we're here with charles hamilton and rita ora. it charles, welcome. good to see you guys here.el. >> it feels good. long time coming. i'm glad this time around i'm putting in the amount of work to get the kind of success i need, everybody needs success. >> everybody needs that. moral of the story, hard works pays off. >> tell us about this collaboration in. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> you can start and then i'll kind of interrupt. >> it was a collaboration with the invisible man, the producers of igy azalea's fancy. i asked management if rita could be a part of the song. i love her voice. >> thank you. i'm a big rap fan and i know kind of his story and what he's been doing. i was so excited. you know all in the same management. it's a big family. >> it is really nice. thanks for being with us. >> and it's raining. >> yeah live performance coming up. >>> right now, a brand-new series we're starting right now, it's called real-life superhero, all week long we'll be highlighting ordinary people who con skwer superhuman feat. the first woman who has free climb. jesse palmer has her

we're here with charles hamilton and rita ora. going to perform in a bit. charles, welcome.e album, straight to the top of billboard. how does it feel? >> it feels good. long time coming. this isn't my first time out but i'm glad this time around i'm putting in the amount of work to be able to get the kind of success i need, everybody needs success. >> everybody needs that. moral of the story, hard works pays off. tell us about this collaboration how did you guys come together? >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> you can start and then i'll kind of interrupt. >> cool, well, it was a collaboration with the invisible man, the producers of iggy azalea's fancy. and a bunch of other records. they had a hook line prepared. i just asked management if rita could be a part of the song. i love her voice. >> oh, thank you. >> you have a great voice. >> i was so excited. i'm a big rap fan and i know kind of his story and what he's been doing. i was so excited. so, you know, all in the same management, it's a big family. >> it is really nice. thanks for being with us. so looking forward to it. >>

and when you listen to charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall and talked about, it was equalprotection of the laws. now the laws are written in a way that we understand they provide equal protection. and we are now saying that those laws are being used in a different way. and with that i would say that there are findings of unnecessary use of force, excessive use of force discriminatory practices by the department of justice. and i know we're going to have some questions and answers. so before we talk about how it is that we depart and what our take aways are, i would open up the floor to see if based on some of the thought provoking discussions we had had thus far, your own personal thoughts and educational experience and life experiences. are there any questions you would like to pose to the very talented panel that we have? please. we're asking that you step up to the microphone and if you would line up behind the microphone that would make it easier and would allow also the recording studios to pick that up. >> in light of the recent killing in south carolina, what is you

and when you listen to charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall and talked about, it was equalprotection of the laws. now the laws are written in a way that we understand they provide equal protection. and we are now saying that those laws are being used in a different way. and with that i would say that there are findings of unnecessary use of force excessive use of force discriminatory practices by the department of justice. and i know we're going to have some questions and answers. so before we talk about how it is that we depart and what our take aways are i would open up the floor to see if based on some of the thought provoking discussions we had had thus far, your own personal thoughts and educational experience and life experiences. are there any questions you would like to pose to the very talented panel that we have? please. we're asking that you step up to the microphone and if you would line up behind the microphone that would make it easier and would allow also the recording studios to pick that up. >> in light of the recent killing in south carolina what is your p

thank you. [ applause ] as i turn this back over to quame i would like to end with a quote from charles hamilton houston that i think addresses these issues and the role of the lawyer on civil rights issues. he says, and i quote, a lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society. a social engineer was a highly skilled perceptive sensitive lawyer who understood the constitution of the united states and knew how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens. that quote i believe was around 1929. we are still looking at those issues. as i turn this back over to you, quame, i think we've had a panel discussion today on issues that are relevant. even if you do not have children, if you watch the news you see what's going on in our world. and i think ms. rice, the fact that we were able to put a face and a mother's thoughts and a mother's pain before this audience has been helpful and people understanding that this is not a theoretical or perceptive issue, it's a real issue and it affects people. so kwa

i would like to end with a quote from charles hamilton houston that addresses these issues and the role of the lawyer on civil rights. he says, "a lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society. a social engineer was a highly substantive lawyer who understood the constitution of the united states and knew how to explore its uses in solving a problem with local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens. " that quote was around 1929, we are still looking at those issues. as i turned back over to you kwame, we had a panel discussion on issues that are relevant. even if you're not have children, if you watch the news, you see what is going on in our world. i think that the fact we are able to put a face and a mother's pain before this audience has been helpful. people understanding that this is not a theoretical or perceptive issue, it is a real issue and it affects people. so kwame, before he turned back over to brother -- [applause] >> more now about u.s. race relations. from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. it is our regular spotlig

charles w. elliott. elizabeth carney will be the moderator. director of the hamilton project. the second panel is the future of business innovation. in addition to andy mcafee, whom i've already introduced, the participants will be john hotelwanger, distinguished university professor university of maryland, and art d. probiker, director of the defense advanced research agency known to all of us as darpa. the moderator will be laura tyson, professor of business administration economics at the berkeley haas school of business and member of the advisory council of the hamilton project. let me close by extending particular thanks to melissa carney, who i already mentioned, our director, kristin mcintosh, our managing director, and brad hirschbine, the visiting fellow with the hamilton project providing the intellectual construct for this session and putting together truly a remarkable program. let me thank the members of the staff of the hamilton project whose thoughtful hard work is central to everything we do at our project. with that, let me turn the podium over to roger altman