you talk about -- you introduce the concept that black america is no longer one black america no longer one community. that was a surprise to me. i'm still dealing with that concept. as i read the book, it became very, very clear to me, and you talk about four different groups that are -- have now emerged in the african-american community. can you talk about those groups? >> sure. actually, alberta, maybe i will read that one paragraph and then i'll talk about the four groups. there was a time when there were greed-upon black leaders, and when there was a clear black agenda, when we could talk confidently about the state of black america, but not anymore. not after decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and urban decay, not after globalization, decimated the working class and trickle down economics sorted the nation into aways and lose -- into winners and losers. not after most people ceased to notice, much less care, when a black man and a white woman walked down the street hand in hand. these are among the forces and trends that have had the unintended consequence of tearing bl

is no longer one black america. no longer one comment. that was a surprise to me. i was still thinking it was one community. as i read the book, it became clear to me, it became very, very clear to me of you talk about four different groups that are now -- have now emerged in the african-american community. can you talk about those groups? >> sure. >> can you describe them? >> sure. actually, alberta, maybe i'll read the one paragraph and talk about the four groups. there was a time when there was agreed upon black leaders. when there was a clear black agenda. when we could talk confidently about the state of black america. no anymore. not after decades of desegregation, and urban decay, not after globalization decimated the working glass and trickled down economics and sorted the nation into winners and losers. not after the biggest waive from africa and caribbean, people don't seem to notice or care when the white man walks down the street hand in hand with a black woman. these have torn america into pieces. that'

you introduced the concept that black america is no longer one black america, know what longer one community. that was a surprise to me. i am still dealing with the concept that it is one community. but as i read the book it became clear to me. it became very, very clear to me. and you talk about for different groups that have now emerged in the african-american community. can you talk about those groups and described in? >> sure. actually alberta maybe i'll just read that one paragraph and then i will talk about the four groups. there was a time when the work of greed upon black leaders, and when was a clear black agenda, when we could talk confidently about the state of black america. but not anymore. not after decades of desegregation, from an of action and urban decay. not after globalization, decimated the working class and trickle-down economics sort of the nation into winners and losers. not after the biggest wave of black immigration from africa and the caribbean and celebrity are not after most people ceased to notice, much less care, when a black man and a white woman walking down

by the way, angel was selected to compete in the miss black america pageant next year we will be pulling for her. >> good luck to her. >>> a nice run of weather. maybe a chapter and seems like sun we turn the page. >> really clouding up now. i think the run will be done for a while. toward the end of the week we get back to brighter skies but i don't see a lot of the mid to upper 60s that were so comfortable last week. a little rain in the forecast. it's on the way and i know skins fans, especially those who are filling fedex as we speak are planning to head out in a while are wondering about the rain. if you get a little rain it will be very light and late in the game. we will say perhaps fourth quarter shower, light shower. we are watching -- a beautiful shot, isn't it? we are watching it on true view. a lot to come but the nearest rain is south of 64 in virginia. so it will be a while before it gets in here but it will be coming in probably between 10:00 and 11:00 tonight. talk about the redskins forecast and yes, as the eagles come in to town we think the skies will be cloudy but the

i wouldn't put it all on the black caucus or black america.nk there are many white americans who are outraged by. this and ed what it boils down to is the marketplace. you identify the sponsors, you tell the spoon four is continue to financially support this type of action, these typeses of words, these insinuations, racial insults and he is not a satirist, he tries to impact public policy, let me make this clear, because that's what ron is going to say. >> yeah, ron paul. >> he impacts public policy, let's put it -- let's get to the bottom line. the reason everybody else went down is money. >> i think, look, this case is far overblown. i think there are far more important issues facing the country. as i said the other day when we had this conversation with you two gentlemen, i think the driving miss nancy thing was satire and it was a joke. i wasn't racially offended, i didn't look at it as being offensive. what i do find offensive is there seems to be a double standard about applying racial outrage when it deals with black democrats as it do

." >> for black americans, we weren't deemed valuable enough to educate throughout the history of america. >> that's society's fault? >> it's been society's fault. we were slaves for a long time and we were in segregated schools for a long time and for a long time black americans weren't valued enough to think that we were worth investing in in this country. part of this is a legacy of that. >> not just education he feels passionate about. he wants to light a fire under you when it comes to giving. coming up, the singer/songwriter and filth an tlopist talks about the latest push to get money into the hanlts of those in need. i can't believe i used to swing over those rocks... took some foolish risks as a teenager. but i was still taking a foolish risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more... and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown t

when someone who is not a black america says they're a frederick douglas republican, gives them a dialogive me an examine of things you feel like are key to your basic core principles as an african-american male that says i really am a frederick douglas republican. >> that's that he advocated respect for the constitution and life and belief in government and-- i look at frederick douglas's life and he was the quintessential black conservative based on that definition. so, in looking at his life and studying his life, his life is a perfect example of liberation and i really believe that this movement that god has given me, what is going to save the country. you can't play the race card on it like you can the tea party movement. you have to get to the issue and at that takes race off the tausches and as a conservative we'll have the best ideas. >> it's fascinating to me and i find your insights are compelling and unique and i've never heard them put quite like you put them. you have them in the book, a companion guide and you call yourself the fdr, the frederick douglas republican. the rea

graduate from college, camilla has a master degree, opens her own business and the reigning miss black america d.c. metro. she credits her success to the angels in the community and made a documentary, what you're look at right now, to share her story. you can see this and read more about the cc foundation on www.myfoxdc.com. just click on web links. >>> well, a gorgeous day out there. chilly but it was nice out there. >> yeah. >> and loved seeing the sunshine. gary mcgrady s it going to continue being nice? >> reporter: it's not bad. we have more clouds now than earlier and limited sunshine. we did get some and there is no rain. we're going to stay dry l. me show you what is going on, speaking of the clouds and that looks like the thickest of the clouds are passing overhead right now and that'll linger through the evening hours. we're going to end up with sunny skies coming back to tomorrow. good news, right? 52 here in the city; 48 and notice it's cooler to the northwest. temperatures have already dropped into the 40s. sweater weather out there this evening, the jacket, too, as temperatures

good guys but there is a dark cloud looming over the battle for hearts and minds it's known as america's black hole in afghanistan a secretive place journalists and human rights activists still depict as a liability to america's so-called. the war on terror former detainees have described bob graham detention facility as the scene of heinous crimes a place into which people simply disappeared without a trace two detainees were tortured to death by u.s. forces in two thousand and two while the scandal exposed the use of torture to obtain information from detainees today bob graham rename part one detention facility rarely makes the news bob graham is still very much a black hole it's a prison facility that is operating that we don't have very much information about as i indicated there are about six hundred or so detainees that are there many of them captured outside of afghanistan although a list of names that were released last year a federal court recently denied access to any other information pertaining to those detainees. global outrage and condemnation over detainee abuses america's the

had a journey to take to become the compassionate person he was around those issues around black people in america very true. all three kennedy brothers grew in office and bobby grew as jack did in their recognition of -- of the way black citizens had been treated unfairly for so long and as me became more and more involved in the civil rights movement, and a defy -- defiance by george c. wallace and other southern governors, bobby felt more strongly about it each tavis: beyond the fact he was more exposed to it and he embraced it better, beyond being exposed to it. was there something about bobby that helped him get that than being exposed. love is not necessarily contagious. >> very well said, you ought to be a speechwriter. tavis: no. i can't do that like you can. >> i had bround in the civil rights movement myself and i had influence on jack and jack had influence on bobby. tavis: how much? >> he would have done anything for his brother, they loved each other and worked closely together. there's no doubt in my mind that the day -- right -- i write about it in the book, the day after jack's ass

america. oh it definitely does and it shows that the justice system doesn't value the lives of young black men or young people of color i mean just in the last two months here in los angeles we've seen three more people murdered one what i mean is. james davis and then jonathan of us we definitely know that our lives are not valued by the justice system now you know there's been a lot of violence has broken out in the past because of this case both in los angeles especially in oakland california do you think that we're going to see anything similar tonight this sentence has finally been dealt. i wouldn't be surprised and i wouldn't say that it's uncalled for i mean this we were directly assaulted it's up to the community to defend ourselves so i wouldn't be surprised and that's why when you hear the media sometimes say like why are you so angry why are people so angry well this is exactly why now tell me you know why is it that you got involved with this case and in specific were you an activist before oscar grant's tragic death. i wasn't different areas i'm an educator so i work a lot with yo

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it certainly has helped me in the documentaries that we have done, black america and latino america.e a lot of the focus of my reporting. part of that is because i know and i wanted to trace in this book, you know, how did i get to where i am today in covering those kinds of stories. a lot of that is the questions that you grow up with that you try to figure out in your own life as you are growing up as a journalist. >> do you thinn that having to deal with race or overccme with race is a thing of the past you on still find that you is to do in your career today? >> my car rue career today, no. because i think i've become ver3 comfortable in my work i get to do on cnn. but it's interesting a friend of mine told reporting on race the 3rd rail. you know, you know, people don't want to talk about it. they don't really want to have lunch conversations uncomfortable conversations about our expectations, our thoughts, and our secrets about race and ethnicity. and so, you know, sometimes, i like pushing people on things that they think and things, the values that they hold and what i think

. >> in soledad o'brien's black in america three, she profiled a gentleman who had an executive job and showed how many months he's been unemployed and how many times he's sent out resumes and how he took off his vice presidential title and applying for jobs not even close to what he's making and unable to find it. when you say you should be able to find a job. stephen, you have a job. i have one. the people out there we're hearing from them who are busting their butts and they can't find a job even one far below where they were before. >> everybody hold on. i want to continue this discussion. you'll get a -- stephen, save it for the other side. i'll come right back to you. you're staying right there. in january the republicans do take over the house. what stephen says will go a long way. we'll ask him what changes when the republicans takeover. we'll be right back. >>> before the break everyone was hot under the collar. the extension of unemployment benefits versus cutting those people off and having them fend for themselves in the economy. >> it's a tough economy. how is it immigrants

and i think that's almost such a normal part of being black in america.country, to be of your country, to want nothing but the best for your country, and simultaneously to feel rejected by your nation, to feel unrecognized by your nation. that misrecognition of michelle, that fact that people could look at her and see something so dramatically different suggested that who knows what people saw when i walked through the world-- or when my daughter who's seven years old walks through the world? do they also see us as little budding, frightening militants who hate our nation? it's... it's just a sense of wanting to be seen for who you are and then experiencing the sense that if this woman is not seen, you probably aren't very well recognized, either. >> hinojosa: and that means feeling, essentially, okay, but you know, like unloved... >> yeah. >> hinojosa: ...in your own country. it's deep. >> it is, and it... you know, it's... it doesn't mean that i don't have all of these privileges of being a princeton professor, of you know, owning a home-- and in fact,

. >> in soledad o'brien's black in america three, she profiled a gentleman without a job. she showed how many times unemployed, how many times sent out resumes, took off his vice president title. applying for jobs not even close to what he's making, still unable to find it. when you sit here and say, you should be able to find a job. stephen, have you a job. i have a job. people out there we're hearing from them they can't find a job, even one tar below where they were before. >> i want to continue this discussion. hold on. you're going to get -- save it for the other side. i'm coming back to all of you. stay right there. in january republicans do take over the house. what stephen says is going to go a long way. we're going to ask him what changes when the republicans take over when we come back. across the country when the economy tumbled, jpmorgan chase set up new offices to work one-on-one with homeowners. since 2009, we've helped over 200,000 americans keep their homes. and we're reaching out to small businesses too, increasing our lending commitment this year to $10 b

constitutional law professor but you know considering that he's a democrat or that is the first black president in america. you know it is certainly surprising democrats are generally been more liberal with the pardon power oh lawyers have been more liberal former governors have been more stones even he's not a former governor and he didn't come to the office on the heels of the green card controversy like other presidents have so one would have expected much more on the other hand he did appoint mr holder as attorney general and holder brought quite a bit of luggage with him to that office in terms of pardon controversies and he retained mysteriously enough george to have your voices ardan attorney and that's a mystery to some of us who follow this this stuff but what do you think that it could be those individuals that are holding him back i mean it's not like you know they've been too busy that they can't pay any attention to this matter because we know that just in the month of october they formally denied seventy one partner requests six hundred and five commutation requests so you know what's going

about of time, chaos and mayhem can come to rein. >> henry kissinger, donald marron ran ronald black america rumsfeld. -- ronald mcnamara, conable by lee baert. host: we have been talking with our viewers this morning about the concept of american excess was in. what are your thoughts on that? guest: i think america was founded on a different basis, founded on a philosophy of individual liberty and people being in charge of their own lives, and government doing only those few things that people are incapable of doing for themselves. i think it is like so many people -- host: the president talked about you frequently appeared here is one incidents of it. >> last year's supreme court decision with citizens united, which basically says that special interests can gather up millions of dollars -- they are now allowed to spend as much as they want without limit, and they do not have to ever reveal who is paying for these ads. that is what they're doing all across the country. they are doing it right here in pennsylvania, millions of dollars being spent. and the names always sound very benign. amer

he was the most eminent black man in america in those days. in fact, a whent.r. became president, booker t. washington was the first person he telegraphed to come to washington and consult with them. him. as everybody knows, he entertained booker t. washington in the white house a few weeks after he was elected and created a national scandal by sitting down to dinner with a black man. that had never been done before in the white house. their relationsp became complicated later on but when booker t. washington died in 1915 , t.r. was enormously moved and went to tuskegee to give him his props. >> this is a biographical note -- when did he warned him to do that? >> back in '80 and '81 and graduated. the doctor said to him, "mr. roosevelt, you have this problem with your heart and i advise you to lead a sedentary life and do nothing to physical. ." >> he said he would do everything he was told not to do. you will believe -- lead a vigorous life and he will die at the age of 60 which is exactly what he did then what did he die of? >> a pulmonary embolism is the concl

black, publisher of hurst magazines one of the top female ceos in the u.s. the first-ever female school chancellor in new york's history. >>> and news about a long-standing and stubborn achievement gap in america's public schools between black students and white students. for some reason, black children routinely fall behind their white counterparts and tonight, a new report is out that focuses on black males. it suggests that this gap is even bleaker and bigger than anyone first realized. our education nation report tonight from nbcs ron allen. >> the class of 2010. >> reporter: this year, the entire senior high class at chicago's urban prep graduated. 107 students, all african-american young men. while at the same time, according to a new report, most black male students performed worse than their peers by almost every measure. in fourth grade, only 12% do well in reading compared to 38% for white male students. by eighth grade, only 12% of black male students are proficient in math. compared to 44% of their white peers. nationally, less than half of all black male students graduate from high school. far below the 78% national rate for public schools. after that, among college students, only 5

books you read talk about america as wrong, failing, struggling, on a downward decline spiral and actually what i found in my travels, whether reporting documentaries like blacka, latino in america, gay in america or upcoming muslim in america or as we cover disasters in haiti and katrina and the aftermath as well, people usually try to do the right thing. as many stories as we had of devastation, we had many stories of people who would dig people out of an earthquake in chile or find housing for people desperate in haiti and dedicating their life to rescuing orphans, and in addition to the aftermath and disaster but i have been amazing by the goodness of americans to help out and i wanted to tell some of those stories as well. >> you know what occurred to me as you were sort of running down the list of some of the really horrible stories you covered on a human level but as you point out, the great work done by so many in those crisis situations. do you ever take -- because i'm asked this question often -- do you ever take those images, those sounds, do you ever take those items home with you at your conclusion, at the conclusion of your reporting? >> yeah, a

he was the most imminent black man in america in those days. in fact, when t.r. became president, booker t. washington was the first person he telegraphed to come to washington and consult with him. as everybody tends to know, he also entertained booker t. washington to dinner in the white house a few weeks after he became president and created a national scandal by actually sitting down to din we are a black man. never been done before in the white house. their relationship became complicated later on. but when booker t. died in 1915, t.r. was enormously moved and felt he had to go and give him his final tribute. >> this is odds and ends. buy graphcal note. arch bald roosevelt junior in conversation with the author, you, speculated that t.r. probably had, was born with, bicuspid aortic valve. people with that problem often compensate for it in early life but they get a tell tale heart murmur which is probably what his doctor at harvard heard when he warned him to lead a sedentary life. >> when did he do that? >> in 1880. his doctor said to him, mr. roosevelt, yo

even if he is a black man in america, we need to fight for him for precious lives, including mine! >> reporter: obviously as you can see, emotions very heated last night. but the violence never got out of control like previous protests with fires and looting. police say action was taken after one person went too far and an officer had his gun taken from him in a fight. at 10:00, half hour from now, we'll talk to the owner of this boarded up business who says he feels mostly relief it wasn't worse. ann, back to you. >> well, that is the question out there right now, elizabeth, because we've seen so many buildings boarded up. are they going to come down today, or is there still some fear the riots could erupt tonight as well? >> reporter: you know, not from what we can tell. the owner of this boarded up business is here now beginning the cleanup process. >> good to know. we'll check in with you in half an hour. thanks, elizabeth. >>> outrage aside, a majority of the bay area disagrees with those protesters. we took a poll. in all, 55% of people think that the two-year jail sentence m

most powerful institutions here in america well for almost one hundred years now for ninety eight years the federal reserve has been a law unto itself it's been a black box which directs monetary policy in america for the benefit of a few at the expense of the minute. we could have we could have great wealth in america but the wealth it celebrates to the top and one of the celebrates the top the fed helps that happen the fed looks the other way when the subprime crisis was building when banks were securitizing their mortgages and then going along with investments that were pyramiding the value of these securitizations when the bottom dropped out and people couldn't pay back their loans. the taxpayers got stuck with the bill the federal reserve knew what was going on they didn't do anything about it because their responsibility. it is to wall street and to the banks the problem here is they also have a responsibility to maximize employment they have a zero interest in that there are economists working for the fed who believe that a certain amount of unemployment is necessary for the proper functioning of the economy well they have jobs they can say th

and said i sat between the two graves and felt they calmness wash over me and saw my life in america of black life or my life the frustration and help the witness stand chicago all of that was connected with one ocean away the pain i felt was my father's pain in my struggle and birthright and here is obama taking on the vision. he was an economist in 1965 he published an article in the east african journal called problems face shane -- basing our socialism that is widely available you can google it is and what does a country do when you have powerful concentrations of power that dominate the wealth of a society? obama's sr. says it is simple to bring the economic e the down. incidentally it is interesting this article as you will see is quite relevant to what obama is doing in the white house has never been reported in any major newspaper you have never heard about it on the evening news and it is odd that something that seems quite relevant to the policies having such an impact has been kept from us and it is a public document. he is talking about concentrations of power. >> how will we remo