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let's watch this. >> open up your hearts and minds to the words of professor derek bell. >> sean: now that, hug and the president's association with a radical professor like bell is no doubt going to be a hot topic in coming days. however, what is most disturbing about this lecture is that he openly admits hiding this video during the 2008 election, apparently in order to protect his friend, barack obama. take a look at this. >> what makes this so interesting when you think about it, of course, we hid this throughout the 2008 campaign -- [chuckles] -- i don't care if they find it now. >> caller: so why did he believe that this footage would embarrass candidate obama so greatly that he chose to suppress the tape? what was he intending to hide? ben shapiro is the editor at large at breitbart.com and the editor in chief. welcome to "hannity." >> thanks for having us. >> sean: there is a lot to this. it gets very. complicated. but i think it's easy to explain. we have what was said by -- by then student barack obama. we have who he was associating with, controversial association again, ra

let's roll the tape. >> open up your hearts and your minds to the words of professor derek bell. heers and applause] >> sean: all right. what does this tell you based on what we have now learned about professor bell in the last couple of days, his controversial views. even professor gates questioned him on his issue of not recognizing anti-semitism. what does t tell you about this bigger picture of president obama and his really the only way i describe it as radical associates? >> what this tells us is that it is a tragedy that the media did not do its job in vetting barack obama in 2008. and here this is belated velgt of barack obama, but it must be done. people must be aware of his radical past, radical associations even today. look he has chosen to be his czars. he has chosen the most radical of the radicals in certain areas of expertise, sean, that is who is running this country today. this is no wonder that people are starting to feel less and less certain about the future of america. the future of our economy, the future of any opportunity that we have to be energy independe

his name, professor derek bell. now, at the time, mr. as protesting harvard's failure to hire a minority faculty. in the video, then the very young barack obama introduces him and then hugs him. the cycles of the right-wing blog per andrew bright bart went on the show to explain the truly shocking nature of this hug. >> the one smoking gun here, only smoking gun here, there are two smoking guns, actually. >> there might have been three smoking guns. fortunately, sean haven't was able to guide the coversation into more familiar territory. >> we have what was said by then-student barack obama. we have who he was associating with, controversial association again, radical, i would even argue and the president's association with a radical professor. >> a well-known history of associations between barack obama and radical figures. derek bell was a radical. this was about radical ideology. he is talking about some very radical things, so radical -- >> this candidate is far more radical, now president, that he is far more radical than he let on.

he didn't speak about the issue of diversity, but about derek bell.are trying to vilify him today is astounding. >> this is the business of fox news. they decided that derek bell is one of the great american radicals. and tenured harvard law faculty have always been among the most threatening among us. i mean, people like him are thought provokers, they push ways of thinking about different things. tell us about derek bell. >> well, you know, if you look at that rally, most of the people who war there were not black. it's a reflection of how popular derek bell was as a professor at the law school. >> and beyond the law school. >> and beyond the law school as well. he had a critical impact of critical race theory, he was a mentor to me and many others. i spoke at his funeral services last fall, it was amazing that hundreds of people showed up at the riverside church in harlem to show their support for him. the president of nyu came out and spoke, it was a reflection of the type of person he is. and the idea that barack obama would come and embrace him

the help of breitbart.com we showed rare footage of president obama hugging his harvard professor derek bell and he calls us to open our hearts and minds to professor bell and that is exactly what we'll continue to do. listen to this. >> i don't agree with everything he says and his words. >> that is the question. do all of these variables. >> i'm not sure you can get wrong. i think it's a very dire time. its parallel since the late 1900s are s very real. >> why do you do it? >> because being on the case all the time. i'm accepted that as my motto. >> sean: tonight we continue to amass more of the radical statements he made. in 1994 interview published in the new york observer, he lambasted a henry gates, jr. for writing an op-ed condemning anti-semitism. he is quoted as saying, i was furious even if everything was true, it was inexcusable not to mention what motivated blacks to feel this way and failed to talk about the jewish neo conservative racists who are undermining blacks every way they can. he called anti-semitism awful but i don't think it mixes with the quoted you just heard. david

i have carried with me ever since, open up your heart and your minds to the words of professor derek bell[cheers and applause] professor bell who died last fall. now analyze fox news host geraldo rivera. big deal? no big deal? what? >> i don't think it's a very significant deal. you went to harvard is it that big a deal when a black president of the law review hug as black law professor who is protesting the lack of diversity? i don't think it's a big deal. >> bill: no, but now that the harvard law guy is president, the associations always come into play this guy bell is a pretty radical guy. >> is he no jeremiah wright. i must say. he is radical guy. >> bill: what would be the difference between him and -- >> jeremiah wright said don't don't god bless america, god damn america. derek bell never said anything like that. he had some far out theories. he had this critical race theory in which he surmised that every advance of blacks in the movement of civil rights was because it benefited whites so how. >> bill: let's show the audience what professor bell said in his own words, go. -- this

i have carried with me ever since, open up your heart and your minds to the words of professor derek bellplause] professor bell who died last fall. now analyze fox news host geraldo rivera. big deal? no big deal? what? >> i don't think it's a very significant deal. you went to harvard is it that big a deal when a black president of the law review hug as black law professor who is protesting the lack of diversity? i don't think it's a big deal. >> bill: no, but now that the harvard law guy is president, the associations always come into play this guy bell is a pretty radical guy. >> is he no jeremiah wright. i must say. he is radical guy. >> bill: what would be the difference between him and -- >> jeremiah wright said don't don't god bless america, god damn america. derek bell never said anything like that. he had some far out theories. he had this critical race theory in which he surmised that every advance of blacks in the movement of civil rights was because it benefited whites so how. >> bill: let's show the audience what professor bell said in his own words, go. -- this is a country b

alan mentioned derek bell. i wish there were enough conservatives allowed to do their craft in hollywood. i would love to see a movie about barack obama association with this leftist cook derek bell that emtbraisd this critical race theory that has been described as anti-constitution, anti-american. and obama once said this is a man who speaks the truth. liberals want to minimize the video. >> derek bell is a hero. he offered up his own job so an african-american woman could be hired at harvard. you are on the wrong side of history on so many things. alisyn: here is the danger. i do want to -- >> danger? alisyn: here is the risk. gas prices are higher than when the president took office. unemployment rate is higher. home foreclosures are up. having people cast their memory back to that day could be risky. what do you think? >> i'm not sure it's a risk. i think the best and brightest hollywood have to offer on the left will lend their weight behind the obama reelection effort. when you have an iconic actor like

derek bell is a radical? >> derek bell, of course, died a couple of years ago.hink what you are seeing republicans try to do is really revive these arguments that were made in 2008. these arguments that obama palled around with terrorists. that he sat in jeremiah wright's church for years and years and listened to him say anti-american things which, of course, just ended up not being true. and i think you really see a republican party that is desperate to find something. to find a smoking gun. i think they would be well advised to really follow haley barbour's advice and keep the main thing the main thing. and the main thing in this campaign is going to be the economy. you have seen from mitt romney a real focus on this. but i think with these videos you see some republicans at least preaching to the choir. but they haven't made many gains in terms of going out into the congregation and converting souls to their side. >> dana, they tried it in 2008 and from my recollection, they lost that election. it didn't work then. why will it work now? especially when you a

it's not. >> also that derek bell,ws$p controversial professor, isçó n dead.ople take issue with the whites hold a y black harvard law student 20 years ago supported him and gave him a hug. why does hannity think this isÑ such a scandal sf ? >> i think if you're doing a videoigotcha, you need to have itçó self-explanatorself-explan. it's not self-explanatory. how?; radicalt( was he? what does this really mean for us? it's ac legitimate story. it's not a breakthrough orw3 blockbuster for precisely that reason. >> this tape actually aired on i "front line" back in 2008 and was availabled online ever it wasn't a deep, dark secret.xd >> you know, it's ammunitionxd r people who think that obama is a socialist and he's going to brt kenyan liberalism to thenof white house. he was introducing a black law professor who in many quartersq was respected. harvard students were pressing for more diversity on the oki] faculty. it does put liberal on the progressive side of the equat+=n equation. the fact it's been picked up shows the judgment of the american people and mayb

. >> obama spoke favorably able derek bell and hugged him.that necessarily lead someone to believe that he agreed with everything that bell taught or wrote? >> you know a few years ago, president obama then candidate obama hugged me too. and there's a photograph. i doubt very seriously that president barack obama believes everything that i've ever written or said. let's hope he really doesn't. but no, it doesn't mean that he believes everything a man said. but he certainly had a great deal of respect as he should have for someone like derek bell who was a pioneer and leader in law in this country. black, white, or yellow he was a very important figure. >> i have shaken hands with the president when he was a state senator in illinois where i lived. and the next word out of his mouth is why did you do this story about me. it doesn't mean he agreed with everything but he did shake my hand. why would people who see this video see it as alleged radicalism? and why will it have impact on 2012 at all? won't most judge him on his record in the white

there was an intense moment at harvard where derek bell was threatening to quit if they did not increased to choose to side. >> it's race and gender. it's the very issues we are talking about today, it's issues of gender that have certainly taken hold in the republican campaign and we have heard what the president said when he called sandra fluke. >> he is so good at navigate these issues. >> and the consistency of it. this is not some fire brand radical at all in the context of the times. he was the head of the law review and speaking out on behalf of a distinguished professor. >> and taking a side, and taking the left side. >> you went from ohio to boston of course you were with the romney camp. for then to have said is -- for them to are said that it would take an act of god for santorum or newt gingrich, is that a bit of huberous from the campaign? >> no, that may be, i guess that is the definition of that more or less. but we are getting to the point where it is over, where the math gets hard, it's the same point where the obama campaign started to say, it's over and we did not beli

i shows a speech barack obama gave in 1990, defending the actions of controversial professor derek bell. he was the law school's first tenured black professor in '90 he staged a protest over harvard's failure to offer tenure to women of color. >> i remember him going to the front not giving us a lecture but engaging us in a conversation. and speaking the truth and telling us that -- >> the conservative website breitbart.com says the clip is selectively edited. they claim obama supporters suppressed the video during the 2008 campaign. >>> new embarrassment for the veterans administration. why families who went to visit loved ones at two bay area military cemeteries may have been at the wrong grave. >>> textbook example of democracy in . drive to stop a controversial school book rewrite. >>> salmon season is weeks away we'll tell you if there will be fresh fish on the table this spring. >>> this fire going on, on dwight way, we are hearing the fire is so big now the firefighters inside the building have been ordered out for their own safety. they are going into a defensive firefighting mo

and your minds to the words of derek bell. [applause] >> now what makes this so interesting when you think about it, of course we hid this throughout the 2008 come pain. so i don't care if they find it now. >> and that was the video that the late andrew bright bart was talking about toward the end of his life. this is from "the hill" newspaper to meet budget members behind close doors. representative erik cantor will hold meets to go settle an internal fight on g.o.p. spending limits. they were voting to deep budget as is or cut deeply. conservatives in cantor's conference are pushing for deeper cuts. members said they believed a compromise was on the horizon and that cantor could bridge differences within the conference. and in "the new york times," pat robertson says maureen use should be legal. he has -- his newest guise may perhaps surprise his followers the most. quote, i really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol, mr. robert said in an interview on wednesday. i've never used marion and i d

he traveled to harvard university to talk about a prominent harvard professor, derek bell, who was protesting the issue of diversity or the lack of diversity at harvard university. professor bell was the first black tenured harvard law school professor and gained media attention for his fight against the university's hiring practices. he gave up his professorship in protest. in 1991. the activist passed away in 2011. so from 1991, a much younger without the grey hair, barack obama wearing khaki pants and a sweater, speaking to students at harvard university. >> i remember that the black law students had organized a orientation for the first-year students. and one of the persons that spoke at the orientation was professor bell

he traveled to harvard university to talk about a prominent harvard professor derek bell who was protesting the issue of diversity or the lack of diversity at harvard university. professor bell was the first black tenured harvard law school professor. he garnered attention for his fight against the university's hiring practices. he gave up his professorship in 1992 in protest. the civil rights advocate pass add way in october of 2011. so from 1991, in case you're interested, a much younger, without the gray hair, barack obama wearing khaki pants and a sweater speaking to students at harvard university. >> i remember that the black law xunts had organized an orientation for the first year students. and one of the persons who spoke at that orientation was professor bell. i remember him coming to the front and not giving us a lecture but engaging us in a conversation. and speaking the truth and telling us that he has to learn at this place that i carried with me ever since. now how did this one man do all this? how has he accomplished all this? he hasn't done it simply by his good looks and ea

who is derek bell? he was a man who possessed the courage of his convictions.hile working in the civil rights division of the department of justice bell was told to let go of his naacp membership because supposedly a contrast of interest. he kept the naacp membership and let go of the american government instead. he was a from fess sore at harvard law school at the time. at the video, bell spoke about his decision to sacrifice his salary and take an unpaid leave of absence to protest the school's failure to offer a woman of color a position. now surely a man who used his position of privilege and security within the academy to bring attention to issues of diversity affecting other people than himself is worthy of a handshake, a pat on the back or this. president obama's puck public display of affection and appreciation for a man he clearly respected and admired. but this moment that the president's critics have seized upon as a smoking gun, president obama tried and convicted in the court of conservative public opinion for the unforgivable offense of hugging a