Moment. You probably already know the story. Let me tell you what happened friday afternoon. There fs watching president obama in his hometown delivering a speech on gun violence and poverty. He was speaking at hyde park academy, blocks away from the address he called home before he moved to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The speech was especially poignant for his recognition of two audience members, nate and cleo pendleton. The shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. He offered understanding of cities like chicago. President obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. Its also about poverty, a lack of access to Economic Opportunity for all families. The president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. We are singing the same tune until the record scratched when he said this. We should
Good morning. Im melissa harrisperry. Today marked a very important anniversary in modern u. S. History. I want to take you back to what we were all watching five years ago today. And remind you how none of us knew just how deep our economic problems went. On the broadcast tonight, meltdown. The American Financial system is rocked to its foundation as top wall street institutions topple under a mountain of debt. Coming up tonight, how did it happen . Whats next, and how safe is your money . Meltdown, rocked to its foundation, mountain of debt our Financial System, as we knew it, was about to change forever. That day the Dow Jones Industrial average lost 504 points on the days trading, with the largest point drops in history. The nasdaq was down more than 81 points and the s p 500 was down more than 59. Was what was the cause of all of this . Take a look. All of this fallout from what happened last night in new york, as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection just after midnight
russia s interests, not just in the region, but back at home. as the obama administration keeps trying to paint putin as weak, russia is intercepting our drones over syria. and a very concerning development. the a.p. reports the fbi and police in moldova have foiled a plot to sell nuclear material to jihadist groups like isis. [ yelling ] suspected arms dealers in europe have allegedly been looking to sell weapons-grade uranium to terrorists. at least four attempts were reportedly made over the last five years, here s the s.e.a.l. who killed bin laden and a former counterterror official on the threat. they ve proved they don t need the weapon. all they need is the threat of the weapon to get people nervous. they ve done it before with any kind of thing they can in an airport and all of a sudden we have a knee-jerk reaction to everything. as long as they can effect as far as new england as far as commerce, trade, travel. they re going to do it. this is the something th
0 this week voter suppression and this week the news is actually kind of good. thursday they introduced legislation that would restore some of the protections in the voting rights act that was struck down by the supreme court last year. and on friday a pennsylvania judge struck down that state s voter id law. s saying it placed a fund money tall burden on the right to vote. returning us to our traditional value of expanding the franchise rather than limiting it. every vote matters. our nation s recent experiences remind us that even a fraction of votes in a single location can have, well, history-key fining effects on national elections. so if you care who will occupy the white house after 2016, you d better pay attention to who holds offices in the states, which means you d better know a little something about the communities that make those states up. case in point, north carolina. the political significance of the tar heels state was legislatures and their redistricting duties under
0 essence magazine, the premiere magazine for african-american women has been hosting this festival in new orleans for almost 20 years. and it regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of people. this weekend is a celebration of african-american music, beyonce, hey, girl, and culture. we have an incredible amount to get to this morning. but first, we want to bring you the latest on the important international news, still developing out of egypt. for that, let me bring in from cairo, nbc s ian mohedan. what s happening there? reporter: the situation remains tense across the country, especially here in cairo, where officials say the death toll between those who supported morsi and those who oppose him have now reached 30. there was intense fighting not only in cairo, but in the city of alexander as well. and in between these two rival camps now is building tension. now, at the core of this debate, to bring it back to this incredible festival in new orleans. it is a celebration of blac