eboni. eboni: thank you for that, lauren. we're going to bring in our supreme court panel, carrie servino and we have the director for the american civil liberties union. thank you for joining. for lack of a better word, an intense week this week. i want to start with you, carrie. judge kavanaugh's approval rating, so-to-speak, has gone down since august among some expected groups, talking about suburban women, he's down 11 points, amongst independents he's down 12 points, amongst democrats he's down 5 points. his support is down across the board, including with republicans, down 4 points on this poll and then among men, he's down 5 points. so my question to you is why not at this point just nominate another conservative justice if indeed the goal is for president trump and i think it's a reasonable one by most people's standards to put someone in place on the bench to to replace justice kennedy that will move the court further to the right under conservative viewpoints, why does it have to be specifically brett kavanaugh. >>

eboni: thanks. mike, to you. mike: two citizens stamped and injured in the netherlands, the dutch are questioning an afghan man suspected in the attack. kitty logan is live with more from the london euro. >> reporter: dutch police say there was a terrorist motive in the attack after issued a statement from the south bend. in new local time, busy rail station in the city's center, injured the suspect immediately as he walked away after the fact -- the man in custody in relation to this effect is a 19-year-old afghan, that man is being questioned in the hospital today. keeping an open mind as they investigate further. it has been searched and expected to appear in court monday but there has been no wider claim from any terrorist group so far. the rail station is a busy hub, and many of them foreign tourists, and they are visiting the city. they are in the hospital today, not set to be life-threatening. they have not yet released the identities of those two injured americans but the us embassy says it is getting vic

eboni? eboni: president trump decides not to attend two major summits in asia this fall. the white house says the president will not travel to singapore for a meeting hosted by the association of southeast asia nations, as well as an asian pacific economic cooperation gathering, sending vice president mike pence instead. a former campaign policy adviser joins us. thanks for being here, david. we really shouldn't read too much into the fact president trump himself is not going to attend these two summits in asia, but that we have to consider the timing of it. i'm going to call for a couple of tweets that the president put out just days before the announcement that he wouldn't go to this, and in the tweet he's essentially -- i will read them for you. president donald j. trump feels strongly that north korea is under tremendous pressure from china because of our major trade disputes with the chinese government. at the same time, we also know that china is providing north korea with considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. this is not

it will be political suicide. >> ebony: boyd, you think to tell my stomach >> ebony: when he should go i also hope that mr. mueller gets investigation wrapped up before the american people -- should be done before beer the one caution i would give to the present is, in terms of the communication about this. he is creating a distraction rolling into the midterms, and i think it's going to be negative toward the republicans if they have this uncertainty about jeff sessions and where he stands. there is actually an old loud sue quote that says that if the leader trusts no one publicly, eventually people will start to lose trust in the leader privately. i think if the present just focused on it focuses on the economy and moves forward, let's mr. mueller get his investigation worked on, then they could deal with things as they get past the midterms. >> ebony: i'm going to come back to you because you make the point that, again, the president -- if there's into slime it between him and jeff sessions -- jeff sessions should go. however, jeff sessions said and we in recent weeks, "while i am a

eboni: a private service is scheduled tomorrow at the u.s. naval academy in maryland, where senator mccain will be buried. mike: new reaction to a justice department official's ties to

[applause] miss ebony ebony for sharing your story. since i have been on the board, throughout my career i have had a lot of issues around what seems to be a strategy of pushing students out and making yourself look good to compete with enrolment. this resolution is in the spirit of trying to address that. when you constantly hear stories of people systemically being pushed out, the assumption would be that we have created this narrative that that is happening , but this resolution tries to bring together is it happening or not? should we have control or not? should local parents have control? so i'm excited we are trying to accomplish this with the resolution. i appreciate the advocacy from coleman and my cosponsor, commissioner sanchez. having grown up in the city, a lot of my personal ties are connected to the people that went through charter schools. schools like leadership high school, it we public schools, i have a lot of great professional and personal relationships with people that are associated with those communities. so all

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mark and ebony, you all are tireless champions. this moment marks an important milestone in our work, and a celebration of a critical partnership. the reality that we have today is that nearly 2,000 kids in san francisco are without homes. they are at risk of an unstable future and a cycle of poverty for their lives. i came to hamilton families because i believe that family homelessness is solvable, and no child experiencing homelessness in our cities or in our region is acceptable. and this partnership with salesforce.org, with mark and lynn, has shown up and helped to address homelessness across our entire region. i grew up with some housing insecurity as a child, and it was so powerful to me to have my family and community around us as we rallied through that difficult time. this problem is complex, and it necessitates our vigilance, our commitment to innovation and resources so that we can figure out the best strategies to combat this persistent challenge. salesforce.org has been a partner to hamilton families for more than a d

[woman shouting] >> trace: ebony benson. you hear another won of bill cosby's spokes woman. they are trying to get this in the bloodstream so they can set up the appeal. i want to go back to rick leventhal. we heard from advocates on both sides the victims as well as mr. cosby. what are we expecting to hear from the attorneys and when, mr. mor more importantly. >> andrew wyatt and eboni benson representing the defense team reading from a letter that camille wrote, bill cosby's wife trying to get the prosecutor off. he shouldn't be hearing the retrial but in fact he did. he was there for the sentencing today and he did in fact sentence bill cosby to a minimum of three years and maximum of 10 years in state prison. the d.a., kevin steele said cosby belonged in prison. we will hear from him at a news conference probably any minute now. gloria allred left the rain to go inside. we believe we will hear from her once the d.a. and his team are finished speaking. clearly, this was a big victory for them because they filed win a conviction in first trial. did win a conviction on the

when you raise the entire neighborhoods flood it is miley's sumi eboni and his crew didn't work for the sensation department the volunteers for a local n.g.o.s told madiba and nature. for them this is a gold mine of valuable rule material. one day when i was walking back from university raining heavily around for shelter to wait to towers that's when i saw heaps of plastic bottles. i was shocked i thought surely something can be done with all these bottles cleaning them up i saw it as a challenge the challenge is mild who studied engineering eventually devised a way to convert the bottles into something practical and useful after being cleaned and checked for quality the bottles become the basic building blocks constructing the organization calls eco boats close with thousand bottles the needed for a six metre connote shaped a vessel it takes about three days to make one additional materials needed are purchased with money from both sales. there's a horse or two where you don't have a cash flow problem at times and we sometimes don't have enough money to build the boat we just can't con

in fact, coretta scott king told ebony magazine this was the greatest job of his life, not to be included in the celebration. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> .. >> i work for maureen dowd. >> nice to see you. you're on my show tomorrow

[applause] ebony. give so much, next will hear from kim gandy of the national network to end domestic violence. >> thank you. on behalf of the national network to end the mystic violence, we stand with the millions of women and men who are walking out, standing up, and speaking out at this very moment, all around the united states. a full,d that there be fair, impartial and independent investigation into every one of the charges that have come likely to comem forward, based on news reports. the process deserves nothing less, and survivors everywhere, not just those women, but all of us, deserve that, deserve fair treatment, deserve respect, recognition, and to be heard and believed. survivorsxual assault often do not come forward, because of exactly what we have seen happen here. because we see that they are disbelieved, that they are challenged, that they are repudiated, embarrassed, and by the disrespectfully entire society. and women are not going to come forward as long as that keeps happening. so

in fact, coretta scott king told ebony magazine this was the greatest job of his life, not to be included in the celebration. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> .. >> i work for maureen dowd. >> nice to see you. you're on my show tomorrow morning. >> thank you. thank you. okay. [inaudible conversations] >> don't let me chew gum. thank you. thank you. this is -- high. >> how were you? >> this is matthew. you have read his stuff. >> i have. it's been a while. >> ease the backbone of breitbart. yes, i would. i don't want to get drunk at my own party. thank you. >> what do you want? >> i'm going to club soda no ice with a dash of white wine. i can't get drunk at my own party. >> that makes one of us. i'm still learning the hard way. >> i thought it someplace we can -- no ice. club soda with a dash of white wine but mostly club soda. that's great. >> white wine? >> mostly club soda. >> we need to have you go up -- >> and guess what i have for you. you. >> you do, don't you? >> i brought it. i was going to tell you when i stole it -- >> you can keep it. >> permanently? >>

ebony scott, i personally know her, i came here and i spoke to you about that. i'm not the only family that was affected by that co- location. the lockout story, i have been told that many times. i am here just -- today to say thank you to take the time out and tell us what is going on. i am not saying they are good or bad but can we find out before we subject our children to this process, without involving the community? let's do a study, take a step back. nobody is talking about your charter if it doesn't fit. but what we are saying is we don't know anything about your school his. as a community, we need to know

ebony cosby will read a statement from mrs. cosby. >> i'm here to read an official statement from mrs. camille cosby about the use of falsified evidence. it right to a fair trial is of utmost importance in the justice system. prosecutors and administrators of justice have a responsibility to protect the innocent and are prohibited from offering any evidence that is untrue. we have now learned and will prove that bill cosby was denied his right to a fair trial because the d.a. of montgomery county, kevin steele, used falsified evidence against him. after being tipped off by a recent online publication that a tape recording mr. steele played during trial was doctored, mr. cosby retained a forensic expert to conduct an audio authenticity analysis of the recording. giana constand, the mother of andrea constand had surreptitious and illegally made the recording in 2005 without his knowledge or consent temperature that was provided to bruce caster while he was danchts d.a. of montgomery county. it required miss constand to obtain mr.

[applause] greg: tyrus, he has an ebony magazine subscription as proof. is that the best evidence? >> he's good. [laughter] >> does he have a basketball in his garage perhaps? [laughter] >> 4%, well, i mean, i think 4% -- here's the deal, if he's willing to take a test, willing to take the tyrus black test, i will reach out to several members, wherever they are, and we will have a meeting. i will drop him off blindfolded in the meeting, and when i take him off, and i'm like he's black, and i will run out of the room. if he says yes i am, do what you must, i will not be -- or he goes no, no, i'm white, guys. i'm so white. that black guy kidnapped me. i will help you go get him. then he's not. that's the only way to know. [laughter] greg: charlie, i guess being in a group of people is the lived experience. i look at this guy, like he jumps in at the end of the marathon and claims to be of that minority so he wants to get all the benefits of the lived experience, without actually living it. >> no, i totally reject this. what do you mean getting things he doesn't deserve? of course he

earlier this week we had an opportunity to speak to ebony felix, sales force.org's executive vice presidenthe company's commitment to few lan throwpy. take a look. you have a novel title you're chief philanthropy officer. what do you do at sales force? >> i'm excited to be here and i have the best job. the chief philanthropy officer means i have one of the best, my title and roll is responsible for engaging the 30,000 sales force employees who want to give back and make a difference in the community, but also responsible for grant making, the resources that go back into the community for the nonprofits we care so deeply about. >> you have an announcement today on the type of grants you have why don't you make it? >> today we're announcing $18 million going back into the local communities. 15.5 of that going directly into san francisco and oakland unified school districts 2 million to go to homelessness and hunger and 500,000 going to the san francisco parks. so we're really focussing on education, housing and homelessness and having really clean, safe places for kids to play. >> i think it'

[applause] greg: tyrus, he has an ebony magazine subscription as proof. is that the best evidence?[laughter] >> does he have a basketball in his garage perhaps? [laughter] >> 4%, well, i mean, i think 4% -- here's the deal, if he's willing to take a test, willing to take the tyrus black test, i will reach out to several members, wherever they are, and we will have a meeting. i will drop him off blindfolded in the meeting, and when i take him off, and i'm like he's black, and i will run out of the room. if he says yes i am, do what you must, i will not be -- or he goes no, no, i'm white, guys. i'm so white. that black guy kidnapped me. i will help you go get him. then he's not. that's the only way to know. [laughter] greg: charlie, i guess being in a group of people is the lived experience. i look at this guy, like he jumps in at the end of the marathon and claims to be of that minority so he wants to get all the benefits of the lived experience, without actually living it. >> no, i totally reject this. what do you mean getting things he doesn't deserve? of course he -- if here goin

[applause] greg: tyrus, he has an ebony magazine subscription as proof. is that the best evidence?>> does he have a basketball in his garage perhaps? [laughter] >> 4%, well, i mean, i think 4% -- here's the deal, if he's willing to take a test, willing to take the tyrus black test, i will reach out to several members, wherever they are, and we will have a meeting. i will drop him off blindfolded in the meeting, and when i take him off, and i'm like he's black, and i will run out of the room. if he says yes i am, do what you must, i will not be -- or he goes no, no, i'm white, guys. i'm so white. that black guy kidnapped me. i will help you go get him. then he's not. that's the only way to know. [laughter] greg: charlie, i guess being in a group of people is the lived experience. i look at this guy, like he jumps in at the end of the marathon and claims to be of that minority so he wants to get all the benefits of the lived experience, without actually living it. >> no, i totally reject this. what do you mean getting things he doesn't deserve? of course he -- if here going to have a

hope he does, too, eboni. >> might as well. that does it for us. >> tropical storm gordon on the move after slamming south florida and the keys. the gulf coast now bracing for round two. forecasters say it could be near hurricane strength as it rolls ashore. on capitol hill a political storm brewing. lawmakers preparing to grill supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. everything, his stance on abortion to gun rights is fair game. already democrats are promising a lot of heat. a rare sit-down interview with retired general david petraeus about a hidden health hazard our troops endured in iraq. that's ahead on this hour of "shepard smith reporting." i'm leland vittert in for shepard smith. brett kavanaugh is ready for hours of tough questions. president trump nominated cavanaugh to fill anthony kennedy's seat in july. kennedy was a crucial swing vote on major issues including abortion and gay rights. right now the court is split four liberals, four conservatives. so cavanaugh could get the chance to give the conservatives a solid

leadership development and recognized as one of the top ten most influential african-americans one of ebony magazines an emerging power player and the 2017 recipient of the ymca doctor dorthea ward. doctor cornell west found her new book "unapologetic" for radical movement in the great linage of harriet tubman and ida b wells and marsha johnson we couldn't be more excited along with praise to offer their weaving reviews of this powerful book. as an organizer and educator and curator founder and director of a grassroots organization teaching high school and college students here in new york as well as chicago running the influential blog prison culture. we are happy to have the activist here with us tonight hosting their conversation at c-span filming tonight's event for her booktv please join me to welcome charlene to the strand. [applause] >> hello everybody. good evening. familiar faces i just want to remember to let you know we are being filmed against my will i would prefer not to be in your photos but please take them off you charlene thank you so much for that our plan is basically sh

investigators caught ebony smith in a sting operation after putting a transmitter on a $20 bill in a card sent on her route. thousands of open envelopes and cards were allegedly found in her car. smith supposedly has admitted to stealing up to $100 a week. wow. >>> in chicago an update on a girl who got her two biggest wishes, a visit from her music idol and her new heart. video of 11-year-old sophia sanchez was all over social media showing the rapper drake visiting her while she was in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant last month. sophia had the operation. it was successful. she's now out of the hospital. her mother said she's feeling great. >> looking like a superstar. >>> in college football we showed you a little bit of this, a really brilliant trick play during the arkansas/north texas game. check this out. north texas receiver keegan brewer, you see him there, he takes the ball deep in his territory. stands there acting like he made a fair catch, but he didn't. he took off. the other players on arkansas thought he made a fair catch. he never gave the hand signal. see th

[applause] greg: tyrus, he has an ebony magazine subscription as proof. is that the best evidence?laughter] >> does he have a basketball in his garage perhaps? [laughter] >> 4%, well, i mean, i think 4% -- here's the deal, if he's willing to take a test, willing to take the tyrus black test, i will reach out to several members, wherever they are, and we will have a meeting. i will drop him off blindfolded in the meeting, and when i take him off, and i'm like he's black, and i will run out of the room. if he says yes i am, do what you must, i will not be -- or he goes no, no, i'm white, guys. i'm so white. that black guy kidnapped me. i will help you go get him. then he's not. that's the only way to know. [laughter] greg: charlie, i guess being in a group of people is the lived experience. i look at this guy, like he jumps in at the end of the marathon and claims to be of that minority so he wants to get all the benefits of the lived experience, without actually living it. >> no, i totally reject this. what do you mean getting things he doesn't deserve? of course he -- if here going

our next speaker will be ebony of the national alliance to end violence. >> thank you. thank you so much for having us here. this is beyond i think words. into this? okay. the feeling we have right now is he on words, all of you here in the work being done to support sexual assault survivors in this time is amazing. from the national alliance to end violence and what we want to say today of the most important us is to let dr. blasey ford and ms. ramirez know that we are here with you. in this state -- coalition in this country are with you. when i was elected in 1991 and anita hill gave testimony in justice thomas' confirmation hearing, you could not have told that child that 27 years later we would be here with the same type of disrespect, disregard and lack of support from a sexual assault survivors need in the exact same situation. it is disheartening, troubling and shameful. it is not our shame. for the senators who have not shown the support to dr. blasey ford and ms. ramirez who should have, it is not too late for you. it is not too late for you to turn this aroun

she was recognized as one of the top ten most influential african americans in the route 100, one of ebony magazines woke 100, and emerging power player in chicago magazine and is the 2017 recipient of the ymca doctor dorothy award. doctor cornel west found her new book "unapologetic: a black, queer, and feminist mandate for radical movements" in the great lineage of harry tubman, ida b. wells barnett, and marcia b johnson. we couldn't be more excited to hear from her tonight. along with praise from dr. west, janet and patrice -- thank you -- also offer the raving reviews of this powerful mandate. joining sharding and conversation is organizer, educator and curator mariame kaba, founder and director project nia, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. she taught high school and college students in new york fo chicago and runs the influential blog, prison culture were thrilled to have these talented activists with us tonight and to be hosting their conversation with our friends at c-span who will be filming tonight event for booktv. please join me in welcoming ch

where coretta scott king told ebony magazine that this was the greatest snob of his life not to be included in the celebration. so the next day the king gives this talk, the very incendiary, old apocalyptic. he goes to one of the churches in cleveland, listen to the tone and tothe message of what he says .>>. >> as a result of what has taken place in congress concerning the poverty bill, or for the first time we face the possibility of winter riots and escalated summer riots. and if these ominous developments takeplace and come into effect , the congress of our nation, not the rioters must take the chief responsibility for making it so. >> so he leaves cleveland and this is what happens four months later. he's killed inmemphis. what he's talking about with the poor is how many people know about the poor people's campaign ? he had come up with this idea , there's a lawyer here in georgetown named peter ellman and the marion comes up with the idea through bringing bobby kennedy to mississippi to start the poor people's campaign. kennedy says tell doctor king to bring the poor the washington.

we wanted science because it was -- all the technology in my district, and i came from a high-tech ebony -- high-tech company, and the government operations -- that was a gift, because they have tom, and they didn't want me go on it. i loved it, and then we lost so many seats i did not get to stay on it. up, appropriations came about -- about six years before i left? it was my turn, and i was the one that would get it from california, northern california, and i got the letters out and i did all that i needed to do to get the support that i needed -- you learned. believe me, you learned to do all of this. you don't stay naive for more than two and a half seconds, because it is a campaign. everyone of these things is a campaign. -- every one of these things is a campaign. sheet.was going to be my and i started thinking, do i want to do that compared to making law? mean, i changed my mind. and they said to everybody, thank you for your support, but i am not owing to do it. i want to stay where i am. because i was the ranking -- or chair of the labor committee, for workforce protections. i c

ebony magazine that have news about the african-american experience, the roots.com is a paper that you can -- online journal that you could subscribe to and it gives you a lot of information about the black experience, so that's one of the many places that you can learn about why language is offensive and -- and just get a sense and i'm sure you're granddaughter probably already knows about it but it's helpful in figuring out the right way to be in this point in time. >> heather williams tweets, hi, i'm an elementary librarian at edward elementary in ohio, i loved your books and started the school year with each kindness. i have a block club for third and fourth graders, what books of yours would you recommend using for the club and what books should we add to the library. >> guest: thanks for your question, harbor me and the day it begins library, i would do each kindness already, for the third and fourth graders i would try show way, it's a lot of information in that book, it's a picture book that's targeted probably at older younger people but it goes from the period of enslavement

they tracked down ebony smith after people complained about not receiving wedding, christmas, birthday from hawaii to boston. start in april. takes 11 hours. might want to upgrade your ticket for that one. ed? ed: thank you, steve. former secretary of state john kerry admitting he met with iranian officials to attempt to salvage the obama nuclear deal. that news not sitting well with current secretary of state mike pompeo. what john kerry done, engaging with the top state sponsor of terror is unseemly, unprecedented not consistent with the foreign policy. the deal failed. let itç go. the president slammed kerry, calling meetings illegal but are they? president of the washington strategy group, joel ruben, former military police sergeant and gop stratfifth, chris niwam. chris, does this violate the logan act? >> certainly could, ed, depending what was said. look back, realize, john kerry is like the american version of neville chamber lane. his tag line is not peace in our time but failure in our time. he has done this before. he did it in vietnam. only officer in coastal division 11,