it has left, i think, the left really reeling as to how to deal with this when their standard barer has been unable to articulate a a they is a conscious, working hard on the thorny issues of race because he's been trapped, i think, in the dog whistle moment. you have a chapter on obama. i think we should threatened. if you can, talk about obamacare and where we are now. >> sure. the election and reelection of african-american president. so important. because that really is a momentous, positive change in race in the united states. i think a lot of us we may rewrite our own personal history. i myself did not think he was going happen until three days before it did. it seems so inconceivable. i think it's important that we celebrate that moment. i think it's important also so we understand that obama's election in some ways is symptommic of triumph against racism that don't spell the end of racism. but rather of the mutation, the shifting. adaptation. we can have a black president and at the same time have a white political party. stop for a moment and think honestly about the republican

some of hollywood's a-listers are revealing a much barer look. take a look at kate winslet.ographer chuck close is the man behind these untraditional shots. >> i think it looks really different from anything else i've done. there will be people who think i didn't glamorize the subject enough. >> reporter: did any of them come in and kind of say, i may have bit off too much. >> most of them who were familiar with chuck's work jumped to the chance. >> reporter: it's not just the ladies going for the bare minimum. i think this guy has been in front of the camera before. kelly ripa going makeup free after losing a super bowl bet with michael strahan. >> there's nothing wrong with your tv. one of us is wearing makeup today and one isn't. >> reporter: while most of us will never have to sit next to george clooney without putting on your faces. >> how is it going? >> reporter: dermatologists may think it's a good habit. >> the benefit is you allow your skin to breathe and also you're showing off what really is you. it just allows everything that would naturally occur in your body t

there's a lot of drama around women as child barers, nonetheless, we do allow women to get hurt all the time. if we're really concerned about women's physical safety, then everyone should be on the front line of dealing with rape and violence against women. instead we hear only, you know, an olympics occasion. or women who wants to play, you know, football or rugby. i'm a faculty adviser to women's rugby. so those ironies are intriguing. but i can certainly say i gave a talk to my nieces' girl scout troop they wanted to know is there still bias against girls? she was in a ski resort town. all i had to do was point out the window and you see the women skiing down the mountain? they can't do ski yomp in -- jump in the olympics. they were appalled. i'm delighted it changed. in her lifetime the reversal on the ban on women's ski jump. >> host: goomp and -- good afternoon and welcome to in-depth program. it's the monthly program with one author and his or her body of work. this month, professor and author bonnie morris. she's the author of six non-fiction books along with poetry books. givin

there's a lot of drama around women as child barers, nonetheless, we do allow women to get hurt all the time. if we're really concerned about women's physical safety, then everyone should be on the front line of dealing with rape and violence against women. instead we hear only, you know, an olympics occasion. or women who wants to play, you know, football or rugby. i'm a faculty adviser to women's rugby. so those ironies are intriguing. but i can certainly say i gave a talk to my nieces' girl scout troop they wanted to know is there still bias against girls? she was in a ski resort town. all i had to do was point out the window and you see the women skiing down the mountain? they can't do ski yomp in -- jump in the olympics. they were appalled. i'm delighted it changed. in her lifetime the reversal on the ban on women's ski jump. >> host: goomp and -- good afternoon and welcome to in-depth program. it's the monthly program with one author and his or her body of work. this month, professor and author bonnie morris. she's the author of six non-fiction books along with poetry books. givin

to be amongst them and get the chance to be a fla barer is an honor. >> leading the group leaving the games. nbc news sochi. >> a reminder, you'll see the close of the went per games here on nbc 4. we'll broadcast at 8:00 tonight. >>> the detail about the capture of the world's largest drug dealer. >>> and customers rushed out of a restaurant >>> for some of our wednesday's children the idea of a forever home can seem like a dream. especially for those who are in the hospital with challenges. >> members of the delta sigma theta sorority wanted to help. >> among them christopher like the other guests are kids we've met before through "wednesday's child." >> hi. there's a party here today. they were greeted by ladies in red, members of the sorority that wanted to do something special for these kids waiting for permanent loving homes. >> we wanted to bring cheer to children that can't leave the center. >> to celebrate black history month, members of the sorority put together a lesson plan. there were books red. >> the bridge was her own -- >> lilly anna seemed to have like to be read to.

some of hollywood's a-listers are revealing a much barer look. take a look at kate winslet.even oprah going au naturel. not a stitch of makeup. hair undone. photographer chuck close is the man behind these untraditional . round two. a labor of love. five cities, four airports traveling 6,426 miles over 30 hours. i even celebrated my birthday during my layover in frankfurt. my loving familily back home singing to me over the phone. >> we left the airport. and we're walking the streets. we're shopping duty-free, of course, and seeing a city i've never seen before so kind of a nice little detour before we head to sochi. filling up right now on the sights and sounds of frankfurt. and then the final flight. >> for making it and after a drive on the now infamous $8 billion highway, with the black sea behind me, the caucasus mountains in front of me and the five rings above me, welcome to sochi. so what should you do once you're in sochi? ♪ head straight to the famous bath houses or banyas to relax with a head straight to the famous bath houses or banyas to relax with a it's what m