even congressman west had to dial back his rhetoric after it came out that he told his brother to go to atlanta for the job fair. west's office sent this statement to "the ed show." clearly with my brother out of work, the struggling economy is very personal to me. i like millions of americans during these difficult times have stood by a family member, providing suggestions and encouragement as my brother continues to try to find work. i'm encouraged by any job conference which helps individuals find a job. however, the underlying problem remains. the economic policies of president obama have not set the conditions for job growth, especially in the black community. so congressman west, what kind of conditions have you set for your brother to get a job? what have you done? congressman west, have you talked to speaker boehner about maybe a jobs package? correct me if i'm wrong. correct "the ed show" if our producers are wrong. you have not offered one jobs initiative. you have not put your name to one effort to get american back to work other than to sit on the side line and hecklet he

all right it's time for tonight's jewel time award and tonight it goes to florida congressman allen west jason's arriving in congress this year our west has made quite a name for himself as a plainspoken take no prisoners kind of lawmaker some people find him appealing i find him crazy how last guy congressman west was on fox news to discuss the congressional black caucus and their anger directed towards president obama but listen to his take on this issue. if you have this twenty first century point of social move is spread out there where the democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted and you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than the overseers of the plantation and now the people in that part of those are off serve because they've been disregarded difference because of their concerns with our care about so our viewers the modern day harriet's of windsor canada leave people of the underground railroad away from the plantation of their to a sense of civility. ok now the congressman definitely has a point about the black community being taken fo

yeah the congressman also loves to spread islamophobia and that's just a brief sample of allen west work since he arrived here in washington so does he act like a modern day harriet tubman you decide but i'm going to say no he's a hateful tea party bully who can't work with gays muslims women or the congressional black caucus so far as harriet tubman comparison we're going to get republican congressman allen west tonight's tools have a board. ok time for happy hour is nice and joining me this evening is our team producer jenny churchill and mike rakes associate editor at reason that is ian and reason dot com . thanks for joining me guys. we have decided to show that michele bachmann is just the gift that keeps on giving this woman i love that she's running for president i'm a little scared that she's running for president i also love that she's running for president because of this stuff she says just provide so much material and the pictures that obviously are taken of her but here's a new clip of her this is something that she said on a radio show take a listen. where people represent.

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with that said, congressman allen west of florida was on fox news earlier this week. and he says that the democrats and he included you in this, have been taking the black voters for granted, even referring to you and other leaders as plantation bosses. let me play what he had to say. i really want you to react to this. let's play it, please. >> you have this 21st century plantation that has been out there where the democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted. and you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than the overseers of that plantation and now the people on that plantation are upset because they've been disregarded, disrespected, and their concerns are not cared about. so i'm here as the modern day harriet tubman to lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation. >> your thoughts, congresswoman waters, on that comment? >> hello? >> are you able to hear us? >> i heard i think most of what he said. it's a little bit outrageous. a little bit, you know, ridiculous. and that's hard to respond to. because it ab

. >>> and congressman allan west's brother speaks out, and it tops the stories here on "newsnation." n "newsnation" yesterday we found out for the first time that congressman allan west sent his unemployed brother to a jobs fair sponsored by the same black leaders that the congressman criticized earlier in the week. the congresswoman maxine waters explained to me how she met west's brother at the jobs fair. >> mr. west's brother is here. he found himself out of a job. and he asked his brother to help him, and his brother told him to come to me, to come to us, and that we are here in atlanta where his brother lives, and he came up and introduced himself and i want his brother to get a job. >> and msnbc then caught up with congressman west's brother, arlan, at the jobs fair, and here is his reaction to it all. >> the responsibility of our elected officials is to serve the constituents. in any capacity that they can. and this was a prime example of them doing that. congresswoman maxine waters and others in the congressional black waters saw that need and sponsored this event. >>> well, t

now, congressman west, i'm watching this unfold and thinking to myself, well, maxine waters is angryause black unemployment and black foreclosure rates, we're angry about all of this stuff what's going on here with the black story line that black african-americans are unhappy with president obama. >> the laughable policy is that the big black bus is not going in the black community. unemployment in the black community 16.3% in july and it dropped down to 15.9% for the month of august, that's not in the right direction. 21st century plantation going out there. democratic party has taken the black vote for granted. and you have established certain black leaders are nothing more than the overseers of that plantation. now the people on the plantation are upset because they have been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about. i'm here as the modern day harriett tubman who lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility. >> laura: maxine waters is the plantation boss at this point absolutely. whited leaders are turned ove

. >> congressman west, appreciate your insight. let's get some democratic perspective, from a man who not only has to vote on this plan as early as tomorrow, but is on the ballot in 2012. are you a yes or no? >> i'm voting yes. >> why? >> we successfully paid back some of the attempts coming from some fairly radical proposals in the house of representatives to dismantle medicare and turn it over to the insurance industry. we also knew that there were efforts -- going to be efforts in the house, to private ties social security and turn much of it over to wall street, and we're successful in beating back those. second we can't let the united states government, the united states of america default on its obligations, it would frankly hurt far too many families in my state, small businesses. social security beneficiaries, veterans, soldiers in iraq and afghanistan, interest rates going up, what that does to homeowners, everything. we simply couldn't do that. >> i want you to listen to a man taj of your friends in the house who looked a

congressman out west. he joins us on the phone. w would governor perry, big on jobs and you in your fine state are particularly concerned about the union tries to prevent boeing from providing a thousand jobs to folks. would rick perry be in your corner on that? >> guest: how are you doing, neal, good to hear fru. i think rick perry is proving himself to be successful in incent vising job growth and that is the position government should have. any time you have somebody who comes down from washington d.c. and government creates job. you need to run away. if government is growing jobs that means they are growing it is government. they have to set the right tax policis and economic policies and so that we can grow jobs and those conditions have to be set. >> neil: it is a tricky balance, right though, congressman. your state's new governor rick scott is cutting the fat and going to the bone and his popularity ratings suffered measurably. i am wondering if there is a boomerang affect. oh, gosh, we have to cool temperature we can't go t

congressman west taught high school for one year and then returned to afghanistan as a civilian adviserngressman west was honored to be able to continue his oath of office to this country when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. he is wearing a very nice suit. [laughter] his commitment to protect the people of the united states is still his mission. in his free time, he enjoys -- i'm having a hard time saying this. tennessee volunteers. [laughter] certified scuba diver, a , and without further ado, i would like to introduce our congressman, allen west. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you to the men and women who serve to protect each and everyone of you here in palm beach gardens. the most important thing is you and your safety and your security, especially with what we saw happen back in january with giffords. it was an incredible honor to see her back casting that final vote before we left on recess. that's an incredible merkel. -- that is an incredible miracle. everyone see the cameras that are around here? you all are being taped for c- span. you

congressman west served in the army.det colonel, he served as it feel cultural or officer and served in operation desert storm. in operation iraqi freedom, where he was a battalion commander and in afghanistan where he trained afghan officers, taking on the responsibilities of securing their own country. after serving in the army, he retired from the military and brought his wife and his two lawyers -- daughters to south florida to be closer to his wife's family. congressman west return to afghanistan as a civilian advising the afghanistan army. he was honored to be able to give his oath of office when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. isi traded in my camouflage uniform for a suit. his commitment to protect the people of the united states is there. [unintelligible] i am having a hard time saying this. he is an avid long-distance runner, he rides motorcycles, and attends church in the camera, florida. without further ado, our congressman, congressman wes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you

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congressman allen west proudly served the constituents of the 20 ce2nd district.and raised in atlanta, in the same neighborhood were dr. martin luther king was -- [inaudible] his father was a corporal in the u.s. army and served in europe in world war ii. his mother, the outspoken and lovable snooks west, worked on a military installation. the congressman served in the army, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. he served as a field artillery officer in operation desert storm. in operation iraqi freedom, where he was a battalion commander for the army position and in afghanistan where he trained afghan officers to take on the responsibilities of securing their own boundaries. in 2004, west retired from the military and brought his wife and their two daughters to south florida to be closer to his wife's family. he taught high school for one year and return to afghanistan as a civilian adviser to the afghan army. in november, 2010, he was honored to be able to take the oath of office when he was elected as a representative to the united states congress. he is wea

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meanwhile, congressman alan west is in flag grant virant violati >> i'm here at the modern day harrietle on the underground railroad away from the plantation into a sengs of sensibility. >> oh, no he didn't! the smarter republican also called the democratic party "a plantation" black elected officials "overseer." stop it. no, really. stop it. the problems facing this country and the world for that matter demand that elected officials present real solutions to common an shis nations and show a skittish world that the united states hasn't gn off the deep end. west and perry aren't helping with that one bit. matt? >> great points, as always, jonath jonathan. tell me, a little time to talk. >> a lot of time, looking at the clock. >> i love to talk to you, jonathan capehart. it rick perry playing to his base when he's sort of throwing these things out and violating capehart's rules or making a mistake and this is first week errors on the national theater, or is it both? what's your take? >> i think it's both. look, the tea party, the tea party is base is fueling the energy behind the republ

joining us right now to weigh in is republican florida congressman allen west. rning, steve, how are you doing? >> i'm doing fine. thank you very much. we've heard a lot from the congressional black caucus a couple of weeks ago, maxine waters said that the tea party members can go straight to hell. then this that we just played. what's going on with them? >> well, i think that what you see is a desire to not recognize some of the serious problems that are in the black community when you understand that the black unemployment rate is 16% with black teens, you have an unemployment rate close to 40%. you see what's happening in philadelphia with the unrest in these flash mobs and to try to all of a sudden have a scapegoat called the tea party which is what you saw after the s&p downgrade, that became the liberal media talking point, that's just a distraction. the tea party really stands for some basic core constitutional principles and that means efficient constitutionally mandated government, fiscally responsible government, national security and our free market an

. >>> coming up on "news nation" congressman alan west says the democrats are taking black voters for, even referring to congresswoman maxine waters as a plantation boss. congresswoman waters will join me live to respond to that comment, plus her recent comments suggesting it is time for african-american members of congress to push the president on his jobs plans for minorities. >>> plus chilling new details about a missing american woman in aruba and the accidental death insurance policy the man traveling with her took out on her before their vacation. all of that and more 15 minutes away on "news nation." >>> we're keeping a close eye on the rough day on wall street. these are the numbers at this hour. the dow down about 464 points. the s & p also down 55. nasdaq down about 125 points in an afternoon of trading that has been mostly down. >>> the president certainly will be watching, is watching from washington and then will head off to vacation with his family to martha's vineyard, massachusetts. that's where we find nbc's kristen welker awaiting the first family's arrival. the pres

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. >> top comments from congressman allen west, who of course is a member of the republican party. but also, got into office because of the tea party momentum in this country. i can tell you that timothy geithny, treasury secretary, says he will stay on, he told that to the president, that he will stay on to fight against this debt situation, as well as this downgrade. back to you. alisyn: kelly wright live from the white house. we'll have our panels on to debate whose fault it is. bill: they are warming up in the bullpen right now. just getting word that the dow futures are picking up steam. we figured 200 points off at the open, now 280 to the downgrade. agel rod was not alone, white house officials and democrats pinning the blame on the tea party, republicans argue the writing is on the wall to cut spending. listen here: >> it's a partial wake-up call. i believe this is without question the tea party downgrade. this is the tea party downgrade, because a minority of people in the house of representatives countered even the will of many republicans in the united states senate who

. >> congressman allen west of florida said this is the first time in history we had the raising of at limit also with spending cuts. angie? >> we rated this one false. now, if you look back again, in 1997, newt gingrich and bill clinton came to a budget agreement and that agreement did include spending cuts and a debt ceiling increase. and then, again, in 1990 and 1985, there were also agreements. so this one is not right and we rated it false. >> this is a video sent out by the ohio democratic party, which says that ohio's treasurer supports allowing the united states to default on its obligations. true or false? >> this one got our pants on fire rating. now, there are a few particulars here that make this statement particularly inflammatory and we get into that on the story on the website. but the main point is, even those who want to see more spending cuts, they don't endorse a default. if you look at the history again, we have seen both parties lodge protest votes and said there should be more concessions this way or that way, but again these protests votes are not an endorsement

by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> congressman west is the only republican member of the congressional black caucus. he said this morning that he is considering leaving the group after reports of inflammatory remarks made by another member from indiana about the tea party movement. coming up in a few moments, we will show you another town hall, this one with maryland senator ben cardin from yesterday. we have covered similar events a utah senator and a california congressman nominated to serve on the deficit reduction committee. in washington today, the white house said president obama will lay out his jobs plan in prime time address to a joint session of congress next week. he has requested of speaker john boehner and harry reid to speak before both chambers odds of timber seventh at 8:00 eastern. the letter is now posted at c- span.org. it says i respectfully request to address a joint session of congress. my intention to lay out a series of bipartisan proposals that congress can take immediately to continue to rebuild the american e

finally, florida congressman alan west holds a town hall meeting with constituents in palm beach gardensashington journal" -- the business community's reaction to president obama's plan for regulations and its impact on small businesses. then, a discussion about financial assistance and humanitarian programs being offered to foreign countries. after that, a discussion about the science of climatology, including forecasting, observation research and climate change. plus, your e-mail, phone calls and tweets. that's "washington journal" at 7:00 on c-span. next, the labor secretary talks about employment rates and job creation. president obama plans to unveil his new jobs plan next month, which includes a spending package to fix and improve the nation's roads and bridges. from the national press club, this is a little more than one hour. >> our staff will be delivering cards strategically drop the program. you want to hand them to them, we will get ready in just a moment. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. a broadcast journalist with the associated press and i'm the 10

breaking political news, florida congressman allen west road the tea party wave into washington and last run for u.s. senate now. west confirms he's talked to people about running for senate, but still intent intends to run for a second term in the house. he responded to a muslim group in florida that asked him to cut ties with people he consider anti-islamic. he sent them a one word reply. nuts. >>> new details about the deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. both state and fair officials add mutt the stage was never inspected and say temporary structures just aren't subject to the same kind of safety laws that buildings and homes are subject to. but i bet that will be a cause for more study and investigation. >>> the jobs of two state senate democrats on the chopping block in wisconsin today. the two are facing recall elections after fleeing the state. remember that, during those budget negatives? last week democrats tried to recall six republican senators. that effort failed because four of those republicans retained their seats. it also insured that republicans will keep th

>> brian: black lawmakers are not happy with the president's jobs tour and republican congressman allen westis not going into the black community. >> brian: so could obama lose the black vote? "fox & friends" starts right now. >> gretchen: welcome, everyone. eric bolling sitting in for steve today. great to see you. brace yourself for a wild day on wall street. >> brian: how wild? >> eric: i'm looking now and the dow futures, which are a good indicator of where we'll open here in about an hour and a half, down 200 points. that's based on mostly the european markets, asian markets were down, but the european markets started to roll down. but then look at europe, london down 1.9%. germany down 3.4%. that's a big number because germany is really the kind of one stronghold in europe, the up with holding the european continent afloat. >> gretchen: the dow futures here fluctuating, but down -- >> eric: 201 now. >> gretchen: the new weekly jobless claims reports, they come out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time as they do every thursday. the numbers expected to rise, unfortunately. we'll bring you those num

virginia congressman frank wolf says it is important that they stand up for the persecuted christians. >> the church in the west has to do a better job of advocating for the perce persecuted church. >> muslim soldiers reportedly burning down churches. bishshop andodo testified to the deaf station that happened at his diocese. >> my house was shop and my offices and cafe was burned down and cathedral as well. >> nuba people suffered back in the 1990s. humanitarian organizations say the same people that killed more than 500,000 back then are trying to finish the job today. john waage cbn news. >> joining us now is brad phillips. he does a lot of work with the organization called voice of the martyrs. he is the country director for sudan. brad, you spent 12 days in the nuba mountains, i understand you saw graphic stuff, dead people, people hiding out in caves, what is going on? >> tragically there is a genocide taking place in the nuba mountains. the government headed by indicted war criminals based on 2 criterion, race and religion. if you are an african or christian, aur target of the government and cartoon. >>

>> congressman peter king and tavis smiley and dr. cornell west on the national poverty tour. >> up next the political playbook. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >>> good morning. you're going to introep deuce me with a smile today, mika, a gorgeous day. this morning one of the coolest mornings in a while, finally relief from the high humidity in all of the eastern half of the country for the most part. 66 in boston right now. we're 59 in pittsburgh. so a few areas a little chilly this morning. it's going to be a great afternoon with highs around 80 to 85 degrees and with a low humidity it's going to be fantastic especially in the shade. now as far as what we're dealing with in the middle of the country, that's where the trouble spot is. we've had some heavy rain this morning and severe thunderstorms from little rock down to greenville, mississippi that will continue to push south down through central mississippi. that's your travel trouble spot. also, oklahoma city has some thunderstorms to deal with. we're going to have ano

west of the mississippi. >> at cal state east bay in hayward where i teach we have 14% fewer faculty than we did two years ago. >> representatives nancy pelosi, barbara lee, mike honda and arizona congressman hosted the speakout for good jobs now tour. it is a traveling town hall sponsored by progressive congress .org. >> no, we don't want to cut taxes anymore. we want to make corporations pay their fair share, don't we? >> much of the event was democratic rally. many of the 600 who attended are hopeful the lawmakers with i will use their input to create more jobs. >> i put my faith and trust into them. >> they were basically playing to an audience that wanted to hear about class warfare. i don't think that's the way things should go in this country. >> all of this input is expected to be used in crafting an agenda to spur the creation of more jobs: -- from here the speak out on good jobs moves to seattle and then pittsburgh. alan wang in the newsroom,abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> governor rick perry challenged america to get people working again and create jobs while both leaders crisscrossed iowa. the campaign bus came within seven miles of mr. obama and the president's listening tour of the

because of the agreement the west memphis three will not be allowed to sue the state for monetary compensation. >>> an earful of criticism. this is congressmanine waters speaking at the congressional black caucus jobs fair on friday. >> the president is going to have to fight, employ he is going to have to fight hard. we cannot back up from the tea party. we cannot be intimated. we cannot compromise away the ability for us to put together proposals that are going to get this country back on the right track. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor and managing editor of the brio.com. it's to so nice to see you. s. >> thanks for being here. >> we're just listening to congressman waters there saying the president needs to stand up and fight. we spoke to reverend jesse jackson just a moment ago, and do you think the president has been weak? is he letting himself be pushed around on this issue? >> i think part of what you are seeing in these town halls and the reaction to the congressional black caucus is a certain frustration that people have because of an expectation that they have that president obama can in and sweep over washington because he

congressman john lewis, what would king say to obama? mr. lewis writes visit the people where they live. he would urge them to meet the coal miners of west virginia to shake the hands of the working poor in our large urban centers juggling multiple jobs to try to make ends meet next call louisiana lucy thank you for waiting you're on with michelle and leonard. what do you have to say? caller: thank you so much for taking my call. my name is lucy and i'm an immigrant from nigeria. and it was beautiful to come to the united states and i was taken aback when i came to the united states to see that there is such a racial segregation system in the united states of america because we don't know that in africa. we don't know that there is such thing. and what bothers me a lot about this is why? why do you promote the idea of black and white? why do you actually have that? why do we promote this? because you look at social settings you see that there is a promotion of ideologies. look at indonesia they don't promotion any of that. and promoting interrelation relationships is integration. you cannot in any society, the you cannot in any society,

west and tavis smiley. a texas town that's bone dry from drought turns its desperate eye to what some call a disgusting water source. >>> later, your answer to today's talk back question is congressmanr king right to call for an investigation into a movie on the hundred for osama bin laden? these are tough financial times for many of us. especially important the millions of americans who are living in poverty. almost 44 million people were living below the poverty line in 2009. that's according to the most recent figures from the census bureau. talk show host tavis smiley and they have been critical of president obama, accusing him of neglecting the poor and are with us in the studio this morning. thank you very much for joining us. >> very blessed to be here. >> i'm going to start with you, tavis. what have you seen on the road when you talk to people and talk to families, what are they dealing with? what's poverty look like? >> the new poor in this country are the former middle class. it has been so easy politically speaking, as you know, as you well know covering the white house for so many years, talking about the middle class. middle class is falling quickly into the poor. a re

congressman? >> it has. it's going to get worse because i think the payout for people who are nasty is very high. a republican from westhe civility caucus. and although we have a small number, we've done things, for example, we had a special order, joe, you know what that is, and debated for an hour on tort reform. we both have different views. we were trying to demonstrate that you can have strong views and still get along. but what happens, we're ignored when we do that and all somebody has to do, grayson, is a good example, i'm dealing with both sides, and he celebrated. when i was elected to congress, i thought, boy, i'm going to get a chance to go down in the well of the house and engage in verbal combat, because manufacture the great leaders of our nation did just that. well, i get here and realize that we're having fact-free debates. and nobody gets punished if they are nasty. you call the president a tar baby as a member of congress did, nobody get is punished. newspapers shouldn't even endorse candidates who run thermonuclear campaigns. >> right. >> that's an indication of how he or she will be when they get t

congressman john lewis, what would king say to obama? mr. lewis writes visit the people where they live. he would urge them to meet the coal miners of west virginia to shake the hands of the working poor in our large urban centers juggling multiple jobs to try to make ends meet next call louisiana lucy thank you for waiting you're on with michelle and leonard. what do you have to say? caller: thank you so much for taking my call. my name is lucy and i'm an immigrant from nigeria. and it was beautiful to come to the united states and i was taken aback when i came to the united states to see that there is such a racial segregation system in the united states of america because we don't know that in africa. we don't know that there is such thing. and what bothers me a lot about this is why? why do you promote the idea of black and white? why do you actually have that? why do we promote this? because you look at social settings you see that there is a promotion of ideologies. look at indonesia they don't promotion any of that. and promoting interrelation relationships is integration. you cannot in any society, the you cannot in any society,