britney cooper is the author at rutgers department of africa studies. britney, good morning. i'll start with you. when i was on tv last night, i was on with brian williams. we were covering the protesters moving toward the fifth precinct now. that then after i left that scene, the protesters converged on the fifth district. duray, it was an active scene in city after city after city of people who were frustrated not just by the lack of arrest of the first officer until midday yesterday, but lack of the arrests of other offers. it felt like more that last night and as i watched it across the country. >> you know, i used to live in minneapolis when property tests began. i know it well. you know, you think about this. the police killed the same amount and rate. we all saw the killing of george floyd. we saw it happen in real-time. if you know, i think people are fed up. in 2014, it was new for a generation. the reality is the police have killed more people since 2014, not less. what you are seeing is people saying enough is enough. it is more new people outside than we had in 20

and rejoining us is professor britney cooper, author of "eloquent rage."s to both of you for being part of this discussion. this is something that we've been covering in a range of ways. we've talked to doctors, people in affected communities. we heard from the chief of police in detroit, who has an overwhelmingly african-american police force and community. both of you are writers, scholars who think and studied a lot of these larger issues previrus. so rich, what do you take from this? what needs to be done? >> well, ari, sometimes we hear these dramatic statistics about how black and brown people are dying, but we should go back sooner and look at per capita in terms of health care access, in terms of ventilators. so we didn't just suddenly get to these deaths. there's a long history and long context of the despaisparity of resources. the flip side of segregation isn't just black and brown people. it's what do white communities look like. how can they marshall local, state, and federal resources to advantage themselves in terms of the health care that t

williams, lisa goudreau, curtis young, they write profiles and we picked up another scholar, britney cooper who wrote, ida b wells. that is the construct. when you read the book, you also have a beautiful timeline. bill presser, one of our researchers assistance, alicia nor would. it goes from 1863 to 1963. and it reads into social cultural and economic and military service all in that timeline. we have more than 140 captions. some of the artifacts and images and our exhibition research assistant, she wrote half of those an i wrote the other half. that is how the book is laid out. i'm going to ask about the distinction of what is in the exhibition that may not be in the book or vice versa. before we get there, the exhibit opens next month. >> 13th of december. look at my project manager. there he is. >> we're going to make sure we all -- i was interested thinking about one of your heroes, and by the way we will talk about in a little while, folks think about things you want to ask and comment on. one of your heroes is colonel charles young. i think it was according to the judge, it was 100

and rejoining us is professor britney cooper, author of "eloquent rage." thanks to both of you for being part of this discussion. this is something that we've been covering in a range of ways. we've talked to doctors, people in affected communities. we heard from the chief of police in detroit, who has an overwhelmingly african-american police force and community. both of you are writers, scholars who think and studied a lot of these larger issues previrus. so rich, what do you take from this? what needs to be done? >> well, ari, sometimes we hear these dramatic statistics about how black and brown people are dying, but we should go back sooner and look at per capita in terms of health care access, in terms of ventilators. so we didn't just suddenly get to these deaths. there's a long history and long context of the disparity of resources. the flip side of segregation isn't just black and brown people. it's what do white communities look like. how can they marshall local, state, and federal resources to advantage themselves in terms of the health care that

joining us now on our memorial day special is britney cooper, the author of "eloquent rage" and professorast since joe biden has become the presumptive nominee of what it looks like to have a leader come out and wearing a facemask while doing his ceremonial duties, what did that contrast look like to you? >> it showed that joe biden is taking this very seriously in trying to have it to create an example for the world. i think that there's been so much mixed messaging on masks. when we in the united states don't see our president wearing a mask, it creates confusion. and what fills the void of confusion is politics. so i'm really glad to see joe biden wearing a mask, taking this so seriously and showing an example not only to the u.s. but to the world. >> john, let me play for your analysis, any addition to response you have to the bidens, here's some republican governors discussing this. take a look. >> if someone is wearing a mask, they're not doing it to represent what political party or candidates they support. they might be doing it because they have a 5-year-old child who has been go

." ♪ and now i'm falling for you ♪ i think i've been here before ♪ >> reporter: britney's famous "cooperationn" came out 20 years, but don't worry. she is back doing it again. that song "mood ring" was released initially under japanese edition of the 2016 album "glory." the track became a favorite over the years with the fan base begging for it to finally be available worldwide. britney, she heard you. she delivered. she dropped the track on friday saying, what was requested next is out now. i hope you turn up "mood ring" sooo loud. don't worry, girl, we will. many did. the song hit number one on itunes in the u.s. and, again, 20 years ago, if you can believe it, "oops, i did it again" came out and makes me feel old but needless to say, britney, girl, you've done it again. ♪ i played with your heart ♪ got lost in the game >>> all right, now who is the guy you call when you need help changing your oil or changing a lightbulb? you call dad. dan and whit, i'm looking at both of you. somehow your dad just knows how to do things. >> i don't think anybody calls dan for help. >> no. see these hands.