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Point he was trying to make. and yet the truth is if he had been patient in 2008 he wouldnt be the president tonight. so that message of being patient as opposed to doing exactly what folk are doing right now i think rings hollow, number one. number two, the president goes on b.e.t. to once again to some extent lecture black folk but goes on colbert to do the jokey joke thing. and i quite frankly dont fancy that. in the oval office the president has a bust of dr. king. im glad its there. but at ...

Again. >> thank you very much. >> when we come back, tavis smiley is here. he tells me what dr. martin luther king jr. would do about all of this. and im going to talk to the parents of akai gurl yeerks an unarmed black man killed by a police officer just last month. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesnt treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion. oh, w...

>> you saw me and tavis -- >> yeah. you guys went at it. >> tavis and i are very friendly. but thats the way we talk around the kitchen table. we can disagree. >> and its a very intense conversation. and its a conversation that needs to be had because its not over. and to see this generation step up and have that opportunity to have their voices be heard and to make a difference, i love it, man. and i love seeing people, seeing everyone come together in times of tragedy. >> you were in london wh...

Say, type a rowdy crowd. but so far youre not seeing any of that. how many people are we looking at there, dan? >> reporter: i would say between 3,000 and 4,000. so if the largest crowd weve seen. and you have to remember, its just after 7:00 pacific time. so its still early. and over the weekend when the violence broke out it was definitely in the later hours. theres a chance it can happen tonight. a good chance if you look at what we saw the last couple days. but we certainly hope this does no...

Why she continues to talk about me. shes a beautiful person. but ive never really -- i dont know. we aint -- >> its not bad. its wendy. >> so im just supposed to accept it? >> go on there and talk to her. >> i will go on there -- >> she says it like she means it. >> i appreciate it when she says wonderful things and when she doesnt i just take it with a grain of salt. >> youre on tmz every day with another woman. who are you dating? >> im dating no one, man. honestly. being on tmz every day woul...

>> thank you, tavis smiley. go in peace. >> thank you, don. appreciate you. my friend. >> was it a tragic accident? an unarmed black man in new york city shot dead by a police officer in a dark stairwell of an apartment building. up next im going to talk to the mans mother and his stepfather. ♪ ah, ♪ h it. ♪ push it. ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. if youre salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. its what you do. ♪ ah. push i...

This is "cnn tonight." im don lemon. you just saw our cnn special "the cosby show: a legend under fire." weve got more to come. meanwhile, outrage spreading over police killing of african-american men and boys. from ferguson to the nypd chokehold case to the killing of a 12-year-old playing with an air gun in cleveland. protests boiling over again tonight. cnns reporters are outside new yorks barclays center. prince william and his wife courtside for the nets-cavaliers game. lebron james wore th...

Standard in the media when it comes to people on the right who equally say -- let me be very clear. i dont think that level of discourse has a place. i think we can have significant policy differences between the parties. but that doesnt mean -- for some reason when guys on the right say something it takes days and weeks of media coverage when folks on the left do it its sort of fodder. harry reid on the floor -- >> i see your point. these people say these things. and im going to agree with you....

Far less likely than a white student to be able to read proficiently by the time youre in fourth grade. by the time you reach high school, youre far more likely to have been suspended or expelled. theres a higher chance youll end up in the criminal justice system. and a far higher chance that you are the victim of a violent crime. and the worst part is, we become numb to these statistics. were not surprised by them. we take them as the norm. >> all right, look, hes right, tavis. but what is this...

Even tell you how many great grandchildren. so she would say what she has seen in her lifetime has changed so drastically that it makes her head spin sometimes. but yes, just because there is a black nan the white house with a beautiful brown family, we cant get lulled in to come place zen sency in to thinking that we have overcome or the dream has been realized. a number of us have succeeded. i do agree with tavis with his one premise that not enough of us reach back. however, the great divide ...