when tom joyner calls it out and he said wait a minute, i can't just be here and expect black folks tocome out to support the actual have to earn that. i have to rally that. he would respond to the end of the things that we make that is kind of in direct line with that have to do with barney frank and the gay vote, right? .. he's had the first active nba player to the white house. we have don't ask don't i'll policy within the military that was shot down. so it turns out that barney frank was very raw. first openly gay by being vocal, you could look in the the major debate in change. not only that, but it has led to a momentous change in how, you know, even communities that are very resistant to that, radically changed attitudes because people were willing to push the president. >> the point is you're going to give someone approximately 95, 90%, 6% of your entire boat you must demand that the. that is that not done. so they are very parochial at this. a new ideal of having the first but president. so what does that really mean? you have to ask for something. you have to hold your feet

when tom joyner called him out and he say, wait a minute, i can't just be here and expect black folks to come out and support, i actually have to to earn that, i actually have to rally that, he would respond to that. and another thing that we make that is kind of in direct line with that has to do with the gay vote, right? and when barr think frank -- barney frank, the gay coalition was going to march, and this was soon after barack obama had been elected. and barney frank, of course, the first openly-gay congressman, he came out publicly and said that he disavowed the parr. and i remember -- the march. and i remember the quote, we quote this in the book. the only thing that they would be doing was pushing down grass, right? so he was basically like, look, give this guy some space, you know? he's going to follow through. and they marched anyway. now what do we have of? basically, we have of the de facto legalization of gay marriage, right? he was the first president to ever come on record to say that. he's had the first active nba player to the white house, we have the don't ask, don'

as i sat on that stage today, seeing leading personalities from tom joyner and on, and leading ministersbody, what really touched me was looking out at all of the young children that marched, thinking which of those children stand in the danger of some day growing into teenagers and someone think they're a threat, and they don't even get what you get in court, where you're innocent until proven guilty. they can be taken out of this world because someone said they were threatened. and there is a law that says you have no obligation, none, to retreat. and you can use deadly force, even if it's not an actual threat. that's frightening, and that's not what america should stand for. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the clown car goes to war. let's play "hardball."

. >> and you might want to go on the tom joyner morning show, and that's a show that a lot of african-americansthing in politics called dog whistling and that's what this is about. whether he meant it or not, he's sending a subtle signal to white african-americans who feel like they're being climbed over on the ladder to success, that hey, i'm with you, i know we have to help prengt you against the other guy. >> i do know he's cared about these issues for a long time, so let's see if he tries to fix this. >> i guess. >> and explain himself. your guess is he is. >>> let's move on to ukraine. the president met with the ukrainian prime minister, who said he would not give up the territory but is open to a diplomatic solution to the crimea region down the line. the president says he stands with ukraine. and listen to secretary john kerry testifying before congress saying the united states is ready. if russia doesn't back down, to impose tough sanctions and then more. >> i don't want to go into all of the detail, except to say this -- it can get ugly fast if the wrong choices are made, and it can ge