understanding voter turnout in past and future elections and shows the differences in turnout between black and white men in 2012. okay? so, you see according to census data 64.1% of black men turned out to vote. that s fairly high. but, and this is the important part, when you account for the hundreds of thousands of black men who are not in prison but have been stripped of their right to vote as punishment for their crimes, the percentage of eligible black men who voted shoots up to 68%. a 6% jump. a rate that, interestingly, is much, much higher than white men. it so disproportionally affects black men. this week we have a big victory out of the state of virginia. this letter sent by governor bob mcdonnell puts in place a restoration process of voting rights for many of virginia s 350,000 felons. this is in a state where one in five black men cannot vote
today s scheduled vote in the state house to legalize same-sex marriage. the governor said he would sign the bill if lawmakers pass it to make minnesota the 12th state to legalize gay marriage. new hampshire s senator is criticized for her position on gun reform. now she is in a new tv ad. seen this tv ad paid for by new york city mayor michael bloomberg? don t believe it. kelly ayon voted for a bipartisan plan to make background checks more infective. 22 members of the last congress have now taken jobs with lobbying firms. that s up 14% from last year. for the first time in history, blacks in america voted at a higher rate than whites. over 66% of black voters turned out for the 2012 election that, is compared to 64.1% of white
overtime pay. these are hard working americans and aspiring americans. it s not just about the rhetoric. it s also about basically am i going to achieve the american dream and unfortunately conse e conservatives have been waging it against the american dream. new information coming out from the census talking about the fact that black voters, minority voters have been more inclined to break out and come and vote as we look at the trends we ve seen here, the black versus white vote, 66.2% of eligible blacks voted. 64.1% of whites voted in reference to last year s election. this is an encouraging trend where we see more people feeling engaged in the minority communities to express their voice and cast their vote. this is great for america. it s great for the democratic party. it s not so great for the gop. it s going to scare the white out of the white haired old man. it s not just about diffic t
300,000 people took to the streets saying they were not happy about housing prices. what does this mean about the american market? right now it looks like private investors pulling their money out. institutions were the ones doing a little bargain hunting. shannon: leland vittert in jerusalem, thank you. the crisis involving the faa is over for now, bigger battles still ahead. we got unemployment numbers this week that showed a slight tick done. joining us is former u.s. chief economist under president george w. bush. let s talk about the unemployment number we got friday 9.1. does it tell us the whole story? it does not. the labor force participation rate also declined from 64.1% to 63.9%.