let's give this week to the selma marchers. >> no, it's across the world. >> you made the selma marcherse come? that's dicey territory. i feel like the police should probably work for free on the selma anniversary. just spitballing here. the new mayor just didn't get it. surely the march organizers understood which history should be honored and which should be shut down. >> i want not for them trying to close down the-- >> really? >> >> they absolutely have a right to speak. let me tell you why. there's a saying. say, when somebody in the white community get a cold, somebody in the black community get pneumonia. so if the rights-- if a wiped out for anybody, they would be wiped out even more for black people. >> let me first say i apologize for all of the colds that i've gotten. ( laughter ) if i've inflicted pneumonia on anybody. civil rights matchers and confederate reenactors were natural enemies. my giant yankee brain couldn't understand it it's a weird combo. it's like a taco bell-pizza hut. it's like a taco bell-cracker barrel. a lot like that. >> i guess it's part of that beloved

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back to "hardball," from terms of endearment to broadw broadway, actor john lithgow plays alongside selmaayek at beatrice at dinner out june 9th, the first of its kind in the trump era. the story pits beatriz, a physical therapist who immigrated from mexico against a brash real estate developer whose top concern is his bottom line. let's take a look. >> this is my dear friend beatriz. >> hi. nice to meet you. >> beatriz is a healer. >> i do massage, sound therapy. >> this woman is a saint. it's like birds fly out of the sky and land on her shoulder. >> it's like snow white. >> can i get another bourbon, hon? >> oh, no, dad. this is beatriz. she's staying for dinner. >> oh, you were hovering. i just figured you were part of the staff. >> do i know you? >> doug's famous. he's been on the news. >> i don't know why. i think i know you. >> ever dance in vegas? >> i would just like to say thank you for having me. when i first came to the united states a long time ago -- >> did you come legally? >> yes. >> this tenderloin was amazing. >> it's true what they say. those animals would basically be

they come to march through the streets of selma.an with a shoert blond beard yelled at dr. king, you son of a bitch? you want to vote, why don't you act like a human being? dr. king said nothing. what tomorrow? nobody knew. he said he was dissatisfied with much of the writing noting i wish i could think of better words to describe what i had seen even though in a fully understood and enduring sense, ways not really sure what i tha independence from elites was an advantage. >> when i was a young journalist, we were of the under-class. we would approach them as we were looking from the outside in, to a world of privilege and power and affluence. >> he charted how television changed the culture and created new stars, writing it was not that television was slanting the news but that the news makers were slanting themselves to television. that shaped who the elites were and the language they spoke. talese also had a knack for cutting through spin and pr. his iconic esquire frank sinatra revealed his world through people around him even t

when i was in high school, king led thousands of people on a 50-mile march from selma to montgomery,st voting restrictions. during that march king said the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. that line inspired this book, "the moral arc: how science and reason lead humanity toward truth, justice and freedom." its author, mikal shermer, says now some people complain there's not must have social justice when we're living in the most moral period ever in history. what do you mean? >> the expansion of civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, animal rights. more people are freer and have more rights than at any time in history. and yet people still complain that it's bad now, worse than it's ever been as if all the work that dr. king did counted for nothing. so we followed the trend lines, not the headlines -- that's the job of the media, of course, to report the bad news, but it's good to take those long-term trends over the course of centuries and look at the abolition of slavery, abolition of judicial torture, the granting of the franchise to all adults, an

kate larson is live in selma next to the tallest building in the west. hey, kate. >> reporter: hey there, reggie. a lot of people worked on the salings force tower for years, construction workers who worked here 24 hours a day trying to get the building complete, and today is a big milestone because it marks the end of these structural phase of the construction. right now, there's a big event going on, so for the ceo here as well as mayor ed lee, but let's go ahead and take a look at this. it's pretty cool. today people are actually signing the final steel beam which will be installed today weather permitting. the tower has been in the works for a decade and under construction for four years. it's not yet complete, but nevertheless, it's been dominating san francisco's skyline for quite some time, and until the tower came along, the pyramid was the tallest structure in the city for 43 years, but now sales force 6 is 1-story building here at 1st and mission took the record. >> the steel's been finished, concrete's finished, the skin of the building is com

. >> selma hayek co-stars as samuel's wife in the movie out this august. >> really?to the seat belt rule? >>> up next, we are on the set of a new kids new show. >> we're literally in our kitchen. >> joey mcintyre's comedy with his real-life wife and kids. >>> plus, kelly rowland on her life as a mom. >> he's singing already. i think he already has the bug. >> her son's playdates with beyonce's daughter blue ivy. >> they're all musical. >> would you be down for a destiny's children? >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling alright, baby? ♪ ♪ >>> okay, joey mcintyre looked like he was only 8 years old when he sang "please don't go girl" with new kids on the block. he was actually 15. >> i had a crush on him. we used to fight over who was going to get joey. >> no wonder you were singing that song. >> neither of us one. i

i remember hearing similar places like selma, north carolina, and wisconsin from donald trump supporters. le pen is leading in the polls but they are tightening. sharyl: ahead on "full measure" -- are some playing politics with national security? one senior senator thinks so and sharyl: h obama associates obtained information to use against trump associates. names normally strictly masked for privacy reasons. i recently spoke with republican senator lindsey graham who is on the judiciary committee. what is your comment on the latest we know about possible viewing of information by susan rice under president obama? >> if there were incidental context, not surveillance, between trump officials and andeign agents officials, did susan rice have access to that information? what did she do with it? i do not know if that is a crime or not but i am uncomfortable with it. i don't know if she did it. i will ask the people who did the collection, did susan rice request from you the names of people from the trump team caught up collection, and did you provide her with names? if she did, call her in

and from selma, this should never have been necessary but i'm glad christie did the right thing for mr. pompey. we are going to stay on top of this story and bring you new developments. he doesn't have a full pardon. the conviction on his record at this point stands. you can also see bruce johnson's entire interview with the marine and his wife stacy online. >>> tensions are high on the korean pollens peninsula -- korean peninsula. the most important date on the country's calendar and experts watching the region expect to see a nuclear test and possibly a it. >> reporter: philly says it's -- north korea says it's ready to strike first if provoked if the u.s. comes up with a dangerous military option, then the first card is in our hand. we will deal with it with our preemptive strike. this means war. the country's vice minister of foreign affairs told cbs news the situation between the u.s. and north korea is the worst it has ever been. in one word trump is openly pursuing a policy to annihilate north korea by force of arms. a u.s. navy strike group is sailing towards the korean peninsu

with him, i knew him, i composed a song for him, i knew his wife, all his children and i was in the selmahim and the march on alabama at the college and the march on washington. i was right right beside his side. we saw the public face, the public man. what was he like in those private moments when he was out of the public eye? darling, he was always on stage. his dedication was of such immense proportion that he never forgot for a minute that he was there to lead my people. he never forgot that for a minute. and when he was not on stage, he was still on stage. he was always talking about equal rights. you've said in the past that you would have worked to try to get him the presidency. do you think realistically that he could ever have had a shot? yes, he could have. yes, he could have, baby. he could have if he hadn't gotten killed and we'd had a little bit more support. you really think america was ready for a black president? yes, i do. because even black politicians in washington these days say they don't think that's the case. not now! jesse jackson was no match for him! there's not

two years before you did that years before selma and birmingham and albany people said this generation has given up and they don't know how to fight then you showed them that you were ready to fight. i don't know what it's good to be ten years from now, five years from now there will be a moment with a look at it and say they were ready to. the [inaudible] [inaudible] in response to the last comment i do think it is going to have to be a movement that has the voices of people that have been convicted and incarcerated in the leadership position and a movement that has to focus locally. i think it is a movement that will have to change the way we think about the treatment of crime victims because one of the things that has happened in this country as we mobilize the crime victims and we've told them this massive criminal justice system that we've developed, this is for you, this is to respond to your pain but it doesn't have to be that way. one of the stories i tell in the book is of a young man by the name of dante. i represented him in juvenile court and he was charged with armed robbe

heather: selma whitethorpe from new jersey plans to go into biology and study health policy.hl's store closed. when she took off with the loot she realized she was locked. in she called 911 and was promptly arrested. finally the ugly. the cadbury company uk charity are accused of dropping the word easter from annual egg hunt. people are hopping mad. prime minister theresa may calling the change ridiculous. the church of england air brushing. cadbury use easter on promotional material website and on chocolate eggs. >> that's bold and i like it. christmas, now easter. come on. rob: can't have a holiday anymore. heather: bye, thanks for joining us. >> did you unmask the names of people involved in the trump transition, trump campaign. >> absolutely not for any political purposes. >> there is really no reason to ever do that except for political reasons. >> see no legitimate reason for her to be searching a data base and unmasking people. >> more of a political attack more than anything that needs to be released. >> when you see things that have gone wrong in the obama administra

i was at selma for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when president obama gave the wonderful, majestic speech. john lewis is a personal dear friend of mine. i deeply care about these things, but i cannot do it by myself. we all have to come together and make it clear to the people in the justice department that we will not tolerate them walking away from the standards of american decency. [applause] rep. cartwright: will you join a bipartisan call for an independent investigation into transactions between russia and all members of the trump administration? sure. [laughter] rep. cartwright: no problem. will you help strengthen the public school system, despite efforts of betsy devos? yes. [applause] rep. cartwright: yes. i will tell you, i do that because i believe public education is how we better ourselves in this economy. if you cut off the ability to better ourselves, so that only the people that were born on third base get to go to the best institutions, you are not being fair. that is the political view i hold to. if an infrastructure initiative goes forward, how can congress prot

it has been a bit since request "selma" she is bringing the story of henrietta lacks to life.. >> the word is scurrrrd. >> she was nervous for her role in "the immortal life of henrietta lacks". >> i haven't acted a lot. i get nervous about it. it isn't what i do regularly. and i don't get intimated easily but this intimated me a little bit. a little bit. >> rose byrne costars in the movie based on a true story. >> you yet to do what many people would not do. you tell oprah to shut the bleep up. >> you got to promise me no matter what you ain't going to lie and you ain't going to keep nothing from me. >> every person on this carpet tonight we asked them what is one thing you do not know about oprah winfrey. they said you are funny. >> they are telling the truth. i can't be funny on the spot. but if you spend ten minutes with me privately, you would be on the floor. >> who is your dream comedy costar? >> melissa mccarthy. please. >> who puts a -- on the scooter. >> that's who you want to star with. >> hollywood doesn't make this happen i don't know what to say. >> it's a genius

that was on our way to selma, alabama for the 50th anniversary of blood he sunday. those words ring true today. who are week? this book really goes into the heart of the matter. when you talk about race, isn't it strange to say then president obama? it has just been 10 days or 11 days, can't even keep count now but the bottom line is we have a society that is divided and i am going to go back to something my children's favorite singer leslie odom junior, we are a united divided state so when it comes to matters of race, african-americans have the highest numbers of negatives in every category and issue of policing very important as well as pieces in this book. traditionally in the african-american community there is an instinctive coming of age called the talk, something black fathers or father figures give their sons. meant to be a lifetime tool that might help these boys strategically navigate interactions with law enforcement with the goal of awarding altercations. .. >> what monticello, thomas jefferson's home which i believe is the only private house that is on

those that had received some sort of justice, and that was the historical one with -- that started the selma voting rights. >> all right, well, we're going to see if he and others have a firm commitment and move forward on this. thank you for being with me this morning, debra watts. >> thank you so much for having me. thank you. >>> up next, my final thoughts on the 49th anniversary of the aassassination of martin luther king this tuesday, and why he matters today more than ever. stay with us. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. i lego of l those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've

i tell jesse to get a six-pack of pepsi and bring it to selma. i'll explain later.e, i've been to the mountain top. there's a pepsi machine. number two from dr. king's wife. i told you to take that pepsi instead of a coca-cola, but you didn't want to listen. and number one, this might drop from dr. king's own dauger. if only daddy had known aut the power of pepsi. so the next time you want to use the struggle as a backdrop to sell your products. make sure those most affected by the struggle are in the pitch meeting. who are your advertising agents? because they may just save you some time. they might just save you some money. and they might just save you a gotcha. if a basketball team had over 7... i'm in. 7,000 players. our plays are a little unorthodox. but to beat the big boys, you need smarter ways to save people money. we know what you want from a financial company and we'll stop at... nothing to make sure you get it. one, two... and we mean nothing. ♪ ♪ and we mean nothing. befi was active.gia, i was energetic. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my ener

cotto was shot while walking near her home in the 200 block of selma avenue. she was taken to the hospital where she later died. police say the suspect and victim did know each other. they believe the shooting stemmed from an attempted robbery. >> we're going to make right. we're going to make things right and i want everyone to feel comfortable and know that these kids are safe, that this is all an act, these kids are safe and i'm swear to god that we continue making videos you will see changes. >> maryland couple at the center that of controversial youtube video deleted all the videos on their it tube channel except for their video channel. the couple sparked outrage when they posted video on a joke they left on their son. it left him distraught and crying his terrifically. the parents say the pranks are planned and scripted and they claim their kids are simply acting in those videos. >> all right, coming up, saving metro. the troubled transit agency in need of billions to keel ririder -- keep riders safe. >> fitz what's the plans to keep things moving. big

john also led up peaceful march for voters right from selma to montgomery in 1965.u know, he was beaten and in the first march, by the police, he had a fractured skull. personal note, they always went for the head. he always had a patch on his head no matter where he was beaten. he later became the leader of the student nonviolent committee to influence fighting for racial justice from 1963 until 1966. he also led a protest against discrimination in housing, education, employment and at the ballot box. he was arrested more than 40 times, and i expect him to be arrested a few more times before his time is up. lewis went on to become the director of a voter education project which added nearly 4 million minority citizens to the voting role. in 1946 he was elected to congress and has served as a u.s. representative of george's fifth congressional district ever since. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest citizens honor. last year, as we all know, my man -- john led a sit in on the house floor to demand action on gun control. wh

a man that walked from selma to montgomerie when there were rifles in the bushes, man. are supposed to celebrate. ♪ i do believe >> you can see the pictures, but the music will make you feel it more. ♪ we shall overcome some day >> and you can catch the premiere of the cnn original series "soundtracks" songs that define history. it airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific here on cnn. a programming note. next week we will be marking president trump's first 100 days in office with a special prime time edition of "the lead" in addition to our regular 4:00 p.m. eastern time we also will be on at 9:00 p.m. eastern. that starts monday through friday. we hope you will join us. follow me on facebook and twitter @jaketapper. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. turning you over to mr. wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room." ♪ >> happening now, breaking news. paris shooting. a gunman fires on a police van with an automatic weapon, killing one police officer, injuring more before being taken down by police. what was the motive? the president's promises. presid

are no more free than the black people of selma, alabama were in 1955.hat's keeping us down, what's keeping us locked inside is crime and violence and criminal gangs." so in response to that he promoted a program called operation ceasefire where police would stop cars on any pretext, of a minor traffic violation, speeding, tinted windows, you name it, because they wanted to search those cars for guns. >> brown: so with good intentions, best intentions, of protecting the black community, but you're suggesting all of that helped foment what's come in the mass incarcerations. >> exactly. i mean, the story, my story is a tragedy, right, because it is a story of best intentions in many cases. you have people, often they don't-- part of-- part of the story that people didn't know what was going to happen next. so in the 1970's, they chose not to decriminalize marijuana. that was a big debate in d.c. at the time, and when they didn't do it and they said, "well, it's not that big of a deal if we don't decriminalize marijuana because nobody's really going to pris

abc 7 news was at the galvanized cafe in selma where sally the salad robot was being tested out todayreate a custom salad for you with up to 21 seasonal ingredients. you place a bowl beneath the dispenser and use a touch screen to make your selections and sally does the rest. >> you can actually watch the machine select the different ingredients and put them in, which was really a cool experience. >> sally was created by food robotics company shall botics. you know how i feel about robots, right? >> i know how you feel. >> it sounds great until sally is weaponized four years from now and forces us to make salads for sally. >> cherry tomatoes. >> here, sally, don't hate me. >> all right. well, the beauty and drama of nature. >> fight, fight. fight. >> one her on got too close to another her on's nest. >> the sights and sounds of birds nesting in golden gate park are nesting. >> now dan is here with what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> thanks. next at 5:00 caught on camera, a valuable 49er stolen, to be sold for special needs kids. plus. >> it was swaying back and forth. >> a church c

this poll was taking place we had a lot of 50th anniversaries, the cuban missile crisis, 50 years of selma and lyndon johnson. sometimes an anniversary can help put a presidency into a refocus and help with their legacy. woodrow wilson should be dropping coming up. i am surprised he has hung in there as strong as he asked. people wanted to take statues of them down due to his racism, change the name at the woodrow wilson school at princeton. he is getting battered but he hangs in there. host: new york we hear from jerry, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. going back to metric versus english system, i can speak some more for this gentleman who called from england. work atyears old and i until i was 71 as an engineer in the international oil and gas business. this woman who called and said that she did not like ronald reagan because he did not follow through the metrics, she's a little wrong in her fax. several in the metric.0's to go strong it was inspired by england and the former -- with their former british empire, and which included canada and australia and india, all t

with help of hubert humphrey, he gets it done. 65 the protest at selma -- i was at the end of the march -- lyndon johnson again when it with help of midwestern s, passive voting rights act to end segregation forever. he also had the great society he wanted to build up. escalately 1965, hanoi again. hanoi begins to send out north .ietnamese nda or -- regiments not viet cong hilliker -- village guerrillas but north b -- north vietnamese regiments to attack south vietnamese forces and destroy them. of 65, the south vietnamese army is losing in telling a week. comingre no young men into recruiting centers. this is a function primarily of chaos, as to which faction will come up and run the government. in june, general westmoreland sends president johnson what is known as the 40 or telling quest . general westmoreland basically says, i am being click here, rather than, read the documents, but i've been sent out here with the mission to's death -- defend south vietnam. with the current trend in north vietnamese increase, seth the emmys losses, they will take over the amount and three-us. you w

maybe he fails to remember the tragedy of the edmund pet is bridge or jackson shot in the streets of selma or maybe he doesn't understand brown versus board of education, roe v. wade, "new york times" versus sullivan and shelby versus holer. these cases deal with issues such as the right to vote, the right to an equal education, the 4th amendment interpretation, the right to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure, the first amendment right to freedom of the press. maybe he doesn't understand that these cases have brought to america the image and the recognition of justice. it doesn't seem that he has that interpretation. so i just want to read another interpretation of his record by the leadership conference on civil and human rights. judge gorsuch decades' long record on the federal bench as well as his writing, speeches, demonstrates he is a judge with an agenda. hat a frightening proposition. he is just an open book, again inly concerned. frequent dissents shows he is out of the mainstream and unwilling to accept the and when he being a dictates. is something we learn in law

that's it for now, they have selma hayek on "g.m.a.," we'll see you back here in 30. [ applause ] >>>t a great audience here today and look at our desk right here from "how to be a latin lover," salma hayek and eugenio derbez. you've been coaching us all. >> eugenio. >> we were practicing backstage. eugenio. >> it's not eugenio. it's eugenio. it sounds like you're going to throw up in the mid the of the name eugenio. [ laughter ] >> eugenio. >> a-hue-henio. >> you have known each for for a long time, 30 years. first time you worked together. >> he had an exclusivity contract. >> she was really busy. >> for about -- >> getting married. >> finally, better late than never. >> and what a movie you picked. >> it's amazing. it's really funny called "how to be a latin lover." let me tell you that it's for entire family. i know that it looks like kind of an adult -- >> i would say it's kind of a classic -- i was going to say rags to riches but more riches to rags to -- >> kind of. >> to fulfilling your soul. >> exactly. exactly. >> make sense? [ applause ] >> and fun one to watch. >> there's

the inage -- image of the selma bridge comes to mind. his strong christian beliefs helped him to see what many others could not and opened the doorer to physical millions who followed in his path. mr. king's work is not done. it's very saddening to still see so many in racial strife in these days in our nation. but he showed the right way to lead, the right way to peacefully protest, the right way to inspeier, to fulfill his famous dream. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: the honorable the speeblinger, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 4, 2017, at 9:28 a.m. that the senate passed senate 89. with best wished, i am, signed, incerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr

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rights from the abolitionists to the suffrageests, learning from people like the tuskegee airmen, selma marchers and lgbtq leaders today that enable people to reach their full potential only strengthens america's core. we did all of these things as a result of our shared values, and we have reaped the reward for generations. we've seen our nation's strength in our prouder moments like when america chose to go to the moon not because it was hard. but in president kennedy's words, not because it was easy but because it was hard. we've seen our strength in tragedy reuniting under a common cause in the rubble of the pentagon and ground zero in 9/11. we might get knocked down, but the america that i know, the america that i fought for and love, it does not give up. that's not a democratic principle or a republican principle. it's simply the american way. america's greatness has never depended on the strength of any individual person, but on all of us working together towards a common goal. when we fail to stay true to our common core values, when we deny another person our nation's promise o

you are marching for selma. a a are still tt free.ery years that ers thatp us -- barri will keep us from moving to the next levelel. it is more than symbolism. the communities that are hit the hardest, worst, worst, and longesest have contributed l let to this problem. we are not talking 50 years from now. we are talking communities that are hurting right now, that are sinking. .hildren are dying from asthma old people dying from heat waves and living in heat irons. if you're are a scientist, you understand the sciencece. if you deal with political science, you understand it i is alall about power.r. we must takake power. nobody is going to give it to us. frederick douglas said ththat 10 years ago. when we are marching to mark, we are marching for our communities who cannot mararch for us.s. you represent a lot of folks. being a black student in collegege, you represent a lot f folks as you are privileged. you understand that, right? you take this very seriously. , and when yourch go back home to your communities, they are frontline o

then-president obama to selma, alabama, and i had asked him a question about, quote-unquote, postracial versus post-obama era. and he said i would not equate my election with seminal moments like the passage of the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965. those were massive changes in legal status that represented fundamental breaks in america's tragic history and were the pillars, the 13th amendment, the 14th amendment and 15th amendment of civil rights acts of the '60s. those were, those represented the dismantling of former discriminationing in this country. there's nothing that's going to compare to that moving forward. our work is to build on that work, to fine tune where we see formal discrimination or state-sponsored discrimination still occurring. but increasingly our work has to do with dealing with the ongoing legacy of a divided society. closing the opportunity gaps, closing the achievement gaps, closing the wealth gaps that inevitably have been passed on from generation to generation because the gaps were so wide. and that involves no one piece of legislation

that was on our way to selma alabama for the 50th anniversary of blood he sunday. those words still ring true today. who are we? this book goes into the heart of the matter. when you talk about race -- this piggybacks on what then president obama said -- isn't it strange state then president obama? it's only been ten days -- the bottom line is we still have a society that is divided. i'm going to think, i'll go back to my child's favorite singer, leslie ogden junior, we are united divided states. when it comes to matters of states race, they still have the highest number of negatives and issues of policing are very important as well as the pieces where i start in this book. traditionally in the african-american community, the american black committee, there is an instinctive coming-of-age truth for our young black men called the talk. it's something black fathers or father figures give their son. it's meant to be a lifetime tool that might help these boys strategically navigate interactions with law enforcement. the ultimate goal is to avoid all altercations. it's

that was on our way to selma, alabama, for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. and those words still ring true today. but, again, who are we? so this book really goes into the heart of the matter. when you talk about race -- and this is kind of piggybacking off what president obama said, then-president obama -- isn't it strange to say then-president obama? it's just been ten days. [laughter] or eleven days, i don't know, i can't even keep count now. but the bottom line is that we still have a society that is divided. and i'm going to think about, and i'm going to go back to something, my children's favorite singer, leslie odom jr., and this song called "seriously." we are our united divided states. so when it comes to matters of race, african-americans still have the highest numbers of negatives in almost every category. and issues of policing are very important. that's one of the pieces where i start in this book. traditionally in the african-american community, the american black community, there is an instinctive coming of age truth for our young black men ca