black people has to be removed. secondedly, with our community we call on self-help and analysis that have made up the strong people we are. thirdly, we also call upon the dominant culture and our political organizations and societies as well as our volunteer organizations to address those withering numbers, and statistics that show despite our upward mobility and desire to expand the black middle class and do well, there are impediments in place we have to address. both from with, but certainly from without. michael eric dyson, great to you have on today. appreciate it. always good to be on, my friend. our series, a stronger america airs all week with a special show this sunday at noon eastern hosted by our very own ed schultz. fallout in wisconsin. vote es went to the polls and the honeymoon that scott walker might have been hoping for, appears to be over. and government shutdown. a live update from the white house for you straight ahead. stay with us.
the black community? there is a cycle of incarceration in african-americ african-american but the fact is black people are targeted for prison more. if i went to harvard or princeton i can arrest a lot of people for simple possession of drugs for public urination, for disorderly conduct. we go to poor counties in new york where three counties produce 70% of the prisoners. we do need to consider how mass incarceration takes fathers out of homes, takes people out of active citizenship. it really deteriorates the community. that s with we need to think about. mark lamont hill, great to have you on. appreciate it. and our series a stronger america, the plaque agenda airs all week on msnbc. then with a special show this sunday at noon eastern hosted by ed schultz. dangerous storms along the east coast. we re going to get a live look from the weather channel. that s straight ahead.
to cure those ills. if all america has a black president now serving all of us and now running for re-election bid, how can we say that the black community has pneumonia? that s what you said? if you look at a recent report put out by the national urban league and look at one in five african-americans without insurance, 15% african-americans are without jobs, if you look at the teenage unemployment rate among blacks, cuts to pell grants, cuts to low energy assistance programs, if you look at those kinds of programs across the board, then you got say to your self what is this president, particularly doing not just for african-americans but for poor working class americans who happen to be disprdi disproportionately black. the stronger america, the black agenda airs all week on msnbc with a special show this sunday at noon eastern hosted by ed schultze.
only way to get 60 is to do comprehensive. the idea of a comprehensive bill in this next congress seems there is no chance you would see well, you might if you get away from talking about the climate change issue. that s the political hot spot. if you talk about clean energy and green energy, you ll get to the benefits that we re looking for on the climate side. but you ll do it in a way that doesn t it s a marketing issue? i think it s a marketing issue to a large degree and it s a responsibility issue. congress has the responsibility to step up and stop this. why isn t it framed as getting energy independence? well, exactly, it s national security, it s a whole host of things like that. and there are a lot of ways to talk about it. great to have you here. a programming note next week, msnbc and all the networks of nbc universal are focusing on how to improve america s classrooms. education nation kicks off this sunday at noon eastern with brian williams hosting a
and expected to possibly reach them by mid-october, instead of by christmas. next week msnbc and the networks of nbc universal are focusing intensively on how to improve america s classrooms. education nation kicks off this sunday at noon eastern with brian williams hosting a town hall with teachers, sunday night, joe scarborough and mika brzezinski will host a documentary waiting for superman and monday, president obama sits down with today s matt lauer for a live one on one interview that will air uninterrupted for an entire half hour starting at 8:00 eastern right here on nbc, msnbc, and cnbc. then join us at 1:00 live from the plaza, our guests that day will include education secretary arne duncan, american federation of teachers president, randy weingarten, boston mayor thomas