then you have to get the president and the first lady and magic johnson and make it uncomfortable to sell drugs and have a baby out of wedlock. really interesting with the white house senior and bill o reilly. the president issued a program called brothers keeper that is aimed to protect black citizens. juan gonzalez is here. what do you think, juan? there is a failed culture where the black men are
things got a little awkward quick ely. take a listen. got two more questions about this. how much time we got? i m sure she wants to get out of here. i m enjoying the conversation. they were back and forth on the brother s keeper thing. i thought it was interesting, he said you should come on and the president should talk about the program and really push it forward and be aggressive. she egoes we just meet one-on-one. she goes the first lady should come on says we go to the classrooms. if you want to do it do it in a big way. she could not agree to do it in a big way. running for the white house there saying why don t you do that? issues that cause a lot of attention. you can get painted with one brush or another when it comes to topics and race. it was great, it was very
right now at the white house a focus on young african-american and hispanic men president obama launching an initiative called my brothers keeper. don lemon is at the white house watching this story unfold. map out the program, don, for us. what is it specifically designed to do? well, it s designed to help young black men, young men of color really, black and hispanic men, who really fall at the bottom or the top, however you want to look at it, when it comes to unemployment, incarceration, school dropout rates. so the president wants to take this initiative called my brothers keeper. and he wants to make it nationwide. but what he is doing now is he met with a group of youth in chicago last year. and he said they really touched his heart. and he touched their hearts as well. and after speaking to them he said he wanted to come and do
brother s keeper. white house senior adviser valerie jarrett. thanks for coming on the show tonight. my pleasure, reverend. still ahead, why did the jury find george zimmerman not guilty? a provocative book is out with new details about what happened inside that jury room. also, congratulations, darrell issa. you re back in tonight s got you. plus, the groundbreaking show that is rewriting the rules of drama on tv. can you handle scandal ? that s ahead.
also tonight, pop singer katy perry has angered some muslims around the world. dennis miller has some thoughts. i heard a rumble. caution, you are about to enter the the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. are you your brother s keeper? if you watch the factor often we believe many of the social problems in america are the direct result of the collapsing family unit in some precincts. african-americans, for example have a huge problem in that area. with 72% of black babies now born out of wedlock. for white americans the number is 29%. some disturbing facts. 48% of american children in single female households live in poverty as opposed to 11% in married families.