but i do have marc lamont hill next to me -- look at this great celebration. you been watching this, marc? >> the entire thing. this match itself, you and i were sneaking and cheating and looking at bits of it. when germany scored that was big. such a an efficient game. >> it will be interesting to see the effect on american soccer. i'm surprised by how many in new york come out to watch it even if they don't support one team or the other. a lot of people supporting germany even though they beat the u.s. along the way. interesting to see if major league locker numbers are up in the days ahead. >> numbers will definitely pick up. you saw record numbers in the united states. then even if the u.s. is eliminated. people are still packing in. bars were packed down the street to watch germany/argentina. that wouldn't have happened eight years ago. a whole different thing. >> if we still have richard roth in new york, what was the reaction there, were most for germany or argentina? >> i think it was pretty divided. i have a fan from germany here. what's your reaction

marc lamont hill, cnn commenter, comedian and activist. mr.l sparks and mandy stottmiller, editor at large for xo jane. >> are you a soccer fanatic now? >> i'm so happy america finally came around to knowing what every 10-year-old in the country has known for a very long time, that soccer can be really fun. but make no mistake about it. we are going to stop caring in about five minutes. we're too new to the sport. yeah. >> mel, you may be right. you have a point there, right? >> yes. look, in many suburbs around the country, there are children that are born wearing a pair of soccer shorts. but once they go on into high school and parents realize they're not going get recruited for college sports, their love affair with soccer ends abruptly. we don't care. we're out. you're going to watch the tune-in rates plummet, plummet, plummet, plummet. >> soccer -- as soccer ends up being more beneficial for kids in that way in that there is no end game, no pun intended, and kids grow up to be things like scientists and lawyers after playing it and using

cnn commentators ben ferguson and marc lamont hill are back. marc, social media campaign we just saw, it's sentimental, sweetly sentimental, perhaps only sentimental. can these things actually help? >> no. you know, there are -- i'm a social media -- >> come on. >> -- fan. i love it. look. maybe i'm just in a cranky mood, but look, there are times where i see it -- i saw it -- if i look in tahrir, when i look what happened in iran, i see really interesting uses of social media to tell one's story, get the word out about what's going on, talk about human rights abuses, et cetera. i love the power of social media, and there's a difference offering this sh multssy message, if we live peace a chance, we can end a conflict that not rooted in misunderstanding, but in occupation and open air prison being in gauzgaza, unfair distribution of resources, weaponry. when you have that, a real cool hash tag ain't going to fix it. >> yeah, ben, the -- >> yeah. >> you know, the media war has been so intense from both sides. the u.s. walking a very fine line her

cnn commentators marc lamont hill and ben ferguson are back. ben, this guy is a shock jock.e name implies he says a lot of things that some might consider distasteful and so maybe it's no surprise that he might lose his job by using certain offensive language. but we've seen a lot of other people who have paid the price for words they've used. paula deen, donald sterling, others. is offensive speech no longer free speech in this country? >> it's free. and you can do it. because he's not in jail for it. and that's the true definition i think of freedom. but there are consequences for your actions. opie and anthony are two guys that do a very entertaining show if you like vulgar, crude guy humor, talking about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. that doesn't allow you to be angry and bitter and hateful and to trash talk a human being on your twitter account. and he knows that. i mean, if it would have been him saying something about some football player, quarterback, who is awful and he made a joke about him, that's probably okay. that's why they make millions of dollars doing it. t

so back with me now is peter beinart, marc lamont hill and alan dershowitz. i wanted you to finish your thought. listen, these new cache of rockets being found in a u.n. school, does this bolster the israeli argument here? >> well, israel doesn't need to have its argument bolstered. the fax speak for themselves. i think all the commentators agree that hamas wanted this war. it initiated this war for its own purposes. israel didn't want this war. this is a purely defensive war. if hamas were to give up its arms, there would be peace. if israel were to disarm, there would be genocide. that's the reality. and hamas hides in the u.n., it hides in schools, uses its civilians as shields. it wants to maximize civilian casualties among the palestinians so that israel's enemies can paint those pick on television and create the animosity that we talked about in the earlier segment. the world has to come to realize that israel is fighting this fight not only for its own survival, but for the survival of western values. this is a new tactic. using civilian shields, using

marc lamont hill has more. ♪ >> i fell in love with ballet the moment i started doing it. >> misty copeland'sence on stage is described as breathtaking. her breakthrough in ballet is just as spectacular, beginning much later than most taking classes at a california boys and girls club. >> starting at age 13, there was so much talk around me. talk of me being a prodigy, talk of me having these abilities. >> now she's making history with every leap. as only the third woman of color to be a featured soloist with renowned american ballet theater. >> i was just working so hard because it was so new to me at that age when i became professional. i didn't have the chance to step back and notice and realize that i was by myself. i was the only black woman in the company. >> for the young soloist that created challenges that she had not anticipated. >> i went through a period where i felt really alone and like i had no one i could relate to. >> and she had to come to grips with the idea that some barriers have not yet been broken. >> i would have a completely different path if i weren't an african-amer

joining is marc lamont hill. great to have all you have with us. >> marc. let me start with you. the world. tonight the perfect time for a fundraising? >> it's not the perfect time for a fundraising dinner. but i think we have to get past the notion that the president or anyone else can't walk and chew gum at the same time. he was on air force one today talking to the netherlands prime minister. he made to it the embassy today. was able to talk and discuss and get security briefs all around the world wherever he is. i think it's possible for the president to do both. and thursday was a bad day for the president. bad optics attached to that continuing his trek in the midst of a disaster and a crisis. but since then he has had a tough message for leaders. he has kept his agenda moving. >> marc, marc, marc, should he be doing this? because the reason i ask you, you remember the gulf shot of president bush. now watch this drive. he got so much guff for that. >> as a matter of political strategy, it's awful. but i don't think it's intensifying the crisis in gaza. i don't think it's ma

marc lamont mill, the spike in shootings, would it have been lower in stop and frisk?on't know yet. we have to unpack the data and figure out whether or not eliminating stop and frisk is the cause of this. i know in 2013 there was a 50% dedrese crease in stop and frisk degrees and 25% drop in crime. a variety of factors to consider here. >> lou, what about that, the numbers, as marc is talking about. 8% rise, maybe not a spike but a rise in shootings. still, the second lowest number of shootings i think, you know, on record here in the city. >> you know, if the question is there a correlation between the increase in shootings and the abandonment of the stop and frisk policy the answer unequivocally is yes. it takes a little bit of time. >> based on what? based on what? >> based on experience and i'm going to make reference specifically for you, mark. when bill bratton first came into his job as police commissioner approximately 20 years ago, we had over 2,200 homicides in the city every year. stop and frisk was one of the most effective tools that was implemented. we r