these issues may be black america's problems, their white america's burden i believe that when you make you make all-america better. where we had is to the facts and the data first, to see what they tell us and then to start making demands. as i said earlier, we did not make enough demands over the last 10 years. other communities did. you have not be, -- because you ask not. to the victor goes the spoils. you cannot be the most will insurgency and not see some progress made during that tenure. let's start with the facts, and then let's start making some demands. you have to agitate, agitate, agitate. if you want the system to do anything for you. mark: that was tavis smiley. his book is a babel now, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ mark: we're likely for seven on bloomberg politics.com. if you are watching us and washington, d.c., you can now listen to us on bloomberg 99.1 fm. "the circus"y, premieres on showtime. it is about the election. you can watch it and then debate right after. until next week, sayonara. ♪ announcer: "brilliant ideas," powered by hyundai motors. narrator: the contempo

because these issues may be black america's problem but they're white america's burden.d is to the facts, to the data first to see what they tell us. then to start making demands. as i said earlier in this conversation, we did not make enough demands over the last ten years. other communities did. you have not because you ask not. to the victor goes the spoils. you can't be the most loyal constituency of this or any president and not see some progress made during that tenure. so let's start with the facts and let's start making some demands. you've got to agitate, agitate, agitate if you want the system to do anything for you. >> that was tavis smiley, the author of "the covenant with black america ten years later" available now. we'll be right back. an make you. luckily, alka seltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels. rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. fast, powerful liquid gels from alka seltzer plus you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future, w

we -- when we make black america better, we make all of america better. it is america's word in. factsare two significant and no one is trying to beat separatist. i believe a real patriot rebukes his country when one country is wrong, but you rebuke the country and black folk are still the best patronage, not because but in spite of, we love the country. we tried to make sure that our dignity and humanity is respected and that is at the heart of the data. host: tweeted into you, your the flip on the crisis? -- flint water crisis? guest: tragic. they ought to get subjected to racial and environmental injustice, so when we look at the black population in the city of flint, it is significant, not exclusively black, but significant. for all the people who have enforced to drink the water and those have contracted illness and are sick, these things will continue and these hazards will pop-up as long as we do not take these environmental issues seriously. on our program this week, we are having one of our guests or we had it last my, if you go to pbs.org, but last night, erin brockovich

we -- when we make black america better, we make all of america better. it is america's word in. tsare two significant and no one is trying to beat separatist. i believe a real patriot rebukes his country when one country is wrong, but you rebuke the country and black folk are still the best patronage, not because but in spite of, we love the country. we tried to make sure that our dignity and humanity is respected and that is at the heart of the data. host: tweeted into you, your the flip on the crisis? -- flint water crisis? guest: tragic. they ought to get subjected to racial and environmental injustice, so when we look at the black population in the city of flint, it is significant, not exclusively black, but significant. for all the people who have enforced to drink the water and those have contracted illness and are sick, these things will continue and these hazards will pop-up as long as we do not take these environmental issues seriously. on our program this week, we are having one of our guests or we had it last my, if you go to pbs.org, but last night, erin brockovich wa

to the part about how you juxtapose those two realities, his success and the bottoming out for black america, that will be hard to tell. >> the most optimistic people in america are african-americans. they are so excited about this president. they still defend him. matthew: does that attitude change dramatically as soon as a republican is elected? >> so much of america was proud in two dozen it, it wasn't -- in 2008, it wasn't just black america. millions needed to see that this country could make that step. what's fascinating to me is that the community is suffering economically, and they still believe tomorrow will be better than today. >> one of the things that struck me, looking at elections returns in louisiana and last year, african-americans now vote in just as heavy numbers as whites, which was not the case pre-obama. i do not disagree with anything that tab us sai -- that tavis said, but maybe this reflects the optimism that frank alluded to. there was a great african-american turnout in louisiana, georgia, north carolina -- i think that may become a permanent condition. matthew: tu

i don't think he'd be pleased with the state of black america in terms of educational attainment. the assault on black lives by police officers across the country. i think there are a million and focussing on in terms of challenging america to be better. >> man: i would echo all the points kevin just made. i want to add that he would be extremely proud and pleased that president obama was elected president of the united states and reelected. and i think as a reit tigs, he would have been pleased with the president's state of the union address last week. i thought he was on point and dr. king would be very pleased. we as a country need to take seriously as we look towards the future. >> where do you see major divides between black america, white america, where we have not made inroads. particular, you have what seems like -- first of all, you have residential apar tooi in the city where poor blacks are pretty much segregated in different pockets of the city and there's no relief. department of -- the police department, recently a federal judge ruled on the promotional exam within th

not just black america, but all of america. even if you didn't vote for him, millions of americans were glad to see this country could make that step. what is fascinating to me, that the community is suffering economicically. and it is wide spread suffering. and yet they still believe that tomorrow is going to be better than today. >> one of the things that actually struck me, looking at election returns in 14, in louisiana last year, is that african-americans now vote. they vote in just as heavy numbers as whites which was not the case pre-obama. so i don't disagree with anything that tavis said about their general situation. but i sthi maybe this reflects the optimism that fraj just eluded to. but it really was remarkable that there was a great-- there was a very good african-american turnout in louisiana n georgia, 14, north carolina. i think that may become a permanent condition. >> dowd: so turning to the state of the union, you've seen a lot of these state of the unions. not to put an age on you. but you've seen quite a f

his new book is, "the covenant with black america -- ten years later." ou to claudia palacios, racial and migrant justice activist and a u.s. marines veteran. as well to alicia garza, cofounder of black lives matter. special projects director for the national domestic workers alliance. that does it for our broadcast. we have job openings at democracy now!. democracy now! is hiring a director of finance and operations and a director of development. visit democracynow.org for more information. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to teaching you about italian food has always been my passion. i want to always make it prettier and better and tastier, but this doesn't need a single thing. now it's time to learn the basics of the italian kitchen. so join me and master all things italian. tutti a tavola a mangiare! >> at cento fine foods, we're dedicated to preserving the culinary heritage of authentic italian foods by offering over 100 specialty italian products for the american kitchen. c

his new book is, "the covenant with black america -- ten years later." ou to claudia palacios, racial and migrant justice activist and a u.s. marines veteran. as well to alicia garza, cofounder of black lives matter. special projects director for the national domestic workers alliance. that does it for our broadcast. we have job openings at democracy now!. democracy now! is hiring a director of finance and operations and a director of development. visit democracynow.org for more information. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning'm john cleese. now, have you ever wondered what makes sacred art really sacred? i mean, does the so-called creative spirit lie within the artist, or is it something channeled through the artist that comes from somewhere else entirely? in either case, prepare to be totally delighted by what follows: the first-time meeting of a tibetan lama and a navajo sculptress. so settle back, take a deep breath, and let your creative spirit float in the wind as we join our host, phil cousineau,

no, because your book is about how america has failed black people for the 240th straight year. >> yeah trevor: how close is america to breaking that streak? >> not close enough. this book as you mentioned came out ten years ago and laid out the ten issues that are most important to african-americans, which is really a national plan of action for what we could do to hold ourselves responsible and others kbility. sov course on the 10th anniversary you go back and you ask the obvious question, how have we done. and sadly, and it pains me to say this, black folk have lost ground, refer, in every leading economic category over the last ten years. so these issues are clearly on the dock et before obama slows up. >> trevor: that cannot be right, that fact cannot be right. >> i'm sorry, brother, it's right. >> trevor: i've seen the-- everyone says it. 25 sitting on 125 million. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> trevor: i don't even know how much i made last yeemplet i can't even count. >> yeah. >> trevor: what are you telling me? >> that worked for drake. but that doesn't work for the rest of us. and i'

so in black america, still, you have unemployed people, underemployed people. too many part-time working people, the working poor, and the people who aren't even looking for work because the economy has been so bad. >> what's your bottom line? i kept asking this question because i'm just collecting the answers. what's your bottom line on why that continues to be the case? why black employment, and hispanic employment and black employment continues to lag, decade after decade after decade. >> the obvious answer is that racism is still the most intractable issue in this country, number one. >> for what you call the most multicultural. >> multicultural and multiethnic area, race is still the issue. but what compounds that, tony, education isn't the great equalizer that it used to be. and it's terribly important, the second issue of this covenant. because you could have the saming qualifications as a white male. but the white male still gets the job, and you could have as a black male the same qualifications as a black fem and she gets the job. because they get a t

that bethany christian judge doctor king's ideas have present and of all black america still faces b this them in problems activities are easier to find them they were i i banned and doctor king's lifetime. he will have also hope to honor doctor king as part of this black heritage celebration. they are hosting golden state in an nba finals rematch. tip off tonight is setf for others who state for halftime. we're going to be man acting his speech that he at glenville high school has been practicing. running it pay you 5:07 a.m. is your time favorite eight minutes. i believe a debate the issues facing the american people. the democratic presidential candidate square off to talk about issues in their final debatesu before the start of primary caucus season that has several northeast ohio spent most the time on the court to his felt lake affect how much peter sierra sounded off this past week. the state department is working with iraqi police to try to several americans who reportedly kidnapped.an they have not identified the i americans are said they were doing in iraq. when voters hits

black day on "the buddy dean shall." but i say all of this to say, in the end, people -- i just felt that i had to tell the story of what was going on in americay we had to black show and a white show. in the end, when i told the story, people -- especially those who danced on that show when they were teenagers -- they didn't realize what was going on around them. the didn't really realize racism that was going on around them because they had their old black neighborhood where they had their own entertainment and they had their own enterprise and their own shopping. they didn't realize. but then they learned what was going on around them, and they were like oh, my god. in telling the story, i was proud of the fact that people had a chance to learn not only the story of a black teen television show, but anything that was going on around them. whut howardpbs, and university television was the presenting station. it got offered for syndication. distribution, i'm sorry. i thought you had to have a minimum of 25 stations that wanted to pick it up, and i was in shock when 150 picked it up. i was shocked. i really feel like that's my pride and joy. >

historians will have a difficult time trying to juxtapose how black america bottomed out. >> the unemployment% right now for black americans. that's the lowest since september of 2007. is that not an accomplishment? >> it is a good number. no one's suggesting there's not pockets of progress. you read ten years later, pockets of progress on health, on the digital divide, pockets of progress even on education. there is some progress here and there. my point here again on the mayor economic indicators black america has lost ground and for a community that represented the most loyal constituency to the president i think they would tell you, maybe not in public, they expected a little bit more. >> you have been speaking out lately about donald trump. i want to play a clip of sunday morning, this is you expected a little bit more. >> you've been speaking out lately about donald trump. i want to play a clip from sunday morning, this is you talking about donald trump. >> trump is still, to my mind, at least, an unrepentant, religious, and racial arsonist. so when you talk about how he's rising in the

then, travis smiley discusses his book, "the covenant with black america." you can join the conversation by twitter.cebook, or featured this week and on american history tv on c-span 3. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on "lectures in history," on the president's wartime role, including war is waged without formal congressional declaration. >> you could argue that it is the presence job to educate. the president will say, i know you do not understand this, there is no reason you should in a understood this -- place, far, far away where people seek a different language , i will explain to you what letican interests are, and opinion makers respond to that. i will educate you and you can make a decision. i will ask you to do this. i will explain to you why this is a course of action to pursue. >> sunday morning at 10:00, on "road to the white house rewind," the campaign of lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. america" a 1963 interview with martin luther king junior. >> what i first studied gandhi and a method of nonviolent resistance

book award and finalist for the national books critic circle award looks at the current state of black america in "between the world and me." fox news host brian killmeade is next. who look with don yeager provides a history of the barbry wars in "thomas jefferson and the tripoli pilots." and a look at out the attempted assassination of ronald reagan shamed his presidency in, "killing reagan. "fourth is an examination of end of life care in being mortal. followed by two-time pulitzer prize-winning author, david muck could la's look at flight. and donald trump is next with his book, "crippled america" which outlines his prance to fix the crippled economy, reform the healthcare system and strengthen the military. "the new york times" list of book downs with helen mcdonnell donald's "h is for hawk". author stacy shifts examination of the 1692 salem witch trials and historian mary beard's exploration of the founding of ancient rome finish off the look at the current nonfiction best-sellers according to "the new york times." many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch t

free all-black america. more americans killed in the civil war than all others.i spoke to a historian about the temperature and what's going on right now. >> a great example of the current movement that is addressing some of the same issues we found in the 60s, 70s and then you can go back even 100 more years and look at the civil war. we like to draw this connections across time. >> vanessa williams, her great-grandfather was david, from 26 united states colored troops. an interesting man. >> i spoke to the main spokesman for the reenactor. he went to his uniform made edible. talked about his hat. >> right and left. the russians would be put in here. >> he also showed me the rifle, in 1861 musket. >> you can kill more people faster. the bullets are so big.big. if they were to hit about it would shatter. if you had a bone that would shatter, that's amputation. >> twenty to 30,000 black soldiers fought in the civil war. >> they would go on to the plantations, and when a slave would see another black man with a rifle it would be elation they would drop everything.

after -- generation after generation from the creative art that comes from the young people of black americathe last two centuries bears witness to what i'm talking about. it's a very strange condition that exists in the poetry world in america today in respect to this particular issue. because euro-centric cultists inside and outside the academy prattle on almost endlessly about avant-garde and experimental poetry without ever mentioning hip-hop. that's bizarre. that's unconscionable. now, hip-hop as a poetic expression not only has revived and resuscitated the human spirit globally, it has become a binding force amongst people's movements all over the world. through its articulation of the necessity for freedom. and its poetic beauty. it's a shame that people who are so deeply ensconced in the academy and just can't stop talking about seven types of ambiguity in poststructural analysis modes of decontraction, haven't taken -- deconstruction, haven't taken those tools and applied them to hip-hop. weird typography and funny line breaks does not an avant-gardist make. i keep seeing these anno

prose bookstore continues with the national book award winner and a look at the current state of black america and between the world and the. in wire to create, huffington post senior writer and psychologist scott barry kaufman examined the sources of creativity. erica weiner looks at the history of regions around the world and explores the relationship between natural features and innovative ideas in the geography of genius. and nspqr historian mary beard provides a history of ancient rome. that's a look at some a current nonfiction bestsellers according to politics and prose bookstore in washington dc. many of these authors have appeared or will appear on the tv. you can watch them on her website, book tv.org. >> good evening and welcome to new york society library. and the head librarian and before we begin i would like to ask that you please silence any cell phones or other devices that might disrupt the presentation. as you may have noticed we are filming tonight c-span is here to film the lecture, so please be aware that if you do ask a question you will be filmed and we also ask that yo

being black in america.end as many of you probably know busboys and poets is named after langston hughes. she worked as a bus boy while writing poetry. working at the park hotel, still there today, working as a bus boy. he was being entrepreneurial in turn was so impressed by it that the next day he announced to the press that he had just discovered a bus boy poet. it is great to have you here. we actually had a poem sketched on the top of the mural, let america be america again which speaks to the same issues. the idea that let america be america again, the dichotomy, this confused adolescents where it feels like it's supposed to be something that does not quite act up to standards. i think that's the thing that makes america so interesting and full of possibilities, even back in 1936 when the poem was written, black men living here in the country which was not a very hospitable place, he saw the possibility. he sought america was a place that have the potential to be amazing, to be the place where the drea

tavis smiley on pbs and has new book out, the covenant with black america, ten years later. michael gerson is a columnistton post." we're also joined by molly ball of "the atlantic." seib. set the stage for the democrats having debate in charleston, set it up for us. >> we're in new phase of this have two, there's a national race with hillary clinton still very good shape. we have poll she's leading

black plan? certain segments, yes. the idea that racism is over in america is a silly notion. when a woman goes into a store, when a black guy walks down the street with a three piece suit on and you hear click, click, click, people locking their doors, that's racism. it's there. i think there's a strong effort on a lot of people's parts, come a long way, but we still have a long way to go, also the economic disadvantages that blacks have. >> in is the first time i've heard donald trump calling a media personality a racist. do you think there's anything wrong with a candidate holding the media responsible for their comments? >> i don't think so. i think tavis, obviously, has been critical of republican administrati administrations, was critical of the obama white house. this is trump's game. he goes after people who attack him. there is a crucial stretch for trump. he loves guessing into fights with members of the media, whether it's tavis or chuck todd or whether it's maghan kelly. and the base likes that. you'll see more of that in the next couple of weeks. >> what do you thi

tavis smiley on pbs and has new book out, the covenant with black america, ten years later.ichael gerson is a columnist for the "washington post." we're also joined by molly ball of "the atlantic." and washington bureau chief of the "wall street journal" gerry seib. set the stage for the democrats having debate in charleston, set it up for us. >> we're in new phase of this race. we have two, there's a national race with hillary clinton still very good shape. we have poll she's leading nationally among democrats by 25 points. but state races in iowa and new hampshire in the short term matter a lot more than the national picture their bernie sanders is basically evened thing up they have to fight. i don't think hillary clinton wanted to get into fights with bernie sanders she wants that energize base that she represents to be with her in few months within she presumably gets the nomination. now she has no choice. they will argue about wall street, and be arguing about gun control, who is tougher on gun controls, litmus test issues for that base that bernie sanders talks to all

"when black america gets a chance to find out who brother bernie sanders really is and know he's for real about fighting poverty, about fighting police murder, about fighting low quality education free education when it comes to college, they'll' say how is it we didn't know about him, well now you know."" jesse jackson will also join dr. west on the stage the event is at 7 p.m. here at scsu at the barbara a. vaughan fine arts center. it is free and open to the public. live in orangeburg, billie jean shaw, wis news 10. bigger paychecks could be ahead for south carolina's state employees. lawmakers said today they're trying to give them a five percent raise. the plan has bipartisan support and is being led by republican senator john courson and democratic senator darrell jackson. the proposal covers employees at state agencies and colleges---and if approved would take effect july 1st. the pay raise would cost the state $75 million dollars. senator courson says the state has such a large budget surplus, the raise can be provided without a tax increase. the 33 thousand state employees h

it is a black problem, but it's white america's burden.omething is wrong in this country when you get to a point where the police are no longer trust trusted. what rahm emanuel did in chicago is heresy. he ought to be kicked out of office immediately, sooner than right now and quicker than at once for sitting on that tape when he knew it. >> was this happening under george w. bush too and people just weren't shining a light on it? >> of course it did. social media certainly has exploded. but george bush let people sit on their roof tops, people died in katrina. >> do you think the first black president could have brought the light to this? >> absolutely. >> do you think the president has been too conscious of his own skin color, not wanting to get the blowback of making things a race thing. >> he's been boxed in by his own race, and there's so much more he could have done. the debate will be, again, could he have done more or did they tie his hand behind his back. there are some fights ain't worth fighting even if you win, but there are ot

his book is called the covenant of black america. welcome back to "good day new york." laying off the top 10 issues. ten years later, what happens. >> there have been pockets. basically what pays me to say this. rosanna: how is that possible. too much. >> you get caught up in symbolism. i get that. you want to celebrate the black president. you do not want this piling on. not making commands. it ends up costing you. too much indifference. greg: they don't believe what the president should have done. >> we will address the health care. there is nothing about health disparity. rosanna: are you happy with obamacare? >> he promised universal care. thank god for nancy pelosi. it is a start. clearly, these black boys and black men being shot in the street, cops getting away with that. black women still dying from preventable diseases. quality education. we are losing ground. greg: the solutions to these problems -- >> this will play out. a friend of mine in new york. mario cuomo. a reason to believe. how we talk about the role in government. government cannot do anything. i a

cavaliers 12th annual celebration of a month-long series of events to recognize the achievements of black america a. the cleveland orchestra youth chorus with the feature performers with african-american composers with a message of theanca event largely aimed at introducing young people to the idea of service anduc self-worth. the whole of fame come a free event live performances, educational programs all in debt using music to find their voice and create a sense of community. this is the 30th anniversary of doctor martin luther king day, a loweroc back in 1994 encourages people to transform the holiday to city -- citizen action and we saw plenty of that both here and across the country today. for sure and it's great to see. still to come tonight, a follow-up to i team exclusive. major concerns over emergency response times in cleveland and what we learnla about a shortage of ambulances on the street. the definition of drunk what the federalal government is proposing to lead to a lot more arrests. the death of rock 'n roll with the passing of glenn frey. gallon for gasoline but now find >> pr on

john was a precocious student on the path to want to a black america's most prestigious occupations, he ministry. there were not many black doctors or lawyers, engineers or accountants. even bright young men like lewis if they were lucky enough to go to college found themselves founded working the shop clerks, jobs jobs that were beneath their education. by contrast it offered prestige and talents that was a promise of a life of more than modest comfort. the butting minister did not follow a straight path through study. in february 27, 1960, just a year before he was arrested for blockading the ticket booth he had spent his first night in jail. hauled away from the lunch counter and charged with disorderly conduct simply for asking to be served a meal. lewis helped convene the student movement, inspired by the lunch counter earlier that month. after weeks of planning and training in nonviolent tactics, they launched a month-long peaceful assault on nationals lunch counters. the 1960s citizens were tactics at silver rights activist had been to point since protests at the segregated chi

. >>> america's first black president entering the final year of his term.changed under his term? joining me is the author of "democracy and black" that is a title of a book. i like this book. thank you. i haven't had a chance to read it but i have read the press and seen your interviews. you watched on tuesday his final state of the union. when he was elected in 2008 many thought it would be a turning point in race relations in this country. was it? >> in some ways, certain sectors of white america lost their minds in terms of the backlash. we do know over the last eight years, afternoon -- african-americans lost ground. >> black unemployment is down from when he took office. how can this be an indictment of president obama? >> i argued he needed to be bolder. we know that the great black depression, over 240,000 homes lost. african-american children are in poverty of 38%. that number is rising. that number is scary. for the first time since we have been collecting that data there are more poor african-american children than poor excite children. so when we

black or white or latino. there was a united states of america.ent obviously have done some soul-searching in what can i do differently to break that divide. part of that had to do with their real emergency and we had to act quickly and people in washington were not always as focus getting the job done as how this will position us for a future election but as i said with a "state of the union", i have no doubt there are things but what i also say is this is not something of president can do by him or herself. when it comes to how we work together, live the main impetus for a better politics is the american people. if we have voters who were not getting involved, then the people who determine the agenda or the most polarizing voices because some of the best people are sitting at home. they are cynical about politics but then they are not those who want to work together. it is important for voters to insist the elected officials are strong on principle but willing to compromise with those who don't agree. the if that is even before talking to the ot

fuller the circle award for biography, and national book award winner's thoughts on the state of black americat in the criticism category. this year's national book critic circle worried winners will be announced on march 178th. booktv has covered many have the nominated authors last year. you can find the programs at booktv.org. >> in the 1980s, feminism picks up breast-feeding so breastfeeding backs a symbol of female empowerment and a symbol of the life sustaining force of the female body. in the 1990s, breastfeeding becomes symbolic and important for people, families, who believe in the philosophy of attachment parenting. so attachment parents are parents who -- there are three pillars of attachment parenting their first is baby wearing, which means carrying your baby in a slipping rather -- a sling rather than using a stroller to get your baby around town. the second is co-sleeping, sleep neglect same bed with your child, and the third is breast-feeding. so attachment parenting once again is a larger philosophy. breastfeeding is a hallmark of that festival -- philosophy lawsuit a larger s

there is not a black america, and a white america an latino america and asian america, there's the unitedtates of america. >> wow. >> one thing he looks so young. i remember watching at a union hall in the south side of chicago and everyone in chicago was so proud back then. can you remember a moment that you can point to over the last few decades where we have crossed this line into total stone walling by each side. what happened? >> i think there is a long discourse we could have another time but i think the history of the republican party from the time of richard nixon where they decided their base was no longer the northeast but the south but i think what i'd like to identify is a shift in the optimism versus pessimism quotient. i worked for jimmy carter and he lost to ronald reagan. what the president was trying to do last night is saying that our economy is better than any other country's despite the things that are wrong. we are a stronger nation than any other by far. he was trying to say let's be calm about the ways we are progressing. and trump and rubio are saying things are ba

and we set down the national urban league president to discuss the state of black america. we finks finish up at 11:00 who with craig who talks about shadow work and the work done within organizations we don't see. well, i just want to welcome you. we are still so thrilled tonight to be hosting doctor john palfreman in conversation about his new book, "brain storms: the race to unlock the mysteries of parkinson's disease". his books are up for sale at the register. also, a big thank you to the parkinson's institute in sunnyvale for helping us arrange this. and c-span is here filming tonight. i ami'm going to ask you to raise your hand if you have a question command i will bring the mic over. professor emeritus of journalism at the university of oregon, and me, dupont, and peabody award-winning journalist, nieman fellow, and recipient of the victor khan prize for excellence in medical science reporting. john palfreman is co-author of the case of the frozen alex along with doctor jay william langston. the science fix director of the institute in sunnyvale, california. they co

has essentially almost never done worse. >> donald trump blasting president obama for failing black americae promises to do a better job. we will check in with polster frank luntz and also juan williams here with reaction. and then also tonight this president, he has shown this weakness and instability to be able to project american strength and we won't have that problem when i'm in the oval office in january of 2017. >> all right. which under the radarj g.o.p. presidential candidate would have the best chance to shake up the race and move to the top tier? is that possible? that and more tonight on hannity. was engineered... ...to help sense danger before you do. because when you live to innovate, you innovate to live. the all-new audi q7. a higher form of intelligence has arrived. [how about a thousand dollars money witmore?r refund? ♪ a thousand people win a thousand dollars on top of their refund. every single day. i will not lose. it's refund season. can make anyone slow downt and pull up a seat to the table. that's why she takes the time to season her turkey to perfection, and roast i

and we set down the national urban league president to discuss the state of black america. we finks finish up at 11:00 who with craig who talks about shadow work and the work done within organizations we don't see.

after that, author and pbs host tavis smiley on his new book "the covenant with black america: 10 years later," examining the last decade since he and others laid out a plan to address issues facing the black community. plus we'll take your calls, facebook comments and tweets, all live on "washington journal" here at 7:00 eastern. >> featured this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday night at k eastern on lectures and history, arizona state university proftsor brook simpson on the president's wartime role, including wars waged without formal congressional declaration. >> it's the president's job to educate, to ex-ing plain, educate, the president will say, i know you don't understand this. it's really not any reason you should have understood that. it was in a place far, far away with people who speak a different language and so i'm going to explain to you what american interests are, and people in congress respond to that, i'll let opinionmakers respond to that. members of my administration will respond to that. i'm going to educate you and you can help make a decision.

. >> on afterwards, the discussion of black america and the way to move forward on race in his book "sident and ceo of the national urban league. >> we need to put forward are radical vision. at that point, after the two years when we saw the berlin wall go up, at that point, , gohing across the aisle bold at that point, but what is the case? hold up, went exactly are the politics? when the berlin wall goes up, and the book is not about president obama, it is about disappointment, the current frame the curse there is an economic philosophy that governs this country. that has it has produced disposable people. watch "booktvtv" every weekend. >> next, learn about the prelinger archives, a collection produced from the 1920's through the 1960's. the second of the state of-part program looks primarily an amateur home movies and industrial films produced by corporations. >>

then the book "the covenant with black america" 10 years later. join the conversation by phone or on facebook or on twitter. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on -span. >> said to him, you know, we have college covered here in alabama. but it's really the kids in the elementary schools that are suffering. they're just not -- the african-american kids are in horrible buildings, there is just not anything. separate but not equal. >> sunday night on q & a she talks about her latest film about julius rosen wald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> first, said, you know, put together these kit houses. why don't we just use the kit houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. want the communities to build it. so first the six schools were built. it is fairly amazing. from then it morphed into 5,000 schools. all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00

. >> well wayne it to billy delivered the sermon and said doctor king's ideas while black america still faces manyan problems opportunities are also easier to find and doctor king's lifetime. we honor doctor king tonight as partoc of the black heritage celebrationas the golden state warriors and the nba finals rematch tip off tonight stick around wayne and others will be speaking at halftime. >> we are honored to review his speech he did here in cleveland that cleveland high school h we will be kind of like interpreting it should be interesting. >> veryy nice. 7:09 a.m. keep it right here on fox eight news in the morning. >> volunteers go out in the cold weather to look for a missing grandmother. >> walking on a platform in the ugly. >> good morning, everybody as the lake effect continues it will be lingering for a long time now through tomorrowwi with the below zero wind chill will look at the eight-day and just ahead in a few moments. in b from the east side we will give you all of the details in just a moment. a find your way to the best care at cleveland 7:12 a.m. the news this morn

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