a great curriculum has been developed. we work with community colleges in the local areas, and 99% of the people who start the course follow through with it. six months later when we check about their businesses they ve ed people. some people learn about business in the home like die. others don t. on negotiations could be invaluable to somebody who really hasn t thought about that subject much before. we have a lot of courses like that and i can tell you they are working. mike barnacle. sweet tot to sensations. i want one. your company. tell us how you re growing that company in an environment like detroit which is formidable. how are you doing it? yes. well sweet potato sensations is heaven on earth. everything is made from sweet potatoes. we re just trying to make beautiful things happen in
in newtown and they said we can t wait for december 15th. yeah. the day after the anniversary. they just want to get past the 14th. they are praying that they get there without too much pain. okay. other news to get. we ll get back to detroit this morning. that s going nice. the stipulate s incoming mayor mike duggan joins us along with rick snyder and lloyd blankfein. we re going live to detroit. is lloyd coming in here? he s in detroit. he s in detroit. we set the whole thing up. very exciting. you know, we could really, maybe we could ask him. he s been unresponsive to my emails. keep sending them to him.
detroit. you know, i want to put a question to governor snyder because let s separate small business from detroit for a second here. we ve been to detroit many times and the other side of it is demand. and you don t have demand these businesses cannot succeed. so, supporting the business is one thing but what s being done specifically to get people to buy these products? well, there s great opportunity. i mean i ve been to her place. a couple of years ago i went there for pie day and it was exciting. fabulous products. i encourage everybody to buy sweet potato pies from them. in many respects the image of detroit is different than reality. most people don t realize detroit is a very thriving place. there are many great things going on, young people are moving to detroit at such a pace we ran out of housing in midtown and downtown. a program like this will only
i expect we ll keep working on those source. if you look a few decades down i would be surprised if we re still using fossil fuels as heavily as we are now. david schizer so great to see you again. thank you for being on the show. willie and i if we don t get hired by blankfein at goldman sachs we may go to law school again. oh, my god. still ahead on morning joe can you imagine the two of you. we ll go live to detroit for an exclusive interview with goldman sachs ceo lloyd blankfein. warren buffett and michigan governor rick snyder. morning joe back in a moment. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues
any way like the tea party. look at the history of the cbc. by the way, the cbc paved the way for president obama in many ways. but also let s be clear here. everyone in the cbc is not a member of the black left. there are progressives within the cbc itself. we have to be more nuanced and complicated. but there is no way to equate the congressional black caucus with the tea party. it s crystal clear. absolutely. james peterson and carey finney, thank you so much. thanks. still ahead, rebuilding detroit. a critical crossroads for my hometown. i started part-time, now i m a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart.