lights. cynthia mcfadden is with me now. it s such an interesting relationship, cynthia that valerie jarrett has with the president, friend and confidant and she is kind of a key voice in connecting him to the outside world beyond the white house. absolutely right, david. of course, one of her part of her portfolio is to be a bridge, to be a create broad alliances with the business community and with state and local governments. she says she takes that very seriously. she is working hard to bring diverse voices into the white house. one of the meetings that i attended with her was with local business leaders from around the world who are trying to become more family friendly. one of the business leaders said that they give every employee $3,000 every year and force them to take a family vacation with it. interesting. good idea. cynthia, thanks so much. coming up here on our special panel discussion with bill clinton than you won t see anywhere else, and a fast food faux pas
and she s kind of a key voice in connecting him to the outside world beyond the white house. absolutely right, david. of course, one of her part of her portfolio is to be a bridge, to be to create broad alliances with the business community and state and local governments. she says shea takes that very seriously. she s working hard to bring diverse voices in the white house. one of the meetings i attended was with local business leaders from around the world who are trying to become more family-friendly. one of the business leaders said that they give every employee $3,000 every year and force them to take a family vacation with it. interesting. good idea. cynthia, thanks so much. and coming up here, our special panel discussion with bill clinton that you won t see anywhere else, and a fast food faux pas. how president clinton says he never gets caught in possible government overreach like president obama did. always successfully avoided
ripped through syria s capital. we ll show you the hidden danger from attacks like these, even after the debris is cleared. also this morning, a world news now special panel discussion. we have an esteemed group of guests who shared their insight on black history months. they re all descendants of civil rights pioneers. so kind of this whole discussion we re going to have is about this next generation of leaders. we re in the middle of black history month, so it s idea we have this month, so let s assess the current state of black america, what s going on and where things need to go. a good glup of people here. so we have a two-part discussion coming up. so stay tuned for that. and someone special next week coming, as well. you had some really interesting people on your panel who it s not so much about this month and what this month means. it s what this month can do for not only black americans, but everybody. how we can all become a better people because of something like thi