so the president again, that was before he spoke at the cbc.oldie, we've discussed this situation but the jobs situation isn't getting better. should african-americans keep their criticisms private? i'm surprised more people aren't marching in the streets when it comes to this economy and unemployment. should african-americans keep it private? >> they have to begin acting in their own interest. if you look at african-american unemployment where it remains in double digit, continues to decline while the rest of the economy begins to table off there are key issues there we have to be concerned about. last night's speech for the president with the cbc, he needs them. he frankly cannot win this election without them. during the 2008 election, he had 67% or better turnout for african-american voters during the midterm elections the following two years, there was 37% african-american turnout. if that 37% only turns out again next year, this president goes back home to chicago. >> and this is real talk, errol. i think it's "the washington post" that i

b he has sent a let torte cbc chai ar -- a letter to a cbc cbc chair. how do you send a letter to a piece of furniture?chair. i don't know. unless they condemn the remarks along with the similar comments from maxine waters you will have to seriouslycoent reconsider his membership.seous he says in the letter, quote,aio all of us, especially congressman carson ands congressman waters who engaged in rhetoric should follow in the example of dr. martin luther king, junior reverend jeremiah wright. you know who else isight. condemning carson's comments? >> that is a living hell for that cat. is a >> i don't know what the hell that was, but it frightened>> ii me. adam, he hasn't apologized.zed. he says he was just speakingg te the truth.ould h should he apologize? >> carson? >> yes. he >> yes he should apologize. it is very simple.ery s you treat people the way youpley want to be treated.wa accusation, you should be able to offer the proof. the a if he believes there areho members of the tea party whop, want to string him up, he should out those people whoim u

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he sent a let torte cbc -- sent a letter to the cbc chair.e said unless they condemn the remarks along with similar comments, he needs to seriously reconsider his membership. and he said, quote, all of us, especially congressman waters who engaged in racially motivated rhetoric and not the example of reverend jeremiah wright. you know who else is condemning the comments? >> that is a living hell for the cat. >> it frightened me. >> he hasn't apologized. he says he was speaking the truth. should he apologize? >> carson? >> yes. >> yes, he should apologize. look, it is very simple. you treat people the way you want to be treated. when you hurl an insult or an accusation, you should be able to offer the proof. if he believes that there are members of the tea party who want to string him up, then he should out those people who want to string him up and give specific examples. when you make inflammatory statements like that, you are disrespectful to the people who came before you who did face those kinds of experiences decades ago. they paved the

cbc "5 eyewitness news" is next. all for just $10.99. sizzler. thinking fresh every day on this tenth anniversary of the >>> you're watching cbs5 "eyewitness news" in high definition. september 11th attacks, families of the victims gathered at the new york. >>> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. on this 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks families of the victims gathered at the world trade center in new york and they got their first look at the memorial that showcases giant fountains where twin towers once stood. randall pinkston shows us today's observances. [ bugle ] >> reporter: families looked at the names of the people who cover the area where the towers once stood." >> and my dad. >> reporter: they read the victims, including those killed in pennsylvania, the pentagon, and new york in 2001 and 1993. >> and my father, sebastian borke, who i never met because i was in my mom's belly. i love you father. >> reporter: president bush and others spent a moment at the fountain grieving family members. moment of silence to mark each of th

i think that's what the cbc needed to see. that he's ready to fight. and he's ready to take the fight right to the republicans and draw the contrast. i personally would have liked to see him do it sooner. i'm glad he did it now because we've got a year to go, and it's time to get moving. >> karen and doug, thank you both. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> president obama is out on the west coast right now. in a couple of hours he'll hold an online town hall meeting. as we just saw there, the president continues to show his more aggressive side this weekend. he did it in d.c. and also did it in washington state. >> i need you guys to shake off any doldrums. i need you to decide right here and right now. we're not finished yet. we've got more work to do. we are going to build an america that we believe in. >> nbc's kristin welker is live in mountain view, california. the president seems to be saying in one breath that supporters' frustration is justified. then in the next breath he's making his case for re-election. more o

he used to be a member of the cbc. is he telling them to get off their butts and work for this jobs bill because that's what the community needs. >> bill: the no whining, stop the whining, stop the complaining, it offended congressman woman waters because she says it's a selective request to a targeted audience where he doesn't make the same requests of the minorities in the country. you don't think that has any validity. >> his people have gone off the professional left of the liberal wing of the party. he has a history of challenging the african-american community because he he is a part of it he comes from the african-american community. he used to be a member of the cbc. look, get off your butts and really get out there and fight for this bill. that's what the people that you represent need. they need to pass this jobs bill. >> bill: but, but, but, he isn't doing it though in a positive way started off that way. come on, get with me, like a revival then he skewed negative, scolding them because as you know there is

cbc, god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. >> now, with those parting words and this thundering applause in mind, you may be surprised at the way the president's speech was headlined for the consumption of the beltway. there's this from the "associated press." the headline, "obama tells blacks to stop complainin' and fight." this from "mediaite." obama to congressional black caucus, stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop whining. you would think he gave a finger wagging speech to the members of the congress forum. you heard a let's get up and go campaign style speech that brought on thunderous ovations from the crowd he was addressing. that's not the way the beltway wants to see it. >> if you listen to what he said to the congressional black caucus on saturday, stop whining. >> last night, at a big dinner here in washington sponsored by the congressional black caucus, the president responded, did he ever. >> the president clearly striking a different chord to the congressional black

more than 30,000 job seeker as tended the cbc-sponsored events. the latest unemployment report shows the job hunt is not getting any easier. no new jobs created in august. and the unemployment stayed at 9.1%, unchanged from july. >> been looking for over a year now. >> to get my foot in the door with a company, i'd be willing to take a pay cut, absolutely. >> a lot of employers are looking, they're listening, and just don't get called back. >> jeff johnson, contributor to msnbc and thegrio.com. jeff, good sunday morning to you. >> alex, how are you? >> i'm well, thanks. hope you are, too. looking at your writing on thegrio.com, the most vocal job seekers in the afairs in detroi. unemployment rate up to 50% in some communities. tell us more where that is coming from. >> in detroit, in particular, you're not just talking about the standard unemployment rate but you're talking about people, 1 to 9 niners there, those who have been out of work and aren't necessarily looking for work, talking about a continuing removal of jobs. and we are talking about

guided me to the -- he invited me to the cbc dinner.was nice to have such a gracious host to introduce me to everybody and stood by me as encouragement and friend. thank you for always being there for me. i want to talk about some of the work he has done in the house of representatives. not only has he been a champion for working families, he reaches out to those who need it the most. one of the bills we are working out is on fate based leaders -- faith-based leaders to help those most at risk. they have no better friend than charlie in the entire capital. you are a champion for those who needed it the most. those who need a voice here in washington. you are an extraordinary public servant and someone i feel blessed to count as a friend. thank you, charlie. [applause] >> we have a number of special guests and one extra special guest. this is alma ra-- bring go who t at a dance floor in harlem. while i am not a scene at charlie dance in person, i have heard rumors his grace is not just a personality trait. it is an honor to have you toda

don knapp, cbc 5. >>> people in half moon bay say their quiet beach town is becoming a gang war zone. mostly sent leah group of teenagers shot a rival gang member. children were playing nearby. fortunately none were hurt. they say the gang problem steams to get worse every day. >> there has been an unbelievable outpouring of frustration and fear. not so much fear but just like shock. >> you can't really walk in the neighborhood curing the day because of the gangs, you know, fighting for stupid things. >> the sheriff's department has made arrests in the case. parents say gangs are recruiting kids as young as 11 years old. other news around the bay area, san francisco police are investigating a gang related murder in the mission district, the third in a week. it happened at around 2:00 this morning on guerrero street. the victim was shot in the head and the chest. witnesses say they heard an argument before the gun fire. >>> and the menlo park company where a worker was killed friday remains closed. adrian martin was mixing methane, helium and nitrogen in a lab at membrane technology an

what can we expect the president to say and what do cbc members want to hear from him? >> reporter: certainly the president has come under fire not just recently but all along for what many in the black community not just members of congress but others believe is a lack of a focus or enough focus on the problem of the black unemployment rate. as of august unemployment in the black community was 16.7%. that's a lot higher than the national average of 9.1%. nearly twice as much. there's been a lot of concern that the white house isn't doing enough. now, the white house would say the president spends a lot of time and has spent a lot of time talking with plaque leaders and black organizations about their concerns and that this jobs bill that he's proposed he introduced this month will go a long way to addressing some of their concerns. we expect to hear him touch on those issues tonight. he has also taped an interview with b.e.t. network that airs on monday and talks about the economy and the difficult time the black community has had. let's listen to a bit of a clip of th

the president heard us and the president responded in his speech to us at the cbc.ck. i took it as having been successful and getting the president to talk about the joblessness in the african-american community. many of those people in the room are civil rights people who have marched, who have worked. we don't have bedroom slippers. we've been out there for years doing this kind of thing. so we take it that he just kind of got off the tell prompt etelr a little bit and got fired up. we want to help him. we want to make sure that the base is protected. and the conversation has began. we didn't take a vacation during our break. we went to work. we went to cleveland, detroit, atlanta, miami, and los angeles with thousands of people in line wanting jobs. and we put them together with employers to give them an opportunity. i think the president sees this and he appreciates that. we think that -- we go to support him. we think that he should be re-elected. yes. >> congresswoman, having known you for quite some time i.e., know you do not have bedroom slippers on. you hav

it was him asking members of the cbc to stand and fight with him.g up to the speech last week was that they haven't seen enough fight from this president. and so they're hoping that this is an indication of where the next few weeks and months will head. >> all right. athena jones at the white house. good to see you. thank you. >>> five minutes past the hour now. we'll continue with politics. what some might call a bit or even a big surprise on the republican side. >> tonight's winner with 986 votes, 37.1%, herman cain. >> yes. herman cain. the pizza guy. delegates voting at the florida republican party event backed herman cain, picked him as their guy. the numbers, wasn't even close. you see rick perry coming in second with 1 %. look at cain, 37%, way out front. look at michele bachmann, way down in the bottom with 1%. florida straw poll isn't the only one we're watching this weekend. the michigan republican party holding one of its own. we expect to possibly have the results around 8:30 eastern time this morning. mitt romney and rick perry the favo

and all of that maxine waters herself was really indignant that president obama would come into the cbc and actually challenge them to cut the whining out. >> she still likes him. she would have called him a racist if she didn't. >> why not? >> bill: you could call barack obama a racist? >> i'm saying if she doesn't like barack obama using that disdainful tone of voice for her, what's what would have happened in the past if any other president does that to her? she would have had the race card dropped on them in a second. >> bill: interesting trend in the united states for people to take off their clothes in protest. utah. there they are. i don't know what they are protesting. what do you think about this trend to get attention to your cause? >> look at that that is unbelievable. way in the background i can see orrin hatchet with a banana hammer. i would have never thought that you would see that. listen, here's in brief here is what i have to say about the boxer rebellion. one thing about this race in utah you can tell more man from the less man now. [ laughter ] i think i will leave i

gays and lesbians, why would he do it for the jewish lobby, why would he do it for wall street, the cbc and other black progressives who are pushing him, black folk are catching hell, he did not talk to a single negro. i am being somewhat funny. he did not going to black neighborhoods. if he doesn't for gays and lesbians and>> for more why did he not do it for black people? >> i think it is a big speech in detroit. i think the timing and placement has something to do with the criticism that has been lodged by representative warders, by theself, professor leftwest, black left. you have to make noise, but you have to make noise again, being keenly attentive to the discipline of electoral politics. it would be a tremendous error for progressives to prompt or demand this president to act in ways that would cripple his ability to be reelected. on the one hand you have to push him. you have to change the electoral landscape, but you have to do it in a way that enables him to get the votes that he needs in order to be reelected. tavis: i agree. i am all for that. i am behind that 100%, so long

. >> i don't know about you, cbc, but the future rewards those who press on. with patient and firm determination, i'm going to press on for jobs. i'm going to press on for equality. i'm going to press on for the sake of our children. i'm going to press on for the sake of all of those families who are struggling right now. i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i don't have time to complain. i'm going to press on. >> that's president barack obama at the congressional black caucus last night in the nation's capital. now, he is in washington, d.c. state and then on to california and then later on to colorado, pushing his jobs plan. live pictures of capitol hill now. why? because u.s. lawmakers have five days and seven hours left to come up with some type of spending plan. if they don't, we could see federal agencies shut down. the current budget ends at midnight, friday. the big sticking point, money for disaster relief. and there was more finger pointing this morning on cnn's "state of the union." >> there is a group and i do believe it is mostly centered i

some members of the cbc say they want the president to fight harder for his proposals and in just a few minutes, you're going to hear my conversation with emmanuel clear of, the chairman of the cbc. >>> conservative analyst drifd frum4 has a lot to say about the nation's economic situation, as well. this week, he called a national emergency that's more urgent than the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. earlier i spoke with him about the latest threat of a government shutdown, highlighted by the block a house budget plan. here's what he had to say. >> they see a future that is trending in ways they don't like and that i don't like either. but on our way to the future, we have to get through the present. i think there are conservatives who feel if you don't prevail on the ideology today, that's it. it's gone forever. well, nothing is forever. except for the lives of the people who are affected by this recession. that their 20th or 21st year is not going to come back. if their house is foreclosed, they're not going to get that back. let's have government do what governments can do and i

cbc.god bless the united states of america. >> in case you hadn't noticed, the new alpha obama first appeared in the jobs speech before the joint session of congress and then when he blasted the rich for not paying their fair of taxes. he was feisty saying about rick perry "you've got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change." and mr. obama said this about the republican debate audiences. "cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in iraq because they're gay. come on." no question about it. the president is throwing some red meat out to a liberal base upset he seems weak in the face of republican attacks. >> we don't have bedroom slippers. we've been out there for years doing this kind of thing. we take it he just kind of got off the teleprompter a little bit and got fired up, but we want to help him. we want to make sure that the base is protected. >> so the "talk back" question for us this morning -- is pres

cbc! >> reporter: this obama's answer to those in his own party who say he's conceded too much ground to republicans in the budget battles. one prominent republican took aim at the president over his recent jobs appearance at a bridge that badly needs repairing. >> their approach, after being beat is if to ohio and kentucky and give a speech about a bridge and to declare class warfare as their strategy in terms of solving the economy. every problem that he inherited is much worse. higher unemployment, more debt, higher gas prices. >> reporter: the president and his team gearing up for battle. top white house adviser laying out an important theme of the reelection campaign. >> the president believed the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share. please going to continue, as he has, push to cut taxes for the middle class. so they can weather this economic turn better. >> reporter: plouffe said this morning the campaign will be a tough close electio

this is retroracial, and not only should the cbc condemn it, the president should condemn it. >> oh, is a moment for him to step up and say, enough is enough. >> donna, i want -- >> mary -- >> that's what he ran on, donna. >> also respond to the suggestion that mary made that congresswoman maxine waters who said that these guys can, in her words, go to hell. did he go too far as well? >> i want to step back, and i think everyone should step back and breathe a little deeper. because some of the comments made by tea party members towards the president, towards other americans, it's been downright hostile. again, it's inflammatory. i don't support this level of incivility right now among our elected officials. and i think congressman west, who's also made some inflammatory comments, regarding debbie wasserman schultz, i don't want to go back and forth, back and forth. i think it's important that congressman west, his a member of the congressional black caucus. they represent millions of american citizens, black, white, and others. they have every right to challenge the tea party, to cha

i don't think any member of the cbc has criticized president barack obama. there have been disagreements from time to time with policy issues. >> right. >> and mainly about targeting. >> congressman, the president's reelection campaign, speaking of targeting, is launching what it calls "operation vote," an effort to reach ethnic, religious and other voting groups. what do you think of this? and will the president have a problem with turnout come 2012 because of the economy, because of the high unemployment rate when it comes to minorities in this country? >> trying to get the maximum turnout is going to be challenging. there's no question about it. i'm not going to pretend that it's going to be easy or even comparable to what we had three years ago. but i think starting 14 months out, we've got to go out into these areas of unemployment and speak very candidly to individuals who may be disgusted and even angry over the fact that they don't have jobs. and tell them that the president is, in fact, working to solve this problem. but that the president doesn't h

cbc. >> do people still have bedroom slippers, alex? i mean, i sleep in a t-shirt. elaborate bedroom gear. do people still have slippers and bathrobes? >> to not get too in depth into my bedroom wardrobe, i do have a pair of slippers. but what gets lost here is the run-up to that line was fwrrami the choice ahead of us, and the choice facing america as a whole is akin to the civil rights movement. i think it was a call to arms. now, look, maxine waters on the "today" show voiced some skepticism. >> well, you're cueing up all these. here's maxine waters on the "today" show. let's watch what she had to say about the president. it's pretty tough. >> i found that language a bit curious, because the president spoke to the hispanic caucus, and certainly they are pushing him on immigration. he certainly didn't tell them to stop complaining, and he would never say that to the gay and lesbian community, who really pushed him on don't ask, don't tell. he would never say to the jewish community, stop complaining about israel. so i don't know who he was talking to. because we'r

. >> reporter: in fairfax, don knapp, cbc 5. >>> other news making headlines around the bay area now. a thrilling scene complete with a dangling car in san francisco today. the car crashed through a metal barrier at this parking structure on 3rd street. the mazda was left hanging four stories high. it had a dead battery and the owner was pushing it into a spot and the valet was steering but the car started rolling on its own. the valet jumped out, suffered minor injuries and no one on the ground was hurt. >>> the town of discovery bay is honoring military members killed in the line of duty. banners line the streets and photographs and messages about each service member and their reason for joining the military. right now there are 25 banners up with a goal to eventually sponsor a banner for everyone who has died for our country in the bay area. >>> rap, known for the ma soldierness particular lyrics, not for compassion. still a bay area rapper is hoping his music can help a 2- year-old girl fighting a rare form of cancer. but elizabeth cook shows us why, for now, the show will not go

i'll read what he said -- as chairman of the cbc, i believe it's incumbent upon you to disassociate thesional black caucus from these types of remarks. otherwise i will have to seriously reconsider my membership within the organization. should he stay in that organization, you think, mary, allen west? >> it's not representative of great american black leaders. you know, glenn beck did an astounding remarkable series off civil rights struggle in this country, including black founding fathers, that congressman and maxine waters have said the tea party can go straight to hell. they're not in that great tradition, they could better condemned, and a huge attraction, and this is quantified in the polls to barack obama among white people, was his promise to be post-rasht. they retroracial. not only should the cbc condemn it, the president should condemn it. >> oh, absolutely not. >> he should step up and say enough is enough. that's what he ran on. >> donna, i'll let you respond, but also respond to the maxine waters that they could go to hell. did she go too far as well? >> i think everyone s

cbc. >> that was president obama this weekend at the congressional black caucus dinner where 2008's fired up and ready to go became 2011's please stop complaining and take off your slippers. some in the audience were perplexed. >> i don't know who the president was talking to. and he certainly could not have been talking to the unemployed people. they're not just grumbling. they're asking for help. i think he got carried away. got off script and got a little bit, you know, beside himself. but i certainly don't believe that he thinks that the congressional black caucus is sitting around and house slippers or bed slippers or whatever the things are. i don't own them and i don't understand the image that was being described there. >> the president is obviously discovering that the rhetoric of a re-election campaign is more complicated than the inspirational rhetoric of his historical 2008 campaign. joining me now to discuss how this newly energized barack obama is really doing among his base is eugene robinson, associate editor and columnist for "washington post" and msnbc political analyst.

president's rating is down to 36% 46% among jewish americans, down in the black communities, lecturing the cbcn to reform the tax code. huntsman does too but he won't get elected. cain has some good answers. >> sean: all oféeqb&ub,÷e9óo that's how canada has gotten better right? all of them will repeal obama care, every candidate. all want to cut taxes, that we'll rein in government spending and bureaucracy. so all of them are sort of agreeing on the big points. >> right. what they lack is what andrea is an overarching positive inclusive plan. you're right the president is at or below 40%. his poll;c!$k a :c[9!> i would disagree. >> sean: yeah, i disagree with you, too gently. >> one of the smartest guys in the tates,?5szqíp3.m? wgxwxi( mainstream media would like to say there isn't a vision with regard to the republican candidates depict them as disney characters. t

cbc, god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> let's pick it up there.t's a very good question. the reality is when you look at unemployment at 27% in terms of essentially young folks. actually 40%. it's a huge number. black men as well. so look, as a return on investment, african-americans made it perfectly clear when president obama was elected 96% of the vote. people say hey, he can't do certain things. wait for the second term. no second term is guaranteed. it's a question of this administration recognizes that there are some issues with these -- if you look at "the washington post" last week, those numbers have been falling. the administration says that's okay. things will work out. he needs a dramatic turnout in virginia, in georgia, in north carolina and in florida and those critical states in order for him to win re-election. he has to shore that base up. >> pleat add ohio and michigan. >> and pennsylvania. >> i want to show our republican friends some numbers here so see what they think of the difference here. this is approval ratings versus fav

cbc. martha: what's your reaction? >> in 2008 obama ran as the great divider, bringing our country together. no is running as the great divider, he's playing the class warfare car which in my opinion is subtle racist there and he's whipping up blacks in the community with the messages of him pushing for his bigger government, and he's going where the congressional black caucus is clearly trying to whip up racial tension in our country. that's the last thing we need when we have unemployed people. the economy is struggling and he's playing the race card. martha: i want you to listen to this gentleman who is on, a liberal blogger on fox & friends this morning, the son of a civil rights leader and he's upset for the other reason. he felt that in that sound byte the president was talking down to black people in the way that he was speaking. let's listen to this from eric todd. >> when you set foot in the congressional black caucus for the legislative weekend and chastise black people and dealt with black people with our le

he says the cbc is putting out, quote, racially motivated rhetoric and here is the latest example ofongressman west is reacting to. read this very closely, along... >>... change in congress... martha: incredible, isn't it? let's bring in the tea party activist and a fox news contributor. welcome. >> thank you. martha: so, basically, this congressman is saying that there are other congressmen in congress, right now, who would like to see people lynched. that is exactly what he said. >> this andre carson, i call him a clown. you know, this guy is one of the head people in the congressional black caucus. he is inciting racial tension in our country. this is very irresponsible. instead of debating and talking about the failures of the progressives and their policies, he is going around in his little puppet road show in the black communities and these little meetings, complaining and spewing this racial rhetoric which is very irresponsible. he's trying to rip up these individuals and, you know, this is all in an effort to get black voters to get out and vote. this is what this is about. t

martha: do you think that morgan freeman's comments or even the''s comments at cbc, do they help the whole process here, do they keep our focus on what's really important in this country in terms of coming together and finding jobs or do you wish that morgan freeman wouldn't say things like that? i think morgan freeman is right and i agree with the president as well, there are obstacles and distractions in our society all the time, those racist comments by some elements of the tea party are that kind of distraction. there really is no place in a civilized society for those kind of comment necessary our democratic system. martha: so do you think there are people in this country who want the president out of the white house because he is a black man? do you believe that that's an issue in this country today, is that a problem for us, where we stand here in 2011? >> i think there's a small minority of people that are that narrowly focused unfortunately. we still have those of very old style racist mentality. it is not the majority of our society, it's not the majority of the tea party b

he was talking about the cbc on saturday night saying march with me, don't complain. and then you was talking about how republicans are getting ready to turn the country into -- well, whatever he want. he's sounding more like a candidate. he's doing something with linkdn as i thought of the copy service, you will, of the social networks but he's doing a town hall about 2:00 eastern time and also continuing the fund-raising. lots of big bucks, lots of big money at a time when he really needs to get the support of his base, carol. >> oh, he certainly does because there is a new pew research poll out and matches up president obama against the generic republican opponent. and it ain't good for president obama. >> no. as a matter of fact, you look back to may where he had probably an 11-point difference over the republican generic candidate, which as the pew research people say is not really an indicative of anything except for the fact it's informative. but that's dropped down to three points. it was about a point difference a month ago. still among independent voters the

. >> president obama was in rare format the cbc annual award speaking in thundering tones with a rolling cadence. why is the president so assertive and effective and much less so when he is governing? >> i think the president is very effective while he is governing, given especially the obstructionist agenda of the republican tea party. when you look at mitch mcconnell saying that their first priority in terms of oral agenda was to make sure president obama would be a one-term president, we see what is taking place and what is happening here on capitol hill. the president when you look at the last two years, we passed health care reform and a variety of measures that really began to dig us out of this hole from the push administration policies. the president is a fine campaigner and he is governing as he is. >> i want to be polite, but unemployment is still over 9%. you are saying these legislative successes have transformed the country, but where is the evidence for that? >> i'm not saying that. unfortunately we have to move forward a jobs agenda. we tried and the republican did obstruc

. >> so i don't know about you cbc, but the future rewards, those who press on with patience and officialetermination, i'm going to press on for jobs. i'm going to press on for equality. i'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now! i promise you i would work tirelessly to fix our broken immigration system and make the dream act a reality. we're fighting for good jobs with good wages. our economy is stronger when we've got broad base growth and broad based prosperity. that's what unions have always been about, shared prosperity. >> bill: if president obama's base does turn out in great numbers, he has a chance. if they do not, the republican also win big. so the democrats are trying to brand the tea party as the face of the republican party. by doing that, some disturbing things are happening. >> there are some members of the tea matter who are -- allen west, herman cain. >> you know what i call them? >> orioles. >> oreos. >> black on the outside, white on the inside. >> bill: that's awful. president obama would be wise to distance himself from tha

and you see this in the president's speech to the cbc this weekend and the fund-raiser speech he gavest coast this weekend. there's a little bit of tough love with people saying, hey, i know there are disappointments here but the other guys are going to cripple america. the white house feels they're in a stronger position now that a view on the republican side is emerging that's very similar to what bush did. >> what's interesting about president obama is he has the same disease that president clinton and president bush had. when you get into campaign mode, you drop your gs. they all start a little bit of the preaching -- but we've all had these conversations with democratic donors. they're disappointed with the white house on this and on that. some believe he's moving too far one direction or the other. all this is coming together -- that ain't going to raise quite as much money as everybody thought they were going to raise. >> this billion-dollar campaign is somewhat an inflated figure. it's closer to $1 billion than we thought at the time. they had almost $900 million. >> when you

problem, we probably would be marching on the white house but there is a less volatile reaction in the cbc because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people that hate the president, quote. with us now to analyze dr. marc lamont hill who teaches at columbia university. we just got a statement from his offers saying he was taken out of context. i have been taken out of context myself thousands of times. be that as it may, what's the primary beef among african-americans vis-a-vis the white house. >> i can't speak for all african-americans one central criticism is that the president hasn't addressed a so-called black agenda the way other presidents would have to. >> bill: what does that mean? what is the black agenda? i do this for a living, i have no idea what that means. >> black agenda agenda for all sorts of folks. heal the middle class. job advancement. tax breaks sheessments are things we want to do for african-american people. >> bill: why can't we do it under one banner. why do veto separate out out. help the middle class help everybody. >> different groups have specifi