and al sharpton took up her cause.t there was no forensic evidence of any sexual attack, and there was evidence tawana made up the whole story. the case, labeled a hoax, was dismissed, and sharpton was forced to pay $65,000 to those he had named. but in all this time, he has never voiced any regret. you have gone back and looked at things with such a clear eye. you've apologized. you've asked for forgiveness, except on tawana brawley. i don't get it. >> sharpton: i'll be honest with you. i have thought about that a million times. i just don't believe they treated that case fair. >> stahl: if i knew that i had, in any way, contributed to falsely accusing someone, i think i would feel an obligation to say i'm sorry. >> sharpton: i think you're right. i think the operative word is, "if you knew that." i don't know that. >> stahl: if they didn't do it... >> sharpton: but "if." but suppose they did >> stahl: but you're talking... but you're taking the... >> sharpton: suppose they did. >> stahl: but they didn't. they didn't.

i'm here with reverend al sharpton and jeff johnson. part of how we're going to do that is invest in education. what do you say? >> during the bush administration, you had the no child left behind. unfortunately children have been left behind. in the second district of mississippi, you have kids in the 9th grade that read on a 3rd grade level. you have girls pregnant in some schools. there is a problem there. the race to the top as the reverend said during the break, it seems to be working. but we need to cut the fat. >> one of the things, and as all of you, i've worked with president obama and even went on tour with newt gingrich on this. what race to the top does at least makes the objective, saying that the kids are being improved. we can perfect it more. but we've got to get past all the special interests for the kids. when you look at the fact nationwide, black kids are four grades behind in reading and math, a city like detroit half of the black men are dropping out of school, it's not working yet. we really need an investment the

al sharpton has the history of bloodshed in the name of his own opportunity, and white people in the country are scared to death of being called a racist because they know they are going to be called a racist. i only have one life to live. i have four children. i want to leave a better country for them. i have -- i looked up into the sky, and i said i want something to do that is not shallow, that is not hollywood sitcom crap, and the clarence thomas thing has been by guiding light throughout this entire thing, and, you know, the media didn't report that niger and roy invited me tore the master of ceremonies to core the congress of racial equalities martin luther king dinner. they pay attention to what i'm doing. the mainstream media ignores it because they are afraid i'm going to be the piper who finds black conservatives at every tea party, at -- >> host: one minute. who are media matters? >> guest: oh, media matters is a george funded, john pedesta led organization that isolates conservative media, it isolates fox news, andrew breitbart and all of his websites, spends millions of

to become the next al sharpton.l sharpton who has a history of bloodshed in the name of his own opportunism. and white people in this country are scared to death of being called a racist because they know they're going to be called a racist. i only have one life to live. i have four children. i want to leave a better country for them. i have -- i looked up into the sky and i said i want something to do that isn't shallow, that hollywood sitcom crap and the clarence thomas thing has been my guiding light throughout this entire thing. and, you know, the media also didn't report that niger and roy ennis invited me to be the master of ceremonies to a dinner. they're paying attention to what i'm doing. the mainstream media wants to ignore it because they're afraid that i'm going to be the pied piper who finds black conservatives at every tea party -- >> host: in one minute tell us who media matters are. >> guest: media matters is a george soros-funded john podesta-led organization that isolates conservative media. it iso

l sharpton has a history of bloodshed in the name of his own opportunity and white people in the countryare scared to death to be called a racist because they know they are going to be called a racist. i'm only have one life to live. i have four children. i want to leave a better country for them. i have looked up into the sky and i said i want something to do that is in a shallow, that's hollywood sitcom crap and the clarence thomas thing has been my guiding light throughout this entire year think. and you know, the media also didn't report niger and mali invited me to be the masters their money to the core converse of the racially qualities martin luther king dinner. they are paying attention to what i'm doing. the mainstream media wants to read more because they are afraid i'm going to be the piper who finds black conservatives of every tea party -- >> host: one minute, tell us to the media matters are. [laughter] >> guest: media matters is a george soros founded john podesta lead organization that isolates conservative media that isolates fox news and andrew breitbart and all of his

west, reverend al sharpton, samuel l. jackson. these people are really not noticed as musicians, artists. what i wanted to do was to have a musical biography of people that i looked up to. where i get my funk from. the people that encourage me and inspire me. the people who really brought me through. i was having really tough times. these voices. where are these voices? i wanted to make sure that these voices showed up today because we need to these voices more now than ever. tavis: how do they do when they get in the studio with bootsy collins? how did they do when you pick up the base? >> they just at the full -- act the fool. no pockets of resistance. everyone wanted to be on this record. it was amazing to me. the real shocking thing for me was to see dr. west come in the studio. we were laughing, talking, and everything and he asked me what the concept was. i told him. everyone has smart phones but they're still making some decisions. he said, hold it. he went to the microphone, right off of the top. it reminded me, we used to

president bush will find out later on friday rather speaking out will cost them their freedom because sharptonhas long faced condemnation and sanctions for his tight grip on anyone who dares to challenge him i think so hugo chavez he reports. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars or authorities claim you can live was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk unrest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife was complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen so yeah a lot of us had little bellerose we've already got used to judges being told from above what they must deliver in the first court hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove the dimmers guilt and all the claims by the difference were denied by the charge of the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represented over the way he rules . us for this opposition they will get hit in the head all right if they start to stabilizing the situation in the country the clashes during which severa

that's right, al sharpton was in the hospital and helped the couple renew their vows, so congrats toal but will both begin with the letter "m." imagine that. imagine that. to the twins. their names are not official but will both begin with the letter "m." imagine that. what is that? it's you! it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ ♪ em-ma ♪ very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job okay? let's go back to drawing. >>> and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. mass transit security is a big topic today on capitol hill. lawmakers will discuss vulnerabilities and public transportation with federal administrators who oversee airlines and transit. >>> also small cars here in great demand. because of rising fuel prices out there. sales of compacts were up 33% last month over last year. overall sales of cars and trucks are also up. a sign of economic recovery. >>> and homeland security secreta

promptly after mark's statement, his good friend al sharpton immediately jumped on board. and came to arizona to show us the error of our ways. okay. very quickly in direct impacts, economic impact undoubted. the number $388 million in casualties from the boycott that was directed at our convention trade. i'm not sure where that came from because it's an almost impossible number to determine. but suffice it to say it's been big, it's been huge. we've been economically hurt and the business community knows that. our farming community has been particularly hammered by the lack of immigrant labor, the kind of thing that utah wrestled with. arizona considered a couple of years before. and decided not to the try the pilot project with ins. the important thing about the conventions i'm afraid is not the ones that were canceled, it's the one that just never put us on the books that never consider and once you're off the cycle, the rotation, you don't get back. and so it could be a permanent change to one of our most important industries. our relationship with mexico obviously has