i'm a good friend of bennie thompson. i've known him and he has represented mississippi very well. idea that this is a black on black discussion and i have heard that word uncle tom from the time i was growing up as a kid until very recently. so it's a common use of language to in a sense downgrade somebody who is not embracing the race and i think that people have to figure out what can you say, what can't you not say? and i'm really worried that this is going to be a discussion about words. >> is it okay for the congressmen -- he said, i called him uncle tom and i'm black. is that okay? >> i don't think that it's okay because he's black. but uncle tom is real and the question is, can people use that word? if they do, they don't use it as openly as they should. they should to make it clear that there's a difference between them and some other people. and i think that makes a lot of difference about how we have a discussion about what does uncle tom actually mean? >> let's talk more about the conversations about thompson and uncle tom. is it ever okay? >> i think the thing that we

and i think bennie thompson, it's not new what he said.ments that he's made over time. >> why doesn't the country pay as much attention to that as the owner of the clippers, real quick? >> benny thompson came out and doubled down and said yeah, he is an uncle tom. why is it okay for you to say it? because i'm black and basically you're white. it's unbelievable he seems to get a past and has no problem saying it. >> it would be fun to see them have a debate. i'd pay money to see that. >> thomas doesn't need to be in the presence of a biggot like that. >> i agree. and i hope he doesn't pay attention to this stuff. >> he's been through a lot over the years, sadly. >> kirsten, welcome back to new york. >> thank you. >> we'll have ainsley's installment. our week long hannity series examining the va. we have a great update about one of the stories earlier in the week. it appears our reporting is making a huge difference and some people have been put on leave, we believe, directly because of the reporting. that the straight ahead. ♪ ♪ so you cane

>> benny thompson came out and doubled down and said yeah, he is an uncle tom.for you to say it? because i'm black and basically you're white. it's unbelievable he seems to get a past and has no problem saying it. >> it would be fun to see them have a debate. i'd pay money to see that. >> thomas doesn't need to be in the presence of a biggot like that. >> i agree. and i hope he doesn't pay attention to this stuff. >> he's been through a lot over the years, sadly. >> kirsten, welcome back to new york. >> thank you. >> we'll have ainsley's installment, how we're betraying our veterans and a great update, one of the stories we told you, it appears our reporting is making a huge difference and some people have been put on leave, we believe, directly because of the reporting. that the straight ahead. and a losex drive, i had to do something. i saw mdoctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the onlynderarm low t treaent that can restore t vels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone

began a friendship with the managing editor of the newspaper at the time the wonderful man named bennie thompson. bailey really wanted to sort sort of bill the local books page and do something that would be more subsidence than i have had in the past and he knew i was interested in books and we talked about these things. i said what why did you take on this column do 700 words a week and let's start a conversation with our local readers about books and writers similar to to what c-span's booktv does. and so that's how it began. my mandate was to cover local writers in regional writers but beyond that anything i wanted to do. a wonderful thing about the gulf coast is it is i think so underappreciated and that's good because it gives us a lot to write about. if we were in new york or san francisco or chicago those cities and places are also well-known and of course new york is the literary capital but here on the gulf coast we tend to think of that from texas to the florida panhandle. there really is a pan gold sensibility. we have a similar environment similar types of trees live oaks long leaf

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listen to benny thompson attacking senator mitch mcconnell referring to justice clarence thomas as anncle tom. take a listen. >> i've never been treated like this, with such disrespect. mitch mcconnell had told the president of the united states, i don't care what you come up, we going to be against it. now, if that's not a racist statement, i don't know what is. clarence thomas, it's almost to the point to say this man doesn't even like black people. he doesn't like being black because every decision where color had something to do with it, he went against it. >> now, we reached out to the congressman's office for a statement and waiting to hear back. will the naacp have the moral courage to stand up and denounce this kind of shameful rhetoric? joining us now, fox news political analysts, they are honoring al sharpton, i think that answers the question. what is your reaction? >> let's say he went to the alvin home school of calling clarence thomas an uncle tom. the naacp is for sale because they were going to honor a black and white, the national islam radio, beyond playing to the ba

yesterday, congressman bennie thompson clarified those comments. >> if you look at his decisions on thehey have been adverse to the minority community and the people i represent have a real issue with an african-american not being sensitive to those issues. >> calling him an uncle tom, isn't that a racially charged term? >> for some it is. but to others it's the truth. >> congressman thompson referring to recent decisions on voter i.d. laws, affirmative action and the affordable care act, decisions which thompson said have not gone overwell with his constituents. after the supreme court's 6-2 decision on tuesday, allowing epa to lip it pollution that blows across state lines -- a win for the white house and people who care about clean air -- a huge mistake found in the dissent of one of the conservative justices. something almost unheard of in the court's history. in justice antonin scalia's dissent on tuesday, his argument against this epa regulation largely rested on the notion that the clean air act does not permit the epa to use a cost/benefit analysis in setting pollution standards

then you also have a representative benny thompson who was on the new nation of islam radio show andeme court justice clarence thomas an uncle tom. what you have, greta, are these members of the congressional black caucus who have to create this strawman or this deception because they are really not dealing with the interests and the issues that areng their. when you think about charlie rangel, he should be speaking out about mayor bill de blasio who is trying to dismantle it the charter school program in new york city. the academy right there in harlem. not talking about the 12% unemployment rate. not talking about the g.d.p. growth which obviously means that there is definitely not economic growth within our inner city and urban environments. this is politics as usual. >> why do they do that? because everybody goes into politics whether you agree with a person. i realize some politics an awful long time and lose that thought, but, i mean, why are they doing that? >> it's it's very simple. because you have a constituency that is trapped on a liberal/progressive plantation of the 21

but if you look at, there's governor patrick pat quinn of illinois, used semitic remarks, benny thompsonsissippi called a superior court supreme court justice an uncle tom and biden and harry reid saying not so nice things about president obama when he was running for office, so i do think that both sides have problems that need to be addressed. >> but i know that you will both agree on the fact there's no room for this in politics. ron and charles, thank you to both of you. >> thank you. >>> tonight, new concerns about the threat of the potentially deadly mers virus. for the first time, the middle east respiratory syndrome, or mers, has spread person-to-person in the u.s. police say a illinois man contracted the virus. his only physical contact, a handshake. the cdc wants to test everyone this man came into contact with. mers, which originated in saudi arabia, kills about 30% of its known patients. dr. sanjay gupta is out front with us. sanjay, this latest case, alarming the only physical contact was a handshake, but does this mean the virus is easier to catch than we thought? >> it cou

beginning with congressman benny thompson from mississippi called supreme court justice clarence thomas thomas saying that he was an uncle tom, what did you mean by that? >> well, if you look at his decisions on the court, they have been adverse to the minority community, and the people i represent have a real issue with an african-american not being sensitive to those issues. >> calling him an uncle tom though, isn't that a racially charged term? >> for some it is but to others it's the truth. >> because looking at that, and hearing that kind of language, that certainly wouldn't be appropriate if it was coming from somebody who was white. >> but i'm black. >> so it makes it okay? >> well, i mean, you are asking me the question. and i'm giving you the response. >> joining us now from washington radio talk show host laura ingraham. obviously what the man said is terrible. it didn't receive nearly the attention that donald sterling got for his comments. why do you think that is? >> well, bill, i think in part number one the media as you pointed out in regards to the benghazi case last nig

zero coverage on benny thompson.sterday and said he is an uncle tom, what do you want me to say? 165 minutes and 22 seconds on the owner of the clippers. now, on the benghazi e-mails, by any standard, this is huge news. a court case reveals memos when we were told everything has been exposed. the benghazi coverage. let's look. 6 minutes on the benghazi coverage and three seconds on abc, cbn and nbc. your reaction? >> it's outrageous. clearly there is a left wing media bias. if you need proof, look at the way they haven't covered benghazi. benghazi is a huge story. the united states ambassador was brutally murdered, two navy seals and another man. and there has been a massive cover-up. now the smoking gun e-mail has surfaced, which ties the white house to the lie of the video. this is huge news. every media outlet should be covering it. >> what's interesting is i think the press corps understands that. look at chuck todd, jonathon karl and others, they're asking the tough questions and we find out they're not getting

failed in the white house we it's no longer is republicans are committed to not even go to the bennie thompson race bating here's the deal what i hear progressive you say it's what's going on now that's what's going on just as clive bundy. here's the deal you want a lot of feel good solution to enroll people in medicaid doesn't matter if they can see a doctor it doesn't matter if they're a big bankrupt the state's no it's not it's hurting the people on medicaid and it's going to hurt these people is going to get nothing for them you want a piece you want and the reason i enter yeah there you go and i'm no doctor after this but you're going to feel good because your side got a vote that is not true now this will not give them health care unemployment insurance right it's more important to you that people get stay on unemployment then get a job we want people to get a job and be self-sufficient but this president is doing everything in his power to make sure that the economy one tenth of one percent growth and he blames it on the weather. bear thing well that is good to know i love hearing repub