whether it is chris, or kevin powell. will collins on big brother.hese are recurring characters. >> and he broke the stereotype. and then the fun-loving black guy. there are roles for the people on survivor. isn't that dangerous? >> i think it is not really reali reality. it is dangerous. when you are bret michaels on the rock of love tour sleeping with all of these women. i think these are roles that are cast and to go back to john o's point. what is the show? >> "tiny and toya". >> right. >> i promise you. wait a minute. you have to watch it. >> i have watched it. >> i wanted to go spend the weekend at her house. it was a great show. >> tiny starting ining a busin. she was showing life after an r and b group. >> i think it makes sense to ask the question what we consider to be bad images. a lot of what we considered to be standard. may or may not be the case. i think for society to say, we see that represented in television too. >> in some ways you did that. you chose to take on a show where a, "i love new york". you tockok a role. what was that li

powell. this weekend, on "after words", kevin williamson defines socialism and how it is work in the u.s. today. in "black gotham," lives of african-americans in york city. a look at barbara bush, jacqueline kennedy, and eleanor roosevelt. you can get our schedules a mailed. sign up for alerts. >> next, house speaker john boehner on the spending and budget measures making their way through congress this week. he met with reporters before the house vote on this year's spending bill. >> good morning. republicans in the new majority are listening to the american people working to create a better environment for private- sector job creation. our energy initiative addresses rising gas prices by expending energy for production. we voted to repeal and exceeded -- succeeded in eliminating the unnecessary paperwork for small businesses. we have taken an aim at excess of regulations. the house will vote on the largest non-defense spending cut in our nation's history. a $315 billion over the next 10 years. these are real cuts and a signal to job creators that we're serious about stopping washington'