bill: now do you know that? cosbygoing to say that's your opinion because you don't know. >> let's turn the eye and you trust. we have come so far in 50 years and i fully respect where bill cosby is coming from and frankly jimmy carter too in this specific sense and it is that the country was a heck of a lot more racist 50 years ago when they were forming their identity. bill: what percentage of americans do you feel harbor an animus towards blacks, hoover? put a number on it? >> you know what? i'm naive and innocent and i would say very, very few. i would say less than 10%. let's go to the fox news opinion dynamics poll. 20% believe that. bill: that there is. >> discontent is racially motivated. gretchen: we elected barack obama, a black man. bill: that's right. >> half of america disagrees with health care reform. his policies. so half of america is racist? bill: people who don't like him, barack obama, really don't like him and what carter and crosby are extrap poo laght from that it's a racial deal. i don't believ

bill cosby siding with jimmy carter in the obama racism debate. e culture warriors will weigh in upcoming. = shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. bill: personal story segment the murder of annie le was found dead behind the wall on the day she was to be married. earlier today raymond clark was arrested charged with murdering ley. he worked as an animal technician in the lab where her body was found. with us now is geraldo rivera who has been investigating the case. now the evidence against this clark is overwhelming. >> overwhelming. bill: i don't think anybody is innocent but is he of course entitled to deafns. what's the back story? >> first of all, what is interesting although the evidence is overwhelming is that they had the perpetrator before they even had the evidence that a crime had been committed. remember all the stories of the runaway bride,, the thee rising that she just got cold feet and split early on. but the cops knew, because he had the -- this is annieannie lh her fiance. because they had hi

bill cosby apparently agrees with him.at the naacp has to say about all of that. >>> bill cosby is echoing charges that racism is at the heart of opposition to the obama administration policies. the firestorm start eed earlier this week when former president jimmy carter asserted that, in fact, opposition to the president's policies and to the president are rooted in racism. the president, however, himself disagrees with those claims but the controversy, of course, continues to rage. hillary shelton joins us now, the director of the naacp's washington bureau. he's the senior vice president for advocacy and policy. good to have you with us. >> it's great to be with you. >> this latest development that bill cosby has come out and agreed with jimmy carter on the issue of racism at the root of opposition to the president's policies, what's your reaction? >> i think he's absolutely right. in all too many cases if you look at the incidents that have occurred with president obama, even during the time he ran for president, the op

so bill cosby went to detroit today to call attention to the problems, and barbara pinto tagged alongporter: in hard-hit, hard luck detroit where the start of the school year brings little to celebrate, hope came to town today in the form of a standup guy. but bill cosby's visit was no joke. >> at a time when i think education is very, very much ne needed, i'm here for them. >> reporter: the actor, activist and educator, a high school dropout who later learned a dock record at the in education, volunteered to help restore faith in the future of detroit's troubled schools. today, cosby went door to door. >> i like school. >> you listened. >> reporter: you don't need a math degree to tally the sum ofe troit's troubles. a school system hundredsf millimeters of dollars in depth. teetering on the edge ofby byco r corruption, violencend a poor test scores. of the studentsavha disappeared in the past decade, moved out, dropped out or gone to charter schools. of those that stay, only 1 in 3 graduate. >> detroit is new orleans a few years ago without hurricane katrina, and i feel a tremendous

. >> bill cosby weighing in on race and the presidency. but he wants to turn the national conversation from race to focus on the country's children. >>> and the things we thought you should know, what the feds did after south carolina governor mark sanford admitted his extra marital affair. >>> and the hammer says he may be down but he's definitely not out. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm alex witt. >> and i'm norah o'donnell. david and tamron have the day off. in "the big picture" this hour, president obama is taking his push for health care reform to some younger supporters. the president held a rally at the comcast center at the university of medal just a few hours ago. wow, he was fired up and ready to go. as he said, he told these college students how his plans for reform are going to impact them and everybody else. and then he compared the so-called public option to a public university like the university of maryland. >> there are some folks who said, well, this is a government takeover of health care. we've got public universities

bill cosby was something else. he sees racism in obama and not for black poor people. my biggest issue. >> geraldo: coming up right after this short message. >> is institutionalized racism. coming up, nancy pelosi mentions an infamous assassination and says these are scary times. is she suggesting that one of the town hall >>> i have concerns about some of the language that has been used because i saw -- i saw this myself in the late '70s in san francisco, this kind of rhetoric and it was very frightening. >> geraldo: she is talking about the murder of george musconi the mayor and the supervisor by the nut job in san francisco. is it fair to bring up that craziness? professor mark lamont hill was saying about jimmy carter's support for the thesis that barack obama's problems are based on race. >> i think he is right. not that everybody disagrees with obama -- there are plenty of reasons that disagree that don't make you a racist. even watching wilson going from a political third stringer, it is suggesting there is something going on here. there is a question of is it p

bill cosby was something else. he sees racism in obama and not for black poor people. coming up right after this short message. >> is institutionalized racism. coming up, nancy pelosi mentions an infamous assassination and says these are scary times. is she suggesting that one of the town hall protesters might commit a high profile murder? more, after this. this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >>> i have concerns about some of the language that has been used because i saw -- i saw this myself in the late '70s in san francisco, this kind of rhetoric and it was very frightening. >> geraldo: she is talking about the murder of george musconi the mayor and

bill: why are these guys doing it? why is carter and cosbyoing it. >> maybe they are reacting to the right ring extremists. they carry hateful signs at protest rallies and i think. bill: why would you react to a fringe? cosby said the stat was about 10 to 12% of americans said and i think this is accurate, they wouldn't vote for barack obama because he a black man. ok. do you react to that fringe? why bore with those people? >> i'm bewildered. i think we need to ratchet down this discussion. because these fringe elements we don't want to get them excited. they may do something irresponsible. bill: we hear that too. nancy pelosi. but, hey, look. when you zero in on the kooks, the real crazy fringe and start to say they represent the mainstream, the mainstream gets angry. you see, all of the -- carter and cosby didn't do barack obama any good at all. would you agree with that? >> i think they -- i would not have gonna rout. bill: they didn't do him any good. >> i would have to agree with you. bill: the fact that carter and cosby are in his camp

so, thank you so much, bill cosby. thanks for joining us. >> and be sure to watch dr.osby in sunday's msnbc special "about our children," moderated by analyst michelle bernard. that's sunday night, 7:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. >>> coming up, a strategy shift on missile defense. president obama says he's shelving bush administration plans for a missile shield in eastern europe. that decision is drawing fire from republicans and raising some questions about protecting u.s. allies from iran. we will have the latest, next on "andrea mitchell reports." discover friskies indoor wet cat food. and unlock the freshness of the outdoors for your indoor cat. fueling an exhilarating adventure. each entree is bursting with high-quality protein... plus wholesome grain and garden greens. specially formulated to promote hairball control... and healthy weight. friskies indoor wet cat food. feed the senses. now turn treat time into party time... with friskies party mix cat treats. get the party started! >>> welcome back to msnbc. i'm savannah guthrie in for andrea mitchell today. jus

. >> what would you think if bill cosby show up at your front door?ing door-to-door in detroit in dredging parents -- encouraging parents to keep their kids in school. >> there is a time that we have to sever up and take these things upon ourselves and fight. >> this morning, he spoke at a press conference in the motor city where enrollment has dropped below 100,000 last year. he is now visiting with parents in their homes and asking them to be enrolled their kids in public schools. >> that would be a shock, bill cosby at your door. >> a pc owners that is being linked to -- a pizza owner's death is being linked to immigration scams in arizona. the cracks and some of the incentives being offered in consumer alerts. -- >> and some incentives being offered in consumer others. >> right now, a live view of the maryland state fair. [ female announcer ] there are few guarantees in life. here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effective as the leading wrinkle prescription brand at reducing the look of

bill: i think he would love to talk to you like katie couric did. we will try to get cosbyth beck. he never comes on fox. there he is, everybody, the biggest troublemaker in the world. we have a brand new bill o'reilly.com poll. do you agree with glenn beck that john mccain would be worse than barack bill biffle effective national organization hanna giles and -- aiding and abetting -- defunding the organization major embarrassment for acorn. now acorn is suing ms. giles and mr. o'keefe. also andrew breitbart who posted the undercover tapes. mr. breitbart joins us from los angeles. sorry you have to go through this andrew. you know, it's unpleasant. tell us your strategy. you got your attorneys lined up and what do you think is going to happen? >> well, i can't speak to the lawsuit filed because i haven't been served yet. i can speak to the issue of the expose that james and hanna have done in film work. i can speak to the fact that this is a textbook case of journalism exposing how taxpayer funds are being misused. this is pure corruption found on these acorn tapes. i see t

this is bill cosby.ou to respond to this. >> i've seen politicians disagree with each other and call each other by the name of mister, wait their turn, and then speak. i've seen people who couldn't stand each other have manners and this does not exist. people seem to know that they were going to be on camera, they seem to be acting, you know what i mean? texting, pretending that they were falling asleep and having pieces of paper they were waving. i am not seeing this. >> john, want to get your comment on that. >> i've been on the house floor when president bush gave the speech and i do think that at the end of the day there was plenty of times where there was bad activity on both sides. i think that what congressman joe wilson did was unacceptable. he apologized immediately to the president. i think it was the right thing for him to do. i think we move on. putting my strategic hat on, the president and his team want this subject over with because they want to talk about health care. i don't think they w

bill cosby said it is because of skin color.n get people who are entrenched in their own hatred to stop. i think what we have to do is find the people who are willing to work together, the people who realize that mistakes will happen and we've got to work for the betterment of the american people. >> dig deeper now. with us john legend, david gergen, nic lott and roland martin. he's say thing is a distraction keeping us off the important issues of health care and other things that should be debated. rather we're off to the subject of race. this is not something that the white house wants to be discussing. >> it's certainly not and the white house would very much like to change the subject. but jimmy carter, i'm afraid, is not alone, anderson, in his views. a rasmussen poll out today finds that 22% of democrats believe that most of the opposition to health care reform comes from racist. and 35% of barack obama's strongest supporters believe that opposition comes from racists. i personally believe there are racists at the fringes,

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bill cosby says this could spark real change in communities across the country. >> while this programople picking up the phone and saying to a relative, to a loved one, to a brother, sister or someone, turn it on. this is about so-and-so, this is about such and such. and to tell them where we can go to get things fixed and they're also telling us how important this is. maybe you ought to tell that person to call up also. this is the kind of thing that needs to happen. >> joining me live is terrell bradford, director of education for everyone, good morning, terrell. i'm glad you're here to talk about this, i know you're going to be participating in the panel about our children. what is the mission for this special? >> you know, i think at two levels, you know, one thing we want to do is sort of identify the problems, obviously, you know, poverty being the primary one, and talk to america about how poverty doesn't know any color, there are plenty of low income african-americans, hispanic and white people in this country who sort of suffer from the same issues and the same challenges. an

bill cosby says this could spark real change in communities across the country. >> while this programs on, having people picking up the phone and saying to a relative, to a loved one, to a brother, sister or someone, turn it on, this is about so-and-so, this is about such and such. and tell them where we can

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>>> this week, msnbc will air a special town hall meeting called "about our children" featuring bill cosby how it affects poverty, education and health. here is a preview. >> i can't find any employment that is my main concern. >> we have a day care on site it is good because you can drop your kid cans off at 8 and don't have to pick them up until 4:30, you can go off and search for work, you can't find employment if you have kids, you know? >> for many women living in poverty, depression is a common, undiagnosed risk factor. i'm joined by another featured panelist. terry williams is author of "black pain, a personal no-nonsense look at depression, especially among african-americans." it strikes me that if you're struggling with caring for children, perhaps unemployment, trying to make ends meet that no wonder depression becomes an obvious issue for so many families nationwide. >> there's absolutely no question. and so many of us, contessa, are ill-equipped to deal with the signs of depression and quite frankly, we don't really know what it looks like, what it feels like what it sounds lik

bill cosby and a live panel will be talking about parenting, education and health issues.snbc special this sunday. cosby says he hopes sunday's town hall -- a live town hall meeting will inspire change in communities across the country. >> the first thing that happened when i was going around, i had had enough of this. and i kept saying to groups of people, our children are trying to tell us something and we're not listening. >> and tune in "about our children" this sunday at 7:00 to 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc. >>> and straight ahead, first lady michelle obama urges women to step up to the plate as she weighs into the fight of health care. all of that next on "andrea mitchell reports." [ thud ] [ woman sighs ] [ horn honks ] [ sigh ] a lot goes through your mind after an accident. but with liberty mutual, insurance issues won't, because we offer unlimited rental coverage, new car replacement, and accident forgiveness to help ease your mind. and that's our policy. liberty mutual insurance. an eleven sixteenths wrench over here? here you go. eleven sixteenths... (annou

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you got to always watch your back. >> reporter: some found the attention encouraging. >> if bill cosbys here, you know something positive is happening in detroit. >> reporter: cosby knows his visit is not the answer, just a way to draw attention to detroit's serious troubles. >> the idea of a child not having the chance, it's horrible and darn near damning. >> reporter: and that is nothing to laugh about. >> good luck, good luck. >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, detroit. >> he clearly still has a lot of sway with those parents. hope flip his presence can help change things. he had a back to school rally at henry ford high school in detroit. that's a perfect example. a student was shot and killed there, last year three others injured near campus. >> i was surprised to hear that. >> upsetting. >> in a moment revisiting the remarkable work of a world war ii veteran. >> what he did to help so many children during the war. that's next. >> journalists laura ling and euna lee say their ordeal in north korea was so painful, they cannot reveal everything that happened. they say they were f

greer, that strikes me as kick-ass as bill cosby is. get off your butt, do your job and stop complaining. that doesn't strike me as what you call liberal lies or propaganda. it doesn't. >> listen, i think the president should have an opportunity to motivate children to encourage them to stay in school, but this president has been aggressive and very vocal on his vision of america, his vision of america where government does everything for us. >> i -- do you think -- you don't have any evidence -- >> i want to make sure that's not what he's going to say. >> when they put out there's no evidence he's going to do it. >> when they put out teaching plans, chris, they put out teaching plans with things in it that talk about how can i help president obama? the only way you can help president obama is to promote his liberal agenda. >> fair enough. i agree with you. >> when it comes to my kids, i want them to go through the parents first. >> that was a line -- that was a boneheaded line that some bureaucrat put in there and i can't believe it wa

we asked bill cosby, who agrees with jimmy carter. >> i don't think you can get peopleho are entrenched in their own hatred to stop. i think what we have to do is find the people who are willing to work together, the people who realize that mistakes will happen and we have to work for the betterment of the american people. >> reporter: is there evidence of hard core antiobama sentiment? when you look at how people voted last fall in the region, 10% of black voters voted for him. 11% of whites in mississippi voted for him. in louisiana, it was 14%. the national number of white voters who went for boarack obaa was 43%. that said, the white house views it as an unwelcome distraction. they want to get back to talking about health care. brian. >> andrea mitchell talking to us from the white house. an unavoidable factor and the controversy surrounding a.c.o.r.n. and the communitity organizizer that is came up during the campaign. an activist landed a.c.o.r.n. in trouble. our senior investigative correspondent lisa myers has our report. >> reporter: a.c.o.r.n. has been a target of conservative

. >>> >>> bill cosby the famous xhud yan, is telling students and parents in detroit that education is not a joke. he was there today to make a public service announcement for the city's schools. cosby has made a commitment to helping detroit's troubled school system, which is one of the nation's worst. >>> detroit's schools have a very long way to go, but by some measures, eve successful american schools are behind the times. as rachel martin reports, some schools are taking the radical step of moving into the computer age by doing away with books all together. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> search for information beginning in his civil ickes book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decide

. >>> coming up, bill cosby joins us live. >> and jenna bush hager introduces us to an amazingid afterl news. >>> a foggy morning here in the nation's capital. 65 degrees. 7:56 this friday morng. welcome. i'm barbara harrison. in the news, police in fairfax county need your help finding a group of men who broke into an annandale home and beat a man up inside. four or five men dressed in black utility uniforms and wearing masks, burst in a home in the 3400 block of charleston street yesterday afternoon claiming they were the fbi. inside the home where a woman, her son and his baby. the woman says the intruders tied the three of them up and demanded money. she says they also beat up her son and they took off in a tan or gold cadillac escalade. >>> metro riders can expect more delays. track maintenance will take place on the red and orange lines. on the red line, single tracking between medical center and strathmore stations. on the orange lines, they will single track between the east falls shuch station an the boston station. riders should add 20 minut >>> good morning. it's cloudy, coo

. >> jimmy: i'm sounding like bill cosby. [ impersonates cosby ] "your face, then the hair, then the. "people" magazine -- people just have the lifetime dream just to be in "people" magazine. you have an actual whole "people" magazine about you. >> yeah, i couldn't believe it when they said they were gonna do a whole issue on "icarly." >> jimmy: come on! look at this. >> i got to do a two-day photo shoot for it. and i got to live out one of my dreams. i got to ride a horse on the beach. yeah, right there. >> jimmy: that is a dream. >> except the horse didn't want to get its feet wet. >> jimmy: what? >> yeah, it didn't want to. it didn't like it at all. >> jimmy: what kind of beach horse is that? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he didn't want to get his feet wet? >> no, he kept running up, like, away from the water every single time the water would come up. and then it would run back towards the water whenever it -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: he prefers pools. >> yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that is kind of rad. where are you? >> i was in malibu, actually, at this real

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his health care speech to congress and then former president jimmy carter charged racism and then bill cosby agreed and joe wilson denied it and then rush limbaugh weighed in, well, you get the idea. today he sat down with five major tv networks including cnn for interviews airing this weekend to talk health care and, yes, race. "raw politics" from joe johns. >> reporter: the president could no long area void talking about it. race. it came up in interview after interview. this one with cnn's john king. >> there are people out there that don't like me because of my race. that's not the average variety issue here. i think there are people who are anti-government, you know, i think that there are -- there's been a long standing debate in this country that is usually that much more fierce during times of transition. or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes. the things said about fdr recently, there were things said about me. he was a communist, a socialist. things that were said about ronald reagan when he was trying to reverse some of the any deal programs. you know, they were

that's got to give you a little bit of concern and bill cosby has a lot of great things to say about temple. strong defensive line they're not known for so has to be a little bit of concern if you're a penn state fan. >> cal, as indicated earlier, averaging 55 points per game. that's third in the bcs. jahvid best, huge in this one. best, the run. and 33 yards later, he'll have a touchdown to his credit. another one. cal up 7-0. >> go ahead, knock the cameraman again, robber. >> couldn't keep up with him. it's more of a compliment to best plan a knock on the cameraman. >> weber to eric decker. now watch this hit. you have to be tough and he certainly was. holding onto the football. decker would get stitches but you know what, he returns. there's no crying in football. >> boy i tell you, just a great job of body control, field awareness and he knew that hit was coming. that's a man's man! >> weber pitch to decker, throws the pass. and marquis gray for the touchdown. game tied at 21 right there and the gophers sticking around. jahvid best. this would be his fourth score. he runs it righ

it's a beautiful, beautiful theater where, like, bill cosby and all the big guys perform. >> carson:e years. >> carson: what's it like when you perform there? >> dude, when i go back home, it's so cool because a lot of people i went to college with, a lot of people i went to high school with -- then it's just jersey pride. you know what i'm saying? it's -- "dude, you made it from here!" "just got off the turnpike" you know, that kind of thing. >> carson: jersey gets a bad rap in comedy. >> why? i don't know why people give jersey such a bad rap. i mean, there's only one section of highway that stinks real bad. [ laughter ] and i think that's somewhere between elizabeth and linden. it's just some industry stuff. but we got the best mobsters in the world, dog. i mean, think about it. >> carson: yeah, you do. we'll give you that. >> think about it. tony soprano. jersey! come on. you got -- come on. you got -- [ applause ] frank sinatra from jersey. ray liotta from jersey. you got whitney houston from jersey. you got queen latifah. [ laughter ] naughty by nature. who else? >> carson: i'd

this sunday, msnbc will telecast "about our children" a live event featuring bill cosby discussing povertyng on parenting, education and health issues facing the poor in the u.s. and cosby talks about some of that this morning the "today" sh show. >> the first thing that happened when i was going around, i had had enough of this, and i kept saying to groups of people our children are trying to tell us something and we're not listening. >> you can watch it right here on msnbc this sunday starting at 7 p.m. eastern time. ♪ look at this man ♪ so blessed with inspiration ♪ ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers love ge aircraft engines almost as much as we love making them. innovation today for america's tomorrow. [ door closes ] [ footsteps ] [ man sighs ] whew! a lot goes through your mind after an accident. but with liberty mutual, insurance issues won't. man: man! because we offer unlimited rental coverage, new car replacement, and accident forgiveness to help ease your mind. and that's our policy. liberty mutual insurance

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on "today" featured panelist bill cosby described about it. >> i'm going to do a town hall, will you be there? would you like to be there? i said yes, alvin said yes. then she said, i'm doing this town hall, would you be there? she said really? this went on another half hour. >> poverty affects everyone, we will talk about depression, education, parenting, you can't do one without doing the other. >> and offer solutions. >> "about our children" airs live from washington this sunday at 7 p.m. eastern on msnbc. that's it for now john, back over to you in washington. >> thank you, monica. >>> now, how far are you following take your fear over swine flu in the "new york times" city critic reporter recently decided to buy a swine flu protection kit from a company called flu armor. the kit costs $69 plus an extra $6.75 for a paper suit. aerial spent some time strolling around new york city to test it out and get reaction from some very curious residents. >> would you wear something like this? >> yes i would. >> no, i wouldn't. >> to save my life? yes, i would. >> well, i did it. i spent a

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. >>> now comedian and actor bill k cosby is weighing in.ea mitchell reports yesterday. >> i don't think you can get people who are entrenched in their own hatred to stop. i think what we have to do is find the people who are willing to work together, the people who realize that mistakes will happen, and we've got to work for the betterment of the american people. >> by the way, we have a special airing on msnbc this as you know with bill cosby presented by michelle bernard. about our children will address topics such as health, education and parenting, september 20th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm eastern time on msnbc. >>> with us from the washington post, jonathan capehart, toure also here, chuck todd joining the conversation, chief white house correspondent here. jonathan, having been around washington as a journalist for a long time and having watched lots of political expression being -- thought jornl bush was the devil, compare the imagery and extreme resistance you would see with somebody like president george w. bush, at his most threatening

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bill cosby and moderated by msnbc political an left michelle bernard.of the program on "today." >> you just had an 11-year-old kid on who spoke and said do you believe in me? i believe in me. it's simple. yet, people don't go about behaving that way towards their children. >> "about our children" airs live in washington this sunday. it's about health, education, parenting and all good stuff and should be a must see tv. >> looking forward to it. thank you, alex. >>> much more ahead. still another lawsuit challenging the president's place of birth. tossed out of court again. of course, president born in america. is the death of a birther move finally upon us? after the break we will talk to the de facto leader of that movement after this. (music plays) boy: is that your new car? uh...yeah. boy: cool. thanks. i knew i wanted the new subaru legacy. i went back and forth on the hood scoop. but i'm glad i went for it. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love. here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as eff

brian: bill cosby saying something similar. >> start with president carter. 29 years after his presidencyg on to relevance in the world. he has no right to judge the world with those kind of words. what's worse, go back to congress, this president can't get anything done without a congress that's functional. we have a dysfunctional, corrupt congress that at worst is dysfunction, participants in mall feigns. does things american people no longer want. that's the bigger problem than barack obama's race issue. brian: is he going to be asked over afternoon over again. last question, should race play a role, is it playing a role in the tough time you're having and what should his answer be. >> he is going to say no. he is not going to get in the about middle of that debate. it's for other people to say. is he not going to say it i honestly don't know what he thinks. i will say, however, i don't think jimmy carter is crazy and should be in the basement. he is a great humanitarian and former president. he has every right to speak out. >> not only is the president of the united states but the lea

. >> bill cosby. he's going to be having a special on msnbc this weekend. we've been looking at our e-mails and our twitter feeds this morning. i can tell you the anger and rage on the left -- i don't want to say the far left. i don't want to characterize it as the far left. there are a lot of people out there who believe, if you oppose president obama, you're a racist. or that if you don't agree with what former president carter said, you don't think racism exists, which is bad math. >> that is bad math, as we've been saying. both of us know personally, and i know not only -- throughout my political career, and i said it time and time again. a lot of republicans did. racism is alive and well in america, but certainly we've made great progress. >> and you have to be so careful with your words. >> whenever you bring up race, you have to be careful. i don't personally believe that president carter's been careful, and he's doing nothing -- and this is what people in the hard left don't understand. chuck todd has said, and somebody wrote a nasty e-mail about ch