and until we overcome unequal history, we cannot overcome unequal opportunity. that is not, nor will it ever be, a very easy goal for us to achieve. individuals in groups who have struggled -- and groups who have struggled along to gain advantages for themselves do not readily yield the gains of their struggles or their achievements so that others may have advantages or opportunities. but that is just the point now and always. surrender, there is no loss involved, no advantages secure in no gain this society unless those advantages and those gains are opened up to all alike. [applause] where we have been concerned in the past for groups as groups, now we must become more concerned with individuals as individuals. groups,ve lifted the the burdens of unequal law and custom, the next thrust of our efforts must be to lift from individuals those burdens of unequal history. american in all of this land would fail to be outraged if an opposing team tried to insert a 12th man in their football lineup to stpop a black fullback on the football field. theoff the field, awa

they are going to be very, very unequal. that's very unequal in the way they can actually generate cash, right? they have a different tax base from the money. the central valley will have a different tax base. so basically they're going to of the money coming in. how could you talk about them being equal competition in that state? how are the people going to be able to fund themselves to make those investments which have to be raised? it was 6%. now it is 3%. those people who don't have the capital or the cash flow, how are they going to make that? if you make that picture of six venture firms, they're all going to start very, very unequally. at the end of the day, you are not going to give everyone the same chunk. >> so it's a great question. i'm glad you posed it in that way. because if we set up the six states this way, you're thinking maybe central california is going to be unequal, right? well, right now they're unequal with the status quo they're not equal. it isn't fair. but if they can create their own state, they ca

two races, but two histories -- two americas -- that had been intensely separate, and profoundly unequal, since long before the american revolution. and ten long years after that -- as long-simmering injustice gave way to activism and principled action -- the civil rights act of 1964 was adopted to forever enshrine american equality into american law. this historic measure barred discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, and national origin. it instituted critical employment protections. it outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, including schools and workplaces, and prohibited unequal application of voter requirements. in so doing, it greatly expanded the mandate of the department's civil rights division, which to this day is committed to enforcing the civil rights act and upholding the civil and constitutional rights of all americans -- particularly society's most vulnerable members. the new statute also created the equal employment opportunity commission as well as the community relations service, which assists vulnerable populations and promotes healing in times o

be to lift from individuals those burdens of unequal history. not a white american in all this land would fail to be outraged if an opposing team tried to insert a 12th man in their football lineup to stop a black football -- black fullback on the football field. yet off the field away from the stadium, outside of the reach of the television cameras in the watching eyes of millions of their fellow men, every black american in this land, man or woman, plays out life running against the 12th man of a history that they did not make and the fate they did not hoose. in this challenge, our churches, our schools, our unions, our professions, our trades, our military, our private employers, and our government have a great duty from which they cannot turn . it is the duty of sustaining the momentum of this society's effort to equalize the history of some of our people so that we may open opportunity equally for all of our people. some may respond to these suggestions with exclamations with shock and dismay. such proposals, they will say, add of special c

and also living in a more unequal society is both unpleasant and unhealthy. so the idea is that a modest intervention like reasonable increases in minimum wages is part of a sensible strategy to restore equitably-shared prosperity. the potential costs are very low, potential benefits include less reliance on poverty programs on the part of workers who receive the minimum wage, higher rates of firm-sponsored training and a healthier, happier society. okay. so what about the economic context? so this is an interesting chart. what it shows is there was an era in the united states of equitably-shared prosperity. the dark line represents how productivity has grown over time. the blue line represents how the median wage, the median family income has grown over time. the idea -- there was a period up until about 1980 when the median family was doing, was able to participate in the fruits of productivity increases. after the, about 1980 that changed, and the median family income stagnated relative to productivity. and what ensued after that was escalating ip equality

people thinking that unequal might not be the right approach. >> quick final thought. >> as long as theying in gaza, we're going to see that continue, we're fighting on palestinian turf. they are going to take the most casualties. this is going to continue. >> a big thank you to retire army lieutenant general mart hurtling and rick francona. even though it's the heaviest topic of all. we appreciate your insight. >>> ahead "@this hour," we know proposal is going to meet -- president obama is going to meet with three presidents from central american countries regarding the crisis at the border of children. >>> if conditions haven't improved for flights, why was the ban lifted in the first place? we'll take a look. by taking it to an expert ford technician. because no matter your destination good maintenance helps you save at the pump. get our multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more for $29.95 or less. get a complete vehicle checkup only at your ford dealer. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either

living in a city that has the fastest growing equality we're second behind atlanta being the second unequal cities and soon, we'll overtake atlanta we need to redecade ourselves inform closing the inequality gap it's not consistent with the quality that harry died for there's a big diverse within the have and have not's so the lgbt community its not enough to have equal rights we have to stop the gap 40 percent of homeless youth in san francisco are be lgbt 29 percent of homeless people in san francisco are lgbt and many of the people are being evicted from the community we want a society that is fully an equal but equality goes beyond the law if he wanted to give them hope let's redecade this so it works for everyone not just san francisco (clapping) >> when san francisco gay men's courthouse was 4 weeks old they made they're first porn's on the city hall for the candlelight for george moscone and as that moment to include sex all orientation it's encouraging going on to fight the fight for equality and freedom. please welcome the san francisco gay men's chorus under the direction of this

only two races but to histories, it to americans that had been intensely separate and profoundly unequal since long before the american revolution. ten long years after that as long simmering in justice gave way to activism and the civil rights act was adopted to forever enshrine equality into american law. this historic measure of our discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin as to two critical employment projections that outlawed discrimination and public accommodations including schools and workplaces and prohibited unequal application of the requirements. in so doing it greatly expanded the mandate of the department's civil rights division which is to this date committed to enforcing civil rights acts and and -- up holding the civil and constitutional rights of all americans, particularly society's most tolerable members the new statute also created the plan and opportunity commission as well as the community relations service which assists vulnerable populations and promotes healing and times of disorder and distress. now, securing this law was an extraordi

how unequal is america with his jobs thing?ne of the most unequal countries on the planet. about as unequal as we were in the roaring 1920's. there is a great gap between the haves and the have-nots. >> there is the scene in the robert redford "great gatsby" thee bruce dern pumps up at gas station. it shows the economic divide. no one believes it is like that now. what are we missing? when you look at our calculus of this labor economy, what sticks out to you? >> there is a tremendous cap, and what sticks out to me for the future is that children born to disadvantaged parents have fewer opportunities. they go to schools that are not as good, they do not get as much schooling. all that will compound the problem. >> i would suggest you have goldman sachs that has been way out front with this. those of us who are older do not understand the inequality of education now. i am still lost back in the 1960's, and i am wrong. >> had i not gone to princeton, my life would be very different. it changed my life. i had that access. i get em

unequal distribution of internet access across the globe is an issue of infrastructure and also gender. in industrialized nations, women are as likely as men to access the internet. that's not the same in developing countries. in south africa, 45% of women and in old africa ... has been witnessing a digital revolution. they have moved straight on to mobile phones and tablets. africa has been pioneering a global trend. mobile usage counts for a quarter of all web traffic. new mobile technology also inspired a startup scene. young people around the globe are developing cutting-edge apps to solve the problems of their society. more and more print journalists are also being asked to go digital, getting the stories no longer enough to catch the attention of online readers. often they want to do a lot more than just read, so the big names in print are eager to offer online content that gives them an edge over text-based information. our reporter visited some of washington. newsrooms to find out how print is embracing the new media age. >> breaking news followed by more breaking news will mak

supporter of the immigrants argue they were being harmed by unequal treatment and the appeals court agreed. >>> firefighters say the wildfire that has already charred 6400 acres has fuel to continue to grow significantly. that's because the area has not burned for at least two decades. fire started on the fourth of july near the monticello dam and is only 35% contained. crews are working with dangerous hills, brittle brush, and extreme weather. yesterday temperatures in the area reached 102 degrees. one firefighter was hurt when the bulldozer he was driving flipped. condition unknown. about 40 homes were evacuated and highway 128 was closed as flames got close. but the danger has now passed for now. the evacuations were lifted. nearby campgrounds, however, are still closed. >>> three bay area crews have joined in that firefight. they all sent 17 firefighters total to solano counties over the weekend. most of the crews fighting that fire had just come from another wildfire in napa county. that fire started on tuesday and has now burned 4300 acres. hundreds of homes were evacuated, but every

supporters view they were being harmed by unequal treatment. a lifeguard has drowned trying to rescue a swimmer. the 32-year-old was pulled from the water yesterday evening by fellow lifeguards after a frantic 90-minute ocean surf in newport beach. he went into the water to help a swimmer in trouble and they were hit by a 10' swell. the swim are made it to shore. >>> several dozen fraternity members involved in a deadly hazing incident could face charges after a death. the attorney for a 19-year-old says the prosecutor will likely file the charges in the next few days. our reporter has more. >> criminal charges from hazing to homicide could be filed this week against 30 college students seven months after a freshman died after a hazing ritual, the prosecutor is ready to bring those responsible to justice. >>> one person could get a misdemeanor hazing charge and someone else could be charged with manslaughter so this is a complicated process and the prosecutor is taking their time. >>> members of the fraternity in new york city were on a retreat

in the whole of the u.s.a., itself the most unequal country in the west. so the mayor has reignited a very old debate and all over the world the left are watching to see whether he can possibly win. >> everyone agrees it's a problem. no one can agree what to do about it. now to a public meltdown that has gone viral online. we have to show you this. one japanese politician had quite an emotional reaction when asked about his u of public funds to pay for more than 100 trips to hot springs last year. as you can see, choked up, he banged on the desk talking about how he ran for office 0 -- to change the world. very upset japanese politician there. while his theatrics may have stopped short of an apology, that's exactly the position a lot of public figures around the world have found themselves in. what is the best way to say i'm sorry? we have spoken to the man who's written all about it. ♪ i'm sorry ♪ >> i'm sorry and i don't deserve or expect your nor giveness. ♪ oh, i'm sorry >> i'm embarrassed and humiliated. >> ♪ oh, baby i'm sorry >> we live in a culture

. >>> this coming tuesday, front line premieres a program called separate and unequal. it exams how parents and business leaders from baton rouge, louisiana are trying to create a new city because of their frustration with many of their school's poor performance. here's an excerpt. >> if martin luther king were to come back and see where we are now, i think he would be shock to see the schools are more segregated than they were when he died. >> the professor says a series of supreme court rulings have eroded much of the progress made since the landmark brown versus the board of education decision 60 years ago. >> the supreme court really began to turn backwards decisively on desegregation in 1991. so basically, that began the dismeantling of desegregation plans across the country. and almost all of the larger ones have been dismantled in our big cities. >> in baton rouge, the desegregation order was lifted in 2003. the student population is now 11% white, and many in the school district are concerned that number will drop even lower if the st. george proposal succeeds.

us it's about making visible the many, many voices and experiences that are made invisible in an unequaleconomy and society like the one that we live in. >> all right, so our first action is a surprise action. today we're taking one of the biggest tax dodgers in the country. ge, general electric. >> we took 600 folks from npa and the domestic workers to the ge's lobbying operation here in washington, dc. and it was to really go directly to the people that are responsible for the tax dodging that ge is engaged in, and bring the message directly to them. >> ge, we're ending your tax dodging today! >> that's right. whoo! pay your fair share. >> in a time that they've made 30 billion in profit, they've gotten 3 billion back in tax refunds. we need to expose them directly and go toe to toe with corporate power. >> once we get off the bus, remember don't run, walk quietly, calmly, and quickly. don't engage with police. i know we have three police liaisons; can you raise your hands? whoo! >> this is where we get off. >> here we go, guys. >> alright, let's go, let's move. let's move. >> excuse m

someone, oh, you can have this, but not that, it ultimately is telling you that you are separate and unequally in a way. we were fighting federally because we wanted to make sure if we had to move to a different protected. >> we are at about 45, 46, 47% of americans living in states where anybody can get married. >> uh-huh. >> how did this happen so fast? >> the momentum is undeniable right now. decades and decades of work have gone in to bringing the idea of being socially acceptable, bringing the idea of coming out in your home and your school and your church and saying, you know, accept me for who i am. if you don't, it's a reflex on you not me because i am living my truth and the truth is the way that brings us this collect collective voice. and that collective voices is overwhelming right now. i think people's personal stories, strengths and strength of the network has come from so many people before us. >> how long have you been married now? >> we are coming up on a year. three weeks will be a year that we were married. >> wow. and they said it wouldn't last. this will. california. >> is

and so we are asking for not a hand out, but a hand up to address these unequities of the past. we can't do it with dust. the buck stops here and that is why we are here asking you and thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. jordan. >> so, to close, supervisors, and i know that supervisor breed asked us if we could just articulate some of the key working group accomplishments thus far, and so this is why i come up and this is the high level, overview of what we have done and, what we have done so far and, say that the local council partnership, again, it is hard to over state that i am sorry that alfonzo and mike are not here, they are probably at levi stadium or something, is going on. and the partnership has been incredible with them and the hotel council and the pipeline that president chiu sort of highlighted there with kevin has been critical and the neighborhood specific marketing strategy, these are things that have already launched with sf travel and the contract monitoring division has a dedicated personnel to expand the opportunity for the contractors and

international association that is seeking to overturn the seattle law saying they treat franchises unequalitymakina howell is with the main street alliance. she's been the leader in getting the seattle minimum wage bill pass zed. great to see you guys. >> great to be back on, j.j., thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to step back a moment from the franchise, is it a big business or small business and talk about raising the minimum wage. makini, you worked hard to get this bill passed. why is it so important? >> i always believed in raising the minimum wage. we need a living wage. $9 an hour is not a living wage, neither is $7 or $2, the federal tip wage. none of us here sitting here debating this would accept that. it boosts the economy. with the raise of the wage in seattle, putting $3 billion more into low wage workers pockets. that goes to the sneaker shop down the street or my restaurant. that goes directly to small business owners bottom line. >> stephen, the franchise issue aside, what do your constituents think about the minimum wage raise zing. >> first and foremost, it's important to

where wealth accumulated like this in the pit for its didn't eventually come out you show me a highly unequal society and i'll show you a police state or an uprising there are no counter-examples none if not if it's one tyrol even though i agree with them i feel like we're already living in a police state is because of the place they were maybe not seeing this uprising what do you think why a guy i agree with that statement but i think that we've been living in a judicial police state for a long time i think only recently you know through actions of the swat team the amount of militarization of police abuse it suddenly kind of looking a little bit more like on every street corner but i think this article in politico is is spot on because the wider that gap gets the much quicker in order to control the populace you are going to see a police state or the populace is going to rise up and say enough is enough you know inflation is extreme we can't afford to eat we can't afford to provide for our families so we're going to go after the people that put us here we're going to go after the people tha

lawsuit seeking to overturn the seattle law saying it treats franchises and other small businesses unequally. mckeanny howl is the owner of seattle-based plum restaurants and with the main street alliance. she's been the leader in getting the seattle minimum wage bill passed. great to see both of you guys. >> great to be back on, jj, thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to step back a moment from the franchise, the big business debate, about just talking about the minimum wage. mckeanny, you worked hard to get this bill passed. why do you think it's so important? >> i always believed in raising the minimum wage. to be perfectly honest we need a living wage. $9 an hour is not a living wage, neither is $7 or $2, which is the federal tip minimum wage. none of us sitting here debating this would accept that. we have to work hard to raise the wage for low-income workers because it boosts the economy. and with the raise of the wage in seattle, we're putting 3 billion more dollars into low-wage workers' pockets and that goes to the sneaker shop down the street or my restaurant. that goes directly to

brewer's executive order denying driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, who avoided deportation, unequal treatment by the state. governor brewer called the decision misguided. she is saying the state is deciding whether to appeal. >>> heavy rains are hoped to hold off. two mississippi bridges are closed due oflooding. the national weather service -- nearly 21 feet over the weekend. meteorologist dave warren is here with an update. dave. >> we are looking at that area of flooding moving down the river from north to south. additional rain is not helping the situation. the area of flooding. davenport, iowa, missouri, under flood warnings now. the cresting we are talking about, quincy illinois, south of that the river levels are still rising. here is this river gauge at quincy. you see the river cresting there. here is major flooding. there is the record flooding line. major flooding. before it crests, it will take a number of days before that level goes down below flood stage. two inches are expected today, flash flooding is expected. yesterday, just north of this area we had severe weather

the freedom and democracy, openness of the country permits people like us and businesses to have unequal opportunity in the world. >> that is what america represents my grandfather came to this country in 1919 and you can imagine what he was feeling, leaving a place so familiar with friends, and family. because of the promise of opportunity. because of the promise of a freedom. and opportunity. when you look at america and think about it, what has america given to you? >> the opportunity to never give up the road is not smooth the journey not equal. situations have to be overcome. in this country, you learn from what you need to learn by that road you never give up taking advantage of the opportunity america mermitss -- permits yo. >> as immigrants we respect the fryou're allowed to live the life you want. >> america stands for sanctity of every person. and that is a hope life can be better. >> the freedom to talk about your beliefs >> we're asking what makes america great. >> ability to participate in forums such as this. we're free to criticize the president of the united states in som

in fact, that's where the sort of discriminary fakes and unequal justice comes in. the men are working at hobby lobby with their labor, they are actually getting everything that they possibly could want, including viagra, if they choose to sleep around or choose to use it in their marriage. the women again iuds, which is one of the birth control in question, is just proportion natalie used by married people as a very reliable device are not getting that same benefit even though they're working as hard and even though the company is getting the same tax break. it's not free. it's not necessarily for people who sleep around, although it would be nice if we could all judge each other's behavior. it's for medical concerns beyond preventing unintend presents as. it's for married people to choose their family size, for single women to make sure they don't have families before they're ready. as i said, the medical experts and the government believe there is a compelling interest and making sure that these resources and medical services are available to women who have paid

and so the unequal -- the unequal aspect of the british imperialism was a wedge that was driving the muslims away from us and into the arms of the soviet union. and the other problem was israel. there were two wedges. the jews were also getting in the way. so our diplomacy, the goal of our diplomacy was to basically witness in a sense, witnessing for christ. of course, nobody's thinking about it this way. and the men -- many of the men, eisenhower isn't doing this from any kind of religious motive. but these are sort of deep concepts that are in the culture. we have to go out and we have to prove that we have the same values as the people we're trying to ally with. and if we show our good intentions, they will come toward us. this kind of thinking reaches its logical conclusion in the suez crisis, when israel, and france attack egypt. and without getting any concessions any concessions, turns as a result into a hero and gives the wherewithal to sort of then take over a big chunk of the middle east or at least pull a big chunk, doesn't necessarily take it all over, but takes a big chu