clarence: it's possible. one thing about biden is that he does have tremendous appeal with white, blue-collar males, which the democratic 1960's. that's something bill clinton did well in 1992 and not quite as well in 1996. but that's the kind of thing side. susan: he's better at the podium than hillary clinton is. she's often accused of being too remote or distanced herself from voters. eleanor: he's got a lot of gifts but he's got problems too. he's kind of a gas machine. let's remember that. susan: you have donald trump and a biden -- they'd cancel each other out, i guess. in some ways in terms of the way they are at the podium. they're very spontaneous, very off the cuff. it could be an interesting challenge between them. john: protocol dictates that sitting presidents refrain from endorsing a candidate. but he can do a lot short of outright endorsement, can he not? and obama has signaled that a biden run con forms with his blessing. correct? clarence: sitting there with his decoder -- i see the signal bu

clarence: i like thomas a lot. i would go with clarence thomas.n terms of conservative positions, he is probably about the best there is on the supreme court. lied so you think that she when she said he engaged in inappropriate activity. just respect, i clarence thomas. i don't know anita hill. is ank clarence thomas terrific person. what do i know? asking me a question like that, it is sort of a crazy question. john: but there is still a lot of division over that. mr. trump: he was appointed to the supreme court, and i think his decisions have been terrific from my way of thinking. othera couple of historical things. first you were a democrat, now you are a republican. do you recall he supported in 1992 -- who you supported in 1992? mr. trump: i actually liked ross perot a lot. i thought he was great, but he went off the political deep end. i will say this -- had he not existed, you are not talking about bill clinton. i don't know, i figure probably for bush.oted but i respect perot. i think he really hit something. had he not come out and gone b

trump: i like clarence thomas a lot. i will go with clarence thomas.is decisions are -- in terms of conservative positions, he is probably about the best there is on the supreme court. certainly one of them. john: so you think that she lied when she said he engaged in inappropriate activity. mr. trump: no, i just respect clarence thomas. i don't know anita hill. i've met clarence thomas on a number of occasions. i thought he was terrific. i think he is a terrific person. what do i know? asking me a question like that, it is sort of a crazy question. john: but it is a question that divided the country. mr. trump: i am happy that he was appointed to the supreme court, and i think his decisions have been terrific from my way of thinking. mark: a couple of other historical things. first you were a democrat, now you are a republican. do you recall who you supported in 1992? george bush, bill clinton, ross perot? mr. trump: i actually liked ross perot a lot. i thought he was great, but he went off the deep end. i will say this -- had he not existed, you are

mark: he said -- just respects clarence thomas, i don't know anita harris. have met clarence thomas on a number of occasions that i thought he was terrific. he is a terrific person, so what do i know? it's a question that divided the company for a period of time. mr. trump: i think his decisions have been terrific decisions. john: a couple more historical things -- you were a democrat, and now you are a republican -- do you recall who supported in 1992? mr. trump: i liked -- i actually liked ross perot a lot. i thought he was great. i think he went a little bit off the deep end unfortunately, but i thought he was great -- had he not existed, you aren't talking about -- i don't know. i think i probably voted for bush. i respected perot. i think he really had something. i think he probably would've had a number substantially better. john: so you don't remember which of those three? mr. trump: i do remember. i don't like to talk about it. i voted for bush. mark: 2004 versus the other bush -- who did you support? mr. trump: bush. mark: why? mr. trump: i was hopi

wind clarence jordan was boycotted, in albany, how to mail order. they start with mail order business. the story of greg could have been the story of a girl the graduated in the class of '65 from albany high school. she was absolutely persecuted and hasn't wanted to go back but five girls she befriended all remembered her. when a classmate is writing a book about it, they all spoke about my daughter. >> how many people went through this sort of thing through those years? she lived in albany during this period and her daughter was in high school during that period and was not in agreement with most of the racial attitudes and was punished in the same way grade was for it, went through a lot of harassment, she also mentioned koinonia had gone into the mail-order business after the boycott, that is true, koinonia in its first few years -- cleric was a paltry man on the cover of the southeastern poultry news at one time wearing a test helmet. when nobody would buy from them they went into the pecan business. they could some mail order all over the count

but clarence was very humorous he came up with a slogan help ship the nuts out of georgia. [laughter] i believe we are about to out of time. >> [inaudible] >> you could certainly bill the story with the students who went to the high school. some of those stories have been told but they tend to be told rather shallow air and i take something good could be done there. i was telling somebody earlier thinking of the civil-rights movement it is like the civil war with a handful big the engagement of gettysburg lore antietam or selma and of course, those conflicts that are of bookend of the same conflict has hundreds of the engagements all over the country into a particular the south and one of america's says -- it was getting publicity at the time but not well remembered now. all of these little struggles and high-school have compelling stories. you can certainly do another book. >> just add a footnote there is no issue i take that created more kickback of violence throughout the south bay of school desegregation. the sad irony is looking back what happened if you go back to ame

clarence was one of the father more of a father figure to him than his own father was. his mother was a nurturing nurturing and warm person and certainly listened to a lot of stories about what was happening in high school but they were not going anywhere with their father >> i think that the time for one more. >> how does the church church deal with clarence did a? spinnaker that is a good question that i really don't know the answer to. the southern baptist church obviously is fairly conservative and i don't think that he's one of the teacher and saints. [laughter] there is another group that is very much one of the same since that is the split off. it's the birth of jimmy carter and actually a lot of baptist churches in town and allentown -- to find out our part of that entity are no longer affiliated because they've changed with the neighborhood and are much more inclusive - ♪ that's nice. let's dance. [laughter] i had an aunt attempt to the baptist church after the same-sex marriage ruling we saw a sign outside said all marriages welcome. that's not a southern bapt

let's turn to ed rendell and clarence page. governor, to you first, are you surprised that these other candidates aren't hitting trump today? >> a little bit, although i think, first of all, let me say i think donald trump is right about the questions being unfair. i think either rupert murdoch or roger ailes told the moderators, we have to take trump down and make him seem like a buffoon. the questions were more hostile to him. even lindsey graham came out and said the questions were unfair and overly hostile and aggressive. that's number one. number two, i don't think any of the republican candidates think that donald trump is going to be the nominee. but they believe he's got a following. and i would suspect he's going to go down in the polls from that performance, but you never know because this has been a phenomenal year and reaction to him has been unpredictable. but even if he goes down in the polls, someone wants to inherit the donald trump voters. so everyone is tip toeing around. and i think based on the debate last n

joini ining clarence paige, sus dell pers owe. and --. i almost forgot you clarence. but you are unforgettable. clarence, let me begin with you. hillary clinton received criticism for using humor to address the e-mail scandal last week. is she right not to dignify the inquiry? >> well i think she was wrong to use bad humor or excuse me, use humor badly. i think it was the way her comment timing was a bit off. and it sounded like she was just being dismissive, to be very honest about it. and that is not the way to deal with serious questions from the press. i think she's still caught up in that fortress mentality, which comes from more than 20 years of being under siege by political rivals and enemy, critics, etc. and hunkering down. the first clinton administration, the bill clinton administration to leave with its head held high. now she -- hillary clinton is still running for president. she really needs to take care of controversies like this and not let them fester. >> susan, so she cut her vacation short. is it the joe biden boog-a-bear that's out there bidding he

also with us, former minnesota governor and republican candidate, tim plenty, joining us also, clarence page, columnist and bate fuey, who is in clooechbt tonight ahead of the primary debate there. and garren, there's an important distinction going on, team trump wants to say that bill clinton called donald trump. team clinton wants to say that donald trump called bill clinton. why are they fighting about that particular point? >> oh, it's, good evening, lawrence, it's sort of silly, isn't it? i mean, it's kind of like who's the bigger guy i suppose. who has to call whom? they both called one another at some point. and it wasn't the first time. they have had a fairly long and sometimes pretty cozy collegial association. they played golf together, bill clinton went to donald trump's third wedding in 2005 in florida, they have known one another a long time. and this wasn't their first conversation about politics either. clearly each of them wanted to talk to the other. at a very important time. the time of this phone call, it was more than a month since hillary clinton had announced her c

syndicated columnist clarence page talks more about the dinner usually held each spring in washington. >> clarence page, a columnist for the chicago tribune and the president of the gridiron club this year. let's talk about the club itself. who are its members, what is its mission and how do you become a member? >> the club itself was started in 1885 by a newspaper reporters here in washington who i like to think started the club because the proper societies of washington wouldn't let them join their clubs. it started with three reporters from philadelphia, as i understand. and ever since then, at that time, the active membership has been limited to 50 people. and then there are -- what are called the associate members who are perhaps not full-time journalists or retired members, who still maintain somewhat we call associate membership and then there are also people who are informally called ringers who are not journalists but have really good voices so they make us sound good on stage. and so this is gone on all of these many years, 130 years now. and we're keeping it alive. it is on

i think he's not going to fade away too easily. >> before we leave this segment, clarence, i want tot to jeb bush. he's actually at 9% in both of these polls, not 6%. so safer bet than you think. stronger than you thought. >> i was on my head at the moment, i guess. read it upside down. >> we will take a break. sam stein thank you for joining us for that segment. coming up next, what the shrinks are thinking when they watch donald trump. ♪ we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol®. ethey have smart online tools, which saves money. they settle claims quickly, which saves money. they drive an all-hybrid claims fleet, which saves money. they were born online, and built to save money, which means when they save, you save. click or call. ♪ (dorothy) toto, i've a feeling we're not in kansas anymore... (morpheus) after this, there is no turning bac

mark: between clarence thomas and anita hill, who do you believe?eally have ai lot of respect for clarence thomas, i like him a lot, i will go with him. i think his decisions, in terms of conservative decisions, he is probably the best he -- there is on the spring court. he engaged in inappropriate activity. donald trump: i have met him on a number of occasions, i thought he was terrific. i think he is a terrific person, what do i know? you are asking me a question. mark: it is a question that divided the country. donald trump: his decisions have been terrific decisions, from my way of thinking. mark: you were a democrat, now republican, do you recall who you are supported in 1992 when it was george bush, bill clinton, and ross perot? troubling i liked ross perot -- donald trump: i liked ross perot , i think he went off the deep end, unfortunately. had he not existed, you're not talking about bill clinton. i don't know, i think i voted for bush. i respected perot. i think he hit something. had he not gone out and come back in, a lot of crazy things

clarence? >> to some degree, yeah. but, i mean, that income is a reflection of the education level around the washington, d.c. area. this is a white collar area. this is not a factory town. i think that i'm really wondering how much of this can be explained by the fact that it's august. this is not a time, august in an off year, when people, most people are sane enough to have other things to think about in august besides politics. the trump folks, those i've talked to, i bump into them everywhere, i bumped into a security guard last night who said donald trump really tells the truth. that was a big thing with him. i said, are you going to vote for him? he said, well, i don't know. but he really tells the truth. >> you said or he said? >> he said that, yeah. >> the fact is he doesn't tell the truth. the things the guy quoted were patently false but they sounded good. >> okay. hold on. trumping iowa. a new cnn/o.r.c. poll of likely republican caucus goers in iowa puts donald trump in first place with 22%. the poll also

i think he's not going to fade away too easily. >> before we leave this segment, clarence, i want tonging support to jeb bush. he's actually at 9% in both of these polls, not 6%. so safer bet than you think. stronger than you thought. >> i was on my head at the moment, i guess. read it upside down. >> we will take a break. sam stein thank you for joining us for that segment. coming up next, what the shrinks are thinking when they watch donald trump. ♪ ♪ (dorothy) toto, i've a feeling we're not in kansas anymore... (morpheus) after this, there is no turning back. (spock) history is replete with turning points. (kevin) wow, this is great. (commentator) where fantasy becomes reality! (penguin 1) where are we going? (penguin 2) the future, boys. the glorious future. (vo) at&t and directv are now one- bringing your television and wireless together- and taking entertainment to places you'd never imagine. (rick) louis, i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. it's more than tit's security - and flexibility. it's where great ideas and vital data are stored. with centurylink y

. >> clarence is calling in from louisiana.larence, you're on "the washington journal." >> caller: yes, good morning. thanks for taking my call. all these people, second amendment folks, they want to own a gun. i wonder if they ever shot -- actually shot another human being. not killed them, shot them, how would they feel about guns then? >> and what's your answer? >> caller: i know a lot of friends of mine are from new orleans. a lot of guys that come back from the war. they swear they'll never pick up another gun in their life. they swore they'll never pick up another gun in their life. you know, to take another person's life -- i've seen a guy get killed when i was, what, 9 years old. the guy that shot him ran behind him after he fell down, then he stood over him and started crying. he went crazy. have they actually thought about taking another human life? it makes you wonder. i got six guns. i got rifles, this, that, and the other. why? do you intend to kill somebody? because that's all guns are for. they can say target pra

. >> clarence is joining us and lauren is in land caster, new york. thank you for being with us. when we first met back in the 1990s a recall was issued. automakers jumped. is that still the case? >> unfortunately it's not. automakers have slacked off as government regulators haveors slacked off. the government doesn't understand how they work. it's only been in the last two years the government woken up to the fact that there are defects in millions of vehicles, they are killing americans, they have imposed fines and we'll continue to see this for the foreseeable future. >> lauren, are automakers not concerned about these recalls? >> they are concerned. they want safe cars. they want client retention. when you are talking about new technologies coming into play as well as old technologies, this is where the recalls are coming in. sometimes they are not reacting as quickly as they should. neither is nitsa. they are equal to blame they haven't been enforcing it or we wouldn't haveth these problems. >> >> you and i go back to the 1990s. the issue was air bags. why are we still havi

he named clarence thomas, who thurgood had no respect for. said, a snake is a snake, whether it is white or black. he was talking about justice thomas. -- he died in office, his the next would have been chosen by clinton. he had just been sworn into office. his job wasays knew to fix what was broken. that is why in the 30's and 40's foughteled the south and against jim crow. he took the insults because he system,e to change the not to rail against the weight was treating him. he knew ultimately he would get what he wanted. as i say in the book tour the end of the chapter of his appointment to the supreme court, he was mr. justice marshall and that sounded perfectly fine to him. >> c-span city store was in fort lauderdale and we with william crawford about his book "florida's big d

nitsa's fine impacted the bottom line the automakers provisions falling 3% last quarter >>> clarence ditlow heads the center for auto safety and joins us from washington d.c. and also our guest from lancaster new york. when we first met in the 1990s, a recall was issued, and auto makers jumped. is that still the case? >> unfortunately it's not. automakers slacked off as government regulators slacked off and vehicles have gotten complex to the extent the government doesn't understand how they work. it's only been in the last few years that the government woke up to the fact that there are defects in vehicles that are killing americans, they have imposed fines and we'll continue to see this for the foreseeable future. >> i ask you the same question. are automakers i guess, not concerned about recalls that we are hearing about? >> they are very concerned. they want people in safe cars, they want retention, and want them to come back and love the brand. we are talking about new technologies coming into play as well as old technologies. this is where the recalls are coming in sometimes th

spirit very interesting recently he just had a gay activist and the thing that he said about justice clarence thomas was horrible and despicable to say that he was a clown in blackface. so if this is the means by which people want to disparage and attack and speak to undermine that you seek to undermine black conservative and black conservatives this is not something new. this is not something on. i think it is something that is threatening to people who want to have a political on the black community. we need to have those voices in the black community. i always felt that if you're going to invest money, you're going to diversify your investment. but if you are th you're the blk community, why would you put all of your political investment into one part of that party will eventually take you for granted and the other part will not consider you and see you as the relevant. 50 years ago with the great society programs of lyndon johnson from one of the things he brought forth was to say that any woman that had a child out of wedlock and associative have been in out of the back of what divider a

clarence little says he wants to sell his pawn shop and since the robbery he has set up better camerasn his store. >> i mean i don't want anyone hurt with any of my guns but there is nothing that we can really do about it. and the cops here in town, if they would spend more time in these areas where they sell guns then you wouldn't have near the break-ins you are having. >> reporter: georgia law does not require the reporting of stolen guns, making it easy for people to buy guns and sell them to criminals and later claim the guns were stolen and making the iron pipeline more difficult to clog and shut down. robert ray, al jazeera perry, georgia. >>> earlier today we talked with former nra political director richard feldman and he says gun laws are not necessarily the primary reason for the rise in violence. >> we certainly need to enforce the law and make sure that the law works better than it's working today so the real problem there with the mass shooters are mental health laws and a completely failed mental health system in this country that will require billions of dollars if we ar

el unico tanto del partido llego al minuto 53 cuando clarence goodson puso la pelota al fondo de la redo y se acabo la mala racha. ganaron los eartquakes. gabriel para los raiders el dia de inicio su pretemporada. enfrentaron a los rams de saint louis en el coliseo de oakland vamonos a las imagenes. take vo vo el equipo lucio bien en terminos generales produciendo puntos en la ofensiva y la defensiva ataco bien durante todo el juego. christian ponder se lucio con un pase de anotacion en la noche a holmes para darle la ventaja a su equipo en el segundo cuarto. el resultado final fue de raiders 18 y los rams 3. vo pasando al beisbol de las grandes ligas matt duffy sigue dando de que hablar. el novao pego su decimo home run el dia de hoy y remolco tres carreras para ayudar la causa gigantes que termiaron derrotando a los nacionales de washington ocho a cinco. ya son 61 victorias en la campaÑa. vo terminamos esta noche con los atleticos de oakland que despues de empatar el juego en la parte alta de la novena entrada no lograron hacer mas daÑo y los orioles de baltimore terminaron con la vic

let me say one thing to clarence about twitter.y youngest son who is among other things an army ranger, did an article for daily beast on twitter fascism. he didn't mean this sarcastically, he's talking about the people behind this hideous character darren roof? the guy in south korea zblk dca? >> dylann roof. >> dylann roof. he had been following fascist -- not fascism like you tell your parents they're fascists because they have to go to bed. he'd been following their web sites on reddit. i don't know what reddit is but -- >> that's what children are for. >> they tell me it's important so i accept it. this was serious. he was deeply interested in fascism and the triumph and possible triumph of fascism based on race war. that's part of why he did what he did. so it's to reduce our collective intelligence because ideas which have long serious histories get to reduced to comic book characters and this is n isn't a left or right question. anyone -- i'll stop with this. when people were marching in new york about police brutality, i w

host: clarence is calling in from louisiana, you are on "the washington journal."ler: good morning and thank you for taking my call. who aree people enthusiastic about the second amendment, they want to own a gun. i wonder if they have ever actually shot another human being if not killed them, shot them. how would they feel about guns then? host: what's your answer? caller: a lot of friends of mine are from new orleans, guys that come back from the war, and they swear they will never pick up another gun in their life. base for they will never pick up another gun in their life. life --another persons i have seen a guy get killed who is nine years old. the guy that shot him ran behind and then he stood over him and started crying. he went crazy. if they thought about taking another human's life. -- i've got wonder six guns, i've got 42 rifles and others, why? do you intend to kill people? that's all they are for. what they mean is they are planning on killing somebody. host: are you a gun owner? caller: i used to be. host: why did you get rid of it or why aren't you

. >> william and his writing partner clarence "blowfly" reed wrote such classics as "clean up woman"years, 100 years from now, if you were to do an internet search and punch in the miami sound, your name is going to come up right away as principal creator of the miami sound. what were the distinctive features of the music you were making that separated it from motown, philadelphia, new york? >> the culture was a mixture of bahamian, jamaican, and people came down from georgia and alabama, but that bahamian influence was dominant. >> right. >> we would have bands who would march from overtown all the way to liberty city and back in big parades. this influence, the dancing and the moving and the marching, i would say that was the main difference. >> and you were teaching school during a lot of this period? >> yeah, i was teaching school. i would look around, put my sign in, and walk out the back door and go straight to the studio. but you know, the principal knew what i was doing. >> yep. >> i did most of the deep city music using that technique. ♪ ♪ if only i could fly i would take to

. >> let's give clarence a chance. >> a couple clarifications from an old boomer. los angeles times was the classified parks back then given a dime and told to look around and take notes on something called a telephone. i don't know if dzhokhar tsarnaev remember them or not. -- you can -- another thing cause sin queue called them self not having taken french, i guess. >> it is an honor to be corrected by you. >> it is a great job of reaccounting the period. the flavor of the period, i want to speak up for fred and other leaders to deannounced the weather on the ground. >> it sort of sounds like these were part of a fast radical left wing conspiracy. there were a lot of delusions you alluded to. i was wondering, the bla, was a fringe of a fringe group and the weather underground was as well. but did you get the sense of what drives people? and they believe it was reportt to make peaceful change in violence make change in evitable. that is what took people over the edge making bombs. most of the members of nigh my generation didn't go far. and when the violence got s

clarence little says he wants to sell the pawn shop and set up better cameras in his store. >> there's nothing that we can do about it. if the cops were to spend more time in the areas, then you wouldn't have anywhere near the break-ins. >> georgia law does not require stolen guns, making it easy to buy guns, sell them to criminals, making the iron pipeline more difficult to clog and shut down >>> and another reminder tomorrow on al jazeera america, our special coverage, we are calling summer of the gun continues >>> when the hunters become the hunted. the killing of cecil the lion by an american dentist sparking outrage. now the world may be ready to take action. a push for conservation in the week ahead. a tiny town in florida is popular, there's a waiting list. al jazeera goes inside one of america's unique communities. >>> welcome back, here is a look at the top stories - a man suspected of killing eight people inside a home in houston has been charged with murder. prosecutors saying he broke into the house, tied up the victims and shot them. six are dead. children. he had once bee

brian: big event in detroit -- not sure how old you were at the time -- 1967 -- clarence lusane talkedbout his involvement in this. let's watch this. fill in the blanks. [video clip] >> i remember vividly the 1967 riot, in part, began a few blocks from my house. my mother, father, and my sisters and i had been in canada. it started on a saturday night. we had spent all day in canada. people cross the bridge and go fishing. when we got back, there was a full-blown riot going on. i was probably 12 or so. nobody was inside. at one point, my mother and sister and i walked out to the main intersection. there were hundreds and hundreds of people. after being there for a while, a car drove up. two white men got out and fired at the corner. everyone on the corner was hit. probably about 20 people. everyone was hit except for me. my mother and sister were shot. brian: 43 people killed, over 400 injured. what impact did that have on the condition you found detroit in? kevyn: the issue of racial division, some would say, is pioneered in detroit. if you look at government policy. and the board of

the great clarence page, political reporter for the guardian and chief investigative report he ken vogel. i'll start with clarnls. we've been through this so many times. every time somebody has been killed in gun violence, whether it is senseless or whatever it is, rational or insane or a political killing or a crime. we say we'll do something with guns and two weeks later we're talking about something else. we're talking about hurricane katrina. the gun people are still talking about it. passion and focus is what wins for the, in, are, a. >> you've got it. some kind of sensible -- >> other interests. >> yeah. people on the whole are not as committed to it. and as well funded as the anti-gun control side. and this is, this means that unfortunately, the numbers are being built up in their ranks by tragedy. this father sounding like the sandy hook parents or the family of those in charleston. we're going into a presidential election year. >> let's watch hillary. i was very impressed. you can pick up on this. she promised she would take the issue of gun violence on. she called it a difficul

clarence howard in court trying to over turn divorce settlement with his ex-wife.fy during the hearing this week, howard contends the 2013 agreement that dictated how his ex-wife would be paid was extorted by threatening to leak embarrassing information about his sex life. these are claims kai night the ex, howard and wife married in 2010. she filed for divorce a year later. >> the f d.a. says kim kardashian in violation every federal drug promotion rules, cards ash yan fans know the reality star pushes lots of products through the social media site. that includes pill used to treat morning sickness, post about the drug also linked to the company website, but fda regulators say the pope failed to mention side effect, which is a violation, the agency calls on the company to remove the social media post immediately, and outline a plan for preventing future violations. >> republican presidential contender jeb bush will appear on the first ever the late show, with he steven colbert. on personal account, he tweeted jeb bush will be on hashtag lssc september 8th, my firs

. >> the majority opinion written by justice clarence thomas found that even though connick's officevidence in the thompson case, that was not enough to prove a pattern. and yet a study done in 2008 reported that during harry connick sr.'s tenure in one out of every four cases where the death penalty was imposed, evidence was withheld. >> that was crazy. if that is not a pattern, i don't know what is. so who is going to get the last laugh, jim williams? >> in the photo of jim williams with the electric chair of the five faces visible, all of them were released from death row. >> in my mind, we should charge them with attempted murder, this district attorney using false information that he know is false to kill you. it's premeditated. so we're saying he can get away with murder? what makes him so special? the only thing he was hiding behind, a district attorney badge. >> unfortunately, the thomas opinion is the law of the land and it gives me great concern. >> make no bones about it, prosecutors are now a lot less accountable for what they do, because they know that if they don't prod

on the 27th, i moved to new orleans to attend the funeral of clarence barney, a legendary community leader. the funeral was taking place at dillard university. it was a beautiful, flawless day when i walked in. the hurricane, i'll in the gulf, was category one or two. this was a glorious celebratory funeral -- it was going to go on for a long time. about two hours into the funeral, my communications director, who was traveling with me, handed me a note. she said, we must leave now. de ofked to the sign of the sanctuary. she said the hurricane's category five, we must leave town now and go back to new york. if you will, the airport will be close, and all hell will break loose. mind you, it is a funny, beautiful day. no evidence that a storm is on the way. her, i am going to my mother's house to check on her first, and that we will go to the airport. my mother lives about 10 blocks from the chapel. i went to my mother's house and i said, mom, turn on the tv, this hurricane is coming, you must leave town, and go to baton rouge, which is where i had a sister. she said, i'm not going anywhere .

i was a beneficiary of what happened with the clarence thomas nomination. the committee was embarrassed. they had no women for the thomas nomination, so they added two. and they had a meeting with the committee before the public hearing. it was supposed to be, if there's anything bad in my record, they could bring it out and i'd have a chance to answer before we went public. in all of my record, nothing in the fbi file, there wasn't one thing questionable so they said, now, tell us what you think we should do to improve the confirmation process. well, at that point i hadn't yet been confirmed, so i was somewhat hesitant. i still have to this day a supply of strom thurmond key chains that he gave me and voted against me when i was nominated for the d.c. circuit, but he was in my corner for the supreme court nomination. >> since being on the bench, on the u.s. supreme court, you've been a very vigorous voice on a whole range of equal protection cases not only sex discrimination, but in the racial discrimination area, disability cases. most recently in the she

clarence little wants to sell his pawn shop and since the robbery has set up better surveillance of his store. >> there's nothing beck really do about it. the cops here in town, if they would spend more times in these areas where they sell guns, then you wouldn't have near the break-ins you're having. >> georgia law does not require the reporting of stolen guns, making it easy for people to buy guns legally, sell them to criminals and then later claim the gorgeous were stolen, making the iron pipeline even more difficult to clog and slow down. >> we're joined by richard feldman in florida, a former political director for the n.r.a. and author of ricochet, confessions of a gun lobbyist. richard, thank you for being with us. we've reported shootings be of all stripes this morning and a lot of people look at these incidents and conclude that there are just too many guns and they're too easily available. what do you say? >> you know, there are close to 300 million firearms owned by over 100 million people in this country. the problem isn't the number of guns. the problem is in whose hands a

i very specifically learned that the sources around clarence thomas had seriously misled me. the book was written in good faith but when i found out, that was part of the story. it was mutual use. it shook my foundations. it wasn't like one day i woke up and said applied economics doesn't make sense. it was about the character and integrity of the people i was working with. and how i was gradually becoming more complicit mike: if you have in that. a question for david brock have indicated and we will bring you a microphone. what do you hope to learn about the republican candidates tonight? mr. brock: a lot of the attention is on donald trump and rightly so but i think were is more interesting thing jeb bush. the political story of the last week has been the way hillary clinton took him on and shredded his reputation as a moderate. she showed that what he stands for is a policy platform approved. we're almost waiting for him to start to advocate -- it is like the 47% all over again. what did he do when there was almost a knockout? he did nothing. showed that he cannot stand up

thaty specifically learned the sources around clarence thomas had seriously misled me.the book was written in good out, thatwhen i found was part of the story. it shook my foundations. it wasn't like one day i woke up applied economics doesn't make sense. it was about the character and integrity of the people i was working with. mike: if you have a question for david brock have indicated and microphone.g you a what do you hope to learn about the republican candidates tonight? mr. brock: a lot of the attention is on donald trump and rightly so but i think were -- but i thinkng the more interesting thing is jeb bush. political story of the last week has been the way hillary clinton took him on and shredded his reputation as a moderate. she showed that what he stands platformpolicy approved. we're almost waiting for him to start to advocate -- it is like the 47% all over again. did he do when there was almost a knockout? he did nothing will stop that showed that he did nothing. of thee're talking now confrontation in florida. he came out and did not respond. mr. brock: the

the only negative vote was clarence thomas. i don't know what your background is in religion, but if you worked for abercrombie & fitch, would you have sued the company? if we are going to live in a society that extols the virtues of religious freedom, and that religious freedom is taken away, and you are at a workplace, and lose your job because they are forcing you to choose between your faith and your job, they are going to be responsible for that. i would certainly take the opportunity to teach them a lesson. host: let's try an apple, maryland. independent line. nick, you're next. caller: good morning. i had a specific question about the tenets of islam and the muslim religion that led you first to justifying the jihadist theory, and what tenants of the religion led you to refute. where did the shift in perspective comment. guest: i would give even algae that religion is like a hammer. you can either build a home with it or destroy a home with it. it really does come down to the perspective you have. the worldview that you

talking about approximately eight to four units in the weather died down so it's not apple in about clarencewater off to the fire is quick as possible. >>mark: with concern what is happening with the fire this apartment complex to conceive a small continuing to pour out to a thick black smoke right now and realize a with they're telling us it does not predicated any close to the beginning is under control just yet which are large financial and of the roof of the apartment the five are the telling of the thing that everyone is out of the building no injuries right now but a lot of big black smoke and the flames coming up the roof the delta plan apartment. >>michelle apon: will have a mix of sun and clouds out there would want to continue on with these clouds to persist for the next few hours and then was sister sunshine later on today at person continues to build and wanted to keep dropping entire day as of right now timber to a wide spread into the sixties will topic, temperatures right now, and 67 degrees and track with a fire is burning 61 and humidity values are still on the higher side u

i very specifically learned that the sources around clarence thomas had seriously misled me. the book was written in good faith but when i found out, that was part of the story. it shook my foundations. it wasn't like one day i woke up and said supply side economics don't make sense. it was about the character and integrity of the people i was working with. mike: if you have a question for david brock have indicated and we will bring you a microphone. what do you hope to learn about the republican candidates tonight? mr. brock: a lot of the attention is on donald trump and rightly so but i think were interesting thing -- but i think the more interesting thing is jeb bush. i think the political story of the last week has been the way hillary clinton took him on and shredded his reputation as a moderate. showed him to be the reactionary that he is. she showed that what he stands for is a policy platform approved. -- approved by the american enterprise institute. we're almost waiting for him to start to advocate -- it is like the 47% all over again. he is romney minus. what did

next year, hbo will air a new film about the senate confirmation hearings of supreme court justice clarencehomas. central to the film titled "confirmation" are allegations by anita hill, now a respected law professor. the nation first learned of her as a former coworker of thomas who claimed she had been sexually harassed on her job. carrie washington, best known as olivia pope, will star as anita hill. yes! and we already have a picture of her in the role. also depicted in the film will be joe biden who at the time was chair of the senate judiciary committee, and therefore, the leader of the hearings. critics of senator biden said he went too easy on thomas and allowed other senators to browbeat anita hill in trying to discredit her claims. he was also criticized for not reading hill's allegations until they were leaked to the press. biden responded that hill herself wanted to keep the allegations confidential. >> some have asked, how could you have, the united states senate voted on thomas' presentation and left hill's charges in the dark? to this i answer, how could you have expected us