." >> maxine waters, here with the president. >> maxine waters is one of 435 members of the house of representatives, and of those 435, only a relative handful ever achie any notoriety or any fame outside their own districts. all of them, of course, work their districts hard. we wanted to look at how a member of congress would get things done, especially against big odds. and maxine waters, once the '94 election took place and the republics took over, was a minority within a minority, within a minority as a black, as a woman, as a democrat. and yet, she still manages to achieve things for her district, and that's what we set out to show how she does it from the inside. >> sheila burke. >> sheila burke, at the time of this writing, was bob dole's chief of staff. she is now a volunteer in his presidential campaign. we chose her as our chief staff to illustrate the anonymous power of staff on capitol hill. sheila burke started as a health care advisor for bob dole in 1977 and worked her way up through the ranks to become his most trusted advisor. we compare the duo of bob dole and sheil

i called her a broad, maxine waters? >> who? >> maxine waters.s is the same woman who accused the cia of dropping crack cocaine. she called the l.a. riots acceptable, and she is accused of stealing bailout money from a bank her husband is affiliated with. i don't care what maxine waters has to say. >> i like her style. >> you do? you like the jacket? >> amy, are you a deep political thinker. >> you mean i am stupid? >> i have a ged, greg. >> you like to spell it out. >> i think she is fired up. she got a little ahead of herself. she is all excited. she is on for. -- she is on tour. did you see her write 1234*er she asked for yellow m&m's and crystal. she is back there spraying people. did you see that crowd? do you think she is not -- they are in ingelwood. >> bill, as a former member of the congressional black caucus, what say you? >> hi, guys. if you are up, you are up too late. it was amusing the tea party asked barack obama to inter seat on this. -- to intercede on this. the full statement was we hate this angry rhetoric and we want our socia

you have the tea party referred to by maxine -- they can go straight to hell.here seems to be tea party candidates, conservative african-americans. we are not allowed to call any other group of people names, except them. they seem to be two exceptions. why does the exemption exist? >> it exists because the liberals, including the president, the democrats, they like a double standard. the president was the one who called for a new era of civility. now look at what they are doing. you are right. it is a double standard, because the democrats nor the president have any positive results to run on. the american people want results. all they can do is name-call. their only weapon is to try and demean the tea party movement. call them names. didn't joe biden also say we were a bunch of terrorists? they are so out of touch with the american people and it is starting to show. >> sean: one of the sad things is look at the lack of results in the country. rather than focusing on the failure, the administration, numbers of people that are out of work and looking for jobs an

i was going to agree with maxine waters. i think if you listen to the exact quote you had a minute ago, where she said this level of unemployment is unconscionable. and you think about african-american communities that have had 43% teenaged unemployment. she is right. the president ought to be in washington tonight with a brand new plan based on free markets and free enterprise and things that work. he ought to ask the congress to come in monday and pass that plan. this country is in real serious trouble. and we could find that our already in a depression at 9.2% unemployment, that we could be sliding over the next three months, deeper. that's why i think we need jobs now. we need a plan for jobs now. the president doesn't have one i would be glad to give him one, anybody who is watching can go to newt.org and will see specific proposals laid out. ronald reagan knew how to create jobs. when i was speaker, we got unemployment down to 4.2% with the right kind of changes, tax cuts, deregulation, welfare reform. i think the stra

congresswoman maxine waters is leading the charge. i'm going to talk with her live this hour about the issues at hand. >>> also meet the new generation of flash mobs. kids using social media to commit crimes. what happened to the days of dancing and singing in the middle of the mall? >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. we start with breaking news. there's a lot of news. i want to get you caught up. it's out of libya tonight. a rebel spokesman says anti-government troops have now entered the capital. and cnn's senior correspondent matthew chance is live in tripoli. we spoke with you not long ago. what are you seeing and hearing now? >> reporter: the situation appears to have calmed a little since we last spoke, don. there's still sporadic outbursts of gunfire across the city that we can hear periodically, every few minutes or so. clearly the situation isn't as calm as the government authorities are telling us that it is. we've had a press conference within the last hour or so with the libyan government spokesperson. he says that a numb

out about the stops that he made are even more so the stops that he did it make as representative maxine waters noted he didn't make any stops and black communities in fact the congressional black caucus feels of the president has been ignoring the plight of black americans altogether. obama aims to keep white voters on board what we want to be on board to. now while obama prepares his new jobs for pozole to fix the entire economy congressional black caucus has been on a five city tour this month to address the issue and the figures for black communities make the national unemployment numbers pale in comparison to go by the official numbers used by the government agencies the u. three well national unemployment is at nine point two percent unemployment rate for african-americans is it fifteen point nine if you look at african-americans ages sixteen to nineteen that's at forty one point four percent so should the president be creating jobs for the jobs programs specifically geared towards just the black community and are is the black community getting frustrated enough to turn their back

i think maxine waters feels the same way. and i think that some of that, you're seeing some of that bubble up basically. bill: and we've talked about that, too. >> very insular white house, they live in a bubble, they're nonresponsive to people who disagree with them, so if maxine waters of to go to them and say this kind of stuff, they don't want to hear it, they're not interested in hearing from people who don't agree with him. bill: kirsten, karen, thank you. go to foxnews.com/"america's newsroom". got a question about this topic, anything you want to know, leave a question there, bya, because you asked, also, e-mail hemmer at foxnews.com. lines are open, martha, how about that. martha: get the questions coming. >>> this just in from the white house, president obama calling on syria's leader to step down. this is the most forceful call that we have heard from the white house on this. we are about to hear from secretary of state hillary clinton a few minutes from now on this issue. we're going to bring you that as that brea

how come maxine waters gets away with saying the tea party could go straight to hell? you to go straight to heaven powers. >> i appreciate that. >> i don't think they get away with that. people are holding them accountable for it. they are not getting away. i don't think either side gets away with it. both sides should stop. >> sean: obama gets away with it. he lectures on civility after using a lot of comments not defined as civil. >> they go after governor palin, congresswoman michelle bachmann. all these tea party figures. at the end of the day no one says what you are saying is wrong. really, even the constituents stay quiet about it. >> that is not true. >> it is unfortunate that really there has to be this -- this noncivility between the two groups. >> first of all, plenty of people say plenty about it. the sean hannities, rush limbaughs, people who have power influence complain and people on the left condemn it. some institutes condemned things said about michelle bachmann. >> sean: in fairness, at times you have been reasonable. and i say that with great trepid

maxine waters said they could go straight to hell. floridian congresswoman suggesting the real enemy is the tea party movement. just either today or yesterday. why do you think there's these attacks again the tea party? and why double standard this is one group you can say anything about, no ramifications? >> without having heard specifically all those comments i can only tell you my experience has been the more heated the rhetoric the likely it is -- likely it is they can't win the public policy argument. the policies this administration has pursued has not worked. unemployment higher, our economy is not growing. i love my country more than i love my political party. i want america to do well. the policies pursued in washington are not going to get us there. if you supported those policies you can't defend the policy. the only way you are going to win and convince people to vote for you is to demonize the other sigh. that's why you see over-- heated rhetoric. the problem facing our country is we spend more money than we take in every

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if you have someone like maxine waters.en serving in the congress, between the senate and house of representatives. if out of 12, out of 535 and she's the most senior ranking african-american working if he doesn't have a direct line to this president we are in trouble. >> wow. you just said a lot there. i'm going to show you something. i just got a tweet from spike lee and he is at a social event with the president. and he tweeted this. he said in a quick conversation with president obama, i told him he will continue to have my support and he needs to take off the kid gloves. there's a growing sentiment of that among african-americans. >> if you look at the unemployment rate for instance among all americans, somewhere 9.11, and 9.2% and double that for african-american and if you look at detroit and atlanta, and it up to 40, 45%. we are feeling the heat. to ask the white house for a concerted agenda focused on urban and african-american issues i they is right for american america and i think the president has to do it. >> w

maxine waters saying to obama, show me the jobs! they've had it.he unemployment numbers either. did she learn don't shoot in the tent? this is the problem, you are suppose odd to stay together as a party to try and advance your party goals. right now they are turning on him, not a good sign for him. >> sean: especially since he's lost independence. >> economy can cut to the core of any politician's base because the economy affects everyone. not an issue for just one group. that's what you are seeing now. among the african-american community people pinned with obama. does that mean they would not turn out for myth in the next election? i don't know. >> sean: i don't think he loses his hard-core base. >> maxine waters always loose lips but nothing to say. the congressional black choir they developed a frog -- >> sean: ouch! >> they've developed a frog in their throats at the beginning of the obama administration. >> sean: he's not in any black community, we are getting tired. >> there's a big if in her voice. what is when you tell me it is okay to go

where is sharpton and jesse jackson barbara lee and maxine waters on the flash mobs?re are they on those. >> that's my point. that's the absence of this quote, unquote leadership in the black community which, as i say are nothing more than overseers of this 21st century plantation. the republican party has not done very well in reach out. that's where we have opportunity to show the corner stone and bedrock of the. individual responsibility and accountability. faith and family. hard work ethic. these are the things to reexcept and get a thriving economic community within our inner cities. >> laura: today the president recontinued the bus tour i guess it's mercifully coming to an end. he is continuing the bus tour. he talked about how innovation also lead to fewer jobs. computerized you don't need people because you have great technology. atm machines where you used have to bank tellers. i'm thinking to myself now innovation is to blame for the loss of jobs republicans tea party mean congress, innovation is now the problem. >> yeah. you are absolutely right. don't forg

maxine waters very vocal this case.of republicans to the top in the house would tell you that the budget they passed and the stance they took on the debt ceiling would not have happened without the tea party that brought those issues to the -- >> greta: i'm just saying, what i'm trying to say is that the people who are now criticizing the tea party created the problem about which they were upset and they didn't listen now they are the bad guys. >> absolutely. maxine waters in a very safe seat in california. she represents a certain segment of the left side of the democratic party. and she is going to say what she is gonna say. >> greta: a lot of member of congress said they need go home to listen to fan out what their constituents are saying. i thought they must be delusional. all these tea party people are vocal in how they feel. many of the nontea party people send e-mails. people will say things. it is they won't listen. >> it is a big country. with max soon waters, she have voted overwhelmingly reelected every year

congresswoman maxine waters thinks so. i'll have hard questions for her on what she thinks now the president should do. what actions he should take. not what words he should speak. >>> and tom coburn can't believe he did this. suddenly president obama wants to create a culture of dependency in america, because coburn says it works so well for obama as an african-american. it's hard to know where to even start with that one, but we'll try in the "sideshow." i can't believe coburn said that. >>> finally, finish with rick perry and the politics changing the republican party. we start with what we're calling the host's takeover are the republican party. mark halperin, senior political an lift and "time" editor at large and michael, political analyst. gentlemen, a tough question. the gop now, the top three candidates are, of course, bachmann, won the straw poll in ames. rick perry the new kid on the block, and perhaps the hot hand, and mitt romney, who seems to be holding on, and no more. has the party moved dramatically toward

martha: she's at it again, days after maxine waters blasted president obama over his handling of the economy she is now lashing out against the tea party. >> i'm not afraid of the big bad wolf. i'm not afraid of anybody. this is a tough game. you can't be intimidated. you can't be frightened. as far as i'm concerned, the tea party is go straight to hell. martha: let's get a look at some of the other big stories making headlines right now, we've got hurricane irene bearing down on puerto rico and could it be in florida by the week glend the fox weather center is coming up live on that. >>> a 22-year-old man, this is an awful story, is under arrest in indiana, he fatally stabbed an elderly boy scout leader leading a bunch of scouts on a hiking trail, the witnesses say this attack was unprovoked and that he had attacked his mother nearby earlier that day. >>> and there is a look at the new martin luther king memorial, the statue of the slain civil rights leader is being unveiled today at the national mall. big moment in the national mall today. >>> all right. gregg, back to you. gregg:

maxine. >> maxine robertson. >> is it max robertson. >> it's max robertson. it's an homage to the very first african-american network anchor, max robertson. and i thought that if i was going to have a black protagannist who was the doyan of all things television i wanted to play a little history of tribute because i wouldn't be doing what i have been doing he didn't do what he did. >> absolutely right. much of this life that you lived much of it you lived in public. more so than some celebrities. in some ways you made a choice do that. >> i did, i made that choice. i don't make that choice anymore. it's a big difference. you know the nicest part about my recent publicity, it has been for things that i have done in my work environment, not for in my personal environment. >> yes, yes. >> i like that. i have no problem with criticism about something that i've chosen professionally because i can always defend that. >> yeah. >> my personal choices are my personal choices and i had to learn that myself because when you invite somebody into your home, don't be prize

this is congressman maxine waters speaking at the congressional black caucus jobs fair on friday. >> president is going to have to fight, employ he is going to have to fight hard. we cannot back up from the tea party. we cannot be intimated. we cannot compromise away the ability for us to put together proposals that are going to get this country back on the right track. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor and managing editor of the brio.com. it's to so nice to see you. s. >> thanks for being here. >> we're just listening to congressman waters there saying the president needs to stand up and fight. we spoke to reverend jesse jackson just a moment ago, and do you think the president has been weak? is he letting himself be pushed around on this issue? >> i think part of what you are seeing in these town halls and the reaction to the congressional black caucus is a certain frustration that people have because of an expectation that they have that president obama can in and sweep over washington because he had the kills and change would be something that would wash over washington, and

maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a different generation. a lot of us had been writing about that because they were silenced for so long. i am involved with the book prize. it's a pacific rim book prize in which books come from asia and all over the pacific rim. in the last 11 years it's been a prize we read so many books that have come from voices of new writers. i'm always amazed and they are writing different storers i wrote when i started. all the people have come through now. if you look at the list of indian and japanese authors and chinese authors it's now we are very much diverse. i think for a long time we weren't. i thank you for that question. if i keep going i will never get another question. [laughter]. >> thank you for samurai's garden. i read it had i

here is maxine waters. >> our people are hurting. the unemployment is unconsciousable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know would i on this trip he's in the united states now, he's not in any black communities. we don't know that. >> reverend al sharpton, i want to get your reaction to maxine waters. she seems genuinely upset with president obama. >> i don't know if she's upset or what. i know all of us are upset about the numbers. there are many people that i talked to that had wished that the congress, when we had the majority democrat, including the caucus, they stepped up and pressed a bill. i don't know that we can get into who's -- i know that congresswoman waters expressed her feelings. she supported hillary clinton against president obama. i no el that others have expressed that feelings. i think people want answers and solution, not just a bunch the finger pointing. >> do you think what we just saw there from congresswoman waters, do you think that is just the beginning of what we are going to start to see? >> again, i think patients has warn thing

maxine waters attacking the tea party in a theological way. the first miller-o'reilly live exposition. we will show you a bit of that check is next. >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight. reality check we begin with maxine waters a little worked up about the tea party. >> i'm not afraid of big bad wolf. i'm not afraid of anybody. this is a tough day. you can't be intimidated. you can't be frightened. as far as i'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell. [cheers] >> bill: now, ms. waters, was that nice? there are very good people in the tea party. do you really want them to go to hell to burn for all eternity? what about the president's call for more civil rhetoric? we would like to talk but to this congresswoman. we will give you a call and we hope to see you soon. it's an hell of an opportunity so to speak. you are not afraid of me, are you. president obama said this to matt lauer in 2009. >> one nice thing about the situation i find myself in is that i will be held accountable. if i don't have this done in three years, there

we'll talk to maxine waters making news this week. a check on the forecast. >> who has a better job than me? there's nothing to talk about. showers and storms otherwise it looks nice around the country. the exception philadelphia, that's where you see showers and storms. nothing that lasts too long. here is the forecast in the northeast. a nice day. don't let the thunderstorms ruin your plans. it's only going to rain ten to 15 minutes in each location. 106 in dallas. chicago, up to the great lakes and the southeast, looking at a nice day today. even d.c., not bad, upper 80s, the slight chance for a shower. you are watching morning show brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the cc. and every volkswagen includes scheduled carefree maintenance. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the volkswagen cc sport for just $289 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. there's so much to learn.

. >> joined now by congresswoman maxine waters and karen finney will be joining in on the conversation as well. good morning, thank you for joining us. >> i'm delighted you're covering this. >> we want to begin with you. the president hoping his proposals could create up to one million jobs. progressives have been urging him to go big with his proposals. do you think this is enough, up to one million jobs is what he's saying. >> i am pleased, number one, the president is going to roll out a proposal. of course, we need a lot more than one million, but we are delighted he has targeted one million. we need it. the statistics were cited about what was going on here in california and across the nation. i'm standing in a community where the young people are unemployed to the tune of maybe 30%, 45%, so the african-american unemployment, latino unemployment too, is extremely high. we need jobs. this jobs fair is just a way to say we feel your pain, we understand, we're going to get out of washington. we're going to do something while we're doing the public policy in washington. we're also goi

>> i have known maxine for many years since she was a state legislator in sacramento.elieve in a big powerful government. she sees herself on the wrong side of history. people don't want to keep spending and growing the government and skyrocketing the national debt. she can't win on the merits of the argument. so the only thing she can do is try to scare her constituents and scare those people who are on government resources to think they will be taken away. they will be taken away because people will have better economic opportunities. they will be able to have jobs instead of welfare. we want to grow this economy so there are plenltful jobs. that -- so there are plentiful jobs. let's get our fiscal house in order. megyn: does the name calling bother you? >> no one likes the name calling. i think the democrats and president are remiss in not condemning that. we condemn when people get carried away to the tea party side. we condemn that. the rhetoric gets excessive. everybody has the same talking points. i think the president ought to man up and say this is wrong. he s

i heard all of what maxine waters said. but this is the quote giver on me. quote, when you tell us it's all right and you unleash us and tell us you are ready for to us have this conversation, we are ready to have the conversation. the congressional black caucus loves the president, too, we are supportive of the president, but we are getting tired. he goes on, our people are hurting, the unemployment is unconscionable and we don't know what the strategy is. as ed mentioned, republicans were quick to attack the president's announcement that he has a major speech coming on jobs. there is a list of 8 major jobs speeches. we found these from four separate events where the president is signing jobs bills. >> today does mark the beginning of the end, the beginning of what when need to do to create jobs for americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs. >> our economy is now growing again and we may soon be adding jobs instead of losing them. the jobs bill i'm signing today is intended to help accelerate that process. >> that's why i'm pleased today to sign into law

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fired up congresswoman maxine waters issued some tough words for the president. >> the congressional black caucus loves the president, too. we're supportive of the president butie getting tired. we're getting tired. what we want to do is we want to give the president every opportunity. >> how long? >> -- to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. but our people are hurting. the unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he's in the united states now and he's not in any black community. we don't know that. when you let us know, it is time to let go, we will let go. >> congresswoman maxine waters joining me live from atlanta this morning. congresswoman, there's a lot of causes for the pain african-americans are experiencing economically. let's talk specifically about the president. how much of your frustration feels like president has not focused on the cities hit hardest by this crisis? >> i think what you see is growing in minority communities because the unemployment rates are so high in the african-american

i want to start with something that maxine waters had to say recently about the president. as you know, the cbc and other african-american lawmakers complained for sometime that the president has not done something specifically to address or rifk unhorrific unemployment rates in the black community. here is what she had to say. >> we're supportive of the president, but we are getting tired of it. the unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what the strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he is in the united states now and he is not in any black communities. we don't know that. >> you are taking some heat from african-americans and some of the most loyal supporters you have got saying the president goes on the jobs trip and doesn't even go to the minority community where the jobless rate is the worst. are you taking this constituency for granted? because that's what it looks like to them. >> absolutely not, and just because on one trip the president doesn't stop in every community doesn't reflect a policy judgment or a commitment judgment on his part. one of t

maxine waters attacking the tea party in a theological way.st miller-o'reilly live exposition. we will show you a bit of that check is next. let's see if we can get one past the defense. hut! go! here it comes! right on the numbers! boom! get it! spin! oh, nice hands! chest bump. ugh! od job, man. nice! oky, halftime. now, this is my favorite play. oh! i'm wide open. oh, fumble. fumble. don't want to fumble any of these. [ male announcer ] share what you love, with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. it's up... and it's good! good?! they're grrreat! toi switched to a complete0, multivitamin with more. and it's good! only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's. >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight. reality check we begin with maxine waters a little worked up about the tea party. >> i'm not afraid of big bad wolf. i'm not afraid of anybody. this is a tough day. you can't be intimidated. you

congresswoman maxine waters, thank you very much. we greatly appreciate it. we know there are a lot of people down there talking, probably putting on their best sales pitch in hopes of getting a job. thank you. by the way, i'll be anchoring news nation live from the cbc jobs fair in miami on august 22nd and 23rd right here on msnbc. >>> breaking news on today's stock market turmoil. right now the dow is down over 400 points. 435. it is down nearly 500 points, in fact, earlier this morn ing. i'm joined now by melissa francis, co-anchor of cnbc's "the call." >> what else is fueling what we're seeing today? >> at one point the dow was down 528 points. it all started in europe. all these wor ris about the liquidity of european banks. we saw the european indices sell off big time. this really has been the cue for our markets to sell off as well. then we piled on with a whole bunch of weak u.s. economic data like you mentioned. we had jobless claims, we had a manufacturing index out of philadelphia that we expected to be slightly positive and it came in severely ne

should he have gone to the places that congresswoman maxine waters was talking about? >> sure.n fairness to president, he has traveled extensively to all parts of the country. listen, we can go back and look historically. it doesn't do any good taking our time. bill clinton passed the deficit reduction act in '93, which cut benefits from important programs to the core constituencies of our party who were mad, but also raised revenues. it led to the greatest economic expansion in the history of our country. 23 million new jobs. everybody benefitted. we went through eight years with president bush. they drove the economy off the cliff. president obama is now trying to get it back moving again. it takes time. it took eight years for them to do what they did to the economy. it's taking time for the president to get going. >> you can't let that go unaddressed. under president bush, we had 52 months of uninterrupted job creation, the longest stretch in the history of our country. the fact is the housing crisis that was at the center of the economic meltdown in the fall of 2008 was du

maxine waters attacking the tea party in a theological way.r-o'reilly live exposition. we will show you a bit of that check is next. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with the strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. [ male announcer ] this is what it's like getting an amazing discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. the easy way to get unpublished discounts of up to 55% off top hotels. harpist not included. ♪ >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight. reality check we begin with maxine waters a little worked up about the tea party. >> i'm not afraid of big bad wolf. i'm not afraid of anybody. this is a tough day. you can't be intimidated. you can't be frightened. as far as i'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell. [cheers] >> bill: now, ms. waters, was that nice? there are very good people in the tea party. do you really want them to go t

you look at people saying this, representative wilson, maxine waters, reverend jesse jackson equatingth slavery, guy needness -- goodness, isn't there a racial tone that really isn't deserved? >> i don't believe -- based on the comments i quoted a few moments ago, you've got a bunch of high profile tea party leaders and congresspeople who have made racially continuing dollars comments and it's a shame, and i don't condone it on either side, however, i understand where someone like jesse jackson or maxine waters or frederica wilson might be coming from given untoward statements representing the tea party and congresspeople identifying with the tea party. one other thing, michele bachmann, the other part of what was said by fledericka wilson, saying they want to get obama out of office and michele bachmann's big headline was one-term president. >> that's fine. that's what parties want. they're allowed to want that. gregg: there's been name calling on both sides, including most recently governor rick perry referring to ben bernanke as being treasonous, aren't he's invectives and epithets

when maxine waters, who i have enormous respect for said to members of the black community.lesia, she's not saying i want to attack the president, she's saying, we want strategy. we want another plan. we know the republicans want to prove a a esident's plan. we want a long-term strategy to bring jobs back to inner cities. black wealth, not because i'm black, because i'm an american, but over the last four year, 53% of black wealth has just disappeared. 6 the average for white family, median income is $113,000. black family, 5,000. 5,000. it has dropped. these families are hurting. they want help, they want relief. they don't want to hear about congress, they don't want to hear about the tea party they want jobs. >> what does it say that maxine waters is the one who is now being critical of the president who was supposed to be the uniter. last week you saw he united people. the tea partiers, the far left, the people in the midding by saying, where is your leadership on jobs? to make people wait for that speech is questionable. on the same said, say this is the president who,

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