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Luther king jr. and his birthday tomorrow. he was on this program. we sometimes do a "meet the press" minute or "meet the press" moment. back in 1967, talking about the d disparity between african-americans and whites. >> its okay to say to people lift yourself up by your own boot straps but its careless to say to a bootless man to lift yourself by your own boot straps. and theyve been left poverty, illiteracy by lack of education opportunities and as a result of centuries of neglect and hurt. >...

Press" moment. back in 1967, talking about the d disparity between african-americans and whites. >> its okay to say to people lift yourself up by your own boot straps but its careless to say to a bootless man to lift yourself by your own boot straps. and theyve been left poverty, illiteracy by lack of education opportunities and as a result of centuries of neglect and hurt. >> we talk about area where is the two parties can work together. reverend sharpton, youve been talking about this. educati...

Reflect on. 50 years ago, president kennedys inaugural address, talking about service to the country, something weve been talking about in the course of this political discourse. of course, the reverend martin luther king jr. and his birthday tomorrow. he was on this program. we sometimes do a "meet the press" minute or "meet the press" moment. back in 1967, talking about the disparity between yourself by your own boot straps. and theyve been left poverty, illiteracy by lack of education and lac...

Issue, immigration, the underwear bomber. its all directly related to his competence but at the core really is economy and jobs. that were creating millions of jobs, i think his presidency would have a different image. i think where the blame comes in, juan, that really exacerbates it. a true portrait of a leader is someone who laces up his boot straps and doesnt blame others. hes been the most divisive accusatory president weve seen in history. a real leader takes responsibility and that just m...

Adult whos wants work is out of work. there is just one job for every six people out of work. this is an epidemic. where is the emergency response? republicans want to make the unemployment epidemic about personal responsibility. pull yourself up from your boot straps. they dont want the jobs available. no doctor would tell a sick person getting well was just a matter of will. joining me now jonathan alter, he is the author of "the promise, president obama year one." how are you doing tonight? >...

Corporations but for some reason we are reluctant to make specific targeted gains for the black youth of america. i think president obama can have a profound impact on the youth of this country if he develops a targeted set agenda with targeted goals for black americans. joining me now, journalist and publicist karen hunter. thanks for joining us yesterday on our special on msnbc. i appreciated your work and also tamron hall anchoring with me, was just absolutely outstanding. >> as were you. >> ...

I also believe in being humanitarian, and cant get themselves up by their own bootstrap, but even with this motivation, people still were not accomplishing the goals. so people theyre not raised with these ideals, theyre not going to come through with them. >> im so sick and tired of this whole bootstraps myth. ive near seen boot straps. >> they cant afford boots. >> if i had bootstraps, i would hire poor people to lift me up. how can you lift yourself up? >> okay, fine. >> im just saying. im so...

When our side gets knocked down we pick ourselves up by the boot straps and get back into the game begin this is the kind of attitude that won world war ii. not id like some free stuff please, because i cant make it on my own. you get kicked down, you stand back up. hey thats the idea that brought us the lightbulb. that tamed the west, that crossed the rookies. those are the people that are fighting for the republic. there wasnt anybody on the wagon train that said i need somebody to carry aroun...

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Humanitarian impact. >> the policies on the border is certainly encouraging this behavior. >> they want children to stay in the united states. >> you cannot catch a train or bus or beat coyotes up here. >> we are able to detain people and send them back to our country. if you come to our country i illegally, you will be sent back. our nation, like no other, began as a nation of others. the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, we are the sons and daughters of immigrants...