White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in theUnited States and viewing the action through that prism could decide how to respond beyond using words. The third, looping in china. The president has tried all along in his response to north korea to make sure china is seib as both part of the problem in the past and part of the solution in the future. Trying to draw chinese in, saying they are being embarrassed by this tiny neighbor country of theirs and seeing if perhaps china can be used to rein in north korea. Another sign of how if you other options in the north korea threat. Id be surprised if these were the last words we hear from the president today. He doesnt have events on his public schedule but hes at the white house all day log and well wait to see if he responds further. Al. Thank you, garrett. Lets get to correspondent matt bradley. President trump used that
second tweet to turn his sights on one of his favorite enemies, china. He said north korea has become, quote, an embarrassment to china, trying to help but with little success. While will president regularly beats up on beijing, the timing of this thermonuclear test did look like an evident to directly embarrass the leader xi jinping. Chairman xi is hosting brics emerging economies in the city. This forced this chinese leader to deal with stubborn and worsening threat on its borders while also seeking to project optimistic image of free trade and prosperity. Remember, it was only a few months ago china signed on to u. N. Security council that levied harsh sanctions against north korea. China remains by far north koreas largest trading partner. It could dock north koreas
letter or did not have the meeting or be in the room you thought and other members of the congressional delegation thought they would have . That is correct. But i did have a moment of dialogue wherein i mentioned the homeless and we have to have Debris Removal Take place in houston immediately and that the federal government should bear the cost. Pastor west, you pastor one of the largest congregations in the country and certainly in houst houston. You because of the Hurricane Couldnt Get Home from a Preaching Engagement in africa for a few days. I met with you in new york, on the board of action. Your concern is not politics but really the recovery after the cameras are gone and to make sure people across the board are involved business wise and humanitarian wise in the recovery. Tell us where we are with that now that you have made it to
houston and youre on the ground and you pastor such a large congregation. Thank you, reverend al. Good to be with you today. Congressman, good to hear from you also. The city of houston is strong. Were seeing a great galvanization of people from across the city gathering together. Its a tremendous devastation here. In one of the areas where our church is located where devastation is really bad. West houston, water is Still Standing there. So it provides great opportunities for our community to work hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder together but also in the recovery effort. One of my concerns is that when the water sub sides, and the cameras are no longer and the media is no longer covering the story, how then do we go about reestablishing our community. So we need a lot of help. We need a lot of federal help. We need a lot of money in our communities, but not just in west houston because thats suburbs. We need it in the inner city, fifth ward, trinity garden, acres home, south park, sunnyside, places like that. So its an enormous amount of work and a great opportunity to do hispanic good for the citizens of houston. One of the concerns many have, i was very much involved in the aftermath of katrina and certainly in discussions with you in houston. One of the concerns is that people, developers and others, dont come in and use this as a way to gentrify and remove people. How are you going to make sure working with the congressman and others that the people in the community that you just raised concerns about are involved and it becomes recovery and not removal . That is a great question. That is true. One of the things were doing this morning in our services is to begin addressing that issue along with people that are in construction in our church. Build a big team. Not just my church but across the city we can go on todays communities with integrity to help rebuild them. We dont want gentrification where communities are wiped out and people with money, power, and resource coin and displace people. We want to go in and rebuild Economic Empowerment and where people can rebuild their homes and begin owning their homes and purchasing their homes because thats where real economic strength comes, when people can have their own housing. They are no longer renters, dwellings, they want to have their own properties. Congressman, how much can the members of the congress and the senate help people like reverend
west, who unlike others there is a lot of controversy around joel osteen and Reverend West has a view hes not such a bad guy. Ill take the reverends word at it but i dont like what i heard in response from joel osteen, let me be clear. Putting that aside, how can the members of congress and the Senate Delegation help make sure that the community is revised long after the cameras are gone, and that we are not seeing exploitation by developers and others . Two things, reverend. One, its a participatory democracy. We have to keep the people, citizenry engaged in this process. We cannot allow what is a moment to slip away. We have to make it a movement, as you have talked about on many occasions. The next thing, and its important, we have to make sure resources in houston are placed
in the neighborhoods so people can rebuild their homes. Its not enough for fema to show up and make sure people have shelter. We now have to move to the process of making sure those homes are repaired and so that people can have normalcy in their lives. I agree with what Reverend West said. That is we cant allow resources to be used for reasons other than rehabbing homes and not replacing homes. Replacing people, thats one thing we cant upset. I think most members of the Congressional Black Caucus would want to make sure people were not replaced. All right. I want to thank you both, congressman al green, congressmand Ralph Douglas west, stay with you long after the cameras are gone. Politics nation will not be gone. The challenge all that need money goes to those who need it most. Well be right back. Flourish Spray NoiseFlourish Spray Noise the joy of real cream in 15 calories per serving. Enough said. Reddiwip. Flourish Spray Noise share the joy. At planters, we put Fresh Roawhich has its drawbacks. An, guys, know anything about this missing inventory . Wasnt me the cheeks dont lie, chet. Irresistibly planters. You dont let anything lkeep you sidelined. Come on thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. Ensure, always be you. Need it. Where are these concerns in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, and how do we safeguard against what we see in these alleged and other locations. Thanks for having me on, reverend, good morning. Intersecting issues of race and class arent really being discussed that much, really if at all, in the mainstream narrative. Proprietary n right now the focus is obviously recovery. Primarily that Conversation Centers on everyone in the houston area is a home owner. Thats not the case. We have a city that has a 30 poverty rate. Over 40 of the population actually rents. It doesnt own a home. That population is disproportionately black and also brown. So were going to have to have a difficult, very necessary conversation about race and
class, which are the most significant aspects of this particular hurricane, particularly in the aftermath of it and as we head into recovery. Well, if 30 of houston is below the poverty level, if 40 are renters, you cant avoid these issues. You cant talk about recovery if youre not talking about who is the population that has to be recover recovered. Right. Exactly. This is important for everyone, not just important for those who are vulnerable or the traditionally underserved in houston. Their economic condition was happening long before harvey hit. But it actually exacerbates the problem of the impact of harvey. It actually makes recovery that much harder for everyone involved, for everyone in the houston metropolitan area. So it also leads into a Larger National conversation that we
need to have about vulnerable underserved populations in impact zones from hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, from all these Climate Change instigated catastrophes. You have, for example, the majority of the u. S. Black population, much of it dealing with a lot of socioeconomic struggles is in high impact or zones which are very vulnerable to Climate Change catastrophe. Were going to have to have this conversation and were going to have to plan for it as well. As we talk about having to have this conversation, lets not be naive. There are some that are in this kind of business of redevelopment, rebuilding, that are already beginning discussions. You cant talk, as Congressman Green did earlier in this show, about recovery and the need for billions of dollars and it not be going to some people doing the business. So how do we know from today, as these discussions are already happening, and as were talking about congress coming back in, i think the president asked for immediately over 7 billion. How do we make sure the right people are involved with the right strategy that includes everybody, which includes 40 of the population that are renters . Right. So were going to have to have im talking to brent. Sorry. We need to focus on the people who have already been concentrating on these low income populations in the area such as teakeja collecting mone for recovery effort, Clinton Kelly collecting money and funds and resources for port arthur, beaumont community, which is right off the coast, and which has been perpetually hit by a number of hurricanes and storms going all the way back to
katrina and before. We know that the money and land grab is definitely a concern in new orleans. I reported after katrina about how billions of dollars in tax credits and grants went to developers who for many of them their first order of business was to get rid of the very lowest income people. Thats why i wanted you to address it, brent, because you did a real thorough job, and i observed it firsthand, talking about what happened to katrina. How do we make sure it doesnt happen here, brent . We have to learn the lessons that we saw unfold in new orleans. The developers, the policymakers in louisiana and in new orleans, and honestly in new jersey after hurricane sandy, a lot of them were very transparent about the fact that they wanted to remake a lot of communities over to get rid of the very lowest income, very lowest percentile of people and class of people. Mostly when were talking about africanamericans, latinos. So i think what it is, we have to have those grassroots Environmental Justice and fair housing advocates at the table whenever theres any kind of discussion about how Recovery Money will be distributed. If they are not if those fair housing and Environmental Justice and Climate Justice advocates will not be at the table, yes, it will be our communities that will be on the menu. All right. Thank you to charles d. Ellison and brentin mock. Coming up, i like jokes and some sarcasm, but theres nothing funny about the video im about to show you. Ill be right back. Discover card. Hey. What can you tell me about your new Social Security alerts . Oh well alert you if we find your Social Security number on any one of thousands of risky sites, so youll be in the know. Ooh. Sushi. Ugh. Being in the know is a good thing. Sign up online for free. Discover Social Security alerts. Supercool notebooks, done. Thats mom Taking Care Of Business. And with the 25 cent event, Office Depot Officemax takes care of mom now, all this just 25 cents each Taking Care Of Business your bbut as you get older,ing. It naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. Thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. The secret is an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Now for this weeks gotcha. Sometimes visuals are stronger than words. The following video makes the
case. What youre about to see is a clip from a Georgia Police officer who was seen and heard on camera telling a woman during a traffic stop that they, police, only kill black people. Take a look. In case you missed it, the cop says, quote, remember, we only kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . End quote. Not much to add to that. Ill just say the following short and to the point. First, the Police Officer from that video now says hell retire amid the backlash, especially after his superiors told him hed be fired. To be clear, this is not another case of, quote, blame on both sides. This is not lets understand the context of the situation. The facts are an on duty white policeman in a professional capacity approaches a white civilian and confides that policemen only shoot blacks. Hes not laughing, and he doesnt say that hes joking. Maybe he was just attempting to deescalate a situation with an uncooperative passenger. I dont know. What i do know joking or not, sarcasm or not, words like these are unacceptable and should be rooted out of any Police Officers lexicon. The reality is to minorities,
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