back in the '80s robert smith jr.timistic about the city's future. >> the reverend robert smith and members of his new bethel baptist church congregation are buying real estate in the neighborhood. they've torn down two dozen abandoned buildings, and are now urging other legitimate businesses to move back in. >> if we can believe that things are going to get better, if we can believe there's a brighter day, that's a cause for not rioting. that's a cause for not going to the extreme. we can believe in the system. >> joining me now is the reverend robert smith jr., pastor of the new bethel baptist church in detroit. remember that, reverend? maybe a couple more grays, but you still look good. >> about 100 pounds ago. >> what else has changed in the last 25 years? >> well, we did bring a shopping strip and new tire company to the lynnwood community. we did get new curbings, and lighting at that time. i think what has changed, we don't have the cooperation that we used to have when mayor young and governor milliken, when t

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here to break it all down, robert hiltonsmith... >> smith: in the spring of 2012, robert hiltonsmithme out with his study on the impact of fees on retirement savings. >> when we looked at it, we really found that all of the costs of retirement are really being shifted onto individuals. i was amazed. i mean, everybody covered it: all the major outlets and all of the financial industry outlets as well. every one of them. these really have been sold to us, these 401(k)s and iras, as safe products over the years. the point is that this system isn't built for individuals at all. it's certainly not built for their benefit. >> an eye-opening report out this morning: fees are taking a huge chunk out of our retirement. >> smith: the industry took issue with some of hiltonsmith's numbers, but he had made his point. >> we are being charged a lot by these financial firms to do not a lot, in a lot of cases. we need something different out there. we need something simpler, something safer... you know, honestly, something that people can put their money in, get good returns, not have to worry about

robert ra brian walsh. then a discussion about race with michael denzil smith and armstrong williams. washington journal, live at 7:00 on c-span. >> this week on the communicators, the ceo and founder of aereo. what is it? >> we think of it as a really new way of thinking about how people are going to consumed hell of vision in the future. it is an online platform among which is direct to consumers, and he will get access today to live broadcast television, along with a dvr on any device, without cable connections, using the internet for eight dollars a month. >> this is over the air broadcasting channels? >> that is correct. >> what am i holding my hand to? wax that is the key element. that is the foundation. it is a micro antenna. think of it as how you used to have over the air antennas in the past. throughturize them technology. the purpose of miniaturizing them is so we can build hundreds of thousands of these things into a very small room. we can aloud cloud implementation of how consumers can capture the signal. it is the big innovation here. the cloud technologies allow us to

smith. >> robert downey jr., he is the person making the most money. he earned $75 million last year.y each earned more than $1 billion. >> he is followed by channing tatem, $60 million. he is a relatively new superstar. he brought in $60 million. >> i think those are his tips from "magic mike." i don't know. >> get ready for the butter wrappers. third on the list, $55 million. that's what he brought in. >> mark walberg is at number four. the lesson here is get yourself an action flick series. >> robert downey jr., he is the ultimate come back kid. at one point in the '80s, nobody would bank on him. he was almost uninsurable. and now at the top of the story. >> where are the women? >> you know, i thought about that, too. and i just -- when you by this this whole super hero thing that everybody is in love with, yes, you have zoey and then you just wonder where are they on this? especially when you think about the top five? i would have thought at least a sandra bullock or one person would have been on this list. >> this is the top five actors. i think it's a good point. where are the w

robert raben and brian walsh. then a discussion about race in america with the institutes michael denzil smith and radio tv talkshow host and columnist armstrong williams. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: morning. congress returns this week, the house is scheduled to take up a spending bill for the defense department, the senate is back on tuesday. a vote on the last week agreement over student loan rates. the president travels to missouri to talk about the economy. on thursday he makes -- we will put the weeks events into perspective on to sunday roundtables. we want to begin by looking at

smith says she'll stay until she's ordered to go. >> they tell if you you leave you can't get back up. that scares me most. >> the resident robert muir and his family are packed and ready to leave but now they're holding out. >> we have big chunks of pine bark falling in the yard and piles of ash. >> already, 6,000 people have heeded orders to evacuate. including steve ham lynn dispute reservation autos we're concerned if we leave we're going to have stuff that could be looted. >> he and others m he mismt t are hoping mother nature will help them get home, soon. >> i'm praying for rain. i wish everybody would pray for rain. >> and of course, rain is just -- doesn't seem to be coming up right now. the cloud not doing anything to help the firefighters. right now investigators telling us that this fire is man made but they're still investigating exactly how it got started. so far, it's cost $8.6 million to battle the blaze. reporting live in idyllwild abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> the bay area is being impact bid that wildfire near palm spring autos yes. sandhya patel is here with details on the smoky air that we're being exposed to

smith says she'll stay until she's ordered to go. >> they tell if you you leave you can't get back up. that scares me most. >> the resident robert muir and his family are packed and ready to leave but now they're holding out. >> we have big chunks of pine bark falling in the yard and piles of ash. >> already, 6,000 people have heeded orders to evacuate. including steve ham lynn dispute reservation autos we're concerned if we leave we're going to have stuff that could be looted. >> he and others m he mismt t are hoping mother nature will help them get home, soon. >> i'm praying for rain. i wish everybody would pray for rain. >> and of course, rain is just -- doesn't seem to be coming up right now. the cloud not doing anything to help the firefighters. right now investigators telling us that this fire is man made but they're still investigating exactly how it got started. so far, it's cost $8.6 million to battle the blaze. reporting live in idyllwild abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> the bay area is being impact bid that wildfire near palm spring autos yes. sandhya patel is here with details on the smoky air that we're being exposed to

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smith. and in washington, nbr senior analyst coky roberts, and new york times reporter jeremy peters. we have a lot going on this morning, joe, including the royal baby finally emerged. we're going to see him, cute little button that he is. >> that's very nice. that was a nice story. willie and i, as we always do, every time a royal baby is born -- we did this 31 years old. willie was young. we get david beckham, get a carton of cigarettes. we go over to the holiday inn on 57th and 11th. it's great, right, willie? we're over there, and beckham and willie and i probably into our third or fourth pack because it was just such a happy story, and then this anthony weiner thing, boom. willie, boom. it was like right out of the lion king, rafiki in the lion king, what was that? and what did beckham do? he threw the cigarettes. it was disgusting, willie. >> beckham was like, we've all been there, man. we've all been there, when the weiner thing came up. here's how the new york tabloids are handling it. here's the new york post, "too hard to stop" with anthony weiner. and the new york daily ne

robert raven and brian walsh. then a discussion about race in america with the nation institute michael denzil smith and rated tv talkshowlumnist armstrong williams. "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> on monday, the carnegie endowment on international peace discusses the israeli- palestinian conflict. they include former u.s. president jimmy carter, former resident of finland, and they former foreign minister to algeria and special envoy to syria. this is the elders first public event in washington. you can watch a live starting at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span two. i decided that he was the subject for a biography when it on don made that he had been not only at abraham lincoln's dead site uniquely after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley and 1901. i thought who could this fellow be? of course, when i opened the archives, i realize what a rare subject it was. his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical show. it is lincoln on one end. he was president lincoln's personal secretary, private herbert cemetery. he lived in the white house for four years

robert ra brian walsh. then a discussion about race with michael denzil smith and armstrong williams. washington journal, live at 7:00 on c-span. >> this week on the