these new practices and even the local versions their of that discriminate on the basis of race and ethnicity is a special point of urgency for congress. >> can you elaborate on that? >> sure, some of the practices that have gotten the most attention are not necessarily ones that are causing the most damage based on race or ethnicity local jurisdictions. changing the line for a county commissioner for -- or a justice of the selection, changing the language excess materials that are sent out any particular election, moving an election date, as senator durbin mentioned, that you know will have lester and moving that date as soon as the voting age population of african-americans his 50% in the relevant jurisdiction. that is changing the rules in response to a new perceived threat from minority citizens of when, really, the minority citizens are exercising their right as americans. that is a particularly pernicious problem and that is the reason there are constitutional amendments devoted entirely to the subject and i think it is important for congress to focus on those issues here and now in res

and we found that some populations by neighborhood, income, race ethnicity, [speaker not understood], struggle to access the health care services they need. we're fortunate that our providers have a long history and commitment to serving the city's diverse population and healthy san francisco has helped to engage our largest providers to together address the needs of our uninsured population. healthy san francisco has also better prepared san francisco for health reform and while we would likely fair better than our counterparts in other counties and states, health system trends specifically health reform will place greater demand on our health care resources. finally, given the existing known medical use development projects in the pipeline, san francisco is in large part on track to meet residents' evolving health care needs. specific attention will continue to be needed for our most vulnerable populations. the community health status assessment is that assessment that involves more than 150 indicators along with 10 broad based categories. the key findings here are not surprising. s

in terms of the race ethnicity of who we're supervising, we have an unknown category because the courts data, our data, our system are over thankfully in the process of replacing our data system that is due to come online the last quarter of this year. we'll have better data, but as we know it, a current supervision, caucasian, 17%, asian 3%, african-american 32%, filipino, 1%. and hispanic 12%. so, we have a very difficult verse population. in terms of what our workforce looks like, i'm very proud of that. in terms of the gender of our workforce, 61% of our staff are women. 39% are men. ~ diverse. 38% of the department staff are sworn staff. so, as you probably heard from some of the other public safety departments, typically in any kind of law enforcement, including probation, it is difficult to recruit women. however, women do awfully well as case managers and supervisors, probation officers. so, we're very proud of that. also, our staff, approximately 18% are bilingual. when we did the recruitment for staff over the last couple of years we really focused on recruiting bilingual span

are those that would use that as an excuse to rationalize the brodeur violence or whenever the race or ethnicity but we all have to swear with an intellectual division we will be working in that direction. thank you very much. a frightening new pentagon report shows a man is on track to develop the missile capable of reaching america the not o distant future. we have the threat analysis next. flight patterns. joining us now to assess the latest threats tos lou: now joining us to assess the threats to this country former vice chief of staff also general, good to have you here.f let's begin with this new report on iran that is why these specific projection i the icbm for iran by 2015t that must mean they have a long way in a quick quarter and second glad it could reach -- reach the unitedsm states? >> i am not familiar with the details it is son classified but the iranians have one of the mostthe aggressive missile technology programs in the world.e right now short, medium, long-range ballistic missiles the reach the gulf states, israel and southern europe in theirth possessionei. p the next up is

is -- there are those that would use this as an excuse to rationalize a broader violence of race or ethnicity>> but we all have to pull together that kind of intellectual division and i think much of the solution can be at hand and i thank you both for helping us in that direction. >> thank you for having this segment. >> is great to see you. thank you. up next, the dow jones hitting its 25th record close of the year. john lons on whether the dow is at hand for whether it is imminent or possible and what in the world -- what are we going to see jobs created in this country? the pursuit ofof a better life for our children is something we all share. but who can help prepare them for the opportunities ahead?fe who can show them how to build on your success, but not rely on it. who can focus on making your legacy last for generations to com that someone is a morgan stanley financial advisor. and we're ready to work for you. lou: joining us now are economists and the moody's chief capital comments. what you make of this? i thought we were supposed to have a pullback? >> we have pullback from this

have been conditionally to get up in arms with a black person is killed by somebody from another race or ethnicroup and that is unacceptable. >> you have data another ethnic gro because with the narrative he is hispanic and it saddens me there is not the understanding among black leaders and i include reverend sharpton, reverend jackson, who can let's be honest, if we can deal th these issues honestly and pragmatically to see the world to the same eyes of what we have to do of what is happening we can move beyond race with nearly every instance. as long as we have a special and vested interest for political purposes, a financial purposes, i think were consigned to repeat the cycle that i would like to think otherwise. >> just to deal with the facts it is an outrage. black on black crime i wrote a piece of the children's defense fund is no conservative organization said there is more ack, black murders van lynchings in american history. >> 3500 in 100 year period. 3500 in my life over 260,000 now we do have the opportunity with this case to turn that around and address the fact we all have uncon

laws, new practices, and even the local versions there of, that discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity is a special point of urgency for congress. >> can you elaborate on that? >> sure. so some practices that have gotten the most attention aren't necessarily the ones causing the most damage based on race or ethnicity in local jurisdictions. changing lines for a county commissioner for justice of the peace election. changing the language access materials that are sent out in a particular election. moving an election date it a date as senator durbin mentioned, that you know will have less turnout and move that date as soon as the voting age population of african-americans hits 50% in a relevant jurisdiction. that is changing rules in response it a new perceived threat from minority citizens when really they are exercising their rights as americans. that is a particular problem. it is a reason there is constitutional amendments devoted entirely to the subject and it is particular important for congress to focus on issues here and now in response to shelby county. >> ms. wineberg, i apprec

probably the most persistent and intractable for our country ut some day soon, will americans' race or ethnic background be irrelevant? >> i don't know that it actually should be irrelevant. we always talk about race as if it is this awful, toxic thing. race and racism are very different. so racial background can be a part of who they are without being necessarily an impedestrianiment. i think we are seeing in this moment a redefinition of the race. for a long time when we thought about race it was a binary issue, black america and white america. now it is all kinds of things, multihued, multiethnic and racial identities ever always shifting. so when a kid grows up ats more likely that race will be an important part of their portfolio, background but not necessarily the thing that will hold them back. that's much more to do with class. chris: you know, growing up in philadelphia and being an african-american kid and going to independence hall and having your teacher take you, coming out of that, it is a plaque president. that is what led us to a truly post racial or at least part of the way t

of the jurors, potential jurors, who had had meaningful contact with a person of a different race or ethnicity and that's really what this is about. one of my least favorite words is the word tolerance because, you know, i tolerate brussel sprouts but if you simply tolerate the diversity that is america, you are going to, you are aspiring for mediocrity. when we have, and this gets back to your question, when we have leaders that embrace diversity and that build a culture that says, you know what, if you want to compete in the global economy tomorrow, pal, you've got to embrace diversity. why does coca-cola write a brief to the united states supreme court and general motors and microsoft on issues of diversity and higher education? because they know if they want to get ahead, they've got to embrace that diversity. if they want to continue to be a fortunes 50 company, there's got to embrace diversity. similarly if we want to get down to the local level and address this issue, we've got to teach our kids that the sooner that you embrace difference and understand that your muslim classmate or you

as a young person, a young disadvantaged person of my race any ethnicity, know when you're love and sence of metabolize it. you know, there's a lot of young people that i have reached out to that couldn't take it. they weren't able to take it in. so this is just a reminder that you have to -- you have o be on the lookout for who dwhosh can help me. and number two, people who are in a position be able to help, do it. do it. and do it knowing chances are you'll get more out of it than the person you're helping. -- fromrned more that's her more than she has from me. it's a two-way street. and so that -- it ain't rocket science. love is the answer if you've got it, give it. and if you can take it in. tavis: i'm glad you said that because now i want to ask a second question that's a bit more provocative. i could not con fwer the -- confer with the statement you made. i'm playing devil's advocate. i suspect this is the kind of story that might one day become a movie. why not? it's a wonderfulfully juicy story. it happens to be connected to a real life celebrity jane fonda. it's the kind of stuf

laws, new practices, and even the local versions there of, that discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity is a special point of urgency for congress. >> can you elaborate on that? >> sure. so some practices that have gotten the most attention aren't necessarily the ones causing the most damage based on race or ethnicity in local jurisdictions. changing lines for a county commissioner for justice of the peace election. changing the language access materials that are sent out in a particular election. moving an election date it a date as senator durbin mentioned, that you know will have less turnout and move that date as soon as the voting age population of african-americans hits 50% in a relevant jurisdiction. that is changing rules in response it a new perceived threat from minority citizens when really they are exercising their rights as americans. that is a particular problem. it is a reason there is constitutional amendments devoted entirely to the subject and it is particular important for congress to focus on issues here and now in response to shelby county. >> ms. wineberg, i apprec

it's not rich shall, it's mixed ethnicity. races are white, asian, black, native american.re white and hispanic, you can be both. because ethnicity and race are totally different ball games. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: i was born to a mexican father a white mother. and my husband was born to a porta rican mother and a white father, and we were both raised white. my surname wasn't like gonzales or whatever, so it was harder to pick out out. all right. i'm confused. 58 minutes after the hour. right back with charlie pierce on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. hello tv land charlie pierce of esquire.com coming up at the bottom of the hour. charlie pierce next hour in the new york bureau. jacki schechner. >> did george zimmerman cure cancer yet? >> stephanie: no, but i'm sure he is busily working at that. >> he shot cancer though. >> stephanie: jacki do you also call bull [ censor bleep ] on this rescue story? >> it seems awfully convenient. >> stephanie: really. the timing is so auspicious. >> what a shallow, transparent pr strategy.

it in the morning, these things when they come down to it, is about who the child is, their race, their ethnicity, their sexual orientation. it really is against common sense that you would speak for someone else's experiences and assume when you don't know i think what it really is in that moment is that we are uncomfortable with racism, we are uncomfortable with homophobia and talking about it. and we don't want to step in and deal with it in the moment because we're uncomfortable. i think we are deeply uncomfortable dealing with racism and homophobia and all those isms and that's what comes out of our mouth. >> the parents who are mad at the kids for not doing something about being victimized, so were some of the administrators, well, i reported this, i interviewed them. what do you say to that? you really focus on that. >> yeah, i think inherent in what -- the movie is all about what happens, like the minutia, the nitty-gritty. there's a scene in the movie, we'll show a clip but i would say for those of you that have seen the movie, the most explosive scene in the film is a conversation betwe

these players international works with children of different races, ethnic cities, and brings them together with sports. they play together and learn more in common than differences. they have a northern ireland and israel and the west bank. it was fascinating working with peace players. when you work with people who have not formed hard opinions of people who are different with them, you have much more in common than differences. i also work with education partnership or children of conflict. one of the first things to go on a child -- in an environment of conflict is school. back in stunned that countries growth -- that can stunned a countries growth. when you bring people together and open a dialogue, there is more that we can accomplish together than apart. is that you the eca open doors to people around the world. we bring them here to this country. they see american ideas and values. they are exposed to american democracy. they go home to their country and share the experience of america. that benefits us in the long term. i think senator lindsey graham called the exchange program a n

but you can't though do is indiscriminately go after someone because of race, religion, ethnic backgroundd out, routine traffic stops are much more likely to be minorities. >> in snork city you have mayor bloomberg praised by a lot of people across the spectrum on issues, including gun safety. yet he is overseeing a program that stops and fris manies a half million new yorkers every year. a vast majority innocent and vast majority african-american or listen to his defense. >> they keep saying, oh, it is a disportionate percentage after particularening nick group. that may be, but it is not a disportionate number in victims describe as committing murder. in that case i incidentally i think we stop whites too much and minorities too little. >> there you say white should be stopped less than the 15% or so they are stopped currently. what do you make of that and how do local leaders like that, how does their leadership and those kind of comments affect the type of been that you want it put in place? >> i think where the mayor is just wrong. if you have information about a specific crime, abso

quote/unquote is because each of them knows what it is like one way or the other be profiled on race, ethnicityaying use your common sense. common sense will tell them that when the 911 operator said to george zimmerman, are you following him? we don't need you to do this. that there was a problem. when the defense attorneys talk about this image of trayvon martin on top of george zimmerman and fighting him and allegedly bashing his head into concrete. the way i view that as a mother was if my son was under attack and knew there was a possibility that he only had four minutes to live, i would hope that he would be on top of him defending himself. trayvon martin could have been easily defending himself in this case. i think that's what we're going to see a broader discussion about. this is a civil rights issue. it's enormously important. >> i totally agree. i'm very happy to beat up on cable news, but a little bit of criticism and controversy on twitter and else where why are the cable networks doing wall-to-wall coverage of this trial. there's a good reason. this is not the same thing as the ca

. >> well, you know, we often say, i work on a team at npr called code switch which covers race and ethnicity've been covering this for like the last year. and one of the things that we say is that in the black community, you often get this talk before you are even able to drive. if you are a black male. you know if you are out in your car, you may be pulled over. you may be asked for i.d. be sure to do two things. and i interviewed police to ask them about this. make sure you tell -- make sure you keep your hands on the steering wheel so people can see that both of your hands are where they are supposed to be. and if they ask for license and registration tell them where it is before you go for it. don't dive for it under your seat or the glove box because those are the things that make reporters like me end up reporting about tragedies that happen because of misconceptions. we wanted them to be as armed as possible with information that would save their lives. >> rashad, can you relate to that? >> i can absolutely relate to that. i can relate to it in my own life and the stories and the back

did he further describe the individual by race or ethnicity?> well, at that time he knew that he was a black male. >> okay. i interrupted you. you said -- what else did the defendant tell you regarding what happened? >> he said that he went -- when realized that the person had a was walking through the neighborhood was someone he didn't know, didn't recognize, and someone who usually looks through a neighborhood while it is raining, it is suspicious. lot of times juveniles will walk lou neighborhoods or people who are suspicious, walk through neighborhoods while it is raining because you get less people walking around, walking their dogs, taking an evening walk. someone who might want to be a little more suspicious, acting suspicious, they will do it when it is dark and raining. that was -- might have been a trigger he said to me. >> okay. what i want to do is focus as best you can in terms of what you recall him saying. >> i'm sorry. >>ers that all right. >> he said -- he observed what is now -- realizes trayvon. walking between the two buildi

did he further describe the individual by race or ethnicity?> well, at that time he knew that he was a black male. >> okay. i apologize. i interrupted you. you said -- what else did the defendant tell you regarding what happened? >> he said when he realized that the person that was walking through the neighborhood was someone he didn't know, he didn't recognize, and someone who usually looks through a neighborhood while it's raining, it's suspicious because a lot of times juveniles will walk through neighborhoods or people who are suspicious will walk through neighborhoods while it's raining because you get less people walking around, walking their dogs or just taking an evening walk. so someone who might want to be a little more suspicious, if they're acting suspicious, they'll do it when it's dark and when it's raining and that might have been a trigger, he had said to me. >> what i want to do is focus as best you can in terms of what you recall him saying as opposed to -- >> i'm sorry. >> no, that's all right. >> he said he observed who is n

so it's more when you spend a lot of time studying particularly issues about race and ethnicity in the medical system, on one hand i think -- and, hopefully, you've heard this from this panel today, there's a very genuine need for people to get information. doctors want to help people a lot of times. but a lot of times there are these moments where the racialization of the system, the bias, the racism of the system becomes more apparent than others. and what happens then is not so much that all of a sudden there's this plague of insanity in the black male population, it's that the frames around illnesses, the way we dune -- define illnesses, change in ways that have some things to do with biology, but other things to do with old ticks. the reason people started seeing black men as crazy is because they were afraid of them. they were in the streets protesting and all in this tough, and this language of insanity became a way of quite literally ip cars rating black men but not having to take seriously the threat they were posing to the white political order that in a way it was a very pol

there are significant gaps in this country based on race, ethnicity, income.irst-generation college students -- who did not simply go to college. those gaps are widening. young latinos, young american indians have a much lower rate of attainment of higher education than white or asian americans. those gaps have been around for a long time. we need to deal with that. that is primarily an issue of income and the fact that first- generation students, people whose parents cannot go to college, have a difficult time in our system of understanding how to go to college, what it takes, how to become prepared. all of those are a factor. the other big population we are looking at is adults. it is wanting to just focus on young people, going through high school and going on to college. we need to do that. but there are millions of american adults who are already in the work force and are fighting their opportunities greatly limited because they do not have a post secondary education. they need to be able to advance the careers or hold onto their jobs. our data shows ther

a debate has gone on under our president's encouragement in race, ethnicity, other aspects here.what we need to be able to do is take stock of ourselves. take stock of ourselves, how we treat one another, how we view one another. do we view one another as enemies consistently and do we view them on street corners or in communities or do we begin to look at how we build community in our neighborhood, starting with housing for the elderly, making sure the disabled are taken care of, respect for one another, passing an education bill, dealing with the student loans. this bill here will put americans to work, and it will also meet our compelling needs. and we can do it in a way that shows that we can do smart spending to accomplish national goals. i too want to reduce the public debt of the united states, but i want to lower our unemployment rate. i want to lower the rate of danger in our physical infrastructure. and i really want the motion to proceed to pass. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i want to

growing up in a country in which they, and their friends come out for the moment seem enormously race, about ethnicity, skin color, all of that. it does not seem to count for much. i'm glad. i considered a blessing -- consider it a blessing and i'm and others are responsible for bringing that to this country. i want them to have the blessing of that hard earned casualness. on the other hand, what you did for this country and what others is part ofs country this heritage, too. and i want them to know. how do we teach those lessons to our children without scaring them, without introducing them to ideas that are to be banished from our midst? >> well, you just have to make it plain and simple. i spent a lot of time talking to children. they come to my offices from all over america, young children, school groups. and every year, the fifth graders from all over america -- they do not come on the same day at the same time, but they come. [laughter] and i see hundreds of thousands of students on the steps of the capital. we show photographs, very large photographs. they come to the offices. we show them a 14

obligation to ensure hat there is no electoral discrimination anywhere in the country based on race or ethnicity. ongress has repeatedly attempted to step up to this responsibility, not perfectly programs but pragmatically. shelby county ripped a sizable hole in congress's work. that decision has refused americans less sure that won't taint their elections. that damage.rrect sweeping nationals statistics unfortunatelythat there are still public officials electoral limit opportunity based on race or ethnicity. sometimes because of contempt. sometimes because of perceived political advantage. t is disgusting and it is illegal. and even with armies of lawyers t is very hard to fix using existing tools like section two. legal system the depend on responsive lawsuits the tools mr. carvin was talking about. there is a legal problem you saw, prove harm and it gets fixed. employment way the system, housing system, education works. laws areg and election different. these normal lawsuits attack one a time. at officials looking to limit political power based on race switch tactics. draws a lawsuit, shift t

so it's more when you spend a lot of time studying particularly issues about race and ethnicity in the medical system, on one hand i think -- and, hopefully, you've heard this from this panel today, there's a very genuine need for people to get information. doctors want to help people a

left has done for decades, which is that they need the division, they have divided us by race, class, gender, ethnic groups, age, they continue to do it because they need the divisions in order to divide and concur. it's not about bringing america together. it's about dividing us. >> we'll come back to our studio audience i promise in mere seconds. but first we're going to stop to remember the real reason we're here tonight, and we're going to talking about trayvon martin. the family attorney darrell parks will join me in the studio. and hundreds of rallies are expected tomorrow nationwide. that is still ahead. we're going to talk to someone who's attending and organize one of those rallies. i'm hannity. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in

they've divide us by race, class, gender, ethnic group, age. they continue to do it because they need the divisions in order to divide and conquer. not about bringing america together. it's about dividing us. >> we'll come back to the studio audience i promise in mere seconds. first, we'll stop to remember the real reason we're here tonight and we're going to talk about trayvon martin coming up next. trayvon martin, the family attorney daryl parks will join me in stew studio and hundreds of justice for trayvon rallies are expected tomorrow. we'll talk to somebody who is attending and organizing one of the rallies. on this special edition of hannity continues. >>> african-american boys are painted with a broad-brush and the excuse is given, well, there are these statistics out there that african-american boys are more violent. using that as an excuse to seasons treated differently causes pain. i think the american community is not naive in understanding that statistically somebody like trayvon martin was more likely to be shot by a peer than he

left has done for decades, which is that they need the division, they have divided us by race, class, gender, ethnic groups, age, they continue to do it because they need the divisions in order to divide and concur. it's not about bringing america together. it's about dividing us. >> we'll come back to our studio audience i promise in mere seconds. but first we're going to stop to remember the real reason we're here tonight, and we're going to talking about trayvon martin. the family attorney darrell parks will join me in the studio. and hundreds of rallies are expected tomorrow nationwide. that is still ahead. we're going to talk to someone who's attending and organize one of those rallies. i'm hannity. >>> african-american boys are painted with a broad brush and the excuse is given, well there are these statistics out there that show that african-american boys are more violent. using that as an excuse to then see their sons treated differently causes pain. i think the african-american community is also not naive in understanding that statistically someone like trayvon martin was probably more stat

we have to find people of that race, that gender, that ethnicity. i think it's great to find role models of any ethnicity or culture or race. i think that is where young people -- the one of the things that adults or authority figures to who deal with young people a lot what they shouldn't do is to inculcate in young people's heads that somehow the only people you can look up to must look like you were sound like you. that is simply not the case. when i was growing up in oakland one of the instructors who was the kindest to me was an african-american instructor. he taught me in fifth grade and unfortunately he has passed away since then. i remember this was my second year in the united states. i knew how to do math really well but i didn't speak english all that well. he noticed that i worked really hard to learn and i carried this pocket of dictionary with me everywhere so if any time i encountered a word or a phrase i didn't understand i would look it up and say with a see with the chinese translation was. he went out of his way you know to help m

left has done for decades, which is that they need the division, they have divided us by race, class, gender, ethnic groups, age, they continue to do it because they need the divisions in order to divide and concur. it's not about bringing america together. it's about dividing us. >> we'll come back to our studio audience i promise in mere seconds. but first we're going to stop to remember the real reason we're here tonight, and we're going to talking about trayvon martin. the family attorney darrell parks will join me in the studio. and hundreds of rallies are expected tomorrow nationwide. that is still ahead. we're going to talk to someone who's attending and organize one of those rallies. of those rallies. i'm hannity. [ brent ] now steve's looking pretty good so far. [ herbie ] eh, hold on brent, what's this? mmmm, nice car. there's no doubt, that's definitely gonna throw him off. she's seen it too. oh this could be trouble. [ sentra lock noise ] oh man. gotta think fast, herbie. back pedal, back pedal. [ crowd cheering ] oh, he's down in flames and now the ice-cold shoulder. one last play... no