>> guest: one interesting position with terry cooper, he is a psychiatrist. he helped to establish what was called the free peoples medical clinic in los angeles, south central los angeles that was located on central avenue. it was founded in 1969. december 1969 he was at the time, i think he was a resident in psychiatry resident at ucla. he would help the panthers to start that clinic and he would actually go on to be involved with other panther activities over the course of his career. he never joined the party. he was a personal physician and a personal physician to angeles davis. he also saw george jackson. this is a time when he was at oakland and interned an oakland hospital. he help the parties strategize and get their sickle cell anemia program organized. the southwest from he helped the party, he would go around to chapters and educating the members of the party about sickle cell anemia. >> host: professor nelson, why are you writing about this now? is a because of the health care debate we just had in this country. >> guest: i think the book is in c

. >> anderson cooper came out in an e-mail to a blogger. as abc's terryan reports, it is a new form of quiet activism. >> now somebody take as way something. >> reporter: anderson cooper, you know him, he is the guy in the war zone or the hurricane or in the studio reporting the news with a unique earnestness and passion. and he is the guy with the daytime talk show yucking it up with comedienne kathy griffin. people know him. cooper made a simple, low key, straight forward announcement. the fact is i am gay he wrote in an e-mail to blogger andrew sullivan of the daily beast. adding always have been, always will be. and i couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself and proud. anderson cooper's identity as a gay man was a fact many suspected or gossip add but over the years but one cooper himself had chosen to keep private. why now? in his interview, cooper spoke of the struggles gay and lesbian people face every day. there continue to be far too many instances of bullying of young people. and i believe there is value in making clear where i stand.

terry and the family has said themselves that they want this investigation to happen. that they want it to -- they want to know what happened to their son and they're not getting that because holder isn't cooperating telling people what is going on. and congress has the right of oversight. >> attorney general eric holder is the one ho has put together the investigation to figure out what's going on in this situation and the only thing republicans in congress doing is holding that up by stirring up trouble -- >> no, they're not holding it up. ryan, you know what? let's have a real conversation. >> heather: on that point, we have to go. thank you both for joining us. obviously a heated debate today on a very hot day. thank you both. >> thank you. >> gregg: medical researchers raising awareness about a new kind of blood donation that may treat a number of life-threatening diseases. elizabeth prann is live in our atlanta bureau. >> hi. core blood used to be medical waste, but now it's being called a medical miracle and it's an emerging trends with mothers moo we spoke with. >> grace is less than a day old, but he's already a hero. >> we've decided to donate the cord blood. >> it's found in a mother's

cooperating on an economic venture. green tech automotive that makes small electric vehicles began production at a new plant in mississippi on friday. former democratic can national committee chairman terryn all electric low speed vehicle that doesn't produce any emissions. he relocated the company's operations from china to mississippi with financial incentives offered under the former governor haley barbour of the state. the one-time chairman of the republican national committee. green tech says the move will create more than 400 new jobs in the short term. former president bill clinton was on hand to kick off production and congratulate long-time friend mcauliffe. >> it really matters that you can come to mississippi and come up with a new technology that offers the prospect of providing a product at an affordable price. >> let's bring in terry mcauliffe and haley barbour right now. terry, let's talk about politics first, a subject close to your heart. you're a former chairman of the democratic national committee. haley barbour is a former chairman of the republican national committee. is president obama doing the right thing now, wanting to raise taxes on families making more than $2