Dc Converging News Today

I understand there are two different events happening. youve got reverend sharptons event and latasha brown, black voters matter r. these two going to converge at any point? >> reporter: thats right. let me ask you a question first. thank you for having me on this hot, balmy day me on this hot, balmy day. im not sure if you can see over my shoulder that the crowd is marching our direction. were expecting tens of thousands of people in dc converging. union workers, statehood activists, but as you...

>> no. that doesnt make me uncomfortable. it makes me uncomfortable saying were moving backwards the. i think in the obama era were moving forwards and not the election of president obama but the policy achievements are helping the country move forward. now you showed some sta ttistic at the outset which suggest regress, but i think there are a the lot of statistics that show progress, the black/white student achievement gap is shrinking. the rate at which african-americans suffer violent assaul...