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I'd rather republicans acknowledge that there are structural impediments and inequalities that persist. we talk about health care despairty, economic inequality, the fact that the wages of black people fell post-recession and the median income by 9.2%. the unemployment is 16.7%. one out of two black men in new york cannot get a job right now. and the disproportionate concentration of african-americans in the prison system. we can talk about the persistence of structural inequiies as well as cultural bigotry that -- and that keep them down. there's no question that he's a loosery. he's in delus...

Economics. it all boils down pretty much to race. it is a shame. alan west is a republican congressman out of flashes the only republican member of the congressional black caucus and a member of the tea party caucus in the house and sir thank you for your time. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me, bill. bill: what is samuel jackson saying here? >> i think samuel jackson needs to play more attention to the upcoming move the avengers next summer and pay attention to the policies that have failed. there is a 16.7 unemployment rate in the black community. a 20% unemployment rate for black...

My choice? we are our own worst enemy. >>guest: absolutely absurd. >> it is true. >> they have never put us on the plantation with entitlements. entitlements were used to help raise all boats up, white folks fled from the inner cities and white folks took the tax base and the jobs. we have never ben wedded to entitlements programs. white folks decimated the community. >>alisyn: and now the unemployment problem. >>guest: racism is the problem, sir. racism has always been the problem. >>alisyn: another problem is jobs and unemployment. the national unemployment rate is very high 9.1 percent but ...

our pentagon xpont barbara star has more on the air strike that killed al-awlaki. >> reporter: this is important. this man posed a direct threat to the united states had inspired him by all accounts ordered attacks against the u.s. now this apparently is the result of a two-year effort between the u.s. intelligence community and the people to go after him to find him, target him and take him out. very controversial as he is an american born citizen. killed for his activities in another country. by all accounts, it was a drone strike that killed al-awlaki. there were three other perso...

Prepared to do the kind of public policy that will benefit most of the people and certainly african-americans, and so, yes, he is pandering. >> one final point. african-american unemployment is at 16.7%. do you have any idea what the republicans want to do for these americans to get them back to work other than give tax breaks to the rich? >> they don't want to do anything. as a matter of fact, in this same bill that i'm referring to, they just cut the job training programs for the one-stop centers. they're cutting jobs. as they make cuts throughout this budget, which means that they are under...