obviously tiger woods, richard parsons, the former c.e.o. and chairman of time-warner, who -- here's an example of something that could never have happened before in our history. financial crisis hits. the banks melt down. citigroup is among the financial institutions that takes a big himself needs needs -- hit. needs to be gotten back on track, and an african-american president can turn around and look to a seasoned african-american chief executive, richard parsons, who used to run the biggest media and entertainment company in the world, time-warner, and ask him to come out of retirement and encourage him to step in as chairman of citigroup for a time, to help get it back on track. that could never happen happened. so i refer to this small group as the transcendent group, and there's the group i call the emergent. and there are actually two major components of this group. one is made up of immigrants, black immigrants from the caribbean and africa, and their sons and daughters. a few years ago -- this african-american immigrant group is pa

but people like oprah winfrey and richard parsons.african-americans who have a pow over society, that would have been impossible decades ago. >> is the divide greater in these two groups or does one empower the other? >> well, i think the two main groups, the mainstream and the abandoned, think if you look at the figures and look at what's happening, in fact, the distance is increasing. the distance geographical because people move to other neighborhoods, economic and socially and culture rally, the gap is widening, and i kind of wanted to do this resurvey of black america as a way of focusing attention and saying, you know, there's a big group of people who are being forgotten and the danger of being left behind for many generations more. >> well, it's powerful reporting and we thank you. >> thank you so much. >> i love the cover. it's wonderfully graphic way of symbolizing what you're talking about. thank you, as always, gene robinson. >>> coming up the latest on the terror threats overseas. >>> plus two dozen more nato trucks fire