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>> i was on the phone last week with one of the great black leaders, the guy that ran against me for the united states congress, former congressman, the reverend floyd flake out of south jamaica. he gets federal funds, he built senior citizen housing, he does great things. hes a black leader that i want to listen to. hes done great things. as far as race baiting jesse jackson and race baiting al sharpton who tonight on fifth avenue theyre having a demonstration when this big bird mayor says oh, ...

People including barack obama. they believe that america is still the jim crow south. theyve got to come to reality. racism is not what it used to be and there isnt a racist behind every tree. having said that, you know, i disagree with bo. this is not a time for jesse jackson to shut up. because you cant shut jesse jackson up. its time for people of goodwill to speak up and to reply and rebut the racial arsonists like louis farrakhan. its time for us to say -- >> where are they, though? >> i wa...

all of the things that we will talk about in due time. i ask any organizations that were planning events or gatherings that are about politics and protests, that could be for another day. lets accompany these families on their difficult journey. lets see them through the funerals. >> but the protesters did not listen, and many demonstrators once again took to the streets in the big apple today. this comes amid reports that a small group of protesters gathered by the memorial in brookly...

aim andrea cantantaros in for s hannity. >> i think its important that regardless of peoples viewpoints that everyone recognizes this as a time to step back and just focus on these families. i think its a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time. i ask any organizations that were planning events or gatherings that are about politics and protests, that could be for another day. lets accompany th...

0 pressure to force a shutdown. were joined by two political strategists, republican john brabender and democrat bob shrum. let me begin with you, john. should we take the threat seriously? or is this being used simply for fund raising purposes? ive got to believe for someone like ted cruz every time he talks about defunding government, theres a spike in his donations. >> well, i think youre 100% right. there are republican whos just want to burn everything down to stop it if thats what it takes...

>> the senate is working on the 20 14th federal budget. ma.y are having a voterabm they could be there all night and into the early hours of tomorrow morning. joining us on the phone, kathleen hunter. she reports for bloomberg news. they have been taking a slew of amendment votes. what is going on? >> this is a voterama. it has been four years since he had one of these on the senate floor. the senate has not done a budget in four years. they take several hours. sometimes 12, routine ho...

i.d. but not a student i.d., you know this thing is being designed with partisan implications. our job is to make sure that we put some light on it. hopefully we will be able to pass legislation to prevent this from going on. hopefully some people will be embarrassed because there seems have been exposed. let me ask, you have done the order registration in the past and youre doing them under these laws. how many fewer people do you think your drives will be able to register as a result...

Country. there is a distinct section of the populist in our country that views education as a privilege and not a right. there is an element where you -- roland was referring to the two-parent household, and thats not dealing in reality on the ground. its something we hope for, but its not something that you can legislation. what you can do is fund afternoon and preschool programs. >> but its not about just legislation. now, you said -- >> it has to be, though. >> no, its not. >> it has to be, b...

2.2 million jobs through the first three months of year. but ben bernanke stressed it will take a long time to recoup job losses. so the question is, does this recovery have legs? we will pose that question to wall street journal columnist, john fund, and steve lee, and joanne. i will put my bias out there. i am a confident guy, and i think the economy is going to recover. i think thats where we are headed. i am also a journalists, as a couple of you are, and we have to turn that stone...

>> charlie: welcome to the broadcasts. tonight, race in america in the aftermath of the arrest of a harvard professor by the cambridge massachusetts police officer. we talk about the meaning of this with the reverend floyd make, david remnick and raina kelly. >> when this happens, it comes another time when you say we thought we were past this and here it is again. if it can happen to dr. gates, then it can happen to me. >> these are not questions anymore about, you know, kind of binar...