coke and pepsi s withdrawal from alec speaks to the power of the people. the clear and simple message was that you can t come for black folks money by day and take by night. president of rebuild america, rebuild the dream, author of the book rebuild the dream, congratulations on the book. it s doing well early on, isn t it? it sure is. this is a real sea change moment. big deal. you ve got two of the biggest brands in america in history in advertising and the brand products saying, no, we re backing away from alec. how big is it? this is a very, very big deal. first of all, most people had never heard of alec. color of change has done a good job of exposing their agenda. this is a death star. they have pulled together you
laws all over the country. now, two of the most recognized brands in america, coke and pepsi, have had enough. both companies have officially cut ties with alec. many of you might be thinking, i didn t even know they were associated with them. pepsi quietly withdrew from the group in january. coke announced it was leaving alec yesterday just hours after a civil rights group, color of change, launched an online petition, calling on businesses to stop supporting alec s right-wing agenda. here s what a coke s spokesperson had to say. the coca-cola company has elected to discontinue its membership with alec. we have a long-standing policy. coke and pepsi s withdrawal from alec speaks to the power of the people. the clear and simple message was that you can t come for black folks money by day and take by night. president of rebuild america, rebuild the dream, author of the book rebuild the dream, congratulations on the book.
detail in reference to those statements what the authority is of the federal courts in this regard in terms of judicial review. that letter needs to be at least three pages single spaced, no less, and it needs to be specific. it needs to make specific reference to the president s statements and again to the position of the attorney general and the department of justice. joining me now on just how crazy things are getting between the president and the courts are van jones, president and co-founder and author of rebuild the dream. and richard wolffe, msnbc political analyst, awe number of of the book revival clrn the struggle for revival inside the obama white house. van, your teleprompter introduction was a little bit weird. so you are the president and co-founder of rebuild the dream? yes, i am. which is also the title of your book. that s what threw me. all right, good. we re finished with the book
glenn beck and van jones. let s do it on this show. i don t think he d come on this show. come back. it would be nice. van jones, thank you very much. the book is rebuild the dream. you can read an excerpt on our blog at mojo .msnbc.com. we ll be right back with more morning joe. deepak chopra is up next. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn t i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios.
america down brick-by-brick, shredding the constitution. i was wrong. and here he is back now. and he looks so nice. who knew? who knew that van jones was a dangerous menace to american democracy? van jones, author of the new book rebuild the dream. i thought about you often, van, as i was watching glenn beck go after you. and i was just wondering, what s it like working in the white house? best six months of my life. come on. it was not. followed by the worst two weeks. how is that? fair enough? no. it s amazing. one of the things about it, you think you love the country and you served in government. you think you love the country. you work in the white house, and you hold it in your arms every day. you know, and nobody stays there forever. you stay there for six minutes, six years, me six months, the fact that we trust this entire