to mention the 2 million americans who would directly benefit from that assistance. but instead relief, those americans of americans are getting hit again today with a tax bill. msnbc s susie kim explains all federal jobless benefits are taxed just like wages. 33 states plus the district of columbia fully tax their unemployment insurance as well. one of the millions of jobless americans who will be having a tough time april 15th is mary mitchell. mitchell estimates she ll owe some $3,000 in taxes on the unemployment benefits she received in 2013. i ve barely got gas to get to class, she says. mary mitchell has been out of work since 2012. joining me now is correspondent with the national journal s next america project janell ross and from washington editor and chief of vox.com ezra klein. janell, i did not know, and i think there are some unemployed
welcome back. it is time to get those gorgeous big hats and pour yourself a mint julip or two because it is derby day. we are going to hear why today is the very historic day in the run for the roses, anna. race fans are getting water logged today. 160,000 people are expect would to pack churchhill downs here and it is it a historic day as you mentioned. 29 year old kevin is the first africa-american to win since 1962. take a look to the jockey right now. and the laws kept the race trackings seggated since the 1950s and there are very few africa-americans who are jockeys. a lot in the sports right now is playing with baseball and basketball and football .
her talent bloom her drive took over. if she wanted make it to the olympics. she would have to leave home and that meant going to west des moines to work with the coach who helped shawn johnson win olympic gold. oh, yeah, this is going to be easy. i mean. it not easy. what was it like to be there as a person of color? it was not different. i am used to the gyms not having many africa-americans and so it was not much of a shock. your host family had a joke to poke fun at the fact that life in iowa is different than virginia beach? it is it a game calm would punch buggy game. yeah, and every time we see a black personal . go black person. and i have not heard thav.
favor democrats and this generated a lot of buzz. and he won the florida strong poll. herman is interesting. he grew up in the segregated south like father and he has a story to tell. and his importance is very different than the candidates. he s resonating with the voterss and straight talk his faults. i don t know a lot about foreign policy willing to learn. africa-americans can be insulted by that comment in the first place. they shouldn t be insulted. i think there is merit to what he said although i would say something differently. i feel a number of africa-american vote willinglyy for democrat candidates without really giving the republican candidates a chance. listen, i don t know how many people are insulted, but he should be embarrassed by a
live pictures. this is where they will go to the memorial to martin luther king jr. that is going to be built . we ll learn about that now from july. she is live at the rally. what is going on there? reverend sharpton just started speaking in dunbar hospital. we are not far from the nation s capt cament. this is a historic site because the focus here is on education. this is the first senior public high school for africa-americans in this country started in the 18cents. people here are gathered around 10:00 this morning. marching to the new memorial for martin luther king jr. . reclaim the dream is the focus. the dream is on the speech by martin luther king jr. fren years on ago. i am with bob bates.