they're part of harlem rbi. a free six-week camp for hundreds of elementary through high school-age kids in new york city. before taking the field each day -- >> we're going to have some people share their stories with us. >> reporter: -- these teams warm up with a few hours of reading and writing. 9-year-old micah lambert isn't just a star catcher. she's determined to go to college. and the extra time in the classroom keeps her from getting rusty during her summer vacation. >> they make it really, really really fun. >> rich started as a volunteer. now he's the director. >> our biggest challenge is making sure they understand this is a safe, supportive environment. >> reporter: here in east harlem there's a 50% high school dropout rate. for the kids who join harlem rbi middle school, 90% of them will graduate and go on to college. like 20-year-old coach terrance reyes who credits harlem rbi with helping him cope with the murder of his best friend and teammate. do you think you'd be in college if you hadn't been

success school from the children's zone, from the heart children's harlem zone.the teachers union said they can't use the lunchroom. little thing things, big things, anonymous phonecalls about principals who actually try to supervise teachers. if the union stopped fighting you can have collaboration ended many cases at that point in the book the union as stop fighting and has started to collaborate and when that happens, the reformers and some of them don't do this, the reformers have to be willing to take yes for an answer. there were some reformers, they basically want to do what the president did when we invaded iraq, just fire the whole infrastructure and get rid of everybody. how did that work out? you can't do that to the unions were the public schoolteachers either. >> host: when i was in houston last year and they toured kaplan with mike levin and his crowd i said why don't you take on a whole district? if you took open -- over whole district no one could accuse you of cherry-picking. that would be a great challenge for them and i think they could demonst

harlem success academy flexible has 50% of the teachers turn over every year >> guest: not true, 60%. that's just not true. >> host: i was told that by the head of the council. >> guest: they did not have 50% attrition rate. >> host: in los angeles -- >> guest: >> host: in los angeles and chicago, "the chicago tribune," "the los angeles times" report on the rates in the charter schools is a problem. but the bigger problem is you cannot identify great teachers in advance you have to wait three or four years to have the data. and even then it is questionable because the people who develop these methods like bill sanders says you can use it to identify the top and bottom but they are not useful for the middle. you said you cannot identify the individuals he is one of the leading researchers and advocates for using the test scores -- >> guest: you are supposed to be the interview were so is this a question? >> host: i am responding to what you said which is the leading performer of the value added assessment said you should not name names and in your book to praise the "los angeles times"

successful from the children's zone i'm in the harlem children's. the teachers union said they can't use the one true. little things, big things, anonymous phone calls about principals who try to supervise teachers. if the union stopped fighting, you cannot collaboration and in many cases, the union has stopped fighting and has started to collaborate. when that happens, the reformers -- some of them don't do this. the reformers have to be one to take yes for an answer. his family farmers that basically want to do what the president did when we invaded iraq. just fire the whole infrastructure and get rid of everybody. you can't do that to the unions are public school teachers either. >> host: when it was houston last year and to work with mike lebanon and his whole credits about your take on the whole district? if he took over the whole from top to bottom, no one will accuse you of cherry-picking. i think they could demonstrate what they could do. you think that's a good idea? >> guest: yet. >> host: not houston, but why not detroit? >> guest: i hear

without me because i am harlem harlem. i'm not a revisionist. who do you think that man think he is; right? can you imagine saying that to us; right? i mean, he's racist. we always had to be reminded he was racist. somebody said he was racist, and you said, uh-huh, he is. that day, i went in front of the hotel teresa where brother malcolm came with the soi and spoke, and i was with some corp. members on that island who said after he finished speaking that i'm going to leave. you know, sometimes how you are on this cloudy day, you watch the buildings gain color from the dullness of the day, and i watched malcolm's face gain color from the dullness of the day, and i jumped off the island, and because i'm tall as you can see, i was able to manage to go in and out and the soi and actually touch him on the shoulder and say, mr. x, and he turned around, he looked -- he was looking for the person who tapped him on the shoulder, he looked down, and by that time the soi was ready to remove me. he shook his head. he did the whatever

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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 of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escap

kevin durant on the court in harlem. >>> for the lucky few, thunderstorms will cool you off from this amazing heat. your forecast is coming up. >>> well, good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports for both the mets and the marlins it's been the kind of season that makes it not too surprising that the most noteworthy part of last night's game didn't take place on the field. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi there. good morning. many kids dream of playing in the major leagues, but for 11-year-old jacob resnick, he dreams of calling the game. yesterday he got the opportunity of a lifetime. take a listen. >> here's the first pitch in hand, and reyes swings it. back it goes. it's gone! a home run for jose reyes, and the mets tie the game! >> great call by the young jacob resnick. remember that name. he's got a future in this business. to the ninth inning where the mets literally throw this one away. up one. grounder to justin turner, and he airmails the toss. marlins take the lead and beat the mets 4-3. wild one b

right now we are in harlem. harlem is a city within a city.hen i refer to harlemite think of it as a city. some people say it is a neighborhood in new york city. it is really black metropolis. when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x standalone alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and don the in the postwar age of colonization. he is that big a figure. when we think of the post civil-rights era malcolm is written out of that script. what is very important for us to understand about mao x, he is an organizer. what is great about this book is it showed the inner workings of how malcolm transformed the nation of islam. there has always been a dialogue with nation of islam and malcolm x in the aftermath of malcolm x's assassination. people say malcolm could not have been what he was without the honorable elijah muhammed. he was the greatest fruit of that tree but when you look at what was going on and how he organized the nation of islam you see a real dialectical relationship. a real symbiotic relationship. nation of islam has few numbers before

he has put on a show at the legendary rucker park in harlem.ing the crowd by hitting three after three in the fourth quarter while being double and even triple teamed. he finishes with a staggering 66 points. if the nba lockout ended today, i have a feeling durant would be ready to go. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> now for another quick look at the weather, here is nbc's bill karins. did you hear the kid announcing the game? >> that was great. >> i could never do that. the only thing that would come out of my mouth is boom goes the dynamite. >> you're right, you can't do that. changes for you from the mid-atlantic to new england. thunderstorms last night in boston, that's cleared out what will be different is down in d.c. from philadelphia to baltimore, a lot more clouds today. a lot of green on the map. this is light rain moving down through the ohio valley. we've had thunderstorms overnight through ohio, indiana. now this area of clouds and showers will move over us with all the cloud cover, temperatures will be muc

ridiculous lawsuits with little things, the volunteers of harlem successful from the children's zone,the teachers union said they can't use the luncheon. little things, big things, anonymous phone calls about principals who try to supervise teachers. if the unions stop fighting you can have collaboration. and in many cases as i point out in the book, the union has stop fighting and have started to collaborate. and when that happens the reformers, some of them don't do this, the reformers have to be willing to take yes for an end to. some reformers, they basically want to do what the president did when we invaded iraq, get rid of everybody. how did that work out? you can't do that to the unions or the public school teachers either. >> host: when i was in houston last year and i toured with mike and his okra, i so why don't you take on a whole district was if he took over a whole urban district from top to bottom no one could accuse you of cherry-picking. i think that would be a great challenge for the. i think they could demonstrate. do you think that would be a good idea? >> guest: ye

cotton comes to harlem, remember that? he was brilliant. and then you have your old school comics, your moms maybe my who was brilliant. [applause] and all moms -- that little girl is so cute. all moms mabely had to do was talk, and she was funny. oh, i gotta tell you about my husband. [laughter] man, he was so ugly -- [laughter] honest to goodness, he hurt my feelings, you know? if. [laughter] we want today just hear this woman talk. you felt like you were connected to some kind of black history by listening to her. and i don't feel that in a lot of comedy today. you know, i just feel like it's very superficial, and it's, you know, the things that are being talked about don't mean anything, you know? in a large sense. i don't want to make a blanket statement. i think chris rock is still just one of the most important not just black comedians, but probably comedians, probably of all time, you know this and then, of course, richard pryor kind of ushered in this modern comedy. but his stuff was more personal, no one has been as personal since

right now we are in harlem. harlem is a city within a city.when i refer to harlemite think of it as a city. some people say it is a neighborhood in new york city. it is really black metropolis. when we think about malcolm x, malcolm x standalone alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and don the in the postwar age of colonization. he is that big a figure. when we think of the post civil-rights era malcolm is written out of that script. what is very important for us to understand about mao x, he is an organizer. what is great about this book is it showed the inner workings of how malcolm transformed the nation of islam. there has always been a dialogue with nation of islam and malcolm x in the aftermath of malcolm x's assassination. people say malcolm could not have been what he was without the honorable elijah muhammed. he was the greatest fruit of that tree but when you look at what was going on and how he organized the nation of islam you see a real dialectical relationship. a real symbiotic relationship. nation of islam has few numbers before

we were on the cusp of harlem. to listen to music and ca james brown act was the ticket.you also have access to downtown and a university ambiance. i recall being very aware of books for example, going by bookstores on broadway and being fascinated by the prospect of going inside but couldn't bring myself to do that for many years because i thought it was for a different kind of person, a different class, better educated class. on the other hand my mother who did love books but used to collect them as decorative objects almost and since we live in the university neighborhood and because of that we sometimes come across carton's of books left behind by college students under stairwells. so i kind of read the book that came into the house. stuff like agriculture development in the midwest, 1954. we had one half volume of oliver twist. nice bold pages but only half -- that kind of thing. it was an interesting neighborhood. part of new york when it was quite a different place when it was only about -- you didn't need a lot of money to live there. people like st. minstrels and

. >> nothing weird, just, you know, coolin' off. [ light laughter ] and -- so i got to harlem for -- yeah, sure. >> for soul food at sylvia's. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, it's delicious. >> delicious, beautiful place. and on the way back, the cab driver passed up a fire hydrant that was open. and i saw it and i'm like -- i was right on the side of the fire hydrant. and i'm like, "this is it," you know? "my dreams have been answered. my 'tweet' dreams." >> jimmy: yeah. >> "tweet dreams." >> jimmy: "tweet dreams," i gotcha. >> that's a program i do on the internet too, if you wanna watch it. >> jimmy: it's the name of your new website. >> yeah. so i see -- i see the fire hydrant, so i start rolling down the window. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and the cab driver is like, "whoa -- no, no!" and he starts rolling it up but i'm rolling it down and i win. some how my -- my controller has more power than the cab driver's. [ laughter ] so i open it and the kids just raise up the water and i get just drenched, like hard. >> jimmy: they just hosed you. >> yeah, like, well, you know when they hosed down monkeys i

the deputies of the south the city in harlem and passed a resolution on state sovereignty in september nine hundred ninety eight which georgia refused to recognize since then georgia has been seeking unification with south ossetia. on the ninth from august the seventh to almost the eighth two thousand and eight georgian troops began shelling skin by the military units were forced to leave the country as a result of the russian peacekeeping operation afterwards russia recognized south or says here as an independent state. in august two thousand and eight leyla today over and her young daughters spent five days in this placement together with another five hundred people. at the residence of skin doll and underground when the town came under attack just discussed us to come so now it seems to me that outside on the street the whole thing is going to start a new high dose of course it's bad memory but in fact we all love this place and because it helps us to stay long enough. to come there was only nine when the war broke out she was frightened but didn't show her fear in order to not upse

to guarantee liberties in southeast asia, which they had not found in southwest georgia and east harlem. tavis: dr. luther -- dr. martin luther king also addressed a number of issues he had been grappling with an -- how he could remain silent about an ongoing war there is an even deeper level of awareness. it grows out of my experience over the last three years, especially the last three summers, as i have walked among the desperate and angry young men. i have told them that molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. i tried to get their deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through non-violent actions, but we ask, what about vietnam? i knew that i could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos. not without having spoken to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today, my own government. >> tomorrow night, part two of our look on martin luther king's stance against the war in vietnam and what we can still learn about military intervention around the globe. that is it

more news today in harlem since once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada the first showing up for a shelter on the day the six. in the czech republic he is available in the gallery hutto and some of the central hotel privy room most full story aida which i am a taste in bosnia and herzegovina available in. the children of each. cubic. foot you know. termite hotels you're good enough. to know your motto. in serbia let's use available in that region see. the headlines on the battleground tripoli heavy fighting goes on in the libyan capital as rebels colonel gadhafi compound backed up by nato airstrikes rebel claims that they controlled most of the city and had captured gadhafi son saif have now been proved to be incorrect. secret assistance british intelligence has reportedly planned the end game for gadhafi regime guiding the rebels in their push on tripoli more u.k. military personnel are said to be on standby in the mediterranean to boost the. e.u. all of john's flock back to libya on a red carpet laid out by a self-procl

debbie gibson and the boys and girls career of harlem alumni performing in the park.rack for a can't miss edition, but we are going to begin now with the very latest from the case of that missing american woman in aruba. robyn gardner disappeared august 2nd on the island and last night the fbi searched the maryland home of the man with whom she was traveling. ron claiborne is back with us with the very latest on this case. ron? >> josh, law enforcement officials in aruba are talking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance tapes hunting for clues as to what happened to robyn gardner. now, the investigation into her traveling companion gary giordano has expanded to the u.s. fbi agents are seen here searching gary giordano's maryland home overnight. >> we're here this evening to execute a federal search warrant. >> reporter: at least 15 cars arrived at his residence to o execute the warrant. authorities can be seen carrying out boxes. giordano remains in police custody back in aruba. it has now been ten days since giordano's traveling companion, robyn gardner, was last s

morning news today in harlem says once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around the day. in india oh she's available in the movie going to join the hotel rooms a movie that's the gateway her to the ground in period truly the top western. you can a letter to her to say don't need to go and. read this in the kernel was her job as a retreat. here with r t why from moscow our top stories russia cautions against international calls for change in syria saying president assad needs time to implement promised changes. black friday on the markets the world financial stocks are hit by a fresh wave of sell offs amid fears the global economy is in decline it comes as experts suggest the u.s. and europe are dangerously close to recession. swimmers and russian far east are gripped by fear after two people were savaged by sharks in just two days attacks that have never been seen before in the country has begun for what scientists believe could be a great white shark. now when i get

partial list of what hilts jerry leiber left us with, hound dog, jailhouse rock, poison ivy, spanish harlem, take out the paper and the trash or you don't get no spending cash. jerry leiber dead at 78. >>> anxious moments at the private island owned by the wealthy british businessman richard branson and this involved the actress kate winslet who was there with her children. a lightning strike related to the oncoming hurricane irene started a fire that spread through the private island that branson purchased back in the '80s. branson said kate winslet scooped up his 90-year-old mother, rescued her from the flames. the main house burned to the ground, but thankfully, no one was injured. >>> when we come back here tonight, a new tribute nearly 50 years later for a man whose message changed the world. >> my four little children will one day live in a nation -- >>> in the nation's capital, a new memorial opened to the public today for the very first time and this coming weekend, it's possible half a million people will be there for the official dedication ceremony of the memorial to the reverend

more news today in harlem says once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of china that. giant corporations are on today. top stories. and explosions in the libyan capital as rebels claim they've launched an attack. approaching. the. government forces. in the middle east. tension. this. one. is. for the rugby world cup and indeed favorites it certainly is bill. the last year in new zealand it was as if they had forgotten how to. put it right we've all the rest of the russian premier league football. right. here in central. comprehensive. the service. qualifies to me this month. in the final. hours. on food for thought favorites for the fast approaching ruby world cup new zealand get schooled by south africa in the tri nations. spock in the russian premier league they are men had been in danger of losing their leading spot following three games with a win but the pub thought right on saturday. charges retaining their two point advantage following victory over f.c. a brilliant team move finis

mornings today in harlem says once again fled up the face these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. stock stories on today's headlines in our two libyan rebels have turned down reported offer by moammar gadhafi to negotiate a power transfer as they prepare a final attack on the colonel's hometown. there's a big shake up in the russian space agency after the loss of another amalgamation and scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station and prevent a disaster. north korean leader kim jong il waltz through half of russia by train for a meeting with president medvedev saying piltdown was a resumption of international tossing that will bring peace to the peninsula. add a tropical storm irene least four million people without power along the u.s. the storm seaboard as it slops into new york the highlands and heavy downpours for the paper trail of destruction it's also claimed at least fifty yards. more news for you in less than fifteen minutes time but first here with a sports. a lot welcomes in the latest sports

morning news today harlem says once again flared up from. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of chatter about. china's hope for a shelter on today. headlines when i see calls for israelis nation like to join the country's biggest social protests grow louder as something promises to become another record breaking turnout however some in tel aviv say the demonstrations are only benefiting the privileged. tenser rhetoric between police and politicians in the u.k. as david cameron slams offices for the poor handling of the streets while turning instead to the us for advice courts are working day and night and heavy patrols are in the streets to deal with the consequences of looting and rioting throughout the . rumors all the insider trading and an accounting error worth true with a trillion dollars leaving standing on paul's rating agency facing a revengeful washington inquiry even as world markets continue to shift following the on the president in us debt downgrade. right there we are you going someplace headlines

there's this wonderful book called fillmore harlem west and also there's several other books that are about that particular era. but that's all happening too, people like billie holiday, count basie, duke ellington, they were all playing in the fillmore district, bop city, plantation club, jack's tavern. that's another world that i was intrigued by and the fact that there were neisei jazz musicians. also the no no boys, which i'm not sure if you are aware of, but one of the story lines in the play is about the character called chet monkawa and he was what was known as a no no boy. at some point everyone in the internment camp was asked to do this questionnaire and there were two questions, question 27 and 28, which basically said you were foreswear allegiance to japan and the emperor and will swear allegiance to america and that you will serve in the armed forces. and for young neisei men in their late teens and 20's, if you signed that, by and large the sense was you could be drafted. and what came about was a certain amount of controversy over those two questions because a lot of th

more news today in harlem says once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for a shelter on the day. top stories this hour in r.t. heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in the libyan capital as rebels claim they've launched an attack on tripoli with. fast approaching but some reports suggest the loud bangs were celebratory fire works off to government forces the offensive. the surge of violence in the middle east with fears a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza might lead to the jewish state a new ground attack the moderators protesting against social injustice say the government might use the conflict to divert attention from problems at home. with harsh sentences handed to those who only thought about taking part in iraq and the government's excessive response simply public discontent. with union and you know of his great run on the cincinatti hard court shows no signs of abating yes she's a tough. but she has been doing all she came back recovered a

columnist for foreign policy in focus called harlem and says the nato operation in need there is an implementation of bush era plans to gain control over africa the united states has for the past sixty years felt that if it is to have political or economic influence in a particular country or region it also has to have a military footprint and i think what people need to do is to see that this is the first nato operation in africa and this goes back to document the bush administration which called for the creation of an african command which has been done which calls for an invasion of an african country not using troops but the air power lately all of these things are done and they have to do eventually with control of resources and right now africa is up for grabs and human rights activist and matheny claims the un has already drafted the documents that would ensure its future presence. in some places this ten page martin plan says things like we can do this without getting a new mandate from the security council i.e. we can move peacekeepers from missions that already exist and put them in ther

more news today harlem says once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to look for a shelter on the day. take. a long way and welcome to crossfire crime futile about just how exceptional american exceptionalism goes to the very foundation of how most americans see their country's history and place in the world is there any truth to this worldview or is it just a myth. discussed in meaning of american exceptionalism i'm joined by david merkel in copenhagen is a former deputy assistant secretary of state and the administration of george w. bush in oxford we go to godfrey hard to and from oxford university and author of the myth of american exceptionalism and in new york we cross to peter shock he is a professor at yale law school and coeditor of understanding america the anatomy of an exceptional nation and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want since you wrote a book on it

while his focus was on east harlem, his experience we have been very similar had the focus in the lower east side. nor ms. tallman dreamed of creating a harmonious new durkan finally broken down by race and nationality. and as he would have been heartened by the families who lived in our tenement across the street. we have a recording of a sicilian cuff like woman, josephine, who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian family. she recalls that she would call for yondah josette to turn the light on her for her. 60 years later you can hear the pride in her voice for being called upon for that task. it is entirely probable families living in the tenement which is open until the year 1935 discussed or admired norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with the author of conscience. she will be signing copies of the book and keep in mind when you buy a copy of the book and you are supporting the author, the publisher and the museum. if you choose to become a member this evening we will give you a complimentary copy. tonight's conversation is led by joh

first experience, i think about 1977, and the artist was eddie cheeba, and it was charles gallery in harlem. for those people who didn't know the culture-- don't know the culture of the era-- what was different about that music you heard than what they might have heard from r&b acts or from motown or tamla? well, at that time, motown and tamla and those labels were not so successful. what was big then was disco, and especially in new york. so the big records on the radio were-- like, patrick juvet had a song called i love america. the village people had y.m.c.a., and there was a record pool, which i remember was the most influential in terms of getting records on the radio and from the disco, communicating the needs of the public, and that disco pool-- record pool-- was made up of 25 jocks who played in gay clubs, and-- you know, larry levan, larry patterson, and tee scott. i mean, it was all these popular disco deejays, and they were doing what-- the leader of that pool, judy weinstein, said that disco was black music made easy for white people to dance to. and that became-- the most impor

themselves with certain individuals that's completely up to them we are talking about a forum of harlem world and i do not much care about how they phrase their statements my position is different it is embodied in the decrees i've signed over that difficult period which i will be frank with you although you may disagree i am not ashamed of having signed those decrees not only am i not ashamed i believe these decisions were much needed and they were right there was no other way to stop the tragedy those decisions were very difficult to make i realise what sort of repercussions they might bring i can tell you that i have had long discussions with my aides about these decrees and we saw no obvious solution to the crisis at first nevertheless i think the decisions i made were well thought out the essence of it was to recognise the territory as a subject to international law so we could protect them. as for what that might bring a question that inevitably follows no one knows you know i would be very happy if the georgian abkhazia and south a certain authorities went to the negotiating tabl

>> reporter: she's selling t-shirts on a harlem sidewalk. >> how much do they sell for?a half ago she worked for a company in advertising until she lost her job. what do you think about this economy? >> i don't think it's going to get better any time soon. >> reporter: investors aren't optimistic about the economy either. when the closing bell rang, the market had lost more than 500 points. capping a miserable stretch. and with the u.s. government poised to release unemployment numbers, the drumbeat of bad news is expected to continue. >> i don't think there's any good news. you've got to give me a reason to buy stocks. >> reporter: vonda jamieson remains optimistic about her new career. >> this is what i do to make ends meet. >> reporter: she's been able to pay her bills with a t-shirt business that now has her focused on more than just dollars and cents. >> everybody wants to do their own business. but it takes courage. so when your back's up against the wall, you can find courage like in your pinky toe. >> reporter: she like so many others has had to reinvent herself

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. >> it's a young woman who lives in harlem.'s a currently enrolled student at hunter college and it's the first time that she gets sex for money. she spent an afternoon with this guy, he's 42 years old, low and behold, he's 20 years older than what he said. >> oh, boy. >> and she's nervous. she has to tell her roommate. >> she's incredibly nervous. there's a huge stigma attached to this. most of these women reveal the secret to their friend so at least one person knows where they are headed. at the end of the day, she winds up getting $350 for having sex with this guy and gets on the train and she starts feeling ashamed and wonders, you know, what it was that led her to do this. >> and how many women are out there, do you think, with this web arrangement website? >> there are about a dozen websites that do this type of thing. there are 800,000 members. according to the site's founder, 800,000, 40% of the guys are married men. of the 800,000, 35% are currently enrolled college students. so it's definitely increasing. it's someth

>> let me say thank you to the schaumberg for this great venue >> this event was part of the 2011 harlem book fair, and for more or information visit qbr.com. >> booktv has over 100,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement, follow booktv on twitter to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and talk directly with authors during our live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> and now aaron pribble recounts his year playing baseball in the first and only season of the israel baseball league. the then-27-year-old former minor leaguer recalls his experiences in israel. this lasts about 45 minutes. [applause] [laughter] >> i think i got it, after a brief fumble. thank you, everybody, so much for coming out. thank you, c-span, thank you all the viewers at home. c-span, we love ya, thank you for being here. [laughter] i really cannot stop grinning because there is so much love here tonight, it's unbelievable. we have student here, a bunch of my students here, and that's a really, really neat thing. [applause] we have little league coaches are here, we have basketball

the harlem children's zone. i don't think we can have a strong neighborhood or strong community anywhere in this country, urban, rural suburban if we don't have great schools at the heart. these are inextricably linked mckeith and cycles of poverty if we don't have great, great schools. we'll continue to work very hard across agencies to help revitalize the most distressed communities and make sure great educational options are available for young people in those neighborhoods and it can be safe not just in school but walking to and from school and their families had support services and reference services they need to help them be successful. these are actually tough economic times hitting us at every single level. i wish it was much easier. vicious reality and honesty will not change tomorrow. we can't let that stop our work and stop our collaboration. we can't stop doing everything in our power collectively together nations and people a chance to be successful. one final thing that i corrupt working as part o

if republican candidates had to go and peel and pry away 5% of the vote ners harlem because finally they're going to reach them and we have an opportunity to speak to them that might change up our politics. host: more of the words in the congressman john lewis, what would king say to obama? mr. lewis writes visit the people where they live. he would urge them to meet the coal miners of west virginia to shake the hands of the working poor in our large urban centers juggling multiple jobs to try to make ends meet next call louisiana lucy thank you for waiting you're on with michelle and leonard. what do you have to say? caller: thank you so much for taking my call. my name is lucy and i'm an immigrant from nigeria. and it was beautiful to come to the united states and i was taken aback when i came to the united states to see that there is such a racial segregation system in the united states of america because we don't know that in africa. we don't know that there is such thing. and what bothers me a lot about this is why? why do you promote the idea of black and white? why do you actually ha

. >>> hoops in harlem, have always gone hand in hand.york city neighborhoods and you might not guess what it is. >> street game, squash, really? turns out a sport once reserved for prep schools is offering inner city kids a way to move up and out of the neighborhood. i love squash, a tough game. >> fun to watch. who would have thought it? we're talking about someone who came up with an idea and said, why not? how about combining a mentoring program with a sport that kids in harlem aren't usually exposed to. so far, it's a winning combination and if you'll pardon the pun, kids are having a ball. >> reporter: for these students in harlem, learning how to play squash is opening doors to a college education. >> for about the first nine years of the program, we were borrowing other people's courts. >> reporter: george's biggest fear when he founded street squash 12 years ago, was that kids wouldn't be interested. >> especially in the beginning, no one had any idea what the game was. >> probably say what, squash? what's that? >> reporter: this

they take the same children in harlem and get them to succeed.t the answer, but they're the demonstration of the kind of change you can get if you start to do the reforms which start with substituting the idea of performance for protection. right now teaching in new york and other big school systems it's a civil service protection occupation. >> when you're looking at who gets responsibility for performing at a higher standard, the schools get a lot of attention, administrators get a lot of attention, the government gets a lot of attention and of course, teachers get a lot of attention. in your research, where do you find the responsibility on parents? >> the parents' responsibility is very high, but the job of government, the job of our public schools is not to say well there's nothing we can do because the parents are at fault. there's noeg we can do because these kids come from broken homes or they come from homes that are disadvantaged by poverty. the job of public school is to put the american dream back into public schools. it's been demons

. >> up next from the 2011 harlem book fair, a panel on african-american economic history. this is about an hour, 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone: >> good afternoon. >> it is, indeed, a pleasure and an honor to present these dynamic, i was going to say young lady, but dynamic young ladies, and i mean that in that sense. these are two terrific sisters. they. are authors, and they're hard workers, they're advocates for our community, and their activists. i applaud you all for coming out in what might be 100-degree weather to enjoy what we're about to enjoy right now. e my name is troy johnson, and i am the founder of the african-american literature book club. aalbc.com is the largest and most frequently visited web sit. by and about books written by and about people of african-american, african descent. it was started in 1998 and is one of the oldest web sites ofso its kind online. first i'd like to introduce you to carol jenkins. carol jenkins, author of black titans and making of a black american millionaire. a writer and producer and an emmy award winning former w.

we will check in at a harlem book fair. also, the freedom fest and roosevelt reading festival begins at 8:30 p.m. eastern. you'll begin to see that also on c-span2. president obama gave a statement on the situation in libya just a short time ago. the president said it remains fluid and uncertain. moammar gaddafi's nearly 42-year regime is coming to an end after a five-month nato-led bombing campaign. the president says the situation reached a tipping point in recent days. but there are elements that remain a threat. >> of dr. martin luther king was not a president of the united states. at no time in his life to the hold public office. he is not a hero of foreign wars. he never had much money. while he lived, he was reviled as much as he was celebrated. by his own account, and he was a man of frequently wracked with doubt, a man not without flaws, on a man, who like moses before him, was wondering why he had been chosen. he had the task of leading people to freedom, the task of healing festering wounds. >> watching the entir

i was at harlem a few weeks ago. i was meeting with a group of students.eliever in fought with kids about real issues. so i said to them, i said you know what, lots of people believe that because kids are poor and because they are black or latino they can't learn. because of all of the, you know, environmental factors and the violence in your community and this sort of thing. what do you think about that? kids were like absolutely disagree. they started tell megaall of the reasons why. the one little girl raised their hands, she said i would want you to tell the american people it is not about where we come from every day, it's where we are going to that counts. so this is what the kids want us to know about the quality of education. they will persevere through all of the challenges on the way to school, as long as we are making what happens in the school building worthwhile for them. >> a couple of things in terms of original question. we have something in sacramento, the city-schools partnership. we sit down with the four superintendents, because we have

he told sunday morning's randall pinkston about the day he met simpson at a church in harlem. >> whitechurch. they didn't know i was homeless when i walked in the church. then i saw valerie. >> reporter: what did you think when you saw him walk in the door? >> cute. very cute. but mysterious. >> reporter: over the years, the pair penned hits for diana ross. ray charles. and marvin gaye. and, of course, for themselves. pinkston asked about the secret to their chemistry. >> so how does it happen? do you come here with the lyrics? do you come to him with the music? how does it work. >> it happens a lot of ways. most of the time it's just spontaneous. >> reporter: but the music is timeless. nick ashford was 70. ♪ when the night has come and the land is dark ♪ ♪ and the moon is the only... ♪ >> mason: jerry lieber was a founding member of the pop and rock music world. ♪ no, i won't be afraid > his biggest hit even inspired a movie. ♪ just as long as you stand by me ♪ >> reporter: artists from benny king. ♪ darl, darling, stand by me > to john lennon. to believe it or not cassius clay later