i think what samuel jackson was doing, he is going to be the angry black man.said if he was giving the state of the union and some congressman shattered out liar, he would gone and attacked him. this is madness. it shows how base his thinking is. he is an actor with a movie coming out he wants to advance he is edgy young black guy. it's ridiculous. it goats into our bloodstream in terms of thought and thinking. suddenly we discussing on a serious show. i don't think he deserves it. >> i think you are right. if you look at what happened with jeremy lynn, as well. don't we get to a point in society we can say we trailblazers in the world of sports but at some point, can't you say somebody is great basketball player, whether they are saying asian-american player he is amazing period? >> guest: i agree. when we talk about floyd mayweatherer. this is a guy who has mocked an asian opponent by saying we're going to feed him cats and dogs. he admitted to beating his girlfriend. this is not a thought leader in the black community, american community, athletic community.

eert that name, samuel jackson. adds iffing a having that name isn't tough enough, a background report found three other less desirable samuel decades, all decades older, a different race and two currently in prison. all of their profiles attached to his background check. >> the background check company was aware that mr. jackson is only 30 years old. so it clearly couldn't have been him. and obviously he couldn't be all three sex offenders at the same time. >> reporter: jackson sued and the background company settled for $35,000, but not all cases are so clear cut. the way it is supposed to work, if a job seeker is not hired because of a negative background check, the prospective employer must tell them that. the fair credit reporting act requires it. but how is a job seeker to know? and along with the explosion of companies ordering background checks are the ones performing them. >> they're not all created the same. some are more careful than others and i think that job seekers do have to be careful. >> reporter: t

samuel jackson is in ebony magazine says i voted for barack obama because he was black because they lookughter ] >> good for him. >> sean: what do you think about the comment? >> i think it's silly. >> only white people can be racist. if there is anybody that voters looks like bob that is running for president i'll vote for the other guy. >> and i always throw it out there. if you are going to tell me that people are racist voting against a person, then talk to me about that vote specifically for someone is just as racist. >> sean: let me move. on another tragic in the entertainment field, death of whitney houston. it's the same story. she died, this case was in a bathtub and all sorts of prescribed medicine in her room. what is going on here? >> bob: what is going on the tragedy of this. you go back to jim morrison, jimi hendrix and through the list of artists, elvis. what happens is, the people around that, the family and managers, the people that make money off of them have decided interest and get them fixed. >> sean: one person cares about them enough. >> we knew for years she has b

like samuel jackson said, "i am voting for him because he is black and eminem is an anomaly because he is a successful white rapper." though who could forget snow? >> the white ray gay rapper? reggae rapper? >> yes. who could forget snow? i believe a canadian. >> the canadian was the weird part. >> that threw me. >> did you though canada is america's hat? >> no, it is not. how dare you, good sir. >> you brought barack obama into this. i did not. you found a way to do it. >> it is a breakthrough. it is the breakthrough person. i guess that's what it is. >> bill, apparently lin, i looked this up, but he slept on his brother's couch for awhile. you also sleep on couches when you can find one on the street. so he must be an inspiration. >> couches have bed bugs. >> you guys floyd maywether is right. the fact of the matter is, if he wasn't saying anything racist, let's talk about race. let's look at the tale of the tape. if lin hadn't graduated harvard and had the four biggest games since the merger of any rookie and had been unpicked out of college it would be a big story. it is bigger bec

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what you've seen, you had samuel l. jacksonisappointment in barack obama. you've had matt damon express his disappointment. but i think it all leads to the question of, what is the alternative? and i think that once that it is mitt romney or rick santorum, you'll see people start to open their wallets. you'll see stars start to turn out on the campaign trail -- >> are you suggesting it almost doesn't matter whether it's mitt or -- given the alternative and given any kind of liberal leanings that these donors may have, neither mitt romney nor rick santorum is going to be an acceptable alternative? but will they still write the big check? >> that is actually a big question. and i think a good sign was just last week when a big media mogul out here in los angeles, he's been somewhat lukewarm for obama. he's indicated he's ready to write some of the big checks for the super pacs. that's probably a signal that even people who have been somewhat skeptical of obama may be willing to actually step forward. >> doesn't the president alre

i can't say this on television but they advertise the wallet that samuel l. jacksonm roth to fish out of the sack and it says big, bad m.f. on it. i also am a lawyer. i get ads all the time for j.d. programs, for l.l.n. programs. they're very targeted. not that i'm going to go back and get another l.l.n., i have one. but i notice those kinds of ads. yes, i see ads all the time. >> that is one tasty burger, michael. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for having me. >>> here's what's coming up next -- >> coming up, something's afoot at facebook. is today the day they file for their ipo? if so, what can we expect? if you like us, you'll stick around. "squawk on the street" will be right back. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ want

samuel v. fulkerson of the 37th virginia. some of you may recognize him as jackson's favorite colonel.e said so a couple of times. fulkerson was destined to be killed a few thousand yards from here, gainesville mill. when word came to jackson, he actually shed tears. his favorite field officer. i doubt that he knew that fukerson was at the top of the list. so this mutiny against jackson was not only deeper than it seemed but probably more significant about his standing in the army and out. think, too, about the prospect, had all the army, the general officers, the field grade officers, had they been as disgusted with jackson in june for some reason as they had been in february and had they indicted a similar complaint to the war department here in richmond, would it have gotten any attention even at the bureaucratic wailing walls here in richmond where people were always expected to do that sort of thing? no one would have paid it any mind at all. so there is a gauge for you as you think of that, of the degree to which the 33 days in may and june revolutionized jackson's image. turner

jackson. thank you. >> thank you. >> and we'd like to go back out to los angeles where we have from newsweek and the daily beast, alice samuels who had spoken to whitney houston for several years and followed frit are the grim news that broke last saturday and allison, we feel like this is so much of what we have been focusing on here in the new york area with being across from the hudson river, and so do you believe that so many are tuned into the whitney houston story? >> yes. this story is international. the whitney houston story over the last two decades spans the world. los angeles is where she died and so many people were in shock and the grammys going on and that is the immediate place that people gathered, but they are still focus canning their attention on whitney, and she is beloved here, and particularly in hollywood where she had an impact on film, and people loved her no matter the challenges, and the same thing and reverend al said this, she was ordinary and extraordinary at the same time and that is what made her so relatable in this country and other countries, because she was a regular girl with an amazing vo