Host jason riley, author, columnist, contributed to the wall street journal, Fox News Contributor and among your books, please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed. I want to begin where your book concludes, quote, liberalism has succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Guest i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually and they have been at it for some time. Unfortunately they have had a lot of success painting blacks is primarily victims, defined by their victimization first and foremost and the followup that we have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so it is a political strategy. Guest there have been a number of books about lending johnsons Great Society. Was a failure or success . Guest if you look at the track record of the program, the goals, the objective stated at the time you would have to say it was largely a failure particularly with
Cofounder and co organizer of the womens march, coauthor of double booked together we rise behind the scenes of the protest heard around the world. January 21 it will be the anniversary of the largest protest in american history. How did you get involved . Take us back to the moment you first decided you could do this. Guest i was just like everybody else. I had a couple of moments of despair after the election sitting on line just like everybody else to figure out and analyze why are we in the situation why are we seeing posts and event about this mar march. I made a comment and said i hopt you include muslim women and communities because it was one of the groups mott describe notn the description of the event. It was one of the original founders of that kind of page that was already in conversation and carbon purveyors who has been working on criminal Justice Reform and they were already in conversation. At the moment the moment i madey they were like we have a theory that comes with
Possible and i would note it is under attack today and has been under attack since the enactment by the Supreme Court as well as by individuals who do not favor the advancement of African Americans and other people of color in the country. So, it is good to be here tonight to acknowledge the 50 anniversary and commemorate and acknowledge people in the community who day in and hout u out outsides of the glare of the spotlite work to the advance civil rights and move forward and claim tire rights in our society. So move toog the presentations, as a human rightss commission 2015 hero awards i would like to note all tonight recipient will receive [inaudible] from nancy pulosea and mark [inaudible] and the student receiving awards tonight are receiving financial awards through caryn chi so congratulations in advns to all of you and well move to the presentations themselves. First well deal with award for individual leadership in Voting Rights. The first award is given to faith petric and it
Small group of protesters marched to a building and staged a sit in. A spokesman said a protester pulled a fire alarm inside the building. The building remained close until police got the protesters to leave. They will be investigating the polling of the alarm. Protesters say they succeeded in shutting down the rally, they wanted to make a point. There should be no business as usual while this is been a pose. We need much more civil disobedience and disruption. Reporter some were canceled councils were class and classes were canceled. He did not understand the purpose of a demonstration. These groups want to make a point even though their party shut down free speech. The battle over healthcare there are several major story surrounding the present day. President today. The white house says that is ridiculous. Kevin has more on todays development. Reporter President Donald Trump imposing new travel restrictions on eight countries including north korea. As of september 1 americans are not
Make vur your mute your television or radio when you call in so you wont feed back. Or you can send us a tweet. Same question, should the u. S. Invest more in africa . We will get to your comments and your posts in just a bit. E u. S. africa summit getting underway today in washington. It is a largely economic gathering. African leaders converge on the summit. They write it is a largest gathering of african government officials in washington in an effort to bolster the u. S. Relationship with one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies but preparations for the historic summit have been overshadowed by the march of the ebola virus in west africa, a crisis that has claimed more than 700 lives and has International Health officials scrambling for solutions. Here are some comments from the or as well. Ct some have cast africas otential in a new light. An unprecedented threeday conference between u. S. Officials and more than 40 african heads of state underscore the gains that have been mad