900 foot high stone mountain. the centerpiece of a state park attracting 3 million tourists, bikers, joggers and hikers a year. seeing the world from god s eye view. reporter: and now, again, the carving here making it a centerpiece of discussions as hot as the august sun. i m conious of them. reporter: is it comfortably ignoring it. pretty much. reporter: why is that? i believe that stand for the old way the united states was now we re more a melting pot, more than ever now. i don t think you can erase history. it happened. i think people have to learn from it because if you erase it, people don t know. you can voice your opinion but don t force it on somebody else. reporter: passionate views following the disturbing images 500 miles away at the white nationalist gatherings in virginia involving a confederate monument. the death of antihate protest demonstrator heather heyer laid to rest this week and following
economics. i got to tell you guys, i m sure you re aware of this. there are jobs and there are jobs and so when and this has been studied by the economic policy institute. african-american men and women, black american men and women who have the same experience and the same education as their white counterparts are often paid less. so when we talk about jobs, are we talking about pay equity, are we talking about jobs that have benefits. a lot of people in color and poor people in a lot of communities are struggling with low-paying jobs. jobs that have shift works or don t have benefits. jobs are the solution. everyone wants a job, everyone wants to be able to contribute to the society and to work, but i think at the end of the day it s really easy to look over the discrimination that the culver discrimination that often shows up in a lot of our takes reminder. it was at the core of the civil rights movement. as soon as you talk about that and make that reference, i can t help but
it is moral lly bankrupt. how can they be so out of touch with their priority list? none of them poll very well. not at all. they wanted to pass legislation, a bill, that mandated all high school students read you re absolutely right. this is a travesty. we re not dealing with income inequality. rubio suggested he wanted to deal with income inequality in terms of poverty, but it is a war on poor. they don t have a sense of those issues that are serious for america, like extending benefits for the unemployed, 1.3 million people who don t have benefits, if we have spending cuts on one
apologies. it s just so beyond it. i certainly wish him well, but the situation i find myself in, the dynamic i find myself in, is a real struggle. reporter: casey winen, cnn, los angeles. for every bad story, there s at least one good one. not everyone is having the same problems. they don t think it s a bad deal. i spoke with one insured california couple who told me the website was easy to use and the new insurance plan cost them less than they ever expected. today, kate and justin leaper aren t insured. come january 1st, that ll change. i recently changed jobs. so i took a contract position where i don t have benefits. reporter: keeping up that previous insurance would have cost $1,500 a month. too much. she tried private insurers, but the application process, onerous. you d have to fill out paperwork? not just paperwork, but trying to remember every doctor s visit you ve had. for the last year.
for a body in motion. welcome back to new day. the affordable care rollout has been terrible but what is the reality of the law? are there successes with obama care or is it just about failure? we want to take a look at both sides. we ll start with cnn s miguel marquez in los angeles. reporter: today kate and justin leaper aren t insured, come january 1st that will change. i recently changed jobs, so i took a contract position where i don t have benefits. reporter: keeping up that previous insurance would have cost 1,500 bucks a month, too much. she tried private insurers but the application process onerous. you d have to fill out paperwork? not just paperwork but trying to remember every doctor s visit