seeing urban america and a lot of things not focused on or talked about enough in the united states senateer it's why is it when my kids walk into a community with overwhelming levels of obesity, they can walk in and find a twinkie product cheaper than an apple? we are subsidizing that sure gar and corn. my experience as a mayor helped inform the urgencies that i feel here in the united states senate and the desire, just to get to work. that's why, when i find folks across the aisle who are so firm in who they are and willing to reach out and share with you that sense of urgency, see what we can figure out together and move things forward until life gets better for people in south carolina and new jersey. that gives me hope. >> we'll leave it there tonight. tomorrow night, part two of our exclusive conversation with the only two african-americans serving in the senate. my thanks to whut in washington for letting us use their new set. it will be the home of "new view with ed gordon." thanks for watching. as always keep the faith. >>> announcer: for more information on today's show, visit ta

and we all know it, and it's really starting to adversely affect people in rural america and in urban america alike. >> reporter: right now, the country is spending just $13 billion annually to fix bridges. scott, that's $8 billion shortth of what the federal highway administration says is needed annually to fix deficient bridges by 2028. >> pelley: jeff, thanks very much. and speaking of repairs, that scaffolding on the capital is part of a total restoration of the civil war-era dome. the scaffolding should be down late this year. today, james holmes went on trial two and a half years after the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado. holmes appeared in court with dark hair neatly trimmed. it could take months to pick a jury out of the pool of 7,000, the largest in u.s. history. his lawyers admit holmes shot 12 people to death and injured 70 but he has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. we learned today the air asia plane that crashed last month was attempting an extreme maneuver more common to a fighter jet. bob orr has the latest. >> reporter: in the final moments before air asia

what happens in urban america, whether it is ott -- it will be satellite television.er it is cable television or broadband, the consumer does not care how he gets it. he wanted easy-to-use affordable and multiple. that i know. >> thank you, joe. your friends are here. we will go back to mark. >> thank you both so much. coming up, it seems the nobel prize in economics isn't good enough for some commissioners on the securities and exchange commission. we will explain when "bottom line" continues in a moment. ♪ >> welcome that. it's time for today's latin america report. president obama is hosting mexican president and make a pena joe -- henrique and yet so at the white house. white house is moving to reestablish diplomatic ties with cuba. there had been strained over diplomatic ties with other countries, including mexico. nobel laureate joseph stiglitz gets barred from an sec panel, that panel meant to advise regulators on issues facing the u.s. equity markets. his partner at sec, mary jo white working to improve oversight. professor stiglitz joins me. thank you for you

there are access issues in urban america, and rural america. you look at how metropolitan areas are organizing, increasingly there is an urban core, a suburban ring and a rural ring around it. and i think that if there's more visioning done that brings those elements together at the local level, and policy at the federal level that supports those visions, i think there's an enormous opportunity for us to solve problems, instead of having them created by washington. so a lot of what we're doing at u.s. d.o.t. is trying to unearth the thinking that can happen at the local level to bring those elements together, because i think one of the most essential things we can do to fix washington is to really vision well at home and bring those visions to washington, and have folks working arm in arm together. >> so mayor -- >> awesome. [ applause ] >> so mayor we all want to just thank you because we know you guys are busy and you've never said no to an invite. and for us to have the real dream team here with us today is awesome. so i'm going to ask you g

when he was running for vice president, trying to bring up conservative jack kent principles in urban america. i don't know how much of that involves government assistance. maybe more government off the back. but i think there's going to be a bigpy pivot in american politics. you're seeing as opposed populist tendencyies coming out of hillary clinton. the question you asked brad was a good one. could mitt romney be the republican nominee? look for the next year before we have the first votes in iowa and new hampshire, we're in this period called the invisible primary. the only way you can figure out who is winning today or next month is on three different things which is polling, fundraise fundraising, and then sort of the organization, or the ground game. clearly there's no one in this field running for president right now in terms of the republican side who has close to what mitt romney does. >> his timing is good but his record is not invisible. the bottom line here is he never said anything about money being held offshore avoiding taxes. he's an outsourcer. i remember going to la port, il

there are access issues in urban america, and rural america. and if you look at how metropolitan areas are organizing, increasingly there core, a suburban ring and a rural ring around it. and i think that if there's more visioning done that brings those elements together at the local level, and policy at the federal level that supports those visions, i think there's an enormous opportunity for us to solve problems, instead of having them created by washington. d.o.t. is trying to unearth the thinking that can happen at the local level to bring those elements together, because i think one of the most essential things we can do to fix washington is to really vision well at home and bring those visions to washington, and have folks working arm in arm together. >> so mayor -- >> awesome. [ applause ] >> so mayor we all want to just thank you because we know you guys are busy and you've never said no to an invite. and for us to have the real dream team here with us today is awesome. so i'm going to ask you guys one lightning round question. real lig

there are access issues in urban america, and rural america. and if you look at how metropolitan areas are organizing increasingly there is an urban kosh, a suburban ring and a rural ring around it. and i think that if there's more visioning done that brings those elements together at the local level, and policy at the federal level that supports those visions, i think there's an enormous opportunity for us to solve problems instead of having them created by washington. so a lot of what we're doing at u.s. d.o.d. is trying to unearth the thinking that can happen at the local level to bring those elements together, because i think one of the most essential things we can do to fix washington is to really vision well at home and bring those visions to washington, and have folks working arm in arm together. >> so mayor -- >> awesome. [ applause ] >> so mayor we all want to just thank you because we know you guys are busy and you've never said no to an invite. and for us to have the real dream team here with us today is awesome. so i'm going to ask y

of the schaumburg center and the author of condemnation of race crime and the making of modern urban america. i run my mouth a lot of different places and we'll keep it moving. i will speak on the history of race and policing in a particular context. i will be followed by heather thompson. she is an associate professor of african-american histories at temple university, soon moving to the university of michigan. she writes about race, labor and social movements and the cultural state in 20th century america. she is an author of modern race in modern american city, the editor of speaking out protest and activism in the 1960s and '70s and just finished a book which you have been waiting for, blood in the water, the attica prison uprising of 1971 to be published next year. she recently served in the national academy of sciences blue ribbon of panels that studied mass incarceration in the united states. she will be discussing whiteness and reaction to ferguson. following heather thompson is jallany cobb, the director of the african studies and he has a masters in 20th century politics and an aut

center and the author of "the condemnation of blackness: race, crime, and the making of modern urban america mouth a lot of different places and we'll keep it moving. i will speak on the history of race and policing in a particular context. i will be followed by heather thompson. she is an associate professor of african-american studies and history at temple university, soon to be moving to the university of michigan. she writes about race;lyajp'd social movements and the cultural state in 20th century america. she is the author of "whose detroit: politics labor and race in modern america." and in a modern american city. she is the editor of "speaking out: protest and activism in the 1960s and '70s." and she's just finished a book which you've all been waiting for, "blood in the water: the on the tick ka prison uprising of wq5% 1971" which will be published next year. tom man recently served in the national academy of sciences blue ribbon panel that studied the caused and consequences of mass incarceration in the united states.sw[zy she will be discussing whiteness and reaction to ferguson.

i'm sure she talks to producers about things going on, but for me, and my issue is urban and black america. i asked questions about china -- i asked questions about anything but primarily, urban issues. when they come to me they know what is she going to ask? that room is not necessarily freely to any reporter. but when you're coming a behind the curve, it is rough. it is me. we took a picture in ebony -- what? we took a picture in ebony. >> "ebony" is a black magazine for those who don't know. >> it was a ton of people and that picture. you were in that picture. we don't know where -- a lot of them were reporters. >> paul wants to get in. >> african-americans are not underrepresented in the news media. they are underrepresented in the decision-making parts of the news media. there lots of black reporters and lots of hispanic reporters. the diversity -- hold on. the diversity -- it is the number representative of the population. what is underrepresented, again, the people calling the shots. that is were the diversity -- >> that is the point roland made earlier that i agree with, but i do s

changes intellectually -- the theory of relativity, the automobile is introduced america is more urbanthan rural. these changes are very unsettling. to some of lincoln's critics. there is also a book published in the 1920's by bruce barton. he, i believe, is the father of william barton, am i correct? a scholar of lincoln's youth. he published a book called "the man nobody knows." he compares lincoln to jesus in the book. this absolutely drove lincoln's critics nuts. one thing that happened, also, and i will pass this picture around to you now, there was also a statue of lincoln put in the cathedral of saint john the divine in new york city. i took pictures there this summer, my wife took those pictures, there is a statue of lincoln in the cathedral. a united daughter of the confederacy member named mary carter, related to the lee family by marriage, she actually writes these public letters in the southern church magazine and official organ of the applicable church out of virginia, and i found these at the virginia historical society, these big letters, editorials on the backs of these

to eat at one spoonful at a time, the elephant being violent crime ravaging all kinds of urban towns in america but if we take the worst offenders and subject them to federal sanctions, that will first of all ensure a better chance at a conviction, a better chance of more link the sentence. -- more lengthy sentence. for the person who is just not care about the sanctions applied. that is the sort of help we need from the federal prosecutors office in milwaukee. i will not really wrap the u.s. attorneys office of law enforcement. not bringing in the cases. the ones they are they are doing well. the armed violent offenders are the ones i would like to see go to federal route. >> thank you. today we have heard from a number of witnesses that have testified to move lynch qualification, which are in itself impressive. i know of no finer lawyer or human being traders and david. always great to see you and each of you have put a lot of thought into your testimony. i appreciate your written testimony and what you spoken to us today. the records for the hearings will remain open for a week for members t

my issue is urban and black america. i asked questions about china, anything, but primarily urba n issues. that room is not necessarily friend in reporter. when you are coming in behind the curve, it is rough. it is me now. we took a picture in cavity when obama first -- we took a picture in "beebony" -- >> four people who do not know, "ebony" is a black magazine -- >> there was a time of people in that picture. a lot of them were reporters coming to cover. >> african-americans are not underrepresented in the news media. they are underrepresented in the decision-making parts of the news media. there are lots of reporters, hispanic reporters. the diversity of -- the number is representative of the population. what is underrepresented again is the people you are calling the shots. that is that diversity of -- >> i think there is a lot under representation of minorities in general and the news media, and i think a lot of people would agree with that. i think it is important to note progress has been made, is being made. whe

there are substantially greater resources across-the-board it ends up helping every part of america, rural and urbanled red state, blue state, however you slide it up. if you look at the decision-making itself which largely occurs at the state level and to a lesser degree the local level when it comes to federal dollars, i think that we to this point we sort of said the state knows the whole situation the best and they should make their own decisions, going forward. >> a question over here. >> yes, thank you, mr. secretary. >> i like nco's, by the way. >> i have actually been working recently on world futures, and interesting question. >> steven gale with a long history in the npo world. i have actually been working on world futures, and adjusting to us for metropolitan planet. my question is your thoughts and perhaps an expansion on what you just said balancing the intensity of the metropolitan areas metropolitan economies the rural economy which is, you know, the national energy resource economy or the last mile of connection might really be a mile but an a rural area might be 50 or 100 miles. tha

there are substantially greater resources across-the-board it ends up helping every part of america, rural and urband state, blue state, however you slide it up. if you look at the decision-making itself which largely occurs at the state level and to a lesser degree the local level when it comes to federal dollars i think that we to this point we sort of said the state knows the whole situation the best and they should make their own decisions. .. going forward. >> a question over here. >> yes, thank you, mr. secretary. make sure -- >> i like ncos, by the way. >> i have actually been working recently on world futures, and interesting question. perhaps an expansion on what you just said balancing the intensity of the metropolitan areas metropolitan economies the rural economy which is you know, the national energy resource economy or the last mile of connection might really be a mile but an a rural area might be 50 or 100 miles. that rebalance of national policy that supports rural economic needs as well as metropolitan intensity. >> that is an incredibly important question and one that i think about

district across the country certainly in our state but she was in milwaukee like my urban school systems across america. has been continuously challenged. so megan found out early on in 2010 that she was named the outstanding teacher of the year in the state of wisconsin for english teachers. so she was one of those top teachers. really distinguished daughter out there. she found b out about that, not only far after that she found out that she'd been laid off. she's been laid off. this is because urn my predecessor even with democrats in charge of wisconsin they've cut money on schools but they got no tools to react to that. what do they do in milwaukee like many other school districts across the state arguably around the country when they were faced with touch economic choices how did they do that? they admitted it. they said the last hired is the first hired. and so megan sampson the outstanding teacher of the year for the state of wisconsin was one of the first to be laid off because she was one of the last to be hired in that school district. our reforms that came about that got the nation's attent

king was ostracized by johnson, black churches, the naacp, and urban leaders when he stood up and said that americaas in favor of violence. he said also that these dollars needed to come back and hold our people accountable in america. john lewis said he would never vote for another house appropriations bill of military spending. we still voted for that in the congressional black caucus and we still say that we love dr. king, but do you think that america is the biggest purveyor of violence and why he would not be accepted in the white house? i believe that obama is not in the same core with martin luther king and he should give that nobel peace prize back because he has blood on his hands and dr. p king was about peace and nonviolence. host: he was bringing up travis miley. we interviewed chat -- tavis smiley. congresswoman, your questions on how you think dr. king would view american for policy today. guest: one of the great things about this country and its democracy is the freedom of thought. the fact that all of us do not have to agree. i cannot second-guess all the things that happened 50 yea

america. the american urban radio networks and news one now host.his event was hosted by the national press club and the press club. >> good evening and welcome to the national press club for a timely discussion on coverage of race in america. how are we doing, how can we do better. this program has been planned jointly by the national press club and the capital press club. tonight is historic because of how we came together here this evening as partners to discuss the very issue that once divided our two organizations race. on the 107th president of the national press club. i also i also want to acknowledge the presence tonight of john hughes the 108 president 8th president of the national press club who took office last week. thank you for being here this evening. one of the highlights of my year as president was to be invited to speak in this very room at the 70th anniversary celebratory awards reception of the press club which was formed in 1944 by african-american journalists at a time they were denied in the national press club. african-americ

congestion alone costs american motorists over $100 billion a year in lost time and fuel. 42% of america's major urban highways are congested. just of the highway side -- that includes bridges and mass transit, the surface transportation area -- we are probably investing half of what we should. host: why is waste water, who was responsible for that, why are we getting a d? guest: we have really aging pipes. we have water systems in some cities going back to the civil war, believe it or not. water main breaks are not an infrequent occurrence. happens every two minutes, there is a major water main failure in u.s. cities. it happens around 240,000 times a year. they are aging systems. i'd heard experts say it is almost a perfect storm in that area for all the systems to be reaching the end of the design life. host: we have heard over the last couple of years, a law about u.s. ridges -- bridges. but they got a c plus. guest: there was more focused after the minnesota 2007 ridge collapse -- bridge collapse. in washington state, it it truck brought down a bridge on interstate five. there are bridges that ha

people in urban areas are more optimistic than those living in rural america, both americans in the cities americans in rural america felt optimistic about how 2014 went. americans in the cities their optimism jumped to 53% saying they felt 2014 was an average or above average year. the jump in rural areas was a 20-point bump. while this rise was across the board, there were a few groups that weren't as optimistic as the overall poll. retirees and folks with a high school diploma or less were somewhat less up beat. maybe it's about their own economic current economic status. even so overall people were more optimistic about 2014 than at any time since 2004. it brings us to our last interesting fact courtesy of our friends at the american communities project. check this out. in 2004 when a similar 47% of americans said that the year was average or an above average year, it was republicans who drove that perception. 72% back then. it was a majority of democrats in 2004 called it a below average year. as for 2014, the trend is reversed. 70% of democrats who said the year was average, good or

i also think that right now the racial climate in america is very challenging, and the idea that there should be some urbanategies of what the g.o.p. and conservatives are going to do about our big problems in big cities i think are some of the things that many of those people of faith would love to hear about. neil: i mentioned governor huckabee and his interest and his appeal to the religious right. i mentioned bobby jindal. do you have any favorites this early on? >> this early on, i say that i like all the names you said. i especially like huckabee, and i like rand paul. rand paul is has an interesting take on prisoners, on some of the issues that are going on in our culture. i believe that if you look at what's going on in ferguson and staten island there's an issue there of people who are getting pushed over into kind of a -- i'm -- i'm going to call it a criminal class. you're uneducated. drop out the system. he's one of the few conservatives looking at that. neil: is chris christie not, by the way, bishop? you didn't mention him. >> well, i don't see him as someone that appeals prima facie to the r

america. >> today she is a real estate developer and coowner of a firm that manages more than $200 million in urbanevelopment projects. she is dedicated to serving her community in every way possible and she is the most generous with her advice for others. >> i do believe and i tell my staff here now be very present in your experience you have to be present because you don't know when you might have to pull the experience that you have here in your future life. so you have to be extremely present in your life now. >> thanks trish. that story is a true snapshot of the american dream. still to come we'll meet someone that left the d.j. booth for a new life in the corner office. see these hands? they gripped the wheel of a humvee in afghanistan. these hands? six years treating soldiers. twelve years, flying choppers. my hands? they're here for the person who fought in afghanistan. i made the call and got support for my sister. my hands are here for the person who treated those soldiers. i helped connect my son with the care he's earned. mine take care of the person who flew those helicopters. and if l

king was ostracized by johnson, black churches, the naacp, and urban leaders when he stood up and said that americars needed to come back and hold our people accountable in america. john lewis said he would never vote for another house appropriations bill of military spending. we still voted for that in the congressional black caucus and we still say that we love dr. king, but do you think that america is the biggest purveyor of violence and why he would not be accepted in the white house? i believe that obama is not in the same core with martin luther king and he should give that nobel peace prize back because he has blood on his hands and dr. p king was about peace and nonviolence. host: he was bringing up travis miley. we interviewed chat -- tavis smiley. congresswoman, your questions on how you think dr. king would view american for policy today. guest: one of the great things about this country and its democracy is the freedom of thought. the fact that all of us do not have to agree. i cannot second-guess all the things that happened 50 years ago. what i can say is that there been great result

urban catholic like mario cuomo. the presidential politics there were no precedents for a hawaiian, the middle america -- obama was ableto craft an appealing story about the spiritual coming-of-age spiritually his tail was a high racial product of conservative upbringings among the largely african-american church in chicago. politically it was a story of how an instinctively secular activists inspired by the civil rights movement came to see how faith offered something vital to the prospect of transforming neighborhoods. his spiritual and political awakenings went hand-in-hand. for an ambitious lyrical figure obama was uncommonly candid about his lack of orthodoxy and i think here of a 2000 or interview he gave with a journalist named catherine. the interview was a more tension on the political right and obama was very much the voice of the candidate as christian seeker. his multicultural upbringing if him a suspicion of dogma with language that employs -- implies a monopoly on the truth. by this obama was not only criticizing fundamentalism but he was departing from some established christian doctrines. he said, i fin

america? >> we have to do two things, we encourage large companies and small companies to partner with urban schoolspublic areas. we started 18 years ago with public academy. we have a public school with 600 students. arne duncan created the school and teaching kids about the stock market. investing. even with real money to invest. getting businesses to get themselves tied to companies. lou: i was working with manpower development training in the war on poverty, c.a.p. round it off to 40 year ago. the issues remain precisely the same high urban minority unemployment. high dropout rates among minority students. >> investment deficit disorder there is slow growth whenever there is inclusion, there is always growth. lou: do you know how many years i listen to you say something so straightforward so true as john kennedy said himself. a rising tide lifts all boats. we've got administrations and two parties who aren't talking about prosperity. >> i had a meeting with the senator from carolina lindsey graham and schumer from the other party trying to find common ground on repatriation, and because as bridg

we need good partners for the interests of urban communities in the united states. in some ways i think that america is falling in love again with cities. folks are choosing cities again, but that is not always reflected in the priorities in state legislatures and in the congress. you have a powerful voice to help make that happen. i would say that that really hit the nail on the head. >> i would say it continues to advocate. educating people about the fact that their are many aspects of government that are working well. far too often we have a tendency to focus on things that are working and ignore the reality that many services that you all are providing are indeed providing valuable services to people. you need you need to connect the dots that this is government working. certainly we need to do this as well. i mention some some of the things we were doing a usda. that is government working. there are probably a multitude of examples in this room from cities projects, programs. educating the public about the important role that government is playing well provide some emphasis and energy behind th

>> the urban resource institute those have the pals program in all four shelters by 2015. up next on "al jazeera american faa safety inspector is arrested at new york's laguardia airport. uber is being sued again. >> that's not stopping thousands of drivers around the country from partnering with the company. details next. >> call amy smith at work >> when we're behind the wheel >> basically we just don't multi-task as well as we think... >> are we focused on what's ahead? >> what could those misses mean? >> distracted driving... the new road hazard >> i'm driving like a maniac >> you're distracted... >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie... what can you tell me about my future? >> can effect and surprise us... >> don't try this at home >> techknow... where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >>> an faa safety inspector has been arrested for having a gun in his carry-on bag. tsa announced the man's arrest today. it happened tuesday at new york's laguardia airport. he had flown from hartfield airport where he showed an id badge. thi

urban. but henry ford, even though he lives near a city, he is really a champion of old, rural america. to him, much like to thomas jefferson before him, all of america's virtues were connected with rural america. and he -- he very much was opposed to the very cities where so many of his automobiles would be sold. so, what's interesting to look at is that anti-semitism is going to bring together a lot of the themes that ford champions. that is to say, jews, to his mind, are symbols of modernity are symbols of urbanization. jews, to his mind, were opponents of prohibition, and that was largely correct. a lot of immigrants disliked prohibition. there is a wonderful new book on jews and the liquor trade called -- entitled "jews and booze." very good title. "jews and booze" by marnie davis. it gives us a full view of jews in the liquor trade. ford had some dim awareness of this. but he certainly knew that jews were opposed to prohibition. and one can really see how jews begin for him to reflect the antithesis of many things he believed in. not necessarily many of the things he did, but many

i feel like i'm the last person in america to learn this, but he makes $7.2 million. that is up there. urban4.5 million. i'm going to throw this to john taft. his college sports professional sport? >> they are at the very least a semi professional sport. i went to come along with many tafts, and i really college yale six generations. >> let's get that in. >> the role of sports at an ivy league institution is completely different than what we watched last night. i am in a mystic. i believe sports ought to serve when overall education. my personal sports -- >> "usa today" n.c. state, the guy makes $1.89. --$1.8 million. >> perhaps those profits should be poured back into the education system. rather than to the coaches. >> i don't agree at all. the michigan model their cash flow, brendan greeley is right. it could be a business, but these guys don't cost that school a penny. >> the quarterback cannot afford to go to chipotle. >> my question is not about taxpayers, but the labor equation. it is about the football players. i think it is ridiculous we expect them to do these things and they're re

millions of displaced people in mexico in central america, living in the shadow of border plants and urban factories exist in a state of peen age that makes older versions of slavery look positively ben i have sent. squating on poisoned ground in shacks, i have been in those shacks. i have gone to those places. when you do, you never forget it. next door water in gullies that surround these places is so polluted that communities smell of a rancid odor and even chickens that they keep to try to feed themselves die from the drinking water. we've seen it. we've been there. the displaced population on the run is surging thanks in large part to nafta and cafta's agricultural provisions, those very flawed provisions that provided no opportunity for adjustment as a first world nation met the economy of third world nations. the terms of the agreement forced the revocation of the land and allowed multinationals to buy up vast tracks in the interior, pushing untold millions of peasant farmers who remain nameless off their land and into the labor pool. yet we as americans are surprised when their chi

america, that number is 60% of black folk thought he was irrelevant. i just don't mean black folk. i mean roy wilkins at naacp come out against him. whitney young and urban league come out against him. the leading black leaders of era. karl rowe juan comes out against him. ralph bunch another know pell peace prize laurie i can't think comes out against him. i can't quote on c-span, what thurgood marshall, supreme court justice thurgood marshall said about dr. king, what he felt on him during that era. everybody turns on martin white folks, black folk media, white house. he has to navigate that and talk about racism and poverty and militarism and nobody wants to hear about that. they turn their back on him. he dies broke. in the last year of his life he can't get a book deal. can't get a paid speech. he is disinvited to the white house. disinvited to the black churches. this is the last mile of the way king has to walk all by himself. when martin takes the bullet a year later killed april 4th, '68. when he is killed on the balcony, peter, he believes and dies imagine martin dies believing that everything and everybody has turned on him the cost most has s

america. i asked questions about china, china anything but primarily urban issues. they know, okay.ut that run is not necessarily friendly. but when you are coming in behind the curve, it's rough. i mean,, how many -- we take a picture in ebony's. >> ebony is a black magazine >> it was. a ton of people in that picture. you were in that picture. there were a ton of a ton of people in that picture. we don't no where. >> a lot of them were cameramen. >> a lot of them reporters. >> paul wants to get an. >> let me just say one thing, african-americans are not underrepresented in the news media. they are underrepresented in the decision-making part. a lot of black reporters a lot of hispanic reporters. the diversity -- hold on, the diversity's emma the number is representative of the population. what is underrepresented again, the people calling the shots. >> that's the.that rowland made earlier that i agree with, but i do still think there's a lot of underrepresentation of minorities in general and i think a lot of people would agree with that. i that. i think it is important to note tha

urban development for president ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. he also served as a longtime board member of the young america's foundation. in 1978 when texas selected the governor the first republican governor in 104 years for he had been the executive director of the party for two years. i give you full credit. he also oversaw a coordinated election of all statewide republican candidates for the first time and texas has not voted for a democratic president now since 1976. think about it. how did that happen in november 1960 the democratic party dominated texas. we had the new u.s. vice president lyndon johnson from texas and the democrats held all 30 statewide elected positions. the texas state legislature had 181 democrats and no republican support. now everyone calls texas the red states. the book is interesting. i read it this weekend on the road traveling. and i love how it explains for many years beginning in the 1940s, the texas contests were between conservatives and liberals to gain control of the texas party, the liberals needed to drive the conservatives out of the democratic primaries. they gained control of