reparations. many peoplelike reparation some people don t. they say it s not realistic. i don t know i haven t studied reparations enough. it might help but i do think that in this country sadly i m not optimistic about that happening. what do you think, michael? the first thing today watching google the article from the atlantic on reparations and lays it out beautifully much better than i can. i m a believer in reparations when i see the president in the rose garden say just a few days ago that our congress won t help urban communities before he leaves office and he has to figure out creative ways to do so. we don t have any promise in sight that politicians are going to look at this situation and say let s fix education, let s fix poverty, let s fix bad jobs let s fix bad loans. if that s not the case it may be at a place where we have to give folks who have been oppressed and built this country, built the white house, built half of this land for free, it s time to
applies to where they go to school and, you know, the last kid you showed us, that was a very rich school district. he had all these courses offered. but the kid from middle-class america, he didn t have the chance to take those courses. yeah, it s really interesting. and most american students actually won t take calculus and physics. even if offered, they opt out. most industrialized nations don t let you opt out. in the united states, students are allowed to choose. and usually they choose not to. that wouldn t be a problem except we have 2 million jobs according to the secretary of education, 2 million jobs right now that are unfilled in this country because americans cannot do the technological skills that are required for those jobs. so those jobs are unfilled. that number is it s almost criminal when you consider our unemployment numbers. so if you don t fix education, if you don t train kids in the s.t.e.m. field, they won t be
the killing of osama bin laden, new details. we have correspondents covering all angles. they ll join us at the top of the hour. but first politics. ron paul wants president obama s job. he announced his intentions earlier today and plans a news conference at the top of the hour. the republican congressman joins newt gingrich in the gop race for the white house. a long time political observer, broadcaster and businessman has a new book, fail up, lessons from building successes from failure. tavis, welcome. good to be on. i want to talk about your book in a little bit, but first politics. ron paul just announced p about should president obama be concerned? i m sure the white house is concerned about any potential candidate. ron paul of course has run before. has a loyal following and what s been fascinate for me is how much he has a loyal following amongst young people and the money that he can raise. so he s a threat obviously on a certain level. but at the same time,