you need to maybe stop watching cnn and fox and start watch walter williams.hree or four c more conservative blacks. learn to become many financially independent. making sure i'm banking, dealing with small local businesses that are black businesses. making sure to create a network. baltimore now should be owned by rappers and athletes. should dump as much as they can into buying baltimore. we should be buying same way people bought up detroit. street dudes who managed to make it out and got a construction company or own their own company. people are telling me during the depths of community they knew some were not failing smrks grew, some fished, if we don't start doing it we're going to continue to be the miss stress of any political party. i'm tired of that position. when i know our community is strong enough to be self-sustained. >> a lot of those black folks you referenced did not give up their guns. donald trump gave a free speech to nra. and talked about the right to carry. what do you say to black folk about their guns in 2017. >> google robert f willi

one story that is especially interesting is the story of william williams and his cousin. walter gibson peter. we will walk over here to see an image of them in their confederate uniforms. williams was in the union army for a time and was on general winfield scott's staff but was suspected, because of the close family relationship with the lees, of ferrying information to them and was jailed. after he was released from jail, he joined the confederate army. fast-forward forward to the areer of 1863 when they down in tennessee. imagine they are wearing union uniforms riding into a union for in franklin, tennessee and say , they are here to inspect the fortification. the commanding officer is a little suspicious but let's them complete their inspection. after the inspection, they leave and someone realizes they are imposters so they are captured and questioned. they admit they are both confederate soldiers. the commanding officer of the fort commands a court-martial, they are tried and sentenced to be hanged the next morning. they are hanged in tennessee in the summer of 1863. and a

williams with that breaking news. again, a plea deal in the case of a shooting of walter scott. pete, thank you for that. >>> let's shift back to washington where it has been a wild 24 hours for president trump. shifting u.s. foreign policy by praising some of the world's most oppressive leaders. peter alexander is at the white house for us. peter, some of the comments we're learning even surprised members of his own staff. what's going on? >> reporter: it appears clear that president trump is confident that his skills as a deal-maker may even apply to despots. the president will be speaking with vladimir putin. the third time the two men have spoken since president trump took office, the first time since president trump notably said the relationship between the two countries was at an all-time high, also the first time they've spoken since the air strikes in syria. president trump was critical of vladimir putin for effectively allowing the civil war in syria to continue this way. as we keep an eye on that, a lot of people are keeping a close eye, and even some red flags have be

april 2015 shows officer michael shooting walter scott at least five times in the back as scott ran from the officer. nbc news justice correspondent pete williamse in d.c. with more. what can you tell us? >> this is going to be a significant thing if it happens according to the initial plan by the lawyers here, what they say is michael slager will agree to plead guilty to some of the federal civil rights charges that were filed against him the last year, and that this will resolve not only the federal case but also will prevent the state from seeking to try him again. he was tried for murder on state charges but the jury couldn't reach agreement on a verdict in december, so a mistrial was declared. the state had said it was going to try to prosecute him again on murder or manslaughter charges. now, apparently, that's not going to happen as part ofhis umbrella plea agreement. so when he comes to court this afternoon at 2:30, according to legal officials who are familiar with the proposed agreement here, he will plead guilty to some of the remaining federal civil rights charges. now, those could be serious because when the federal charges were fi

. >> walter bitman suns said the mark of a leader is he leaves behind him the conviction to carry on. i rise to recognize a great leader, william j. barbour jr. ms. adams: as lead oaf the north carolina chapter of naacp he's become an icon. he's the founder of moral mondays, traveled to other states to train others on tact exs in civil disobedience. urn his leadership, the naacp fiercely fought against legislation like north carolina's hb-2 and voter i.d. laws. after 12 years as novet north carolina naacp, reverend barbour is retiring to lead a new campaign a national call for a moral revival. this new coalition of spiritual leaders will push beyond politics to guide our nation toward the path of increased equality and social justice. his leadership of the naacp will be sorely missed but i look forward to witnessing the many ways he'll continue to impact the lyes and make america a more just and fair place. thank you, reverend barber. god speed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to addres