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Mean?" we dont know. when the rhetoric steps up, and it is something thats dentally stepped up since just yesterday. north korea yesterday was saying if these joint military exercises are executed, we will respond in some sort of physical manner. well, heres what were paying attention to. two u.s. military officials are telling cnn that there is yet no sign of significant troop movement within north korea. thats what everyone pays attention to. thats what the white house watches. thats what sout...

It, hears about it and love it but are people actually going out and buying the stuff? >> im still recovering from kates really good imitation there. that was impressive. this says a lot about business, about america, about the internet and about super bowl advertising because this whole phenomenon started before it took off on the internet and exploded into the biggest viral campaign ive ever seen online. it started right after -- in one of the ads during the super bowl. take a look. >> hello, ...

>> im embarrassed to say that because a lot of people, particularly students come to me and say, doc, what does this mean? what does this mean, doc? i had one white student in particular who said to me, "dr. askew -- i said to him, young man, were going to be singing this wonderful sing. "lift every voice and sing" is a requirement for this course. i make all of my students learn this song as a song of cultural identity and i said, young man, youre going to have to sing this song, too. because i...

Promoting a sense of a separate nation, a black nation or two different nations within this one. what is your response? do you see any credibility to that argument? >> describing a journey, struggle, deep into the experience of slavery, was written during the time of jim crow and lynching and it is descriptive. it represents all of the multi-cultural heritages in america. everything about the song it seems to me reflects our experience as we seek to expand the big tent to include all americans. ...

This physical joint military exercise. >> kyung lah for us on another tense weekend on the korean peninsula. we appreciate you, as always. thanks so much. so a nearly four-decade-long military career ended yesterday. general stanley mcchrystal, the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, retired friday about a month ago after the general and his staff criticized the administration in a magazine article that we all know very well and have talked a lot about. president obama accepted sta...

Thanks so much for joining us today. we turn to north korea. they are stepping up their threats and potential fire power in response to joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea. pyongyang suggesting it may use a nuclear deterrent. cnns kyung lah monitoring north koreas latest saber rattling with us from tokyo. tell us, it seems like weve been through this before, the back and forth. we call it the saber rattling. any reason to believe the north should be taken a little more se...

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It is still taught in those black colleges and universities. its been around since the year 1900, folks. but one college professor says it is time to do away with any song labeled "the black national anthem." he will be here live to explain and also the reverent jesse jackson has a different opinion from this college professor. hell be along with us live again in our next hour. stick around for that. first, a look at some of the stories making headlines. top stories, it is already a deadly d...

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