leonard oates. [applause] go -- good to see you, leonard. up got the gloves on. i see you are ready. you and i have a city in common. where were you born? >> new orleans, louisiana. >> new orleans, louisiana the yeah, let's hear it for the 504. how do you prepare for this whole darn thing here? >> practice. >> ok. that will get you to broadway but here you are in union square. ladies and gentlemen, two-time winner, mr. leonard oates. >> this is what i do every day. [ringing bells] >> leonard oates, ladies and gentlemen, reigning two-time champion mr. leonard oates. that completes the entire competition, ladies and gentlemen. let's hear it for everybody you heard today. the votes from the judges will now be tallied. that means up guys actually have to go to work now. we're going to name the tom three winners in the amateur and professional categories. the first place winner of the professional competition will take home a beautiful cable car bell with -- made by gilberto at the frens of the cable car museum. every year this man makes a beautiful cable car bell for

leonard would be a good fit. i do think it is important for us to hear directly from the applicants, and you have other applicants who have taken the time to be here, and it is important for us to continue these items to give everyone an opportunity to explain specifically why there would be a good fit for the two downtown seats that remain open. so with the understanding that along the lines of this project, ms. leonard seems to be a good fit. director? >> mr. chairman, let me try to understand what the consequence of your proposal would be. you have appointed one of the positions. you are suggesting that we hold off on ms. leonard's appointment until she has an opportunity to appear before the committee, correct? i do not know if we need that one additional appointment. we could have to wait until september. is that correct? are we having a quorum problem, and would that continue to exist? >> we have had quorum issues, but even the additional member is helpful. >> not life and ddeath but i would ask you to have

leonard would be a good fit. i do think it is important for us to hear directly from the applicants, and you have other applicants who have taken the time to be here, and it is important for us to continue

leonard seems to be a good fit. director? >> mr. chairman, let me try to understand what the consequence of your proposal would be. you have appointed one of the positions. you are suggesting that we hold off on ms. leonard's appointment until she has an opportunity to appear before the committee, correct? i do not know if we need that one additional appointment. we could have to wait until september. is that correct? are we having a quorum problem, and would that continue to exist? >> we have had quorum issues, but even the additional member is helpful. >> not life and ddeath but i would ask you to have ms. leonard make an appearance so we have a few months to do it. lower attendance. people are weigh inside, i don't want to risk it. it would probably be a good thing to do. commissioner avalos: it would be good to have any of the eligible applicants in that meeting as well alongside ms. leonard. >> we will try to do that between now and next tuesday. commissioner campos: my preference, as much as possible everybody needs to do as m

. >>> reporter: leonard wang lost his car. the only problem is, his 2009 acura tsx has sat in a body shop for the past month and a half. why? >> about $12,000 of dang was done on it when a tree fell on it at the doubletree hotel in san jose. >> reporter: a tree that once stood in this exact spot in the hotel parking lot. back in may the trunk of a 40- foot tree landed on a pickup truck next to his car. but as these pictures show his acura didn't escape unharmed. >> when i got here, there was doubletree employees out here comforting everyone, telling everyone that, you know, these kinds of things happen, that's what insurance is for. >> reporter: but shortly after, doubletree's accommodating attitude got checked out and he got the cold shoulder. >> they were short and business like and got an indication that they probably were not looking to take responsibility for this. >> reporter: leonard later received a denial letter from the doubletree's insurance company, specialty risk services. it blamed the tree's fall on ground satur

leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a ca

in tonight's good question, leonard marian wan >>> hundreds of thousands of cars cross bay area bridges every day. tonight's good question leonard marion wants to know how much money do the bay area bridges take in tolls in a single day? >> reporter: let's see, we have seven state owned toll bridges here in the area. >> there are approximately 300,000 toll paid crossings every day. at an average of $4.17 because big trucks and other multi axel rigs pay more. >> reporter: that's still a lot of money. >> add it all together and it's about $1.25 million every day. >> reporter: john good win with the bay area toll authority says about 71% of that goes for financing costs. the rest for maintenance, operations and administration, transportation and capital investment. almost $470 million a year. guess what? now they're getting more. >> july 1st just on the bay bridge it will be $6 from the peak period mondays through fridays 5:00 to 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. it will be $6. that's going to add about $129 million a year. >> reporter: off peak still $4. $5 on weekends and car poolers pay

they will contribute one leonard million per year -- 100 million per year. this has been fundamental to all of us for many years. what is different are the people leading the charge. just a few years ago, lee made a promise to create jobs, to provide affordable health care -- we made from a free stuff [inaudible] [applause] >> i have to say it is amazing to see the pres -- representation of the latino community. you have people at every single level making the difference in the lives of latinos. [speaking spanish] >> the one thing that i would say that we as san franciscans is always a city that has welcomed people from all over the world including the latino community. there is a long history that our community has had with the city and county of san francisco. we have always been at the forefront of protecting the right of all people. now important ever, we need to stand firm so that san francisco remains true to those principals. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] >> so i really hope that this celebration of latino culture is something that inspires us to c

leonard oates. going to be tough. two years with the tiara, hard to give up. individual trophies welcome awarded to all six professional bell ringers. first, second, and third prizes will not only win trophies but a most -- host of prizes from our he steemed sponsors. we have the prize table right next to all the lovely doughnuts at this time we would like to thank our supporters and sponsors, without whom we could not do this every year. the sfmta, muni, the friends of. cable car museum, the union square association, trophy masters, shanghai 1930, ghirardelli chocolates, the american automobile association, triple-a, the golden gealt disposal and recycling company, macy's and $250 cash prize donor san francisco can he -- deluxe silentseeing. let's hear it for our sponsors. yeah. all right. now i'm going to introduce all the judges. there are a whole bunch of them err and i would ask you to hold your applause until i have finished are introducing all the judges. if i hear applause we're going to have to start all over again and we're wasting daylight already.

of these cats is nobody, at whatever age, ever wants to tell them -- i remember asking sugar ray leonarddidn't anybody tell you when you were going into the ring with hearns it looked like he would annihilate you, he said, no, because i was paying them. >> that is a part of the problem. because if i'm paying you, it may behoove you to shut up if you want to continue to get paid. that's just a fact. we can't ignore that. the other thing is you have to compartmentalize to some degree, what really draws a distinction between plaxico burress and michael vick. in the case of plaxico burress here was a guy who was ignorant to the law at hand. he did have a concealed weapon. it was licensed in florida until may of 2008. he didn't get it renewed. he wasn't aware of the laws that existed in new york and new jersey and the fact that you had a guy like mayor bloomberg who called for a mandatory 3 1/2-year jail sentence in the event you were carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon. so ignorance of the law is ultimately what he's paying the price for. by the way, you shouldn't be going to the a night

branch of the caster and the bolsheviks but you believe that the order can be traced directly to leonard well lennon was very careful to always cover his tracks and he he never ever took responsibility for anything as controversial as the merger of the wrongness but he said categorically we must not have a living banner we must not have anyone surviving from the family around whom a counter-revolution could could gather and gain a you know gain gain power so the decision was made in moscow during meetings with gul a short in a man from the book soviet he went back and forth quite a few times to moscow now got a shock and was very good friends with the arc of spirit love who was lenin's right hand man said lapham had worked as a bolshevik educator a new country but he knew the city he knew the bolsheviks there and i think fundamentally a tacit agreement was given by lenin that when the time came and the judgment of when that time came was left to the culture and bolsheviks when they knew that the game was up and the city was going to fall to go in and kill more and me. going forward to th

hundreds of thousands of cars cross bay area bridges each and every day and in tonight's good question leonardarion wanted to know how much money do the bridges take in tolls in a single day. let's see. we have seven state-owned toll bridges here in the bay area. the antioch, bee niche a martinez, martinez, dunbar ten, richmond-san rafael, hayward and the bay bridge. >> there are approximately 300,000 toll-paid crossings every day at an average of $4.17, $4.17 because big trucks and other multi-axle rigs are paying more. >> we'll leave out the golden gate because it's managed by its own transportation district but that is still a lot of money. >> add it altogether, it's about $1.25 million every day. >> john goodwin with the bay area toll authority says about 71% of that goes for financing costs. the rest, for maintenance, operations, and administration. transportation and capital investment. almost $470 million a year. guess what. now they are getting more. >> on july 1st, justen the bay bridge, it will be $6 during the peak period, that's monday through fridays, 5 to 10:00 a.m., 3 to 7:00 p.

. >> reporter: leonard and marlene anderson angrily disputed police tactics saying that hollins was stillting up and talking at first, but eventually she bled to death. >> come over here and get one guy? >> she shot a woman with a potato peeler. >> how's that safety? what, supposed to come down off the roof and out of the sky? they broke through all that. >> reporter: the female stack victim ran out of the complex under her own power where she was rescued and taken to the hospital. mr. turner will likely be charged with murder and attempted murder. in san jose len ramirez, cbs5. >>> murder charges have been filed against a man who was involved in a deadly crash while being chased by police. prosecutors say 24-year-old bernandino cuebas is responsible for the death of a 15-year-old girl in tuesday's crash. the chp pursued cuebas after he ran a red light in san jose. he broadsided the car in which the girl was riding. she later died from her injuries. her 12-year-old brother is still in serious condition. >>> the big fire at san jose's largest elementary school was arson. investigators made

and i made this, and leonard chess looked at me, and he says, "hey, i believe you got something here.d, "let's hear the real lyrics." so i started reciting the lyrics. and that's where that uncle john came in, because that was the lyrics. he says, "we like the music, but i don't think the old folks is gonna go for the lyrics." i said, "well, what can we do?" he says, "i tell you what. you go back home and rewrite this thing and come back here." and i went home and in exactly seven days came back with, ♪ bo diddley bought his baby a diamond ring, ♪ ♪ a-chungk-a-chungk a-changk-a-chang-chang. ♪ and that was the beginning of it. [applause] and you folks didn't think you were in for a performance today. so jingle jangle, was that the gene autry record? yeah. gene come in-- see, i'm-- i'm a western lover. my wife gets mad with me because she can't never get the tv. you know what i'm saying? because she got to wait till i go to sleep, then click. because i'm looking at something, you know. and i like the shoot-'em-ups, you know. they was real entertainers, man. that explains the album cover

>> the marin county coroner says tonight the teenage who fell to his death off a cliff was andrew leonardicks. family members say he had gone off the main trail for a better view. the teen was sitting at the edge of the cliff when he fell. the young man was preparing for his senior year at henderson high school in westerfield, pennsylvania. >>> we'll check back in with ken wayne on the very latest on the debate over marijuana growing that is under debate right now at the oakl woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. all right. who's next? make a deposit from anywhere, anytime-- with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> temperatures have been cooling down, you can see why. this is the current fog picture sho

>> the marin county coroner says tonight the teenage who fell to his death off a cliff was andrew leonard hicks. family members say he had gone off the main trail for a better view. the teen was sitting at the edge of the cliff when he fell. the young man was preparing for his senior year at henderson high school in westerfield, pennsylvania. >>> we'll check back in with ken wayne on the very latest on the debate over marijuana growing that is under debate right now at the oakland city council. >>> and a big star studded crowd turns out to celebrate the life of an oakland legend. >>> temperatures have been cooling down, you can see why. this is the current fog picture showing the fog already in san francisco. there's the bay bridge, it's shooting into oakland as well. the fog is going to make a play for your neighborhood. i will a seven day forecast, and it will include cooler daytime highs for your wednesday. >>> we have an update now on the fierce debate that's under way right now over marijuana at the oakland council meeting. ken wayne has been live all night at that meeting and he's b

andrew leonard hicks was getting ready for his senior year at henderson high school.s a national honor society student who planned to become a doctor. on monday, hicks and his family were on a hike a mile south from muir beach, when he fell 500 feet to his death. family members say he had gone off the main trail to get a better view of the ocean. >>> 7:23. in santa cruz, a demonstration by homeless advocates is entering its third week on the steps of the county courthouse. the demonstrators who have been sleeping on the sidewalk at all hours there are protesting the city's camping law which prohibits sleeping outside between 11:00 p.m. and 8:30:00 a.m. organizers want local officials to establish a safe place for the homeless to camp. >>> construction is underway on the first of four tunnels. this morning a groundbreaking ceremony will be held for a second tunnel. the southbound battery tunnel. the tunnels will lower the roadway and create new park space above. >> bravo. >> uh-huh. >>> we gotta go to sal. you still have that major traffic problem in hayward? >> this w

host: leonard you talked about the idea about having a hair trigger on some of these issues and finding a way to talk about it and the need to still talk about it. guest: i think we have to go back to the modern root going on and that's the southern strategy. when you look at what a conservative activist, the narrative of his little clip was white people are vims, black people have advantage of government and are sort of doing this to white people over time. that was the narrative of willie horton, the narrative of the southern strategy. that's been the narrative all along about conservative resistance to affirmtive action. that government advantages black people to the disadvantages of white people. so that's the narrative that he used. but what's happened is that the democrats over years were very gun shy about addressing that narrative ini about losing this mythical white middle class of voters. so you see the obama administration's reaction as pulling away as if let's say due cackcass might have pulled away in 1998. i don't think the democrats have moved beyond their fear of the sou

. >>> a teenager who died near a cliff, andrew leonard hicks jr., earlier reports said he may have been distracted by a cell phone. but his family says that is not correct. they say hicks was trying to get a better view when he fell to his death. >>> today, ac transit drivers staged a sick out a judge ruled on the matter and riders did an awful lot of bidding. sal castaneda has the story. >> reporter: this is day two of what transit riders say has been a very unreliable compute. some buses have been late, and others have not come at all. for howard height and others waiting, it became aparticipant apparent the bus was not coming. >> finally i said, look, we just need to give up. >> reporter: the latest labor dispute has disrupted service and today an alameda superior court judge refused to impose the contract put forward by the members sunday. drivers say the imposed contract is unfair. now transit officials say many bus operators have not shown up for work. the shortage has forced delays and cancellations. >>> 20% of the drivers are staging a sit out. and we think that's a terrible thi

. >>> the teenager who fell to his death near a cliff near maroon beach, andrew leonard hicks, was gettingeady for his senior year in west chester, pennsylvania. he was an honor's student who planned on becoming a doctor. on monday hicks and his family were on a mile hike when he fell 500 feet to his death. family members said he had gone off the man trail to get a better view of the ocean. >>> a former south vietnamese fighter pilot accused offense attacking a menu is heading to court today -- musician is heading to court today. lee congress called himself a freedom fighter. he is explaining his attack on a pop singer during a weekend concert in santa collar a. he was said to have offered him flowers, but blasted him with pepper spray, instead. he disguised himself as a female to get close to them. >> the oregoners know who -- organizers know who i am. >> he said he pepper sprayed the singer base the entertainer has a friendly relationship with vietnam's con insist leaders. -- communist leaders. he is known for being involve in a red light district attack known as little saigon. >>> well,

i'm brock leonard and with me as always, the professor, barry starr.ike a mustache shorn. off the face and about to face off for sole possession of the umf television title -- it's dr. phil's old mustache taking on the shaggy face forest of eighties john oates. >> jimmy: there's no love lost between these two mustaches, barry. [ laughter ] this ring's not big enough for these two whiskered warriors. these bushy brutes. these grisly growths. these crude cultivations. these wooly bullies. these loathsome lip rugs. these sadistic snot swifters. these no-good nostril beavers. these horribly hairy hides of horrifically hell-spawned hideousness. >> steve: are you okay? >> jimmy: are the one they call "the dream butcher?" >> steve: roll the tape! ♪ >> dr. phil. '80s' oates. >> one belt! two mustaches! they're hairy, they're scary -- >> i'm about to commit hara kiri! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is what it's all about right there, man! professor barry, the capacity crowd is on its feet right now. >> steve: well, the excitement is palpable, brock. l

he is 17-year-old andrew leonard hicks jr. from westville, pennsylvania. hicks was walking with his family with the trail near the beach overlook when he fell off the cliff. when rescuers reached the young man, they could not revive him. there's been speculation that the boy was distracted while talking on a cell phone. his parents say that was not the case. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane crash near mt. pleasant, south carolina, to killed a bay area native. 29-year-old dustin reason was trying to land yesterday when witnesses say his plane stalled and crashed in a swampy area about 100 yards from the runway. the man was a san jose state university grad with a ba in aviation. he ran a business that ferried plans to europe. he was on his way to holland to deliver a plane when he crashed. >>> first it was the marijuana sales tax, and now the superstore. the city of oakland is poised for another first. the oakland city council will consider a plan to license four large-scale medical marijuana production facilities where po

then a discussion with kweisi mfume, political commentator sophia nelson, and leonard stein horn. and description of how on-line tools and social media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former "new rk hoyt.es" etter claer >> i worry about moving

leonard wants to know, how much money do the bridges take in tolls in a single day? ken bastida has tonight's good question. >> reporter: let's see. we have seven state owned toll bridges here in the bay area. the antioch, benicia-martinez, carquinez, dumb, richmond/san rafael bridge, san mateo bridge san mateo, and the bay bridge. >> there are approximately 300,000 toll paid crossings every day at an average of $4.17, because big trucks and other multiaxle rigs are paying more. >> reporter: we'll leave out the golden gate because it's managed by its own transportation district. but that is still a lot of money. >> add it all together and it's about 1.25 million every day. >> reporter: john goodwin with the bay area toll authority says about 71% of that goes for financing costs. the rest for maintenance, operations, and administration, transportation and capital investment. almost $470 million a year. guess what. now they are getting more. >> on july 1, just on the bay bridge, it will be $6 during the peak periods, that's monday through fridays, 5 to 10 a.m. and agai

. >> reporter: leonard and marlene anderson angrily disputed police tactics saying that hollins was still sitting up alive and talking at first but eventually she bled to death. >> can't come over here and get one guy? >> they shot a woman with a potato peeler. >> how's that safety? they're s.w.a.t. s.w.a.t. supposed to come down off the roof out of the sky and do all that. >> reporter: the female stabbing victim ran out of the apartment complex under her own power where she was rescued and taken to the hospital. as for mr. turner, he will probably be charged with murder and attempted murder. in san jose, len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> he was involved in a deadly collision while being chased by police. now prosecutors are charging him with murder. the crash happened tuesday afternoon in downtown san jose. a 15-year-old girl died yesterday of injuries she suffered when her mother's car was hit by 24-year-old bernardino cuevas. the chp started following him after he ran a red light. the pursuit is under investigation. cuevas had reportedly been released from jail recently and missed a parole meeti

host: leonard you talked about the idea about having a hair trigger on some of these issues and finding a way to talk about it and the need to still talk about it. guest: i think we have to go back to the modern root going on and that's the southern strategy. when you look at what a conservative activist, the narrative of his little clip was white people are vims, black people have advantage of government and are sort of doing this to white people over time. that was the narrative of willie horton, the narrative of the southern strategy. that's been the narrative all along about conservative resistance to affirmtive action. that government advantages black people to the disadvantages of white people. so that's the narrative that he used. but what's happened is that the democrats over years were very gun shy about addressing that narrative ini about losing this mythical white middle class of voters. so you see the obama administration's reaction as pulling away as if let's say due cackcass might have pulled away in 1998. i don't think the democrats have moved beyond their fear of the sou

and china with sam golson, editor and publisher of the washington trade leonard. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the commission will come to order if we can do that. thank you. thank you all. let me just say a word about the passing of a giant in these last days, senator byrd. the senate will miss him greatly. he was an institutional memory. there was no one liked him in any sense . byrd loved my father. he said that when i came here, he said that your father was a wonderful man, patient, caring. about a year later, i got in a real dustup with robert byrd. i never called him bob. he said that he was thinking of my father again. he said he was -- he said that i was not like my father at all. thank you again for being here. we have established a high level of trust and i think the commission is establishing trust. that is something that is very sadly missing in this village since i was first here in 1979, where we actually trusted each other. your word was your bond ended he broke that, you knew who not to trust again. he started with trust rather than startin

. >> canadians in and webster a fairfax virginia robert leonard was gunned down following an attempted robbery of said of his dental office late sunday night oakland. police say he had just finished a late-night teeth cleaning and was on his way to his car with a friend when the shooting occurred, investigators say he was in the bay area applying for jobs ago these are offering up to 10,000 roger ward for information leading to an arrest of the suspects in a case. oakland, kron4 news. >> meanwhile a tragedy for family visiting northern california from pennsylvania in 17 year old fell to his death near beach l look the boy was hiking around 1:00, he fell about 400 ft. his father climbed down to give the cpr if there was pronounced dead for emergency responders about an hour later. the paradox of the country people in golden gate park have been euthanized you may recall back july 1st, they're running around the park they did a middle-age man and also built a 71 year-old woman, the torrent of a person's clothes police and animal control captured the dogs the dogs were male football and th

here's nbc's mike leonard. >> reporter: doing a story on 74-year-old gary boyd is a risky endeavor. >porter: well, what if i made a mistake? >> well, well, well. >> reporter: might that spur a letter to my boss complaining i messed up his scottsdale, arizona, home, that i didn't take more pictures of the replicas in the pool, that i never took a bite of the clam dip he made just for that? >> you have to be brief. >> reporter: sorry. g gary h. boyd, coast guard veteran, retired texaco executive, married to olga, four sons, three grandchildren, friendly guy, laughs a lot. used to have a habit of pocketing motel keys. took a 33 on the same golf hole he had previously scored a hole in one. his take on the golfing disasser? >> 15 balls in the lake. i was on the green and two-putted for a 33. >> reporter: gary is good at summing things up concisely. >> yep. >> reporter: which is why -- >> i'm probably the king. >> reporter: getting letters published to magazines and newspapers all over the country. a hobby started ten years ago after his retirement from texaco. why did you start writing let

we will talk with the former president of the naacp, political commentator sophia nelson and leonard stein horn. later, reagan brooks -- raven brooks. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, policy and nonfiction books. it is created by america's cable companies. >> now, a pentagon retirement ceremony for general mcchrystal. he was removed from his position in june after "rolling stone" magazine published an article about him. remarks are by robert gates, and general mcchrystal in this 50 minute portion. >> and general mcchrystal, mrs. mcchrystal, members of the u.s. armed forces, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for allowing me to be part of this memorable ceremony. i am honored to be here to congratulate general mcchrystal for his immense accomplishments wearing the uniform of the united states armed forces to combat terrorism, preserve security here in the united states and fight for peace in my country, afghanistan. it is my pleasure to deliver the highest state mental aw

joining us on the phone to talk about the violence that they have seen over the weekend the tenant leonardt. >> good morning. see you think that these two locations were three people were shot or crushed corrected. >> we're still investigating that aspect of the case there are some similarities between the 711 shooting and the shooting on banyan of the person that is deceased and the other person that is as severely injured. we're looking well we talked to at the scene at banyan, that is where the first shooting was reported and then the other one about 5 mi. away at the 7-eleven while that looks like a lot of shots fired. >> there were a high number of shots fired at the scene. this is one where the 21 year-old was killed you do believe that the other person who showed ' was a touching as well? >> we had a very short interview him for years transferred to a trauma center he indicated that he was in that area around the same time. >> what do you think is similar about these two shooting incidents as? >> without going into great detail what the reader 1 per lot out there as we do have evide

host: leonard you talked about the idea about having a hair trigger on some of these issues and finding a way to talk about it and the need to still talk about it. guest: i think we have to go back to the modern root going on and that's the southern strategy. when you look at what a conservative activist, the narrative of his little clip was white people are vims, black people have advantage of government and are sort of doing this to white people over time. that was the narrative of willie horton, the narrative of the southern strategy. that's been the narrative all along about conservative resistance to affirmtive actio that government advantages black people to the disadvantages of white people. so that's the narrative that he used. but what's happened is that the democrats over years were very gun shy about addressing that narrative ini about losing this mythical white middle class of voters. so you see the obama administration's reaction as pulling away as if let's say due cackcassight have pulled away in 1998. i don't think the democrats have moved beyond tir fear of the southern