lord lamont is with us. what is your end view of what the fed does in an election year, growth ticking along over 2% but still very high unemployment? >> well, i think up until election, i thinks are not going to change. obviously that's a very short time horizon. i myself am skeptical about the fed's claim that they'll keep the interest rates on hold until 2014. i would not be surprised if rates didn't rise earlier in america but that shows i'm a bit of an optimist. i think the economy is actually quite strong. >> how much will that depend on whether job creation becoming more meaningful? >> i think it's going to pick up in america. i think there are signs that the housing market really has bottomed. it's not as sharp a recovery as we've seen in previous recessions for the united states, but it's still compared with everywhere else in the world it's quite a good recovery, and i expect it to gather momentum. >> there's a difference, i guess, between bottoming and actually making a recovery. >> yeah, but the

lamont bishop is a stalwart member -- where are you? in the back. 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 -- afri

lap month williams ex-- lamont williams explains. >> reporter: this has no respect for life. they are abandoned buildings and their close partners, vacant lots. they suck the life out of what were vibrant neighborhoods. but mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and a team of visionaries are spearheading a plan that will convert it. >> we have vacant lots throughout the city. we're determined to get those lots in the hands of either developers who want to build new houses for our new families or to do something like this, to transform this vacant lot. people are sick and tired of seeing trash and who knows what else. now it's a garden. >> reporter: the city plans to convert the lots to herbal edible gardens. children from neighborhood schools -- with the goal of 1,000 gardens by 2018, the sponsor, scotts miracle gro shows a way to give back and to teach urban farming and healthy eating. >> providing them a benefit back from a value of the gardening. we viewed it as a big opportunity to help. so far, this is our second one. it's going very well. >> we're seeing a real difference. we w

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i forget his last name, lamont, james lamont, i met up with him, talk to him, he told me to pick up. several people who got killed because they ran out of ammunition. >> yeah. >> so he told me pick up as much ammo, forget about food, forget about water. ammunition. can you get those from the dead. but ammunition you need. >> you're absolutely -- >> that's what i did. >> so then take me through the next couple days. you stayed at x-ray? >> we stayed at x-ray over the night, nothing happened. there's some firing and some of the men hugh mckinney, he was one of my fire team leaders, he claimed that he fired at some snipers, he knocked out one. and there's some other, i forget who he was from another platoon who claim he shot with an m-39 and wiped out a sniper in a tree. but as far as i remember, there was nothing. >> mm-hmm. >> just some firing, check the line. >> yeah. >> and that was it. >> you stayed -- >> -- >> and you stayed there for how many more days? >> oh, that's all the night. and then the next morning, on the 17th, we were supposed to move out as soon as possible because th

seeing none, lamont -- public comment on items appearing are not appearing on the agenda of the ethics commission? seeing none, do i hear a motion to adjourn? i heard commissioner renne first. all in favor, please say aye. thank you very much. good evening.

let go to lamont in pennsylvania.caller: jim, great big booyah for me and my pup each roscoe. zoo go >> good to have you. >> caller: roundys. >> i think -- >> let's go to chris. >> caller: chesapeake energy, what do you think? >> i think oklahoma city will go further in the nba than that stock. audrey mcclenen, we think he's really smart and has done a terrific job but he's he needs natural gas prices higher. marks times, treads water. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in

police say it was this man leo lamont carroll who left the scene but was found and arrested. he has posted bail. corporate kevin mott underwent surgery yesterday at shock trauma. he's in serious but stable condition. he was let after asking the driver he pulled over to move over to a safer location. >>> three men have been arrested in the murder of 12-year-old sean johnson who was shot a year ago sitting on his front porch. 18-year-old derrick brown, 29-year-old danyae robinson and 21-year-old antwan mosley have all been charged with first-degree murder for the shooting that left johnson dead and three others wounded. johnson and the others were watching the nba playoff game on the front porch when he was shot. johnson's aunt said he was a standout in school. >>> two men were killed during separate shootings in baltimore less than an hour apart. police say the officers found the man who had been shot at the corner of east preston and ash cliff and taken to the hospital where he died. officers from baltimore county spotted a man who had been shot multiple times at liberty heig

let go to lamont in pennsylvania.caller: jim, great big booyah for me and my puppy roscoe. good to have you. >> caller: roundys. >> i think -- >> let's go to chris. >> caller: chesapeake energy, what do you think? >> i think oklahoma city will go further in the nba than that stock. audrey mcclenen, we think he's really smart and has done a terrific job but he's he needs natural gas prices higher. marks times, treads water. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ ♪ whoa-oh, yeah, yeah ♪ well, she goes the extra mile ♪ ♪ she's gonna make you smile, yes, she will ♪ [ female announcer ] from special occasions to unplanned thursdays, it's one good time after another. town house®. where good times reside™. so every year my family throws this great reunion in austin. but this year, i can only afford one trip and i've always wanted to learn how to surf. austin's great -- just not for surfing. so i checked out hotwire. and by booking wi

i'm marc lamont hill. like her father, she floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. now she's not pulling any punches in her current fight. >> i'm here with athlete, entrepreneur, philanthropist, lala ali. >> and mother. that's a big one. >> you become mother again. >> a little girl and little boy. i'm done. i'm happy. >> i suppose you're not getting any sleep? >> no. but i can keep it moving. we're launching a new campaign called "pair up." kiz any disease affects 30 million americans. nine out of ten of them don't even know they have it. >> we all know someone suffering from diabetes or high blood pressure. a lot of the work i do is about health and fitness and wellness and trying to educate people on how to stay healthy and prevent bad things from happening. >> so for you, this is not just professional, it's also personal. >> it is personal. my family like so many others has dealt with high blood pressure, diabetes, and those are some of the leading causes of kidney disease. >> i don't know how you do this work, juggling motherhood and then found time to be on "da

seeing none, lamont -- public comment on items appearing are not appearing on the agenda of the ethics commission? seeing none, do i hear a motion to adjourn? i heard commissioner renne first. all in favor, please say aye. thank you very much. good evening. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that

i'm marc lamont hill.of the most anticipated films of the year. >> we've been given orders to provide air cover. [ cheering ] >> "red tails" tells the story of world war ii pilots. >> from the last plane, to the last minute, we fight! >> we fight! >> i caught up with two of the film's stars, terence howard and david oyelowu. >> i just saw the film and it's an amazing film. >> when we came under your command, colonel, you stated clearly that you would never find negroes who passed the pilot exam and make it through flight school and survive basic combat. we've done all of that. >> how important is it to have films like this in hollywood? >> well, it's every -- every great individual or great accomplishment has had someone to champion it along the way, there's been someone to endorse it. so for the black community or the black cinematic community to have been championed by george lucas, to have been championed by the magical experience associated with green screen, that we haven't really been afforded before

i'm marc lamont hill.1991 anita hill was swept into the national spotlight for her role in the supreme court confirmation hearing of clarence thomas. we recently caught up with her to talk about that controversy as well as some of her new passions. >> we have the pleasure of having with us today attorney, brandeis university professor, and author of a new book, "reimagining equality: stories of race, gender, and finding home," anita hill. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> now, in your book you talk about these kind of intersections between race and gender. how does this crisis of home particularly affect women of color? >> during the years when subprime loans were really raging through communities of color, many of the women who were taking out those loans were african-american women and latinas. they were taking out these loans on their own without a spouse or without a partner. and we know that there was racism involved, that there was sexism involved. people wer

tried to take a life of years and believes the fact that he had visitors that they saved her and lamontliams did not lose his privileges so apparently he did not act on his gains code. >>> as a tough job and a good day. >>> every day all day they base a certain amount of danger again they're stressing that because of the new prison that is built in this security risk and she is saying that at her rest. and i trust you'll stay on this. >>> dave roberts. by shootings null to confessions what is next for investigators trying to piece together a parent race- based shootings. >>> he hasn't been seen in public for weeks and he hasn't told his side of the story but he is sending a message the man accused of shooting and other arms teenager wants you to tell he needs cash. i would not achieve any scanner. he may be in the minority that lives ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, 's human accused in a string of shootings the two suspects both whites are expected to be charged with three counts of first-degree murder for that rampage as men well the latest reports that step is to determine if the shootings or hate

james lamont. he said pick up as much ammunition as i could. several people got killed because they ran out of ammunition. so he tells me pick up as much ammo, forget about food, forget about water. you can get those from the dead. but ammunition, you need that. so that's what i did. >> so take me through the next couple days. you stayed at x-ray? >> stayed at x-ray. nothing happened. there was some firing. some men claimed, drew mckinney, he was one of my fire team leader, he claimed he shot some snipers and wiped out a sniper in another tree. but as far as i know, there's nothing. just kept the line. and that was it. >> you stayed there for how many more days? >> all night. and then the next morning on the 17th, we were supposed to move out as soon as possible because the b-52s were going to blast the place. and it was postponed until we finally left. we left i forget what time, but it was barely well in to the morning, also. >> they extracted you by chopper? >> oh, no. we walked out. not to a short space or like when we came in. this was a l

mark lamont hill joins us this morning. no more drama, mark. >> jon fugelsang is with us.ay almost there's more information about what comes you the of that gsa scandal. now you hear testimony yesterday that talked about maybe kickbacks and bribes. >> it just gets worse and worse. how many more do we know and how representative of it that is going on in other government agencies? >> posturing frustrates me. i get this is a major scandal and to do something about it. to watch interactions and hear the outrage of excess as if they haven't let it happen for this 0.01% of the money halliburton stole. we were ripped out by these guys and this outrage was not there. >> that's a flawed argument. this outrage is not as much as the other outrage. >> halliburton had good taste not to film it. the fact these government clerks filmed it is what will make it a scandal. >> there are now four congressional hearings this week alone looking into the agency's lavish spending. the man at the center of the scandal repeatedly yesterday refused to testify. took the fifth. former and current sta

mark lamont hill, professor at columbia university. >> i really did send flowers. >> you sent nothingyou lie. this is what i got from my colleagues, nothing. >> he came in thinking you'd be here. >> oh, blah, blah, blah. i'm not going to talk to you for the entire morning. kidding. let's get right to our "starting point" this morning. we have a major development to talk about that could complicate george zimmerman's case and could get his attorney into trouble. mark o'mara will let the judge know while he was originally pleading poverty in order to get george zimmerman out on bail and a relatively low bail it turns out his client has raised more than $200,000, that is exactly how much he's raised, $204,000 is exactly what he's raised in donations from a now defunct website he helped set up to pay his legal expenses, a major revelation because you'll remember at zimmerman's bond hearing the prosecution asked the bail to be set at $1 million. the judge said no, $150,000, because he'd been told zimmerman's family was pretty much broke. last night his attorney told anderson cooper he was

marc lamont hill teaches education at colombia university. start with the south side of chicago. because this is a very vivid example. one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the united states of america. epidemic of murder. tens of thousands of money is poured into the decades to that area and barack obama was in charge of even getting more money in there and making sure the money was used for the proper purposes. can you, dr. hill, explain the failure in the south side of chicago? >> well, i don't concede that there is failure attached to the money. there are certainly issues there that we want to deal with. >> bill: the neighborhood is a failure. it's not a safe place for americans to live. despite all of the entitlement spending. it's failed. >> when you begin to dump money into a place that's already starting behind square one, i think that money just gets you back to zero. >> bill: it hasn't. it's gotten worse. >> i disagree. unless you are suggesting that had f. we had not put money in things would be exactly the same or better. >>

marc lamont hill teaches education at colombia university. start with the south side of chicago. because this is a very vivid example. one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the united states of america. epidemic of murder. tens of thousands of money is poured into the decades to that area and barack obama was in charge of even getting more money in there and making sure the money was used for the proper purposes. can you, dr. hill, explain the failure in the south side of chicago? >> well, i don't concede that there is failure attached to the money. there are certainly issues there that we want to deal with. >> bill: the neighborhood is a failure. it's not a safe place for americans to live. despite all of the entitlement spending. it's failed. >> when you begin to dump money into a place that's already starting behind square one, i think that money just gets you back to zero. >> bill: it hasn't. it's gotten worse. >> i disagree. unless you are suggesting that had f. we had not put money in things would be exactly the same or better. >>

lamont out in the state of indiana. >> how are you doing? >> good. thank you. what do you say? don't have a problem running on the president's record. i don't think he should. what i do think is that the media, yourself included should focus on romney's record because what is it actually? >> that's a good point. first of all, we know he was governor of massachusetts. so you take a look at that. right? >> running on health care for massachusetts doing great out there. as far as it goes, what's his record? >> we have bane. we have massachusetts where massachusetts was 47 out of 48 states, out of 50 states. i'm sorry. with -- on jobs and the other thing that you get to lamont is we don't really know what mitt romney stands for. i mean we really don't. he's been out there a long time. 43 primaries. and he keeps saying, well, balms is over his head. we need me to fix things. obama is over his head. we need me to fix things. he has never told us what he would do to create jobs. you know what? because he does not have any idea. look, i am sticking with obama. he has the record. >> thi

. >> lamont jenkins is an anti-racist who runs the web site one people's project. >> julie was -- i'mg at her wit's end. she wanted to talk to somebody. it's obvious that they're going through something. they're asking for my help. so okay, you got it. you got it. i mean, i think of you as a human first. i don't think of you as an adversary. >> bryan's first conversation with darrel lasted more than three hours. >> he was educated. he knew what the hell he was talking about. we liked a lot of the same [ expletive ]. he was a son of a preacher and in the punk rock movement out in new york. >> our conversation was about the music scene. we was able to get together on kind of like this common bond that we had with each other to begin with. and it just became something else as we went along. >> and the more i talked to him, the more i actually realized that ied that more in common with him than some of the guys i'd bud did up with for close to 20 years. but that really changed me in a lot of ways. >> bryan's breakaway from the skin heads was accelerated when julie became pregnant. it woul

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lamont is out in los angeles california. what do you say? >> caller: good morning to you.your show. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: here's the thing. i want to make this really, really quick. of course i'm very angry. i'm african-american. i had two young black gentlemen walk up and rob me in a pretty nice neighborhood. they were -- to make a long story short, when i heard about this case, i was willing to give this zimmerman guy the benefit of the doubt. i was one of the few african-americans that was willing to say maybe this kid did something. and then of course willing to say -- i heard the 911 call. my thoughts are for this kid's parents. for me, this is not about race. it is not about -- it is about somebody really stupid having a license to carry a firearm. when you give stupid people guns, this is what happens. he was told of course we don't need you to do that. you heard the 911 call. >> bill: and again, it is not just the stupid person. i would say more you give a zealous person like this a person who thinks, right that he's god's answer to law enforcement and loo

. >> host: lamont robinson e-mails, can you ask mr. brook highser to elaborate on the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton. >> guest: well, it's -- washington is older. he is born in 1732, hamilton was born in 1757. so, there's a 25-year gap there. there's something paternal about it. interestingly, washington called his staff his family. his staff during the revolutionary war. which i don't think was unique to him. i think that was a term of military -- common military use. but anyway, here's the father of this country, and here is the immigrant without a father, who ends up being on washington's family. now, it's not the kind of ideal relationship that washington has with lafayette. that is like the perfect father-son substitution. washington, remember, has no children. lafayette's father was killed when he was a little boy. killed in battle. so here is the sonless man and the fatherless younger man, and they -- when they meet, they just bond and it's great, and there's never a cloud. there are cloud storms w

we are not going to get 100% pull-through on lamont's offering principle forgiveness. -- on loan modsering principle forgiveness. we will need roughly 50,000 strategic modifiers. if we only add 1/4, we would need only 20,000 current borrowers to strategically modify in order to wipe out the benefit to the enterprises of the incentive payment. keep in mind that the enterprises have about 2 million deeply underwater borrowers today who are current on their loans. finally, in considering whether the enterprises should adopt principal organist under -- principal forgiveness under hamp, fhfa has other things to consider. we have costs to consider. they are not -- not trivial. there would be other more indirect costs. these include the costs for launching a new program, including the development of guidance to and training for servicers, which is critical for consistent, quick, and efficient program delivery. the indirect costs also include the opportunity costs of diverting existing resources from other enterprise loss mitigation activities, or some of the goals recently announced in fhfa'