geoffrey canada is the president and ceo of the harlem children zone. he is the recipient of several awards for his work, including the mccaul prize for his vacation, jefferson award for public service and hines award. for more information about the harlem children so, visit hcz.org. >>> this summer booktv is asking what are you reading. >> the books i would have pulled out if you ask what books you're reading now are probably two or three graphic novels. one is fun home. do you know the books on home? it is a memoir, graphic memoir by alison bechdel who is famous in a couple of subcultures because she has had an on-line comics trip for years called dikes to watch out for, and she is a funny, feisty, irreverent insurgent kind of artist and she spent many we years working on a memoir and is a true story on her growing up and coming out as a lesbian and her parents were english teachers, so it's a very literary -- the lenses for work are very literary lenses. and as she is coming out as an adolescent she realized that her father is a repressed homosexual

i want to ask you a few questions and get you talking about what you are doing in harlem. that me ask you about, victor ranchero had theiand cheryl had year-and-a-half old. one parent dropped out of college, still having trouble with the law, they're both living, have a hard time finding an apartment together, they are both living with their parents. a kid like that, in those circumstances, what does it take? what does it take to get him from where he is to college and graduate from college? >> thank you. you can get an idea of why i allowed paul to spend five years, i didn't know what was in the balkan july read it. about halfway through the book i didn't think it was quite such a good idea to allow reporter. but in the end, it was important. before i answer the question about victor, let me say why i let paul have access. i didn't know what was in the book, i didn't know what people would say, they could have said any number of things, and it could have been something i was proud of but it could have been something of my have said that is not really a great characterizat

if the garvey movement was built from stepladders on harlem streets.the brotherhood of pullman porters will spilt from stepladders on harlem streets. the communist party built its base in harlem through street corner oratory often in competition with nationalist oratory is and remnants of the garvey movement. the great don't buy where you can't work campaigns which challenge the exclusion of blacks with the scores of harlem and spun off into public utilities and new york city was all build on stepladders and soap boxes. harlow's cooks from the internationalist carried the garvey tradition through the 40's into the fifties on a street corner in harlem and malcolm x to build the nation of islam in harlem from a small storefront organization into one of the nation's largest mosques. and the black panther party and the young lords party and sts all carried on that tradition through the 60's into the 70's. this all began with this amazing scholar activist educator, and i think we need to ponder what we are missing when we no longer have people like hubert h

more from the 2009 harlem book fair after this break. [inaudible conversations] >> who is iris chang? >> she was most known for the 1997 best-seller. it did huge things to raise awareness about japanese atrocities during world war ii. it came a whole movement, rather than just a book in the late 90's. >> was she a historian? >> a historian and a journalist. she would see them as mutually exclusive. a big tool of hers was archives. she spent days and days. in the national archives and other archives, but she also went out and confronted people face-to-face. >> where was she from? >> from illinois. we met in college. the mid 80's. >> what kind of relationship? >> at first it did not know what to make a for. she was always many steps ahead of me. very few internships. every time there was one she would get it. if i thought of applying she would have already gotten that. she was always so far ahead of us. she had the idea to write for the new york times. she just called them up. she had stories and the front section of the new york times. do

welcome to the 11th annual harlem book fair. thank you to all of our attendees and viewing audience. thank you to c-span, for once again in partnering with cost to tell our stories. today we will bring very interesting panel discussions. we will have authors, book signings, storytelling, analysis, the whole of the black world in print, in writing. our lives, our words, our stories, and this is that public platform from which we do that. again, i would like to thank you all, the founder of the harlem book fair. thank you. we will begin our program. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. i would like to welcome you to the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center for research and black culture. my name is troy johnson, the founder of the african-american literature book club better known as aalbc.com, the largest and oldest web site dedicated to the works of books by and about black people. today it is indeed my honor to introduce all of the author talks that will be taking place here. there are three that a

>> reporter: marion bell is a teacher in east harlem. >> first thing that resonated with me is all the comments he made about education. i certainly believe education is a definitive factor to moving our agenda, moving this country ahead. >> reporter: harold roberts is 14 years old. cool when you go to your friend and you say you want to be the next 50 cent and next lil wayne. we have to assert ourselves into every aspect of society to be successful as a people. >> reporter: on his way back to washington aboard air force i, they apparently hit fairly severe turbulence. the plane dropped considerably before levelling off. nobody was injured and they later landed safely at andrews air force base. >> the fight against h1n1 swine flu is far from over. new cases are still spreading around the world. president obama has set aside nearly $2 billion to prepare for the swine flu's predicted comeback this fall. the money would pay for new vaccines, the program to distribute flu shots and speed

. ♪ ♪ and i will say you're my friend ♪ >>> that's the famous harlem choir.ichael jackson's song, "will you be there." one of the many hits that made michael an icon. this morning, as the world prepares for a final tribute. we'll listen to michael in his own words. talking about the two things he loved most, performing and being a parent. and we will hear much more from the harlem gospel choir later this morning. we say good morning, america, from los angeles. more helicopters up in the sky right now. about two blocks around the staples center has been barricaded. police are really trying to keep people from coming down here if they do not have a ticket. we have much more coming up. i say good morning to you, diane, in new york. >> and good morning to you, robin, from times square, this tuesday, july 7th. a big crowd in times square. >>> let's bring you up to date on what we know about the schedule. soon, the jackson family will leave their home in encino, for a private burial, at the forest lawn cemetery, where so many stars have been buried. and before that

harlem un barrio de gran concentraciÓn afroamericana acogiÓ a michael jackson como hijo adoptivo en estastudi estudios. >>> gracias nah@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@Á ser testigo del adiÓs de michael h@scritor chileno, magaly ortÍz hablÓ con ella en exclusiva. >>> suombre es vÍctor gutiÉrrez y es el autor del libro michael jackson fue mi amante basado en algunos testimonios el mrm niprimer niÑ acusÓ a Él >>> la ejemplos gente se olvidÓ pero el abuso ocurriÓ si no se gastÓ 2 millones de dolares a por esto. durmiendo le llamaba atenciÓn a jordy que llegaba con una mochila amarilla con sus cosas privadas, su maquillaje y jeringas del niÑo el papÁ le pregunta por quÉ te quieres inyectar esto, yo consumo demerol luego de sufrir las quemaduras >>> Él dijo que recibiÓ amenazas de muerte debido a las declaraciones hechas en su libro fue la Única persona que michael jackson demandÓ >>> el juez me declara culpable h@pierdo elh@ jh@oh@h@h@úhnpggt@ h@ones 700 dÓlares >>> pero sin embargo nunca salÓo la deuda y ahora la misiÓn es contar toda la vida >>> Él tipo tenÍa deudas que el seÑor no cumplÍa contratos que ten

. >>> desde time square en pleno centro de nueva york, a harlem el lugar histÓrico para los eventos denato nar jackson entonaron sus canciones. >>> mi vuelo sale maÑana y hoy querÍa ver a jackson lleguÉ a nueva york para celebrar y apoyar a jackson gracia as dios encontrÉ este lugar. >>> para la profesora de danza, el artista tiene una gran influencia en su carrera profesional. >>> siempre he utilizado la el estilo de michael jackson, dentro de la creatividad y la evoluciÓn de la mÚsica y del baile. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>>sus imitador nosotros hong kong como en otras parte del mundo bailaron para entretener a la gente en rusia el presidente obama hablÓ de Él >>> como elvis, sinatrasinatra,l es una leyenda. >>> muchos lloraron viendo sus canciones. muy al margen de la edad la raza o su procedencia todos unidoes para rendirle un tributo final a la distancia. >>> si bien es cierto no es la primera vez que el mundo ha perdido a una gran figura, tambiÉn lo es que la tecnologÍa ha contribuido definitivamente que este tributo sea a nivel mundial en harlem nueva york blanca rosa vilches univisiÓn.

parents know we will harass them at the harlem children's zone.e will knock at their door in the morning, evenings and afternoon and say, look, we need you to do this. i think they're right. we've got to scale this up. we also have to help one another. i'm so happy to be meeting with dr. perry. that's a young man who i think is going to show us that what we're doing is primitive in comparison to what he's going to be doing 15 years from now as we leave these clear footprints about how to do this work. >> thanks very much. another great episode. >> thank you. >> ben jealous, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> stick around. at the top of the hour, part of an encore of cnn's "black in america 2." people using ground breaking solutions to change the african-american experience. >>> first, an nfl star quarterback accused of sexual assault. help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me bre

they have a program called harlem renaissance in paris in the spring. they are coming. they have connected with us. and want to join with us. we certainly want to do that. >> if someone wants to come to the old-fashioned rent party, they will have fried chicken, collard greens, potato salad, all of that good stuff. how do you get tickets. >> go to www.double nickels.org. >> go to our website at wusa9.com. >> it is next thursday 5:00 to 9:00. >> that's the thurgood marshall center. i will be there of course with my dear friend. i'm on the board so i have to be there and i will be there, too. >> so i want to see you there. thank you for coming in. thank you for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. have a great day. ou

dubois up in harlem. i have great news. i have to swear you to secrecy you can't no tell a soul you promise. dr. dubois promised on 3:00, may 13th, 1937. board of carnegie corporation will meet and call you. when he calls you they matched my $120,000 you have you can't tell anybody that you promise. i promise that too. he as soon as he hung up dubois called raver logan, raver lowing again like woodson and webb dubois, was a rafr logan was that black woman's name was leticia gates and leticia gates was my great-aunt. i got to know rafer logan very well. he told me the following story never in print well before i put it there. and the story goes like this. all dubois said, logan be at my office 3:00 p.m. on may 17th, 1937. logan showed up right on time. he walked into and to his astonishment, dubois had this beautiful old mahogany desk. on the desk to logan's as meshment sat a ice bucket ice bucket was full of ice. in the ice bucket sate chilling a bottle of vintage champagne. next to it was one of old time black telephones.

and we will hear much more from the harlem gospel choir later this morning.erica, from los angeles. more helicopters up in the sky right now. about two blocks around the staples center has been barricaded. police are really trying to keep people from coming down here if they do not have a ticket. we have much more coming up. i say good morning to you, diane, in new york. >> and good morning to you, robin, from times square, this tuesday, july 7th. a big crowd in times square. >>> let's bring you up to date on what we know about the schedule. soon, the jackson family will leave their home in encino, for a private burial,the forest lawn cemetery, where soany ststars have been buried. and before that, they ll have the private gathering and make their way to the staples center. this morning we'll look at the jacksons. the family. where are ey today? what are they doing today? and also, in the younger generations,s there another performer like michahael? that's coming upup, too. robin? >>> an diane, we have more on the private burial plans for michael jajackson. a

and lived in east harlem and so it required me to take the train in a uniform going through the south bronx, which sometimes was amusing and interesting in and of itself, but it was a great school, and i have great memories. she was a year older than i was. we met through a mutual friend, can boy, and he lived on the other side of 117th and park, where i grew up. he was a junior at cardinal spellman, and i was a sophomore. i came in as a freshman, and interestingly enough, we all had gone to the same school. >> what did you think of her at first? >> someone who was very focused, very studious, not shy at all about giving an opinion about a number of different things, but someone thoughtful and thought before speaking, and someone pretty toys. someone you would normally look up to, and i thought of her as a mentor in many ways. interestingly enough, as i was thinking where to go to school, she was helpful in terms of the guidance she provided. >> beside the attributes you just talked about, what would cause someone to have a better, saying that is someone i aspire to? >> i think it is

and she established herself as a novelist and the harlem and this is not -- renaissance and thirties she knew her storytelling capability and the rich trove both from eaton go where she grew up in the african-american in town and florida up the gulf coast she did the field recordings of songs, stories, and a sing to hear also on the library of congress website. but there are also many others who did not become a famous like ruby wilson yet to they went on and became and got the stories down and ruby went to write a history or a book about a local pioneer who would have been lost to history if ruby had not gone out and gather those interviews and collected her own history. that is essentially my take on this story and my introduction to the book. what also has suggestions for the reading, exploring come on the web and in your own travels, you can use everything from mobile based copies and get pds of the guides and find a lot of life history interviews on line and you can match up the stories of the places and ways with the people that were not possible even 10 years ago. i hope you w

. ♪ >> desde times square en nueva york hasta harlem. en el centro de beirut, en el lÍbano.nes. >> lleguÉ a nueva york, no sabÍa dÓnde ir para celebrar. gracias a dios en contraste lugar. >> a esta profesora de danza, el artista tiene una gran influencia en su carrera profesional. >> siempre he utilizado el estilo de jackson en el estilo de baile. >> sus imitadores en hong kong como en otras partes del mundo y lo invitaron y en rusia el presidente barack obama hablÓ del. >> como elvis presley, sinatra, jackson fue parte importante de los a cultura. >> muy al margen de la edad, la raza o su procedencia , todos unidos para rendirle un tributo final a la distancia. esto no es la primera vez que el mundo ha perdido aÚn en figura, la tecnologÍa ha podido definitivamente a ser que este tributo sea nivel mundial. >> eso desde nueva york. en mÉxico dejÓ huellas imborrables, pronto sus dos presentaciones surgieron anÉcdotas que jamÁs ser olvidadas. entre ellas una que se explica cÓmo hasta una pequeÑa parte de su cuerpo serena en territorio mexicano. >> imitadores de michael jackson

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u. >> katherine craig live in har lamb -- harlem.erine. >>> we'll carry e.the memorial live at 1:00 p.m.ia if you want to wat it in front of a computer, we'll stream it on myfoxdc.com. >> you've blocked out your day. no nap today. ay >> i'll be in front of the tv today. y. i will be. . >>> quick look at the five-day forecast. ca high today of about 87 degrees. could see a stray shower or thunderstorm this afternoon or this evening. g. about a 20% chance of

here in harlem, people watched on inflatable screen.uare, people paused to watch the action. in gary, indiana, where michael jackson was born, people got together to mourn the loss of a hometown hero. dozenmany fans showed up to pay tribute at the house where he lived until he was 11 years old. the president compared this to what happened after the death of john lennon and elvis presley. he said -- the president made more history in moscow, he has already met with the russian president and today he sat down with the person who most experts say is really in charge, the former president, the current fine prime minister, vladimir putin. -- the current prime minister, not vladimir putin. >> obama met with vladimir putin today. we asked him if he still believes that vladimir putin is partial the stock in the cold war. he thinks that the cold war still shapes some of the views of mr. putin. >> on areas where we have common interests like fighting terrorism, i think that there is great potential for us to do some work. >> he does or does not?

one of my great thrills was getting a chance to play against the harlem globetrotters and actually hitting a shot, no joke. they did not destroy all the video from that night. if i was going against lebron james, the story might have been different. the basketball camp on monday night, a college player dunked on lebron james. the video has been confiscated. according to the photographer, they took his tape after lebron james discussed it with nike. six days of the tour de france today, 130 miles to barcelona. lance armstrong finished with the rest of the pack, remaining in second place, only one second behind the leader. actually, it is less than a second. ]phtpññ >> investigators are sorting through a story at a cemetery, three workers and a manager accused of digging up graves and reselling the plots. former ravens quarterback steve mcnair, we are live in nashville as thousands gathered to remember his life and legacy. students kicked out of a swim club because of their race? fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest uploa

host: gertrude in harlem, good morning.aller: good morning, i would like to say that at the age of dinosaurs i have lived to see a great president appointed who is the president of all the people. i believe it is the first time in history we have had a president who is trying to be the president of all the people. now he has nominated a lady who is superb. she is superb in all categories to fill the qualification of the supreme court. and how dare anyone say that this is reverse discrimination when the firefighters were appointed -- overturned. now that must have been discrimination all these years for you to say reverse discrimination. what they're asking the supreme court to overturn the judge's ruling -- bair saying i'm going to put a ball and chain around this person's leg and put it in the race with this person, and i'm going to allow this person to run for hundreds of years this race, and given this front runner all the aspects to education and everything while i keep the ball and chain around this person. host: gertr

. >> reporter: and in harlem, fans filled the streets not far from the apollo theater where the jacksonverseas, even the president took note. >> this is one of the greatest entertainers in american history he had a profound impact over not just one generation but two because of the longevity of his career. >> reporter: that impact was celebrated worldwide. in the dark of australia's winter night, with balloons in moscow, and makeshift shrines in london. >> i will be telling the story of michael jackson to my children. i will be saying what a wonderful, magical, brilliant person that he was. >> reporter: and there is still one more tribute to come in jackson's hometown of gary, indiana, at a minor league baseball park on friday. katie? >> couric: all right. jeff glor, thank you so much for that report tonight. and this program note. i'll be anchoring a special 48 hours, a special edition of "48 hours," "michael jackson. the last dance" tonight at 10:00 9:00 central here on cbs. and coming up next on the "cbs evening news" from los angeles, stevie wonder. remembering michael jackson. ♪ bo

when i drive through harlem or the south side of chicago and i see young men on the corners, i say there but for the grace of god go i. they're no less gifted than me. they're no less talented than me, but i had some breaks. that mother of mine, she gave me love, she pushed me, she cared about my education, she took no lip, she taught me right from wrong. because of her, i had a chance to make the most of my abilities. i had the chance to make the most of my opportunities. i had the chance to make the most of life. the same story holds true for michelle. the same story holds true for so many of you. i want all the other barack obamas out there, all the other michelle obamas out there, you have to the same chance, the chance that my mother gave me, that my education gave me, that the united states of america has given me. that's how our union will be perfected and our economy rebuilt. that's how american will move forward in the next 100 years, and we will move forward. this i know. for i know how far we have come. some of you saw last week in ghana, michelle and i took malia and sasha an

on urban affairs, through programs like promise neighborhoods that built on the success with the harlem children zone. the comprehensive approach to ending poverty by putting all children on a path way to college and giving them the schooling and after school support that they need to get there. now, i think all of us understand that our task of reducing these structural inequalities has been made more difficult by the states and structure of our broader economy. an economy that for the last decade has been fuelled by a cycle of boom and bust. an economy where the rich got really, really rich, but ordinary folks didn't see their incomes or their wages go up. an economy built on credit cards, shady mortgage loans, an economy built not on a rock, but on sand. that's why my administration is working so hard, not only to create and save jobs in the short-term, not only to extend unemployment insurance and help for people who have lost their health care in this crisis, not just to stem the immediate economic wreckage, but to lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity that will put opport

this is harlem, new york. it is likely to be one of the most watched events in recent history. >> the letters he was reading from nelson mandela, when michael would enjoy going over to africa. he told me about taking the kids to africa and spending time in johannesburg and pretoria and cape town. he loved cape town. >> we'll be bringing you the entire ceremony live without our comments, as little as possible. we will be talking. there just seems to be a break right now in the actual service. 1.5 million of people tried to get tickets online. there were only some 11,000 actual seats inside the auditorium, inside the staples center, for the public. additional 5,000 to 6,000 seats in the nokia center. >> it really has gone very smoothly thus far, from the private ceremony that many people were concerned about the logistics of how that would actually happen. the many questions over the last couple of days, would the body be coming here. could it logistically be pulled off, with the throngs of people expected to co

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concern, unofficially people were bidding a sigh of relief that they went off to a quiet armory in harlem. chris: why not yankee stadium? >> it play be too much of obama with the blook community and the civil rights community. there's still that campaign going on right now. >> and for a change of pace, i want to say something potentially positive about the economy. i was talking to the c.e.o. of the business development corporation, there are these corporations throughout the country. the c.e.o.'s had a meeting and they all agree that good borrowers are circling back and they're hiring people that were laid off and building infrastructure and getting ready for the recession to end or by their actions helping propel that recession towards its end. >> obama should do the naacp thing in national park since it is empty. and the moderate democrats, mild manored democrats getting up at meetings on capitol hill and complaining about the specific provisions in the health care bill. for example, the taxes in the house bill would go up in 2011. it wouldn't actually take effect until 2013. 2012, you

my life could have easily taken a turn for the worst, but it -- when i drive through harlem or that south side of chicago and i see young men on the corners, i say there but for the grace of god go i.. [applause] they are no less gifted or talented than me. i had some breaks. that mother of mine gave me love and pushed me. she cared about my education. she took no lip. she taught me right from wrong. because of her, i had a chance to make the most of my opportunities. i had the chance to make the most of life. the same story holds true for michelle and for so many of you. i want all the other barack obamas out there and the other michelle obamas out there to have the same chance, the chance that my other -- that my mother gave me, that the united states of america has given me. that is how i reunion will be perfected and our economy rebuilt. that is how america will move forward in the next 100 years. and we will move forward. this i know. i know how far we have come. some of the assault last week, michelle and i took my daughters and a mother-in-law to ghana, to where captives were once

. >> reporter: in harlem fans filled the streets not far from the apollo theater where the jackson 5ough 4 ye yes ago. >> he had a pro-found impact over not just one generation but two because of the longevity of his career. >> reporter: that impact was celebrated worldwide in the dark of australia's winter night with balloons in moscow and makeshift shrines in london. >> i will be telling the story of michael jackson to my children, you know. i will be saying what a wonderful magical brilliant person that he was. >> reporter: and there is still one more jackson tribute to come in his hometown of gary, indiana at a minor league baseball park on friday. jeff glor, cbs news, los angeles. >> we'll update the nation's traffic and a check of the overseas markets in our "moneywatch." >>> plus, up in flames a hostage standoff in connecticut takes a dramatic turn. th rheumatoid art, it seems like my life is split in two. there's the life i live. and the life i want to live. fortunately, there's enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel su

. >> reporter: riverside church is adjacent to columbia university, in harlem, which is largely african-american. over the years, its congregation has gone from predominantly white to predominantly black. >> one of the things that some people are afraid of is that the church will turn black. and you know, i really resent that. >> reporter: braxton did not discount race as a factor in his resignation, but acknowledged that his preaching and leadership style had caused friction. >> some serious conversation needs to occur about what it means to invite a leader, a pastoral leader, into this community. is this congregation really ready for, and interested in, a pastoral leader who actually wants to lead? >> reporter: in accepting braxton's resignation, the church cited the need for some "deep soul-searching" that would allow it to move forward as a "stronger, more unified congregation." for "religion & ethics newsweekly," this is lucky severson. >> abernethy: in other news, president barack obama hosted gay rights activists at the white house to celebrate gay pride month. during the gathering, the p

carey honored michael jackson's legacy in los angeles, fans were stening around the word, including harlemthin the neighborho. ch that cared for him as much as i did. >> reporter: some celebrated jackson's spirit and musi others tearfully mourned a legend lost. >> this young man touched a lot of people and brought a lot of people together. >> reporter: this movie theater in nearby chelsea was one of dozens around the country that aired the memorial service. fans at this theater and conyers, georgia, lined up early to get a seat. >> i didn't want to miss the opportunity see it on the big screen. if i had a way to get there, believe me i would be there with michael jackson. >> reporter: the king of pop was also remembered in detroit. the home of motown. >> he is a kid. he is like a legend. >> reporter: nearly two weeks after jackson's death, his fans continued paying homage. >> absolutely unreal. the last thing like this was princess diana. >> reporter: to jackson's fans, the massive scale of this good-bye is just right. >> he was a super icon, you know. you cap get too big. he did everythin

he started it many years ago with the dance theater of harlem and traveled all over the world. danced all over the world. came to washington. found this dance institute of washington in 1987 for at-risk and under privileged youth in the area and dance is so important to him. so many mothers out there know him and their daughters know him and their sons, too because you have done so much. you opened a new building in the columbia heights area. fabulous building and i wanted to honor you and salute you for all that you have done for so many years for dance and for youngsters in our area. congratulations. and thank you. >> thank you very much. it has been a real honor and a journey to be of service to young kids in the community. after having received training at an early age myself, i felt the power dance had in my life and when it was time for me to decide what to do, post dancing on stage, i decided i would try to go in to the commune and be of service. >> you are a symbol in the community. how is dance evolving? is it still playing the same role it did in your life as for youn

. >> booktv takes you to the harlem book fair live saturday afternoon on cspan2. check out the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> buzz aldrin to assure calls on sundays washington journal. >> sunday homeland security secretary to janet napolitano speaks to the nation's governors. pulitzer prize winner profiles multimillionaire's who are trying to take the plan agreed. afterwards sunday on cspan2 booktv. technology experts in gadgets you will be using in the future. sunday night at a on c-span skew and day. and the community -- communicators from the shares media account -- conference. on cspan2. host: roger olsen is our guest. prosecutors are asking the swiss bank to turn over information. what type of information are they looking for? guest: u.s. taxpayers have been hiding money in offshore and various jurisdictions including switzerland for decades. the debt states now is trying to get specific information about the identity of the u.s. taxpayers that have undisclosed foreign bank records and bank accounts, to find out whether or not they have been commit

. ♪ >> reporter: dancing in harlem, crying in london. [ applause ] >> reporter: this woman flew fromwn without a ticket to the memorial. finally, someone gave her one. >> it was great to be amongst the other friends and share the grief and the loss and also to celebrate michael and his life. >> reporter: but most honored michael jackson simply where they discovered him, in front of television screens. robert wren didn't win the online lottery for a ticket to the event so spent the day quietly inside. >> if i had to if i was working i wouldn't go to work. i had to watch it. i mean it's michael jackson. >> reporter: for nose who wanted company without a crowd, people watched in churches, movie theaters, cafes, and the beauty parlor. >> i think everyone is paying their respect. and this is the only way we can, is by closing things down and watching television and remembering. >> reporter: for dane parker. the dancer who appeared in three of michael jackson's blockbuster hit music videos, that's him behind the bar in "smooth criminal" and "beat it." he was offered a ticket to the memoria

when i drive through harlem or the south side of chicago and i see young men on the corner, i say, there but for the grace of god go i. they are no less gifted than me. they are no less talented than me. but i had some breaks. that mother of mine, she gave me love. she pushed me. she cared about my education. she took no lip. she taught me right from wrong. because of her, i had a chance to make the most of my abilities. i had the chance to make the most of my opportunities. i had the chance to make the most of life. the same story holds true for michelle. the same story holds true for so many of you. and i want all the other barack obamas out there, the other michelle obamas out there to give them the same chance that my mother gave me that the united states of america has given me. that's how our union will be erected and how our economy will be built, and that is how our nation will move forward. and we will move forward. this i know. for i know how far we have come. some you -- some of you saw last week michelle and i took our children to cape cove ghana. this is where people were so

bradley's deputy campaign manager and currently serves on the pastoral church at canen baptist church in harlem, new york, jacques degraff is with us. this has become a huge controversy in the country, so the president is holding the press conference, he's talking about health care, an he's asked about this incident with the harvard professor, and the president who admits he knows nothing about the case goes on to say the police acted stupidly. let's roll the tape. >> i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry, number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home, and, number three, what i think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. sean: first of all, your reaction to this? interestingly we have al sharpton says this is a new low for police, and business cosby saying he had no right to say anything about it. your thoughts? >> that who had -- sean

. >> dancing in harlem, crying in london.from london on her own without a ticket to the memorial. finally, someone gave her one. >> it was great to be amongst the other fans and to just share the grief and the loss to celebrate michael and his life. >> today's final tribute to the king of pop was something of an international spectacle. >> to give us a sense of what this all means for us, it's our top story. >> in the dark of australia's winter night with balloons in moscow and makeshift shrines in london. >> early viewer estimates have been estimated at above 1 million people. >> and again, you're seeing a wrap-up of much of the news coverage from earlier today. we're having some technical problems, we apologize for that. this as you can imagine about as close as it comes to cultural happening these days. it was moving, captivating, a little bit strange at times, but obviously something that we're going to be talking about for a very long time. >>> traffic on the internet surging, nearly 33% today in the ceremony itself, thi

we ao can show you who's happening right w in harlem. we've talkea lot inrent days about the fact that the jackson 5 very ely on won a lent contest at the apollo theater. it was where, spontaneously, people in the new rk citarea came after ty lened of the death of michael jackson. and yoca see them standing outse there, pple jst wanting to be together to share in this moment, to remember michael jackson. so manynfluentialeople in his life who a pictured in the prografor this memorial, piure of michael jackson with quin jones the legeary produchoroduced "thriller and together they really did ke pop history. quincy jos haspoken a lot since the death of miael jacksonbout the hundreds of songthey we through trying to find the perfect mix for "thrilr". how very invold he w in every aspectf the production of that. i also se with aother produc, who was simply doing a television interview with him ma years ago, and he said they went to look and set up the shot and michael jacon very caly, not in any w demanding, but ju said, what about if we too

about a thousand people watched on a big screen set up in harlem, near the apollo theater where the jacksonwon amateur night. >>> you didn't have to travel to new york or l.a. a local radio sphation hosted an event -- station hosted an event. our coverage continues with karen gray houston. >> reporter: with the music, you usually end up with a party. that's what it was like. maybe not as star-studded as the event in los angeles but stars did come out. what was noticeable, the deputies of sin very feeling and appreciation of michael jackson as a husband see call -- musical entertainer that left a mark. the lunchtime michael jackson tribute was on the radio. and off the wall on the big screen at the sideline restaurant. some real fans stood in line for a chance to bns history. >> i was one of those teeny boppers that grew up with him saying one day i would marry michael. >> reporter: fans that know the words and the music. >> ♪ never can say good-bye, though the heartache follows me wherever i go ♪ >> reporter: okay. some of the words. tommy showed up to put it in perspective. >> people all o

i live in harlem, i can see th on my o every day. the reality is, loo have yo 21 states have thaw hathat havee that's $7.2 orhigher. most of the stes in the south, so in the midwest will ve to ke the adaptation. the reality is you can't live off $15,000 a year. >> hold on. >> it's still a very difficult challenge. let me say, it's not just minorities affecting by this. "the wall street journal" featured a 48-year-old car wash worker making $6.55 an hour, and he'sstruggling to pay his rent. these are real peopl affected this. >> keithhois somebody going to pay for rt if they don't have a job? is thiis a point aot of advocas don't understand. some workers do g a pay increase. others lose their jobs, and they are ch more pro to lose jobs when they have a 9.5% unemployment rate. my solution is very simple. suspend the minimum wage increase for another year or two until we get the economy humming again. >> i would add, let's suspend the hike in the minimum wage. you should have a general holiday for employment taxes on businesses. right n

o outside the famed apollo theater in harlem, every day since his death it's amateur night. >> it wasddenly the superstar who faded to black not long ago was on center stage feeling the love. reverend al sharpton who organized the tribute inside chose the black music mecca for highly sentimental reasons. when they won amateur night in 1967, they were frequent guests at the apollo. when the jackson 5 took over the stage in 1980 during their reunion tour, they proved one against they can dazzle the crowd at this venue that turned spectators into lifelong fans on the spot. new york did not have a monopoly. >> he touched a lot of people around the world. he was a very access i believe pop star, and he was somebody whose music really translated across a lot of different cultures. >> we're celebrating. we shouldn't be at home being sad. >> a week or two ago people might have listened to the songs and thought also about the weirdness of him. but now that he's not here anymore, it's like the songs have been liberated from all of that extra stuff. we can just play the songs and dance and have

he could hav at one point, when i drive through harlem a i see men on the streetorner ihink to myself therefore but the graceof god go i. and soust in thatimple statement acknowledg the power that high rates of joblessness in our communitiesave on the destiny ofhe people onhe street corners. talked wh passion about the school systems and how they're failing kids across this country, tk about passion with thjustice system andtalked withassion about the needor healthre and you got sense that w really do have somody to form a civil rights lawyer, rmer communi organizer as esident. and that's what peopl needed to he because these are tough times and what gives themhope is when they feel like the esident gets it and is going to fight for them. >> charl: here's the lea com, "the new yo times" put the pictureere and basically said he encouraged pents to teach their children that your deiny is in your hands and don't you fort that. >> rig. now 20% of the speech. if you read u today,hey actually talked abou his speech in equalies. at was their subhead. >> chaie: he's the lead paraaph of the ne