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Its the gap. black americans have improved, white americans have improved but the differentialial has not changed. >> still 68%? >> higher median incomes for blacks and whites but that differentialial has not changed. in terms of equality weve been frozen, sort of in suspend ed animation when it comes to economics since the 1960s. >> so, mark, in relation to that economics question, how are you tracking the housing crisis? we know what happened over the last -- since 2008. and we know that we ar...

Joining us from washington, mark muriel. the urban league is out with its annual state of black america report. lets get to the report. some of the key findings. if full equality with white americans was represented by the figure 100%, right now african-americans have just over 72% equality, just a tiny increase from last year. >> so explain that. >> you all have been talking about health care this morning. those increases, year to year, have been incremental. nonetheless, they represent increas...

Something better than we even had under obamacare. you promised me. your republican president promised me. i voted for you and i voted for your president. now my child doesnt have health insurance, now my child cant go to the doctor he was going to two years ago. now my child faces an uncertain future. congressman, whats your excuse. >> and you, congressman, never told me what the phrase opt out really meant. >> whats your excuse, congressman? whats your excuse? got to answer that question. good...

Shutdown. that sounds familiar. thats what the last president felt. >> whoa. >> but a gas tax? breaking up the big banks and, of course, he labeled steve bannon -- which im sure steve was happy about -- a respected member of the alt-left. >> margaret talev, thank you very much, we think. >> thank you. >> robert costa, thank you. >> doris kearns-good win. >> senator john mccain will be our guest ahead. plus later today the president are will phone vladimir putin. well speak with one of his most...

Thats why our mainstream plan is not only about public investment, its also about incentivizing investment to create the kind of quality jobs we need in this country. >> all right. thank you so much. >> always good to be with you all. >> always great to have you with us, mr. mayor. the state of black america report releases later this morning. mark muriel, thank you so much. stunning last 24 hours of interviews with the president of the united states. his bizarre claims about andrew jackson, t...

With pre-existing conditions have been weakened to the point where its not going to be effective, not going to give those people the opportunity to get health insurance. the nbc whip count has it now as 20 republican nos. they can only afford to lose two more. its going to be nip and tuck whether they can get this bill on the floor by the end of the week. >> mike vick cara, thank you very much. mark, the congressman from missouri, billy long, i think donald trump won his district by over 40 po...

Recession but for black americans it has taken a big hit and has not come back. we are releasing our plan to really focus on rebuilding home ownership among all americans but particularly among americans of color. >> so, mark, clearly, home ownership is linked to employment and joblessness. and black america is quite high, remains high, consistently high. apple and amazon are experiencing growth. what kind of pressure can you bring on companies like apple and amazon? apple, building a factory in...

Country. these people are incredible people. i mean, look at that. look at those numbers. >> oh, my god. this is very strange. that was more of president trumps interview on sirius xm. the president handed out copies of that map to reuters reporters during their interview thursday and suggested to philip rucker of the washington post that he take home an electoral map to his colleagues and run it on the front page of the newspaper. johning us now, congressman jim himes. weve been looking at the ...

The lines on election day. >> mark muriel, we appreciate you being here. thanks for your enthusiasm to get out the vote. appreciate it. >> thank you. good morning. and happening now, in iraq this morning, the united nations is investigating reports that isis fighters executed 284 men and boys in and around mosul. this on the sixth day of battle to push isis militants out of that city. lets go to nbcs richard engle in erbil, iraq, with more on the offensive. richard? >> reporter: good morning. ...

As the country recovers from the great recession and we have new jobs numbers seeing that were sort of on track. the annual league of black america says blacks and latinos are falling further behind. it shows african-americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed. joining me now is mark muriel who came out with a report this week. >> thank you, andrea. >> thanks for being here. lets talk about the state of black america and the underemployment of african-americans and other minorities ...