. >> joining me is republican consultant, sher michael singleton and rashad robinson.et me just get your opinion on that. here we are many decades after that act was codified and put into law. how worried about its longevity are you? >> incredibly worried. i mean, at the time, the voting rights act was a compromise. it was the best possible thing we could get in 1965. and to see it attacked now and to see so many of the stories that are popping up around the country of people being stopped at the polls, of people not being able to exercise their franchise. we are deeply worried, but we recognize that this requires a new movement, not just to defend the voting rights act but to dream about and push forward to all the policies that we actually need to put in place -- early voting, same-day registration, ending the restrictions on formally incarcerated peoples' rights to vote. we need a 21st-century voting rights act, a constitutional amendment, per se, for the right to vote, the type of things that will put in place the things we need for the future. and so, recognizing

radio network's april ryan with us, and also republican strategist and political commentator sher michael singletonh us as well. thank you for joining me to talk about this. april, i think what i sort of noticed about this tweet is that jay-z wasn't denying low unemployment among black americans. that was the premise of the question and the answer to van jones. he was saying that number doesn't tell the whole story. >> it doesn't. that number doesn't tell the whole story. and, you know, jay-z talked about it, it is like spraying perfume on a trash can. and some of his comments. i find it interesting that the president touts these numbers, and i have been at the white house for 21 years now, that's one of the stories i've been first and foremost just pushing and you know that. and the issue is the black unemployment rate is much higher. a lot of times two times that of white america. the december unemployment rate for black america, i believe, 6.8%, for white america it is 3.7, for hispanics, 4.9, for asians, 2.5. so and then during the obama years, when he received -- when president obama received