lamont bishop is a stalwart member -- where are you? in the back.leno's office. b.j. jones from public utilities commission is here. stewart. from the public library. and pete fitzsimmons and tannish col -- hollins and camille dawkins. camille is over here. without camille and tannish rkt , none of this happens. so let's give them a round of applause for their wonderful effort. the society's primary mission is to enlighten, to inform, to inspire and to empower. we achieve that mission in a variety of ways. almost always in partnership with others. through our current partnership that trevor spoke to with the finance -- kinsey foundation shall the san francisco public library, and the california council of the humanities, we are now hosting an incredible exhibition of art and artifacts from the kinsey collection, the kron -- that chronicles the story of people of frick desnent america. if you haven't done so you owe it to yourself and particularly to your children to visit and see this important exhibit which is at our library in the frake american -

i'm your host marc lamont hill. on this edition of "our world with black enterprise," we go inside the black church. is the cornerstone of the black community still relevant? that's what's going on in our world starting now. ♪ for centuries many considered the black church a pillar of spirituality, culture and politics. now, mega churches are redesigning the landscape gaining thousands of followers and collecting millions in tithes with what some are calling a gospel of prosperity. critics argue that the church has lost its true purpose with pastors opposing to trade their closeness with the community for political and sometimes personal influence. but is the church still relevant or is it on life support? here to discuss this is senior minister of united church of christ. dr. deforest, senior pastor of the first baptist church of lincoln gardens. and the chair of african-american studies at princeton university. gentlemen, thank you for being here. there's been so much talk over the last year or two that the black

i'm marc lamont hill. she's heating up the pages. our all-access profiles novelist terry mcmillan. plus, blacks and the new media. where do we stand? and we'll wrap things up with a soulful look at gospel singer lolanda adams. that's what's going on in our world, starting now. ♪ >> with six best selling novels behind her and another just released, novelist terry mcmillan shows no signs of slowing down. i caught up with her at harlem's famous bookstore to discuss her career, new book, and life after divorce. terry mcmillan, always good to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. talk to me a little bit about this new book. it's exciting. you decided to revisit "waiting to exhale" and bringing back to the lives of those four women. what's that like? >> it was like revisiting old friends, even though they weren't real. basically, i just had to get to know them again as real grownups and not as youthful women. >> so many of us remember not so much the book, but the movie and it had this happy ending, p

i'm marc lamont hill. coming up next, my one-on-one interview with author, former olympian and point guard for the wnba, marion jones. plus, we take an inside look at the criminal justice system, our "own the record discussion". that's what's going on in our world, starting now. >>> marion jones is on the right track. after serving six months in prison for lying to federal prosecutors about using performance enhancing drugs, she's come clean about her past and is now shooting for success. i recently caught up with marion to talk about her new book and her new career. i just finished reading your new book, actually very amazing. talk to me about the journey, you know, that you describe in this book? >> this one really is from the heart. it's just, you know, about finding forgiveness, all of us go through tough times in our lives, we all make mistakes. it's how do you pick yourself up and dust yourself off and look to the next chapter in your life. no pun intended. but, it's very personal. i wrote a series o

just want to announce also that thanks to the efforts of lamont bishop and others, we do have for the kinseys proclamations or certificates of recognition for shirley and bernard kinsey from senator leno's office, is ash asem blipman ma and we have those and had present them to them later in the program. we'd like to now turn to the -- to our presentation by the -- i'm blanking -- the omnira institute, who will perform for us at this point. the mirror institute. ♪ [drumming] ♪ ♪ [applause] [drumming] thank you. omnira institute. they're going to be porping around at a number of locations in black history month. check them out on line too. they do a phenomenal piece of taking frick music and showing parallels in aof -- some of the african-american gospel. when you can sing those two things in tandem and how they relate to each other. columbia of other mentions we have. naomi kelly was with us. purchaser naomi kelly was here. she is approaching reverend dr. amos brown, former supervisor brown, who is also here with us. of course i really would get assassinated if i don't mention commiss

i'm your new host, mark lamont hill. this week we're kicking off with grammy award winner john legend who broke into the music industry and what he's fighting for now. then we'll discuss the disparities within education in the black community and finally, we'll close it out with a woman single-handedly changing lives in her chicago neighborhooded. that's what's going on in our world, starting now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's one of america's favorite singer/songwriters. with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm. now he's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a six-time grammy award winner and being "time" magazine's most influential. how does that happen? what's that journey been like? >> i've been a musician since i was

lamont williams, rings in for two of his 18. he's pumped but look for derrick williams.gain you have to love that. a career high 32 for williams. arizona moves on to the elite eight. they will face uconn who came back to beat san diego state # 4-67. looks like butler in the dark croup forms is doing to blow up wisconsin in new orleans tonight. 20 points in 12 rebounds, this is southeast region action and at one point the bulldogs led by 20 before it was time to trim it down. butler beats the badgers 61-44. eighthseated butler faces faces florida who needed double over time tonight. >>> we showed you pictures last night and apparently cody ross is now headed into the disabled list. ross made a catch on what looks like a routine fly ball. but ross started hobbling right away. >>> and the oakland a's announced today that pitcher trevor cay will be their starter. then they pound the d backs today at scottsdale. is there a full moon out there tonight. look at that ball. a's win 15-7. that is sports as we look at it tonight. sharks get a point out of a great sudden death gail.

lamont williams, rings in for two of his 18. he's pumped but look for derrick williams.gain you have to love that. a career high 32 for williams. arizona moves on to the elite eight. they will face uconn who came back to beat san diego state # 4-67. looks like butler in the dark croup forms is doing to blow up wisconsin in new orleans tonight. 20 points in 12 rebounds, this is southeast region action and at one point the bulldogs led by 20 before it was time to trim it down. butler beats the badgers 61-44. eighthseated butler faces faces florida who needed double over time tonight. >>> we showed you pictures last night and apparently cody ross is now headed into the disabled list. ross made a catch on what looks like a routine fly ball. but ross started hobbling right away. >>> and the oakland a's announced today that pitcher trevor cay will be their starter. then they pound the d backs today at scottsdale. is there a full moon out there tonight. look at that ball. a's win 15-7. that is sports as we look at it tonight. sharks get a point out of a great sudden death gail.

here to help us answer those questions is seismologist james gaherty from lamont research center at columbiaing of fire and hear it talked about a lot. 90% of the world's earthquakes happen there. japan, chile, new zealand. is the u.s. west coast next? >> we can't say that it's next, but it's certainly, it's part of the same system that the ring of fire is really just a chain of very large faults that are associated with the pacific plate interacting with the plates around it. and when it pushes beneath it or when it slides along it it tends to build up friction and produces these types of earthquakes. it also produces volcanoes. that's kind of what gives us this notion of a ring of fire. >> okay, i know that it's -- we know you can't exactly predict an earthquake at this point but if you were looking at the u.s. west coast is there a particular area which seems more vulnerable? >> so the pacific northwest, what we call the cascadia subduction zone has the same kind of characteristics as the fault beneath japan has. we're worried about a large subduction zone similar to japan. >> a lot of pe

residentess de un soberbio de san francisco, california, temen que un deslave deje enterradas sus viviendas lamonta educaciÓn de nuestros niÑos en becas, en la forma de trabajo, en sueldos para maestros, en todos aspectos la inversiÓn de educaciÓn es la cosa mÁs importante, tambiÉn necesitamos la dedicaciÓn de nuestros padres, que ellos en su casa ponen educaciÓn como la prioridad que es. >> univisiÓn seÑor cisneros comenzÓ la campaÑa "es el momento" el foro es parte de la campaÑa, el presidente de la compaÑÍa univisiÓn ha insistido en una educaciÓn completa, o sea, terminar un tÍtulo universitario ¿por quÉ cree usted que en esta joven generaciÓn de latino es importante que terminen la universidad? >> primeramente univisiÓn tiene un gran poder para alcanzar a nuestra comunidad y gracias a toda univisiÓn por dedicarse a este esfuerzo, pueden alcanzar con el mensaje de la importancia de educaciÓn y nosotros la comunidad tienen que oÍr el mensaje, la realidad es que ahora sabemos bien que sin capacitaciÓn no hay sueldos, que una persona no tiene capacitaciÓn no tiene preparaciÓn, no van a poder llega

he's norman lamont with an ipod, mr. speaker. and no doubt on his playlist, jenna regret. [laughter] >> mr. deputy speaker, this is not a growth budget, it's not a jobs budget. it's a budget for more of the same. from a complasent arrogant chancellor and a complacent arrogant government. it's hurting but it isn't working. and let's not forget, mr. deputy speaker, these are not just the chancellor's decisions. they are not just the prime minister's decisions. they're the deputy prime minister's decisions, too. he is an accomplice to the tory plan. when it comes to the economy, the man who coined the phrase, long live britain, has a snooze button truly on. nobody voted for this plan. least of all his liberal democrat voters who are >> a portion of debate of british house of commons after the british budget statement today. we wish we'd a statement in its entirety at about 3 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. the canadian finance minister presented the federal budget to the house of commons yesterday, and soon after the lives of the opposition party announced they would oppose it.

he's norman lamont with an ipod, mr. deputy speaker. [laughter] >> and no doubt on his playlist, regret. [laughter] >> mr. deputy speaker, this is not a growth budget. it's not a jobs budget. it's a budget for more of the same. from a complacent arrogant chancellor and a complacent, arrogant government. it's working but it's not working. let's not forget, mr. deputy speaker. these are not just the chancellor's decisions. they are not just the prime minister's decisions. they're the deputy prime minister's decisions, too. he is an accomplice to the tory plan. when it comes to the economy, the man who coined the phrase has a snooze button really, truly on. nobody voted for this deficit plan. least of all -- nobody voted for this plan. least of all his liberal democrat voters who were told and promise after promise he would never encounter them. mr. deputy speaker, if i can put it this way, it's no wonder nobody wants to share a platform with him. on the measures in this budget, i welcome the support for the armed forces. i welcome the sup

nuclear regulatory commission told white house reporters today that the nuclear plant crisis in japan lamontaffect u.s. air quality no matter what happens. his comments came at the daily white house briefing with press secretary jay carney. deputy energy secretary daniel poneman also talked about u.s. efforts to contain -- contain the crisis on the ground in japan. this is a half-hour. >> happy st. patrick's day everyone. a lot of green out there. i appreciate that, as a carney. i would just start by saying i assume you all thought the advisory on what the president had to say this afternoon. i have again brought today some of our experts who can discuss the situation in japan and more specifically what this government is doing to help the japanese in dealing with that situation and what the implications are for american citizens, so i will turn this over to them very briefly. actually in a minute. i just want to again say that if they could make their quick opening statements and take questions from you on this subject area that concerns them so that they can then depart i will stay and tak

he's norman lamont with an ipod, mr. speaker. and no doubt on his playlist, jenna regret. [laughter] >> mr. deputy speaker, this is not a growth budget, it's not a jobs budget. it's a budget for more of the same. from a complasent arrogant chancellor and a complacent arrogant government. it's hurting but it isn't working. and let's not forget, mr. deputy speaker, these are not just the chancellor's decisions. they are not just the prime minister's decisions. they're the deputy prime minister's decisions, too. he is an accomplice to the tory plan. when it comes to the economy, the man who coined the phrase, long live britain, has a snooze button truly on. nobody voted for this plan. least of all his liberal democrat voters who are told and promise after promise he would never confront them. mr. deputy speaker if i can put it this way to him, there's a reason nobody wants to share a platform with him. on the measures on this budget, on the measures in this budget, i welcome the support for the armed forces. i welcome the support for the armed forces. and on the measures he p

relation to inflation, what one does see,i that is the point i want to make in relation to the lord lamont and john major. this government is falling back to way it was from '79 to '83 and then into '90 tw twod'92. public sector doesn't count very much. welfare state doesn't count i very much. what the counts, is balancing the budget. say that in five years, maybe we will be adopting a german proposal of balancing the budget completely in that time. so i don't want to hold they house up much longer. i would like to make some reference to my constituency and to say to the chancellor we're very grateful we have enterprise zone. we're very grateful we have local enterprise partnership. we will work closely with e the government on both ofhi those. we have seen the not bawling of steel mills. we have a -- mothballing. we have we will look to this budget, we will look to the local enterprise partnership. we will look to the newte enterprise zone and we look to the new steel mill thatnd will create jobs, bring in t 600 million in investment i and from my part of then world, notwithstanding thet