joining me tonight is james peterson, director of africana studies and associate professor of englishgh university. he also blogs for the huffington post. welcome to the show, professor peterson. >> thanks for having me, doc. >> while washington will only talk about spending cuts, professor peterson, what kind of message is bloomberg sending by pumping millions of his own darz into a public program like this? pretty remarkable, no? >> well, i think that the effort on his part and mr. soros and the matching effort of the city, these are great supplemental programs, and i actually want to applaud him on this initiative. it's really, really important. but i really also think we need to look at the numbers and understand there has to be other structural changes in order to make these sort of supplemental things much more effective and the changes we need for black and brown men in inner cities much more permanent. for instance, new york city has about 8 million people in it, right? so the black and brown males make up maybe somewhere between 1 1/2 to 2 million of those. $40 million over t

james peterson. he blog for the "huffington post." so great to have both have you here with us tonight on this sub. there are just a lot of frustrated people in this country. and this frustration is growing. we see this obstruction taking place in washington where both sides came together on a jobs package and i have to ask, what is this country going to look like? one year from now if we don't do anything about jobs. did you hear that crowd in detroit? what are your thoughts on all that? >> well, you know, my home town is detroit. so i their cries and the call of the people. i their blood curdling screams of desperation for economic recovery. and for a stimulus of their direct area. there that i think a year from now, we don't have a jobs package, we don't have a job legislation put forth. the masses of americans will be suffering. take for instance, rick perry's own state where one out of four kids are living in poverty there somewhere near there. despite thought republican rhetoric about cutting spending and denying the raising of

lisa peterson is the communications director for the akc,2which has seen a 49% increase in pet thefts this year alone. john husky and dina martinez were devastated when their 4-month-old dog, mr. jamesve. >> we thought the dog squeezed out some bars, so that's when we can bring out the search dog. >> reporter: analisa burnes from pet search and rescue worked on the case. >> good girl! rainbow, ready? search. where's the dog? >> reporter: it workrkvery much the same as for a missing person, using dogs to try to find the scent. john and dina's story had a happy ending. they got mr. james brown back. >> thank you. >> reporter: but that is not always the case. >> most people, over 80% to 90%, they can get their pets back on their own if they know what to do. they don't need the search dogs. >> reporter: what do you need to do to prevent your pet from becoming a statistic? >> the biggest prevention tip is a collar and tag. hands down. it's the easiest, simplest, most inexpensive thing you can do and really has that increasing your chance of getting your dog back safe. >> simple steps. >> those microchips work, too. there was a dog that was dog napped in california and turned up in seattl

reporter: lisa peterson is the communications director for the akc that has seen a 49% increase in pepethefts this year alone. john and dina were devastated when their 4-month-old dog mr. jamesssing. >> we were really, really concerned that this wasn't going to end well. >> reporter: so they hired a pet detective. >> we thought the dog squeezed out some bars. that's when we can bring out the search dog. >> reporter: annalisa berns from pet search and rescue worked on the case. >> good girl, rainbow, ready. search, where is the dog? >> reporter: it works very much the same as for a missing person using dogs to try to find the scent. john and dina's story had a happy ending. they got mr. james brown back but that is not always the case. most people, over 80% to 90%, they can get their pets back on their own if they know what to do. they don't need the search dog. >> reporter: what do you need to know to prevent your pet from becoming a statistic? >> the biggest prevention tip is a collar and tags, hands down. it's the easiest, most inexpensive thing you can do and really have that increase your chances of getting your dog back. >> so essential and the akc recommends having you

james" except in 'cleveland where his name is m.u.d. famous truant ferris bueller and girlfriend sloan peterson are old enough to be their parents. whitney houston has always, always loved you, not me, but you. >> whitney houston is going to be known as "whitney who?" >> reporter: and arnold palmer to these kids isn't an iconic golf champ but a refreshing beverage. and some striking societal changes, too. there's always been at least two women on the supreme court and freshmen have never known a russia that has an official communist party. how quickly times they are a changing. >> i think by the time lady gaga started showing up on classic rock radio she'll probably be on the list. >> reporter: no matter what professors throw at student this 'year, this year, forrest gump is all around to remind them -- >> life is like a box of chocolates. >> reporter: so run, students, run. the world is your oyster and you can find it on your iphone. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> as richard engel showed us tonight. the world is changing as we speak, thousands of miles away. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being