and all of that produced in the south bronx. >> that's right. as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, '70s, when you were growing up... >> right, right, right. >> hinojosa: ...their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. >> right, right. >> hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. >> well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that's when you'd hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. >> hinojosa: now, i'm going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, "they had what in the park?" rumbas.

i grew up in the south bronx, i was on the roof with the pigeons. >> frank built a 96 square foot home for his ping o pigeons. >> he has a tiplet. >> he said that taking care of the pigeons relaxes him. >> i come home, let them out. my stress level goes down. >> somebody, tried t try ruffles feathers. >> someone, i had to go to town hall, do if legal. >> he is within the pigeon restriction. >> the pigeons could not be happier, they had babies. >> he has 4 girlfriends. and male helps all mates raise babies. >> we have gay birds too. >> how do you know. >> interesting. >> as a member of american tiplet union, they meet to talk shop, trade birds and see who has the most beautiful pigeon. then i lost one of his babies, he handed me a cute red pigeon, i was petting it, it got while it took off. >> come back eokay. >> do you want another one. >> i want her to come back. >> this pigeon was the first flight, i hope it comes back. i'm not really sure. >> excellent. how disgusting is the pigeon coop? they are pooping all of the time, i can imagine it must be gross. >> he does keep it as clean as

also was just very much telling the story of the people who were experiencing like people from the south bronx experiencing problems like poverty and using their art to experience power and so for us that lined up with our families values lined up with our values and then also brought in that creative aspect of being able to like talk about the world and also imagine a world that is better than that and so for us that's always been like where we've been so you mix in some extreme in. what you say digable planets. hieroglyphics and. you know some siphon all that stuff and. you get flow as always and they might be giants that would be remiss that i was going to leave they reminds me a little of a. deep this couple of mission accomplished a lot of other. with the new album what do you want people to take away from it so i mean we've always tried to make music that helps people feel empowered and feel like they're part of a story that's just larger than whatever they're doing with this album we want people really to to hear their own voice. as part of a collective voice and to see that there's pow

it introduced me as sonia sotomayor, a graduate of princeton who had come from the south bronx and was doing whatever i was doing at the time. and everybody got introduced, and the partners sitting across from me look to meet said, did you get into yale because of affirmative action? he had not seen my resume yet. [laughing] >> and i looked at him and i said, it might have helped, but it also think graduating summa cum laude phi beta kappa at princeton with its highest academic honor had a little bit to do with it, too. [applause] and we spent a few minutes talking about that, about the positives and negatives of affirmative action. and i left and i went at a talked to some of my friends. and after talking to them i filed a complaint. why? i'm not a bomb thrower, never was, never have been. i like to talk about being the person that would use the protest outside to my advantage to negotiate with the schools i was a part of, and my negotiations were usually more successful because of the kids who were willing to protest, okay? but i realized he had done that to me, and that others proba

in 2016 when he is 60 he was charged with firing a gun into a crowd in a section of the south bronx. the entry it occurred in september of 2015. a teenager was shot in the like. pedro maintained his innocence since the day he was arrested. initially eyewitnesses told investigators that pedro was in fact the shooter, landing him in his cell. fast forward to today, everything is flipped. it's been reported that at least two eyewitnesses have changed their two and say that he was not the shooter. some claim that there are pressured by detectives to figure pedro in the shooting. the shooting victim has come forward to say that pedro is not the person who shot him, even with all of that, pedro remains in custody charge, not convicted of any crime. wednesday he had hearing and they got deal. probation for five years and if no incidents his record would be wiped down. he turned it down. his mother said he would never say he was guilty of something he did not do. pedro graduated high school through ged program through rikers island. he was actually offered a full college scholarship and he c

to stay, whatever you do, stay far away from south bronx. it is definitely trafficking in a set of racial stereotypes and anxieties about race and crime in the city. in a way, i guess i was interested in the flyer and took the title of the book from it, not in reference -- in a way to kind of referred to the broader atmosphere of fear, fear of bankruptcy and the role of crises in generating a sense of fear that makes it possible to change things rapidly that otherwise be challenging to change. this took place in an atmosphere of intense social need. this is an away why the cuts met with great anger from any new yorkers. in some ways the crisis destabilized the world of liberal left politics in the city. fiercetivist had been riddick's of a racial economic inequities within the public sector prior to the crisis. when it arrives, these organizations and movements that had been critical of the city's public institution suddenly found themselves scrambling to defend their existence. whobronx community activist had been involved in protesting for

recall see the purple heart was 1962 when their mother allowed their cousins to play outside in the south bronxs oldest were given to combat veterans. it was -- the family is incredibly thankful. >> also served in vietnam. when you come home you play your metals way. you kinda try to forget about that stuff. just go on with your life which is what he did. >> my dad was very quiet, humble man. having the metal given back to us is great. >> the greatest generation, they are. >> the staff sergeant and infantrymen badge were also lost and reissued to the family. >> thank you to the mcnamara family.strength we will f chews. be right back. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. nutrient-dense, protein-rich, real meat number one. this is a different breed of nutrition. purina one, true instinct. i'm karen, i'm a teacher.olfer. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and i was worried about joint damage. my doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint d

. ♪ >> rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people wouldlocal dj crew i watched the transition from all the disco music we used to play at the block parties to slowly and surely hip-hop taking over. >> the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it's a process of using two turntables and a mixer, making new sounds out of already existing albums. >> thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ a child is born with no state of mind ♪ ♪ blind to the ways of mankind ♪ god is smiling on you but he's frowning too ♪ ♪ because only god knows what you go through ♪ >> "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison. all these things that were hitting these communities really hard. ♪ smugglers ♪ scramblers, burglars, gamblers ♪ ♪ pickpocket peddlers, even panhandlers ♪ ♪ you say i'm cool >> when "the messa

[laughter] in the south bronx, it they did not know about supreme court justices. in my neighborhood, there were no lawyers, so whoever stressed -- whoever dreamt about the law? i learned about it mostly through television. about what lawyering was. not a very perfect way to learn. [laughter] and certainly skewed in the wrong directions, ok? but, i understood that, by educating myself, i would be exposing myself to more knowledge about the opportunities in the world. that leads me to what i would do differently today in college. not so differently, because i fell into it in part intuitively, but it has been reaffirmed to me that it was very valuable in helping me succeed in life. i went into college, and my first week, before i signed up for classes, i had a bunch of classes in mind, i saw the titles of the classes and i felt overwhelmed. i didn't think i was smart enough to be at princeton. as a reflect give protect give mechanism, i decided, i better take as many introductory courses as i could. i don't really want to prove myself stupid. i was terribly afraid of

and the south bronx, they did not know about supreme court justices, ok? in my never heard, there were no lawyers. -- who dreamt of the law ever dreamt of the law, i learned mostly through television what a lawyer was. not a perfect way to learn. and certainly skewed somewhat in the wrong direction. understood that by educating myself, i would be my, exposing myself to more knowledge about the opportunities in the world. that leads me to what i would do differently today in college. not so differently because i intuitively in part , but it has been reaffirmed to me that is valuable to helping i went inton life. college and my first week before i signed up for classes, i had a bunch of classes in mind, i saw the titles of the classes and i was overwhelmed. i was not smart enough to be in princeton. i thought i should take as many introductory courses as i can. i do not want to prove myself stupid. i was terribly afraid of that. i took introductory courses to things that sounded interesting they were things i wanted to know about because i had read about the

the purple heart was back in 1962, when their mother allowed her cousins to play outside in the south bronx with dad's stuff. >> the kids would get nancy, so she took out my dad's stuff, the medals and i think there was a couple of little hats and stuff and she kind of got them dressed up and she pinned the medals on them and she told them go out and play soldier. i think that was the last time i ever saw the medals. >> the purple heart is nation's oldest award given to wounded combat veterans. over a thousand world war ii servicemembers had the name bj mcnamara. the family is incredibly thankful. >> i also served in vietnam. when you come home, you put your medals away and you find of -- and you kind of forget about that stuff and just go on with your life, which is what he did. >> my dad was a very quiet humble man. and having these medals given back to us is great. >> the greatest generation they are. >> the greatest generation indeed. the bronze star medal and the infantry man badge were also lost, both were reissued to the family today. he died in 1975 of colon cancer. we thank him for

this has been south of the bronx that's an experience transition in recent years. some have referred to this in the past as the park avenue of the bronx. you take a quick look here. perhaps you can see all the emergency vehicles, the news crews, but you will also see, bill, this is a major thoroughfare. this is called the concourse or the grand concourse. because it is indeed a very grand roadway. now it is completely shut down. as many as eight lanes of traffic passed through here. now it's come to a grinding halt. this is a neighborhood that's experienced economic hardship in the last few years. but it is now making a recovery. but that is, no doubt, is going to be on the minds of so many here for the years to come. >> david lee miller, thinking on the scene there. when there are more headlines, will get back to you this hour. thank you, david lee. back in washington tonight, president trump saying republicans in the senate should repeal obamacare first and replace it later. it's the latest chapter in the long running and so far unsuccessful saga of g.o.p. effort

south. host: ok. darrell, democratic line, from the bronx. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. cannot believe this last caller. to proclaim that jeff sessions is an honest man -- evidently, he must not have tuned in during his confirmation hearing. jeff sessions lied under oath. is not a rumor, that is a fact. i'm pretty sure c-span has it on tape. jack, you might want to go back and watch that confirmation hearing. sevens, i think esther -- mr. sessions should immediately leave office. i think you should leave office because he disqualified himself when he lied on the post. these republicans calling in and talking about honest deals and the fake media -- i will remind them that they did not call in complaining about fake news the entire eight years that president obama was in office, he suffered so many negative attacks by the media. host: i do not mean to interrupt you, but i want to ask you a question. is attorney general sessions -- if he does step down, he would be replaced again by the president. not a fan of his administration, do you think change if thed president still

bronx. the suspect fled the scene and was then shot dead by police when he pulled out a handgun. as the battle heats up to succeed jacob zuma as president of southilent war within the governing african national congress. he is expected to step down as party leader in december. at a policy conference in johannesburg, he described the anc as almost divided in two. he's long faced allegations of corruption, some from senior members of the anc. who says romance is dead? well, young people in japan apparently. new research, says there are increasing numbers who aren't having, or indeed have never had, a physical relationship. but is this down to low self esteem or other issues? the bbc‘s tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been trying to find out. japan has long been famed for its sexual culture. whatever your taste or fantasy it's catered for somewhere here. this is the country that invented love hotels, so what on earth has happened to japan's youth? anna matsui is part of a growing army of young japanese living sexless lives. over 40% claim they are virgins. even more, over 60%, say they're not in a relationship. do you feel like a lot

bronx hospital. several other people are reportedly winded. --wounded. no word yet on the motive, the police city shooter may have been a former employee. president trump will visit south korea, he accepted an offer. the president said u.s. patience is wearing thin on north korea's nuclear programs. iran denounces the partial reinstatement of the travel ban as a truly shameful exhibition of blind hostility and a measure that will prevent iranian and mothers from seeing their grandchildren in america. travel suspension, which heightened restrictions on immigrants from six majority muslim countries went into effect on thursday. the illinois house has adjourned until tomorrow without passing a budget. setting the stage for the third straight fiscal year without a budget. it has until midnight to reach a deal. this will now push illinois into becoming america's first junk rated state. day,l news 24 hours a powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 quote trees -- countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: mrs. bloomberg technology, coming up a recap on the tech second quarter after stocks hit a snag in june. we will dig into the three-month roller coas

bronx hospital. several other people are reportedly winded. --wounded. no word yet on the motive, the police city shooter may have been a former employee. president trump will visit southffer. the president said u.s. patience is wearing thin on north korea's nuclear programs. iran