we will speak with malcolm suber , cofounder of take 'em down nola. in a partial victory for the haitian-american community, the department of homeland security extends temporary protected status for tens of thousands of haitians who fled their country after the devastating 2010 earthquake. >> over 50,000 haitians, some who have been living in the u.s. for average of seven and a half builtyears, who have their families and homes and businesses here, are facing deportation to haiti. is notas we know, equipped and ready to absorb all of these refugees. amy: as haitians a bit extension should be longer, we will speak with new york city councilmember jumaane williams, who represents one of the largest populations of haitians in the united states. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in manchester, england, at least 22 people were killed in a bombing at a concert arena at the end of a performance by american pop star ariana grande. dozens more were wounded in the explosion, wh

amy: malcolm suber, if you could respspond to the mayor of new orleans? >> of course, they say if you really do believe mayor landrieu, if you really do believe that we can't wait and we should get rid of all of these statues, then you have got to extend that reached to get rid of all of them. let's go for it with a desk afford with a clean slate. let's get rid of all of the confederate street names and confederate names on our schools , and the rest of the confederate statues. we just believe there is some inconsistency in the mayor's position. if you really believes what he says and is that just putting words out for public consumption, then he should join take 'em down nola andnd put a titimetable as to when n we woud geget these thinings done. then we can celelebrate and go forward and talk about beginning to really address the many problems of the black community, including 50% male unemployment, including 50% of our children living in poverty, and of course, new orleans is the most incarcererated place in the ente world. juan: i want to ask about th