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
30 rock. our special week-long coverage of america s education crisis culminates on sunday join me and hill harper for a two-hour special making the grade. sunday at noon eastern right here on msnbc. we re looking at solutions. not just going to talk about the problems. this comes ahead of education nation, an unprecedented msnbc week-long event starting september 26th. along the highlights will host a two-day education summit on rockefeller plaza center, aka, my home here in new york. the meteor shower reached its peak last night shining brightest over the northern hemisphere. the shooting stars are debris from a fast-moving comet. most of the meteors are only as big as a grain of sand, but create an enormous heat once they hatmosphere. for parts of the northeast, you may have missed the view because of cloudy skies.