it s the gap. black americans have improved, white americans have improved but the differentialial has not changed. still 68%? higher median incomes for blacks and whites but that differentialial has not changed. in terms of equality we ve been frozen, sort of in suspend ed animation when it comes to economics since the 1960s. so, mark, in relation to that economics question, how are you tracking the housing crisis? we know what happened over the last since 2008. and we know that we are still seeing serious problems here. it s been a disastrous ten years. it declined from its high water mark about 50% in 2006 down to almost 40%. so the balance sheets of all americans took a hit during the
joining us from washington, mark muriel. the urban league is out with its annual state of black america report. let s get to the report. some of the key findings. if full equality with white americans was represented by the figure 100%, right now african-americans have just over 72% equality, just a tiny increase from last year. so explain that. you all have been talking about health care this morning. those increases, year to year, have been incremental. nonetheless, they represent increases. so, we must resist any effort to
something better than we even had under obamacare. you promised me. your republican president promised me. i voted for you and i voted for your president. now my child doesn t have health insurance, now my child can t go to the doctor he was going to two years ago. now my child faces an uncertain future. congressman, what s your excuse. and you, congressman, never told me what the phrase opt out really meant. what s your excuse, congressman? what s your excuse? got to answer that question. good luck. still ahead, two leading voices from the u.s. house, republican congressman tom cole and democratic congressman jim himes join the conversation. we ll be right back with more morning joe.
shutdown. that sounds familiar. that s what the last president felt. whoa. but a gas tax? breaking up the big banks and, of course, he labeled steve bannon which i m sure steve was happy about a respected member of the alt-left. margaret talev, thank you very much, we think. thank you. robert costa, thank you. doris kearns-good win. senator john mccain will be our guest ahead. plus later today the president are will phone vladimir putin. we ll speak with one of his most outspoken critics. but first republican congressman tom cole. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. hey there, hi, why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go grumbily, grumbily, grumbily ? why is it all?
that s why our mainstream plan is not only about public investment, it s also about incentivizing investment to create the kind of quality jobs we need in this country. all right. thank you so much. always good to be with you all. always great to have you with us, mr. mayor. the state of black america report releases later this morning. mark muriel, thank you so much. stunning last 24 hours of interviews with the president of the united states. his bizarre claims about andrew jackson, the civil war. his confusing statements about what s in the republican health care bill and, perhaps most frightening, saying he would be honored to meet the dictator of north korea the same week he said we may be entering a big, big war with them. we ll be asking presidential historians doris kearns. -goodwin and douglas brinkley if they ve ever seen anything like it. plus senator john mccain will be