one thing i learned very quickly in joining the naacp is that the naacp is the units. the units are the life blood of the naacp. the units are on the ground. the units do the work. the units know what's going on. and the function in the national office from my perspective is to support the units in doing their work. and so at this luncheon every year we honor our units with the juanita jackson mitchell award. and here to present the mitchell awards, juanita jackson mitchell awards for 2017 once again is jeanette lou ard. >> thank you, brad. the north carolina state conference is our first recipient of the juanita jackson mitchell award. this award is named after fierce advocate and attorney mrs. juanita jackson mitchell who in her lifetime fearlessly took on systemic injustice. indeed she was an integral part of the fight to desegregate schools, restaurants and public facilities. we award this accolade to state conferences for exemplary legal redress committee activities. this year we honor the north carolina state conference and the texas state conference. as it relat

wendell anthony. ♪ >> good morning, naacp. good morning, naacp.son one, reason to, reason three, reason for, reason five, reason six, reason seven. give everybody a hand. all the reasons in the house. let me start by adding an incident that occurred separate years ago speaking to a group in upstate new york. joining a rally for women's averages and voting rights. as she was speaking there is an old woman in the rear that said women, it means about as much to me specifically buzzing around the rear and the malice and. looking up demand and said okay, you might not like my buzzing, but i'm guaranteed to keep you scratching. you see, beloved, the naacp mesquite barbells scratching. we've got to keep the justice and revenge scratching. police misconduct must be stressing. health care opponents must be stressing. they must never get too comfortable with their own misdeeds, i.e. the president of the united state and over disrespect and disregard for the people in this nation. you see, naacp, we have a lot to do with the backlash on what happened yesterd

thank you. >> the singers at the naacp convention taking place in maryland.d georgetown professor dyson part of a discussion on the criminal justice system. live coverage here when it gets underway on c-span 2. another interview with another new member of congress from louisiana. >> representative mike johnson who serves the state of louisiana, the 4th district. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us how you got to this position? >> my background was constitutional law. for 20 years did litigation in the courts, public interest law firms is what i worked for, i did religious litigation, those sorts of things. in the legislature just under two years, filled an expired term and then never got to fill it out because this seat began open when the predecessor ran for u.s. senate. we had the largest percentage in 50 years in my district. we're blessed and privileged to be here. >> tell us what made you decide to get into this race and what was the ultimate deciding factor? >> i'm the father of four children underage 16 and my wife and i have inv

the naacp convention. george w.e and the late julian bog at the time were going back and forth with a tension of words. but george w. bush came to that convention twice. then you had barack obama who came. and also mirnladministration officials from each administration. and then you also had, as candidates, mouitt romney come, who had john mccain come. >> which would, i guess, support the point that some of these other candidates have been criticized by this group. >> let me bring chris into this conversation, april and bruce. because you were one of the members of the president's advisory counsel on asian americans and pacific islanders. you were one of several who resigned earlier in the administration. what specifically led you through that resignation and have you seen any changes over the last several months? >> look, this is not just about outreach to the minority communities, it's about policies. what i found notable last week is that the president went to speak to his voting fraud commission and repeated a p

>> well, not just the naacp, but other members of our community.oking at proposals before the united states congress right now, proposals that he supports, like, for instance, health care as an example, we know that over the last eight years we're able to build something called the affordable care act. that added over 24 million americans to the health care roles, 30% of those african-americans. if you're saying you actually want to repeal the affordable care act, that means that those african-americans that are now covered that weren't covered before will not be covered again. that doesn't make sense and that's why you need to talk to people in those communities if what you're serious about is policies to help make our nation better. >> what will you do next? speaking of the member of the cbc, congressional black caucus pac yesterday, and the commentary was also the same unagreement to meet with the president as it stands right now. is there something that you can do more as a broader minority community, potentially the tri-caucus coming alongside

. >>> president trump declines an invitation to speak at the naacp convention. you'll hear his spokesperson on that and how the oldest civil rights organization in the u.s. is responding. >>> plus, more sanctions on russia proposed by congress. why it might put president trump in an uncomfortable position and at odds with some high-profile republicans. details right now here on "msnbc live." >>> but we begin with breaking news from texas where at least eight people have been found dead in the back of an 18-wheeler in san antonio. 30 others were taken to area hospitals, many of them in critical condition. police say the temperatures had been in the 90s just before the people were found and the truck did not have a working air conditioning system. police are calling the case horrific. >> the air conditioning was not working. paramedics and firefighters found that each one of them had heart rates over about 130 beats per minute, which, again, they were very hot to the touch so these people were in that trailer without any signs -- any type of water, so you're looki

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at the naacp's annual convention in baltimore. he shares his thoughts on recent actions taken by the trump administration, including the creation of a new commission that is task with identifying potential vulnerabilities in the federal election system. this is 20 minutes. >> ,. [applause] >> a good afternoon. i want to thank you for the kind introduction. that was there was a lot of research that went into that. you can come up with where my parents and grandparents came from in barbados, that's good. that's real good. it's an honor for me to speak to an organization that we need now more than ever. i take a point of personal privilege to say that we have with us today a name that was mentioned before. venita goop to was the head of our summarized division when i was there. [applause] she's now head of the leadership concert. she was somewhat i relayed on chiefly when i was attorney general. she continues to lead in the civil rights arena. it is always good to see. today i would like to discuss with you both a dead i think we'll

. >> the naacp says it wants air bnb to be less white.ined forces with air bnb to reach out to minority communities and encourage them to use the rental company. the naacp says it hopes people will earn more money by working by themselves. air bnb promises to give 20 percent of those earnings back to the naacp. for it to hit store shelves next month. it's supposed to take better and more like original coke. >> we're now just one day away from the fox5 zip trip that will happen friday, tomorrow, the fox5 news team will be in congress heights in southeast d.c. tucker barnes gets you started at 6:00 a.m. >> uh-huh. >> he's going to be at the gateway d.c. on the grounds of saint elizabeth. myself holly erin going to join him a little bit later. fox5 morning news team we're going to be there until 11 o'clock in the morning so come on down, say hi. we look forward to seeing you. >> yes, in indeed t hoping the weather holds out. i know we had rain in the forecast for friday. >> we do still have rain in the forecast for friday. the good news is t

but again it depends if you are speaking to people who are sympathetic of the naacp point of view and then you will get a negative response so what i write about makes the naacp relevant if the problem facing blacks are not racial barriers than there isn't much use for that and to the extent they will be out there advocating against the charter schools they're doing more harm so that will very. >> a question about president obama, your comment about the bloc voting in the example of the teachers' union is well said because i suspect he had this in his campaign. where would they go? with the teachers' union may stray but after the obama years there will then be awaking that it is not all this is cracked up to be. so what they do to attract black voters with better integrated parties and be less divided racially. >> you can quibble over why that is. and with political expediency. some people may look at the success of trumpets a we don't need the votes to win. and then to diversify. but then there is an argument and then to do better and then run those political ads we have not seen tha

the naacp held its annual convention in baltimore this week. the event included a discussion on how to improve the criminal justice system. among the speakers was author michael eric dyson. it is just over one hour. [applause] ♪ thank you. hello everyone. it is a pleasure to be with you today. i have the great privilege of introducing today's panel. and i'm going to do that quickly because my mentor, doctor dyson will be joining us. i want you to really hear from him. he is my greatest inspiration. with that i will get started. , a state attorney. give it up for marilyn. well known for taking bold moves , not as well-known known, but she has become a dear sister friend of mine. also huge inspiration. she is doing so much good work to help reform the criminal justice system in this country. and she is leading the standard with baltimore. please give it up for marilyn. [applause] angela: as she comes out, you might know him from new edition. i might break out into the poison dance really quick. is here today not for the dance moves and being a pr

if you are speaking to people sympathetic to the naacp's point of view and their methods of trying to help blacks, then you are going to get a negative response. a lot of what i write about makes what the naacp is talking about irrelevant, perhaps even its existence made irrelevant of the problem is not primarily racial barriers or racism per se there is not much use for them. to the extent they will be out there advocating against charter schools which they recently did, they are doing more harm not just something different but harm. >> michael? >> thank you. the question about president obama. your comments about black block voting and the teachers union is well said because the feeling he had in his campaign is where are they going to go? the teachers union might stray, the number of nonwhite people made the point, and it is not all it is cracked out to be, there must be other ways. what do you think they need to do to attract black voters to use integrated parties to be divided racially. >> they need to show up. you can quibble over why that is, if you defeated racism or some othe

if you are speaking to people sympathetic to the naacp's point of view and their method of trying to help then you are going to get a negative response because a lot of what i write about makes a lot of what they naacp is talking about arrival and in perhaps its existence irrelevant. it's a problem facing blacks that are not primarily racism per se. there's not much use for that to continue saying things they want to say. they are going to be out there advocating against charter schools, they are doing more harm than good. they are actually doing harm so it's going to vary. michael goodwin. >> thank you jason. the question about president obama, your comment about bloc voting and for example with the teachers union a think as well said. the feeling i suspect he had in his campaign was where are they going to go, the black voters that elected mayor going to stay with me and the teachers union might stray. number nonwhite people have made the point that after the obama years there will then be this awakening the black power is not all it's cracked up to be them politically there must b

that is followed by the naacp convention in baltimore. later, another chance to hear from army chief of staff general readiness. on army now, a look at big data scientistwith a data who teaches organizational behavior at stanford university. he talked about the method he develop for him a person's individual personality traits based on their social media activities. and how this has been used in politics. this event took place at the department ince mountain view, california. it is just over one hour.

yesterday i had asked something about the naacp. the president was invited to the naacp convention.didn't have an answer for it yesterday. after my tweet, i said the naacp has not heard from him. after january they had a decline for the naacp convention next week. this is the first president in 20 years who has not gone to the naacp convention,. it's a part of america this president covers. people want to see and hear trl, been here for 20 years and hope i'll be here for 20 more years. people need to come back and see the body language. the body is truth. we need to stand people there to see what's going on in this white house. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, barack obama. from i alone can fix it to i ain't gonna own it. "the lead" starts right now. >>> a day after saying let obamacare fail, the president invites every publrepublican ser to the white house. that's two strategies in two days. >>> breaking news. a new "washington post" report says president trump is ending the program to arm syrian rebels fighting assad. that's potent

because a lot of what i write about makes a lot of what the naacp is talking about irrelevant. perhaps even its existence today irrelevance. if the problems facing blacks today are not primarily racial barriers or racism per se, then there's not much use for an organization like that to continue saying the things they want to say. and to the extent that they're going to be out there advocating against, say, charter schools -- which they recently did -- they're doing more harm than good. they're not just being different, they're actually doing harm. so it's going to vary. it's going to vary. >> okay. i just want to make sure -- okay. michael? michael goodwin? >> thank you, jason. a question about president obama. your comments about bloc voting and the example with the teachers union, i think, is well said because the feeling, i suspect, he had in his campaign was where are they going to go, right? the black voters who elected me are going to stay with me. the teachers union might stray. and a number of non-white people have made the point that after the obama years, there will

former president cornell brooks lead the naacp last fall when it called for a national moratorium oncharter schools. just six percent of students go to charter schools -- but the numbers have tripled in ten years. >> where we've seen charter schools expand, explosively we've seen less funding and support for the majority of students. >> every dollar that goes to a charter school comes out of a pot that also funds traditional public schools. and critics say that this charter school explosion has left struggling public schools and their students worse off than before. here in philly, 24 public schools like this one shut down in 2013, as more money and more students have gone to charters schools. >> what's working for david hardy may not be working for the broader system. helen gym opened her own charter school in philadelphia 10 years ago. she's now a city councilwoman, and on the other side of the fight. >> we've created two, enormous, warring systems that are cannibalizing one another. competing for students, pitting communities against one another. that's not gonna work for us. >> s

>> we're live in baltimore for the naacp's annual convention where in just a few minutes, former attorney general eric holder will speak about congressional redistricting and race. so until that time, a look at the future of the american workforce from the national governor's association annual meeting. >> good morning. i'm sorry we are starting this a little bit late. we just had a lively discussion with secretary price. and so we're a bit delayed here, but this discussion this morning is no less important, maybe more important, just as important as the health care discussion that we just came from. this morning, we are very lucky to have two amazing leaders with us, judy marks from semens, thank you for joining us, judy, and baird from the marco foundation. this morning, we're going to be talking a little bit about workforce training and job training and specifically apprenticeships. this is an issue near and dear to the hearts of every governor who's here and every governor in the 50 states. mainly because, as we were just talking about, we governors have an incentive to get this right

. >> this is a national momentum by the naacp. it's in virginia history. >> reporter: the keepers say robert e. lee high school could be next. spectators at the meeting liked that idea. >> it has to be a target. not go after robert e. lee. >> the fairfax county chapter of the naacp supported and helped organize the move to change jeb stuart high school's name. an officer intelligent me today -- tells me today so far they have no plans to change any other fairfax county school names. peggy fox, wusa9. >>> the superintendent says the renaming process will be fair and transparent. he scheduled on open meeting and on september 16, residents from that school area will be allowed to vote. there will be a point system used to determine the top three choices and then the school board will make the final call. >>> president donald trump says you can't have everything. but the senate should have passed a bill that repeals obamacare. >> they've been working on that one for seven years. can you believe that? the swamp. but we'll get it done.

>>> michael eric dyson and entertainer michael "biv" bivins as part of the naacp's annual convention held in baltimore. panelists talked about the state of the justice system for people of color, the disparities and judicial outcomes faced by black citizens compared to their white counterparts and what changes need to be made to close such gaps. [ applause ] >> hello, everyone. a pleasure to be here with you all today. i have the great privilege of introducing today's panel and i'm going to do that quickly because my mentor, dr. dyson, who will be joining us, has to have a hard out and i really want you to hear from him. he's often one of my greatest inspirations. marilyn mosby is baltimore's state's attorney. absolutely give it up for marilyn. well known for taking bold moves in the pursuit of justice, not as well known, she's become a dear sister friend of mine, also a huge inspiration. she's doing so much good work to help reform the criminal justice system in this country, and she's leading the standard with baltimore, so please let's give it up for marilyn. [ applause [ applause

on thursday, 11 interfaith leaders, including north carolina naacp president reverend william barber, were arrested outside senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's office protesting the latest version of the republican healthcare plan. this is traci blackmon, executive minister of justice and witness ministries for the united church of christ. >> i happen to know that the people of kentucky will suffer if this health care bill passes. you may be ok, your friends may be ok, but the people who put you in office will suffer because of this bill. it is time to stop calling god by other names when you really want to call god capitalism. amy: the healthcare fight came as a new investigation by the guardian reveals tobacco companies have attained unprecedented influence in washington since the trump administration came to power. the guardian reports politicians with deep ties to the tobacco industry now head much of trump's cabinet and the senate, even as tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death. french president emmanuel macron welcomed president donald trump to paris thu

[applause] [applause] >> the naacp's annual convention also included a discussion on the criminal justice system. ways to ensure the system is fair to african-americans were accused of a crime. speakers included michael bivi bivins. this is just over an hour. >> hello everyone. it is a pleasure to be with you today. i have the great privilege of introducing today's panel. i'll do that quickly because my mentor, doctor dyson will be joining us. once you hear from him. he is my greatest inspiration. with that i'll get started. marilyn mosby's baltimore state attorney, given it for marilyn. well known for taking bold mov moves, not as well known she has become a dear sister friend of mine. also huge inspiration. she is doing so much good work to help reform the criminal justice system in this country. she is leaving the standard with baltimore. please give it up for marilyn. [applause] and you might know him from the addition, i might rake out into a poisoned answer a quick. he is here today for the dance moves and for being a producer extraordinaire, he is also here to help inform this proc

so i think the naacp is about money right now. and who invests in the naacp and not the issues.. >> can we pray together? can we start there? a nation that turns its back against president and god i think is a poor example. so can we just sit down and pray and talk about the issues? i'm not suggesting that they should agree with president trump on all of his policies. but we can at least agree on prayer. i think that's what part of the problem in this country. we can't even pray together right now. ainsley: my grand mother said don't go to bed angry. we all need to say a prayer and go to bed happy. >> i agree. ainsley: lawrence jones, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: a soldier gets $8 million. the widow will not get a dime. a dog that swims into the lake and rescues a baby deer. that dog and his owner and we'll show you the whole video. they're going to join us live. it's like nothing you've seen. the power of nexium 24hr protection from frequent heartburn. all day, and all night. now packed into a pill so small, we call it mini. new clearminis from nexium 24

. >> also, thank you to the naacp for inviting us on to this platform.e come from the voices of the hundreds of thousands of black women who are sitting right now as we are convened here in a cage and the effects of that on our children and communities. so to have the organization of the naacp to understand how incredibly important it is to raise awareness within its membership of the swift and dramatic increase in incarceration of black women in this country, i thank you for being aware of the importance of that issue. so yes, i was a former criminal defense lawyer sentenced to serve a two year federal prison sentence. this issue is personal to me. i'm a born and raised very proud in the community of rockies buxbur massachusetts. my children and husband are still living in roxbury. and we are the fourth generation to live in that community. we understand firsthand what happened in the country over the past four decades starting with a war on drugs which was really a war on black people. we saw the crack epidemic come into roxbury, the problem was crack

. >>> the naacp joining forces with airbnb.he civil rights group says they will work with the airbnb to encourage more people of color to use airbnb, the home rental service. research shows only 5% of minority travelers ever using airbnb. the naacp says they want more minority homeowners to take advantage of the chance to earn money from their homes, and it will also encourage more people of color to become airbnb guess. the rental service says that 20% of the earnings from the partnership will go to the naacp. >>> the safety department is warning travelers heading to mexico about the tainted alcohol that can be fatal. the spokeswoman said that it has received reports of tourists consuming possibly tainted or substandard alcohol, and getting sick or blacking out. the u.s. authorities say that if you begin to feel sick, seek medical attention right away. >>> still ahead, the veteran san francisco police officer is ending up on the wrong side of the law, the criminal charges he is facing today and where he was arrested. >>> in a

joining me is the former president of the naacp. also, new candidate for governor of maryland. are you with me? do we have ben? there he is. >> yes, hey, hey, thomas. >> former msnbc contributor, excuse me. because you have to be former as you're running for governor of maryland now. >> exactly. >> when we talk about what chris coback is saying there and he's saying that most of this is all public data in eway, is that true or entrue? >> he's been flip-flopping all over this. first he asked every state to give him all the data including the last four digits of all voter's social security numbers. then in his role in kansas, he said oh, no, we can't do that. now he's out there saying, you know, this is all out there and it's not. people's social security numbers are very serious. and this is why you've seen states across the spectrum say no, we are not going to give them this data. right now, my state has not. that has us very, very worried. >> the premise of all of this is founded on the fact that the president, you know, suggested that millions had voted illegally. but right n

attorney general eric holder today, don, at the naacp convention and i asked him about the fight, the back and forth between sessions and the president and asked him should sessions resign? he said that's between sessions and the president. but he also said that he's coming back september because we're in what seems to be a crisis in this nation and he says that he does not want to see the process impeded the way it's being impeded. >> trump invited members of his cabinet who were boy kouts to the stage including energy secretary rick perry, secretary of the interior ryan zinke can i and health and human services secretary tom price. absent was jeff session who's was an eagle scout. do you think that was a coincidence? >> it was too bad. i know rick perry pearnally. he was wearing his eagle scout ring there at the ceremony which he wears every day. i know those that have obtained their eagle scout, it colors the rest of their life in a positive manner. and it's something that is difficult to obtain. and is earned and not given away. it was too bad to not see jeff sessions there who wa

pleas for federal , a hand-delivered petition from the naacp containing 15,000 signatures that calledfor an investigation and federal anti-lynching legislative, president woodrow wilson continued to ignore the riot. prominent blacks led by weldon johnson decided to catch the attention with an unprecedented demonstration in america's largest city. they waited until w.e.b. dubois returned and he and johnson joined 8000-10,000 blacks marching down central avenue. theilent protesting against riots calling for immediate action on federal anti-lynching legislation. some of the marchers carried signs addressed to wilson. mr. president, why not make america safe for democracy question mark your hands are full of blood. the silent parade was america's first major civil rights march. along the parade route, black fliersounts handed out saying -- we march because we want to make impossible the repetition of eight -- of east st. louis. primal element of a race only half a century out of slavery. 1930's, growing up almost 600 miles east of east st. louis, young toni morrison heard the stories and

louis along with social worker to investigate the right on behalf of the naacp. they assembled a staff of more than two dozen investigators and stayed for about a week. a fling with anger after hearing dozens of tales of horrible abuse and murder, decided at least 100 perhaps as many as 200 blacks have been murdered. he wrote thousands of any reports about the bright, beginning as soon as his train pulled out of st. louis. despite pleas for a federal investigation, and dozens of prominent political and religious, business and labor leaders and hand delivered a petition from the naacp containing 15,000 signatures that call for an investigation and federal and type machine legislation, president woodrow wilson continued to ignore the record, and blacks decided to catch the president's attention and perhaps force his hand with an unprecedented demonstration in america's largest city. they waited until he had returned to new york and on saturday, july 28, he and johnson joined a thousand to 10,000 blacks marching down fifth avenue to the beat of drums inside a protes

director and chairman of the board of litman embassies incorporated and the executive director of the naacp, the commissioner of commerce the state of kentucky, herbert jenkins the chief of police in a winter georgia. the origins of the recent disorders in our cities. will make recommendations to me, the congress, the state governors, and the mayors for measures to prevent and contain the future.rs in the network, the commission members will have access to the fact gathered by director edgar hoover and the bureau of investigation. to use itsl continue full authority to investigate these riots in accordance with my standing instructions and continue to search for evidence of conspiracy. but even before the commission begins at work and even before all of the evidence is in, there are some things we can tell about the outbreaks of this summer. first, let there be no mistake plunder, pillage, all of this is not part of a civil rights protest. tore is no american right raid stores or burnt buildings or fire rifles from rooftops. that is crime and crime must be dealt with forcefully and swiftly

chairman of the board of litman industries incorporated, roy wilkins, the executive director of the naacp, the commissioner of commerce for the state of kentucky, herbert jenkins, the chief of police atlanta, georgia. the commission will investigate the origins of the recent disorders in our cities. it will make recommendations to me, the congress, the state governors, and to the mayors for measures to prevent or contain such disasters in the future. in their work, the commission members will access to the facts that are gathered by director edgar hoover and the federal bureau of investigation. the fbi will continue to exercise its full authority to investigate these riots in accordance with my standing instructions, and continue to search for evidence of conspiracy. but even before the commission begins its work and even before all of the evidence is in, there are some things that we can tell about the outbreaks of this summer. first, let there be no mistake about it -- the looting and arson and plunder and pillage, which have occurred, are not part of a civil rights protest. there is no

is up for promotion, he could go to national naacp and they are looking for someone with a lot of reallyhe reverend as well. he was arrested and all that, young people, in ferguson, he was also a leading candidate when it came to his speech in 2016, gave this fiery speech, taken the national stage for a while and looking to promote him. rob: for everyone hearing the argument as the country moves towards more of an entitlement state talking about socializing healthcare and stuff like that when you hear this argument by leaving people are taking this back, so hard to give people something and take it away because you can claim they are killing people by taking it away but why is it the responsibility of everybody to pay for the health care of everybody? why can't you take care of yourself? >> average americans this is not a political issue, that was a deceiving thing when it came to the cbo because a lot of people -- because of the mandate from obamacare but you can have these policy debates without going for this tit-for-tat claiming. the average don't believe that. heather: the time is 5

national naacp member labels at the red summer of 1919. right? there are numbers of riots defined by kind of white terrorism, white mob violence sweeping across the nation. the most famous are probably washington d.c., chicago in august of 1919. a lot of them are concentrated in the summer, but people really talk about the long, red summer ending with the tulsa riot in 1921. similar incitement. in the summer of 1919, you also get the lynching of soldiers, at least 10, maybe 11 african-american soldiers, in uniform. again, horrific in a symbolic way of saying, do not think that the war for democracy was your war for american democracy. that is not what it was, and that is not what we will allow it to be. >> so where does this fit into , the larger civil rights movement? adriane: so, i think it is an important moment in the 20th century. in the history of the long civil rights movement, as some scholars would call it. for all of the intensity of white reaction, for all of the insistence of white supremacists that the war would mean nothing for afri

naacp leader.ary. >> shot in front of his family in his driveway. >> he was a brave and curages man. it was very dangerous to be a naacp leader. >> and you were his age. >> 1955. >> he was accused of whistling at white woman and was savagely beaten. >> i kept thinking to myself this could happen to any of my cousins. so many people all across america identify with what happened to this young man. i come back to this place sometime you come to reserve and realize the commitment he made . i'm told it covers the bus you were supposed to be on and for a chance you took a break from the freedom ride. people who attacked this bus, threw in a maolotov cocktail. did you feel guilty about not having been on the bus? >> i felt i should have been there. but i try to makeup for it. >> you were reconciled with dying, that this was a real possibility? >> oh, yes. you prepare for it. there come a time when you have to stand up for something and speak up. in the process you may get hurt. you may lose your life. it

you had traditional black politics, naacp, martin luther king had come to the city. but you also had radical black politics which started after the riots with the individuals who led it had been there. , thead the nation of islam league of revolutionary black of his which came out termination in auto plants. detroit was you had very strong progressive, leftist environment so there had been demands for changes, not just starting in 1967, but for years. host: this is a recent photograph of one of the homes from 50 years ago, the remnants of the riots that took place. pointing out detroit today is 80% african american and 40% of its population lives below the federal poverty line while many of the predominantly white neighbors are far richer. how does that feed into the racial and economic issues detroit is dealing with today? guest: i talked about some of the political changes that happened after the rebellion in 1967 with the election of young, were african americans on the city council and school board. the city also had the confluence of a number of other factors th

. >> i want to say thank you to the naacp for inviting this platform. we come from the voices of the hundreds of thousands who are sitting right now as we are convened here in a cage and the effects of that on our children and communities such as the organization understand how important it is with the swift dramatic increase of black women in this country, i thank you for being aware of the importance of the issue so yes i was a criminal defense lawyer sentenced to serve a two year federal prison sentence. i am born and raised very proud in roxbury massachusetts. my children are still living in massachusetts with my husband and family and we have a fourth-generation. we understand firsthand what's happened in the country over the past four decades starting with a war on drugs which was a war on black people. it's incarcerated with many people that never left so that's the work of the national council it was affected by mass incarceration as a criminal defense lawyer and being married to a man who two decades ago served a ten year mandatory minimum drug

. >>> president trump will not speak at the naacp national convention in baltimore and he declined thehe did not speak at the last year's convention due to a scheduling conflict for the campaign and the naacp chairman leon russell says this underscores the harsh fact that the trump administration is lost the will of the current administration to listen to the issues of the black community. >>> someone got poked last saturday cleaning up and they were poked by this used syringe. >> why some say the new design is a type of defensive architecture. >>> we will check back in with our meteorologist steve paulson as we gear up for the weekend coming up next. >>> the san francisco library gets a facelift to make it more family-friendly and giving the building a modern exterior. >> there are also complaints that the facelift is designed to keep the homeless off of the grounds. >> reporter: it has been a neighborhood fixture at castro for decades, the library that is only a block from the market on the edge of 16th street sandwiched by the homes and businesses, a popular place for families. >> t

never mind that this statement is absurd on its face, never mind that the naacp called it, quote, offensive and dishonest, end quote. what concerns me at this moment is how this is the best statement of his views on the constitutionality of women's reproductive rights that we have heard, and in light of that statement, how can we expect anything else of this nominee other than the narrowing of reproductive rights? then, along with the question of how john bush might act as a judge comes the question of how the public perceives him. when you search the internet about his nomination, here's what you find on his blog. a post suggesting that someone, quote, gag the house speaker, end quote, referring to former house speaker nancy pelosi, not current house speaker ryan. two posts suggesting that a leader of the blog from kenya must be somehow connected to president obama. a post applauding former presidential candidate mike huckabee's statements that he believes, quote, life begins at conception, end quote, and, quote, strongly ideas -- strongly disagrees with the idea of same-sex marriage, end

the chairman of the naacp leon russell said that the decision from the president underscores the harsh >> that the group has lost the will of the current administration to listen to issues facing the american -- african-american community. >>> controversy brewing again at uc berkeley over the controversial speaker invited to the campus and allie rasmus joins us from the campus to explain what the berkeley college republicans are upset about.>> reporter: the student organization invited the conservative commentator ben shapiro to speak on the campus to a group of about 500 students on september 14. when they sent the invention -- the information to that used administrator the use of -- they say they don't have the venue to accommodate a crowd of that size. ben shapiro has a radio show and he weighs in on conservative topics and controversy over the palestinian -israeli conflict and the request for him was denied. officials offered to meet with student republicans to find another place and time to host the conservative columnist. they call this an attempt by the university to block the c

election integrity and a former arkansas state representative, and todd cox, policy director for the naacpegal defense fund. let me go to you first. why do you think you were selected to be on this commission? many are saying that as congresswoman bass just said on this show, that this is the president still trying to somehow justify how he lost the popular vote and that he is just saying -- fantasizing if not fabricating 3 million, 4 million fraudulent voters happened, and others are saying it is just to get more data and ways to minimize minority voters. why do you think you were selected and what expertise in this area do you bring to the commission? >> well, thank you for having me, first of all. i believe that i was selected at the recommendation of our secretary of state to representative kobat because secretary martin felt like i would be honest and i would be a good voice for the common man out there and that i would be fair and that i would not come to the commission with any preconceived notions and i believe that that's mainly why they decided to put me on this commission. >> do

jonathan: deputy attorney general rod rosenstein spoke at the naacp annual convention today in baltimore. >> our department of justice works for you. you want less crime? you want your rights protected. and you want the laws asupplied fairly -- laws applied fairly. the attorney general and i share your goals. jonathan: rosenstein who was the federal prosecutor for maryland before becoming the deputy a.g. talked about reducing hate crimes. president trump declined an invitation to speak at t convention. michelle: a federal appeals court ruled against a d.c. law requiring people show a proper reason to get a concealed carry gun permit. by a 2-1 vote the court ruled the law unconstitutional and violation of the second amendment rights. despite the ruling the law is in effect while the d.c. attorney general decides whether to appeal the ruling to the full court. he could also appeal directly to the u.s. supreme court. larry: daredevils or something else? why two men scaled a huge bridge and who was then tasked with getting them down safely? >> there was a baby in the parking lot. alison: a n