there was a 27-romance in detroit, michigan, who was -- 27-year-old man in detroit, michigan, who was the spark of a movement and helping to build alliances and coalitions along racial and ethnic lines with other victims of bias-related hate crimes. i am talking about the killing of vincent chen 30 years ago, 1982. i was a young college student at uc-davis. i wanted to ask if our community leaders can come up so they can give some remarks after we have made our remarks. we have a reverent, the executive director of the chinatown community development center. if i could ask him to come up, and we also have mike from a group organizing an event on the 23rd. if he can come up as well? mike and the reverend? please come to the podium. great shirt. i wanted to say that i am introducing a resolution on the imperative agenda that will recognize june 23, this saturday, 2012, as justice for vincent chen day. it recognizes the 30th anniversary of a movement to call for justice in the baseball bat beating death of vincent in the city and county of san francisco. in 1982, ronald reagan was the pr

in detroit michigan, 92, how i became involved with social movements in the chinese community with the association celebrating the fortieth

in detroit michigan, 92, how i became involved with social movements in the chinese community with the chinese progressive association celebrating the fortieth anniversary this year. it made me want to become more involved in the community, and i am so appreciated that this is a ceremony that brings together the diverse organizations and individuals. and the pride i feel not only of accomplishments, but the organizations out there everyday make this a better place for san francisco. thank you for your work and i am proud to be here with you. >> hello, friends and family. he was talking about the pan asian family. he spoke about not being a san franciscan, but serving san francisco. i was born and raised here. and extremely proud of that i went to school with some of your children or grandchildren, leases or nephews. the public school system as one of the most aversive systems here. it will probably give some of us, one of us are run for our money in a few years. but i don't want to show up david chiu or eric mar with the chinese i have been working on. i have been under the direct tute

detroit, michigan getting on showers earlier on the day. clouds should limit temperatures to low 60s. so a little unsettled for at least a few areas as far as today we'll talk about the weekend coming up. >>> todd, thanks so much. >>> also the markets wobble, investors make on jobs numbers, uncle sam makes a whopper of a mistake. business headlines are away. >>> madonna takes aim at lady gaga. >>> another day, another home run for the rockies carlos gonzalez, home sweet home for the thunder, and a marathon at the french open. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some top headlines this morning. >>> a federal appeals court in boston has ruled the defense of marriage act uns con tunsal for denying federal benefits to married same sex couples. the 1996 law says the federal government can't recognize same sex marriage even in states where it's legal. the issue now appears to be headed for the u.s. supreme court. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is putting new pressure on

like that first win of a gun into because detroit michigan we think of the auto industry and they are fighting the overseas competition the japanese making better cars and more cost- efficient so the with us were already coming off. >>> and people don't realize that the caught industry began its troubles in the earlier part a of the last decade and then we can michigan and people are buying cars and michigan to in the low: the national, could win by large consumer-products like automobiles and its of staff concentrated economy michigan of automotive we were impacted by a. the first can we rouge's coming out of a national recession in 2001 and everybody said michigan's economy will rebound because the nation will rebound and at the same time the caught industry and manufacturing overall was slammed by globalization and the movement of low-wage jobs to globalization to countries paying lower wages so we've got slammed and never came not affect 2001 and 2002 recession. which is why we wrote the book because you felt like michigan was the canary and the coal mine along recovery the united

look at this. 234is is in detroit, michigan. we got this from wdiz. you see a man sitting on the steps. that's jay waiting for his cousin. along come these two boys. they're probably 16 or 17 and watch what happens. pulls out a gun and they begin robbing this guy. >> next thing you know, one dude's like -- pulled out the gun. give me all you got. >> these guy, saying, give me everything you got. want guy has his gun out. the other guy is going through this guy jay's book bag. as they're going through the book bag they notice jay is a tattoo artist and here's what they say to him. >> oh, you a tattoo artist. that's cool. my bad for everything. >> what? >> they say, "my bad." slap the guy's hand. look. turned around and leave. >> they really like tattoo artists? >> i don't know. i don't know what to say. >> shows you how decent these guys are to violence. desensitized. they didn't see what they had just done was intimidating, scary, it was just part of a day? >> this whole thing was dacaugh on surveillance videos. the reason we're showing their faces is

. >>> a street in detroit, michigan has been cleared away after a man chopped up wood and put it in the street. one neighbor found the man and our station went to interview. listen to what he said. >> yes, i'm mr. clean-up. i'm not mr. clean. i'm mr. clean-up. >> somebody said that? i live in warren and i'm cleaning up detroit. go figure that one out. you don't have to ask me and i don't take no orders from no woman by the way. i don't listen to women yelling, i tell them to shut up. >> east charming. he's -- he's charming. >> michigan's man of the year right there. the man claims he hit a curb and the debris fell out. that certainly may not be the case at all. >>> the oz a-- o's appear closer to righting the ship. last night in beantown baltimore scored 2 in the 6th and gave chen all he needed for his fifth win on the season and moving the o's back into unfamiliar territory for this time of the season. they are in sole possession of first place in the a. l. east. baltimore goes for the sweep tonight in boston. 7:10 first pitch. brian matusz is the starter. >>> it's a late night snack t

where a whole lot of people have just about given up in detroit michigan we've seen a place once a very successful completely switch gears and then a new title as one of the worst cities in america with an unemployment rate of about eleven percent it's not surprising that many people have left detroit for the suburbs and beyond they've left behind about ninety thousand vacant buildings lots and homes it's a saudi a daily reminder for locals that detroit is suffering every day. closures continue flight to the suburbs which takes the tax base away from the city and there's more and more of that the decline in the school system. is making people leave the city and so there's no money here really an intern there are no jobs here. so there has been much good news out of the motor city recently but yesterday officials announced a plan that could help breathe life back into this former symbol of middle class strength michigan state university will be teaming up with the city to work on an urban farming initiative called the metro food plus innovation cluster its goals are to spark innovation i

baltimore is ranked six below new orleans, flint and detroit, michigan, st.is and newark, new jersey. there were 196 murders in the city last year. that is the lowest since 1978. the city is on the cusp of raising fees on bottled drinks. the city council gave approval to raise the bottle tax. it would raise an additional $10 million to fix and build schools. the beverages industry is urging the city to look elsewhere. >> impossible for our young people to compete with the rest of the children in the state and learn at the rate that they should. >> it's a very unfair position to be put in to wage schools against the food industry. >> the county legal will take a final vote next monday night. if approved it would go into effect next summer. >>> a lifesaving break through at the university of maryland medical center. a patient with an artificial heart receives a transplant. this is the first time such a procedure has been performed in maryland. >> reporter: 64-year-old grant fuser is lucky to be alive. earlier this year he was rushed to maryland medical center w

meanwhile, in detroit, detroit, michigan, police are looking for answers after a 7-year-old boy there from his bunk bed. the boy's mother broke through a locked door and found the body. police fell the affiliate in detroit that that boy was also being bullied. for young people between the ages of 15 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death in this country. but these two cases involve the really young. a 12-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy. we wanted to find out how uncommon these suicides are. we did some digging and discovered they were exceptionally rare. the national institute of mental health says for every 100,000 children between 10 and 14, less than one commits suicide. for adolescents, it's just under seven. both case, albeit rare, highlight something we need to continue to talk about in this country. the sometimes deadly effects of constant bullying. >> >> it's really so sad. we talk about this in a meeting. we talk about the coverage. does that foster a dialogue. does it create ideas for people. one thing we support is the trevor project. if there are parents or

charles adam a great preacher from detroit, michigan has a great speech.it that this is such a touchy subject. you made a statement that's important. if we're going to talk about reverend wright then we're going to talk about the kind of inconsistencies of the mormon faith which may have a role to play in politics. >> across politics. >> all religions. tell us how we wiggle out of that predicament. >> i think there's lots of charming things about mormonism that people laugh with that are harmless. jesus hung out with the indians. the pundits say we shouldn't talk about religion like this. i think we need to talk about religion more because they are miles and mile offens of daylig between the teachings of jesus and his fan club. >> john fugelsang thank you for joinening us and taking time tonight. that's "the ed show." i want to thank ed for letting me sit in for him tonight. next, "the rachel maddow show" takes viewers inside the trial of a doctor who was shot by antiabortion extremist. the assassination plays like a movie. the story unfolds right before y

baltimore is now 6th, below new orleans, flint, and detroit, michigan, st. louis, and newark, new jersey. there were 196 murders in the city last year. the lowest total since 1978. >>> it's one of the most gruesome carjackings in maryland history. a mother killed, trying to save her daughter. now, two decades later, the victim's husband opens up about that day. wjz is live. adam may has the heartwrenching interview. adam? >> reporter: jessica, it's really hard to imagine what this mother went through. until this crime, the term "carjacking" didn't even exist. >> reporter: senate 8th, 19-- september 8th, 1992, began as a joyous day for the family. sarina's first day of preschool. >> sarina was getting ready and her mom was talking to her. >> reporter: when pam left their home, she was attacked by two men who wanted her 1990 bmw. minutes later, steve saw this shoe but didn't realize it was pam's. >> i said, it's kind of weird. there's a slew on the street -- shoeo the street. >> reporter: when pam basu was carjacked, her daughter was in the back seat of the ca

i've lived in this state since 1979 originally from detroit michigan, bottom line, this part of the country is very dry this time of year. we get what is known as dry thunderstorms where you get more thunder, more lightening than you do actually rain. but the bottom line is here. these winds have been so erratic and you can see even as we stand here you can see the smoke. it's drifting towards the air force academy. it gets more intense. it gusts to higher speeds. 40 mph we've clocked some of these windy gusts. the bottom line is it just doesn't stop. it continues to hamper the firefighting efforts closer to the mountains. >> cenk: rebecca, let's talk about the conditions on the ground that might have helped to make this worse unfortunately have there been record temperatures-- >> cenk: we've had several days in not only northern colorado springs and the colorado springs, southern colorado area, but denver itself is only an hour up the road. 60 miles up the road north of here. we've had several days where we've had 100-degree-plus temperatures. the wind is just an added feature to the alrea

one of my, quote favorite is detroit, michigan, with a deplorable school system and it has tens of millions granted to fix their school system, never used. just siting there. >> yeah. unspent. think about. it have you hiv pates that can't get drurks but there are millions of dollars sitting in programs for hiv patients. we can't give them the money to buy the drugs. >> greta: is $70 billion the full universe or could it be worse? >> it could be worse. that's with we can find. that's what my office found. i don't have the access that the appropriators have to all of these accounts. fidi am sure i could find more. but $70 billion's enough. let's get that back and not borrow $70 billion more this year and not -- $70 billion could delay the time at which we face a debt limit. >> greta: why wouldn't the detroit school system use the mon? >> i don't recall the details -- incompetency. >> greta: anybody have a good reason -- >> not that we have heard of. >> greta: do they know the money's sitting there? >> yes. >> greta: how about the agencies that are sending it out? do they have a reason to forc

january 23rd, 2011, it's a quiet sunday at a police precinct in detroit, michigan.s a visit and speaks with his subordinate, sergeant ray satee. >> that particular weekend there was a few incidents that happened within my precinct that as a commanding officer i had to address. >> surveillance cameras cover two portions of the precinct's lobby. the area in front of the reception desk and the space behind the desk. 38-year-old lamar moore enters and walks slowly through the room. suddenly, he opens fire. >> i felt pain in my ear. i reached it. i see blood. >> officer david anderson who just started his shift is shot in the forehead. >> just heard a very, very loud boom. felt like i was hit in the head with a baseball bat. lost my balance and went down. don't remember hitting the floor. >> off camera, sergeant terry schultz is also hit. >> i was shot center mass in my bulletproof vest. >> as commander davis crouches to avoid the gunman, he takes sergeant satee's gun and tries to fend off the attacker. >> i fired several shots after ducking down and looking back up, try

irving is waiting on the democratic line in detroit, michigan. did we lose you? go to michelle on our independent line from new jersey. caller: good morning. i think it should be global lists versus nationalists. both of these candidates are globalists. there was a foreign student who got into ivy league schools. and with romney, nobody is looking at the tax returns and where the money is. there's very little difference between these two? host: have you looked into romney's tax returns? that was a big issue during the primaries. guest: the only one that i can recall, there was a claim about his refusal for a long time to release his tax return. i know that he has released at least one year. that may be all. i don't know that we have done a lot of fact checks on that. we tend to wait until someone makes a claim about his tax return or about his wealth. and then we wealth. we have to wait until a claim becomes part of the political discourse. in the case of obama's record, we did a lot of checks back when donald trump was thinking about running for president, about

pam in detroit, michigan. we want to let you know what's coming up in this edition of the "washington journal" -- a discussion on the future of the farm bill that passed the senate this week. later, dan isset will talk about the ruling on the f.c.c. indecency case. we want to let you know about "news makers" this week. congressman john kline of minnesota is going to be our guest. he's going to be talking about the student loan debate in congress and immigration and a lot more. you'll be able to see the entire interview with representative john kline on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it's also available online at c-span.org. what we're going to show you right here, kline will be talking about the debate over student loans in congress. we'll be right back. >> he thinks it's a good idea for these rates not to double, not to jump up to 6.8%. the dablet is over how you pay for it. i think we're now in a position of needing the senate to actually do something so that we can have a real negotiation. >>

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she joins us from detroit, michigan.chloe angyal, peter goodman and keith boykin. thank you for joining us. so tell me a little bit about the response that you have gotten from your constituents, from voters in michigan, since your remarks on the statehouse floor? >> honestly, i've been so overwhelmed by the response from women and men. and teenagers, thanking me for being a strong voice. and not just from my constituents. people all across the country, i've heard from people in london. absolutely incredible. >> the remarks were prompted by a policy change, and i want to be really clear about that. possibly about what is going on in the issue of reproductive rights in michigan right now. >> well, there is a -- a push by right to life to restrict those rights and that's what this bill is about, and it's part of a package of bills that were written by right to life, and the bill that we voted on, that i spoke to, does a lot of things, the 45-page long bill. her maine cane wouldn't have like e liked it very much. one of my

bill: when you start to think about cities like detroit, michigan, and we were talking about some other american cities that are under the burden of this bankruptcy possibility also, they've got a big hole to dig out of. watch that story as we hang onto that. seven minutes past the hour, dissenting justices slamming the ruling on healthcare. did you see what was in their writing? and some legal experts saying that the supremes just made a big mistake. our legal panel breaks that down in a matter of moments. patti ann: what will all this do to your insurance premiums, why rates presiden rates are about to go up. and also this. >> otherwise you're going to have to -- bill: sitting on the tarmac for six hours, that is not a good idea in the summertime. it was the flight attendant that lost his cool. [music] see life in the best light. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. ♪ i hear you... ♪ rocky mountain high ♪ rocky, rocky mountain high ♪ ♪

detroit, michigan, you mentioned that. chicago, you mentioned that. harrisburg, pa.ifornia. san diego, california. suffolk county, new york. now, if viewers don't know, suffolk county has some of the richest people in america living there. >> including their policemen and firemen. bill: is that the problem? >> that's what it boils down to. and, listen, you're going to hear about it a lot, obviously, during this election process. but we have overpromised and overpaid civil servants, and it's just to the point where it's just a massive drain. listen to the aftermath in stockton now, bill. you've got about one-third fewer police officers for every 1,000 people than the rest of california. murders going through the roof, robberies, burglaries, they say don't even bother to call the police unless you have an in the-progress crime happening at that very appointment. and this is what happens when the pendulum swings too far one way, it comes all the way back. bill belle you know, unemployment in stockton is 15%. but it comes down to management, does it not, charles? because