most ignored on the calendar. a contributor to the grio.com as well as author and political analyst, and he joins me now. many of the business who have elected to remain open on this holiday say they simply can t afford to close the doors. so with the economy as bad as it is, is that something to consider, something to understand? well, yeah, it is. certainly that s not a major criticism of mine. as a matter of fact, going back in time, president reagan, as you know, signed the initial king holiday bill. that was one of the concerns that he cited in this reluctance, among other things to sign the bill. he mentions cost. however, what we ve always said is this, we understand if you re a small and medium sized business, struggling, you can t afford the cost of giving an employee a day off because obviously it does cost and small businesses have been slammed hard by the recession. however, that doesn t say this, that on lunch breaks, on any other free time employees have, at least allow
union. we look forward to that. today the grio.com a popular african-american website, debuted a list of the most influential african-american leaders in the country. they assembled a pan of experts and asked them to rank 170 black americans until they came up with their top 25. now rounding out the top ten is ella baker, number nine, ida wells-barnett, rosa parks number eight, harriette tubman, serve. frederick douglas is sixth. plal come x number five, thurgood marshall number four. web dubois at number three. the second most influential black american, president barack obama. the most influential, dr. martin luther king jr. marc morial joins me now. the panel had an opportunity to ranger 170 names as well as nominate people on their own, and when they worked individually to create rankings, what was important for you as
that s a lot more people seeking health care. the jobs that will be lost will be primarily near the minimum wage or at the minimum wage, low-wage people, who businesses calculate they will not be able to afford to hire if they are required to cover their health care. i want to go through some of the website claims that you have. first up, the claim your health care will be rationed. that is false. also, the government committee will decide benefits and treatment, the verdict on that one is false. illegal immigrants they get free health care, that s false. also, the national i.d. health card issued to everyone, that is also false. in doing the research, in doing the fact to fiction on all of this, what has struck you as being one of the biggest sticking points? oh, my. well, this has just been such an avalanche of misinformation about this. it s understandable why. it s a very complicated area.
in. for more on the top 25 most influential leaders of all time, check out grio.com. now, we re going to say congratulations, you re got the job, and then condolences because you ve got the job. it s a catch-22. what some people are saying about reince priebus, the new chair of the republican national committee. the party has $20 million in debt, a lot of house cleaning to do after scandals and all before the 2012 presidential race. ari berman with the nation and prince ellen smiths a republican strategist. i want to start with who is this guy? why would he want this job? is he the anti-steele? no, that s such a great question. i m actually one of the few people that actually knew mr. priebus. propertiesers were scrambling to figure out the correct spelling of his name. i met him when i worked for newt gingrich, i helped him put together the wisconsin gop