king s words, not our own. it may well be that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition is not the glaring noisiness of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. there s been a lot of silence to consider. senior adviser to president obama as well as hillary clinton, paul butler, and author of chokehold , nominated for a naacp image award and professor james peterson back with me. near ra, i agabegin with you one c kollage i just showed. i mean obviously, it s extraordinary that you have a president who plays golf on martin luther king day instead of doing really anything, any kind of act or statement, other
assault in the entertainment industry to be addressed during the show. nominees like meryl streep are planning to wear all black in support of the me too movement. i m very excited because everyone is going to be there. what s that? oh, he s not going to be there? well, that s good. nobody wants him there. reporter: seth meyers, who s hosting the show, is known for his politically charged comedy. his promo posters which tout, quote, hollywood, we have a lot to talk about, make it clear the late night host won t back down at the globes. i think it will be difficult to avoid having some national and presidential politics creep into what seth meyers has to say. reporter: a lot to expect from hollywood s biggest party. stephanie elam, cnn, hollywood. all right. good luck to all the nominees. i ll be in los angeles next week. i m up for an naacp image award. so wish me luck. fingers crossed. so much more straight ahead in the newsroom right after this.
reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be.alive? the emmy nominated and naacp image award winning hit sitcom blackish is now in its second season on nbc. the show is about an accomplished, wealthy african-american family living in an affluent california neighborhood with a fan favorite with anthony anderson and tracy ellis ross leading the talented cast. blackish started this season with a bang. the season premier was all about the n word. i ain t saying she a gold
you know you are aprop united states native americans. stay off the path. you are in trouble. if anybody does anything to make hillary look bad then they are shunned by the party faithful. which has been their mo thus far which is why this is going to be a duller event than a basket weaving connection. blood thirsty lions walking around these people not going to make this interesting. the moderators can make it interesting. enough stuff. too liberal. liberal guys. get hammered go they go in the tank. anderson cooper says is he not going to it do the jake tapper pit them against each other thing. it s going to be so bad the hoping they find the malaysian plane this afternoon. webb meally mouth o malley and chief, donald trump has a better chance of becoming mayor of mexico city. ted nugent naacp image award before these guys become president. it s not going to happen. there are some on the
be hot and we ll also undoubtedly be talking about these issue of women s bodies, contraception, personhood, all of that that we re seeing emerge over the course of this week. you ve been chosen on the 100 list of influential leaders not just from the black community but as america as a whole. can you sort of talk about that honor and what it meant for you? well, you know, i got a really nice e-mail from reverend al a few weeks ago because i d gotten the naacp image award nomination and the grio 100 nomination and he sent me an e-mail and said you are officially a black leader kind of lol, right? and, you know, for me, i think it s really an extraordinary sort of thing to be recognized in part because, i mean, you just kind of keep your head down and you re doing the work and you re trying to report what s important. you re trying to analyze what s important. in my case i m trying to write and teach and to have somebody say, hey, we think you re doing