." >> 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 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

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

prospect thanks so much for being here tonight we have got for starters do you agree here with maxine waters when she says that president obama isn't keeping the black community on board i don't necessarily agree i think personal drama is doing the best it can we come to keeping the boy commuting aboard the issue is that obama's approach in that every american and it would it would actually in the end appear number of supporters community if a person of them were to begin turning his focus explicitly towards americans yeah but at the same time the african-american vote is a huge vote for president obama just the same way that the latino vote is a huge blow to president obama and so we say you know we see the same kind of disaffection coming from the latino population saying you made us a lot of promises and you are delivering great. that is absolutely true but again true first of all mr walker careful line here the economy is already doing poorly his support among white voters already you're slipping at a higher rate than previous democratic presidents so even if he wants to put out an expli

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

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 on this

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

which is irrelevant to maxine waters' voters. the real person who is relevant is barack obama. the green jobs he promises aren't creating jobs for her constituency in los angeles county. they have over 12 1/2% unemployment in her district. this president is going to iowa and she complain he's visiting white voters. this is a good day for obama, they are talking the tea party and not him. >> sean: this is what she said last week. >> the congressional black caucus loves the president too. we are supportive of the president. but we are getting tired y'all. getting tired. and so, 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. we want to give him every opportunity. but our people are hurting. unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what his strategy is. we don't know why on this trip he's in the united states now he's not in any black communities, we don't know. all i'm saying to you is, we're politicians. we are elected officials. we are trying to do the right thing and the be

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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

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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

among his most vocal critics has been california congresswoman maxine waters at a public forum hostedhe congressional black caucus last night in miami. she repeated attacked the executive director of the council on jobs, graves. at one point he was interrupted by waters. >> everyone across the country understands that communities have been hit harder than other communities. >> let's hear you say black. >> black, african-american, latino. these communities have been hard hit. they've been hard hit. the president understands that. we have to focus on getting people back to work in every community across the country. >> sean: of course the tea party can go straight to hell. here with reaction the host of varney & company, stuart varney. former white house press secretary co-host of what is -- you and beckel, what a pairing -- >> great show and you look terrific. >> thanks. >> sean: you get him to admit. >> i always get him to say i had a good point. >> sean: plummeting poll numbers. president at martha's vineyard. the imam -- the images makes for a bad picture. >> it was on the golf cour

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

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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:

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

. >> howard, let me ask you, i'm sure you saw some of the sound from an event that maxine waters hosted in detroit a couple days ago. let me play a little portion of it and ask you on the other side. >> i think what you see is growing frustration not only in this country but particularly in minority communities because the unemployment rates are so high in the african-american community, you're talking about 16%, but many who have been long-time unemployed, it's 35% and 40% in some of these areas. all of these factors are creating frustration and yes, some anger. >> congresswoman waters has been outspoken with her frustration with the president. the white house, howard, tends to argue that stories about a disaffected base are overblown but can the white house afford to shrug it off? you think he has a problem with his most ardent supporters? >> the president wants to get reelected he has to do something not in his nature. he has to fight. harry truman would win this election. in all due deference to the republican side, people don't trust republicans at all. they are terrified of the te

. >>> congresswoman maxine waters says the tea party can, quote, go to hell.ea partier who responded to that language, live, here. >> 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. and as far as i'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell. megyn: fox news alert, president obama about to make a statement on the latest development necessary libya in about, well, now we think about five minutes or so. we are hearing now that the administration officials are saying there's no evidence that libyan leader moammar qaddafi has left tripoli, but, of course, that city has been seized and is mostly under the control now we understand of the libyan rebels. there is a question as to what this means for our troops. earlier, it was leaked that the president was saying this does not change our position, that there will be no american troops on the ground now, although some are calling for that. we will hear from the president himself directly on what this means for america and be

a florida congresswoman sounding a lot like congresswoman maxine waters who we here the other day ande heard some similar attack on the tea party by senator boxer this week. why this specific message and why not? answers just a few minutes away. plus president obama's approval ratings have set a new record and it is not a good one for white house supporters. how that affects his re-election effort. we are keeping a very close eye on hurricane irene. euflt is gaining strength and taking aim at the east coast. evacuations are underway in north carolina. the storm could hit anywhere from the carolinas to maine and we will have the latest upcoming. >> we must all prepare for the worst. fema arrives today. we have begun as we speak an evacuation of the island of ... with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ ma announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. or annuity over 10 or even 20 y

. >> right now some key democrats are getting an earful during a town hall in detroit, maxine waters told a riled up crowd that the president is running out of time. >> the congressional black caucus loves the president too. we are supportive of the president, but we are getting tired y'all. and so, what we want to do is, we want to give the president every opportunity to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. we want to give him every opportunity. but our people are hurting. the unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what his strategy is. we don't know why on this trip that he's in the united states now he's not in any black community, we don't know that. all i'm saying to you is, we are politicians. we are elected officials. we are trying to do the right thing and the best thing. when you let us know, it time to let go, we'll let go. >> greta: congresswoman maxine waters was not alone. in california nancy pelosi also faced tough talk from voters about the debt ceiling bill the president just signed. >> for your tremendous leadership in the congress of the uni

next maxine waters blasting the tea party telling them to go straight to hell. house of representatives is fired up, representative wilson unleashing her tea party fury. >> let's all remember who the real enemy is. the real enemy is the tea party! [ applause ] >> there is no compromising with them. they have one goal in mind, to take president obama a one-term president. >> greta: what is up? rick klein joins us. rick, is it fear of them or have they don't polling and determined these attacks is good political rhetoric? >> this kind of rhetoric rarely means anything in terms of a good side for a politician. i want to make a list you shouldn't call the other side, enemy is one. treason, nazi references, those are all bad. i think the serious side is democrats have a motivation problem. they have an issue going into 2012. a lot were caught napping in 2010. they didn't realize the power of the tea party until i was too late. they got beat badly. there's a big segment to the democratic base that needs to get energized. a lot of members in congress, among others that

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

california representative maxine waters, a member of the caucus, says the president needs to do morehelp the african-american community since the unemployment rate for african-american men is in the double digits. here's what some job seekers had to say about the president's efforts. >> he had to give the money to wall street as opposed to giving it to jobs. and now that that has happened, the rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer, we see the backlash of that, what we see here today. >> i think the president has a lot on his hands. i understand a lot of people have that thing, since he's black, he should be helping out his people, but just because he's the president doesn't mean he can always be there. >> i think his priorities are to make sure that we -- he tackles all the issues that are facing america and not just black america. >> earlier this week i spoke to representative waters about her comments, asking the president to show more commitment to blacks, here's part of our conversation. >> what i've said is this, we love the president. the people love the presi

, congresswoman maxine waters, and many members of the congressional black caucus who would identify themselves both as friends to african-american politics, you know, so not motivated by race issues, and also as progressives. is obama sort of taking for granted that those voters are going to come to come along, and is simply focusing on independent voters, or is there something else we should be reading into that criticism? >> well, i think what we're seeing here is fascinating. what happened in detroit at that town hall meeting and congresswoman waters' response. for the first time, we are seeing african-american voters who by and large were telling their members of congress, don't you dare criticize president obama. don't you dare say anything negative against the president. even though they probably supported what their members of congress thought was, you know, the president should be held accountable on jobs and the economy and other things. so i think because the president's being pushed hard now by african-americans, pushed hard now by independents and moderates, pushed hard