it is a black problem, but it's white america's burden. something is wrong in this country when you get to a point where the police are no longer trust trusted. what rahm emanuel did in chicago is heresy. he ought to be kicked out of office immediately, sooner than right now and quicker than at once for sitting on that tape when he knew it. >> was this happening under george w. bush too and people just weren't shining a light on it? >> of course it did. social media certainly has exploded. but george bush let people sit on their roof tops, people died in katrina. >> do you think the first black president could have brought the light to this? >> absolutely. >> do you think the president has been too conscious of his own skin color, not wanting to get the blowback of making things a race thing. >> he's been boxed in by his own race, and there's so much more he could have done. the debate will be, again, could he have done more or did they

and he writes this white america go to hell column after the death of an another unarmed black man at the hands of a police officer. and this is blowing up this entire career out of the sense of what good is it anyway? what does it mean? i have fought for civil rights, tried to engage people for 40 years, and the power of people not to understand what they chose not to understand has proven far greater than my ability to get them to understand or make them understand. and i have no intention of blowing up my career, i am less wealthy than malcolm, but i do understand the frustration. bob is malcolm's editor. a white guy who was fighting were civil rights in the '60s and engaged in non-violent direction action and marched and held signs because he felt that, you know, there is a fundamental injustice here and as a christian young man he wants to know he has the courage to put himself and his life on the line for justice as he has seen so many other young people in the 1960s do. by 2008, he is a 59 year old man and has compassion fatigue. he is a white guy who says okay, i can understan

. >> where do you see major divides between black america, white america, where we have not made inroads. particular, you have what seems like -- first of all, you have residential apar tooi in the city where poor blacks are pretty much segregated in different pockets of the city and there's no relief. department of -- the police department, recently a federal judge ruled on the promotional exam within the police department. just last week they ruled in a the police department could provide a cadet with opportunity in the police department. we could talk about terms nationally. but locally, we have problems that dr. king would come to boston and deal with problems in our public institutions and reflect racism. by asking you both of question. why should this day be meaningful to people today? >> man: well, given the extent to which we've become obsessed with materialism in our society it's good that we have this day to focus on the vision values of martin luther king, jr. thank god there are no sales. we still take this day all across the country as a moment to pause and reflect on the de

page 30, while discussing pathology you state, it was destroying -- how do you account -- that white americaroke the will of the negro. how do you account for the massive negro demonstrations involving families of... -- families of every income level? >> i was talking about what happened under slavery. you are absolutely right, the negro leaders of this country have shown that strength and power of this country. the civil rights movement of our country has had such moral grandeur and those who helped associate with it have the courage -- and it takes courage because these are not easy things to talk about, to face up to some of the facts of life. it will reflect on us if we are not willing to face it. and just one more thing -- my report develops the great american sociologist e francis fraser, whose book in 1939 in and in candide -- in an uncanny way predicted this would happen. dr. fraser was a negro and unfortunately died much too young. now what are you going to do about it? >> mr. moynahan, while not quarreling with the facts of your report, the criticism seems to be that your approach

over 90% of the residents are white. america' s political will? craig robinson, the editor of the "iowa republican," joins us now from des moines. greg, welcome to the program. as you know, many people question the role of iowa in the election process. why should it go first? it' s not the most diverse state in the country. perhaps not representative of the whole of america. what' s the argument? what do you see that iowa' s role is? craig: i think the role of iowa is really to winnow down a field and to really make, promote certain candidates forward from iowa. i don' t think anyone in iowa believes that we pick who' s going to be the nominee for each party. i think we understand that we winnow it down so that other people in states that follow can make informed choices. fernando: you' re very much and have been involved in the ground game. just give us your impression. who' s doing the best at getting people motivated and ready to caucus? craig: i saw the top three candidates all yesterday on the campaign trail in eastern iowa. and it was intere

michelle: new charges that white america and had a former russian spy murdered. -- vladimir putin had a former russian spy murdered. ted: looking at i-4 is happening periodically. you will get their annual have using offramp, maitland boulevard. take that over to edgewater, maitland boulevard eastbound and you can get back onto i-4. this part of the project is happening through january 29 and the slated time is 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.. it could be a little bit less than that and the closure is periodic. we have more info you can take download the wesh 2 >> you are watching wesh 2. michelle: a bombshell ruling out of the u.k.. a judge has now ruled that russian president vladimir putin ' probably' approved the murder of a former russian spy. jason: in the ruling, the judge says he is ' certain' that alexander litvinenko was given tea laced with a fatal dose of poison back in 2006. he also says there is a ' strong possibility" that the russian security service directed the killing, and that putin probably approved it. the victim' s wife spoke out shortly after the ruling. >> i am of course ve

should white america be afraid of becoming a minority? this is the new america-- black, brown, asian, lgbt, immigrants. the country is going through a major demographic shift and the numbers show it. the face of the u.s. has changed. christina ibanez: we're american. we care about the same things. but yet we also want to preserve our culture. i just see it destroying what we had planned to happen here. hinojosa: by 2043, we will be a majority non-white nation.

america has always been. countries fingerprints are caked with the blood of those it calls other. hoodie, white hood, cowboy had, do rag, baseball, turbine, have it, address, job, none of these things are more american than the other. [applause] >> thank you so much. currently senior fellow at the center for social inclusion. led south asian americans leaving together and was legal director at the asian pacific american legal resource center in dc. also taught in a program i direct at the university of maryland. as many of you know been at the forefront of many fights for justice in our community. has never been silenced, helped lift our voices and has done so with love. that is what we see in the book. all under the banner of love [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> so many faces and smiles from a lot of different jobs i have apparently held in washington. it is just great to be here at home with all of you. i have the opportunity that are book launch last week. hopefully climb a lot of mountains. i wanted to thank a few other people. and thank you. i appreciate that you came tonight. and

there is not a black america, and a white america an latino america and asian america, there's the unitedtates of america. >> wow. >> one thing he looks so young. i remember watching at a union hall in the south side of chicago and everyone in chicago was so proud back then. can you remember a moment that you can point to over the last few decades where we have crossed this line into total stone walling by each side. what happened? >> i think there is a long discourse we could have another time but i think the history of the republican party from the time of richard nixon where they decided their base was no longer the northeast but the south but i think what i'd like to identify is a shift in the optimism versus pessimism quotient. i worked for jimmy carter and he lost to ronald reagan. what the president was trying to do last night is saying that our economy is better than any other country's despite the things that are wrong. we are a stronger nation than any other by far. he was trying to say let's be calm about the ways we are progressing. and trump and rubio are saying things are ba

these issues may be black america's problems, their white america's burden i believe that when you make you make all-america better. where we had is to the facts and the data first, to see what they tell us and then to start making demands. as i said earlier, we did not make enough demands over the last 10 years. other communities did. you have not be, -- because you ask not. to the victor goes the spoils. you cannot be the most will insurgency and not see some progress made during that tenure. let's start with the facts, and then let's start making some demands. you have to agitate, agitate, agitate. if you want the system to do anything for you. mark: that was tavis smiley. his book is a babel now, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ mark: we're likely for seven on bloomberg politics.com. if you are watching us and washington, d.c., you can now listen to us on bloomberg 99.1 fm. "the circus"y, premieres on showtime. it is about the election. you can watch it and then debate right after. until next week, sayonara. ♪ announcer: "brilliant ideas," powered by hyundai motors. narrator: the contempo

>> in some ways, certain sectors of white america lost their minds in terms of the backlash.eight years, afternoon -- african-americans lost ground. >> black unemployment is down from when he took office. how can this be an indictment of president obama? >> i argued he needed to be bolder. we know that the great black depression, over 240,000 homes lost. african-american children are in poverty of 38%. that number is rising. that number is scary. for the first time since we have been collecting that data there are more poor african-american children than poor excite children. so when we think about the numbers now, you think about -- i mean especially the holiday employment numbers, 8.something. we know that is something that the result holiday hiring. >> i used to do that in christmas. >> so when we think about the numbers it's about 9.5%. at the height of the great recession, the number was about 9.6%. even though we are not at 16% we are at "n" crisis mode. >> how do you think that he has done as president? >> he is a centrist liberal. >> what does that mean? >> i see him

so much of white america thinks being arrests is fine because the never experienced it. >> right. what was it about "occupy" in particular that drew you to the movement? you didn't real -- you had arguments about politics with your father but don't talk about politics until you get to that section of the book. >> i had done a lot of antiiraq war marches and a lot of activism around sex workers, and i had never been seriously involved in political things. i thought it was boring. i hate meetings. i fucking hate them. i'll be honest. if that's the future, don't want to do it. and then also i guess i didn't feel i was -- i didn't feel i was intellectual enough. i felt like i'm a naked girl that draws tits. i'm not good enough to be here. that sounds fucked up but it's true. but "occupy" was such inclusive space i didn't feel that way itch felt like it was for everyone. >> you started showing up and you were doing all kinds of things. drawing posters, one that worked its way to my desk, which is really cool, but talk about the work you did during this period. >> my first work around "

. >> that fascinated me, man, that somebody-- because she grew up here in america. a whitein america would decide to opt out. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> that's funny, man. >> i'm just sayin'! there's internet, there's everything tells you, no. >> that's the part that surprised me. >> yes! why would do you that. >> it's like you're playing on the globetrotters and you're like, "i want to be a washington general." >> i thought it was crazy as well. i looked at her and i thought, like, she could be black a bit. >> i don't know. i don't know. when i saw her i was like, "nah, that's a white woman right there. >> no way! >> a white woman with curly hair. that's what you saw. >> i think the hair fooled people. >> i don't know, man. i'm jewish. everybody has hair like that. the hair did not fool me. >> larry: what was the most surprising story for you this year? >> the most surprising story for me was hearing about obama going to the federal prison system. s this is, like, the first president another to. ( cheers and applause ) to go to the federal prison system. >> la

you are constantly debating and arguing and saying i remember one of our black america docs featured a whiteoing a project with kids who parents were in prison. we only do one per year. i think there are lots of stories. it is not like we are out of stories. costs -- you are constantly butting up against those kinds of things. i could really tell you a lot of stories. we would have a lot of intense arguments with a lot of producers and the producers would be the first path. i remember having a bate about one of our latin american docs. she was a college student and we were following her path. gloria's mother is a crack addict and gloria's father is an alcoholic. into close to a fistfight kind of thing. thatse we really don't do with suburban white kids. if we are talking about 12-year-old little bobby jones, we would say bobby jones is 12 years old. he sleeps every night with a mint under his bed because one day he is going to be derek cheater. when it comes to people who are poor and people of color and usually the intersection of the two. suddenly we use these brushes, these shorthands, th

year olds to pre register at the dmv when they get a driver's license and the race for the white house america's largest lgbt organization is endorsing hillary clinton. the human rights campaign says it will work to mobilize its one and supporters ahead of the general elections and the primaries last year the u s supreme court ruled to allow all couples to marry and many of the lgbt community fear the decision could be reversed if a conservative president is elected and there's a push to get the so called affluent the teen tried as an adult find out what national group was behind the idea and what's next for caitlin jenner the deal in the works to help tell her transformation story and again we're tracking a couple of systems a weak one for . i two people are dead after their bus crashed in northern california this morning investigators a greyhound bus rolled onto its side in the bad weather in san jose nineteen passengers were injured investigators are looking into what caused that crash. the group matches demanding the affluence of teen be tried as an adult during a press conference this morni

because these issues may be black america's problem but they're white america's burden.d is to the facts, to the data first to see what they tell us. then to start making demands. as i said earlier in this conversation, we did not make enough demands over the last ten years. other communities did. you have not because you ask not. to the victor goes the spoils. you can't be the most loyal constituency of this or any president and not see some progress made during that tenure. so let's start with the facts and let's start making some demands. you've got to agitate, agitate, agitate if you want the system to do anything for you. >> that was tavis smiley, the author of "the covenant with black america ten years later" available now. we'll be right back. an make you. luckily, alka seltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels. rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. fast, powerful liquid gels from alka seltzer plus you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future, w

not the case in terms of bringing people together and hope and change and a black america and white americaerica and all of those things that the president seemed to be so dedicated too. let's look at some of the numbers in terms of the direction that the country is headed in. these are always revealing as well. this is a reuters ipsos poll. 62% believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. here is another one, we'll get marjorie's thoughts on this first. do you believe the country is in headed in the wrong direction. 69% of independents, that's a big independent number, as we head into our next round of look shuns here, marjorie. your thoughts. >> well i will say that we are lot of social change and social unrest in the country given many, many things. we have accomplished some things. lower unemployment. larger workforce and job market than we have before. we have more insured americans but also have the middle east and a lot of global tension and change. there has been a shift since the '60s, in terms of racial relations and all of that. another one of those fulcrums. right now,

you see this sort of wide swath of economic destruction that's stuck through a lot of white rural america. these were people in new hampshire and iowa talking about layoffs and wage stagnation. he was attracting sanders and trump. >> that's the question. who are those economically anxious white americans going to blame? are they going to blame people of color, the mexican illegal immigrants who are rapist and thugs in the inner cities who is trump is going to blame. we feel like there's a moment where they need to talk to anxious white americans on class and the people of color in motion around racial justice and connect the two. i think it's really important. >> that's going to be the winning message for democratic nominee, whoever that is and whoever they are up against will be that. if you learned anything from watching this campaign play out so far and the mood that voters are in. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. >>> still to come, donald trump said he could shoot someone and he wouldn't lose any voters. someone did polling on that. don't miss those results. want bladder leak u

america. i emphasize that it is really important that when we are making that description, there is not an attempt to say, by having white muslims, do not be afraid of us, because we are feeding the racial divide in america, that somehow white makes everyone else ok. and we have a problem of white privilege. we have a problem tilt into our institution. so many people he telling me to take off the scarf, and that saddens me. i pass for white. what is it that makes me safe by taking off the scarf? i think that is a little bit of a fearful statement. not that he was saying that. host: when did you hear that statement? .uest: recently even from my own family, they have said to take off the scarf because we are worried for you. i will not lie, when i travel, i will wear a hat and try to blend in. but it is a scary statement that simply by taking it off, ipass and am no longer in danger. host: florida, line for democrats. .aller: good morning i was calling because you're speech,about trump's which is inflammatory. and you can do this. you can come on u.s. tv, and you can criticize donald trump, and there will be no repercussio

america @needs @is a republican president. @we're facing the most @dangerous @terrorist threat. @and this president appeared @unwilling or unable to deal @with @it. @the democrat with a year left @in @a white house said what america @needs is for us to fix our path @-- our politics. @he feels like he did not make @it @good on his campaign promise. @regrets of his presidency. @at this hour they are still @being held by a rain tonight. @they were held at and captured. @the u.s. has been in contact. @they have a promise to resolve @the crisis quickly. @they're expected to be released @early to my morning. @a family of four died in a @house @explosion. @the delight outside the house. @they have been stopping by to @pay their respects. @it is tough to see just knowing @how much was lost so quickly @here last night. @there is no clear sign of the @gas leak. @no obvious cause. @a fire chief is investigating @his first fatality in 25 years @who is telling tonight of a @mother who appeared to be @i was just a burnt out shell of @the house. @the smell of smoke is still @there. @that's a lot of memories in @that @house. @it's really shocking. @the heads are bowed in prayer. @we aren't meant to unders

"guns in america." white house officials say the goal of the televised event was partially to debunk claims by some republicans that the intent of the proposal is to take guns away from law abiding citizens and garner public support for the president's recent executive action. but some new polls suggest most americans already support the president's proposal. the cnn/orc poll shows 67% of those surveyed say they favor the changes to gun control measures. the executive action is designed to expand background checks to cover more gun purchases made on line and at gun shows as well as make it easier for the f.b.i. to complete such checks efficiently. but not all polling is good news. 57% of those surveyed say they don't believe the executive actions will be effective in reducing gun deaths here in the south carolina's top court is getting its first new leader in more than a decade. the new chief justice for the state supreme court, he's been an associate justice on the high court since 2000. the 72-year-old will

we called on america to change, white america, and it changed. it made possible some things that we could not have accomplished without that change, no matter how virtuous we were as individuals. exemplar we used to use as a description of segregation, even ralph bond, our: powell in those powell inr colin those days, even he could not buy a house in a white neighborhood. and he was a symbol of virtue. we were asserting that are virtue was not a problem. it was racism that was the problem that needed to be overcome. and we have made some significant strides in doing that. but what i remember, and was seems to me important, is that there were always both internal and external barriers to our progress. in those days during the movement, the external barriers were critical. no matter what we did internally, it would not matter much as long as those barriers were in place. so it is a good, noble fight, and i am awfully glad we did it. i'm glad we won. have it figured out what to do with that victory, though. in my own view, we have reached the point,

charlotte rampling said in an interview that the boycott is racist to white people. america's largest independent film festival is underway in utah. sundance features 120 films including 50 first time film makers. rob reynolds has more from park city. >> the rocky mountain area is filled. showing off their artistic creations to an estimated 45,000 eager cinema fans and prospective film studio buyers. >> it is a bucket list item for me, i've always wanted to come. >> i think people are pulled here because they know this is the best content in the world for film is. >> 120 films will be screened at sundance culled from over 4,000 submissions, the focus says robert redford is on narrative. >> to me the most important thing is the story and story telling is what it should be about. >> among the most talked about films this year, christine by director alex campos, a dark drama, male dominated world of 1970s tv news. the israeli produced sandstorm tells the story of a bedoin family to reconcile its traditions and religious beliefs. birth of a nation directed by and starring nate par

during last night's town hall "guns in america." white house officials say the goal of the televised event was in part, to debunk claims by some republicans that the intent of the proposal is to take guns away from law-abiding citizens.... and to garner public support for the president's recent executive action. but a new poll suggests... most americans already support the president's proposal. the c-n-n/o-r-c poll shows 67-percent of those surveyed say they favor the changes to gun control measures. the executive action is designed to expand background checks to cover more gun purchases made online and at gun shows... as well as make it easier for the f-b-i to complete such checks efficiently. but not all the polling news is good. executive actions will be effective in reducing gun- related deaths in the u-s. back here at home... orangeburg police will have some extra eyes on them. "the orangeburg times and democrat" reports the city council there has approved the purchase of 80-body cameras for their public safety department. chief mike

there will be fun episodes showing why middle-age non-hispanic whites in america are dying more rapidly and from surprising causes than other folks, how obestity affects food choices and prices and and more that will have you reaching for your medications. we'll talk government of course. once the candidate list gets to single digits we'll try to figure out and look at the regulations we actually love and those we hateoincluding the totally no-good awful wotus rule and what happens if ag wins. spoiler alert: this has a surprise ending. there will be lots of sciencey stuff from the new media trends that are changing everything, to artificial intelligence and robots, current brain research, climate change updates, and the blockbuster new developments in genetic engineering that will make this hot button issue even harder to grasp. best of all, unless absolutely forced to, i will not talk about drones at all. and those are just the topics i can think of in the ten minutes i spent writing this. send me your questions and we'll get to the bottom of the top challenges facing farming in 2016.

williams: -- bond: the statistics would suggest they have these pathologies to a greater extent than white america it someoneise can bring a child to the world and feel no connection to that child? especially when you look at families that keep their families together, keep their children together. something you have to resolve. you can have all the debate. in order to resolve this problem, it has to be resolved in each individual family. >> how will future problems demand different kinds of leaders, or will it? williams: i don't think the problems are basically the same. i think they come in different shapes and different forms. lack of moral stride, greed, selfishness, disrespect for others, and people want to have dominion over others. people are willing to sacrifice for others. the thing about capitalism that people forget about, it is a good thing people taught us this. you can't empower others without empowering your self. i realize i am going to get it back tenfold. when i go to church on sunday i pay my ties. thatays have this belief whatever i give i will get it back tenfold. they areliev

america needs is a republican president. >> we're facing the most dangerous terrorist threat we've seen since september 11th. this president appears >>reporter: the democrat with a year left in the white house says what america needs is for us to fix our politics. i'm steve handlesman nbc news capitol hill. >>> president obama confessed that he feels he failed to bridge the partisan divide in congress and called that one of the few regets of his presidency. two days before he takes the stage presidential candidate john kasich was campaigning in reno today. the ohio governor held a meet and greet with voters at the washoe county republican headquarters. kasich touched on everything from iran and international relations to taxes. the ohio governor also talked about the economy saying that he balanced the budget in ohio and would do the same in the white house. >>> let's check in see what's happening with our forecast. we are just hours away thousand from waking up to the next >> we are and we have dropped to that freezing mark tonight at 32 degrees and n reno with partly cloudy skies and some winds out of the west at about 5 miles per hour. but those winds are going to pick up overnight

white duke. who's decidedly less flamboyant introduced to mainstream america in 1975. decades later bowie had sold 150 million albums ♪ this is ground control to major tom ♪ >> today we bid adieu to the man who provided an anthem for astronauts. the stars do not get much brighter. we say good-bye today to the labyrinth's goblin king who showed audiences how to break through the maze between music and film, tallying more than 450 sound track contributions and nearly 40 acting credits including a comedic twist on hbo's "extras" ♪ he's a fat waste of space >> to the shy young brit davey jones who appeared on the bbc to defend his long hair more than 50 years ago. >> got really rather long hair, haven't you? >> we have, yes. it's not too bad really. >> we say, regretfully, rest in

a chemical, biological, nuclear, and the m p, they want those capabilities, they would like to white americato let anyone else deemed an infidel. are they an immediate existential threat to give maybe not but are they a gathering threat that could become one? absolutely. the american people are worried because this president downplays that at every step as opposed to ratcheting up what needs to be done. charles: the nazis never invaded america, the cold war with russia was the cold war with the soviet union but we have had attackeds in america with an bernardine no, fort hood, philadelphia, we are seeing people in this country commit murder in the name of isis. >> in numbers i don't think the general public understands. over 100 folks have been detained for plotting attacks in the name of isis since the group started. we saw san bernardino, we have seen isolated incidents but there have been hundreds of others thwarted by intelligence work, they want to gather, they want to hit us, they want larger and bigger, they believe it is an apocalyptic battle. charles: the president saying when we ta

the end of his feet similar to the wood duck of north america and a white head on him. and he's a whistler as well. and then this is the rosy billed poshard and you can see he's got the hump of flesh right there at the top of his bill. this is also a good looking duck. flies well, decoys well, so here's two of the birds that we've been able to bag so far here in the argentine and i'm sure we'll introduce you to some additional species as we pick them up. let's get down and see if they hook around. some of these birds have really hooked in well. it's going to be on my side here, doc. [chuck] okay. [buck] take him now. (gunshots) [buck] yes. [chuck] good shot. good shot buck. (gunshot) [chuck] hey, fantastic. [buck] rosy bill too. [chuck] yeah it was. he did a number on us buddy. boy that left us with egg on our face. [buck] watch these ducks back here buck. [bird calling] [chuck] i think what happens when i drop one of the double, i've been watching it swim and then i just looked out there and he had gotten up and was flying. that one just lit in and was swimming around

you are watching bbc world news america. tos white -- a tight squeeze bulgary.a buggery -- a on the east coast, winter has been off to a slow start. in russia, the season in full swing. snowstorms have been reported and in the capital half the january total fell in one day. stephen rosenberg has been out to see how they cope with the white stuff. >> there are three things russia has a lot of, oil, gas, and as you can see, a lot of snow. this is britain. i'm pretty sure this quantity will cause chaos on the roads. usually managed to keep things moving. how do they do it? and what do they do with all the snow? come to the rescue. a very long column of snowplows. there are 15 and a half thousand vehicles on the roads tonight for this snowstorm. this is what they called the golden hands. as you can see the snow is scooped up into the machine. it goes into a lorry behind. that is not the end of the story. once it is cleared, it is taken to another part of the city to be disposed of and we are going along to see how they do it. so it is now

genie: also in america, the white police officer who shot dead a black motorist in south carolina has been released on $500,000 bail. michael slager was dismissed from the north carolina police from thein the -- south carolina police force. he has been in jail since then. walter scott was shot and the back five times as he tried to run away from him after being pulled over, reportedly for a broken brake light. one newspaper says the officer's gasps ands met with tears. former u.s. president bill clinton has made his first solo appearance, campaigning for his wife and former secretary of state hillary. with the first primaries next month, hillary clinton looks set to clinch the democratic party nomination, but strong showings have drawn a new wave of attacks from donald trump, who continued to lead an overcrowded and chaotic field of republicans. political commentators call it the bill factor. so far the former president has taken a backseat in his wife's latest bid to put a clinton back in the white house. on monday he was publicly deployed to help her cause. president clinton: i do n

white house after a two week vacation in hawaii with his family. this thursday the president will join anderson cooper for a town hall event on gun control called guns in america. we know white house hasn't had much luck on gun control if last few years. previous calls for background from republicans and mixed reactions from democrats. >> the reality of this being implement asked nil because they have no funding to implement this. >> he's going to meet with attorney general today at the white house. they are going to talk about what he can and can't do within his power as the president of the united statef executive action. if they have no money to actually follow up on what he does through executive order what difference does it make. >> that's largely symbolic because there is not the amount of money in place to have it come to fruition. as promised donald trump is ramping up his campaign spending and we have just a few weeks left until the first caucus. >> february 1 in iowa his first tv ad begins airing today. won't be long before we see anytime nevada as we are a battleground state. hillary clinton and the suspects in the san bernardino attacks as well as

competing with white america. africa with major supporters of minimum wage laws for blacks protect white workers having to compete with low skilled low-wage black workers. in the united states we don't use the same rhetoric, but the effect is the same can't discriminate against the employment of the least preferred worker. there are many regulations on the books that create disadvantages for disadvantaged people. we focus on discrimination. other than looking at the rules of the games that discriminate against less preferred individual. >> i want to show something from your website, certificate and have you explain what exactly are looking for, the proclamation of amnesty and pardon granted to all persons of european descent. >> i wrote that when i was teaching at temple university. from 1973 until 1980. and when i became a faculty member there was a push for black economics and so i asked my colleagues, how do this? they could not come up with any answers. you are doing these things because you feel sense of guilt

the other column that angered my friend highlights a new trend among white female voters in america, ublican women say they're angrier than they were a year ago. i do think it's a contributing issue and it contributes to the fracturing of the gop. now for your response. it's dana perino. >> it is. >> all right. first of all the republicans have not blocked all the nominees, that's statistically inaccurate. and you can go to the house senate majority leader's office and get those stats. first, reid, harry reid? the worst. he's the one that did the nuclear option that caused a huge amount of problems. he's the one that lied about mitt romney and bragged about lying about mitt romney. he's the one who called the president of the united states a loser and a liar back in 2005. polls show that obama is the most polarizing president of recent times and the things that the president wants bipartisan, the things that the president wants done has bipartisan opposition. gitmo, national energy tax. gun control. and on the things where president obama needed help to get things done on education, t

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know. >> well, over the weekend white nationalist groups began airing robo calls for donald trump essentially saying he's the candidate that understands that what america needs is more white immigrants and white people. >> that's an original idea. let's follow up on that awful thought. let's take a listen. >> i'm jared taylor with american renaissance. i urge you to vote for donald trump because he is the one candidate who points out that we should accept immigrants who are good for america. we don't need muslims. we need smart, well-educated white people who will assimilate to our culture. vote trump. >> i wouldn't think so. but i mean, that's probably a nice thing to say. david, tell me something. >> like many people today i'm saddened by the death of david bowie. but i was surprised that the german foreign office sent out a tweet, a message thanking david bowie. why? because they think he helped bring down the berlin wall. he gave a concert at the wall a week before reagan was there and gave his speech. it caused riots. and his song, his very popular song "heroes" was adopted as the unofficial anthem of citizens of east berlin. >> on a less artistic

>> we usually say when white america catches a cold, we catch the flu.xt of this book, we just want to say -- >> let me make this point. the request is what's the baseline for comparison? is it january 2009 when the black unemployment was higher than it is today? are the problems and the exacerbation a function. great recession? and the fact of the matter is because i've been involved in this, is that even ideas put forward by the president to alviate this unemployment issue called the american jobs act introduced in 2011, never saw the light of day because of a senate filibuster. so there's responsibility but there's responsibility to go around. and i think that's important. >> by the way, we're not blaming -- i'm not blame ig anything on president obama in this case because the biggest problem is since 1973, average wages have gone down. >> for everyone. >> for all americans. this is a republican problem, a democratic problem. but again, the great paradox is so many african-americans had to believe when president obama was elected, okay, now -- >> but

america. >> the white house steps in to help fix the water crisis in flint, michigan. some say it's not enough. >> crews are searching for 12 missing marines in hawaii that were on two military helicopters that crashed on oahu's north shore thursday. the search has been extended to the western side of the island, high waves are complicating the work. >> it's heartening to see the recovery and rescue effort put forth by both the military, city and county officials, coast guard. it's very rewarding in that sense to see how hard they're looking. >> we greatly appreciate just the inner agency work between our civilian coupler parts, military counterparts, as well as everyone involved in the search effort. >> a coast guard helicopter and plane spotted debris in the water, but no word if that is connected to the crash. >> parts of florida are recovering after a weekend of severe weather. tornadoes tore through the state, killing two people. nicole mitchell has more. >> residents in florida are sifting through what's left of their homes this morning. three tornadoes hit the s

. >> reporter: the democrat with a year left in the white house says what america needs is for us to fix our politics. are president obama confessed he feels he failed to keep his promise and bridge the partisan divide and called that one of the few regrets of his presidency. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, capitol hill. >> 12-year-old braden mannering had was a special guest of the first lady for his work helping feed the homeless through his nonprofit. >> reporter: pennsylvania state trooper alex douglas was also there to see the president add his address in person. he was senator pat toomey's special guest. you recall trooper douglas survived a deadly ambush outside police barracks in september of 2014. corporal brian dixon died in that attack. >>> new jersey governor chris christie took a break from the presidential campaign trail for his annual state-of-the-state address in trenton. one of the major highlights of his speech, the state's economic recovery. he noted the state's six consecutive balanced budgets. private sector job growth and an unemployment rate cut in half during

ever since the 1960s, a part of america's white, middle and working class has felt uncomfortable with the changes afoot in the country. they were uneasy with the social revolutions of the 1960s, dismayed by black protests and urban violence and enraged by the increasing tide of hispanic immigrants. in recent years they've expressed hostility toward muslims. it is this group of americans, many registered democrats and independents, who make up the core of support for donald trump. in his analysis, tesla shows sta teskally, quote, trump performs best among americans who express more resentment toward african-americans and immigrants and who tend to evaluate whites more favorably than minority groups. end quote. could these twin revolts have been prevented? perhaps, if the republican party had been honest with its voters decades ago and explained that the welfare state was here to stay, that free markets need government regulation and that the empowerment of minorities and women was inevitable and beneficial. its role was to manage these changes, it should have argued, so they develop or

when whites, latinos, when the mosaic of america recognizes we can be a better nation if we are workingogether, serving each other's interests. and, you know, there are others like it in other parts of the country that are showing us that you don't have to wait until we solve the problem of poverty or inequality. you can do a lot in education now to help to move our society forward. >> reporter: but one of the things you talked about are the needs beyond just basic education particularly for urban students and i guess you mean predominantly african-american or children of color. >> absolutely. there are many children in the country. we have highest poverty rates of all. 22% of children in the country come from families at or below poverty level. so hundreds of children are coming to school whose needs are not met. schools serving them need social workers, psychologists, need a food program, health workers onsite, in order for those kids to concentrate on education and their kids to concentrate on teaching them. >> reporter: brockton, massachusetts. >> largest high school in the state, 4