a lot of african-american organizations that haven't put the cards on the table. >> has black america and other minorities, others who voted in solid blocks for this president, come to kind of fight the battle against the right with him? in a way that might be able to minimize some of the outcry that we've seen with what -- >> i don't think -- not yet. i think part of that is the arguably, the mishandling of the issues strategically by the white house to concede control to members of congress. that's been a problem for the president with all americans including black americans so far. >> pam, you were there quite a bit. you know the people inside the white house. is there a sense of stumbling, of slipping, when you talk about his inner circle, say, obviously a couple of people in dealing with the race issue? >> they never describe it that way, no. in dealing with the race issue, because basically, every day, robert gibbs says this is not an issue in the sense that the president understands who he is, understands that the issues on his table are far larger -- >> you say that every time

we know that the state of black america is shaky. we know it because we see the numbers and we see the disparities and we see the educational disparities, the economic disparities. of poverty in our community has gone up again. we have the patience for social change. lauren knows that i value all of my brothers and sisters. it cannot be easy to be those kind of leaders. this talks about leaving the pour out. we need to talk about credits for homeowners. we know that half of black people are winners. what do we do for renters? what we do for communities? what do we do this a whole lot more sophisticated that a lot of people cannot figure out? we need a movement that is phenomenal, fierce and empowered. some people have the audacity to believe that people can get that. the second part needs to be a change within us. that is a different piece of it. let me leave my educational had an read my bible. you will put your faith in me and you'll protect me from evil. what i interpret that as, is that they were asking the lord for the upgrade.

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apparently this was during black america week.ut the point of the matter is, this is exactly what some people were concerned about. bill: indoctrination. >> when the president was going to speak to all of our school children. bill: is it indoctrination or enthusiasm for the sitting president. >> i don't know but you could argue it both ways. here is the other thing. we go all the way into the supreme court to make sure we can't say word god at school and nobody has a problem with this? bill: what do you say indoctrination or just honoring a sitting president? >> i think the intent is honoring a sitting president. i think if you see this in a very widespread way if we were seeing this all across the country in every single schoolhouse then there is need to be concern. bill: i think that's indoctrination. it's absolutely indoctrination. i think the teachers wanted it to be indoctrination. the kids don't have any idea. that's what indoctrination is. >> the school says the video was taken unauthorized. bill: of course. they don't want

there's another phenomenon out there which is in black america they are noticing that the very first president in the television age to be heckled, the first president to suffer a heckling in that situation is the first black president. that has not gone unnoticed. there is a very particular offense being taken in the african-american community tonight. >> and by the way, thus the first congressman to heckle a president during the speech happens to be a member of the radicalized group the sons of confederate veterans. so if there was any implication there, in fact, there are two implications there. back to the meaning of this incident going forward. when the dixie chicks criticized president bush on stage at a concert in london, the right tried to blacklist them. the iraqi journalist who threw the shoe at the last president of the united states wound up probably appropriately, at least temporarily if not in terms of length, in jail. am i wrong in thinking that if a democrat in congress had, indeed, yelled "you lie" at president bush, lord knows there was opportunity to do that, the ou

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black kids. disciplinary action has taken place within the school system. rush limbaugh was saying this is obama's americaids beating up white kids on a bus. >> that's ridiculous. that's utterly ridiculous for him to say that. it really has nothing to do with barack obama. this nonsense was happening long before brm brarack obama came a. there's racism in america but also a situation where you have a lot of black kids on far too many occasions that feel the need to be violent and putting their hands on the people of different ethnicity. there's no excuse for that. those black kids should be punished. they had no business putting their hands on that white individual. you do the crime, you do the time. >> steven a. smith, great to have you on tonight. >>> our paj, jeff santos, radio talk show host, wwco, revolutionboston.com. a.b. stoddard, associate editor for the hill and john fury, republican strategist. john, let me start with you. actually, i want to play this sound cut from bill cosby who just did an interview. he was talking about the behavior of the congress toward president obama. this is bill cosb

black in america came out and talks about how in the media increased amount of the information regardinglacks is mostly negative violence and homicide, an that contributes to the stereotypes which americans create involving blacks. and he says it is an insane amount, like 70 percent of the information you see in the news is entirely negative. can you talk about that? >> well, but i don't have the precise figure. there have been many, man studies of this. blacks portrayed as criminals or entertainers or somehow engaged in pathology. i think that has been found to be true year after year. and happy to say that this year with barack obama's ascendancy and his election that you will see more positive portrayals of african-american males. that is a biggie. you know, to see every day in african american in a positive way is something that is still new and different, and i think it's new for all americans, black and white. every year i teach a class called -- iike to call it so-called minorities in the media. in that class i have my students to make content analysis of the publication because r

we will have the latest volley in the ongoing spat between new york's first black governor and america's first black president. >> this is the united nations security council chamber. this is where a lot of action happens at the u.n there are five permanent members to the u.n. security council, the u.s., the u.k., france, russia and china. there actually ten non-permanent members and they rotate out every two years. now, the chair of the u.n. security council rotates out every month and it's done so alphabetically. it just so happens that this month is the united states, so president obama will become the first american president to chair a u.n. security council meetingite here thursday. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationall

just forget t blacks all over the world want to come to america because it's the best place in the world. glenn: david, i'm sorry, but we have to g i will have you back, and let's further this conservation a little bit more. right back. d n diabetics on medicare. hello, i'm john fox---you may know that i'm a professional bass fisherman. but you may not know that i have diabetes. and it's never slowed me down thanks to the good folks at liberty medical. i've been a liberty medical patient for years and have relied on them for all my diabetic needs. and, if you call now you'll receive a free meter. it's easy to use with fast results. even the shipping is free and medicare may cover the cost of your other supplies. liberty medical keeps you on track by delivering diabetic supplies right to your door. they even take care of the paperwork, file your claims and send you a free meter. call right now and they'll also send you a free diabetic cookbook. diabetes doesn't have to slow you down. join me and over a million people who trust liberty medical. glenn: what do you find, racism or corruption

when you think about the abortion rate in black america today, for every two pregnancies, one is a borted there is large concern. there are many instances where african-americans are upset too. host: orlando, florida on the republican line. go ahead. caller: star, i'm a huge fan of yours. i hope you'll talk more about your organization. there seems to be as much now against obama as there was going into the election and the excitement about him possibly becoming president. i don't think he's changed his values or his mind. do you think people just weren't paying attention or they were so caught up with the possibility of having a black president that they voted for him without paying attention to the values he he is spouses? for example, he hasn't changed his mind on abortion? were the black people just not paying attention? guest: well, blacks weren't the only ones to put him in office. about half of the voters were black voters. many republican voters were frustrated and left their party. there was excitement throughout all communities. . . . any changes. we should make them small steps

that's the man once called america's first black president, bill clinton, reacting to former presidentarter saying the overwhelming portion of the animosity directed against barack obama is based on the fact he's an african-american. an interview with david letterman, president obama answered the same question. we'll get to that in "the politics fix." the chicago tribune's charns page. our friend. "usa today" susan page. let's ask that question. bill clinton says health care is health care. it's got the same enemies no matter who's pushing it. >> he's right. there's a difference in the way the outrage is expressed. those fines we saw on the mall during the t.e.a. party demonstrations. for example. some of them had racial innuendo to them. you know, zoo's got an african lion -- >> i call it innuendo. that's subtle. >> what's the real purpose? the purpose is to stick it to the guy in power. you know, if it were george bush you'd be seeing texas jokes of some kind. that's basically what it is i think. >> i don't know what's in and what's out anymore, >> i read "the new york post" and they

he is one of 30 kids to take a trip to africa featured in a cnn special, "black in america."hat was just the beginning. last night as his service with a group ended, he got another gift, his own past. soledad o'brien has tonight's story. >> reporter: if a houston lab they're searching for a secret, they're looking for an answer to a question that haunts a 14-year-old boy in brooklyn, new york. if successful, they'll tell him who he is and where he comes from. >> all i know is i'm don donovan, 14 years old. that's it. i'm from new york. >> reporter: now tell me why -- >> though he didn't know it then, when he met this person a year ago, he was on a plane to discover his roots. he runs a program to empower kids called "journey for change." she took donovan and 29 other brooklyn teenagers to africa to show them the advantages they have at home. letting them see firsthand how kids in africa live. to mark one year in her program, she offered the kids dna tests, a possible key to their past. >> i cannot think of a greater gift to give these kids than their genealogy. i think any of

chicago, and i mention them because together, new york and chicago, educate 10% of all the black men in america. it's those two cities. in those two cities, 65% of black boys -- because they're stillids to me -- who entered ninth grade -- 65% entering black male ninth graders will never make it to the 12th 12th grade and graduate with their peers. and thoseho make it in six s or something, seldom graduate bause they're so demoralized. by then they're over 20. just think, when you look at those numbers, what a loss to our society. iean, lany tony morrissons, langstonughes, barack obamas will w never know because they were somehow intellectually decapitated? their spirit destroyed, sen, eight, nine yearsefore. my answer to t questio is this. e solution ds not -- the solution will never be found in high school itsel because by then these kids are so far behind. yes, you can try through remedial efforts and anything thatorks i will support. m a practical person. but ultately this begins in the early years of school where these kids have received, first of all, no preschool, so they enter school two

america. he speaks in the larger transracial terms. he really wasn't a member of the black caucus when he was a senator. they have all come along because he is the president now and the first african american president. i think you saw that tonight what he was doing is trying to sell his healthcare plan by appealing to them saying people are trying to demonize me and you guys have to understand how important it is for you guys to work at the grass roots level. i'm not sure it is a two-way street quite yet. it still it. barack obama, first black president, rock star and you guys have to come along and just help me because i'm a star. >> geraldo: ann and juan i want you to stay with me. here is the president calling on black parents to be involved in their children's education. i hope ann and other conservatives don't think that he is interfering or meddling in their family affairs. but i want to move now to this all important, we can debate that maybe later in the program. i want to move on to the terror plot that unlike most in the post 9/11 era involves not an fbi or polic

cronkite boys who handled the complexities of global issues from the vietnam war to the cold war from black americaolidly entertwined. the investigation most admired reporter and later stole "60 minutes." roger who dean of core correspondence and the power of the state department, dan rather, white house correspondent who would always knock down doors than check to see if they were locked. bob schieffer who reminded peers that if you could report with a smile and not just a sneer. leslie stall, molly safer, who watched zippo lighters ignite a fire at capitol. and jack lawrence, bob simon, the eyes and ears of the middle east, bill plant, charles oscar, who reminds us that there were thousands of ordinary people still painting the tapestry of america in vivid colors. and walters great friend andy rooney who's trusty typewriter still connects us to the founding years. reporters producers, writers and camera crews were managed and >> it is perhaps the greatest epithet that none of these men and women resented his power or challenged his commitment. they trusted him, too. if history as it has been said

i have no problem with black, white, green, purple, whatever. and i think all of america needs to join together -- and also my husband is a union man. he has never given any money to any political association. he believes in working hard and getting what he paid for, and then we pay our taxes just like everybody else does, and he would give his shirt off his back. and i would like to know why we cannot, whenever you go to reelect somebody, they give a whole bunch of money to reelect this person -- instead of giving a whole bunch of money to reelect this person why can't we buy back america? guest: the caller made the point about racism obviously being raised in politics. look, i think we have had a corruption of our language. i think name-calling has become a substitute for thought. i don't think it is productive to call people communists, i don't it is productive to call people fascists, i now think it is productive to call people racist unless there is clear and compelling evidence that they fit in those categories. i think using terms like this is often a conversation

now, we move to another level, at which the first black president of america, has either those who woulde to support him, or surrogates saying when you criticize a black president's policies that that in and of itself is racism. does that not -- that strains creduli credulity, does it not? >> the question is whether or not this is a racial moment is sort of beside the point. this is about politics. we're in washington. it's a town where there are agendas on the right and left. by any means possible, we've seen individuals pushing it. and we've seen joe wilson, his primary opponent, raising money off his -- >> millions of dollars. >> right. in so far as the racial issue can motivate, a small proportion at rallies, like the rally we saw at the mall on saturday, republicans can use that tool if they can. i think that's lamentable but that's politics, more than race. >> dayo seems to be, rich, boxing in a few folks, if i may, putting us in a position of a body politic. if it's not racism, perhaps implying rather forcefully that racism is a motivation, if not the expression. what do you make

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she doesn't necessarily as she say -- as she says, has a connection with black america. ou have a strong connection to the asian culture, but nobody sees you as being asian, what's it like to exist in that disparity? >> there's definitely a mismatch or gap between how society views an individual and how they view themselves. when it comes down to is that race is such a visual thing based on skin color and hair texture that an individual can very much feel as you said like one way, and completely look another. >> you have -- you have some photographs of your own children who are mixed race. you want to sort of have them then gain a clarity or an understanding about -- you have a beautiful family. >> thank you. >> about this. this book -- what do you hope that they and other kids will feel at the end of this, at the end of all this? i'm thinking what we want is to feel less disparity, less intolerance. just have a sense that it doesn't matter what we are, we're all human. >> well, i think our kids will have much larger community of mixed-race americans going forward as i sa

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black people were in america before white people were, almost every case. >> well -- and doing some very hard work might i add. >> yeah. that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. >> there is a sense he is an illegitimate president. race has a lot to do with that. not everybody because we all remember the -- >> we all remember the whackiness with clinton. >> we are going to talk about this with david gregory and others later, roger simon. later in our "fix." we go to the political depth of this. let's deal with you two. politically this president who i voted for and was thrilled by his campaign and the fact we could elect an african-american after all these years, great. he seems to decide he doesn't like this topic. he doesn't like the fact we're talking like this now. what do you think? >> it is the third wheel for him. he absolutely cannot talk about race. look what happened -- >> does he want us talking about it? >> i don't think it matters. he can't stop us from talking about it. >> doesn't it bug him that we're talking about it? >> i think he would rather we just talk about healt

black president. it is a great moment for america. i was on chris matthews a few weeks ago, the idea that conservatives do not want a black president to succeed, that is insulting. jimmy carter was a bigger dingbat and the people in the white house now, and he was white. how can this be racial issue? guest: i think that there is something well beyond race going on here. something more disturbing, the refusal of the right in this country to accept the legitimacy of any elected democratic president. that is a very disturbing thing. constant, well funded attempts, well documented by industry and various lobbying groups. attempts to take away the legitimacy of this president by insisting he was not born in this country, etc., etc. guest: because a democrat would never claim that a republican president was not legally voted in. you made my point. [laughter] guest: let's identify some of that mob in miami and talk about grassroots, 2001, people that broke up the ballot recount. it was decided by the republican dominated supreme court, democr

but in obama's america, the white kids get beat up, the black kids cheering right on, right on. >> nicislature but he is -- >> he's a leader of many -- >> let me respond to that, anderson. if you listened to the rush limbaugh show. he's an entertainer -- >> do you agree with what he is saying that this is somehow a representation of president obama's america? >> absolutely not. i do not agree with that, and i think he may have been joking. >> oh, no, he wasn't joking. >> i'm not here to speak for rush limbaugh tonight. but i'll say this -- >> but he speaks for a lot of conservatives. >> the president has welcomed new ideas to the table. he agrees that a lot of the concerns that citizens had last week are based upon legitimate concer concerns. we have serious issues and stop being distracted by being labeled racists. >> i don't think we ought to let rush limbaugh's comments drive a conversation like this. we have to look at the bigger picture. 53% of americans voted for barack obama, the black candidate. it was the highest percentage of votes in the country that any democratic candidate

mean, you put your kids on a school bus you expect safety, but in obama's america, the white kids now get beat up when the black kids cheering, yeah right on, right on. filming. the white kid deserved it, he's born a racist, he's white. >> that's beyond psycho talk. kids have been gets beat up on school buses for a long, long tile. in this case the police concluded it was a bullying issue, not race related. but it could have been. i think rush limbaugh wants a race war. even though president obama clearly has nothing to do with this incident, i do think that he can do something really positive about it. here's the play, mr. president. bring these kids to the white house. counterpunch your critics by using it as a teacher moment when you've got everybody paying attention to it. get in the mix. you did it during the campaign. you had to make a tough decision on reverend wright when we did things that didn't match up anymore, right? the last press conference you put yourself in the gates controversy. last week you spoke to school kids and talked about something like this, about taking responsibility. what a teachi

cronkite boys who handled the complexities of global issues from the vietnam war to the cold war from black americawined. the investigation most admired reporter and later stole "60 minutes." roger who dean of core correspondence and the power of the state department, dan rather, white house correspondent who would always knock down doors than check to see if they were locked. bob schieffer who reminded peers that if you could report with a smile and not just a sneer. leslie stall, molly safer, who watched zippo lighters ignite a fire at capitol. and jack lawrence, bob simon, the eyes and ears of the middle east, bill plant, charles oscar, who reminds us that there were thousands of ordinary people still painting the tapestry of america in vivid colors. and walters great friend andy rooney who's trusty typewriter still connects us to the founding years. reporters producers, writers and camera crews were managed and motivated by the newsroom of walter cronkite. none of these men and women resented or challenged his commitments. they trusted him too. if history has been said, it's a biography of hero

and other people don't know this, together new york and chicago educate 10 percent of all black men in america. just those two cities. those two cities, 65 percent of black boys that are still kids to me, when they enter ninth grade, 65% are entering blackmailed by integrators will never make it to 12th grade and graduate with their peers. and those who make it, you know, in six years or something seldom graduate because they are so demoralized. by been there over 20. just think, when you look at those numbers. what a loss to our society. i mean, how many toni morrison's, how many langston hughes, how many barack obama as we never know? becausth were somehow intelltually decapitated. spirit destroyed, seven, eight, nine years before. my answer to the question is this. resolutithe solution will neverd in high school in itself because by then these kids are so far behind. yes, you can try all sorts of redial effor and anything that works. i will support. i am practical person. but ultimately this begins in the early years of school where these kids have received, first of all, no preschool. so t

black people were in america before white people were, almost every case. >> and doing some hard work might i add. >> that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. >> there is a sense he is an illegitimate president. race has a lot to do with that. >> i think that is a cofer for race. >> we all remember the whackiness with clinton. >> we are going to talk about this with david gregory and others later, roger simon. in "the fix." with you two, politically this president who i voted for and was thrilled with his campaign. he seems to decide he doesn't like this topic. he doesn't like that we are talking about this. he doesn't like this conversation. >> it is the third wheel for him. he absolutely cannot talk about race. >> does he want us talking about it? >> i don't think it matters. he can't stop us. >> does it bug him we are talking about it? >> i think he would rather we just talk about health care. he would rather not see the racial track. >> it makes everyone tribalistic. you are demuring here. >> i don't know what barack obama wants us to talk about but it is -- >> does this hurt

traveling at a young age to venezuela at the age of 9, in indiana at the age of 16, there were black people in latin americat know, and i saw poverty that in no existed, but i also met people with amazing courage, people who were doing amazing things with their lives, and i saw thisxhilaration. the world was right within my grasp and it is right within your grasp as well. i encourage you to travel, to expose yourself to other cultures, other languages, challenge the assumptions that you hold, challenge the values that you hold, the norms that you want to be true. you will only be enriched by doing so, you will discover who you truly are. we are going to get more into discussions later on so i will leave it at that but i also want to say congratulations to the naacp for 100 years of service. i think stefanie l. browand all of you for being here, for your intest, your active participation, i hope some of you will think about traveling to another countr learning the new language or becoming involved in international affairs in some way. thank you. [applause] >> good eving. you don't mind if i stand up? alright

critical role of science and technology in our country's future and the key role played by america's historically black colleges and universities in the success of that future. the 105 voices of history that many of you heard on sunday night are also the voices of america's future. today i would like to touch on who we are and what we do at the office of naval research, like a long association with hcbu's and offer some thoughts on what the future demands from all of us. in the military we talk a lot of capability vs capacity. to weus capability means we have the wherewithal to accomplish a mission. it means we have aircraft are weapon to do a particular job. capacity means we have enough of it to do the entire mission and fill the entire need. clearly america has talent. out there in the many young minds that will one day run this country, what is not so clear is that a sufficient number of the bright young minds will enter the fields that drive science and technology. especially is the contours of our population continue to of all, we need to make sure we of power and leverage every inch of the in or

because this was the act of the most extraordinarily dead on frontal candor, explaining to america, the roots of black rage in the church form as at the took, as well as a duty to white rage, but actually america took it, it was a credit to the sophistication of the electorate, really, to -- its willingness to face something fresh, to actually face truths, even as they're a bit tough about american history, that instead of doing him irrepairable and irreversible farm, it did immediately, an enormous amount of good, even though he had to distance himself further. because jeremiah wright would not leave well enough alone, would not shut up at that particular point really, so i think we have a moment really, in which the american future and the american past are this extraordinary like two wires in a kind of electrical connection. no, we can't use history, really, as a predictor of what will happen next, but you do know that you know, whether it's wonderful books about franklin roosevelt's 100 days or about the depression, or whether it's about the end of the american century, and you know, where we go f

black man. >> larry: could he be right? racism in 2009 america next, on "larry king live." good evening. a couple of things. next monday night in new york, live, president bill clinton will be our special guest. you may have noticed the fancy new table here. we are now in hd every night. good evening, there are major developments in a murder that rocked the yale university campus. let's get right to them with reporter with wstb in new haven, tonight. what's new in this case? >> what's new in this case, he's still not considered a suspect, raymond clark, he's a person of interest, in fact the only person of interest. they had a press conference here, talked about going over 250 pieces of evidence which were not only collected at the crime scene but also at raymond clark's house. they also tell us they interviewed more than 150 people, but at this point, they say the focus of their investigation is on raymond clark because they tell us, while they have talked to other people, he is definitely their person of interest. >> why did they release him? >> what is that? i'm sorry. >> why did they

but in obama's america, the white kids get beat up, the black kids cheering right on, right on. and the white kid deserved it. he was born a racist, he's white. >> nic, i know you said he's not a legislator, but he is probably the most popular radio personality -- >> he's a leader of many -- >> let me respond to that, anderson. if you listened to the rush limbaugh show. he's also an entertainer. while he gives news and he informs americans on the day-to-day -- >> do you agree with what he is saying that this is somehow a representation of president obama's america? >> absolutely not. i do not agree with that, and i think he may have been joking. i'm not -- >> oh, no, he wasn't joking. >> i'm not here to speak for rush limbaugh tonight. but i'll say this -- >> but he speaks for a lot of conservatives. >> the president has welcomed new ideas to the table. he agrees that a lot of the concerns that citizens had last week are not based on racism but based upon legitimate concerns. we have serious issues, we need to deal with the issues at hand and stop being distracted by being label

black president. it is a great moment for america. i was on chris matthews a few weeks ago, the idea that conservatives do not want a black president to succeed, that is insulting. jimmy carter was a bigger dingbat and the people in the white house now, and he was white. how can this be racial issue? guest: i think that there is something well beyond race going on here. something more disturbing, the refusal of the right in this country to accept the legitimacy of any elected democratic president. that is a very disturbing thing. constant, well funded attempts, well documented by industry and various lobbying groups. attempts to take away the legitimacy of this president by insisting he was not born in this country, etc., etc. guest: because a democrat would never claim that a republican president was not legally voted in. you made my point. [laughter] guest: let's identify some of that mob in miami and talk about grassroots, 2001, people that broke up the ballot recount. it was decided by the republican dominated supreme court, democr

black man. >> larry: could he be right? racism in 2009 america, next, on "larry king live." >>> good evening. a couple of things. next monday night, in new york, live, president bill clinton will be our special guest. you may have noticed the fancy new table and everything here. we are now in hd every night. good evening. there are major developments in the murder that has rocked the yale university campus. let's get right to them with reporter susan raf. she's with wsb tv in new haven tonight. what's the latest in this case, susan? >> reporter: well, what's new in this case is that he's still not considered a suspect, raymond clark, but at this point, he is the person of interest, in fact, he's the only person of interest. they had a press conference here today. they talked about going over 250 pieces of evidence, which were not only collected at the crime scene, but also at raymond clark's house. they also tell us they've interviewed more than 150 people, but at this point, they say the focus of their investigation is on raymond clark, because

are you folks did deleted with cobra at all -- national coalition for reparations by blacks in america heard of that organization the we are not affiliated. question caller: no. 2 -- you guys should be sat down for pure stupidity. that white guy with the for walking into your office is -- you got to give me a break. guest: i absolutely agree with you which is why, as the ceo, i took swift and immediate action, terminated those employees because regardless as to what we know or edited or doctored tapes where you don't see anything where finally people were thrown out in dozens of our offices, it is inexcusable and indefensible to sort of have such poor judgment. that is not our professional standards. that is why those folks were terminated, because all of my other employees, of course, they did the right thing. they saw this ridiculous couple who, by the way, were very aggressive and refused to leave some of our offices. but our other employees did the right thing. and so, we wanted to make sure that people understood this is not who we are. we will not tolerate even two minutes of tha

america. we have wrestled with the race in our country. it's naive to believe that we can the first election of a black president of the united states of americand not have that bubble up. >> if you accuse everyone there being a racist because there were 10,000 people there that had racist signs, aren't you making more fervent? >> the issue is not, i'm going to accuse somebody of being a racist. there are racial undertones of how we perceive things. >> but not to all people? >> no, but when people make racial assumptions, they go through different levels in getting there. when we say racist, it's someone with a klan outfit, a swastika. >> the tea party protesters, there is principle policy opposition behind a lot of it. but there's also a paranoid, pathological hatred of the president as well. you're looking at the fault license of american politics here, folks. the party of lincoln's base is at the heart of the confederacy. this is something we need to deal with. it's not the vast majority of these folks, but to to ignore that it's not motivated some of them is not paying attention. >> that's why we're having conversations about it. they're o

black usa. congratulations on all. where does this rank among everything? >> this is the grand finale because i' been to miss america. arted out miss black and gold at howard university. then miss howard university, then miss d.c. so this is the grand finale and i plan on ending this one very big in a very tremendous way so this is great. this is a nice way to wrap up a healthy pageant career. >> reporter: we should say that you competed as miss black pennsylvania but we're going to claim you as our own since you won at howard and you do work here in the district. you also say you're not a pageant girl but you've had great success so there must be more in this for you. >> it has a lot to do with my love for my community and also my love for god and the fact that i know this very early on in doing package ants that when i would dance for my talent, people wod be moved like to tears and people would write me letters and e-mails and say when you dance or when you speak i feel empowered and i thought maybe i can use this to help people as well. so that's kind of been my niche in doing package ants. >> let's talk about doi

america. presidential concerns in black and white. >>> we begin with half hour with our top story.area police break up a major drug ring operating out of the maryland suburbs. 12 suspects are facing federal drug charges in association with a drug ring police say operated in southern maryland. federal and local drug agents say they have permanently brought down the operation that moved drugs in prince george's, charles, st. mary's and calvert counties. tracee wilkins joins us to tell us about this. >> because this is a federal case heading to court, there are still a lot of details the u.s. attorney does not want to share just yet. what we do know is this was a major drug operation. drugs were moved onto maryland from outside of the state and sold primarily in southern maryland. today police announced they brought this cartel down and plan on keeping it down by hitting it where it hurts. >> their goal is not simply to prosecute individual drug dealers. our goal is to uproot entire drug dealing organizations. >> reporter: that is what federal drugt agents, attorneys and local police