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I came over because im young and i got a lot to offer in life. Why should i feel . The country gave me a lot to offer but you going to kill me for nothing. Good morning and welcome to am joy. Protesters gather in charlotte peacefully for a fourth night of demonstrations hours after cell phone video shows the police sheeting of Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed. The video was caught by his widow who began recording. Its unclear what happened in the minutes before the video begins and the video does not clearly show the moment when scott was shot by police. She can be heard pleading with police not to shoot her husband telling them hes suffering from a traumatic brain injury and saying he does not have a weapon. She asks her husband to compile with Police Telling scott to quote drop the gun. Moments later four gunshots can be heard and his body is on the ground. Ron mott is with us. How do people react to the release of the video . Good mornin joy, there was concerns by officials and others in the community and maybe some we saw on wednesday night. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Last night the most peaceful night of demonstrations. No arrests, no Property Damage and all new calls now for the release of the official tapes, the dashcam and the body cameras from the Police Officers. Now, mrs. Scotts tape is certainly disturbing, that is clear. What isnt clear what the tape doesnt show, it does not show the moment she was shot by police, which is why people want to see what the Police Officers who were involved, directly involved in the shooting were looking at and seeing and hearing before they made that life and death decision to open fire on mr. Scott. There was also, joy, as you know, a lot of analysis yesterday about there not being a dark object near mr. Scotts feet when he was on the ground after being shot, so that has taken on a new life of its own on social media. There was also, what i found most interesting yesterday, after the release of mrs. Scotts video was a little bit of government finger pointing. The mayor a couple hours after the scott video was released made a statement saying she would hope the sbi, the state burro of investigation, which is now lead thing investigation would quickly release this information to the public. Couple of hours after that the sbi came back and said well in effect, its not our job here to release the tapes, we just have copies of it for our purposes of covering this investigation. The originals are still with the Charlotte Police department and in the custody of the city of charlotte as it were. A Little Finger pointing going on there now. No one really knows when these tapes may be released but seems almost inevitable they will be released and if the families both and government believe that the shooting itself captured on those dashcam and body cameras is ambiguous, its anyones guess how this will be received by the community. Joy . Thank you so much. Nbcs ron maotmott, thank you. The cell phone video was released the day after his family was allowed to view the recording of the shooting recorded from two different angles. Three Police Officers were wearing body cameras. Officer that reportedly shot scott was not. His family called for the recordings to be released and they said from their attorneys the family is hopeful the Police Department and city of charlotte will release all available video to the public so people can draw their own conclusions about keiths death. The Police Official haves decided against releasing the footage siting concerns about protecting the integrity of the investigation and very soon that decision may be out of their hands or may have run out the clock, depending on your interpretation because one week from today a law will go into effect that require as judge to decide whether or not Police Body Cam footage can be public. The video may contain key evidence of contention between the family and authorities. Police scott was holding a handgun and posed a threat but scotts family attorney who watched the Police Videos said they offered no definitive proof as to whether he was armed and that its impossible to tell what, if anything, mr. Scott is holding in his hands. Joining me now by phone is president of the North Carolina naacp and reverend barber, you hopefully were able to hear ron mo motts report. There is finger pointing going on with charlotte calling for the sbi to release this videotaped information and sbi saying no, thats for the Police Department and the city of charlotte to do. What do you understand is the pa facts of who has the authority to release this video, if anyone . Well, let me first say, joy, thank you for your reporting and also to say that the clergy and the youth and all have been working together in charlotte and when it comes to the violence, i want to be very clear on that. 99. 99 of the people have protested nonviolent justice or protest. There is anger and stress and distrust but they are choosing to do it in a way that reflects that anger but is not mad and with violence and i want to applaud that. Now, on the tapes, we have called on the governor, the a. G. , the mayor, the sbi, the prosecutor, the city counsel to unite together and release these tapes. As you know, there are other tapes beginning to leak. There are tapes beginning to leak, and the it can be done. We the problem is we have a governor who has signed a law opposing releasing these videos. We have an attorney general who said that ought to be released. The mayor is saying it ought to be released. The citizens and the families are saying that it ought to be released. The police chief is saying it should be released and only feeds into this conspiracy, this coverup. What we now know is that there are a lot of things we didnt know that there was a plea for this mans life, that he was they were told he had a traumatic brain injury, we know now that he was shot. We know the wife said he had he was shot multiple times. His wife said he had just taken his medicine. We need transparency. What were saying is we need the tapes released and a federal investigation, joy. Because youre audience may not know this, the North Carolina legislature and governor took the sbi from under the attorney generals office. Now, they need to understand the top elected law officer no longer controls the sbi, and that is a concern in this case. And so the sbi is controlled by the governor who doesnt want the tapes to be released in the first place. That, i think, go easy to the distrust that were hearing from people not only about what happened reverend barber, you saw plenty of analysis of the video released by the wife of mr. Scott and there could have been other people with cell phone who would have recorded aspects of it, too. Are you hearing people believe there was a coverup or conspiracy by the officers or people want the information to be made public . Theres a lot of rules and in fact, i cant the clergy had to show video concerns pictures out there. There a lot of things coming over. When we talk about and another aspect on the sbi. When people say the prosecutor brought in the sbi, thats not exactly true. The law says that the family, they ask for, they have to come in. Its not as though there has been all of this attempt to have an independent investigation. There is rumor, concern, picture showing up saying something wasnt there, something was there and the only way we can have freedom from all of this is to have transparency. We know this, joy. That if that tape was conclusive, it would be would have been released. We believe that. If there was a tape that showed a black man shooting a cop and it was clear the tape would be released. Everywhere what is conclusive the tape has been released. The problem here is it only feeds the suspicion when the tape is not released and for instance, when on the first day the chief talked about it, he said a gunman but when the tapes were released, they said well, they werent conclusive. How do you make a definitive statement one day and say its not conclusive another day. A lot is going on. I know we can couldnt on you to keep an eye on it. Well hopefully be able to talk about it again. Thank you for making time for us. Reverend william barber, appreciate it. Thank you so much, joy. Thank you. I want to bring up my panel, president of the center for policing equity and judith brown and activist and artist nus newsome from North Carolina. The question of trust and whether the citizens of nk have confidence in the following entities. The police chief that made a lot of statements about this case, the mayor whose made some statements contradictory to the police chief about releasing the tapes and the state burro of investigation thats stepped in to do an investigation. In your view, do people have confidence in these entities . Hi, thank you for having me on. The short answer is no for documented and understandable reasons. I mean, this began before the killing of keith scott. We had most vent recently the kg of jonathan terrell. This year alone six have been killed by cmpd and all of them African American. There is a deep mistrust of these institutions for the reasons that reverend barber laid out. We have questions. The chief came out and made this definitive statement about it being a gunman but they say that they cant say that conclusively ter looking at the video but then they say that there is a gun that they actually recovered, then we get video from keith scotts wife, which really calls into question whether that gun was actually there or whether it was something that was planted. So again, there is this deep documented history obviously of racism in policing and brutality against black communities here in charlotte and around the nation and talking about getting an investigation and reinforced the oppression that we are experience yeing as communities color. We have no recourse, which is why one of the demands being paid by charlotte uprising is an immediate investigation of cnpd. I want to play the police chief to that point, bree, talking about the video and why its not being released. Lets listen to that. Its a matter of when and its a matter of sequence. The i were to put it out indiscriminately and doesnt give you good context, it can inflame the situation and make it worse. It will exacerbate the backlash. It will increase the distrust. So that is where disorderment, judgment and reasonableness have to come in. Phillip, when i hear a police chief say that releasing a vild owe would make things worse, that does not make me confident whats on that tape is what exonerates it. Its an odd choice of words for someone to say it will exacerbate it. What is the context you want to give for this . One of the other elements for this we were talking about and why is it it feels as if the police and the Police Counsel are working to the benefit of the officers but we dont hear as much conversation about them working for the benefit of the broad public safety. Obviously, we have Property Damage but loss of life. To that very point, you have at the same time that the police chief is saying we cant release the video because the family doesnt want it out, then the family says no release it and they say well, we cant release the video because it would inflame the situation but they did release a still image of what they say is the gun that mr. Scott, that they are claiming mr. Scott has so they are releasing some information but only information that helps them. Regardless of the intention, i think were both seeing how major city Law Enforcement that can be incredibly professional are new to how social media and media in general works because you have Police Information officer go out on television and say one thing and its over but were way past that now and i think frankly, the various steps in what seem to be missteps are eroding the public trust because it feels as if my justification for doing this keeps shifting then whatever the justification is, its not in the public trust, it is in my own interest and not willing to be transparent. Regardless of the intentions, it certainly feels that way to the folks were talking to. Judith, we do have, you know, there is case law that Police Officers are very much aware of, the grand versus conner case, the 1889 controlling case. The reasonableness of a particular use of force must be judged from an officer on the scene than 20 20 vision hindsight. I found a write up on a Police Magazine counseling officers how to frame a crime scene situation in which they are involve in a shooting along these lines. Why should the public trust Police Departments when officers know what to say, how to frame, how to put together the facts in such a way the officer will be exonerated almost every time . Joy, i mean, this is the core of the problem is that the public should not trust Police Officers. These Police Departments, what they are doing and in charlotte, it shows a beautiful story line for them. They are creating a narrative. They start off with framing the story from the very beginning putting out the person ahead of the police unjohn and they show a picture of an alleged gun at the scene and so they tried to sway the public and potential jury in the same way, what the public wants, what charlotte up raising wants is tell us the story. Instead of you creating the continuous lies you think we should believe. 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Tum tum tum tum smoothies only from tums my panel is back with me. Before we go to tulsa, i want the quickly go around the table on the question of the scene and video that was released by the wife that showed what looks like something being dropped by the scene and get your comments on that. This is the officer, you can see here in this video. He has no weapon. Dont shoot him. [ bleep ]. Dont shoot him. Dont shoot him. He didnt do anything. Right, you saw there and ill start with you, phillip. You see this something drop. This sort of took over the internet yesterday. People were talking about it. A lot of skepticism around that. When you see that, what do you see . I see a lot of questions. Right . I see that it seems to have a flop by body motion, which is a psychological term for something not one piece, maybe not a one, maybe a glove, who knows. The time lapse between when you got police tape there, thats probably a couple minutes versus when we see the still from the video, i have a lot of hard time i have a hard time deciding definitively what that is. I will tell you this however, if the state has the capacity to release the photo and the family has the capacity to release the video, this would be a good time for leaders to step up and say were not powerless, right . We have the capacity to do something because too often after these issues come up, after there is a black death, people say well, there was no way to prevent it and there is nothing to do after it. And rarely as a scientist do i say personally this is how it effects me but im exhausted from people saying black death is is inevitable and there is no remedy for it. I hear that resinating back to me in communities and Law Enforcement that feel like they can do better and feel like frankly some of the officers, they need to be held accountable. I know were going to tulsa. That needs to happen because there are a lot of good cops that say that doesnt reflect us and were tired of powerful people in the wake of so much power being displayed saying now in the wake of only black death is this inevitable and powerless. To bree who lives in North Carolina, is that the sense, i wish somebody would do something. We cant do anything . Absolutely. Clearly they are picking and choosing when they have authority. They make it clear they have authority to say when we can and cannot be outside in Public Places protesting but they dont have authority to release the tapes but they cant release the tapes, so its i mean, it definitely is picking and choosing when they came to have authority and choose to not have authority and that goes hand and hand with having immense power and no accountability. That leads to corruption. It has to be knowledgunti acknoe commit murder. Its not necessarily all mall lace but im sure there are instances Police Officers mistake objects for guns and an officer in st. Louis planted a gun on someone and there are instances where Police Officers willfully commit murder because Police Officers are also people who wear uniforms and makes absolutely no sense for anyone in this nation, any citizen to operate with that much power and absolutely no system of accountability or oversight. Yjudith, that seems to be th case. You have the walter scott case in charleston where you have the former officer is charged with murdering walter scott but dropped a gun. You saw it on the videotape from a citizen. Are we in a situation where the laws are not adequate who can in fact commit murder . We need more protections for citizens. Right now doj, they are often hands are tied in so many investigations because the civil rights law only covers when an officer engaged intentional acts of depriving people of civil rights. We need a new civil rights law that covers what is happening in america. Police officers are acting recklessly. They are acting unreasonably. They are acting outside of all guidance, all training, they are acting outside of what other officers are doing because the flip of what bree talked about, there are officers that dont kill people and this is a situation in charlotte where that man was minding his business. They were serving a warrant on someone that had nothing to do with him and they rode up and killed that man dead. This is a situation we need to understand that officers dont always have to shoot and kill. What it comes to black people, they think they can do it and they know that they can get away with it and thats why we have to strengthen the law. Yeah, and speaking of that, accountability is what a lot of people think is the key to changing the dynamic and in tulsa, oklahoma the family is reeling from the death of terrance crutcher. Prosecutors have charged officer betty shelby with manslaughter. Prosecutors say that shelby quote reacted unreasonably when she fatally shot krucrutcher an became emotionally involved. Crutchers funeral will take place in tulsa. Is this what has to happen for there to be change for people to actually see first of all, the Quick Release of the video, the helicopter cam video and a prosecution . Well, i mean, certainly one of the things communities are calling for. People have been asking why did this have to happen in charlotte, in terms of the protest that erupted and in tulsa we didnt see that because at least the community had a better sense of what happened, had a sense how to start moving to get accountability. I mean, people who have no place to go with this level of exhaustion, its not like any one of these shootings is the first. Right . These communities, they experience them so deeply giving people of constructive place to go is not just psychologically and spiritually healthy. Its in favor of the public safety. What i dont understand for a moment, you have the Trayvon Martin case which is not a Police Shooting but a want to be cop and what started those protests was the lack of a prosecution, the lack of an arrest and that galvanized the protest. You look at the Laquan Mcdonald situation holding onto the videotape for 14 months didnt make matters better. It created more outrage. You can go to any of the cases, the mike brown case, the refusal to give the name of the officer that killed Michael Brown created and gal von nivanized p. When they with hold information from the public, that is what galvanizes the public anger. I dont know why that doesnt resonate with Police Departments. It does resonate with many Police Departments, which is why some of the things that could pop off end up not. Ive said it a million times now. Its becoming more popular among Police Leaders to understand that compliance with the law always begins with trust in it and not fear of it but it has been a kind of fraternity thats been closed so were seeing a culture shift. Not just about they dont get it and dont they have televisions . I get it feels that way. It really is a shift in culture where folks are concerned for their own safety in terms of a backlash from other officers, union, mayor from that culture. So were seeing a shift gradually. This is the way democracy works. It doesnt work quickly but i can say there are encouraging signs. Folks get we got to do better and these examples both good and bad are part of the learning process. Judith, do we see the shift among prosecutors . They dont understand that more information actually makes the public have more trust because people dont believe that they are not just in league for the police. I think were starting to see prosecutors like in tulsa moving very quickly, you know, to figure out lets let a jury make that decision. Still, we have this kind of, you know, relationship between prosecutors and Police Departments that gets in the way. I think at the end of the day its you know, its not just about the information but black communities realize that theres a presumption of criminality for black people and that also the way in which policing is done in this country is that white people get protect and serve, and all we get is law and order and what people are saying is just stop killing us. Yeah, last word to you, bree, are activists making that connection between the politics and the way these situations wind up being resolved . Absolutely. I mean, this is a systemic issue. The police do not make the law and when police commit acts of brutality and no accountability, part of why there is a strong deep reaction to that is because it is consistent with the kind of persuasive state violence from the laws passed by the city by the county and by the state. The attacks on our schools, the attacks on our wages, the attacks on our access to transportation and quality of life in the city and i also just want to point out to you, anyone interested in the full list of demands being made by charlotte uprising, you can find that information at charlotte uprising. Com petition and you will see there we include absolutely demands in terms of policy change and structural change. I love that. Concrete demands and agenda is smart and thank you very much. Hopefully people will check that out. Thank you. All right. And next to the long unfinished fight for equality and justice, today is the grand opening of the new National Museum of African American history and culture. 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I was honored that asked me to be the keynote speaker. I had the opportunity last friday to speak to the staff of the museum, the people that run the museum and when they brought me, i said what do you want me to talk about because youall built this museum. You know about history yourselves. We want to hear about the people in after condition American History whose names we dont know and whose names we dont know. It was moving because to me those in that room represented those who contributed to history who drove the women, to workers to the boycott of the buses. The sanitation workers, most of us dont speak to the garbage man but dr. King, dont worry about sanitation workers, the sanitation workers whose names will never know he went do you remember there to defend and stand up for and frankly this museum, the way its positioned on the mall between the Washington Monument between ancient history and dr. Kings statute that stands almost like hes an african king. We know the names of the africans that built the pyramids or those who built the museum but its a blessing and i agree with the president , when he said yesterday this is the best of tiles but its also the worst of times and everything youve been talking about full sha and shar lit. We has people had to hue out of rock some moments of joy in the midst of our pain and despair. Absolutely. We see the color guard taking their place and you saw the president and first lady walk in and president bush and laura bush are there, as well and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Well have live coverage of the remarks by president obama as well as congress man john lewis once those begin and as we pay tribute to the history of African Americans, donald trump talk about a segway, shows a disturbing disturbing ignorance saying the black communities are in the worst shape ever. Maybe he should visit the museum. Thats next. All the fruit. Veggies. 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Mostly white audience got a Real Trump University black lesson on tuesday. According to the republican nominee, never ever in history have black people been in worse condition and trump believes he alone can fix the crisis. But our black voters buying this trump history remix. Well, in the latest poll, twoway poll 3 of African Americans say they would vote for trump. Joining me is Jimmy Williams and former top aid to durban and anti race educator tom weiss. You have the disadvantage of not being here with us to the table. When donald trump says that it is never been worse for African Americans, do you read this as empathy for things like say the killings of black men by police, the situation that black lives matter is protesting or read it as Something Else . Well, i think he is right wing for signaling to the base. Hes trying to remind his base just how dysfunctional and pathological they already believe black people are, so in that sense, hes not trying to reach out to suburban whites and convince them that im not really racist, you can vote for me. What hes doing is saying remember how bad those people are, thats why we need stop and frisk. Thats why we need to control them with law and order. This is all very much about signaling to the base reminding them that he views the black Community Just as they do and of coursehis view is entirely wrong, the reality is Violent Crime is down by 40 since 25 to 30 years ago. The black male homicide rate in the country, the per capita rate of homicide for black men is lower today than it was in 1950 let alone 30 years ago but people like donald trump make bank politically off telling white folks how decrepit and dysfunctional black people are to stoke the resentment they rely upon. Lee, this does feel in a lot of ways like the nixon campaign. I want to play donald trump talking about stop and frisk that tim just mentioned and get your reaction on the other side. Right. Well, one of the things i do, ricardo, is stop and frisk. I think you have to. Y we did it in new york and it worked well. You have to be proactive. You really help people change their mind automatically. This is in response to a question that a fox news town hall and the question was about what donald trump as president would do in the wake of the killings of black men in tulsa and charlotte. His answer is bring backstop and frisk, worked so well in new york. The first actual policy supposedly aimed at black people and about policing and controlling black people. Its something that even i think amongst conservative makes them pause and say wait a second, this is ruled unconstitution and will black audiences,whelming u. This is something that is just not about aimed at reaching actual black people but about the performance of, you know, what can i say that looks like im interested in these people. It is very much based on if you look at the speeches hes been giving, its very much kind of ripped from the headlines not of George Wallace and gold water but nixon and sparrow. He got caught up in corruption. Part of this is about kind of pointing out the criminality of black people, right . These were people that needed to be controlled, that they if given freedom, right, they would be involved in crime and that they couldnt take care of themselves so i think there is a way to look at it in this perception, as well. Jimmy, a lot of this is being said in the south and you cant divorce the southernization of the Republican Party from what were hearing, right . Right. Its interesting to talk about stop and frisk. I remember when stop and frisk was so controversial here and i think i said on air here, im okay with it as long as we do it to the kids on the Upper West Side and they would be white kids. If blacks are assumed to be criminals, i. E. , carrying weapons or drugs who is buying the drugs. Lets apply it equally to all classes and to every region of the country and lets apply it to every community and see how it works and all of a sudden white americans will go, no, no, no, not my kid. My kid is okay. Just because hes dealing with the nickel bag. Thats the problem with this. Not only that, stop and frisk was not only about finding drugs but guns. If you have National Stop and frisk, the Second Amendment people arent going to enjoy that experience. Only for black people. Important point. I want to play the former chairwoman of Donald Trumps Ohio Campaign who had to resign because of this comment, which i think is reflective of the fact this is not a trump thing. This is something that is shared among some of his supporters. Take a listen. I dont think there was any racism until obama got elected. We never had problems like this. You know, im in the real estate industry. There is none. Now, you know, with the people with the guns and shooting up neighborhoods and not being responsible citizens, thats a big change and i think thats the philosophy that obama has p per pep waited on america and if youre black and not been successful in the last 50 years, thats your fault. The side eye by the reporter is everything. Mark, having spoken at the blacks history me susemuseum, i think there was racism until obama was reelected said by someone in the real estate industry. Your thoughts . A common meme and trope, she said that irresponsibility to a person responsibility, the same thing, the Clinton Campaign and epidemic of pneumonia. The Trump Campaign has profound ignorance and stupidity and thats what she represents and she represents. Even to say stop and frisk was a good thing when the numbers show it failed miserably and most of those found with contraband on their person were white kids more than black kids but black kids were arrested at twice the rate. Hes not speaking to African Americans. Hes orange man speaking with tongue. Hes trying to appeal to moderate whites, moderate conservatives to pretend as if he cares for the african america c community. T tim said, good too see you tim, is promoting the pathology were failures. Tim, i want to give you the last word because i had this question of why it does seem that some of the sort of more traditional white republicans are comfortable being in coalition with people like the altright. How can that work on them equally and how are they comfortable in the same coalition . Its the same thing that propelled david duke to 55 to 60 of the white vote in louisiana in 90 and 91 to his hard kocore base he spoke one w to remind he was the guy that would get tough with black folks and the folks he was trying to wu, he said i used to be a racist. He talked in code. Thats been the game the mix between what lopez calls dog whistle politics and what trump has done which is more of a bull horn but notice every solution he has for people of color quote unquote and the problems are athor t authoritarian and racist. Its to kick them out and block muslim folks, many disproportion anytimely people of color, keep them out and black folks to control them with cops and law and order. What is why its accurate. To say policies are institutionally racist rega regardless, people say you think donald trump is racist . Is the thing. I dont know. Its like asking if a drug dealer uses their own drugs and hes an addict. I dont know what he gets high on his supply but i know he deals. 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There is but one destiny it seems to me left for us and that is to make sure shelves and be made in every sense of the word, the way to right wrongs is to turn the light off truth behind them, one had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog. So said i to be well. Journalist crusader, former slave and one of the founders of the naacp. Mohammed ali shook the world and spoke the truth. This is what he said. Champions arent made in gyms. Champions are made from something that he have deep inside them, desire, dream, vision, they have to have the last minute of stamina. They have to be a little faster. The skill must be more than the will. When they asked her why she didnt give up her seat on the bus, rosa parks said i wasnt tired physically. I wasnt old. I was 42. No, the only tired i was was tired of giving in. I believe that if one can experience diversity, touch a variety of its people, laugh at the craziness and attempt to sympathize this inside oneself without going crazy. One will have learned the right or earned the right to call oneself citizen of the United States. So wrote the politzer prize winning author james allen mcelder mcpherson. One of the 13 original freedom writers said this, we may not have been we may not have chosen the time but the time has chosen us. Ours is not a struggle that lasts a few days, a few weeks, a few months or a few years, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Thank you. [ applause ] that was Robert Dinero and ange angela. John lewis should be up next. John lewis. [ applause ] president and mrs. Obama, president and mrs. Bush, president clinton, mr. Chief justice and members of the board of region to advise of the counsel, secretary davis gordon and dr. Lenny and to the leadership of the United States congress and all of my colleagues in both the house and senate, in memory of the late representative of texas, protects this incredible building and to all of the staff of the white house, the federal agencies, the congress, the smithsonian, who push and pull together to make this moment happen and to all of the Construction Companies and their crews, i say thank you. Thank you for all you did to help lead our society to this magnificent day. As lodge ng as there is a unite states of america, now there will be a National Museum of African American history and culture. [ applause ] this is a great achievement. I tell you, i feel like singing this song in my head from the march on washington over 50 years ago, how we got over, how we got over. There is some who said it couldnt happen, who said it cant do it, but we did it. We did it. Were gathered here today but this place is more than a building, it is a dream come true. You and i, each and every one of us were caught up in a seed of light. We were vision born in the minds of life to the war veterans and their supporters. They met right here in washington d. C. In 1916 exactly 100 years ago the 19th Street Baptist Church still in existence today, all there, see what a dream can do. Rolled up their sleeves of the veterans, on their backs, you may find the wounds or shackles and whips most cannot read the decoloration, of independence on names but on their hearts, the vision during true da mac see no threat or death that ever era d erased. They understand the meaning of contribution and set possibility pass and down from heart to heart and breath to breath that we are giving birth today to this museum is a testament to the dignity of the every corner of the globe who earned for freedom. It is a song to the scholars, scientists and teachers, to the revolutionary and voices of protests. To the ministers and the officers of peace, it is a story of life. The story of our lives wrapped up in a beautiful crown of grace. I can hear the distant voice of my ancestors, find, still away. Still away home, we aint got long to stay here or big bold shot and i walked up this morning with my mind on freedom. All their voices for freedom have found a home here in this great monument. Pain, our suffering and our victory and when i was a little chide growing up in rural alabama, a short walk to the cotton fields but hundreds of miles from washington, from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial our teachers would tell us to cut out photographs of pictures of great African Americans since it was negro history and i call after an American History. I came inspired by the story to George Washington carver, jackie robinson, rosa parks and so many others who life and work would be enshrined in this museum. As these doors open, it is my hope each and every person that visit this beautiful museum, would walk away deeply inspired, fearful for greater respect, for the dignity and the worth of every human being and a stronger commitment to the ideal for true democracy. Thank you. [ applause ] congressman john lewis speaking about the smuseum and said he never thought he would say this day come embracing the man. He said contained in the museum is the story of our lives wrapped up in a beautiful crown of grace. My panel is with me and e. J. , your thoughts on the meaning of this as we watch laura bush come to the podium. A couple things. I remember hearing john lewis say when he was a little boy he remembered being a preacher and used to preach to the chickens. A, those are the luckiest chickens in america and what youre seeing today is something skip gates seen. If you deny a group its history, youre denying the humanity and he quoted one of the first historians of African American whose said he wrote his book to call attention to the absurd charge that the negro does not belong to the union human family. If you have history and if you have agency, youre a fully equal member of the human family and thats why i think this museum has a profound importance that goes beyond the follknowle of a very important past. Absolutely. Very quickly, jessie helm fought the creation of it. It was a tribe to make it happen. Prepares the table before me in the presence of my enemies. This is that table. This is a great and glorious day and i agree with e. J. To the greatest lost that our people suffered is the loss of our memories so this is a sacred time and is good to see john lewis there and good to see the first African American president there and timely when so many of us and so many young people leave home every day, not in fear but in awareness, not aware if they will be killed by the police to see something this positive. Lets dip in and listen to former president george w. Bush. [ applause ] thank you darling. Laura has been engaged in this museum yfor a long time. She sits on the board. I hope our fellow citizens come look at this place. It is fabulous. [ applause ] chief justice, david, i want to give a shout out to lonnie. Its important to understand this project would not and could not have happened without his dri drive, his energy and optimism. 15 years ago, members from both Party Congressman john lewis and Sam Brownbeck informed me they were about to introduce legislation creating a museum to share stories and celebrate achievements of African Americans. It would be fair to say that the congress and i did not always see eye to eye. [ laughter ] if you know what i mean, mr. President. But this is one issue we strongly agreed. I was honored to sign the bill authorizing the construction of this National Treasure and im pleased it stands where its always belonged on the National Mall. Th this museum is important. Here are three, it shows commitment to truth. A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them. [ applause ] this museum tells the truth that a country on the promise of liberty held millions in chains, that the price of our union was americas sin and from the beginning some spoke to truth and an evil of ka loss l magnitude. Their voices were not heated and often not heart. But they were known to a power greater than any on earth. One who lovers his children and met them to be free. Second this chose capacity to change. For centuries segregation seemed permanen permanent. Harriot tub man, Martin Luther king junior. [ applause ] all answering courage and hope in a society governed by the people no wrong lasts forever. After struggle and sacrifice, the American People acting through the most democratic of means amended the constitution that the slaves as threefifths of a person to guarantee equal protection of the laws. After a decade of struggle, Civil Rights Acts and Voting Rights acts were finally enacted. Even today the Journey Towards justice still is not complete but this museum will inspire us to go further and get there faster and finally, the Museum Showcases the talent of some of the finest americans and they celebrate not only African American equality but African American greatness. I cant help but note that a huge influence in my teenage years is honored here. The great chuck berry. My baseball idle growing up in far west texas, the great willie mays and of course, something i never really mastered, the ability to give good speeches but Thurgood Marshall sure could. As some of you may know, im a painter, a struggling artist. [ laughter ] i have a new appreciation where works are displayed here and our country is better and more vibrant because of their contribution and the contributions of millions afghanistan can americans and no telling of American History nor accurate without acknowledging them. Its what all americans share a past and a future. By staying true to our principles, wririghting injusti and encouraging the impairment of all well be a greater generation for those to come. I congratulate all those that played a role in creating this beautiful museum. May god bless us all. [ applause ] former president george w. Bush speaking at the commemoration of the museum, this museum part of this facility in washington d. C. And you dont see george w. Bush in public often. He pointed out his wife, laura bush is on the board of the museum. Something we found out today. You dont see him much more. The bushes and race are fascinating. Talk a bit about it. I want to start, there is a lot. The bushes are really interesting and complex on race and it dates it goes back many, many years and just to take for example gold water for, you know, as a model, george h. W. Bush campaigns for gold water but at the same time says there has to be a way to reconcile out reach with black voters. Right . We know, i think, we know the bushes for all of the bad things they have done in terms of race, but we also dont know them in terms of this complexity. This idea they could be compassion et conservatives and have deep feelings with race and black people as policies may not have been the best in that regard. We see it again with george w. Bush. We were talking before how he has a black pastor and even after, i mean, there is a weird moment aftricter katrina where george w. Bush says the thing that hurt him most is kanye west saying george w. Bush doesnt care about black people. Worst moment of his presidency. Its weird and fascinating, you know, intersection with race. Very strange, jeb bush signs stand your ground and ends affirmative action by degree in florida and at the same time i know black republicans in florida that told me if jeb bush was the head of the party, not donald trump this race stuff he would have squashed. Race in america will always be complicated. Same in politics. The Kennedy Family was not always that great on race nor was the bush family. I can tell you this, when George W Bush was president , you didnt hear any of this crazy dog whistling. It wasnt until he left the white house that this began. But that doesnt mean that he didnt his Justice Department didnt push voter id across the country. So lets be again, both parties have a long and tortured history when it comes to race relations. You know, if i seem to recall as a southern democrat my people were not so good in the 50s and 60s. The Supreme Court majority put in place by both of the bushes, Herbert Walker bush is responsible for clearance thomas and john roberts that declared racism dead and therefore we dont need the Civil Rights Act anymore and sam, who is arguably the most conservative besides thomas on the court. They do have a sort of tops topsy turvey race. I love the complexity when you look at donald trump now sure beats uncompassionate simplicity and there was a wonderful moment by the way in the bush speech where he said a great nation does not hide its history, it faces flaws and corrects them. Thats the classic reformers creed. On the other side as you say the Supreme Court knocked down the Voting Rights act and this is very much the majority bush created and it was clear during the george h. W. Bush campaign, h. S. W is a descent man but ran the Willie Horton campaign using race and crime. Sit a ve it is a very complex history. In their guts i think they know its wrong and ill always respect is right after 9 11, he went to the mosque down the street from where i am right now and condemned any sort of prejudice against muslims right after 9 11. Deep in their gut they know that the task of all of us is to condemn racism and prejudice when we see it. You get the sense the bush presidency, the second bush presidency was a moment of suppression of this kind of boiling rage that is sort of building up among a Certain Group of americans for a long time over demographic change. It seemed to be contained during the buescher sh era. Im not sure why that is. I think its something they actually ironically share with donald trump. If you notice and talk about spirit st stpiri spirit. They work with black clergy outside of the Martin Luther king junior preaching continuing rather than the prosperity around when trump was at Detroit Church he talked about prosperity. He used those prosperity preachers, bush w. In 2004 to drive that wedge between African American community and lgbt community. They dont like trump and trump calls everything, they still have that in common. Lets go to break and listen to a little bit of the great stevie wonder. 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Well, what we know is that carter paige who was named by trump as one of his Foreign Policy advisors last march traveled to moscow last summer, just a couple weeks before the republican convention, gave a commencement talk at the new economic school, which is the School Funded by a number of russians and was critical of u. S. Policy, talked about the hypocrisy of u. S. Policy towards russia and Central Asian states in promoting democracy and said regime change. That raised eyebrows at the time and then additionally, u. S. Intelligence picked up reports that while there, paige also met with a number of highranking russian officials. One of them igor the head of the russian oil company, very close ally of putin, whose been sanctioned by the Treasury Department and another russian official believed to have some responsibility for collection of intelligence relating to the u. S. Election. This raised a lot of concerns, both among u. S. Intelligence officials and among members of congress who were briefed on this and led to the intelligence investigation, which i reported for yahoo news yesterday. Now, i should say there are a lot of theres a lot of mirkiness to this. Precisely what paiges role in the Trump Campaign we dont know. We got conflicting accounts. Trump as i say mentioned him as an advisor, his spokeswoman called him an informal advisor. This week when i asked the Trump Campaign, they say he has no role in the Trump Campaign. What exactly his role is, we dont know. We know that this whole matter is being taken seriously. And michael, we dont know as michael just said the precise role hes playing but one of the things we did hear from the former ambassador is carter paige was involved in the changing of the committee platform, the only change requested by the Trump Campaign being this softening of the republican position on the annexation of crimea. If you have somebody with business interests and who may be meeting with russian officials and floating the idea of ending sanctions against russia, what does that say to you . So, lets break all those thgs down. First, what he believes, i think is quite outrageous. I want to be very specific about that and you dont need to believe me, read what he said. He for instance called russias annexation of crimea so cold and called the United States having annexed ukraine and we are now responsible for thousands of deaths in the former soviet union and one of the pieces he writes, he compares us to the violence against African Americans where the United States in that analogy is the police. So, you know, we could go on for a long time but what he thinks about russia and apologies for russia and action i think is the first and most outrageous thing. And second, as you rightly pointed out, the business interest need to be clarified. Hes not the security advisor but head of the Largest Oil Company in russia. Is he meeting to give advice and seek advice or for his own private economic interest . This is where the problem comes in. Hes believed to have substantial business interest in russia. It could be these are business connections they are exploiting but is it more . Is it about a guy who happens to do a lot of business in moscow therefore wants to keep doing so as president or is this about actually floating real changes, fundamental changes in american Foreign Policy. Its an excellent question and the bottom line is we dont know. One of the things or statements paige made that really got a lot of attention, he gave an interview, one interview to Bloomberg News right after he was named as a trump advisor and talked about how he was an investor in the russian stateowned gas company and that sanctions had tanked its stock. There was sort of almost a direct reference to what ambassador mcfall is talking about. He has interest in russia and affected by u. S. Policy. Now, were his talks with in russia as freelancer in promotion of his own business, was he talking in part of the Trump Campaign . Its all very mirky. I have to say one reason this is being taken seriously by u. S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement is the broader context here. Weve had a series of actions, the hacking of the dnc and Democratic Political organizations. Those hack Cyber Attacks on Election Voter databases in arizona and illinois that frankly have spooked a lot of intelligence officials and led them to wonder what are the russians up to here . Influence and the paige manner has to be seen in that context and thats why its being taken seriously. This is a huge story. Well come back to it again and again. Thank you both for the time. Thank you. 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They dont like our country and flag get the hell out. I have no respect for Colin Kaepernick and he probably has no respect for me, thats his choice. My choice is i like this country and i respect our flag. I dont see the atrocities going on in this country people are saying going on. I want to see opportunity. This is the land of opportunity so you can be anything you want to be if you work. If you dont work, thats a different problem. The coach didnt menace words on offering his take on Colin Kaepernicks silent protest. Its a protest move the grment by the weeks. Kaepernicks message is resinating in North Carolina in the wake of the fatal police the shooting of scott. The nfl initially explored moving or postponing over safety concerns. Vikings cornerback Terrance Newman who spoke out about a controversy when castillo was killed earlier this year had this to say about traveling to charlotte for the game. The fact that we to have, you know, a situation where people are being hurt, cops, civilians, everybody, thats definitely an issue. So we were just talking upstairs about in charlotte, are you going to go outside . People are nervous in talking about that and any time you have an issue talking about a persons safety, you definitely have to take that. Joining me now to speak, dominic and fernando Sports Editor coming right to you, your thoughts on mikes thoughts. Mike ditka said that Colin Kaepernick should find another country to live in. Lets be clear, especially on this day when we open up the smithsoni smithsonian, when you tell people whose ancestors are slaves and whose blood is in the soil of this country, you are telling them to go back to africa. Thats what that means. That is a racially loaded thing to say. And mike saying it now or donald trump saying it now, its no different from when a u. S. Congressman said it to paul robeson 60 years ago and paul robsons response then should be the response today. He said im not going to another country because my father was a slave and my people died to build this country and ill going to stay here and have part of it like you and no fastousminded people will drive me from it. Thats the tradition hes standing in and only response appropriate. It is amazing that you have people who feel really free in this era. This sort of trump era to kind of express thoughts like that, like what mike ditka said and hes a supporter of donald trump. This unleashing something there. You now have Steve Clevenger has been suspended for remarks he made about black lives matter on his twitter feed and after he was suspended, worse stuff came out. He said black lives matter pathetic. Obama you are the reason. They should be locked behind bars like animals. Maybe baseball has a problem with the concussion problem because thats one of the most boneheaded things ive heard. I find the discuss, the false equivalent s made if you expres your opinion on the National Anthem and if you are for black lives matter youre anti white. What happened to the constitution, joy . I suspect they share their copy. One of the reasons mikes parents left poland to come to this country was to give mike the opportunity to criticize Colin Kaepernick. Seems like a oneway street and i dont understand why you cant Say Something you may disagree with but have to leave the country at the same time. Joy, its the unleashing of this more and more feeling and giving rise to and i think its wrong. Pete, you know, pete, youre having these things happening at once. They cant understand why Colin Kaepernick would want to take the anthem and have what happened in tulsa and North Carolina. Do people look at it again and say wait a minute, maybe there is something worth protesting here. Is that what you hear in terms of feedback . Unfortunately, were well in the camps and have our opinions and correspond with the biases so much. Its interesting to see black athletes and white athletes disagree on this. You mentioned the seattle pitcher. I dont think he has a concussion issue. I think he has a reading issue and reading issue and advantage he doesnt understand. Same thing with mike ditka who might know a lot about football. You know who knows him . He doesnt know anything about this country or its history. Its so evident in those remarks. Im so tired of hearing people whether it be on my radio show or right now after i appear on your show saying love it or leave it. If you dont like this country, get out of it. Its ridiculous. The idea i dont want to stand for the National Anthem, you might as well live in north korea. Its ridiculous. From the civil rights movement, we want to make this country better, that is what the protest is about and voting is about and democracy is about. I dont want to leave this country. I want to make this country better. I dont want to keep it the way it is. Thats what he and many athletes are saying. Its not so much, it gets so lost. Its not just about the unarmed shooting. You can add to this. Not just about the shooting of unarmed black people or white people, its about the use of force and about the rules and one thing we do not hear nearly enough on Cable Television or in the conversation it is about the drug war. Weve got to end this. It has so much to do with drugs. So many of the shootings and thats something we need to talk about. Its always the elephant in the room in my humble opinion. Dave, you know, you always have at the same time criticism and why are athletes being segregated out . They are standing ochon a sef resistance and system of unaccountability. Because they are taking thats an old story in this country who has the right to criticize this country and who doesnt. Donald tmp has spent the last year trashing the United States from one end of the country to the other but somehow thats about making America Great again yet people that want to see basically have the right to walk the street without living in fear of running into a Police Officer and the wrong place and the wrong time, they should find another country to live if they dont like the systems of the oppression in which they live. Its one of the great hypocrisies thats marked this entire president ial campaign but donald trump, mike, ditka, bobby night a knight are Trump Supporters and Television Guys and because they are tough guys they have the right to say who gets to be patriotic and who doesnt and when they have the opportunity to serve, they found ways to find ways to not actually enter the military. So this is a very old story. Its the chicken walk story and i think we got to be sick of the hypocrisies. Tough guys that avoided war, five deferments donald trump got and hes afraid of mosquitos and women. He said he was a great athlete but his foot hurt. I have to go to you. Of all of the guys on this panel, ive been on your radio show and you have the most direct daily communication of people on the right. Your show gets callers from owl sides. You see the Great America condition experience. What is the argument people try to make to you against the kaepernick protest or black lives master or affiliation of it . What is amazing about the arguments, they seize on the Little Details as a justification to distract from the central message and listen, Colin Kaepernick i thought did a bone headed thing wearing the socks agree. That seem to be critical of Police Officers. Thats what they want to talk about. They dont want to talk about the footage in tulsa, which unfortunately under scores the nature of the Colin Kaepernick protest. The larger issue and Bigger Picture and earlier this year appropriately the life and legacy of mohammed ally if it meant putting him under the unpopular position. Someone initially criticizing and aftermath what weve seen happen in charlotte and tulsa is Colin Kaepernick and larger message the bigger point . I think it is. Thats why folks like mike ditka and others rather belonging to a basket of deplorables are part of it because they dont want to look at the big issue. They want to focus on distracting details. Or to say athletes are getting paid lots and lots of money to play the game and should be silent, collect the check and go home. Thats such a weird argument, too, its true. They are making so much money and they stand to make less money if they speak out. Colin kaepernick is not even a starting quarterback at this point. If he gets traded, what city or team will take him and sell less tickets because people dont like what he is saying i would argue the majority of nfl fans dont necessarily love who Colin Kaepernick is standing for. Its the definition of courage. He stands to make a lot mess money, not more money so do many other athletes standing up finally and its really, really great. I dont understand that argument. Also, just i have a diverse radio audience, as well. I want to throw that in. But what i hear when i hear so often disrespect to the military, which couldnt be further from the truth. Thats not how we combine things when we fly fligighter jets ove stadiums before the games which is a ridiculous idea. Its a word confloouinaugura. I want to quickly play cam newton because nobody is in a more awkward position. Lets play the most recent statements on protest and race. It could have happened, hell, in atlanta. It could have happened in los angeles. It doesnt matter. Its embarrassing for things to just keep happening. Im an after condition american, you know, i am not happy what or how, you know, the justice have been kind of dealt with over the years, you know, the state of oppression in our community. Dave, you know, you kind of got to feel for the guy. Hes really been under the gun. What do you think . He bought beta stock in 1983 because last year he was black americas quarterback and the kind of polarizing figure who said he melt with frank luntz who said Global Warming is god giving the earth a hug and what frank said to cam newton is deracialize and be post racial and so cam newton did the infamous gq interview where he says racism is part of the past and doesnt affect me and now hes in charlotte, North Carolina, the most prominent athlete at ground zero of people in the United States and people are turning to him for an answer and hes articled with the tools of frank luntz, which is seriously like bringing marls i to a gun fight and he knows people want to hear what he has to say and ill tell you something, cam newton does have something to say. Im waiting for him to say it because hes somebody i think can make a real impact right now. You know, im not one of the people who says athletes have to speak out. They have to have an opinion on these things at all times but occasionally gets moments where not speaking out becomes as political as saying something. Thats this moment whether cam newton and handlers like it or not. Mark thompson will come in. He had a comment he wanted to make. Not that framethrowing colleagues need any help. Love you all. Let me say this. Cam also ought to be aware, dave, he has been being eaten alive by the young people in our social media. Youre right, he was a hero and a role model. But these kids get on social media and they even see through that. He looks like somebody who is trying to moon walk, trying to come back from where he was. And obviously, we see the influence of frank lutz. And another thing i want to say. Mike ditka is despicable and hes lost his bearings. He would not be successful if not for talented black athletes on the field. That was his bread and butter. For him to say that and for other fangs of the game to say that black athletes shouldnt speak out relegates us to be nothing other than entertainers than human beings. To go back to the other guys on the panel. Pete, i am curious to see how your listeners are responding to cam newton versus Colin Kaepernick. Im going to ask the same thing. We havent gotten into that issue yet. And i think that a lot of people havent really you know, dave and mark just both talked about cam newtons history. I wasnt even that familiar with it. I think a lot of people that dont Pay Attention to sports, you know, obviously dont Pay Attention to cam newton. But i do want to say, this idea also that mike ditka and so many other americans, including paul ryan and others, you know, you just have to work hard. Work hard and you can make it in america. Its one of the most false, phony promises we kind of hear from a guy like mike ditka, who, by the way, when he started playing football, he wouldnt have had as much opportunity if there was more opportunity for black athletes. So deal with it, mike ditka. And, you know, the reach i ask this question, i am curious about this. There is this tendency to pit the black athlete doing what the majority wants him to do against the other athlete. Youve seen it throughout the history of pretty much any sport, of having sort of the good black eye versus the bad black eye. Im wondering if people are trying to seize on the athletes not participating with Colin Kaepernick as a way to justify attacking him for what hes doing. Well, you know, joy, it kind of reminds me that riveting documentary, oj made in america where o. J. Simpson at one point was the most celebrated black athlete in the United States and really the first of the crossover and he almost purposely didnt take political stances at a time we saw ali and the olympics, the track runners who held their Robert Carlos juan carlos, their fist in the air. I dont think there is an obligation for every athlete to speak out and do so. But i think as americans when one does, a. , we should ask ourselves why are they taking this position other than just be quick to condemn. And to your question about what happens on our show, you know, i think what stumps a lot of people is the personal offense they feel about what they see as a disrespect of the National Anthem and our country. And granted, that is an element of this you cant take away. But joy, fundamentally, what is Colin Kaepernick doing . He is engaging in a form of silent, nonviolent protest by taking a knee during the playing of the anthem. Hes not mooning the crowd or interrupting the game. Hes speaking out and i think the events of this past week are forcing Many Americans who are maybe uncomfortable with the details of his protest to ask the hard question, is he right. And real quick, i heard people say all week, why cant they be more like dr. King, who is nonviolent and peaceful than these protesters. Lets not forget, dr. King was nonviolent and peaceful and a white man still shot him. Right. And who will on. Lets go to dave first and then i think lee had a comment. I think it makes me so sad deeply, deeply sad that it was the events of tulsa and charlotte this past week, mr. Crutcher and mr. Scott, being killed now has people reevaluating the rightness of what Colin Kaepernick is doing. As if Philando Castillo and alton sterling didnt just get killed on camera a few months ago. Because i was just in st. Paul, joy, this past weekend. And as a media cycle, we have moved on from Philando Castillo. And there are still commemorations for him all over the city, restaurants with his face in the window. Family members and friends, because he touched so many people. So that pain is still alive. But im angry at the shortterm memory of both our media and our country that it took two more deaths this week to people say, gee, maybe colin has a point, as if people arent still grieving over these recent losses. Absolutely. I interviewed tamir rices mom several weeks ago and the pain is still raw for all of these cases. Its almost like there are so many, theres so many deaths, so many hash tags, that we tend to sort of go past and forget that people are still grieving. I wanted to just come really quickly out to this panel here. Jimmy, you had a comment about mike ditka and king. Muhammad ali. Muhammad ali, with the entire world celebrated the minute of his death. I wonder what mike ditka would have said if muhammad ali were an athlete currently today and engaged in the exact same thing he did. I think we know. Love it or leave it. Thats exactly right. So they would tell one of the brightest athletes of alltime to love it or leave it. Not how it works. Absolutely. The president is getting applause. Im sorry, were running out of time. Were going to the president , walking on stage right now. Heres president obama. Thank you James Baldwin once wrote, for while the tale of how we suffer and how we are delighted and how we may triumph is never new. It always must be heard. While the tale of how we suffer and how we are delighted and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. Today, as so many generations have before, we gather on our National Mall to tell an essential part of our american story. One that has at times been overlooked. We come not just for dotoday, b for alltime. President and mrs. 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