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Prison pipeline? >> i popped on to this as long ago as in 2012 when i found out that black, brown, native american kids are disciplined more harshly than their upper class and middle class counterparts, poor kids. these disciplinary practices, e e expulsions, suspensions. if youre not in school, youre in trouble. i want to focus on kids. my mother is a teacher. all my aunts were teachers. all her friends were teachers. education is in my dna. thats something that black women have always been, yo...

That opinion. >> were going to bring our panel in to help us chew on this. evan mcmullan, former cia analyst and mark moriel, president and ceo of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. bloomberg businesssweek editor megan murphy, the rev al sharpton and president of the national action network. joining us from washington, d.c., robert trainam. peter and kelly are still here, too. i want to get to the congresswoman and the attacks on her because i think the fact that they wil...

. we are following a sobering new warning that economic social progress made by black and hispanic americans since the great recession is at risk right now because of the trump administration. the warning from the national urban leagues annual report on the state of black america, the president and ceo of national urban league is here in "the situation room." mark, thanks for joining us. >> always. >> whats the highlight of the 2017 report? >> the main highlight is report. 2016 numbers demonst...

Pre-existing conditions, by trying to go back to that day, republicans are touching a third rail. and jimmy kimmel brought me to tears last night and every person who has gone through this experience was crying as well, and it was very, very powerful. i wouldnt be surprised if it did turn a few votes in this deliberation thats going on today. >> brought a lot of us to tears. it was indeed very powerful. stand by. theres more coming up. a former charleston police officer plead guilty to violating...

Laws. >> are they in touch with you? >> weve been in touch with them. we met with attorney general sessions. we had an earlier meeting with the civil rights leaders and him. and i hope that report that we shared with your viewers today is a report we can present to the president and his cabinet. >> mark, as usual, thanks very much. >> coming up, in a cnn etch collusive. sources saying the former acting attorney general sally yates will testify that she gave a forceful warning to the white house ...

Called the flare of flag burning. a tweet like that is for the base. the fact that establishment types are getting appointed slowly to this cabinet. top of the broadcast now to you, what happened to the swamp drainage project? project continues, but donald trump is very good at hell throw something else out there bigger to take the attention away from that issue that was the initial issue. i mean, today we saw elaine chao. administration. and listening to those on the ground, grassroots people l...

Its aimed at getting students and other vulnerable populations to exercise their right to vote. joining subcommittee one of those leaders, mark -- joining me is one of those leaders, mark moriel, president of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. youve got the t-shirt, why are you here? >> were in ohio, on our way to akron, later to canton and back to cleveland on sunday to visit a number of churches. heres whats important in ohio -- early voting has begun. it began on octob...

Stopping these kinds of shootings needs to be a top priority. >> these egregious acts seem to keep going on and on and on. but it happened. and the important thing now is how do we move forward in this community and through this nation? >> reporter: and the hamilton county prosecutor says that he agrees with the grand jurys decision. he says there was initial confusion in the way that the initial police report was written. he said when the officers were specifically asked about what happened, he...

Issues. >> good work. all right, marc morial, thanks very much. well stay on top of all of these issues together with you, appreciate it. just ahead, how wealthy are bill and hillary clinton? were poring over eight years of tax returns that they have just released. were going to tell you what were learning. donald trump tells cnn hes uniquely qualified to get tough with the russian president vladimir putin. >> putin has no respect for president obama. he will respect me, that i tell you.

In just moments were expecting to see a fired university of cincinnati police officer make his first appearance. these a live pictures in court. in the death of unarmed black driver. the prosecutor says body camera footage contradicts the officers claim that the driver tried to speed away dragging him in the process. im joined now by mark moriel. lets listen to what the sister said. >> if it were not for that camera sam would be no different than all the other incidents because the second office...