loans were steered toward toxic,

subprime loans. in 2011, countrywide financial corporation entered a $335 million consent order with the department of justice, resolving allegations that the bank charged higher fees or steered into subprime loans more than 200,000 african-american and hispanic borrowers who qualified for prime loans between 2004 and 2008. despite the settlement, countrywide denied the justice department's allegations. and in 2012, though the bank claimed no wrongdoing, wells fargo entered a $184.3 million settlement with the department of justice in response to allegations that the bank steered approximately 4,000 african-american and hispanic borrowers who qualified for prime loans into subprime loans and charged approximately 30,000 african-american and hispanic borrowers higher fees and rates. and when the housing bubble popped, it was black and latino

homeowners who bore the brunt of the collapse. >> as a result of the crisis, most or all of the hard won games in homeownership made by minority communities in the past 15 years or so have been reversed. over the period from 2004 to 2012, the homeownership rate fell about five percentage points for african-americans compared with about two percentage points to other groups. >> home values plunged, resulting in declining household wealth, especially for black and hispanic households. between 2005 and 2009, white households suffered a 16% loss in median net household worth. for black households, that loss was 53%. and for hispanic households, 66%. and in addition, the number of mortgages extended to black and hispanic families began declining. >> the contraction in moorage originations has been particularly severe for minority

groups and those with lower incomes. since the peak in mortgage lending in 2006, the number of home purchase loans extended to african-americans and hispanics has fallen more than 65%, whereas lending to nonhispanic whites has fallen less than 50%. >> bernanke then clarifies that those numbers, falling home purchase loans extended to african-american and hispanic buyers, cannot be attributed entirely to the unavailability of mortgage credit. but one u.s. city is now claiming it has seen fall home purchase loans to black and hispanic residents and are alleging it results from a, quote, pattern or practice of illegal and discriminatory mortgage lending by a bank. the city of providence, rhode island, has filed a lawsuit against santander bank claiming their majority minority neighborhoods are starved for prime loans and santander is one of the causes for the lack of

credit in the majority minority neighborhood. they also allege that the lending has declined precipitously while its lending in white neighborhoods has grown substantially. the lawsuit cites statistics that the bank's loan origin nations have declined by 63% while they have increased in white tracts by 25%. the city claims that the alleged inadequate supply of mortgage credit in minority communities is suppressing home prices and decreasing revenue from property taxes. mary ellen higgins, vice president and director of public relations at santander u.s. said the bank cannot comment on the specifics of pending legal action but provided us with a statement that reads in part, santander categorically rejects this accusation and will vigously defend itself against the legal action. in the meantime, we are will to work with the city of providence to allay its concerns. joining me now is the mayor of

the city. he is also running for the democratic nomination for governor of rhode island. mayor tavares, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to ask you why you filed this lawsuit, and in particular we know that you've amassed data in the lawsuit in terms of the percentage of black and hispanic neighborhoods that have seen a decline in loan applications, especially since 2009. so you included this graph, which is shown on the screen, in your lawsuit which compares the number of loan applications immediately before and after santander acquired sovereign bank in providence and this map is of communities 30% or more minority and it appears the number of loans decreases. as a comparison, you also include the same maps but looking at loans to predominantly white communities and you say in these areas the number of loans has increased between 2009 and 2012.

how did you arrive at these conclusions and are you sure they are a result of discrimination? >> well, let me just say i think that you talked about this earlier in the introduction, how important this is, and that is to make sure that people who have good credit are able to get loans. particularly in the minority community, we need to make sure that that happens. we believe that the data that we have shows that there's an issue. it doesn't make sense that the loans in predominantly white neighborhoods are going up and yet in the predominantly minority neighborhoods are going down significantly. i think what also worries us significantly is that we have looked at other banks and we have seen that they have been able to continue to make loans in minority neighborhoods. similar banks in terms of size to santander. so the question is why is it that all of a sudden we have

seen this rapid decline in minority neighborhoods with santander. and we believe that it is a result of discrimination and we believe that the data shows that. we believe that it is illegal and that's why we filed the lawsuit. >> now, santander bank says they categorically reject the accusations made in your lawsuit and there have been even some critics of the lawsuit. one writer called it a crass and opportunistic shakedown. one criticism is that this could be evidence that banks are just being more conservative about issuing loans after the housing crisis. how do you respond to that? >> i'm not worried about critics, there will always be critics. that's why we have courts, the courts decide. with respect to this, i believe that the evidence is clear and that we will be successful as this litigation progresses. so from my perspective, i think the data is clear and i believe that the comparison that we've used with other banks as well is important to note and that is why when you have an issue like

this, you go ahead and pursue it and you let the courts decide. but i'm confident that we're going to be successful, so i don't worry about the critics. >> what exact will this have? why should we care with accessing home loans and particularly in your community of providence? >> we should care about accessing home loans because americans need an opportunity to buy a home. what we've seen with the foreclosure crisis, particularly in minority neighborhoods, is that we have a lot of boarded-up houses and vacant homes as a result of the subprime mortgage lending. and now for those who want to buy a home or to take over a foreclosed home, it's very difficult. you can't do it unless you have credit. we also know that for many people, their home is one of the biggest assets that they have. and yet we have minorities who are being shut out from getting an opportunity to own a home. so in the city of providence, what i want to see is i want to make sure that all of our boarded-up homes are converted to actual homes with people in

there, and that people who qualify for a more gatgage are to get one and there's no discrimination going on. this is very important to me and should be important to everyone. >> mayor, thank you for joining us this morning. still to come, why are democrats trying to prevent the democratic process? is this just good politics or something more sinister afoot? . ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines"

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there is something quite interesting about the timing of mayor emanuel's endorsement. after all in 2008 he waited until june, five months before the general election, to endorse in the primary. so in the 2016 cycle, he's a full two years ahead of schedule. now in, 2008, at least when emanuel did decide to endorse, there were candidates to choose between. he had worked on the first clinton presidential campaign in 1992, first worked in the white house until early in the second term and was named to fannie mae's board of directors by president clinton before running for congress. and yet when it came to choosing between senator hillary clinton and senator barack obama, emanuel went with obama. and now the chicago mayor has added his name to a list of prominent democrats who choose not to endorse candidate hillary clinton -- or rather chose not to endorse hillary clinton in 2008 but are now endorsing noncandidate hillary clinton in 2014, well before they know who

the other choices are or if she is even a choice herself. this is a list that includes current senator and former virginia governor tim kaine. tim kaine, who endorsed obama over clinton in 2007 and went on to become president obama's pick to run the dnc. missouri senator claire mccaskill, an early obama endorser in the 2008 primary, another name on board with hillary. jim mussina who joined a pro hillary super pac in january as its co-chairman. add all the senate's democratic women reportedly signed saying run, hillary, run. throw in the 41 members of the house who according to the hill newspaper are also already declared clinton supporters and the message of support to secretary clinton is loud and clear. perhaps just as loud is the unspoken message to vice president joe biden, maryland governor martin o'malley, former

montana governor brian schweitzer and potentially so many others. we know the nomination is open, but you need not apply. at the table this morning, perry bacon jr., senior political reporter for nbc news, democratic pollster margie omero, ritchie kim and amy goodman, host and executive producer of democracy now. perry, i know you just wrote a piece on this for nbc news yesterday. what is the rush? if you're a party, what you want to do is get behind somebody people in your party like. hillary clinton is very popular among democrats and democratic party people really want to see -- what they want to see is hillary runs by herself and they want to have this -- and also the other thing you're seeing too is people who endorsed obama early last time, particularly claire mccaskill, are making sure to get on the good side early on. i think that's tactical as well

because that's a good way -- if she's going to be president, you want to get on her good side as early as possible. those are the two dynamics shaping this. and the unmistakable message is, when you have people like dick durban and jan schakowsky, it signals even if you want a liberal alternative, who is going to run, how can that person raise any money if everybody is endorsing hillary already. >> it's interesting you say dick durbin because he recently gave a hint to former secretary of state hillary clinton by saying i want her to know that a lot of us are ready to commit. i haven't spoken to her, i'm just hoping all of these events will convince her when the time is right to go ahead and announce to run but it's ultimately going to be her personal decision. amy, have we ever seen anything like this in a democratic primary? >> well, you know, maybe not in a democratic primary, but i did think we saw this with the republicans behind george w. bush and i think that was very dangerous at the time. because when he became president

he moved in fast. he declared war in afghanistan and iraq. he felt like he had -- of course there was september 11th, but the kind of consensus that he felt he had. i think that's dangerous. we shouldn't be talking about individuals right now. we should be talking about issues. these primaries should be about the minimum wage, about war, about the growing inequality between rich and poor, about climate change and who best will address these issues. if you gather around one person, then whatever they say will go. where is the debate over the direction this country will go. >> richard, i want to get you in on this because amy's point is right on in terms of a process to talk and debate the issues. is this undemocratic, this coming out for hillary really early on and shutting down a potential future choice? >> yeah, i think it is undemocratic. you see the invisible primary where people are scurrying for endorsements and, most of all, money.

the ready for hillary pac will throw money into the 2014 midterm elections to get democrats on their side. but the thing that this is masking over i think is that there isn't a consensus in the democratic party. you are seeing a real split in the democratic party. you saw it in the new york city mayoral race when bill de blasio came from behind. you saw this in the fight over andrew cuomo's endorsement in the working families party and it's ready to coalesce around bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. hillary is a very imperfect spokesperson for that mantle. challenging her is not only good for the issues amy talks about, but even if she wins she's forced to address these underlying economic concerns americans have. >> i love that phrase invisible primary. margie, is there some polling data that tells us that hillary is the consensus candidate right now? >> well, in the real primary, in the real primary polling, she is currently the consensus

candidate so all of these endorsements, all of this early movement around her actually reflects where democratic primary voters are. where two-thirds to three-fourths of them say they're supporting clinton. for other folks like bernie sanders, there's nothing stopping them from reaching out to those voters who are not with hillary or could move. and i don't think those candidates are going to be discouraged by an endorsement from claire mccaskill or rahm emanuel. >> wasn't there an invisible primary in 2007 when the polls showed then senator clinton way up? >> it just shows how unpredictable all of these things can be. and so before we, you know, lament the fact someone are coalescing around someone, clinton, who rahm emanuel has had ties for decades, we should take comfort in the fact that these elections are very mercurial or volatile.

she may not run or maybe we'll spend time focusing more on the republican primary which would also lead to a better outcome. >> voters take cues from these big endorsements. it's going to be hard -- it would be helpful to somebody like elizabeth warren or joe biden to get an endorsement from a famous person or an unknown, like martin o'malley needs to get endorsements. there's a book called "the party decides." it lays out the fact that if you look closely, if you counted up the number of endorsements from governors, congressmen, it ends up predicting pretty accurately who wins the nomination. mitt romney struggled to get actual voters to vote for him. having all these endorsements throughout was this guy -- >> just because it's related, it could reflect what -- >> everyone hang on for just a moment. thank you for the citation. this is nerdland, after all, so i appreciate the political science book. when we come back, the story of the man who wanted to be president, who has the perfect

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jerry brown served as governor of california from 1975 to 1983, and now he's governor again in his second stint in the job. he took a step towards keeping that job on tuesday when he prevailed in california's open primary election with more than 55% of the vote. he'll face a republican former treasury official in november, whom brown has a substantial lead on in the polls. jerry brown is not only popular in his home state, he's once again a hot name in democratic paolitics and the left. the front page of the current issue of "nation" magazine shows a caped jerry brown pulling the

state out of a hat. could he be a presidential contender again? back in 1992 he offered an intense underdog challenge to eventual nominee bill clinton. here's a taste of their relationship when brown accused clinton of funneling state business to his wife's law firm. >> he is funneling money to his wife's law firm for state business. that's number one. number two, his wife's law firm is representing clients before the state of arkansas agencies, his appointees. one of the key is the poultry industry, which his wife's law firm represents. >> let me tell you something, jerry. i don't care what you say about me. i knew when pat told me what you were going to say, that you were going to reinvent yourself and be somebody else's mouthpiece you would say anything. but you ought to be ashamed of myself for jumping on my wife. you're not worth being on the same platform as my wife. >> brown later withdrew during the democratic national

convention where he refused to endorse clinton. so why is governor brown seemingly withdrawing from the 2016 talk now years ahead of the fight? in an interview with the "washington post" brown said, quote, i really believe that hillary clinton has the presence, the experience and the support of the vast majority of democrats in a way that i have not seen in my lifetime. she has this if she wants. jerry brown is saying this. given that exchange with the secretary's husband in 1992 something else he told "the post" was even more surprising coming from him. quote, primaries are never good for general elections. never. really, jerry brown? what about 1992 or even 2008, richard. this is your magazine with the cover article of jerry brown. why should he -- or shouldn't he run for president? what difference would it make? who would he be? >> i don't know if jerry brown wants to run or will run. i think the jerry brown of now

should talk to the jerry brown of 1992 because it was good that he brought that all the way to the convention and it raised issues inside the democratic party. also if we think back to 2008, i covered that primary, everyone thought it was the most acid, acrimonious primary. we talked about pumas who were hillary holdouts and actually that whole process, that contest, that multi-state contest between obama and hillary was good for the party. it generated names, donations, lists and there was a feeling of unity. very quickly people rallied around the obama candidacy. hillary clinton gave a very magnanimous and wonderful speech at that convention. so the idea that you can't contest these issues inside the party and then coalesce around a nominee in the general, i don't see what the historical basis for that actually is inside the democratic party. >> if not jerry brown, who, amy, from the left? >> i just want to say one thing jerry brown has done is sign off

on the national popular vote, which is very important. that should be discussed everywhere, which is really about challenging the power of the electoral college and saying it doesn't matter where you live in the country, one person, one vote, your vote counts equally and it gives much more power to the cities and population centers. that's very important. yes, we should be talking about the people who represent very different ideas that will really challenge -- you know, what's good for the party is not necessarily good for democracy. you've got bernie sanders, who looks like he wants to run for president. not necessarily as an independent, but in the democratic party. raising these issues of doubling the minimum wage, supporting a constitutional amendment that would overturn citizens united, challenging the whole issue of money in politics, which is so critical. and of course elizabeth warren, who has taken on the banks. what's good for wall street is not necessarily good for the united states of america. >> and you know i'm glad you brought up senator warren, no relation of course, because she

said something very interesting recently to huff post live. let's play that. >> this is a moment in time for our country, and i believe for our world. a moment in time when we decide who we are as a people and what kind of a future we are going to build. here in america we, the people, get to decide what the rules are. so i get how hard this is. this is about concentrated money and power on one side. but it's about our values, our voices and our votes on our side. i believe we can fight back. i believe we can win. i believe it. thank you. >> okay, margie. so she believes we can win. i'm not sure who the "we" is there, but do democrats need another obama in 2016? is senator warren that obama? >> well, i think it would be great both for the party and for

hillary clinton and for the country if we have another candidate from the left, whether it's bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. i disagree with jerry brown. i think primaries are good. i can be untroubled by the invisible primary that's going on and also think at the same time that primaries are good. and i feel like president obama became a better candidate as a result of the primary. clinton's campaign i think learned from the primary, hopefully in a way that she can build on. i think romney became a better candidate. i don't know if it was so brand that particular primary, but he became a better candidate, a better debater and had a stronger infrastructure as a result of that primary. >> perry, is this out of fear and scars from the clinton campaign of '07-08? is this out of fear that the democrats have in terms of the potential gop nominee? >> i don't think so. i actually think for each -- it would be great for the party probably and for the movement of ideas to have more candidates. if you're jerry brown, even if you're the vice president of the

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>> i love this country. i believe in the bright light of hope and possibility. i always have, even in the darkest hours. i know what america can achieve. i've seen it. i've lived it. and with barack obama, we can do it again. >> so really important endorsement, i'm sure we all remember that moment when a very sick senator kennedy endorsed barack obama. do political endorsements even matter? >> i think that kind of endorsement does matter absolutely. >> why? >> because he changed how we saw obama. obama was considered sort of the younger candidate, the underdog. but it really gave obama the sense that if ted kennedy, this very experienced legislator, says you're qualified -- at that point hillary was talking about his experience a lot. ted kennedy, who's been in the

senate a long time, if he says obama is ready to be president, that helped in fund-raising and other endorsements. that is an endorsement that matters. most don't, but that one did. >> that endorsement wasn't just about his credentials, if you watch the clip, it's about he's the candidate of the future. if you want to move the country into a new place, you want a leader to take you in a new direction or prepare us for the future, that's who you need. and that kind of endorsement with someone who is so credible on that specific point is rare. most of the time you're really reinforcing a narrative that already exists. one endorsement here or there usually doesn't matter unless there's an informed group that maybe really has no idea how to pick. >> but who's the ted kennedy for right now? we have bill clinton on one side, we have a sense of who he'll probably endorse. we have the current president. is there a similar power broker like a ted kennedy. >> i want to say also the primary was so important when it came to obama over clinton around the issue of war.

hillary clinton held to the very last minute to her vote for the war in iraq. she thought she could counter all of the criticism. but there was a candidate who represented something different. as he rose to the fore, i mean she held on till the last minute until she finally said maybe what she did in 2002 in that vote for the war was wrong. and that's what primaries do. they challenge ideas. they challenge positions. and we have to bust it open. and also, the responsibility of the media in all of this, opening up the debates, allowing more candidates to be included in these debates, and that helps to counter the power of money. >> i want to argue just on this point about the process of primaries. so one function of primaries is a debate about ideas, platform. another is getting more people involved in the process. so we have some data that suggests that there were many more democratic registrants as a

result of the primary process in 2008 as opposed to the republican side. i'm going to ask everyone at the table to hang on for a moment. as we mentioned earlieearlier, morning is the memorial service for dr. maya angelou. attending the service is bill clinton who is delivering remarks. we are going to go to that service now live. >> pastor, stephanie, all the family and friends, mrs. obama, oprah, cicely, you were wonderful. i want to thank guy for sending me a wonderful letter and inviting me to speak today. i loved maya. the last time we were together was just a couple weeks ago at

the lbj library in austin. they were having, and andy was there, they were having a 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act. and they had an all-day conference. and i gave my little talk and we went into this lunch. it was like a political version of the antiques road show. bill russell came up and hugged me and reminded me of how short i was. and i looked over and there was maya. and i went over to her and i hugged her and i said i cannot believe that you have gotten yourself here. and she said just because i am

wheelchair bound doesn't mean i don't get around. so that's the first thing i want to say, that girl got around. let me tell you how this all started. i first encountered maya angelou as a young man when i read "i know why the caged bird sings." it was written in 1970, about the time i started law school, and shortly after it came out i read it. and i was the one who was struck dumb. i thought, first of all, stamps, arkansas, where it's set is about 25 miles from where i was born. i've got a lot of relatives who live there. i knew the people she was talking about, the problem she

was documenting. but the thing that struck me about the book, even more than the horrible abuse she endured and the five years of silence that followed was that this little kid, the whole time this was all going on, was paying attention. she may have stopped talking, but she never stopped looking. she was paying attention. and absorbing the people she saw, the patterns of life she experienced, and trying to make sense of it. she had enough experiences for five lifetimes. we could all just show up here and talk about a piece of her

life. think about that. she moved from being a mute child to being reunited with her mother to being in a school of dance and drama to being the first african-american woman to be a street car director in san francisco to having a baby, to having to be a short order cook and other stuff to feed the baby and keep body and soul together, and that was all when she was a teenager. she wasn't even 20 years old and all that had happened to her. then in her 20s she was singing and dancing and acting in the u.s. and europe. in her 30s, she became a member of the harlem writers guild. by '32 she had moved to egypt to run a newspaper and by 33 she

was living in ghana. by then she mastered five languages, went through your horrible accident with you and how you both would control the rest of your life. and i admire you and i'm grateful to you for the life you have lived. so thank you for that. and she meets malcolm x and comes back here to work for him and he gets killed. she goes to work for martin luther king and on her 40th birthday, he gets killed. we could all just be up here talking about how maya angelou represented a big piece of america's history. and triumphed over adversity. and proved how dumb racism is.

but her great gift in her action-packed life was she was always paying attention. and by the time she started writing her books and her poetry, what she was basically doing was calling our attention to the things she had been paying attention to. and she did it with a clarity and power that will wash over people as long as there is a written and spoken word. a caged bird was the first manifestation of her great gift.

she just kept calling our attention to things. i often thought of her gigantic figure as like the little fireflies we used to catch in the summertime and put in jars. they just come on at unpredictable times and they'd make you see something that you otherwise would have missed. something right before your nose you had been overlooking, something in your mind you had burying, something in your heart you were afraid to face. she called our attention in thousands of ways to her belief that life is a gift, manifest in each new day. she called our attention to the

fact that the things that really matter, dignity, work, love and kindness are things we can all share and don't cost anything. and they matter more than the differences of wealth and power, the strength and beauty of intellect. all that's nice if you put it to the right use, but nothing is more powerful than giving honor to the things we share. she also taught us through all those decades of challenges that life is a constant choice. >> that was president bill clinton paying tribute to the late great dr. maya angelou. still to come at the service this morning are oprah winfrey and first lady michelle obama. we'll continue to check in on

the service. i just want to ask amy briefly to share some thoughts about dr. angelou this morning. >> first, her own words, her famous poem "still i rise" you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted lies, you may tread me in the very dirt, but still like dust i'll rise. maya angelou gave such a gift to this country and the world, that she turned horror of a childhood where she was raped by her mother's boyfriend and he ultimately was murdered and she went silent, as president clinton said, for five years, speaking only to her brother. this woman of words and letters who would then bring us one autobiography after another, give the inaugural poem, deliver it for the first inauguration of president clinton, and she was not only a writer and an author, she was an activist. and that hasn't been talked about as much. president clinton referred to her alliance with malcolm x.

she met him in africa. she helped him with the organization of afro-american unity and helped dr. king. these are the stories of movements. maya angelou was the woman of a movement. >> we're going to come back to dr. angelou later. coming up next, the city set to have the highest minimum wage in the country, but is there a catch? and we'll have more from north carolina where first lady michelle obama and others are paying tribute to dr. maya an l angelou this morning. more nerdland at the top of the hour. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪

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government? especially when it's something president obama has talked about a lot in the past few months. and i mean a lot. >> in the coming weeks, i will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour because if you cook our troops meals or wash their dishes, you should not have to live in poverty. so ask your senator, ask your representative in the house, do you support raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour? if they say yes, tell them good job. it's a very simple issue. either you're in favor of raising wages for hard-working americans or you're not. >> it seems the president's words have fallen on the deaf ears of a congress that's not trying to hear him on minimum wage and many other issues. the impact of seattle's new minimum wage is expected to be

substantial. city officials estimate about a quarter of workers earn less than $15 an hour. but as exciting as the headlines are, read on to the fine print. the law does not take effect until april 1st of next year, 2015. the original date of implementation was meant to be january 1st but after a contentious meeting last week, the council agreed to delay implementation until april. at that point, every worker will get at least a dollar an hour raise. that's right. the full minimum wage hike is not immediate. instead, depending on the size of the business and benefits provided to employees, the phase-in time could take anywhere from three to seven years. and how the wage hike will be implemented or phased in is a big source of contention for several different groups. franchisee business owners are already vowing to file a lawsuit against the, quote, unfair and

discriminatory seattle minimum wage plan, since they would need to implement the new minimum wage within three years. a business group called forward seattle said it will file a charter amendment that would overturn the new minimum wage and replace it with a five-year phase-in of $12.50 an hour. and a group called 15 now is working to gather enough signatures for a charter amendment that would raise the minimum wage on big businesses by january 1st and give small businesses a three-year phase-in. so the new seattle minimum wage law is law, but it's clearly far from settled. at the table, perry bacon jr., nbc news senior political reporter, margie omero, richard kim, amy goodman, host and executive producer at democracynow.com and joining me from seattle, washington, ishama, a seattle city council member who voted for the $15 minimum wage hike and is a member of socialist alternative, a community activist group

campaigning for $15 an hour minimum wage nationwide. thank you for joining me, councilwoman. >> thank you. >> first off, this is an issue you campaigned and worked on for quite a while. i want to ask you how significant is this development in the fight for better pay for those who earn a minimum wage and for those who are trying to raise themselves above the poverty line? >> thank you for covering this issue. this is a huge and historic victory for working people not only in seattle but in the nation. look at what it talked b income equality, skyrocketing poverty, all the burden of the recession falling on the shoulders of working people while the financial industry that precipitated the collapse went scot-free and is making historically high profits. there's been a gushing up of wealth from the bottom to the top. what seattle has done represents a transfer of income of $3 billion from the richest to the

bottom most workers. really the backbone of the city that makes the city run. and it's a reversal of the income inequality, the beginning of a reversal. it's also historic for other reasons. it's historic because after decades of being beaten down in this race to the bottom, working people have taken on the mantle of fight back and we have won this victory on our own merit. you know, it's working people, low wage workers, fast food workers, child care workers, the 15 now campaign, the labor movement and socialist alternatives insurgent campaign last year to install a socialist working class fighting voice in city hall that made this happen. i think this message should be so inspiring and empowering for people everywhere, social justice activists and low wage workers everywhere in the nation because they can see that when you fight back, you organize, you can win. >> i want to go to the specifics of the seattle $15 minimum wage

law. can you talk about the difference between how big business versus small business will have to implement this minimum wage? >> 15 now and i as a socialist councilmember have been fighting for a three-year phase-in for small business and no phase-in for big business. i haven't met a single person and i've talked to thousands of people who think that corporations like mcdonald's and starbucks should get any phase-in. they make billions in profits and are completely capable of lifting their workers out of poverty today, let alone at the beginning of next year. so we have been arguing for the strongest possible minimum wage, $15 law, and there were corporate loopholes as you mentioned. there were many corporate loopholes that were inserted, but what it shows to me, the take-home lesson is that you cannot rely on the corporate political establishment. the city council of seattle is primarily represented by the democratic party establishment

and not only did they not take the lead on fighting income inequality, this $15 issue became an agenda point for seattle's politics only because the grassroots pushed for it. not only did they not lead on it, the democratic party politicians were the very ones who helped businesses introduce these loopholes so that the lesson is we cannot rely on the establishment, the two-party system and the working class has to launch its own mass movement to fight income inequality and fight for radical reforms like $15 an hour. $15 an hour is one issue but we have to talk about housing injustice, taxing corporations and the super rich to fund education and mass transit and other services. and you talked about president obama, and i commend the democratic party for taking on this issue but the reality is that they haven't led on it. >> councilwoman, let me ask you because you mention the loopholes and you introduced a few amendments that as a result of things that were added to the

original proposal were not included, but i just want to show viewer these amendments. removing all language that allowed employers to pay subminimum wages, moving the start implementation date. removing the phase-in for big business. removing all language related to the tip credit. can you talk about your amendments? >> yes. so one of the amendments as you mentioned was to eliminate the phase-in for big business because i don't think there's any justification and nobody has explained to me so far what is the rationale behind giving big corporations, multi national, any more time to make sure that their workers come out of poverty. the other important amendment that you mention, a critical one is the one on tip credit. if your viewers don't know what that means, tip credit basically means that for workers who work in tip jobs, like restaurant jobs or nail salons, then they get a subminimum wage, which is lower than minimum wage because they supposedly make up the rest in tips. well, the history of tip credit

in 43 states of the country shows that tipped workers end up being victims of massive, rampant, systematic wage theft and not only that, women workers in the tip industry end up having to put up with higher rates of sexual harassment. let me just give you a quick example -- >> councilwoman, let me get some of the panel members in just a minute. >> first of all, congratulations for putting this on the table. are you worried about the problem of enforcement of these laws? we know many workers in seattle say wages were stolen under the existing law. i think the city has been criticized for not enforcing the laws that exist. here in new york city there's a report that says 84% of fast food workers have had their wages stolen. so what are the enforcing mechanisms here and how can they be improved. >> that's a very important question about enforcement.

as you said wage theft is systematic not only in seattle but nationwide. the enforcement piece was left to another interdepartmental team that is going to start working on it very soon, but there was also some of the amendments i introduced to strengthen the language on enforcement because we know that making laws is not enough. we have to really make sure that the onus of following the laws falls on the businesses, not on the employees. and we are going to continue to work on it, but i think that at this moment that is an important question that needs to be resolved. how are we going to make sure that these laws are followed. furthermore, the kind of phase-in program that has been introduced is going to make it complicated for workers to know actually in what year, what wage they are eligible for so it's a major challenge that the city needs to grapple with and that's why i would say the role for the mass movement hasn't ended. >> thank you for joining us this

morning. my thanks also to perry bacon and margie omero here in new york. when we come back, remembering a truly phenomenal woman. first lady michelle obama and others paying a final tribute to dr. maya angelou today. first i want to update you on the news that comedian and actor tracy morgan was critically injured early this morning in a six-car accident along the new jersey turnpike. morgan remains in intensive care after the limo bus in which he was traveling overturned around 1:00 a.m. along the turnpike in an area just north of trenton, new jersey. state police are saying one of two tractor-trailers involved in the accident came upon slow-moving traffic and caused the crash. one of the six passengers on morgan's bus has died, according to police. the 45-year-old comedian, who had been scheduled to perform last night at a casino in delaware, spent seven seasons as a cast member on "saturday night live." he went on to earn an emmy nomination for his best-known

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the reason i'm here in place of melissa harris-perry this morning is because melissa is in north carolina attending the memorial service at wake forest university for the late dr. maya angelou, the poet, author, professor, civil rights activist and more personally former mentor to this program's regular host. dr. angelou passed away on may 28th at the age of 86. here are some of the remarks by her friend of 50

cicely tyson this morning. >> at the head of the stairs was maya in her wheelchair. it's the best gift that she's left me with. she took the time, despite the pain that she was suffering, to ride on that bus, to come all the way up to the theater to see me. and from what i understand she loved every minute. this bond is a tie that never will be broken. i will love you always. >> joining me now from winston-salem, north carolina, is nbc news correspondent sara daloff. sara, what is the scene this morning? >> reporter: it has been a

beautiful scene and service, celebration really of the life and achievements of dr. angelou. it's drawn an impressive crowd. you've seen some of those dignitaries. we're talking about first lady michelle obama, former president bill clinton and attorney general eric holder. open remarks of course, is there. she helped plan this service. former president clinton, he spoke early on in the service about his relationship with dr. angelou and the last time that they saw one another, she telling him that even though she was confined to a wheelchair, she was still getting around and that former president clinton shouldn't count her out just quite yet. and it really speaks to the powerhouse that dr. angelou was, that she's able to live on in the memories of everyone from former presidents to her own students. we talked to one student who recalls a class he took that was actually held in the basement of dr. angelou's house. when the semester ended, she gave him and the other students her personal phone number and told them to reach out to her, that she was now their professor

of life. so a very profound impact she's had not only on the lives here at the university but lives as her family said today around the globe. back to you. >> sarah, thank you very much. right now we are going back to wake forest university, north carolina. oprah winfrey is now giving remarks and a truibute to the late dr. angelou. >> the first time i heard that phrase, god put a rainbow in the clouds, i was in utter despair and distraught and had called maya. i remember being locked in the bathroom with the door closed sitting on the toilet seat. and i was crying so hard she could barely understand what i was saying. and i had -- i was upset about something that i can't even remember now what it was. isn't that how life works?

and i called for a long distance cry on her shoulder, but she wasn't having it. she said, as you all know she could, stop it. stop it now. and i said what? what? what did you say? and she said stop your crying now. and i continued to sniffle and she said, did you hear me? and i said, yes, ma'am. only she could level me to my 7-year-old self in an instant. and she said -- i said why do you want me to stop crying, i'm trying to complain to you what happened. and she said i want you to stop and say thank you. because whatever it is, you have the faith to know that god has

put a rainbow in the clouds and -- [ applause ] -- you're going to come out on the other side of whatever it is the better for it. she was in all ways, no matter the time of day or night or the situation, she was always there for me, to be the rainbow. and i'm here today to say thank you, to acknowledge to you all and to the world how powerful one life can be. the life of maya angelou. the loss i feel i cannot

describe. it's like something i have never felt before. she was my spiritual queen mother, and everything that that word implies. she was the ultimate teacher. she taught me the poetry of courage and respect. many a day i'd ask her for advice while trying to navigate the pitfalls of fame, of a public life. when somebody had written or said something hurtful or untrue and she'd say, baby, you're not in it. you're not in it when they wrote it, when he sat down at the typewriter, that's how long we've been talking. she'd say, those people can't

hold a candle to the light god already has shining on your face. can't you see it? she'd say look up, look up and see the light. when i was on trial in 1998 in texas for saying something bad about a burger -- yes. for six weeks i was on trial sued by the texas cattlemen. mama angelou came to texas with a prayer posse. and we all know that maya was a force all by herself, but the force came with backup. they prayed all day and all night long and maya would sit in the courtroom while i testified.

the prosecuting attorneys didn't know what hit them. warrior mom had arrived in amarillo. and it was at the same time that i met dr. phil, who was coaching me on how to behave in the courtroom. and he'd say look in the jurors' eyes. and maya said, no, look above their heads. look above their heads. she'd say look above their heads and stand still inside yourself and know who you are. you are god's child, she told me. and in god you move and breathe and have your being. of course we won that trial. and every other one i faced, she was always there holding me up, holding me up to know myself. to see the light that god already had shining on my face.

yes, i will -- i will miss her. stedman, gayle and i recently came to visit and just sit and be with her. and when i walked into the room, her eyes lit up and she greeted me as she always did in person or on the phone, and she said, hello, you darling girl. she'd taken a liking to the ipad i gave her, and i loved that all of her notes began with oh deario and ended with love, ma, maya angelou. when her mother, vivian baxter, told her at age 17, you know, baby, you may be one of the greatest women i've ever known, she didn't know that she was prophecying what we all know to be true. maya angelou is the greatest woman i have ever known. [ applause ]

in all the ways that only she could define what it means to be in her words a real woman and not just an aging female, but a proud to spell my name w-o-m-a-n kind of woman, she had many daughters throughout the world. stephanie and rosa, matima. her great gift to us is that she made every one of us feel like we were the one. she made us feel heard and seen and loved and special and worthy. you alone are enough, she taught me. and i am the woman i am today because she was. she not only existed as she proclaimed in her poem "tall

trees," she thrived to help other people do the same and indeed, as she said, we can be better and do better because she existed. you know, i still -- i marvel at god. i am just in awe that i, a little colored, then negro girl -- >> an emotional, personal and moving tribute from oprah winfrey. still to speak this morning at the tribute to dr. maya angelou, first lady michelle obama. we'll be right back. here you go. good catch! alright, now for the best part. ooh, let's get those in the bowl. these are way too good to waste, right? share what you love with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes® they're g-r-r-reat!tm that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes,

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will host the global summit to end sexual violence and conflict. at the gathering which is expected to be the largest group ever to convene on the topic of sexual violence, members will spend four days attending formal meetings and public talks to explore issues related to sexual violence and conflict resolution and prevention. co-chaired by william hague and angelina jolie, who is a special envoy for the u.n. high commissioner for refugees, the event illustrates the level international attention such acts of violence against women are receiving. as demonstrated by #bringbackourgirls, the massive online campaign that took off in response to the abduction of more than 276 nigerian girls in april, celebrities, politicians and ordinary citizens are speaking out about violence against women. and these assaults are by no means limited to times of war or acts of terror against a state. in fact, headline after headline

has featured individual acts of terror, horrifying accounts of sexual violence against women across the globe as they go about their day-to-day lives. in morocco in 2012, 16-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and forced to marry her assailant at the request of her friends and family who considered marriage an amicable solution. she later committed suicide. in pakistan on may 27th, the family of pregnant 25-year-old woman beat her to death for refusing to marry a man against their wishes. in 2013, more than 800 pakistani women were victims of honor killings. the very next day, two young girls were raped and hanged in northern india. the teenage cousins had been abducted during a routine trip to local fields which are used as toilets. despite the fact that many victims in india and elsewhere do not report rape for fear of

social should knunning, harassm fame, the family did report the girls missing. so police responded with this question. what is your caste? after hearing the answer, mr. law said the police mocked him and refused to him. but on monday, women in the region took action. protesters marched to the capit capital and called on the government to stop this pervasive violence against women and to spur law enforcement into action. and the police did act. hundreds of police officers turned water cannons on the protesters to drive them back and disband the march. joining me now, foreign policy analyst at "newsweek" and msnbc contributor, amber kahn, senior communications director at women for women, an international organization supporting survivors of war and other

conflicts. also joining me is jessica vao the director and the producer of small, small thing, a documentary about olivia zena, a liberian teen who died from injuries she sustained when she was raped at the age of 7. rula, i want to turn to you first because about a year ago you wrote an article for "the daily beast" about your mother's experience with an incredibly horrific assault. you wrote rape is a hate crime. it is a purely criminal act designed to induce terror. by brutalizing a woman, the intent is to humiliate, degrade and ultimately break her. and as such, it is not only a violent act against an individual, it is violence committed against their family and their children with devastating effects. these assaults horribly damage the lives of the victims, but how do they also impact the broader community? >> they do, and they do in a big way. they impact family, society.

if you think of the connection between economic empowerment of women, if you think how this affect these kind of women, in my case, for example, i became a reporter because i wanted to somehow talk about these issues, a privilege that my mother was denied. as soon as you come out, as you mentioned in the piece before, you come out speaking about these issues, you've been silenced by your community, by your family. look, a year ago, more or less a year ago, the head chief of police in canada said on television if women want to stop being victimized, they should stop dressing like sluts. this is the root and this is the origin of everything. misogyng, just as racism produced violence, sexism and

misogyny produce sexual assault. it has nothing to do with culture, religions, but it happens here in this country on a daily basis. if you think of sandra fluke a year ago or two years ago testifying in front of congress, heads of state called angela merkel said he's unattractive sexually. he called her other names. or the prime minister of australia, abbott, he called another prime minister all kind of names. we should start fighting misogyny and sexism on a daily basis. when it comes to rape, it's already too late. and like women in india said, after what happened in india, don't tell your daughter not to go out but tell your son to behave properly. we need legislation, but we need above all education when it comes to this. >> you made so many great points there. one i just want to pull up and

get you respond to, amber, is about things happening also here in the u.s. that we tend to focus on the rest of the world, but we have the same issues here. in fact just yesterday a wisconsin billionaire, samuel curtis johnson iii, heir to the s.e. johnson and son family pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual assault of his stepdaughter. he faced up to 40 years in prison on initial charges, but based on this plea deal, he'll serve 60 days in jail and just pay a fine. talk to us -- by the way, put this in context with the shooter in california who went on the killing spree. >> i think that's a great piece to bring up, and i think underscoring the importance. i think the global news around india and pakistan sometimes does send this message that this is just over there, it's a problem limited. but the reality is that sexual violence and gender-based violence not only is a weapon of war that the london council, the

event we're going to have next week is going to bring global leaders together to talk about, but it is also an opportunity to have a global conversation at home in places where we don't think it's a problem. but the reality is, it is, because the lack of enforcement, the lack of equity and the way in which a crime is held to account sends a signal, dorian, and you know that. it sends a signal to everyone. it sends a signal to perpetrators, to women and to girls and it sends a signal to institutions and leaders. so when we talk about what we do and what do you make of the voices, i mean women for women came into being because when the revelations of the bosnian rape camps 20 years ago stunned our senses as we saw rape being used as a weapon of war, we decided not to wait for institutions. we decided to connect women here to immediately begin supporting

women who were surviving horrific sexual violence, to sponsor them, to begin to find confidence, find their voice, rebuild their lives and create a network so that they could begin to heal and do more. and the challenge that we have, the challenge we have is that the lack of political attention to holding accountable things we can do to prevent violence, integrate the evidence-based things we know from the field, we know what to do. >> we have a lot more coming up. up next, a gripping documentary about a very difficult story, but one you simply cannot turn away from, and we're still awaiting the first lady at the memorial service for dr. maya angelou. we'll be right back. >> why? >> it's such a touchy issue. i believe that if it had come sooner maybe it would have made a difference but because of the secret they were trying to keep

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>> is so full. b.b., oprah, why did you do that? why did you put me after this? to the family, guy, to all of you, to the friends, president clinton, oprah, my mother, cicely tyson, ambassador young, let me just share something with you. my mother, marian robinson, never cares about anything i do. but when dr. maya angelou passed, she said you're going, aren't you? i said, mom, i'm not really sure. i have to check with my schedule. she said you are going, right? i said, well, i'm going to get back to you, but i'm going to have to check with the people, figure it out.

i came back up to her room and i found out that i was scheduled to go and she said, that's good. now i'm happy. it is such a profound honor, truly a profound honor to be here today on behalf of myself and my husband as we celebrate one of the greatest spirits our world has ever known, our dear friend dr. maya angelou. in the book of psalms it reads, i praise you for i am fearfully and wonderfully made. wonderful are your works. my soul knows very well. my frame was not hidden from you when i was being made in secret. intricately woven in the depths of the earth. what a perfect description of maya angelou and the gift she

gave to her family and to all who loved her. she taught us that we are each wonderfully made, intricately woven and put on this earth for a purpose far greater than we could ever imagine. and when i think about maya angelou, i think about the affirming power of her words. the first time i read "phenomenal woman," i was struck by how she celebrated black women's beauty like no one had ever dared to before. [ applause ] our curves, our stride, our strength, our grace. her words were clever and sassy. they were powerful and sexual and boastful. and in that one singular poem,

maya angelou spoke to the essence of black women, but she also graced us with an anthem for all women. a call for all of us to embrace our god-given beauty. and oh, how desperately black girls needed that message. as a young woman, i needed that message. as a child, my first doll was malibu barbie. that was the standard for perfection. that was what the world told me to aspire to. but then i discovered maya angelou, and her words lifted me right out of my own little head. her message was very simple. she told us that our worth has nothing to do with what the world might say. instead, she said, each of us comes from the creator trailing

wisps of glory. she reminded us that we must each find our own voice, decide our own value, and then announce it to the world with all the pride and joy that is our birthright as members of the human race. dr. angelou's words sustained me on every step of my journey. through lonely moments in ivy-covered classrooms and colorless skyscrapers. through blissful moments mothering two splendid baby girls. through long years on the campaign trail where at times my very womanhood was dissected and questioned. for me, that was the power of maya angelou's words. words so powerful that they carried a little black girl from the south side of chicago all the way to the white house.

[ applause ] and today, as first lady, whenever the term "authentic" is used to describe me, i take it as a tremendous compliment, because i know that i am following in the footsteps of great women like maya angelou. but really i am just a beginner. i am baby authentic. maya angelou, now she was the original. she was the master. for at a time when there were such stifling constraints on how black women could exist in the

world, she serenely disregarded all the rules with fiercely passionate, unapologetic self. she was comfortable in every last inch of her glorious brown skin. but for dr. angelou, her own transition was never enough. you see, she didn't just want to be phenomenal herself, she wanted all of us to be phenomenal right alongside her. [ applause ] so that's what she did throughout her lifetime. she gathered so many of us under her wing. i wish i was her daughter, but i was right under that wing, sharing her wisdom, her genius and her boundless love. i first came into her presence in 2008 when she spoke at a

campaign rally here in north carolina. at that point she was in a wheelchair, hooked up to an oxygen tank to help her breathe. but let me tell you, she rolled up like she owned the place. ro up like she owned the place. she took the stage as she always did, like she'd been born there. and i was so completely awed and overweed by her presence. i could barely concentrate on what she was saying to me. but while i don't remember her exact words, i do remember exactly how she made me feel. she made me feel like i own the place too. she made me feel like i had been born on that stage right next to her. i remember thinking to myself,

maya anglou knows who i am and she's rooting for me. i can do this. that's really true for us all. because in so many ways, maya angelou knew us. she knew our hope, our pain, our ambition, our fear, our pain, our shame. she assured us that despite it all, in fact, because of it all, we were good. and in doing so, she paved the way for me and oprah and so many others just to be our good old black woman selves. she showed us. she showed us that eventually, if we stayed true to who we are, then the world would embrace us.

[ applause ] and she did this not just for black women but for all women. for all human beings. she taught us all that it is okay to be your regular old self, whatever that is. your poor self. your broken self. your brilliant bold phenomenal self. that was maya angelou's reach. she touched me. she touched all of you. she touched people all across the globe. including a young white woman from kansas. who named her daughter after maya and raised her son to be the first black president of the united states. [ applause ]

so when i heard that dr. angelou had passed, i felt a deep sense of loss. i also felt a profound sense of peace. because there is no question that maya angelou will always be with us. because there was something truly divine about maya. i know that now, as always, she is right where she belongs. maher memory be a blessing to us all. thank you. god bless. >> that was first lady michelle obama paying tribute to the late great dr. maya angelou. as we have been talking about sexual assaults against women around the world, dr. angelou's own experience with sexual

assault as a young girl was a key part her life story. so i want to turn back to my panel and ask about how dr. angelou's story and the fear she said she had of speaking out, resonates with the stories we hear of girls around the world today. >> listening to dr. angelou, when i look at the stories and hear from a young woman whose name is arguna. she is from afghanistan. she was married as a child bride at the age of 9. there was a tribal conflict between families. and then her husband was killed. and she was inspired when she found a way to find a network of support with other women. she shared how being able to speak of and think about what she had to offer, how that not only inspired her but inspired

her to dream. today, she's a small business owner in afghanistan, had $30,000 in the bank. reminds me of that. >> it lifted that sense of shame from the victims and put it on the perpetrator. for the first time, people were coming out, around the world, looking at this strong woman speaking about empowerment, about, you know, following your own instincts, about dreaming. dreaming big, not being ashamed of your ambition. but also break the silence. it's time to break the chain silence and put institution in place. whether it's the army, whether it's colleges, whether it's happened in pakistan and afghanistan, and i would like to wonder what the state department and the united states is doing in this summit on tuesday, what is their agenda, what they are going to do about it, what is the policy that will be put in place to fight misogyny -- >> those are the questions to ask. i love that breaking the

silence. i want to thank our guests. we weren't able to speak to your powerful documentary this morning wmorn morning, but we hope we can have you back next week. melissa will be back tomorrow when she'll be joined by barbara boxer, as well as the driving force behind the return of reading rainbow, actor lavar burton. 10:00 a.m. eastern time sunday morning. the latest on the breaking news we told you about earlier. after tracy morgan involved in a serious car crash on the jersey turnpike. it's being called an urgent humanitarian situation. hundreds of children crossing the u.s. border without their parents and more kids are on the move today. the last days gitmo. what happens to the detainees still there when the war officially ends and where will they go? and the handwriting's on the wall so to speak. a new study looks at the affects

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