cobb's bio. he's an associate professor of history and director of the institute of african-american studies. professor cobb is the author of substance of hope. barack obama and the paradox of process. the devil and dave chapelle and other essays, and a freestyle on the hip-hop aesthetic which was a finalist for the national award for arts writing. and he has a book coming up called "antidote to revolution: african-american anti-communism and the struggle for civil rights." mr. cobb has been a featured commentator on msnbc, national public radio, cnnal al-jazeera d a number of other national broadcast outlets, and you have his twitter line there in the program, and you're certainly urged to follow him as well. with that, it's my pleasure, indeed, to introduce professor jelani cobb. thank you. [applause] >> one, i'd like to begin by saying thank you for inviting me. it's an honor to be here. especially as someone who has been attending this conference for a very long time and from the point where

i'm going to rae from are in cobb's bio. associate professor of history and director of the institute of african-american studies. professor cobb is the author of substance of hope. president barack obama the paradox of progress, and to the break of dawn, free-style on the hip-hop ethis tick, a -- esthetic, a finalist for the national awards work for book writing and then the struggle for civil rights. mr. cobb has been a featured commentator on msnbc, national public radio, cnn, al jazeera, and other broadcast outlets and you have his twitter line in the program and you're urged to follow him as well. with that, it's my pleasure to introduce jalony cobb. thank you. [applause] >> one, like to begin by saying thank you for inviting me. it's an honor to be here. especially with someone who has been attending this conference for a very long time, and from the point where i was a fledgling writer trying to learn the ropes and find out how this artistic undertaking worked. so this conference has been key to me in lots of ways ove

have adequate staffing to take care of our own children and to assist with the transition with the cobbildren. the school district says the final word is still a long way off and that parents concerns are duly noted. brent stephenson assistant superintendant san francisco unified has been committed for a number of years to improving special education services in the city. as we have made accessibility to our schools for students with disability we've also needed to adjust our staffing so they follow the students into different schools as they are needed. the school district says it understands the concerns of the parents and says it is committed to the education of all the students in san francisco unified. i'm jeff bush in san francisco, kron four news. we checked into this story after a viewer told us about it. and we'd love to hear from you as well. if you have a tip or a story idea. tell us about it! you can submit your idea on our website. kron four dot com. just look for. the "my kron 4 story" tab. police are investigating yet another pedestiran. hit by a vehicle in san francisco.

cobb is coral.hat did you find when you went under water to look at the coral there on christmas island? >> el nino has impacted coral on christmas eye aisland and the equator in periodic cycles. we can see some of the damaged coral but what dr. cobb does is to look at coral to see how it's grown really over a sentence tree. she can tell when it stops growing because of el ninos so she can tell you when the past el ninos were and how warm the temperature of the ocean was. so, she drills into coral to give us a window into the past future. >> as you know, there is a heated debate about whether all of this trouble is caused by man-made action. what do you say the skeptics who look at some of the research including the flattening of warming over the last 15 years and the recent growth in the arctic ice cap to diminish human impact on climate change? >> i think most people agree carbon dioxide levels are rising and mechanisms. we have known this for 100 years how tu works like a blanket to warm theeth.

civil rights scholar charles cobb describes the role guns played in the form of self protection in the 1960s in this non-violent stuff will get you killed:how guns made the civil rights movement possible. in big money, $2.5 billion, one suspicious vehicle and a pimp on the trail of the ultra rich hijacking american politics, can vogel, a reporter for political report on the impact citizens united decision has had on politics and democracy. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> booktv asks what i you reading this summer? >> i have to say i am a book fan, spendable time in the library and recently found a couple great books i recommended. this is a story about an italian about $0.18, and in egypt he brings out all of the artifacts, historic artifacts from egypt. and brings back the skills and british museum. another thing you have seen, you have seen the movie the monument man, if you have seen the movie, see saving italy. this is by robert edcells, this is a story of saving the art treasures in i

at the table jelani cobb, ari berman, brittney cooper, and dale ho., president of the center for policing equity and professor of social psychology at ucla and the co-author of "seeing black report" that discussed his work with the officials at the department of justice. it's so nice to have you, professor. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to make this clear in relation to the conversation that we were having before about mr. sterling, your research does not show police officers are racist, right? it's something more complicated than that. help folks to understand what your research does tell us. >> well, basically what psychologists are interested in doing generally is showing basic psychological universals. so the research that we've been doing show it's not police that are particularly or peculiarly racially biased, it's everybody. rather than thinking about prejudice as the problem, we start thinking about situations as the solution. both within colleges and communities and within law enforcement as well. >> so part of -- so let's -- let me get

cobb, irvin s. cobb, unser, wrote about henry johnson. let's find out. here we go. page 124. this came out in a newspaper 1918. if ever proof was needed, which is not that the color of a man's skin has nothing to do with the color of his soul, he was offered an abundance. they were soldiers who wore the uniforms with smart pride, expressed a sincere heartfelt inclination to get a whack at their phone. -- foe. as a result of what a black soldiers are going to do in this war, a word that has been uttered billions of times, sometimes in derision, sometimes in hate but which i am sure never felt on black eaters, but they left behind a sting for the heart -- black years under in ears. here after it will merely be another way of spelling the word american. well, obviously that's controversial now in this politically correct culture. and hey, you know, whatever my feelings are about political correctness, i'm going to be damned if i send to the past but that's how people talk. that's what it is. so it is out there vivid, horrible imagery, horrible words, horrible deeds. that's world

but keep an eye if you are up at lakeport or cobb. it's cool for this time of year. what a difference a week makes. 50s and 60s. san jose is only 63 degrees. these are well below average temperatures. should be around 64 to 74. we won't come close to that. out of the west 17 at oakland. concord, 13. that's the direction the wind is coming from. out of the west. fairfield, 16. novato 12. almost everybody is in on this. 14 sfo, hayward, 5. northwest at mountain view -- excuse me. north at mountain view, i expect the breeze to pick up later. why? because there is an area of low pressure. you can see the activity firing up. the low is on its way to northern came and will go over the sierra nevada tomorrow morning, make a stop in las vegas. hang out there and eject out but that's not until wednesday. the national weather service in las vegas talking about very windy conditions probably even on the desert of southern california for tuesday into wednesday. the higher clouds are gone but here comes the low right there. that's the key. it's kind of dry for us. it is firing up

irma cobb. >> good afternoon. thank you for giving me a chance to speak to this issue. i was here last year when it came before you. i live across the street in the same block. and i have watched the work going on over the several months. i have the same question that commissioner matsuda had as to why this work was even started without a permit and i asked it before and i still have not received any response as to why it was done. we are not dealing with people who have just come into san francisco. all of us know we need permits to make any kind of changes. i do remember when we were here last year the question about the windows came up. windows seem to be very important in the block because it took me 6-8 weeks to get approval just to change two windows in the front of my house. so i am wondering if this is a precedent that is being set that work can be done without permit and once it is done, then an appeal for approval is then made. so, i am coming to you to ask questions to see if i can get answers on that. i know that other work that has been done not in this are

civil rights scholar charles cobb describes the role guns mayed as a form of self-rex in the 1960 in "this nonviolent stuff will get you killed." in "big money," on the trail of the ultra rich hijacking american politics, ken vogel, a reporter for politico, reports on the impact the citizens united decision has had on politics and democracy. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for tonight. at 7:30 p.m. eastern, cheryl cashin describes a new vision of opportunity in america. then at 8:45, mike earp and david fisher talk about the u.s. marshals. at 10 on "after words," susan van hand discusses the aftermath of the fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown follow being the the tsunami in japan in 2011. and we conclude at 11 p.m. with doug fine and his book, "hemp bound." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, robert bryce argues that technological innovations have improved the quality of life for humans for c

thailand's cobbs tugal court has just dismissed prime minister yingluck from power. >>> the u.s.sending military support to nigeria to help find more than 200 school girls abducted by boko haram militants. >> word surfaced that eight more girls were kidnapped in eastern nigeria. >>> he says agreements reached during april's geneva talks still have not been implemented. he's also questioning the legitimate of ukraine's may 25th presidential elections. >>> more now on that u.s. offer to help nigeria. >> the u.s. president barack obama says a team of military and law enforcement experts will essentially set up in the capital, they'll open up a coordination cell offering expertise and intelligence. secretary of state john kerry says now there is no time to waste. >> like jonathan was very happy to receive this offer and ready to move on it immediately. and we're immediately engaging in order to implement this, we remain deeply concerned about the welfare of these young girls and we want to provide whatever assistance is possible in order to help for their safe return to their familie

if you're heading to cobb cabo lucas, look out for the waves. >>> memorial day baseball. >> no placeto be than at the ballpark watching the great american pastime. giants go to extend their four-game winning streak. giants honoring the troops for memorial day during the national anthem and before the game taking pictures and heating some of the ladies of the military. good stuff. pick it up in the bottom of the fourth, tied at 1. pablo sandoval. he continues to swing a thun derg bat. two run home run to right. they take a 3-1 lead. top of the fifth. pitcher is surprising hunter pence, pressing a shot over his head. nate schierholtz scores. bohn foss o, safe. they would never give it up. giants lead 8-4. and they had a tough fifth, sixth and seventh inning today. >> innings started getting long. the poor defense goes hand in hand with the pitcher that's struggling a little bit. so a couple balls we didn't handle. and i think that was part of having three straight innings there where we couldn't get three outs right away. >> the a's offense had recently gone missing north of the border

. >> this time, the on-duty psychiatrist has managed to convince the inmate to let captain cobb's officers the cell. now he can receive his much-needed medication. hospital staff now face the unpleasant task of cleaning the inmate's feces-smeared cell. >> put him in the room. do we have an open room? put him in cell four. >> i can't see you. >> across the hall, the psychiatrist is attempting to persuade another inmate to cooperate with medical staff. >> we need to come in, give you some medications. >> nope, not taking no medications, you ain't coming in. >> medical staff are now left with no choice than to hand over the situation to the prison security staff. >> i'm captain carl. i'm the custody operations captain. >> the inmate is refusing to remove the mattress which is blocking the cell door and security staff fear he may be planning to use his metal food tray as a weapon. >> i'm going to give you one more opportunity to comply with staff instructions. i want you to take the coverings down, turn around and submit to mechanical restraints. >> do what you got to do. >> medical staff stan

i also want to thank professor hendricks, professor cobb, professor marc lamont hill, and as importantly, want to thank all of you for attending here today. certainly your comments, your attendance, your participation is fantastic. thank you very much, we'll be having another panel coming up in about 20 minutes and have a great rest of the day. thank you now. [applause] >> give all our panelists a big hand. once again, our panelists a big hand. [applause] a few things. if you want to get a copy of this discussion, there are tapes outside about this discussion. they'll be available a little bit later. so that's available. also very quickly, very quickly, the authors will be doing book signings in the book-signing room. so we've got a book signing scheduled in the room. all right? and finally, the john oliver reading series is in our auditorium next door in the edison jackson auditorium next door. and finally, there are tickets left for the fund fundraiser to. tickets are left for the fundraiser tonight if you want to attend. just go to the front desk, and they'll let you know. thank you s

but particularly the one i would focus on is suburban cobb county. it's a republican strong hold there northwest of atlanta. in 2010 handel beat her opponents 2-1. also keep your eyes on gwyneth county which was a bellwether county in 2010. the exact order of finish is what gwinnett had there. diehl had a little more of a foothold in that county and allowed him to overperform a bit and sneak into the runoff. ultimately you just watch those two counties and you'll know who makes the runoff. that brings us to today's republican race for the u.s. senate. joining me from capitol hill, republican congressman jack kingston. congressman, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning to you guys. >> so, you know, we're all characterizing this as establishment versus tea party and you and david purdue, karen handel on one end of the spectrum. are we oversimplifying this in your mind? >> well, i think you are because the georgia republican primary base right now is somewhat split up. it's a lively dynamic conservative family, if you will, and it's very hard to pin

. >>> next -- we used to have a guy working here that was lee cobb's son, jerry cobb. >>> next, the fastood nation may be about to go on strike. a quick check of what's happening in the european markets right now. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. >>> welcome back. time for today's "

took years to report a faulty ignition switch in 2.6 million chevrolet cobb alts and other cars. the problem which cut off engines, disabled air backs, power steering and breaks is liked to 13 deaths. >> general motors received briefings about the safety-related defect. g.m. engineers knew about it. g.m. investigators few about the defect. g.m. lawyers knew about the defect. but g.m. did not act to protect americans from the defect. >> under a concept agreement with transportation officials g.m. must pay a $35 million fine, the maximum allowable. a fine of $7,000 a day until g.m. answers 107 detailed questions, and the company must make significant and wide-raping internal changes to safety reviews in the u.s. >> it's unfortunate that it took 13 deaths and numerous injuries and a cover up for g.m. to pay attention. >> regulators are pushing congress to increase the maximum allowable fines to $300 million. critics say for a $155 billion, that's not close to enough. >> it should be at least a billion. because toyota paid $1.2 billion for unintended acceleration, and this is a clear

mother bear and cobb shared was a tie as bonds and nature were of the most frightening if you literallyut one into by accident. i beckoned toward her eyes had a sort of feeling and should not madonna with her front. native just a caught body shows what happens next when army wife wearing the hon hurrahs and may 18th on a trail at joy base, north and a larger set alaska when she saw caught immediately my thoughts were where is the mother. another brown bear like this abutting slashing after digging her by the side where oliver laying there telling myself us and this is a pretty much all on one to die this is a. amazingly and she actually it stumbled to her feet after the attack caught the eye of sgt passing his truck burst. she credits the survival to of the shredded it learned that i played dead unless i could i did not relate make a noise or scream. what but officers right here in homestead say x absolutely the right thing to do with a species she faced a moscow. thus, big- is and not fractures or monday everyone they can never underestimate the power of nature. turning to world news s

we're back with professor cobb, julian malveaux, and walter kimbro.eaux, let me start with something you wrote in an article for "essence." i used you for a fair amount of research, so thank you for that. you talk about parent plus loans and what changes to the loan program that particular loan program in this country, what that has meant for hbcus. you wrote, parent plus loans are awarded based on a parent's credit score. with little notice, in october 2011, the department of education tightened the application of credit rules, making it more difficult for parents with less than perfect credit reports to be approved for the loan. what has that changed? seemingly innocuous change to some, perhaps. what has that change meant for historically black colleges and universities specifically? >> because the generational wealth gap, it meant people didn't have resources to fall back on to basically take care of their children. they might have had a -- now, if your late was on your mortgage payment but you still paid the tuition, that should not have been a pr

last time it was about cobb discussions.ormer players filed a lawsuit allegedly saying the league supplied them with painkillers to get them back on the field. a former nfl receiver and now president of academy securities. thank you both for being here. so phil, i want to ask you first because you say you don't support this lawsuit. why not? >> i did not say that i don't support it. all i said is that i didn't have the same experience that some of these other players are currently having. when i played unfortunately for me i didn't have injuries which had me get shot up before games. although i did see from time to time not with the new york giants but with other teams i played with, i saw trays of needles and guys being injected before they went out on the field. >> is that what this is about, steve, those trays of needles, those shots, those pills? how serious a problem was this according to these players? >> it's a very serious problem and our clients' lives have been decimated as a result of the nfl putting profits befor

if you can stick around, we'll cobb back to you in the next hour.e questions about the cambodian air space and more. see you in about an hour. >> talk to you soon. >> thank you. >>> again, the woman at the center of the donald sterling scandal, we are hearing more from her. she's not just defending the troubled nba owner, she's calling herself his best friend and silly rabbit. it keeps getting more and more bizarre. we have it for you. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. new at&t mobile share value plans. our best value plans ever for business. top of the mornin' to you, sir. this is no time for lollygaggin', lad. but we love lollygaggin'. we do. but it's a battlefield out there! you know the chickweed is surrounding yer sidewalk an

it's a great sacrifice to not have to be able to eat cobb sol ladd about the polo lounge. >> i wouldn'that. that's about you hoity-toity, begala. >> see you at the motel 6. >> that's why they brought you in for this segment. >> i'm going to start calling you tony begala. paul, thank you for your perspective as always. >> neither of you are invited to the motel 6 anymore. >>> coming up next on "new day," the desperate search for the nigerian school girls stolen by terrorists. more kidnap pings reported this morning. can the united states help save the girls? we'll hear from the state department live. and what those acids can dohe a, to the enamel. there's only so much enamel on a tooth, and everybody needs to do something about it now if they want to preserve their teeth. i recommend pronamel because it helps strengthen the tooth and makes it more resistant to acid breakdown. we want to be healthy and strong through the course of our life, and by using pronamel every day, just simply using it as your toothpaste, you know you will have that peace of mind. when laquinta.com sends him a rea

speaker, today i rise to honor the life of martin cobb. an 8-year-old boy from richmond, virginia, who was taken from us way too soon. he was killed in a heinous act while trying to protect his 12-year-old sister from a violent attacker. , martin very beginning was a fighter against all odds, surviving open heart surgery at 3 months old when the doctors believe he was going to make it. martin was a student at elizabeth redd elementary school and he enjoyed the kind of things that most kids grow fond of. playing with toy cars, riding his bike around the neighborhood. martin didn't have a father at home and so his mother referred to him as the man of the house. as a loving son and brother, relatives say he had the heart of a lion. we'll always remember him as a true family man, someone who loved his sister so much that he gave his life to protect her . in the face of grave danger, his only thought, his only instinct was to help his sister . at 8 years old he may have been small in stature, some say he looked no older than 4 or 5, but in his