let s take a look at the week s top stories. as you know, i can t talk about particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal manner. as i said when i appointed mr. smith i did so because it underscored the justice department s commitment to an oath independents and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group i ve experienced and talented prosecutors. and agents, whose share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in the court. attorney general, merrick garland, with some breathe where it s for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just may or willie are we starting to see again. not a complete breaking of ice. but a more thawing of ice? this is horrible. it s bad, but i m gonna pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know the news came out. i m sure mike pence saw the new jersey nightmare. the p
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
Take part in this Amazing Group of people we have here. Professor at this teach about things the black power mixtape. Have such an Amazing Group of powerhouse folks here, dont you think . [applause] i would also like to thank you as our audience. It means you recognize and support this ongoing work and the commitment of these cultural warriors we have in our midst, and we are continuing in the ,truggle for human rights equality, and freedom of speech. So the struggle continues. I would like to frame the conversation we will have around this issue. We have a lot of young people in the audience. What ise relate presented in the book and the film . That weth this in mind would like to emphasize the impact of this film and the book. ,ere we are at the new school an institute of higher education, and we are all educators in one way or the other. Generations34 this this film documented period. We are excited and overwhelmed it is possible to have this here today. Question to our panelists is
And good evening and welcome. Thank you so much for coming. It is an amazing house we have here this evening. I have to say, im thrilled and honored to take part in this Amazing Group of people we have here. I am a media studies and film professor here at the new school and i do teach about things like this black power mix tape thing. Alley. Ight up my so of course, i would love to moderate this. But we are really thrilled to have such an amazing set of powerhouse folks here this evening. Dont you think . [applause] so, in addition to thinking our panelists, i would also like to thank you as our audience, because what it means is that you recognize and support this ongoing work and commitment of these cultural warriors that we have here in our midst. And that we are continuing in the struggle for human rights, economic and educational equality and freedom of speech. The struggle continues. Tonight, i would like to frame the conversation that we have around this sort of issue of educati
In terms of generationally did not prepare us for the work that needs to happen today. Thats the critique i was making about trading on individual success without a sense of social responsibility. Who are your parents . My parents are both retired professionals. One was a School Teacher and administrator of the Chicago Public schools for 35 years and my father recently retired was photojournalist. He worked for Johnson Johnson publishing in the early days, charlotte observer, news day, for past 20 years, New York Times staff photographer. Are they retired from new york. My mother always lived in chicago. My parent were divorced when i was young. My father lived in new york for over 30 years. What is your lineage . The famous part of my lineage, the part i know as opposed to distantly, im greatgrandson of the founder of Elijah Mohammed founder of nation of islam. My mother never converted but very much formative to my early years my First Cousins aunts and uncles all very much part of t