and so, when you're in the ghetto, and you're listening to y.m.c.a. or i love america by patrick juvet on your black radio station, there's a disconnect, and what always happens when culture, you know, rises above the masses or rises to a different aspiration than what the masses have, then the masses create new, and whether it was, you know, from the jazz to blues to rock and roll or to rap music, it was that they had to create their own, and rap music was a return to funky-- even rock and roll, but funky beats-- and a return to artists who looked like and spoke to the needs and the minds of the people, and that's what t rappers were at that time. early on, you worked with kurtis blow. my first artist was kurtis blow. that's correct, and he made christmas rap in 1979, and i remember that when the record came out, it was successful in amsterdam, and he and i got on a plane-- and i had never been on a plane-- and went to amsterdam, and the record execs took us out and bought us drugs, and it was like-- it was the most amazing thing that ever happened t

stamp on her for arm someone got a stray munich re a financial terrorist responsible for creating ghettos financially disadvantaged folks who are on the short end of the ghetto for cation of the financial terrorist schemes of general really are forced to wear yellow armbands and be sex slaves for their german. hosts. and then be stamped on their own arms outward to prove that they were used and let's not forget the the the little serial code stamped on the wrist as part of the package but max the story here is that this goes from the very bottom these are just agents going door to door selling insurance products in the financial services industry but the top of the pyramid of banking. establishment is dominic strauss kahn because this is the culture is a dumb extremist kind of part of the banking culture where there's no much trust gone lloyd blankfein jamie diamond this guy panned over it's citibank the c.e.o. just paid him some forty two million dollars for stealing four hundred twenty million dollars they have a culture of predatory behavior where once you like a serial killer you know

well yeah it's a good story to follow up on financial repression or wealth confiscation again the ghetto model from the thirty's and forty's people have their wealth confiscated by the serbs and of the democratic process by the national socialist party and they were put the ghettos and they were eventually killed i mean here now we're seeing the same process in europe in greece and ireland and what this gentleman is referring to is the same thing coming to the united states and the key there is negative rates for savers we've said all along that the conference global. it is not ideological a stunt religious it's savers versus speculators people who should get three or four or five percent on savings because they work hard and they save money are are subsidizing other being penalized by the speculators who are at the point of a gun got ben bernanke in the e.c.b. to keep rates near zero to finance their speculation and this is the true conflict this engulfing the war and the true reason why you've got people in cairo in wisconsin in tunisia and now in madrid it's savers versus speculator i

still others perished along the way, succumbing to the ills of all ghettos in spite of their dubious romance provide in abundance. kenny's father was tommy romero, a puerto rican boy born in east harlem, a different kind of ghetto that produced some successes. before he was 10, the romero family took flight to the williams burg section of brooklyn because of the numbered streets such as south 6th and south 7th which carried their direction. in time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. the north streets were remained polish extending into green point. his parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. this haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect o

you can go around singapore i challenge you to find a ghetto. because the rich and the poor, otr than superrich who own private homes, they are all living in one milieu, same shops, same playing fields, same schools. there's a level playing field for everyone. the most important is schooling, health, housing. that has been achieved and that has to be maintained. but i've always had to put restrictions on the tendency for people to gather. >> rose: you don't want them living in ghettos. >> no, they gather together. so indians getting to, chain ease get together and just entire blocs. then you've got a problem. so every block you have a quarter that reflects a percentage of the population of the various races. wily nilly su have neighbors who are chinese, indian, malasi, and the children haveot to know them, go to the same schoo. so it's a structural device, a social device, social structure that fosters yo to understandhe different races and make you quite used together. >> rose: where did you get these political ideas of yours. >> well, i watche

of course, home of the gourmet ghetto.f getting the food trucks to come to berkeley. it's a big thing. >> we knew these events were going on in the san francisco and we felt our district being the birthplace of gourmet c cuisine is a great fit. we had a perfect spot in the gourmet ghetto. we are bringing the trucks in, as a group, with off the grid. it's a year round event. it will be the community gathering event around food and it will also be a showcase for our businesses to come in and do their version of street food in the rental truck here. >> heather is coordinated with matt who gruns off the grid throughout the area. you do it friday nights. >> every friday night. >> reporter: you have 40 trucks? >> yep. >> reporter: what is that experience like compared to regular dining? >> i think we classify the markets into two categories, a neighborhood event like in north berkeley, a community place and destination. 30 trucks, thousands of people. it's a different experience. it's all the same great food. that's what it's ab

i am not trying to be ghetto or bring stuff that you don't want to hear. if you don't like a girl, girls are going to fight. you are going to get stabbed. with boys, you can't just go anymore. you might really, really, want to do that. but i know some boys who would love the music program, but they are not going to come to fillmore all the way and risk their lives for something they really really, want to do. it's the areas. put it in suburbs where everybody can go to it. >> or, i notice they are building a police station. you will build a police station but not a community center. >> we are getting concrete examples here. >> did you want to respond anything before i go to questions? >> this is an issue where all hands need to be on deck. we are in a crisis. we all have to be held accountable at every level to have all hands on deck. we have the obliteration of our young people. homicide is the leading cause of death. for the period we have been in iraq. there are have been 4 thousand casualties. this is a program in our own back yard. we need the city coo

leaving france for poland, president obama will participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the warsaw ghetto ceremony. over 80,000 died of starvation and disease in only two years. thousands of others were deported or killed. >>> defense secretary robert gates will provide the key note address at the u.s. naval academy's graduation today. approximately 1,000 midshipmen are expected to receive their commissions during the ceremony. >>> today, former secretary of state henry kissinger turns 88. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a preview of what to expect on the roads and in the skies as millions of americans held out for the memorial day weekend. >>> and the "today" show summer concert series kicks off with singing superstar rihanna live on the plaza. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berr

our lives on the line to say that the great interest of san francisco -- this would not lead to a ghetto. we were all inspired by the new supervisor, and with the aid of the president of the board of supervisors, we have begun to make this difference, and with a few tweaks in enforcing the laws, a party on the books we are on the cusp of having a great neighborhood. this has brought up a new stability that as long sought. we cannot dictate the peaceful people who are living out their lives on our neighborhood. this is a neighborhood of disenfranchise residence, with many other outstanding residence -- residents and some are floundering. we at passions cafe , we give people with problem passed a second chance. i will continue to be on the board, in conjunction with urban solutions. we will have a longtime commitment to advancing these causes. i want to thank you for the honor that you have given us. thank you. >> thank you. we appreciate this very much. thank you for recognizing us today. this is the right time for us to come. we really appreciate this. we have this one year ago and this

it's about, set in the ghetto which is established in 1940, the second largest ghetto in warsaw, after warsaw in poland or. a man named mordecai was put in charge of the ghetto, and he runs it with an iron fist. he runs it to make it a really indispensable to the not the international complex. and he is make terrible choices. for instance, he makes a choice at the beginning of the novel that these nazis can continue to deport, take out of hospital and deport the sick and elderly by bargaining to let some other people state. so, you end up throughout the novel, is he good or is he bad? is he a power monger or is he a saint? if he saving his people or is he saving his skin? how do you judge someone like that? what's remarkable is it is based on it doesn't read like a documentary. the writing is beautiful but it is quiet and understated it doesn't also flow from drama into melodrama which sometimes can happen. the author, swedish, he won the august prize in his homeland and it has been translated in 25 language. i think you'll be a big book in this country and actually worldwide. third, a

walk with bhee into the ghetto this where all the kush went, complain about the liquor store but whatp a broom, just listening to the pac aunt done make it stop. a reb nell your thoughts ain't gone make it halt if you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor, pills with million side effects take em when the pains felt, wash them down with diet soda killin off your brain cells, crooked banks around the world would gladly give you a loan today so if you ever miss payment they can take your home away. ♪ it's so loud inmy head ♪ it's so loud with words that i should have said ♪ ♪ as i drown in my regrets ♪ i can't take back ♪ the words i never said ♪ i never said ♪ i can't take back the words i never said ♪ ♪ i think that all the silence is worse than all the violence fear is such a weak emotion that's why i des piece it, we scared of almost everything afraid to even tell the truth so scared of what you think of me, i'm scared of even telling you, sometimes i'm like the only person tell it to, inside, i know they are selling you, take a breath and inhale a few, my screams is finally

getting her up out of the ghetto. my brother, played with him. those are the two things that drove me to just play this music. i did not know when it was going to happen or where but i knew it had to be done. tavis: cincinnati has produced some great artists. and we think of cities we think of detroit, memphis. what was the music scene in cincinnati? >> kim records was the spot. that is the melting pot. -- king records was the spot. james brown was the kingpin of that one. you had hank ballard, the it is the brothers. all these people are reporting their at king records. -- all these people recording their at king records. we did not have a chance. it was like, hanging around just to see them. we got an opportunity. one of the guys came over to the club and wanted to hear us. he said, you have to be my studio band. he took us over to king records. we knew that once we got in there, it is on. tavis: you mentioned about what you learned from james brown. what did you take away from hanging out with george clinton all of these years? what did you le

i mean, i think that we cannot ghetto-ize president obama. we have never put that on any president, including william jefferson clinton. it's always been blacks, latinos, jewish, women. they brought the gender to the president. other blacks are like, why did he come out op the black agenda? it was on black unemployment. he shouldn't be any different than any other president. >> when local activists met with national leadership that brought a plan into johnson's office. >> that's correct. >> that ultimately came the voting rights acts and civil rights act. while there you nuances that have shifted, it's not going to be the president in red, black and green, walking through communities saying, milk and honey is going to flow because i showed up. >> he had to do it. it was his time. he had to go to the republicans to help him. look, johnson was racist. let's just put it out there. i agree with both of these guys that obama has to remain mainstream. it can't be what's good for black america, latino america, it's what's good for america. >> i thin

week i determined that we had a enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to ghetto osama bin laden and bring him to justice. >> suarez: bin laden had long been thought to be hiding in pakistan in the wild tribal frontier lands that border afghanistan. instead he was living just north of the pakistani capital islamabad. his heavily guarded compound built in 2005 was near a military academy, a large army garrison and a training facility. it all fueled new questions about whether pakistani intelligence and military elements had helped hide bin laden. with that in mind, u.s. officials said the pakistani government was not informed of the operation until it was over. pakistani prime minister in an interview today praised the action. as for pakistani cooperation, the prime minister said i don't know the details. i don't know minute details, but in short we have intelligence cooperation. back in washington senate armed services chairman carl levin was stark in his assessment of pakistan's role. >> i think that the pakistani army and intelligence have a lot of questions to

we are the ones that her children go to the ghetto schools. and she also said, you don't know how it makes another feel when her children go all the way through 12th grades and come out can't even spell her name. now, margie haynes didn't win her case, but even as they say that, i will emphasize that courage dissent isn't just winners history. in fact, i think it is important to write the history of societies losers. the voice of ethel may not be as in her neighbors, it seems to me, is critically important to adding to legal history, especially the rights movement, and again because they insisted that we remember that jim crow and poverty were interwoven and left a legacy. now, i will conclude by drawing out the larger lesson that i think one can learn from the bottom-up view of constitutional history of civil rights. but i want to offer three possibilities. the first is this. it seems to me that decentering the supreme court that jan and even legendary players like thurgood marshall from the legal history of the solar rights movement opens th

we are the ones that our children go to the ghetto schools.and she also said, you don't now how would make some other field when her children go all the way through 12th grade and come out, can't even spell her name. now, margie haynes did not win her case. but, even as i say that, i will emphasize that "courage to dissent" isn't just a winner's history. in fact i think it is important to write the history of societies losers. the voice of ethel mae matthews and her neighbors it seems to me is critically important, adding to the legal history, especially of civil rights movements again because they insisted that we remember that jim crow and poverty were integral and left a legacy. now i will conclude by throwing out the larger lessons that i think one can learn from this bottom-up view of constitutional history of the civil rights movement. but i want to offer three possibilities. the first is this. it seems to me that decentering the supreme court doctrine and even legendary lawyers like thurgood marshall from the legal history of the civil

i can be ghetto when i want to be. grew up with the black panthers doing peace and freedom benefits for them. so on the one hand i like the softness of spirituel the day, but i also like the energy that you need to be a warrior where you need to be. i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground. compassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the grove to see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a me

this is the ghetto. we are reclaiming our streets and the initiative of this project help us to do so. we are continuing to work with agencies and many people. the police will have to contend with a new police capt. we are going to inform him and bring him up to speed on what we are trying to do, but it is a cooperative venture, and it is a partnership with many of the city agencies. we are glad that people are working together and left hand knows what the right hand is doing, which i think is kind of rare in the city. but it is a really good thing. we are excited. we know our work is not done. we are trying to augment our street lighting because of safety issues, you know? we are going to keep fighting because we feel it is important and we feel it is important for the quality of our lives while we are here and we can make a change, and we have to be the catalyst for that change. the residents have to really be involved. we are going to make this change, and it will have effects on not only our generati

is it going to turn into a ghetto? are they going to piecemeal it off? i am concerned about those things. the city attorney convinced me about rent control. i think it is going to take affect, and we are going to be ok. i am in favor of the vision, thank you. >> hello, i am elizabeth keith. i have been at park merced for 17 years, and most of the people i know that are for this project, including me, have been there a long time. so that statement about us being short-term is not correct. these apartments are far from sound. they need constant maintenance. there is an incredible waste of space. the parks require hero water and maintenance than makes sense. the construction is three minutes away from me. i barely notice it. i don't think the people against this are going to be happy with the alternatives to this project because no one is going to want to pay or put money into fixing these apartments up as they are. i had the same experience as jeannie. when i went door to door, people were asking questions, and they appreciated the information and the visi