we'll talk about race and politics with the reverend jesse jackson. also the bush tack cuts for the wealthy. we will ask our sunday regulars whether letting taxes rise is the right thing to do. and our power play of the week. oprah's chef teaches inner city kids how to take care of themselves. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington. with the mid term campaign intensifying we asked two brig thinkers to discuss it. from vermont, howard dean. former governor and chair of the democratic party and here in studio, former house speaker nude gingrich. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be with you. >> chris: let's start with the case of shirley sherrod who was forced to resign because the obama administration mistakenly thought that she made racial comments. you said this. >> i often disagree with this administration but firing her after that kind of viciously racist attitude was exactly the right thing to do and the fact that we have to be genuinely color blind. you can't be a black racist any more than you can

say right here, right now, i open my heart to love -- i was doing a radio show yesterday with jesse jackson's daughter, queen of talk radio. yesterday on the show, we were talking about love, and a gentleman called in and said the only way to have healthy love in our community is to have a no-exit policy in our love relationships so you stay and work it out. we got a lot of flak for that. people said uh-uh, no, no, no, i don't want the exit sealed. i want to be able to get out at a moment's notice. and some of you may remember, what did your mother teach you about men? some of it is unrepeatable in polite company, as my mother would say. everybody's mother who thought they were keeping their daughter safe would say always have your money so you can get out in case he's whatever, whatever. some were told worse things than that babout -- that about men. all the sisters said, no, no, i don't want to feel vulnerable. tap here. tap here. because if my heart's not open, i cannot be in my true power. what's our true power? it's what? come here, supervisor. he has to volunteer with me. if my heart's

jesse jackson was among those in the audience. sfs are set to take place tomorrow morning. >>> a final vote tomorrow in the senate is expected to restore unemployment benefit to millions of people. senators voted 60 to 40 to overpower republican delaying tactics and clear the way for tomorrow. the bill would allow unemployed workers to united states with again receive 99 weeks of federal benefit. three earlier votes on this stalled. today's movement came after the west virginia democrat was sworn in to replace the late robert byrd. his vote, the 60th, was the one that broke the gop fill will you buster. -- filibuster. >>> sponsored by dean florez, people are eligible for overtime pay after an 8-hour day in a 40-hour workweek. currently ot doesn't kick in until after 10 hours a day in a 60-hour week. farmers say they would be having to cut hours meaning smaller paychecks for everyone. most farm workers make $10 an hour. the govenor has not yet taken a position on the proposal. >>> the london times is reporting tonight that the bp c

running for governor in alabama could not say "i oppose the obama health care" without jesse jackson saying he's not a real black man. i want to say one in response to john fund, who is an old and dear friend of mine. look, the poll workers who testified, they were democrats that were working for republicans. and they had affidavits. they said themselves, they were not afraid. and the issue here, of course, is voter intimidation. they were not voters. but even if they were intimidated, they said they were not afraid. we have no evidence that anybody was afraid. >> schieffer: we're going to have to break here because we have to pay some bills here. we'll be back in one minute. announcer: this is a baby. a baby generating data in a neo-natal ward. every heart beat, every breath, every anomaly... from over a thousand pieces of unique information per second. helping doctors find new ways to detect life threatening infections up to 24 hours sooner. on a smarter planet... analyze the data and you can predict what will happen faster. so you can do what they're doing in toronto... and build

reverend jesse jackson came out last night for the memorial concert.ic has been transformative throughout the world. i was in south africa when nelson mandela was free. they were singing "happy day." we were so down when the king was assassinated, there was a gloom in the air and out of somewhere came "oh, happy day." so this is a force for good in the world. >> reporter: hawkins seem seems to -- seems to have left his indelible mark around the world. we're live in front of the theater and the marquis says her are celebrating him -- they are celebrating him. so many people are outside waiting so they make sure they can get inside and pay their respects. >> thank you, jade. we're going to stream the funeral as it happens at ktvu.com. the service is scheduled to start at 1 o'clock a.m -- 11:00 a.m. right now, president obama is set to sign the wall street reform bill into law. the president pushed hard for the reform package. these are live pictures right now. the president and vice president. the president has called this the most significant overhaul o

it included mary mary and reverend jesse jackson was also in the audience. >> and will the a's move toan jose? they reported on oakland's response, not so fast. they have the third worst attendance this season and many lean seasons. they've been hoping that the owner abandoning oakland without trying. >>> contra costa times looks at why tenants can be get stung in foreclosures, too. thousands of renters have lost their skuart deposits or paid rent to former landlords that no longer own the house. many tenants don't know they have rights to stay in their house 90 days after the foreclosure is posted. >> scientists are sharing analysis of a watery moon. since the discovery of water crystals, the moon's water comes in pockets not like vast oceans like earth. there are other useful compounds like hydrogen and method i know. we posted a link at www.abc7.com. just look under the must reads tab. >> a philadelphia fifth grader took a fight against bullying all the way to the white house and president obama listened. in january, eleven-year-old student wrote a letter explaining how she had been

it included mary mary, and winans and reverend jesse jackson was among those in the audience.uneral services is set to take place this morning. >> coming up, a new app that could have millions of i-pod users creating their own magazine. >> of you seen a flying donkey? publicity stunt that has a tour operator facing possible jail time. >>> new ipad app let's you publish your life into a glossy magazine. flip board pulls from the face book and twitter accounts and creates electronic magazine. they hope it's a creative way to keep up with friends and family. so many users have tried to sign up for it. >> listen closely to the next sentence, russian police are considering animal cruelty charges after a tour operator forced a donkey to go para sailing. you heard me. they ranged a stunt to attract tourists. the donkey wasn't hurt but he was braying in fear as it flew above the water. tour operator is facing fines or possibly a two-year prison term. >> 6:25. still ahead, why governor's pick for supreme court could make history. >> and imagine pot plants to fill two football fields? >

entire career an image he would not want to be burdened with being a combination of sharpton, jesse jacksonnaacp, urban league, i am black but you should understand my issues are more than black. >> rather than being a black president he has formed himself as a president who happens to be black. >> exactly. that is how he said it when he did the thing with reference to the ribbon. >> how is that shown or not shown in the white house. >> that permeates throughout staff and administration at any time there is an issue that is clearly black, they clearly do not want to be associated with that issue in any fashion hence the quick reaction to what they thought had been an it lens by one of their employees. >> don't some people feel left out or he has fallen short of the goal then? >> there is a considerable amount of criticism of this president by a number of relatively respectable and important black people they maintain that he has not done what he does with reference to hispanics. he has an hispanic advisor, an advisor on gay rights, an add vie or son senior issues and labor did you no black

on fox news sunday, the reverend jesse jackson said the white house did not want to appear racist. >>out to be hit by an avalanche of news media criticism and you feel you have no moral foundation, the tendency to buckle. the reality is that the shirley sh. re. rod, the white house was wrong and that is why the white house apologized. >>> agriculture secretary tom vilsack also apologized to sherrod and offered her another job within the usda. she is considering the offer. >>> when we return, automakers opening two new auto plants in the south. why many in the auto industry are trying to put the brakes on the openings. >>> and a beautiful day around the bay area, but are we in for a change this week? we'll have the work week forecast, coming up. >>> flooding in eastern iowa has caused millions of dollars of damage to hundreds of homes and businesses. the flooding began yesterday, when the lake dell high dam failed, as rising flood waters created a 30-foot hole. small communities downstream from the dam were evacuated as water began surrounding the area. at least 200 homes and other bui

and then a look at race elections with jesse jackson. on face the nation, host talks about race in america, the vice chair on civil rights. and finally at 3:30 on cnn's state of the union, host talks about national security with former cia director. and then turning to host of america, and john mcwarner contribute be editor of new republic. wrapping up with president obama and the business community with the u.s. news and world report. five sunday network talk shows beginning at noon eastern, with meet the press, and fox news sunday, face the nation, and then at 3:30 eastern, cnn's state of the union. listen to them all on 90.1 fm in the washington area. or online at c-spanradio.org. >> can you tell us what it is, why you are here today? >> sure, secretary selius was here about three weeks ago and made a commitment to the gulf that she would come back and that we were blessed with local offices from atlanta to the gulf. we have local people on the town, and secretaries from d.c. are here with the local folks by the people impacted by thi

there was testimony from his brother, rob, also on trial, alleging representatives for congressman jesse jackson jr. said they could raise $6 million for blagojevich in campaign cash if their man was appointed to the senate. noted defense attorney steven greenberg says he's far from sure the government proved its case. what does blagojevich need to do on the stand? >> blagojevich needs to convince the people that he's just a blow-hard, that he was just venting, that he had no illegal intent, that he wasn't taking money from anyone and he was just conducting business like he thinks politics should be conducted. >> reporter: his testimony could be riveting, because as a lawyer, he knows how to handle other attorneys. as a politician, he knows how to handle voters. but this tiny constituency of just 12, the jury, just might be the toughest voters he's ever faced. cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >>> time now for a check of the weather. let's turn to dave price. now, i'm no expert, but let me guess -- >> neither am i. >> it's going to be hot today? >> you got it, betty. let's go to the maps and tr

then 26 were released to jesse jackson in 1984, three for bill richardson in 1996, another one for former president jimmy carter in 2002 and 80 for pope john paul ii in 1998. no sooner were these political prisoners freed that the cells that they were once again with those filled with those seeking freedom from castro. with a recent visit from syria's dictator and ties with fellow sponsors of terrorism, they are trying to manipulate foreign nations to serve their own purposes. syria, like iran, is seeking nuclear capability. other nonconventional weapons, ballistic missiles and actively supports islamic extremists. similarly, cuba provides safe haven to known extremists from around the world and continues to publicly defend violent organizations such as the farc national park colombia. the anti-democratic, anti-freedom agenda that these dictators have in common presents a threat to our u.s. national security interests. let us not be fooled. i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the ge

they did a credit check behind me and everything, then there was a million mortgage more like jesse jackson who loosened the credit standards. i think that started the loosening of the credit standards where people could get mortgages with no income verification. then i thought people were remortgaging at will, using their home as an a.t.m. machine. so that there, i'm thinking our economy grew so much due to the such ease of credit. then all the sudden the a.t.m. machine or the housing -- the houses reached their limit, people were mortgaged out two times, credit card debt to the max, and all that -- we were filling the demand. they need credit. guest: a couple of things. one is certainly the history of the subprime disaster has many architects, and some of the architects were those that encouraged the expansion of homeownership in the clinton administration and the bush administration had the homeownership initiative. and that was one of the things that helped. it helped cause the crisis. but the crisis really took off in two steps. the first step was that there was low interest rates to g

they did a credit check behind me and everything, then there was a million mortgage more like jesse jackson who loosened the credit standards. i think that started the loosening of the credit standards where people could get mortgages with no income verification. then i thought people were remortgaging at will, using their home as an a.t.m. machine. so that there, i'm thinking our economy grew so much due to the such ease of credit. then all the sudden the a.t.m. machine or the housing -- the houses reached their limit, people were mortgaged out two times, credit card debt to the max, and all that -- we were filling the demand. they need credit. guest: a couple of things. one is certainly the history of the subprime disaster has many architects, and some of the architects were those that encouraged the expansion of homeownership in the clinton administration and the bush administration had the homeownership initiative. and that was one of the things that helped. it helped cause the crisis. but the crisis really took off in two steps. the first step was that there was low interest rates to g

i hereby appoint the honorable jesse l. jackson jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, first presbyterian church, cedar falls, iowa. the chaplain: shall we pray? great and gracious god, we gather today from north and south and east and west as representatives chosen to lead your people. as we approach the 234th anniversary of the birth of this great nation, we ask you to rekindle the spirit of independence which values and respects each person's freedom. reignite the spirit of unity that overcame sharp differences of opinion to form these united states. renew a spirit of interdependence which seeks the common good of all above personal preferences. inspire a sense of awe and wonder at the bountiful resources of this land and in light of the environmental tragedy in the gulf of mexico, may we humbly dedicate ourselves to preserving and protecting those resources. guide these leaders in their work today and in the days to come that our