not the african-american candidate. i am not running for president of black america. i want to that read and write after that the feminism said you are a feminist, you are a woman, she said no, back off. i'm not a woman candidate either. i'm an american can date. in so many aspects she sort of prefigured the same positions obama later took. >> was she kind of demonized for that? for not being in any one camp? >> i think that the electorate understood the pragmatic value of that when you are trying to have a national constituency as opposed to a local one so she unquestionably took heat from that. >> you are familiar with what is going on now with the obama senate seat and the controversy surrounding senator byrd -- burris. so there has been a call from ministers and some politicians to just let whoever is in the seat, now it is a black seat. what are your thoughts about that? >> i don't think it's a black seat. obviously it is a state wide seat and you have to have a statewide constituency but i think that more african-

, a young south african, 28. and he married a young african-american woman from chicago. this chapter begins basically when barack obama is about to accept the nomination for president at the 2008 convention in denver. and there's a group of people, about 10 people, mostly black but not all. some blacks and white, a few arab. and were watching television as barack obama takes the stage. and this young man, lee, is watching. and he is -- everyone else is sort of celebrating. they erupt into celebration. and lee is not celebratory. he's sort of looking pensively with his head on his hands on his knees. almost like he's worried. and i describe this later on in the conversation about this sort of moment and why he was looking so pensively at the event everybody was watching. i'll read from -- i'll start fraegd here. -- reading from here. materially very little has changed for his black countrymen since they vanished white minority rule in the first election. unemployment is higher than ever. economic disparities have

far with african-american culture.here is some populations who do change the names. i was wondering, how do you see that as playing a role, developing and american ethnicity with african influence in our desired. so bill cosby made a comment and set in the same breath that you can make it by changing her name to funny african names. think of obama. i was wondering if you can comment on that. >> yeah, i think obama dramatically put the lives of atomicity to argument. but to a certain extent, you know, i understood where cosby was coming from because i had a very anti-intellectual response to when michael dukakis ran. you know, i said, americans aren't ready to vote for somebody named dukakis because it's too ethnic. you know, and i may or may not have been relevant at all in dukakis' campaign. but i had that same reaction. so i understand where you're coming from. it obviously, we are evolving beyond that particular hangout. >> is amazing. so many rules were broken. well, now i will say, thank you so much for coming and

until every one comes home. ♪ >>> back with more of our discussion on african-american history.ted to follow up to something else. >> yes, just a very brief observation, that our children's behaviors in some respects an outgrowth of my generation's behavior, those of us who were part of the civil rights movement actually took the position, quite frankly, far too many of us did, that we have, in fact, overcome these barriers. we don't want to burden the children down with all these negative stories about our past. let us send them off to experience the american dream, and so children actually have been following that kind of path, and i think we, as adults kind of veterans of the civil rights movement have to take responsibility for our failure to not continue to tell the story, and keep the story and n the minds of the young people. >> i'm not so sure it's failure but i think very young people need context. there was a little incident at a party, a daughter we gave for her, mixed races invited, mixed crowd. a young black girl wanted to play with some white kids at one point and

alabama is 25% african-americans and i think we are probably one of the few states in the cell for african-americans in the house of representatives reflect the number. >> i think they are the-- stayed in the country. >> you talk about this in the book come as a result of this bi-racial, quiet feeling where you have one african-american going to speaker clark in saying listen, this is the demographics. you know, we think we deserve this amount of the african-american legislation. i am sorry, african-american representatives. there is disagreement as to whether not that was progress. you talk about paul huppert and joe reed, paul hubbard would say it created a more republican district by joe read will say listen we got 25% of african-americans reflecting the population in the states of those are two examples of what went on behind the scenes and we were told don't get into a lot of the details. you will have to read the book but those are two examples that stick out because those are to example set for reference on the panel. >> that one case you mentioned about the two federal black judges, that was

he knew how african-american culture in barber shops and beauty shots, he understood the african-american church, not just the nation of islam but the black church as well. so when we think about malcolm x, he becomes a very important figure but not just do some kind of prophet of rage or some kind of icon. he's actually an important grassroots local organizer, not just in new york but in detroit and chicago and in other places as well. >> host: and long after his death, he had become enough of an american figure to get a postage stamp. >> guest: certainty that there is certainly a rehabilitation of malcolm x that has occurred over the last, let's say, 20 years that we start with spike lee's film, malcolm x in 1992, the reissue of the autobiography of malcolm x and even the standard but even barack obama and barack obama's autobiography, dreams of my father, he says that he admired mao comes self determination ability to re-create himself. so when we think about malcolm x, he is the quintessential self-made african-american man of the postwar period. >> host: and embraced regardless of wh

judges, two african-american judges. this is good. to african-american judges that senator heflin nominated and obviously appointed. and when you go back and you look at, you know, judge clement, judge thompson, and you see that they were appointed, you see that there is a controversial senate hearing. and fred gray was appointed as well, but in the book you can see what happened. and that's what you see. deployment and the hearing, and they're confirmed. but you don't see what our colleague, john lagrange referred to as that great know. how did it come about that? we're talking that two black judges being appointed, in 19, what, late 1970s? two, and how did that come about? and the example of, and this is what we'd and some of the others that were talking about, is that they were african-american leaders who went to heflin and said listen we need some black judges on this bench. and the way they approached these politicians, in a very quiet manner. they laid out the rationale for wanting what they need, and heflin for t

and that came kind of a catchphrase guardian, particularly among african-americans. you cite this and say that as emotionally powerful as these words may be, they make for poor history. explained that. >> guest: absolutely. the whole notion of rosa parks has become this iconic in the story of the civil rights story. and it is the heroic period and what i mean by that is may 17, 1954, to august 6, 1965. and that encompasses the. from the brown desegregation court decision all the way to the signing of the voting rights act by lyndon johnson. and in between, what we are told both as students and as a nation in terms of popular imagination is that there's all kinds of cities and marches and demonstrations that occur. but they are really done by these famous iconic people. basically it is rosa parks who just was so tired that she refused to get up from the bus in montgomery, alabama, and sparked the bus boycott. and basically a young preacher who, even the president referred to, during the election as this young preacher from george which is dr. martin luther king junior

he knew how african-american culture and a barber shops and beauty shops, she understood the african-american church on just the nation of islam but the black church as well so we think about malcolm x. he becomes a very singularly important figure but not just as some kind of profit of rage or icon. he's actually an important grass-roots local organizer and not just in new york but in detroit and chicago and other places as well. >> host: and long after his death becomes a enough of an american figure to get a postage stamp. >> guest: certainly there's a rehabilitation of malcolm x that has occurred over the last 20 years. we start with spike lee's film malcolm x in 1992 the issue of the autobiography of malcolm x and also the stamp. but even barack obama, and barack obama's autobiography, dreams for my father, he expresses admiration for malcolm x and says he admired malcolm x.'s self-determination and ability to recreate himself. so when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x is the quintessential self-made african-american man of the post war period. >> host: and embraced regardless where yo

he knew how african-american people in barbershops, beauty shots, he understood the african-american church, not just the nation of islam, but the black church as well. so when we think about malcolm x, he becomes a very singularly important figure, but not just as some kind of positive rage for some kind of icon. he's actually an important grassroots local organizer and not just in new york and detroit and in chicago and in other places as well. >> host: and long after his death, he had become enough of an american figure to get a skip, postage stamp. >> guest: certainly. there's certainly a rehabilitation of malcolm x has occurred over the last 20 years. we start with spike lee's film, malcolm x in 1992. the reissue of the autobiography of malcolm x and also the stamp. but even barack obama, barack obama's autobiography, dreams from my father, he expresses admiration for dr. max. he said he admired his self determination and ability to re-create himself. so when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x is really the quintessential self-made african-american man of the postwar period. >>

i was one of the few african-american fans, perhaps the only african-american family to ride the wave of millions of of why to left urban america at the time to go to the suburbs. at the same time many african-american for coming off the land of rural america and going to the cities. so i thought very unique, i felt caught in between. i think two groups almost like two sides and it was a time period that was pre-multiculturalism, and so i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white. rather than african-american. >> one of the first part of your book is you have a couple different sections, the first one called straddling the fence. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american male growing up in a predominantly white area of suburban philadelphia's? >> it was tough. i don't think i did. i think i still wrestle with that. the impact of that time period. i grew up with people who very good friends of mine. i still have great friends from that time period. but they held numerous stereotypes about african-americans. i was fortunate both

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in the front of an african-american name. and i remember very much one afternoon i was sitting in my office, it was a rainy afternoon. this good friend of mine, a well-educated african-american preacher came in, and we were talking. and he said, you know bubba, you must understand how we feel. he said, if i were to -- if i were to go out on that street and i were to fall down on the street, a cop would come over and he would be me with his billy a couple times and say just just another drugmaker. and said they would let me live there that i they would tony angelo upon a day or two later they would bother to find out if there's anything really wrong with me. but if you walk out there and you fell on the street, they would call an ambulance just like that. i went into politics in the state legislature in the late 60s, and i campaigned and met with african-americans and other support. i had to be very careful about because there was still that, you know, that racism baiting out there. whether you like it. and still to a certain

today in the southern african neighboren of malawi, a man was arrested for hanging posters which read gay rights are human rights. gay sex is illegal in malawi, punishable by u to 14 years in jail. malawi, which recently assumed the presidency of the african union, has also drawn international attention for its prosecution of a gay couple who married in a traditional wedding ceremony. so, to take a wider look at the issue of gay right us s in afri we are joined by the director of the lesbian, gay, gender and intersex rights initiative at the open society institute and he joins us from washington, d.c. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> so, we just heard that homosexuality is illegal in malawi witmall lou -- malawi. are there anti-gay laws and how are they enforced? >> the example in malawi is very common in africa there are 31 africa countries that still criminize homosexual conduct and there are efforts to even introduce more onerous criminal statutes in a number of countries that have come up over the last couple of years. for example,

. >> guest: the staff is almost all african-american, but the -- and the doctor who owns it is african-americanc-span: because you write a lot about race in your book and -- and what's going on in "pc, m.d. medicine and all this, do you see much racismin your clinic? >> guest: no. i see -- no, i don't see much racism. c-span: do you si -- see much racial politics in your clinic? >> guest: not as it -- not as far as the relationship between the -- the counselors and -- and me and the patients go. c-span: do you see a lot of what you're talking about in your book in the clinic? >> guest: actually, what i see -- yes. what i talk about in my book is really an effort to -- well, the book is -- is really an expose of -- of what i call political correctness in medicine, the -- the idea that disease and even behavioral dysfunction are primarily caused by social injustice and that doctors and especially public health professionals should take on social justice as a mission. i -- i reject that, but that's -- that's this trend i call political correctness. and i -- and i see it in many venues. i don't see

africans from south america. a more diverse african-american community. it's not going to be an african-american community where everybody has the same sort of historical lineage. tavis: we ain't all going to be from mississippi and georgia, in other words? >> exactly. and with hispanics also, they're coming from all sorts of countries. the same thing in the asian community and with the anglo community. more and more people from different places. more and more mixtures of kinds of people than we've ever seen about. tavis: how does that connect to the fact that we then become a more interracial society? >> i define the united states as a multiracial superpower. it will be the first society in the world to really be a multiracial country on a large scale and in incredible diversity. one out of five by 2050 may be of more than one racial background. certainly we already see in the surveys tremendous changes in views, for instance, about interracial marriage. if you compare millennials, young people now with people over 65 you go from about 40% who favor inte

african support continues to this day. the logic has not changed. >> a double standard justice -- one for poor and one for rich. 14 bigger nations and one for small nations. now >> there is more pressure on sudanese president omar al- bashir. the appeals court has decided the icc should reconsider bringing genocide charges, along with existing indictment of war crimes and crimes against humanity. the prosecution believes that the president ordered his forces to commit genocide against the ethnic groups in darfur. they formed the backbone of the rebelli against a government that began in 2003. 13 foreign ngo's -- the president went on to our. now the possibility of a new genocide charge is likely to infuriate it even further. >> in a few minutes, we'll get reaction from a renowned sudanese author. david? >> thank you. three americans described as military personnel are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy headed into a girls' school in northwest pakistan. at least 70 people, 63 of them were spero gischoo

the truth is they weren't as many african-american women as i thought.had to get to the bottom of why, and i couple of questions. the mayor of atlanta who was maybe in her late '50s when she got elected mayor but she has worked for the previous two mayors as write-in person that she had been terrific. but i asked her why didn't she runs in and she said i don't know. i was waiting to be asked. i talk to the people said i just don't like asking for money. or alternatively, we are prioritizing the things we choose to do in our lives. most women i know are doing that every single day and they are choosing to devote themselves to the families, doing public service of the ways. or they don't choose elective office as the path. the truth is there are african americans, now ran for statewide tourney general is an example. but you know there are things that you give up if you choose. as she points out very candidly that she doesn't have kids and she is not married and that explains in part why she didn't devote herself for this pic in order to break through you h

it's also forcing chinese firms to create safe working environments for their african employees. while critics say these requirements undermine south africa's economic growth, local construction firms say these measures help them remain competitive in an increasingly global marketplace. shannon van sant, "nightly business report," johannesburg. >> tom: and finally tonight, if you've ever struggled to tear open one of those teeny ketchup packets you get at the fast food drive-through, help is on the way. heinz is rolling out a new packet shaped like a cup. you can peel the top back to dip your fries, or tear off the end to squeeze the stuff onto your burger or fries or corn dog. heinz says the new packaging holds three times as much as the old one did, and it's even been road tested. suzanne, the company bought a used mini-van to see how the packets work on the go. let's face i as the parents of young kids you've got to figure out if those packets are going to work in their native environment, inside the minivan. >> and you know as the parent of young kids that more ketchup inside

the truth is there are african-american women. the d.a.n san briscoe running for statewide attorney-general is an example but there are things that you give up if you choose these pious as she points out. very candidly she doesn't have kids and doesn't -- she is of merit and that explains why she cannot devote herself to this and that in order to break through you have to be singularly focused in a way that women often don't have the luxury to be so that's part of the reason why you don't see as many women doing this. and that when you do nancy pelosi or hillary clinton are people who have already raise their children, people who have done their lives in serial fashion instead of once. the truth is men don't have the same sorts of choices that they have to make. so that is what the story i came up with and along the way there are other bits and pieces that came up and there are folks out there but i did think about of a lot and try to figure out how to get to the bottom and that is the best i could come up with. >> before a future book per

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so, hence, for the time you have to say he is our first african- american president.reciate the caller getting at this idea that sometimes -- no boxes is the way to live. sometimes we are kind of categorizing each -- everybody and racial mixture is a lot more different than a simple check mark. host: in terms of historical president, john f. kennedy being the first catholic president or the other things -- the first president to not have attended college. as the years go by these things become less and less important. guest: i think they do become less and less important. we are in a time where we will have a woman president soon, a jewish demint -- jewish president, a mormon president. i do not think it matters as much as it used to. it does not mean we did not know about it or they have not had to overcome obstacles. hillary clinton has overcome a lot of bias. mitt romney has had to grapple with being a mormon in a very difficult way at times. it matters, but it seemed to be nattering less and less to younger generations, which is a good thing. host: at this tweet f

the african-american numbers, overall, about 16.5%. for black men, it's over 17%.o the president, it's good that he's addressing jobs. you know, he mentioned that in the state of the union address. but soon he's going to have to really talk about the disparity. you know, why is african-american unemployment going up, while everyone else's is going down? i think that's very important and the administration will have to tackle this. >> you know, it's interesting, david, every time he's asked that question, he really ducks it. he always says, well, look, this isn't -- we need to work on the overall situation and it will help everybody, but he ducks it. do you think we're going to come to a point where he can't duck this anymore? >> i think he will. i mean, look, you had the black caucus come out last year and really, you know, take on the president and say, look, you have to address the african-american community. you know, what works for everyone else doesn't seem to be working for our community. so i think he will have to, you know, really be very specific about wha

i'm not one day african-american and one day female, i'm both all the time. so i'm always trying to address those, and there's times where you can get overwhelmed in trying to address all of those communities. >> bonnie: sexism can be a roadblock when it comes to promotion and compensation for women in technology jobs. almost half of women in computer-related jobs say gender bias influences performance evaluations, and one in four women say women are seen as less capable than men in their companies. >> we go back to look at promotions, we go back to look at advancement, and we find that many of the men in those roles in comparison to the women were promoted with a percentage of proven verses potential. and the question is, do we move towards one end of the spectrum or another based on gender. so we found that many of the men were promoted. as they look back at their promotions and were able to do focus groves with almost a 50/50 percent component of proven capability and what is perceived to be potential. many of the women were more 75-25 percent proven versu

kelly is the youngest african- american female pilot to fly solo in four planes in one day. and for kimberly? >> i get a -- i did a traps continental flight all in 13 days. i was the youngest person to do so at 15. >> sisters started flight lessons four years ago after visiting a museum that featured the black history of aviation. that's where kelly and kim learned about the tuskegee airmen, a group of world war ii african-american fighter pilots at a time when the military as segregated. they were the first black aviators in the armed forces. with their parents' blessing, the sisters took to the sky. >> they were an amazing group of men who stepped over boundaries. when they were told no, they exceeded people's expectations. >> reporter: the sisters say during the record breaking flights and hours of training, they experienced determination, too, but much of it was because of their gender or their age. >> sometimes our instructors would not take us so seriously. they'd be like, okay, you have the controls but they'd be holding on to the controls. >> reporter: kelly and kim

and contemporary african politics.. it can get really technical and really wonky really quickly. and i wanted to find a way to deal with the continue nent -- continentwide issue. host: one of the lines that you have goes as such. you say that africa's most famous disasters many argue could have been prevented with changes in national land laws or better local conflict resolution. but for one problem. prevention doesn't sell. could you tell us first of all what you're trying to get at, and could you give us example that is we've heard of through history which could be connected to land ownership? guest: sure. well, you know, first of all, this idea that prevention doesn't sell is something that specialists know very well. and the conflicts that i mention in this story are totally old hat to people who follow the continent or follow the issues. and to development experts, that sort of thing. there's nothing all that new in this story. and some of this has been going on for a very long time. but whether it's about land or

until then, they had no african american pilots.y was still segregated and face resistance within the war department. and all african american unit was formed early that year and began a pilot training in alabama. it was near the tuskegee institute. tonight we would hear about the exploits and heroism of the tuskegee airmen. before began a program, i would like to introduce russell davis who is the national president of the tuskegee airmen, inc., honoring the accomplishments of african americans who have participated during the war. general davis began his career in 1958 as aviation cadet. he left active duty in join the national guard in 1955. he rose through the national guard in 1988 with the chief of the national guard bureau. he served until 2002. general davis. [applause] >> good evening. thank you very much for your kind introduction. it is a real pleasure to be here with you. i would like to thank the archives for bringing this on. the story of the tuskegee airmen is an interesting part of america's history. not just the mil

i was right there along with the african-americans, fighting for their rights. and if you look during the time with martin luther king, you saw those folks marching with them and fighting with them. >> black history is one that's characterized by struggle, struggle and triumph. and i think those two are the flip sides of the same coin. without struggle, we wouldn't appreciate the victories. >> not only does it allow young people, as well as adults who are older, to appreciate our history, african-american history, but it also lets us understand where we come from. >> i truly believe that black history, you know, is american history, and that people need to understand it. >> ever since obama was elected, whatever you thought about america before, you know, the way that you think about it now, it really is different. whereas before, i would have told you, no, there's always going to be african-american history or black history, american history. for the first time in my life, i'm startingo think that maybe there might be a come a day where we're history. >> to see

the african burial ground memorial opened yesterday. it commemorates 15,000 african slaves who helped make new york the nation's capital. many slaves worked without pay and were buried under what is today manhattan. the memorial is located near wall street where african slaves were once traded. >>> former president bush has been mostly out of the public eye since he left the white house. now he's talking about what he's doing these days. also this -- >> oh, this place obviously is a legend around here because they have everything. >> how classic car parts that are really hard to find ended up on sale.  >>> all tsunami advisories have been canceled in the u.s. after yesterday's massive earthquake in chile. there was a fear that strong waves could hit the u.s., but that, of course, did not happen. the 8.8 magnitude quake killed at least 300 people. an updated death toll is expected later this morning. >>> president obama will go to the doctor today. he will get his first physical exam as president at the national n

i consider myself haitian-american and african-american. it's really important that a haitians speak for haitians. haitian-americans speak forker haitians. that experts speak. my question is why aren't the networks looking at the miles that sports network have used? they used coaches and players to be color commentators. they put them through a boot camp, teach them the rhythm of speaking in front of the camera, and they unlease them. the journalist maybe anchoring a little bit. but they let the commentators, these sports experts, speak. and i think that's the model we need to be going in. not really -- i'm not really a fan of trying to use a journalist. because journalist are not the experts. >> i think when you look at any of the networks, when you find people coming on, normally they are professional research or economic focuses on that area. the networks and cable news are looking for experts. regardless of their race oreth nitansty, when the booker looks at who they are going to call and they are talking about foreign policy, they are

you came here to talk about african american women really why you need to get them into the office. >> yes. >> why does this happen? >> february is heart month and you know heart disease is the number one killer of all americans and ha-has been since 1900. every day one person dies every 37 seconds so african american women are at high risk for cardiovascular disease. unfortunately the symptoms are different than we expect. >> we see this in 30s. >> and now coming in for regular checkups it's undiagnosed. >> a lot of times it's misdiagnosed. >> someone might think they have asthma, colds or the flu and turns out to be cardiovascular disease. >> the real things to avoid, stay away out of your office, again smoking at the top of the list. eat well. >> cutting back on sodium. eating a low carbohydrate diet. staying away from alcohol and the blood pressure. about 40 % of african americans, particularly the women, have high blood pressure and it's known as the silent killer and it offends and have symptoms so the only way you may find out is by getting screened. >> also manage diabetes. >>

african-americans are over- represented. even those with a high-school diploma but no college are over- represented. >> my time has expired. >> thank you, madam chair. one of the features often cited about this recession has been the fall in consumer spending. that is itself linked to consumer confidence. how does the fall in overall consumer demand show up in your data? >> consumer spending is the driver behind gdp. it is the driver behind employment. during normal expansions, the growth in consumer spending is roughly in line with the growth of gdp. without a strong recovery in consumer spending, hopefully from consumer confidence and consumer spending, we are not going to see a strong recovery. it is critical. >> when we got the information a few days ago, the very good numbers on the gdp -- do you see a correlation between those numbers and what you found in your report? >> actually, a lot of the gdp growth was from inventory. the 5.7%, while it was a good number -- a good portion was from inventory buildup. that may be

and african-american unemployment. and whether there are special things ought to be done. i'm not going to ask your opinion on that. i just want you to know, it appears that there is an increase in the gap between overall unemployment and african-american unemployment. is that accurate? >> that is. and it has grown during the recession, and unfortunate, it actually grows during every recession. >> is that right? >> yes. >> do we have an explanation for that? >> i don't. you know, there's probably some research on that, but i'm not the money with it. >> now, what changes in the makeup of the labor force can you identify in terms of gender, race or age? and tommy, who is entering the labor force and who is leaving. and what is the significance of those changes? can you answer those points? changeup in the makeup of the labor force. we have people who are leaving. the labor force, and there are people who are entering. for example, you have god, i assume, while all the all the reports are saying that more and more people

and i think she's a tremendous inspiration to a lot of african-american women, and not just african-americanhe stereotypical hollywood mold. >> i have to ask you two questions. one, what do i have to do to get on this list? no, in all seriousness, after doing this list, do you already have in mind who the next 100 will be? >> well, you can send a check -- that's why i gave you the pen. no, we're looking. i mean, we're looking. our eyes are open, our ears are open, and we're looking at people who will -- again, the good thing about this list, it took us a long time to get it down to 100. that's the beautiful thing. >> the people to choose from. >> yeah. >> who was number 101. who was the person that didn't -- honestly, didn't get there. >> jonathan capehart, obviously. >> not even close. >> it was actually willie. it was actually willie. >> it's inside here. >> it is, it is. yeah. >> is there any quality in common among all of these folks that you feel like really makes somebody stand out as a role model? >> again, i think all of these individuals aren't just having an impact within in the af

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and yemen and the whole african c continent, and east africa is a problem as well. this is something you've got to stay on top of, totally. this is something that's not going to away overnight. >> that was a pretty candid admission. this was just before that hearing got underway. as you've been pointing out and as chuck pointed out, there are always threat against the u.s., but my information is they learned a lot of things from the attempted bomber, the detroit bomber, and that one of the things that they learned is that yemen has launched others and these the these clean, less suspicious first-timers that has a lot of people really concerned within the intelligence community. savannah? >> andrea, i want to clarify something. did you say that the vice president thought it was a mistake to read abdulmutallab's his miranda rights. did he say that? >> i was asking him about the miranda rights, and let me make that very clear. he said that mistakes were made, lack of communication among the agencies, and that they have acknowledged those mistakes. he's not going beyond

so, hence, for the time you have to say he is our first african- american president.president. but i appreciate the caller getting at this idea that sometimes -- no boxes is the way to live. sometimes we are kind of categorizing each -- everybody and racial mixture is a lot more different than a simple check mark. host: in terms of historical president, john f. kennedy being the first catholic president or the other things -- the first president to not have attended college. as the years go by these things become less and less important. guest: i think they do become less and less important. we are in a time where we will have a woman president soon, a jewish demint -- jewish president, a mormon president. i do not think it matters as much as it used to. it does not mean we did not know about it or they have not had to overcome obstacles. hillary clinton has overcome a lot of bias. mitt romney has had to grapple with being a mormon in a very difficult way at times. it matters, but it seemed to be nattering less and less to younger generations, which is a good thing. h

i am particularly proud to be african-american.malcolm x. and i am proud tonight to remember dr. king and remember about the mx and even as i pursue the difficult challenge of their legacy, both men became the target when they and their different ways to develop into global visionaries persisting against racism in alabama, harlem come as south africa, vietnam, neither of these could have failed to condemn this carriage attack against the arab world. neither will they know anything less to equal justice and rights. hence the undeniably racist double standard levy against saddam hussein with the and alienated would be alienating both of them completely. i am proud to shake hands of the increasing numbers of african-american conscientious objectors them proud to observe although african americans remain disproportionately unrepresented in the armed forces, that we as a national community stand distinct up heart and the same for mall popular opinion and retain it proportionally higher level of opposition to this war and the horrendous

african americans were over represented. even those with a high-school diploma were represented. >> my time has expired. >> thank you. one of the features often cited about this recession has been the fall in consumer spending. it is linked to consumer confidence. how does the ball and overall consumer demand show up in your data? >> consumer spending is really the driver behind gdp and employment. during normal expansion, the growth is roughly in line with the growth in gdp. without a strong recovery in consumer spending, we just are not going to see a strong recovery. >> when we got the information a few days ago, when we got to the cheap -- good gdp numbers, do you see a correlation between those numbers and what he found a new report? >> fembot if the gdp growth was from inventory. the predict a lot of the gdp growth was from inventory. -- a lot of the gdp growth wrist from inventory. it may be an indication of future growth. out cited inventory, gdp her about 2.2%. that is reasonable growth. that is consistent. this is

he's currently a visiting scholar at the uc-berkeley center for african studies. for more information, visit rajpatel.org. >>> while researching his book, the prohibition hangover, alcohol in america from demon rum to cabernet, garrett peck began getting temperance tours of historic sites in washington, d.c.. booktv joined mr. peck to learn how the movement led to prohibition in 1920 and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. >> what this provision and how did we get it? >> it will start to worry 16th, 1920, once the 18th amendment was ratified but it was actually part of a century long movement to ban all cahal in the country. the movement was called the temperance movement. the idea behind their initially temperance meant to moderate ones drinking but by the 18 twenties the movement decided people had to have steam completely from alcohol and this was led by the evangelical protestant churches starting in the 18 teams and they believed alcohol was sinful and wrong and they called it demon rum. the associated what the devil. this last the center long. the idea was

the only difference, if you took european thinking circa 1950 and african thinking in 2010, the africansest in. the second category, maybe nine, 10 countries also grew quite well, in fact, maybe 9% a year over a decade, were the oil producers. and there they're challenges is governance. how do you make sure the benefits of energy or other mineral production gets more inclusive growth, how it benefits other people, how you avoid exchange rate problems like the dutch disease. so that defines the nature of the challenge with those countries. the third, and this referencesx the particular interest we have in sort of post-conflict or conflict countries, are those that drag themselves and their neighbors down because of conflict and security which is one reason we focused on it. in west africa it's so striking to see, when i was6z talkingçó people inñr sierra leone, many the people in the united states may not recognizes it stemmed from charles taylor coming over the border and stirring up difficulty. i mentioned the other, the infrastructure is good until you get the political unify indicati

i understand watching the redskins was the last team to integrate african americans or other miorty tolay. i understand that. if i understood, i would not dress up as a fairy to try to get attention from the media. i would not do that. knowing what this represents. i would not do that. >> wow. >> yeah. pretty pointed comments have lavar and don't pick a point with a man who has a mic. >> yeah, because you might just get slammed. that's it for us. your only local newscast at 7:00 starts now. >>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >> call it snow overkill. all this snow is starting to take a toll on all of us. even chief meteorologist, topper shutt in the weather center. >> what do you say? >> did you come up with that yourself? >> i kind of stole it. >> we have some bigger bands, and the storm is getting cranking. let's start with live doppler 9,000. we'll pick out the line of the sleet and the snow. you can always access this on our website. this is where we actually have the sleet line and is this what we are talking about. looks like norther

historic because he is the first african american.historic because he understands the unique needs of african-americans and minorities throughout this great nation. latinos all across this great nation. he understands the importance as we celebrate because it ensures that new york will get our fair share. it ensures we are all counted and treated equally. historic because he appreciates as much as any urban needs and challenges coming from the great city of chicago. a year and a few weeks later the nation is not sure about us. they are not sure of our real commitment to making government actually work. they're not sure if we understand that government can grow too big at times and pose a problem on middle-class and everyday people. middle-class americans are not convinced that we, as democrats, speak for them, understand them, represent them, and will bark for for them. each time we have faced this challenge, democrats, we have found a way not only to come together, but it didn't build a message that will bring others to it. i submit