university. what s he saying? reporter: well, wolf, you know, as you well know, african-americans overwhelmingly support president obama. there s no question about it. 95% voting for him. but there are some african-americans who believe that president obama hasn t done enough for the poor and working class, and activist cornel west had a stinging critique of the president. january 2008 in south carolina. democratic candidates prepare to debate. princeton university professor cornel west strongly endorsed then senator barack obama. i think he s got the vision. he s got the newness. he s got the freshness. reporter: fast-forward to this week. west is now strongly criticizing president obama, calling him a black puppet and black mascot of wall street. well, when i look at the mass unemployment, mass underemployment, mass incarceration, especially in the black community, but i m talking about poor and working people across the board, it seems they have a very low priority. it s
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this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila