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Right now, there are dozens of african-american girls and women who are missing across this nation and congressional lawmakers are planning to host a town hall this month hoping to do something about it. in washington, d.c. alone, for instance the police twitter feed is inundated almost daily with pictures like this. young black and latino girls that have disappeared. and they are vanishings have sparked nationwide outrage and prompted calls for a federal investigation now. the president of the ...

Is actually opening in this county? >> its great. if you can put a few hundred people back to work, that means the world. >> reporter: so is there a trump effect? coal mine we visited was in the process of reopening long before the election. while many here in coal country are grateful for the presidents support for coal. they dont think coal is going to be the academic driver it once was. what they want is a few more coal jobs for now which they think they will get so they can diversify their e...

Heavily on the community. if you see something, report it. we need our community to be vigilant. i know in the cleveland, ohio case, the neighbors were calling the police when they noticed things out of the ordinary. we just need law enforcement to really put forth the energy to help find these missing children. you know, if theres a kid that is missing and say its a little girl, we need to think outside the box because nine times out of ten, her identity could be altered. she may be dressed lik...

Children are staggering. the fbi says that last year almost 500,000 children were reported missing. over 10,000 of those children are thought to be in potential physical danger. an astounding percentage of those missing children come from minority communities and havent gotten the attention theyve deserved. but tonight were shining a spotlight on some of them. america needs to look for its missing children. all of them. joining me now, derika and natalie wilson. they founded the black and missin...

The search did not get huge media attention until just a few days ago. missing person cases involving white, especially white children often get massive amounts of national media coverage. why do missing african-americans get less attention? derek wilson, the co-founder and ceo of the black and missing foundation joins me from washington. why is that, derrica? >> a lot of times people like to associate missing children as run aways, so theyre not given news coverage. when it comes to missing adu...

On "the view." ? im like, "the view"? 15 minutes after our daughter was told on "the view" we got a call in. and she was home by the next morning. >> she was home by the next morning after you had in the national television -- >> this is proof that it is possible that people are listening. and what they needed was the opportunity to hear the story. and thats what black and missing foundation provides, that is what tv one is trying to provide as well. >> yeah. i think that notion that it is not -...

Along. i was listening to your opening and you made that very comment, as you hear about chandra levy and clez beth smart, but what about monica bowey. >> you are in the business of television, and so we know that part of how stories end up on television, part of how the television agenda is set is the idea that some things are more come peopling or more interesting or more important, so why do you think the stories of missing minorities have not been seen, for the most part, come peopling enoug...