trenton, new jersey, was very southern. they had jim crow laws firmly in place. world war ii had ended only a few years previously. this is important because the main employer, robeling, who was famous for building the cables used in the brooklyn bridge, they were not only not hiring, they were actually laying off people. at the same time, blacks throughout the south were coming to the north, and a fair number of them landed in trenton. this meant that previously the black areas were filled up x so they had -- and so they had to move and spread out into previously all-white areas. also this is a time when the beginning of the cold war, communism and the mccarthy era. senator joseph mccarthy used the beginning of the cold war to his political advantage. this is at the time when the countries of eastern europe were being devoured by the soviet union. this created a really hyper atmosphere of fear. the police after this murder were under tremendous pressure to do something, and this is not good because they do. they created a thompson submachine gun-toting squad of

. >> our next call comes from a republican in trenton, new jersey. david, good morning. >> caller: good morning. g.k. chesterson wrote famously once that mere tolerance is a virtue of men and women who no longer believe in anything. tolerance is a very easy thing to do. anybody can tolerate anything. it doesn't provide -- you don't have to take a stand on anything. let's say one thing about homosexuality that we never talk about, we role the aids quilt out once 18 while. hundreds of thousands of american men have died a very slow and painful death because of sex outside of natural law. let's not even talk about god's law. it is an abnormal way of life in the theater for years and years people were mocked on shows, guys like me, i was involved in that lifestyle starting back in the early 80s, i got into it through drugs and alcohol, through manipulation, through recruitment. it almost destroyed my life. i turned my life around in my early 30s. it's a dark and perverted way of life. homosexuality is not just bruce and julian on the front porch courting

the time period and please are important for this story. 1948 to 1953 trenton new jersey was very stubborn. they had jim-crow laws firmly in place. world war two had ended only a few years previously and this was important because the most employer famous for building in the brooklyn bridge they were not only of hiring the they were actually laying off people. at the same time, blacks throughout the south for coming to the north and a fair number of them landed in trenton. this meant that previously the blackberry's were filled up savitt to spread out and move into the previously all white areas. also this is a time when in the beginning of the cold war communism in the mccarthy era senator joseph mccarthy used the beginning of the cold war to his political vantage. this is at the time from the countries of eastern europe were being devoured by the soviet union. this created a hyper atmosphere of fear. the police after the murder were under tremendous pressure to do something and this isn't good because they do. they created a constant machine-gun toting a policeman. the head of public saf

have heard or read of the murder case for better known as the case of the trenton six in trenton and new jersey. these men are innocent, and the record shows that. since the time my brother was arrested life in fighting for him and the other men. i did the police to let me see my brother and they wouldn't let me. i went to several organizations, newspapers, federal and administration and even the fbi. i also wrote to the governor come supreme court and many other rich people. if they refuse to me in a nice way of them i lost faith in the united states of america. i have always believed before that the people from the justice when they couldn't anywhere else in the world. she then learned about the civil rights conference and begged them to help me. then they gave me courage to keep funding to win. i remember you when i was a girl how interested you were in negro people. please help me now. my people can't stand these police brutality is much longer. please answer. eleanor roosevelt wrote to several people she knew in new jersey and putting the attorney-general, they all assured the supreme cour

trenton, new jersey. a chapter there. i think david hired the first vice president. his dad was real involved in the park were they played. michelle bellama, non michelle obama, began playing in trenton during her sophomore year of high school, which is pretty late. machel became an instructor and leader -- michelle became an instructor and leader in trenton. she received a four year scholarship and attended drew university. she was named all conference champion and was the most decorated female tennis player at drew. her family immigrated from africa and she was the first family member to attend college. with a turning point for michelle to have that opportunity. you never know. since 1994, usta serves, which is the charitable arm of the usta has provided $107 million -- has provided over $10 million to over 170 communities. she is a tennis nut. i have known her for many years, a dear friend who has done a great job. she is a go getter. she is perfect for that job. in just the past few years, starting in 2003, they provided over $3 million in college scholarships. t

new jersey. when you have democrats agreeing with me that it's time to cut taxes after a decade of raising them, then it's official, we have turned trenton upside down. in new jersey, we've done this because we put our state's interest ahead of partisan interests, and we have made friends with our democratic colleagues who are willing to view these things not in a partisan way, was in a common sense way. and so, that's why our reforms and pension benefit are going to save $132 billion for taxpayers over the next 30 years. and also, secure those pensions for the people who are counting on them. our police officers, our firefighters, our teachers, counting on those pensions for their financial future. and all of it just, i think, teaches us that leadership matters. it kwounts. these accomplishments set a tone. it's taken hold across many other states. look at the accomplishments that are happening, being led by republican governors in many other states. the attitude has got to be when there's a problem, you fix it. that's a job we've been sent to do. you can't fate for someone else to do it. when you do your job, you have to tell your citi

host: teresa is a republican from trenton, new jersey. caller: hi. was listening -- i really love you. you're a great democratic strategist and i love your opinions and have you correct other people and bring them back to what the heart of the problem is. thank you for that. in order for us to resolve this problem -- black people with a first ever on this planet. we created white people. white people know this and therefore they try to keep this away from it. realize who they are as a person. they are the creators of this universe. everything in it was created by us. we will continue to say this. most of the people in the united states were greeted by black people. guest: the caller gets to a fundamentally good point. african american history to not start when the slave ships arrived in the united states. african history goes back millennia. learn that is incredibly important and in powering. we learn about the incans and the mayans -- learning that is incredibly important and and poweriempowering. it is important for kids to find some of the new boo

let me also especially mention the howard university alumni club in trenton, new jersey, who are watching this event a. let's give them a big hand. xaviert to thank zavie williams and at&t. at&t has been a strong supporter of the national urban league. we appreciate their sponsorship of this year plus state of black america for the second year in a row. let's give at&t -- and also for a person who works very closely with us. let me say how stimulating, house special, how powerful it has bid this week for urban leagueers across the nation to be here at capitol hill. at the department of labor, at the department of education, at the department of housing and urban development, and at that department of health and human services, carrying the messages of empowerment, the message of the urban league. board members, ct 0's, and nonprofessionals -- give yourself a big round of applause. [applause] now, since 1976 the national urban league has annual league presented the state of black america. this report began when a former president, vernon jordan, watched president ford present his state of

little area of moderate rain near trenton will move into western new jersey and more rain to be had just off the east coast, the beautiful weather you saw in areas from d.c. to new york and new england, looks like it will slowly go away throughout the day. have your umbrella in central jersey especially in trenton heading northward. saern seaboard, showers and storms, beautiful from kansas city to minneapolis. this is the time of year you have to appreciate it, the 70s and low humidity will slowly be a thing of the past in the midwest. >>> coming up, facebook sputters, yahoo! sell and what's the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia of all time? your "first look" at this morning's business headlines are straight ahead. >>> lebron and wade turn the up heat. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ barking ] i'm your dog, holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ el

host: our next call comes from a republican in trenton, new jersey, david. caller: good morning. it was written that mere tolerance is a virtue of men and women who no longer believe in anything. tolerance is a very easy thing to do. anybody can tolerate anything. iyou don't have to take a stand on main thing -- on anything. hundreds of thousands of american men have died very slow and painful deaths because of sex outside natural law. it is an abnormal way of life. for years, people were locked on television shows, guys like me. i was involved in that lifestyle starting back in the early 1980's. got into it through drugs and alcohol, through manipulation, through recruitment. it almost destroyed my life. i turned my life around in my early 30's. is a very dark and perverted way of life. thomas sexually is not just sitting on the front porch with lemonade according to one another. it is a meat market. it is very transitory. you come in and out of a man's life. are a few small percentage of people who were born that way. but you would not believe how mechanical man can be in sexua

today, we're going to see rain moving in already this morning near new york city, trenton, philadelphia, a lot of rain covering new jerseyow, through central pennsylvania. a wider view, we show you the green on the map is the radar, that's the rain echoes being reported. anywhere you see the green is rain. and it's just covering all of upstate new york, much of vermont, new hampshire. light rain in boston. you get the idea, bring the umbrella today tore yourself and probably for the kids heading to bus stop. it will rain in the morning throughout much of the big cities it could be a rumble of thunder here or there. especially southern areas in philadelphia or d.c. the afternoon with some breaks of sunshine, it gets pretty warm. we should head up to 80 degrees in philly and 82 in d.c. it will feel more like summertime heat. the warm air continues in the southeast. miami still a chance of rain today along with the keys and also by naples, late today, we'll watch the chance of strong thunderstorms up in minnesota and iowa. anyone on the west coast is okay. clouds early this morning, especially coastal california. we'll get

when i was attorney general i was a young guy and i lived across the green in trenton new jersey in the capital from my office as attorney-general and used to go home for lunch every day and one day i'm looking across and it was only a block away and a woman that came in to help once or twice a week came out and said attorney general, your wife just dropped dead. he said i remember. i started listening. he said you know what helped me? he said for what it's worth i recommend it to you he said start to keep a calendar. keep a calendar. every day when you go to bed mark on that calendar whether the day was a one which is as bad as the data you heard the news or ten. you won't have ten for a long time, but measure, just marked down. he said after two months take out the calendar and put it on a graph and you will find that you're down days are just as bad as the first day because here's what happens instead of being like this, they get further and further apart. he said that's when you know you're going to make its. that's when you know you are going to make it when you realize the measure

story: trenton, new jersey, that chapter there, i think david haggerty, the first vice president's dad, was real involved in the park where they played. michelle belama -- no, not michelle obama -- began playing with the njtl of trenton during her sophomore year of high school. which is pretty late. michelle became an instructor and leader for the njtl of trenton. she received a four-year scholarship from the njtl and attended drew university. she was named all-conference champion and was the most decorated female tennis player at drew. michelle's family emigrated from africa, and she was the first family member to attend college. what a turning point for michelle. to have that opportunity. you never know. since 1994 usta serves -- which is the charitable arm of the usta -- has provided over $10 million in funding for tennis and education programs in over 172 communities in 43 states. deborah larkin, the executive director, is here today. she's fantastic, i've known her forever. she's a tennis nut. [laughter] she plays usta leagues, and i've known her for many years, a dear friend who'

story, trenton, new jersey, that chapter there, i think david haggerty, the vice president's dad was involved. michelle bellima, no, not michelle obama, been playing with the njtl of trenton during her sophomore year of high school. michelle became an instructor and leader for the njtl of trenton. she received a four-year scholarship from the njtl and attended drew university. she was named all-conference champion and was the most decorated female tennis player at drew. michelle's family emigrated from africa and was the first family member to attend college . what a turning point for michelle. to have that opportunity. you never know. since 1994, usta serves, which is the charitable arm of the usta, has provided over $10 million in funding for tennis and education programs in over 170 communities and 43 states. deborah larkin, the executive director, is here today. she's fantastic. he i've known her forever. -- i've known her forever. she is a tennis nut. she plays usta leagues. i've known her many years. a dear friend. done a great job as executive director. she's a go-getter. she

his model is being replicated in trenton and newark, two other new jersey hot spots.programs are bolstered by new legislation that rewards caretakers for preventing and controlling illnesses instead of just treating them. it was signed last august by governor chris christie with bipartisan support. >> rather than a cycle of failure in health care, it creates a virtuous cycle, where we're rewarded for doing the right thing. >> now, here's the problem. brenner's coordinated approach to reducing costs is essentially taking away patients and business from hospitals and doctors, and that threatens the profits of most of the established players in health care. when we speak of reducing health care costs, remember that for many powerful interests, that translates into taking away my business. but if brenner does succeed in bending the cost curve here -- >> it would make the rest of the country look silly if the city of camden is able to improve care and reduce costs. it shows it is not a technical problem, but a political and spiritual and moral problem. >> when we come back

new jersey. -- accepted practice in new jersey. as i said from my days on the campaign trail in 2009, if you elect me, i will go to trenton and turn it upside down. the press said we do not know what that means. after that speech, they were informed. i made clear we were not kidding around, that we met to radically change the way government in new jersey was. to operate. now the new jersey we have today is very different. the next year we had an $11 million budget. 37% deficit. the percentage of highest deficit than any state in america. the democrats have their solution. you have heard this before -- a millionaire surcharge. we already have a millionaire tax in new jersey that was started by governor mccready. here is the great thing about new jersey. our millionaires' tax applies to any business or individual that makes over $400,000 per year. [laughter] this is called new jersey math. it shows you how optimistic i am -- i tried to use this as a plug. i say to people, listen -- come to new jersey if you have always dreamed of being a millionaire. [laughter] even if you are not, we will tax you like you are one. [laughter] [appla

new jersey. i said that i will go to trenton and turn it upside down. the press said, we do not know what that means. after that speech, they were informed. i made clear that we were not kidding around, that we meant to radically change the way government in new jersey was going to operate. and now the new jersey that we have today is very different. remember, the next year we had an $11 billion budget deficit out of the $29 billion budget. 37% deficit. a percentage of the highest deficit of any state in america. and the democrats had their solution. you have heard this before. and millionaires surcharge. now, when we say it is a surcharge, because we already have a millionaire packed in new jersey, and this is -- a millionaire tax in new jersey. our millionaire tax applies to any business or individual that makes over $400,000 a year. this is called new jersey math. but to show you how optimistic i am, i have tried to use this in a small way as a plus. i say to people, listen, come to new jersey. if you always dreamed of being a millionaire -- [laughte