. >> so some people say even morgan freeman says we shouldn't celebrate because it is self-marginal ideses based on the successes you have mentioned, but saturday night live has a satirical take, give us a look. >> black history, here is 28 reasons to hug a black guy today. number one, we deserve a chance. s hard to argue that with. how thatry debates this -- there's something called black twitter, they are debating this issue, it is a trending topic and we also have black history month which is a end fromming topic, and this month the shortest of the year reallying thatling all the questions you questioned. i don't know how a month of observation can make up for hundreds of years of slavery. i am white, and i often hear other whites say get over it and move on, but these same people don't take the approach to 9/11. >> professor of african-american studies. kimberly ellis. off the top of the show, we were talking about how the original purpose of black history week and month, was to teach and showcase the black americans in the morn story. has it achieved it's purpose. >> i think in some w

president clinton and -- was morgan freeman president? okay, we had one. so this is two now.f you told me when i was like 14 years old that one day i would interview the president on tv, i -- i would have said, that's great, will i ever get to see boobs? very single-minded. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. there has been some controversy surrounding obama's appearance on the show tonight. monday we announced the president would be here. this morning i got a letter from 47 republicans telling me not to sign any deals abowith him. i guess that peace agreement with matt damon is off. the republicans who signed that letter sent to iran, getting a lot of criticism including from members of their own party. what are they supposed to do? the letter clearly said, copy this letter and send it to nine enemy governments or it will bring your country bad luck, you have no choice, don't mess with st. jude. it's fitting the president is here on thursday, "candle" night on abc. [ cheers and applause ] i was on "scandal" tonight, interviewing the new vice president. i played m