why is this important to tom joyn joyner. why does this tough your heart, tom? with a purpose. my purpose is to empower and try to change my community. i do it with laughter, i do it with songs, and i do it with purpose. if i get you laughing, then you've got you listens. if you've got you listens, i can field you some information. hopefully that will empower you to try to make a change in our community. that's what i do. that's why it's important to me. i'm no different than when dr. king was alive and marching. when dr. king was alive and marches. they had the march on washington and he did the "i have a dream" speech and the tens of thousands of people out another mall, how did those people get there? there was no msnbc there was no internet, no blogs. there was radio. when it came time to march, the civil rights leaders like dr. king would come on the radio. we would stop playing the temptations and 'reitha franklin, give the leaders the microphone. that's how they formed the marches that they did back in the day, whether it was in washington, d.c., memphis

today, the president on the tom joyner radio show, many viewers may not know who joyner is, but in some ways joyner eclipsed the urban lead as a primary mobilizing agent among african-americans. if you want to talk to black folks, joyner's show is a good place to do it, and today while talking with joyner, the president discussed how he personally draws strength from the history of racial struggle in america. >> that famous norman rockwell painting right outside the oval office of ruby bridges walking to school, and we pass that every single day, you know, little 6-year-old girl surrounded by marshals, going into that schoolhouse all by herself, a friend of mine framed the original program from the march on washington, so they are reminders as we go through the day and we're working hard here to make sure we're putting people back to work and getting the economy going again that we stand on the shoulders of a lot of people that made a lot of sacrifices, and it's important to make sure we're following through on those commitments, even if it's slow and frustrating sometimes. >> so despit

. >> the president had more to say about republican resistance in a radio interview on the tom joynerw. >> these folks so far have not been, you know, very responsive to public opinion, which is why they are very unpopular right now. but they are speaking only to a narrow segment of the population, their base. we've just got to keep on putting the pressure on them. my attitude is my job is to present the best plans possible, congress needs to act. if congress does not act, then i'm going to be going on the road and talking to folks and this next election, you know, very well may end up being a referendum on, you know, who's vision of america is better. >> the president also pointed out that simply passing the proposals already being considered in congress could create between half a million and a million jobs and grow the economy by at least 1%. joining me now is "the washington post" columnist e.j. dionne. thanks for joining me tonight, e.j. >> good to be with you. >> e.j., i am one of those who have to laugh when i read lines in places like "the washington post" or anywhere else tha

. >> he's not easy to read ahead of time in these situations, but on tom joyner's show, it sounded like he's talking the way you would advise him to talk. he's saying my attitude is my job is to present the best plans possible. congress needs to act, and then he says this may end up being a referendum, meaning i may offer the best plan possible, it may not get anywhere, then we will take that to the polls in november. if you go by what he said on the tom joyner show, it sounds like he's ready for a fight. >> it does sound that way, and i hope that's right. i think there are two sides to him, the conflict avoid side, he would like everybody to get along, but then there's a competitive side, and i think what's happened to him in the course of this year and facing an election next year possibly against somebody like rick perry who does stand for just about everything he doesn't and is against everything he's for, i think that competitive instinct comes out, and i think the obama folks have to think about something. they are obsessed with the political center and mathematically i agree with

the president telling joyner yesterday if republicans stand in the way of this, he's going to take it to the american people. obviously he's going to do that right from jump street next wednesday night. he also talked about the coming election, not being a referendum on his presidency or the economy as it stands right now but a referendum on republicans in congress. that's the hope of the president as we head into next november. tamron? >> mike viqueira live for us at the white house. thank you, mike. >>> the last of five job fairs hosted by the congressional black caucus sunday way. thousands of people in line hoping to land a job. last night the cdc held a town hall, another chance to hear from voters. congresswoman maxine waters says the administration needs to help for americans suffering financially across the country. >> it's time for the bully pulpit of the white house to bring the gangsters in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up with loan modifications and keep people in their homes that they have worked so hard for, we're going to tax them

the president spoke to radio host tom joyner this morning saying the economy had a heart attack and needsigorous jobs program to get back to good health. >> george bush left us a trillion dollars deficit, and on is it's a lot harder to climb out of this hole when we don't have a lot of money in the federal coffers. but there is no doubt that we can take steps that would mean the economy was growing a percent or a percentage and a half faster. that could mean half a million to a million additional jobs. that gets the economy moving, it makes businesses more confident that they're going to have customers, and it starts putting people back to work. >> the president doing radio again. very good. because 98% of americans listen to audio every day. let's get to the idea. some of the ideas president obama discussed was to extend payroll tax holidays for working class people, creating an infrastructure bank, and giving a $5,000 business credit for new hires. if they don't get under way, there will be no jobs plan ever. cantore wants to eliminate ten major government regulations, including limits

yesterday on tom joyner's radio show he said he hopes for up to one million jobs. >> there is no doubt that we can take steps that would mean the economy was growing a percent or percentage and and a half faster. that could mean half a million to a million additional jobs. that gets the economy moving and businesses confident they are going to have customers and puts people back to work. >> joined now by congresswoman maxine waters and karen finney will be joining in on the conversation as well. good morning, thank you for joining us. >> i'm delighted you're covering this. >> we want to begin with you. the president hoping his proposals could create up to one million jobs. progressives have been urging him to go big with his proposals. do you think this is enough, up to one million jobs is what he's saying. >> i am pleased, number one, the president is going to roll out a proposal. of course, we need a lot more than one million, but we are delighted he has targeted one million. we need it. the statistics were cited about what was going on here in california and across the nation. i'm s

. >> next is tom joyner is from oregon. live for republicans. go ahead. >> thank you. i believe that taxes are not the way to solve our economic problems. we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. until we get our spending under control, we will continue down the road we are on. thank you. >> you can check out all of our campaign coverage on c-span site for politics. a complete video library of the interviews we have done with the candidates. we will look as some of the issues and campaign announcements. we'll look at the vincennes then fold in iowa. next, the democrats' line. >> hello, this is tom wolfe. how are you? >> go ahead with your comment. >> it is just outlandish or surprising at how the republicans and democrats and independents and the tea party need to get together to focus on what is going on in the united states. the economy, unemployment. instead of this bickering back and forth, they need to work on people that need help. it is sad to see that the candidates do not focus on that. it is surprising that they are more focused on getting their ree

addition to the president's schedule this morning that had to do an interview that he did with tom joyneran-american radio host. i want to play a clip of what the president said and have you talk about it on the other side. >> it's always important to remember that when dr. king gave the i have a dream speech, that was a march for jobs and justice. not just justice. and the the last part of his life, you know, when he went down to memphis, that was all about sanitation workers saying i am a man and looking for economic justice and dealing with poverty. >> before obviously hurricane irene came through and hit the east coast it was going to be a big week in the unveiling of the martin luther king memorial in washington, d.c. a lot of african-american radio hosts coming to d.c., came to d.c. for this event, but joe, this does highlight an issue that some of the white house are concerned about that is the intensity of support among african-americans right now. >> absolutely. look, this is based upon the fact that the cbc and some others have come out with an agenda saying let's bring jobs bac

james joyner. [inaudible] [inaudible] the u.s. has lots of defense spending, but not really new.are we going to get these in concert? i don't think we'll get the spending done. >> i just don't think i agree with your characterization policies. >> any other thoughts? yes? >> how do you respond to that question, when nato chapter was created, defend nations which -- [inaudible] other countries and now we are involving other wars. because there are other questions on the. why we involving libya. >> any thoughts on interests of the libyan operation and how that's relevant to the nato charter? >> i will take it for a shot at it. the treaty, the treaty of washington, the nato treaty defines, defines the core mission, which was to protect the territorial integrity of the alliance. fine, that's true. but the alliance is a living breathing entity with new interest that adjust to the times which it exists. .. >> so it's very much in what nato said it would do in november without anticipating there was an insurrection and rebellion in libya. it's clear, public, and agreed to. >> yeah, i als

curtis joyner again i district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania and was a law clerk forhe honorable howland w. abrons in court of common pleas of philadelphia civil division. mr. robson is a graduate of villanova university and received his j.d. cum laude from villanova university school of law where he was the editor of the villanova sports and entertainment law journal. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. so, i would suggest that the law has not had an opportunity to evaluate this. it has not weighed in quite yet. i think that liability surrounding technical volunteer communities is all over the place. i think it creates some interesting, what i will call exotic legal issues. first amendment issues, choice of law issues, jurisdiction issues, privacy issues but at the end of the day, i think the number one issue is not going to be exotic but the mundane. i think it is going to be state tort law. is going to be negligible from people who are injured from misinformation or by failure of the technical and volunteer community response with the failure of the emergenc