, mr. riley, may i ask you specifically what steps you are going to take to review the plan, and in a broader context to the review already under way in looking at what is happening off of the coast. what specific steps are you taking in light of this? >> well, those are two issues. the national response team is now beginning to look at contingency plans of oil spills and given the spill in the sound is proof it is urgent. and senator lujan and myself and the science academies are looking to ensure to go on with the two leases off of the coast of california and florida and we will look at that. >> and looking at the leaseholds off of the coast of california and florida, and do you think that you are going to take to the review of -- >> well, that effort had a strong expression of presidential concern, and the administration afterall is foregoing $4.5 million revenue of sales from those leases already, and we were giving already every bit of attention we could to making sure that the extremely imp

mr. riley i'm a big fan of yours. i am a black american. i agree with everything you say. but it really doesn't make a difference. you have the mentality of being comfortable being a victim. it's not going to change. the democratic party knows this. this will be their favorite word. racist. too many black folks will be attracted to that. feeding their emotions. that's what the democratic party is banking on. i heard someone once a fax don't give a damn about your feelings. my family, no matter what. i'm telling you now, this doesn't make a difference. you've been told you have a national problem. it's never going to change. the democratic party is waiting for the big race win. that's what they are banking on. police shootings, something like that. then black folks will leave their feelings and emotions up and they will take them for granted. i didn't vote for trial. i'm voting for him now because, what have you got to lose? look at the facts of unemployment. we are better off. it doesn't make a

. >> mr. riley. >> as you know the environment of prince william sounded ending extraordinarily rich one in terms of sea life, in terms of birdlife, in terms of sea mammals and commercial fisheries. we want to restore to what it has been, and has obviously suffered a very serious blow, we have no way of knowing processing at this time how enduring the impact will be, the president has directed that i coordinate the planning for the recovering, the restoration of the ecology of the south on, the national association is taking under the ecological assessment, it will probably be several months before we have even a preliminary idea of what we are looking at here. the overall assessment will take three years, on my first job will be to bring to bear on this problem a group of scientists, we are looking around the world for the very best scientific resources that are available, people who have dealt with significant oil spills before, we want to bring that expertise to bear on this problem. >> questions

now, mr. riley states that he feels that the johnson programs killed our p progress, but i wat him to comment on how the benign neglect and the reagan budget cuts affect the progress. >> guest: i'm having some trouble. >> host: the mine progress or neglect. i don't think that the society programs can be called benign neglect. they were to permit extensions we spend trillions of dollars since the 1960s on these programs. trillions of dollars. the war on poverty, but housingg programs and so forth. i think what this shows are the limits of the government largesse. there's only so much the government can do and we also know what it can't do if you take away the good policing in schools, stable homes, there's nothing the government can do to replace thosee t things. >> host: how can blacks succeed today? >> guest: two things need to happen. we need to have honest conversations about the problems that we face. we need to talk about black crime rates for example, when we talk about black incarceration rat

mr. riley, where i live there's a lot of white poverty, rural, primarily rural, a lot white, descendants of the immigration from the dust bowl area in 1930's and there seems to me as i look at it a lot of systematic poverty that's been here for generations now. is there a fundamental difference, do you think, between what i see in certain communities and black poverty versus white poverty and i also have seen examples of the police, the sheriffs, basically, you know, it's not so much color, it's poverty that's why people are discriminated against to a very large extent i think, least where i live, so what -- what do you see as a difference, similarities, any fundamentals there, thank you? >> jim, thank you. >> i don't see fundamentally a lot of difference. i think the -- the same human capital will lift blacks and whites alike out of poverty, authors more recent like jdvance has written about the situation in white america. i think it's received less attention because the white poor are smaller

mr. riley, where i live there's a lot of poverty primarily overwhelmingly white. a lot of people in the area are descendents from the dust bowl area in the 1930s and there seem to me as i look at a a lotf systemic poverty it's been here for generations now.we is there a fundamental difference do you think between what we see in the communities and blood poverty versus white poverty? i've also seen examples of the police and sheriffs. basically it's not so much color, its poverty and that is why people are discriminated against if to a large extent. what do you see as the difference or similarities and any fundamental spare? >> think you. i don't see fundamentally a lot of difference. i see the same human capital. authors more recently have written very movingly about the situation and white america. i think that it has received less attention. it's what they need to do to change their situation. >> host: and about you write one reason the returns have been so eager is because they often ndt in ways that benefit themselves but do not represent the concerns of most

the president would request it, as you know i was in the oval office what the president and with mr. riley and others yesterday discussing some of these same matters with the alaskan delegation. >> with respect to radar guidance it is not the coast guard's possession, or responsibility that that chip at the time would be built beyond radar guidance is it? >> no we don't you radar control in the way that faa does control in any waters, any place. what we do is we have, it's an advisory service and we tell the vessel what vessels are liable to meet and those other things that complicate their passage, now involves we do more than we do any place else, we forbid traffic except one-way traffic through the narrows, and we track that vessel in the narrows, we plotted every three minutes while it is inside, once it gets out of the narrows, the shorter rocky point, we kick plotting and at that point it is at sea they discharge their state product, they go out to sea with the officer on board. >> is your effort arrested or restriction anyway by budgetary constraints? >> well,, no i don't think it w

. >> mr. riley? >> one thing that could be helpful on the six gigabytes, there are many people arguing, you talked about it like utilities, if they can come away with some of the hyperbole, it's been incredibly difficult to get the technical analysis the german talks about. we want to get to the mat, instead of talking at a level to prevent any consideration. >> as you guys have heard me say before, i'm a big believer when you put the stakeholders at the table, iran has a vested in interest you are walk away with the best interests for everyone. today we heard a lot of concerns about the the fcc's flawed max. congress has appropriated funding the ntia to make a broadband map. you know my frustrations i share that with you guys. what extent has the fcc plugged into the broadband mapping efforts? >> i appreciate the question, we've been working with them, particular our rural broadband task force. we are leasing with our counterparts in the department of commerce. >> i still don't understand why this i

mr trump is facing allegations that he illegally sought help from ukraine to undermine his possible 2020 challenger, democratjoe biden. a woman has been rescued after spending twelve days stranded in the australian outback. tamra mcbeath—rileying treated in hospital but police are continuing to search for her friends. simon king has the weather. many of us had a cold and frosty started the day. temperatures were well below freezing in england and wales. it was a beautiful start for many of us. we have had some beautiful sunrise pictures in this morning. the further north you are at the more cloud you will have. you can see the cloud spilling on across scotland, northern ireland and pushing its way into north—western areas of england and wales. the sunshine will turn hazy in these north—western areas this afternoon. the cloud always thickest across scotland. the rim will move its way eastwards through the rest of the day. further south and east it will remain sunny and we will see temperatures here getting up to about eight celsius. not too cold in the north—west of scotland, temperatures in stornoway in double figures. that way and will continue to spread eastward. it will be happy moving through the northern isles tonight.