this is what the naacp is committed to. a lot has been stated here. there was some great rhetoric, some terrific ideas and plans. but this is just like getting ready to drink a cup of coffee. you can have all of the cream, all of the coffee, all of the sugar, but, like maxwell house's slogan says, it will never be good until the last drop unless you stir it up, and you will be able to drink and say, "it is good until the last drop." the naacp will be starring you up to make sure that all we have said that is in this cup will be good to the last drop. >> thank you, reverend brown. think the mayor. think members of the press. thank you to the community and the board of supervisors. thank you for being here. god bless you. >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for t

this is what the naacp is committed to. a lot has been stated here. there was some great rhetoric, some terrific ideas and plans. but this is just like getting ready to drink a cup of coffee. you can have all of the cream, all of the coffee, all of the sugar, but, like maxwell house's slogan says, it will never be good until the last drop unless you stir it up, and you will be able to drink and say, "it is good until the last drop." the naacp will be starring you up to make sure that all we have said that is in this cup will be good to the last drop. >> thank you, reverend brown. think the mayor. think members of the press.

we're joined by two guests, ben jealous, president an ceo of naacp, and laura flanders author of manyooks including, "bushwomen: how they won the white house for their man." we welcome you both to "democracy now!" you're with us last night in a marathon election coverage. >> this is a great day for our democracy. we saw the vote attacked with more ferocity this year t have seen in a very long time. more states pass more laws, pushing more voters out of the ballot box in the past year than we have seen in the year in the past century. so people really triumphed because they took their vote seriously and took it seriously when it counted, months ago, when we had to push the owners to be toast these bills, doj to invalidate laws, had to file lawsuits and get the job done. but they stayed engaged and turned out in their communities. rcame all sorts of myths. people sing black votes would not -- people saying that the black vote lack enthusiasm rid people across this country did great work. never before and movementse@ really win incredible victories. the fact that all of this happened to

. >> bill: coming up today ben jealous, president of the naacp will be with us.re as a "friend of bill." and daniel stone now with "national geographic." >> the triumphant return of the stone! >> bill: we're bringing him back. mitt romney lying through his teeth about g.m. and chrysler! and got caught. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> on this thursday, other headlines making news, kelsey grammer raised eyebrows when he and his wife brought their 3-month-old daughter to hugh hefner's halloween party at the playboy mansion. he released a statement after a picture of the baby went viral online. he said his wife is breast-feeding and they don't have a nanny or a trusted baby-sitter. >> bill: 3 years? >> 3 months. daughter faith goes everywhere with them. she was asleep during the whole party. there were not any problems. >> bill: i don't have a problem with that. 3-month-old. come on. as if that baby is going to remember and be traumatized by being at the playboy mansion. >> the press pool on air force i was caught off-guard yesterday. the president

that includes the naacp. leaders, staff, and volunteers have been manning the naacp election command center since early this morning. the room was buzzing with phone calls going out to many who say they are not as likely to vote, but senior officials tell us the number of voters so far has already increased from this time four years ago. >> we are proud to say that in this election year, we have increased the number by 350%. we have registered over 437,000 and we are calling those residents to make sure they turn out to vote. >> naacp officials said they will continue their push for voters to get to the polls until the polls officially closed tonight, which is at 8:00. >> the state's top democrats will gather at the home of the ravens tonight in what they hope will be a winning political game. >> debra wiener continues our live team coverage. >> right now they are working on the all important balloon and better placement for the podium for later this evening. party officials say they are simply confident abou

howard was actually a junior in high school when he joined the local chapters of the naacp and he diagramitd -- demonstrated leadership skills, managing the campaign of the first african-american candidate for the denver school board in 1955, working for the successful passage of colorado's fair employment law land serving on naacp denver and colorado boards. in the mid-50's his father threatened to cut off his college tuition if he did not end his political involvement. as howard remembered it my dad put a couple of checks on the dining room table. the checks for the next year's tuition and said get out of activism and you can have those checks. and this is what howard did. i tore them up in his face, and that was the end of my college education, and it was at that time that howard became a labor activist. howard moved to san francisco in 1967, with his lover, roger. he continued to work in the antiwar movement as a organizer in opposition to the vietnam war and staff organizer for the national peace coalition. his efforts and those of other progressive activists to bring into the moveme

this is what the naacp is committed to. a lot has been stated here. there was some great rhetoric, some terrific ideas and plans. but this is just like getting ready to drink a cup of coffee. you can have all of the cream, all of the coffee, all of the sugar, but, like maxwell house's slogan says, it will never be good until the last drop

the naacp that you all loved. you don't like it when we have separate fountains and we couldn't go to the same school, we did that, too. do you like that? it doesn't even begin to work. >> it's so insulting because it makes the assumption that black people don't know the difference between the republican party from 1865 to today. the republican party is so different. when you look at racial institutions in the country and the republican party is really looking out for you? i don't think anybody is buying that. >> strong sermon. become a republican because the democrats from supporting civil rights. that's the end of the conversation. >> cenk: the conversation was that they had to go back to the 1860s who liked blacks. >> and in case they didn't know it, a lot of black people in america, go, well, i think--well we know abraham lincoln was forced into the direction of saving the whole country in freeing the slaves. he didn't wake up thinking, i feel for these guys. i'm going to change this whole place. he did it for

naacp president reminded parishioners that african-americans are executed at a disproportionate rate. supporter of prop 34 argue that getting rid of the death eduard uspensky -- death penalty will save money and end the possible that someone would be wrongfully put to death. >> it does in the make us safer arer california has 728 inmates on death row. that's more than any other state and only 13 inmates have been executed in the last 34 years. prop 34 opponents agree the system is broken but say the solution is to streamline the appeals process. three california governors, republican pete wilson and democrat fray davis agree on this issue saying that those on death row should not be allowed to escape their fate. >> collectively the 700 people have killed 200 children, 43 police officers, and raped and murdered more than 235 people. why? the world would the people of california want to reduce their death sentence? >> political analysts say when it comes to the death penalty economics will weigh in for voters but ultimately the decision is an emotional one in which voters will have to a

and what we say at the naacp is look if somebody thinks your vote is important enough to try to steal enough that you have to show up and vote. >> stephanie: yeah ben, obviously a lot of our listeners -- the right-wing has been screaming voter are fraud. >> yes, and it is confounding. they managed to get people in a tizzy about this notion of voter voter -- my favorite is governor haley who earlier this year got front page that 900 dead people had voted. and then like page 23 three weeks later was governor actually no dead people voted, because they were dead. >> stephanie: yeah, there's that. >> and so it's absolutely -- you know, mind boggling that they have been able to pass laws on this lie. but when a law isn't created to solve a problem, it is created to be a problem, and that's why we have gotten so many governors to veto these things. but what we're most worried about now are the dirty tricks that come out. we have seen robo calls going out in spanish, telling people to vote on the 8th not the 6th. >> stephanie: and you can vote by phone. >> exactly. >> stephanie: you would th

have been part of these talks, abigail disney, filmmaker, and ben jealous, president and ceo of the naacpn, you met with the president today after he met with the congressional leaders. did you get any idea in that meeting what had gone on with the congressional leaders? >> look, he was very clear that he thinks a deal is possible, that it's not a sure thing, but that it's possible. he was also very clear, and this is why we were there, that he's going to fight for the working class and fight for middle class people in this country. he's going to make sure that congress really feels the pressure. and we all need to make sure that congress feels the pressure to get these deal to him to extend the tax cuts for working class people in this country, for that 98% of us that right now is being held hostage. the senate passed a bill, the house needs to pass the bill too so he can sign it. >> abigail, do you realize that the president is proposing that the top income bracket go up 4.5% from 39% to -- do you understand? >> i do. >> this is going to be as bad and oppressive as it was during those e

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. >>> samuel ljackson will be one of the presenters at the naacp's 22nd annual theater awards tonight in hollywood. special awards will go to actor james pickens jr., who has a recurring role on "grey's anatomy." >>> and just in time for the holidays, the animated story of how santa's youngest son saves christmas. arthur christmas comes out on dvd tomorrow. that is your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haiduk. those ads are almost over. glad you are with us. i can't they are nightmares in your sleep. >> had a nice weekend,. >> daylight savings time, we turned the clocks back. now we are going to potentiallien joy some days with midnight madness. >> let's get your day planner going. cloudy right now and 43. by noon 46. a little bit of a breeze out of the northwest at 10. high today 50, maybe 52 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature back to 47. and the sunset today is just

naacp president ben jelous reminded the parishioners that african-americans are executed at a disproportionate and proponents say that getting rid of the death penalty would save the state more than $100 million and e lliminate the possibility that an inmate could be put to death. >> it is a death penalty is a punishment for people of color and poor people of all colors. it does not make us safer. >> reporter: california has 127 inmates on death row which is more than any other state, and only 13 inmates have been executed in the last 34 years. prop 34 opponents agree that the system is broken, but say that the solution is to streamline the appeals process. three california governors, republicans pete nelson and gray davis agree with this issue saying that they should not escape their fate. >> they have killed 34 children and 24 police officers an raped an murdered more than 235 people. why in the world would the people of california want to reduce their death sentence? >> a similar proposition to repeal the death penalty went before voters in 2004 and defeated 53 to 47%. diane. >> thank you,

joining me is ben gellis, president of the naacp.head of the election, much of it centered around voter suppression efforts around the country. now in an odd turn, karl rove has thrown out the theory that how the president won reelection. i want to show you. >> he succeeded by suppressing the vote. you may not like who i am, but i'm going to paint this other guy as a rich guy who only cares about himself. >> so president obama suppressed the vote. when we talk about voter suppression, there were real issues in florida and ohio and places where they were cutting back early voting. but is what we saw this week a backfire to what call the republican effort to suppress the vote. my voice will be heard. >> what we saw was the backlash to the backlash. we saw folks who had been fired up way earlier than before. first by the tea party and its subtle on the president's person. very personal, nasty attack. that rolled right into attacks on the people of this country's right to vote. when you keep trying to steal something, they figure out tha

endorsed by the naacp, police and firefighters small business owner: good jobs...: and better schools construction worker: vote for question seven. it's oysternomics 101. you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. the ravens make a habit of avoiding the losing streak. they have won the last 14 games after a loss but with nine withwins against the browns, the not confuse this game with an thiswin. the have though it -- only scored one touchdown in two road games. cleveland has won eight of the last two home games. >> cleveland, they always fight us. the always play us tough, no matter what portion of the season we played them. no matter where we play them or the records.

the moores first founded the brevard county chapter of the naacp in 1934, which led to a statewide naacp conference in 1941. mr. moore served as president of the florida state conference of the naacp chapters, as well as the founder and executive director of the progressive voters league as was mentioned earlier. it was through these channels that the moores championed such issues as equality, education, and voter registration. but their steadfast adherence to equality was not without a price. and both mr. and ms. moore were fired from their teaching jobs and found it difficult to find employment. to proclaim them as pillars of the community would be an understatement. the couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on christmas eve, 1951. as they celebrated, a bomb exploded beneath their home. mr. moore died on his way to the hospital. and ms. moore died as a result of her injuries nine days later. the tragic murders sparked even more outcry for civil rights. harry t. moore had been called the first american civil rights martyr. brevard county has honored the moore's impact on the

which has been a champion and the drug policy alliance as well as the naacp. i also want to thank san francisco's district attorney george gascon who is at our public hearing at the safety committee a couple weeks back. george was there to speak on behalf of the bill we were working on together but he proactively came for this bill, s.b. 1506, to say that he's been law enforcement for 30 years and bring back 30-year experience to this consideration of this bill, and he said this bill makes sense because drug treatment works and this is in spite of the fact we'll be battling the district attorneys along with many other arms of public safety. [laughter] >> we've got the data, we've got the facts and we know this will provide great benefit to our communities, to our neighborhoods, and to all of california. thank you for your support. [applause] >> tal, i want to go back to the question that marty posed earlier, which is in effect this idea that in order to incentivize people making the decision to seek treatment that the fear of a felony conviction or possible st

here in this very integral part of our city and all the other clergy that are here as well as the naacp, represented by a pastor reverend amos brown and his staff, along with the police chief, or public safety clusters, juvenile probation, a deprivation, community-based agencies, city services office, and the number of community groups that have engaged me and my staff and all of the supervisors are on this very serious question around public safety in our city. many of you have known and heard in the past couple of months my very deep concerns about our safety, particularly of our young kids, and particularly of our african- american kids. not everybody can be a gabby or an olympic hero. not everybody can do that. not everybody can participate in the 5000 jobs that we are creating in the internship programs that are paid that we signaled this summer. not everybody can be successful in everything that we do to try to set up those conditions for people to be successful. there are some who, unfortunately, touch our juvenile and adult probation criminal-justice system, and we try to find w

and later, the president gathers input from the naacp, the aarp, as well as other advocacy groups, as well. >>> it's time for the weather from across this country. wet along the california coast for most of the day. rain expected to spread up the coast to seattle and portland later in the day. and at night, the mid-atlantic region will see a few showers. scattered snow across the desert southwest. >> it is warmer than usual in colorado springs. 50s in chicago and indianapolis. fargo is the cold spot today at 37. honolulu, doesn't that sound nice? will enjoy a high of 83. >> life is tough in hawaii. >>> when we come back, how low can they go? new mortgage rates like we've never seen before. >>> and the future of twinkies, hanging in the balance today. will it all end with some sweet sorrow? >>> and twihards hit the midnight showings of the final "twilight" movie. and the first fan reviews are just coming in. >>> welcome back, everybody. there is a huge settlement this morning, stemming from the gulf oil spill two years ago. bp is pleading guilty to federal charges in connection with th

and there all our perspective we have a statement that if the naacp of amber one hundred eighty eight which is what we call our historic compromise for peace whereby we recognize over seventy eight percent of historic palestine in exchange of exercising our right to stop with every nation on the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip what we know as the occupied palestinian territory now i think the most important point here in going back to your question is the fact that for the past sixty five years israel has enjoyed precedent culture of impunity that has allow israel to violate sixty five you want to solutions in almost every single international treaty so the question for the day after this vote will be if we can we can turn all this overwhelming international support with countries like italy like belgium like sweden the has joined our bit over the past few minutes if we can we can turn this into a real political action so we can enjoy the peace and freedom of the palestinian people to serve but isn't the palestinian leadership breaking international accords by tr

laws with the former chairman of the naacp and georgia congressman june lewis. >> all the work that was done here, the sacrifice that was done here, the people who lost their lives here have not lost it in vain because they won victories for the civil rights, but their victory has been lessened and cheapened and threatened by these republican governors in 30 odd states who have introduced these voting right laws. >> the vote is precious and it should be very simple to vote. >> these laws serve only one purpose, to make it more difficult for people to vote. i hope americans see that and do something about it. >> the core son sense should develop a national effort to put as much pressure on these states on the governors the state legislatures to say this will not be tolerated in our society. we must create a movement similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960's. people must protest must organize mobilize those that need to be mentallized and say this must go. it's the only way that we're going to stop it, and we must stop it. >> michael shure will join us with more later in the show

the president will meet with leaders from the naacp and aarp among others. the reverend al sharpton will also be there. president obama is pushing for a plan to cut the deficit that will include tax increases on the wealthy. >>> a conflict between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip is now threatening to escalate into a ground war as the israeli army is moving troops to the border this morning. in the last couple of days, hamas militants fired up to 500 rock nets israel and israel's prime minister is warning of a significant widening of the operation. israel is now gathering tanks and troops and armoredpersonle. >>> a local high school principal is on leave after she was accused of assault. >>> the company that makes so many of the jump foods that america loves could be reaching the enof the line. we are back in a moment. time is 6:is 1. -- so many of the junk foods. -- time is 6:11.  how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you lo

joining me now to discuss is julian bond, the former chairman of the naacp and instrumental in helping get that law passed. it is my absolutely pleasure to welcome you inside the war room. >> my great pleasure to be here. thank you. >> it has to be surreal to you just sitting here listening to a conversation almost 50 years hence about the voting rights act, that in fact people are trying to strip part of the voting rights act. how does that make you feel sitting here? >> a little more than sad, such a great struggle to win the voting rights act. it was thought to be the crown jewel of the civil rights movement, the one piece of legislation we could not have done without done enormous good and faces the prospect of being tossed out. it's terrible. >> what has to happen here? we talk about, you know, the idea that ok, there are some states, different parts of this voting rights act that some people in some states seem to think puts an undue burden on them. it's because of the way they behaved in the 1960's that nobody trusted them, you look at the same states in 2012 and the things they

saying that this is a matter of fundamental rights, human rights, it made a big difference. >> the naacp a huge difference around the marriage equality. >> that's what i'm talking about. it was huge. >> it is such a mixed bag. the great thing about these ballot initiatives, the people get together. it's a snapshot of where the country is now. when we get into these issues, some people civil rights are up for a vote. we can be happy about it now maybe because we're supporting same-sex marriage but what if it had gone the other way, prop 8. it's such a mixed bag. yet at the same time there are different take aways and lessons we can draw. also in maryland, the dream act there passed. their version of the dream act which will give in state tuition to undocumented students. maryland is a state with less than 3% hispanic population. it's not that all the hispanics were supporting it, they formed a coalition. they were able to education people and bring support. that's very important. >> it can be done. >> this was my favorite part of the initiative. as much as i have anxiety, people, civil ri

let's bring in dale ho assistant counsel on the political participation group for the naacp legal defenseon fund. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: whywhy does shelby county feel aggrieved. >> shelby county is saying they actually no longer need section 5 of the voting rights act because the fight free process is over. while it's true that the nation has seen progress since 1965, we're unfortunate not at the place where everyone can participate on full footing. >> eliot: now we're in a very odd moment that those who want the tricks structures of section 5 want to be lift, but many say yes we only succeed in doing that because the voting right acts was used to strike down voter right laws that would disenfranchise thousands. >> we've seen a lot of progress. and with respect to racial discrimination and voting is really a product of the voting rights act itself. had we seen enough progress that we no longer see the act i think two things stand out. first we have problems with election administration. we saw these tremendously long lines, for instance n the state of florida. everyone bef

have been sent to polls across the country, invited y a number of civil rights groups, including the naacp says there is an effort to suppress minority at the polls. the group sending the observers, the organization for security and cooperation in europe insisting its people will not interfere or influence elections in any way. some american officials are not taking any chances and guaranteeing that they will not. well, let us pause for a moment to consider what the mayor of somerville, massachusetts, has done. getting -- for getting america is the land of the free, including jealously protected -- protection of our first amendment rights, the mayor of the small city, 76,000 people in massachusetts has decided to outlaw the word illegal in connection with the phrase immigrant. they don't want to upset anybody. i said immigrant and illegal in different phrases. we don't know what he thinks it should be instead. we do know, the mayor has just made support illegal illegal. up next, it is an all-out battle for ohio. both candddates campaigning today. can the election be one anywhere else? the

they are coupe link with naacp and focus which is aeu acor acorn group. the netherlands part of the observing process actually has in their statutes that voter identification is required in the netherlands before a vote is cast. these complaints about our system, it's basically an attempt really to intimidate poll workers, and why would you have these representatives, international representatives at u.s. elections? they've been there since 2002, they skipped the 2008 election i guess they thought that one wasn't going to be so close, and they are here at this one because this is going to be a close election. but the idea that we've got international observers here is absurd especially when you're talking about countries like bellaruse and kazakhstan. megyn: are they going into force anything? i mean are they just going to sit there like -- this is not the way we do it in bellaruse. >> they would have access to the actual voting list. this is what the osce which is in cooperation with the u.n. they want to look at voting lists. they want to check it also.