about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasn't focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. >> i'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i don't have time to complain. i'm going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. >> let me bring in athena jones this morning from washington. good morning to you. the president last night, some in that room had been critical of him. did he tell them what they wanted to hear last night and what was the reaction afterwards? >> well, you know, it was a fiery speech and he really riled up the crowd all the way through. he was being interrupted by applause, by cheers, by laughter at some points. he really took it to republicans in some way trying to challenge them. at one point he got applause and laughter when he said of republicans, hey, you used to be for these infrastructure projects. one of the proposals in the jobs bill. you guys used to like to build roads. what happened? he kind of threw up his arms. the people i talk to from the cbc after the speech said that they were pleased. the president took his gloves off, led a call to action. i spoke with representative sheila jackson lee from texas. let's listen to what she had to say. >> i think that this is now for his own sake a sense of reckoning that, although his temperament as president of the united states is for every, is to include everyone, there's a time now that the marching has to begin because he's got to save this country and we're willing to save it with him. >> and so that's an example of the kind of reaction i got last night, people saying that they were happy to see him fired up, see him transitioning from governing mode with his pragmatic approach, reasonableness of course, to more of a fiery campaign mode showing that he's going to take the fight to the street. i spoke with one representative from new york, greg meeks, who said that he wanted to see the president continue to do this to take his message to districts, show the people that he feels their pain. that's one thing i have to mention, t.j. the president golfed with bill clinton yesterday, president bill clinton. we hear president clinton is the guy who shows he's able to feel people's pain very empathetic. one thing that we observed yesterday after the speech was that the president seemed to spend a little more time than he often does out in the crowd gripping and grinning and talking to members of the congressional black caucus. and so the speech was well received. everyone understands or believes that it is going to be a big fight and they just hope they continue to see this president fight for some of the things -- or for the things we need still. the president's outreach to the african-american community does not end with last night's speech. coming up later this hour, a preview of obama's interview, exclusive interview, with b.e.t. >> i think the depth of the economic crisis worldwide was something that was glimmering on the horizon but i don't think we fully appreciated. >> the president talked about the economy and the effect of the african-american community on that. all in the next half-hour. let's turn to the republicans now, shall we? herman cain is your big winner from the florida straw poll. this was at a florida republican party event. it is called the presidency five. here is how the crowd found out that herman cain was the guy. >> tonight's winner with 986 votes, 37.1%, herman cain. >> now herman cain, who of course is the former head of godfather's pizza, he was all over florida last week. he had a number of campaign stops and also he had a pretty good showing, many of the pundits will tell you, those who reviewed the republican debate from last thursday say he did pretty well. look at numbers from the straw poll. this wasn't even close. look at herman cain out front 37%. meanwhile rick perry came in second, and then mitt romney there coming in third. michele bachmann at the bottom of this list. herman cain said the win shows that he should not, and will not, be ignored. his keys to his campaign are his tax policy and also energy. >> let me tell you what the cain doctrine is going to be. america is going to be its own best customer. drill here, dig here, explore here first! we have the resources! >> meanwhile, michigan, another battleground state, and the battle is playing out this weekend. governors perry and romney were there at a republican party event. candy crowley will have straw poll results that are due a little later this hour. we'll chat with her about that. meanwhile, listen to mitt romney talk about what he'll do on day one as president. >> the burden of regulation is even larger than the burden of our taxation. if i'm president the first thing i'm going to do on day one is issue an executive order saying all the regulations put in place by barack obama's administration are put on hold and we're getting rid of the ones that killed jobs. >> again we are expecting results of that straw poll in michigan coming up at the bottom of the hour. we'll check in with candy crowley. six minutes past the hour now. 80 protesters arrested at demonstrations on wall street during the biggest one-day crackdown in more than a week. we told you about these protests last week when they first started. demonstrators you see here have been gathering there, still gathering there. they say they're doing this to protest what they call the financial system that favors the rich at the expense of everybody else. police had set up protest zones but demonstrators haven't stayed in those areas. also something we're just getting in here. a historic change in saudi arabia. a major step for women's rights around the world. reuters reporting that saudi arabia's king abdullah announced just a short while ago that women will be given the right to vote. they'll also be able to run as candidates. saudi arabia is just one of handful of nations that has not allowed women to vote. they still can't legally drive. there had been calls from activists inside the country to boycott the elections coming up this week but the change won't take effect for this election cycle. saudi women will have to wait until the next election. also coming up next, 40,000 pounds ground beef that was meant for school lunches will never reach the cafeteria. we'll tell you why the usda stepped in to stop that shipment. and later, a story that has so many of you talking. a college campus bake sale where the prices are based on the customers' race. we'll have the event organizer here live with us. at eight minutes past the hour, let's say good morning to reynolds wolf. >> good morning. we've got all kinds of things to talk about weatherwise. tropics very active in both the pacific and atlantic. at the same time we've got the threat of flooding across parts of the midwest and in pennsylvania. then just the opposite, very dry and breezy conditions across parts of the upper midwest and into parts of texas. fire threats are out there. we're going to have more in a few moments. you're watching cnn sunday morning. somewhere in america, there's a doctor who can peer into the future. there's a nurse who can access in an instant every patient's past. and because the whole hospital's working together, there's a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. we're off to a good start. but now it's time to go to the next level. so let's do a 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hell's angels chapter dead. two members of another bike gang wounded. there was a drive-by shooting there yesterday. this was all a part of the street vibrations spring rally. that's why the moat vikle -- this is a moat vikle event that attracted the bikers there in the first place. it's now been canceled. also, 62-year-old long distance swimmer diane in nyad is back in the water, on her third attempt to swim 100 miles from cuba to florida. ran into a bit of trouble yesterday when she was stung by jellyfish. 11 minutes past the hour. let's say good morning to reynold wolf. what kind of sunday we looking at? problems? >> there are going to be some problems today in an entirely different flavors, flooding in some spots, fires dangers in others. let's begin with the tropics. we talked about hurricane hillary, moving away from shore, not affecting anyone. right now two systems we are following in the atlantic, so far, so good. so far nothing's a direct threat to land. ophelia on one side, phillippe. ophelia may fluctuate, it may thread the gap between bermuda and the eastern seaboard. we'll watch it very carefully but for now it doesn't pose a threat. that's good news. same deal for phillippe. winds expected to intensify as we get into tuesday, category 1 hurricane. then as it moves farther north into the atlantic should begin to weaken into friday with winds of 65 miles an hour. these are some of the biggest rainmakers on the planet. this is one we could have in parts of the midwest, but in the upper midwest and rockies very dry conditions in helehelena, montana. very close to austin, texas and travis county. that's one area to be concerned for. as we wrap up, we're talking about the potential for flooding in places i would say like missouri, into southern illinois. we've had heavy rainfall moving through this area throughout the morning. could see more into the afternoon. so keep that in mind. we've already had threats of flooding in parts of pennsylvania just yesterday. t.j., let's pitch it back to you. 13 minutes past the hour now. bullfighting has been a huge part of spanish culture. did you also though it is now being banned in barcelona? the city's holding its final bullfight today. we'll take a look at why in our "morning passport." also, may remember something very personal i did here last year on the air. i went to the doctor. it was the first time i had been in about 12, 13 years. so what finally got me? was it my mom getting on to me? not even my wife. it was tom joyner. yes. the radio guy. i'll talk to him about his initiative take a loved one to the doctor day still going strong ten years later. i'll update him on how i'm doing with my health. stay tuned. 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should have done this first. getting a little difficult. >> you feel like you're about 17 to 20 on there or you've only got about a minute left. let me know. you ready? >> i want to you go as long as you can. >> t.j., keep working up the hill there. feel any chest pain or anything like that is this. >> no. >> want you to go as long as you can. >> 22 minutes and 8 second later i'm tapped out. tom got such a kick out of that. we brought him back to chat about it. tom joyner, good morning, sir. >> 22 minutes is pretty good. >> that wasn't bad but i was told former president bush had a better time than i did. he goes to that doctor as well. but it is good to see you. you tell me over the past ten years have you seen your efforts paying off or minds and men talents changing about getting to the doctor or we still got work to do? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. and we still got work to do. every time we do this -- and we do this every year and this is the tenth year. we do it across the country at screenings and health fairs all over the country. including here in new york coming up this friday. and every time we do one of these invariably there are people who come to get check and they're rushed right to the hospital, either check in, operated on, or medicated and people tell us all the time that they might have died had they not taken -- had they not gone to the doctor, gone to one of our screenings, had they not taken a loved one to the doctor as we call it, and so it's a passion that pays off every year. >> tom, you talked about -- we talk plenty about this tough guy mentality we all have. if it ain't bleeding, ain't broken, we ain't going to the doctor. and especially in the african-american community. we are still having that issue. >> yeah. yeah. and we call it take a loved one to the doctor, and as i mentioned last year, what we really mean is take your sorry man to the doctor because it's usually the woman of the household that will go to the doctor and it takes that stupid man of hers all kinds of crying and threatening to get him to go even though he's got stuff oozing, he's got unexplained lum lumps, coughs, hacking. >> but especially now. and really -- we certainly had some fun with this last year but it was important for me to get to the doctor. but in times now where we see the new numbers we just got not long about about the number of people unemployed in this country, the black number of unemployed in this country, the back poverty in this country, is that a new challenge now in trying to get a certain community or just men or people in general to the hospital when they are struggling in such a way and many do not have health care? >> well, that's why we do these free health screenings. and health care, thanks to the president, now is more affordable to all people and so to take advantage of that we have these health screenings and we have -- and we also encourage people to get help with