i'm your host marc lamont hill. on this edition of "our world with black enterprise," we go inside the black church. is the cornerstone of the black community still relevant? that's what's going on in our world starting now. ♪ for centuries many considered the black church a pillar of spirituality, culture and politics. now, mega churches are redesigning the landscape gaining thousands of followers and collecting millions in tithes with what some are calling a gospel of prosperity. critics argue that the church has lost its true purpose with pastors opposing to trade their closeness with the community for political and sometimes personal influence. but is the church still relevant or is it on life support? here to discuss this is senior minister of united church of christ. dr. deforest, senior pastor of the first baptist church of lincoln gardens. and the chair of african-american studies at princeton university. gentlemen, thank you for being here. there's been so much talk over the last year or two that the black

i'm marc lamont hill. this week, on the road with talented songwriter ne-yo, and an epidemic with deadly consequences. that's what's going on in "our consequences. that's what's going on in "our world" starting now. captions made possible by the u.s. department of education and central city productions, inc. >>> r&b sensation ne-yo is >>> r&b sensation ne-yo is riding the wave of his fourth successful album. in this all-access interview, he shares why he's mixing things up and what's in his future that fans will love. welcome. congratulations are in order. not too long ago you had a little baby girl. right? >> yeah, yeah. shout out to madeleine grace. she's probably asleep, but, yeah, i'm a proud papa. >> another birth of sorts, a new album. >> yes. >> tell me about it. >> based off a short story i wrote of the same name. lib ra scale. and the story beckons the question, if you had to choose between love versus money, power, and fame, which way would the scales tip for you as a person? ♪ ♪ >> did you see y

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unrelated shootings in the past 24 hours, including a fatal shooting in east oakland. 33-year-old lamont smith was shot to damage around 8:30 last night. police believe the father of two was walking to the store when he was gunned down on the 1300 block of 65th avenue. two hours later another shooting. this one at mcarthur boulevard and seminary avenue. one man was injured and listed in serious condition tonight. more gunfire, this time 1:00. police say a 24-year-old san leandro man was shot as he attended a vigil for another shooting victim, killed earlier this week. 27-year-old dameon laramore was shot to death thursday night. no arrests have been made in any of these shootings. police have offering rewards for information in all of those cases. >>> the oakland police department criticized for excessive use of force in a deadly shooting just last month opened their front doors today and unveiled a piece of equipment they call "critical" in their training. john sasaki live in oakland with that story. >> reporter: mike at opd headquarters officered explains to residents and the media tod

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. >> reporter: north of l.a., in lamont, california, the last of the rain flooded an irrigation canal120 households were told to evacuate. as the rain moved east, it fell as heavy snow in the mountains, closing the main highway to las vegas for five hours, hampering the search for a missing snowboarder in tahoe-- her body was found today. this nasty storm created nasty conditions across the west. heavy snow in washington, snowy whiteouts in new mexico. >> it's crazy. it's freezing cold. >> reporter: subfreezing temperatures blanketed the sierra, and brought wild weather to usually mild arizona. >> i didn't know it snowed in flagstaff, arizona, or arizona, period. >> reporter: kids liked it. the departing storm has left california waterlogged and weary. in mud-caked highland, the martinez family, who used all their savings to save their home from foreclosure, now may lose it to mud. >> it's a disaster. we're not going to be able to move back in the house. >> reporter: damage to this highland community now estimated at $17 million. almost no one here has flood insurance, and they have n

may not well they are famous to such famous politicians as mr christiane of just in and sort of mr lamont of mystic is part of their well known politicians usually people have different attitudes towards them they have so to say their own electorate but they're also public figures but the greatest resource is the resource we don't talk about that these are talented people from our country that's where future presidents prime ministers and deputies are now our country has a lot of talented political. by key you still say things in official political system is one thing but at the same time. street politics is being promoted having most disastrous consequences as we have recently seen you said that we must not allow such a mass happening on the streets and on the whole it worked could you tell me for police response is enough in a situation like this. after the cheerio. the answer is obvious of course not the police must work precisely quickly and effectively in some cases acting harshly and according to the law i think that today are going to tear soon to be known as the police have demons

police believe the least one of those was an innocent bystander. 33 year-old lamont smith was one of those killed, his in says the violence to stop. >> young people, you need to stop. there is not on the yen getting shot. what about the families? cut it out. cut it out. please get it out. >> only two other shootings have been solved. >> petaluma police have identified right of way violations as the leading cause of traffic violations. this year there have been one of four right away conditions although this type of collisions are down 10%, they still l # >> as the number of crashes. uc-berkeley students are fed up with tickets for riding bikes. one student was issued to a $20 ticket for locking his bicycle to a real incentive to buy crack. angry students have protested and said that a facebook gauge the universe is as it did not no fines or so steep and toes started getting the templates. there is a law requiring traffic fines to be the same. >> very light as we approach 6:00 a.m.. the kid morning, peek at the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we head into rainy week, t

investigating three unrelated shootings since last night and once of them was fatal. 33-year-old lamont smith was shot to death around 8:30 last night. police believe the father of two was walking to the store when he was gunned down on 65th avenue. two hours later a man was shot at macarthur boulevard. >>> then around 1:00 this morning, more gunfire in oakland. a 24-year-old man was shot on the 2400 block of 21st street. police say he was at a vigil for a recent shooting victim. no arrests have been made. police are offering rewards for information in all of the cases. >>> a critical test sponsored by the federal government was held today in the peninsula where participants were judged on sense and agility. 60 search dog teams from across the nation took part in today's fema sponsored search dog fest and training. -- test and training. it took place in east palo alto. the dogs searched through concrete and wood and rubble. once the victim was found, the dogs are trained to bark repeatedly. >> we don't know when the next earthquake is going to happen, but you need to be ready for it whe

police believe one of those injured was an innocent bystander waiting for a bus. 33 year-old lamont smithas the one of the people who were killed. his chances that this violence is the stock. >> young people like you guys need to stop. think of the families that have to go through this cut this out please cut this out. >> of those eight shootings, only to have been solved. >> well city hall is that that that the holidays badly at all had their lead to job. a little bit of the breeze at the city hall tonight. visibility is not better run the bay area no problems with the fog get but that will change after midnight. here is a view of the golden gate bridge from this afternoon. where we did manage to squeak in a little bit of sunshine. after a day that featured an abundance of fog and low tolerance. that will be the theme for tonight and tomorrow. lots of clouds and fog. tonight and tomorrow morning it will be a similar start in the day as we had today. mostly cloudy skies and fog that could reduce visibility's. for the afternoon some sunshine mixed into the sun fog. eventually leading up to

the players are provided by the front line safe project, sherry lamont, a catholic, started the grassrootsst spring after learning service members go months without access to a chaplain, the group, hanking out nearly 7000mp3s so far. >> the soldiers in the field, you know, once they get it, they want their best friend to have it, too, and the feedback that we're getting is i get to hear a mass every day, or i get to hear these prayers. >> reporter: the army sends all its active duty chaplains are filled but it needs 300 more for the army reserve and national guard and has only 100 catholic priests to go around. the front line is many of the religious organizations providing help not only for soldiers but chaplains as well, groups like military ministry and providing spiritual belief to soldiers living in the reality of war. >>> the players cost $24 each. to donate, go to front line project.org. kelly. megyn: a man says he found the virgin mary and baby jesus in a piece of candy! we'll show it to you, next. i'm off to the post offic.. ok. uh, a little help... oh! you know shipping is a lot

mark lamont hill set this off, now this other host said a couple days ago that he saw christy the otherust be 300-plus. you are not going some say i'm going to cut the budget and people will say saw about starting with supper. >> this is why i love neil today have you controversy. he's one of the smartest people in the business and he's dead on. to criticize chris christie because of the amount of his skin is absurd. he's actually bringing the budget back to reality. he's taking on a lot of the sacred cows. he's made a lot of people angry. when people like that unnamed talk shope host and we all know who we are talking about, he makes ridiculous and condescending comments it shows he doesn't have anything to hit governor christie over in terms of substance. he's just going to take him off about his appearance. as a person who has struggled with my own weight for so much of my adult life, i think it's one of the most to me ridiculous kinds of things to attack people for. i would like to believe this country really has more problems than how much the governor of new jersey weighs. megyn:

nancy lamont. has my favorite christmas album "just in time for christmas." $17. hers at nan dd dcnancylamott.co. i have had more people say where did you get that. this is tflur did he leer sterling silver ring from hopemademiracles.com. the last thing before we get to hoda's book, kringle candles. they're all white, magnificent smells. all under $20. same gentleman that started y k yankee candle. i have them and my house smells delicious. lastly, hoda's book which is still available, apparently. it was on "the new york times" best-seller list. i forgot this ornament available at lord & taylor designed because of a story that i wrote, a little poem. 20% of all of the proceeds go to cassidy's place. >> on to me. we've got the royal rivera pears and -- harry and david. >> normally i take my favorite magtag blue cheese from my hometown. it is a guilty gift. sugar cookies are my weakness. they come in all holiday, birthdays, it is easy. gourmetcookiebouquets.com. those are like $47 but you can order like four cookies and it is less. favorite haines family game, crani

>> my dear friend nancy lamont died about 1 years ago.first and next thing you know, i lost it and my whole family knew exactly why. >> she's a good friend of yours. >> everybody loved her. and she lives on in her music. i'm so grateful for that. i'm sorry, everybody. >> that's a beautiful song. it's called "just in time for christmas." >> yes. >> okay. >> if you can keep that on in the background. >> especially because what's next is talking about -- it was a bunch of drunks caroling. trying to get some money. they sang until people gave them money. if they didn't get money, they threw rocks at the house. >> i know! this is something nice. >> it is called a mistletoe margari margarita. >> i thought you weren't supposed to eat berries? >> these are okay. >> these look like the kind you're not supposed to eat. >> these are -- stop it -- family circle magazine tequila, but they don't say what the berries are. >> they're probably cranberries. mm, that's delicious. >> kind of tart. >> so what kind of gifter are you? ebay put out a survey. i'm

recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee and soon to be chairman, my friend, congressman lamont smith from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i was interested in your opening statement, because i didn't realize what you had done in the georgia legislature to help address this problem. that was much appreciated and i am glad to hear you say a state law had been the results of your efforts. mr. chairman, let me thank the winds for -- at our last hearing for their patience. i regret we were unable to hear from you the last time, but we appreciate your efforts to be here today. errors in the foreclosure process are inexcuseable and undermine the due process rights of borrowers. there does not appear to be any intent. the documents are related town acceptable but cureable documentation defects. mortgage servicers will be held ablingt accountable for their mistakes, the larger problem is how to end the foreclosure crisis. we seem to be stuck in a dilemma of the housing crisis and foreclosure process. the housing industry, which amounts to almost one-sixth of the u.s. eco