i am talking about black africans, white south africans, afrikaners about the possibility of what this and what this man is bringing not only to us but to the world. when i saw the news, and i saw ireland partying, china party, people from all walks of life, i think it is really important -- china partying, people from all walks of life, i think it is really incredible. i was proud. i was really proud of america. tavis: as many of us were and are, and you should be proud of the work you are doing in the show. it is a great show. i was so pleased that i got a chance to check it out. it is called "the no. 1 ladies' detective agency," and it stars a wonderful cast of characters with anika noni rose. you are in the states now? >> we do not know what the scheduling is. we are finishing up the disney project. tavis: that means you are near the ends. >> yes, i will be going in to fix some vocal things -- near the end. the princess, that is me, and it is so thrilling to me. tavis: the animation? >> i loved it. i loved it. it is a different kind of challenge, because you are in it by yourself -

whites. >> reporter: obesity rates also vary geographically. among african americans and whites, the highest rates of obesity are in the south and midwest. among hispanics, they are in the south west and midwest. they noted that all, ethnic and racial groups in the u.s. have a dangerously high rate of obesity. also tonight, a new survey finds about three out of five americans believe there will be widespread cases of swine flu this winter, but most are not worried about getting sick. doctors are still investigating how this strain is different from the seasonal there. >>> --flu. >> the results were released by the harvard school of public health. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. up in flames. a massive tanker crashes and explodes, causing major problems on a busy highway. >>> shootout. a raging gun battle between police and heavily armed suspects in new jersey. >>> i'm bob turk in the first warning weather center. a chance of showers and showers and storms coming your way. >>> wjz is always on. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for instant updates on all the day's news, and the updated forecast, log onto wjz.com. >>> t

south afric afca, the kind of anger once directed at the opessive white govement. >> we should kill them. they are shou die. >>eporter: but this was just last week, athe anger was directed ablack people, fellow africans, from zimbabwe, nigeria, somia and elsewhere, who have come om south africa hoping to find abetter life. it s called xenophobic violence, fear othe foreigner. foreigners had their businesses destroyed, houses were torch. thewere killed th guns and machetes. somewere even set on fire, buned alive. e death of ernesto mozamcan, shook the nation and shocked the wld. within t weeks, t violence had spread across thecountry. it took a massive deployment of security forces to bring tngs under cotrol. by e me it was over, 100 j people were de. an estited 200,000 people were splaced. some too cover in police stations. others found refuge in isolated camps. thekind of refugee camps you'd normally find in war-to somalia, sudan or the congo. started, we e told, in alexand alexandra, a straprawling black township on the ed of johaesburg. >> a maname from this site. he was running and bleedin and went ov here and then he lost balance over re, andthen he died oer here. >> reporter: you sa this? >> ye

poverty nor could it be laid to racist whites who hysterically fled their neighborhoods at the first sight of a black face. the african-americans who migrated from the south after world war ii were not poor people. they were people who were sometimes made poor in the north by white professionals who used their expertise to fleece them. the american dream of a family property was not fair and open to everyone. it was a rich system that lifted many whites while impoverishing many blacks. but as today's headlines show, the scams that typified contract selling extremely high cost loans with numerous hidden fees that practically sure eventual foreclosure have now ensnared millions of americans of all racist backgrounds and that, i think, is a tragedy. when i started this book, i thought, well, this is a story people need to understand the past. but, you know, now i see it's also a story they need to know to understand what's going on in the present. and, you know, as a historian you always hope history won't repeat itself but if you can't stop it from repeating itself, you could at least cast some light on what's really going and that's what i hope my book can

white house. >> bud lite is the top. much attention has been made over what the president drinks, right? they had belgian, south african, brazilian and gentlemjamaican b there, no american. i brought you each a beer. >> this is old school. >> i think these were about $95 in high school. whoops. did i say that? >> cheers, maria. >>> high-frequency trading, we're back in a moment. >>> welcome back to "fast money." covering market manipulates on wall street, pursuing those involved in price fixing, pred to her lending and biassed analyst research. the tearing down and rebuilding of the chinese wall. ask now we take up on wall street high-frequency trading. joining us is elliot spitzer, and we must disclose, his wife works with karen. high-frequency trading. this is when big guys sort of get a brief look at a small price difference. >> they get a look ahead of the rest of the market, and that is what is making people queasy. you can't oppose technology. technology is what made this set possible, makes the markets possible. the question is, how do you use it? do you use it in a way that's fair, open to everybody, or do you

white house. >> bud lite is the top. much attention has been made over what the president drinks, right? they had belgian, south african, brazilian and jamaican beers there, no american. i brought you each a beer. >> this is old school. >> i think these were about $5 in high school. whoops. did i say that? >> cheers, maria. >>> high-frequency trading, we're back in a moment. your en they deserve with covergirl exact eyelights. mascara with light reflecting metallics and a hint of tint that brightens eye color while defining lashes. turn up the light in your eyes. [ female announcer ] with exact eyelights from easy breezy beautiful covergirl. you must be looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar a month, you also get 24/7 roadside assistance. right on. yeah, vroom-vroom! sounds like you ran a 500. more like a 900 v-twin. excuse me. well, you're excused. the right insurance for your ride. now, that's progressive. call or click today. i just gave you some at the restaurant. yea i

white people. hang on. karen, go ahead. >> i think there's more than you're giving it credit for. certainly in the south. and, look. i know a lot of africanelate to some of the songs of johnny cash and loretta lynne when you're talking about working hard for the man and not liking it. i think there are some roots there. >> he wasn't even nodding his head. nothing. he was like this. >> nothing there for us, the african-americans. why we like country music? i just don't see -- >> why do you hate country music, toure? >> i don't identify with the people on the stage. johnny cash in particular. >> down and out? >> of course, but the way they sing is is not the way marvin gayee sings it. my parents didn't listen to country music. >> don't be a hater. johnny cash is someone who is extraordinary who i love, partly perhaps he goes to prison and he performs for those people and make them think -- i like johnny cash. >> country music is ray charles. not charley pride, ray charles start doing country music and put out a country music album and black folks like digging it but we don't have enough of the ray charles out there. we don't even get into c

white sox fan. i lived ten years in chicago, john. >> i'm from the south side of chicago, so i get it. >> thanks a lot, guys. >> the interesting thing like one of our earlier guests, african test somebody used the "n" word, when i hear a story like that, its still so much more than i can understand. the next time something happens like the gates incident, i'm already talking about a more empathetic way. >> when i got in national news, i told someone during the election season, i have never been called the "n" word so many times with phone calls and letters that people would send in thinking because i was an african-american journalist that somehow i was on president obama's side. and i grew up in texas and i have never been called the "n" word so many times until the national audience became engaged. does that make someone guarantee me more? no. i'll get e-mails saying, tamron, it's not about you. you have to take it you're a journalist. we have hit it off in three days. david and i hit it off. we certainly don't have a whole lot in common other than i think we're open-minded people. >> 35 years from now white will be the minority in this country, so this is a discussion

south of the sahara to get independence and it's been very stable. >> reporter: the white house says ghana is an example of a strong african democracy. both of his two predecessors visited that nation as well. in washington, molly henenberg, fox news. >>> another story we're watching, the push for health care reform. the house had hopeds to release the bill today. but it's been put back by republicans. the bill will be made public on monday at the earliest. >>> gm expected to emerge from bankruptcy this morning, just over a month after filing for chapter 11. yesterday a judge approved a plan to sell most of the company's assets to a new company. we're expecting to find out more in a news conference later this morning. and also at the news conference, another 4,000 layoffs expected to be announced. more than 400 of those are top executives. >>> aig set to pay out millions of dollars to top employees. this is bonus money. the washington post reports the hefty bonuses will go to several dozen executives. aig received $180 billion in taxpayer money when it was on the brink of collapse. about $2.5 million now set to go to roughly 40 execu

south side. that's a look at sports. >> talk about reusing some waste. >>> an education gap between african-american and white studentsts but it's narrowing. a new government study found that african-american students on average score 26 points less than white students on math and reading tests. however, overall scores for fourth and eighth graders improved. some attribute the gap to several factors including socioeconomic difference and the standards of quality education. >>> a man bought a pack of cigarettes at a gas station and found out later he was charged more than 23 quadrillion dollars. wasn't the only one this hald to. >>> police arrest an eighth suspect in the murder of a florida couple last week. pamela long wiggins will be charged with accessory after the fact of murder. she's a family friend of another suspect. byrd and melanie billings were shot to death in their home. >>> a huge fireball in detroit. a tanker truck was slammed into and another big rig driver got out of the way just in time. amazingly the three drivers only had minor injuries but part of i-75 is closed indefinitely. >>> those are some of

white people by the freed slaves. johnson talked about the risk that the south would be africanized, which was a pretty horrible phrase. and he said he was doing just what lincoln would want to do. and lincoln had said in his final months in you be a man, you let him off easy. but i think any event what happened was that johnson tried to let the southern states of easy but they adopted black codes of the sort that tom was describing, which included really almost a the restoration of slavery. the blackman had to have labor contracts. that would run the whole year, and if they didn't have one or they violated the contract he would be imprisoned and loadout to work for free. sort of a grateful country forward restoration of the slavery. they were denied all of the civil rights that we would expect a citizen to have. and the southerners, when they came time, in 1865, to choose congressmen and senators, they had chosen in many instances a formal confederate officials. device president of confederacy was picked as a senator from georgia. confederate generals return as congressmen and senators. this enraged the northerners.