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As well. >> i think the important thing, no matter who the president would be, it could be hillary clinton, it could be barack obama, it could be john mccain, and lo and behold it could be sarah palin. if they're not focusing on poor people if they're not poex focusing on the prison industrial complex-f they're not focusing on workers. jobs way living wage, quality health care, infrastructure, quality education, allowing people to live lives of decency and dignity. we wouldn't need to have this gathering. so it's not a question of the color of the president. but it is true that president obama...

Just a real gift. it certainly wasn't what i had planned for my life. but you can't go against these forces of nature. >> see more work in some of peru's poorest areas or to nominate someone you think is changing the world. go to cnn.com/heroes. seeing the health care reform bill passed, that's president obamas biggest concern at the moment. but new challenges certainly lie ahead. these two men, tavis smiley, dr. cornel west, say they want the president to give more attention to issues important to african-americans. and it's hard to see when sand is blowing in your eyes, right? a sandstor...

>> why are you doing this to me? both of their aides are going to be calling yelling at me. >> real quickly you saw the president filling out his brackets. it was very interesting. do we still have that video? now, listen, last year in better political times as you said he was a winner. and this year everyonetion saying oh, my gosh, it could turn out to be a big political upset like all the games have been as i said buzzer beaters and down to the wire and upsets. a lot of people predicting this could be an upset. >> just like he has taken ownership of his picks right there, health care for pre...

Don, and how we go about doing that. i happen to believe that disproportionate pain requires a disproportionate response. i believe, and i think dr. west agrees, that the black agenda has always been the best of america because the black agenda is always about democracy, looking out for those who are socially, politically, economically disenfranchised. so this conversation today is how can black people exercise their agency and how do we get black leaders to understand the urgency of the pain that black people are feeling right now? >> okay. so listen, there's been a controversy, for our viewe...

Listen, this weekend tavis smiley is holding a big event in chicago to talk about issues that are important to african-americans, right? he does this every year. so many african-americans threw their support behind president obama to get him elected. but as the nation's first black president doing enough to address their concerns? talk show host tavis smiley has raised the issue, even putting him at odds with some black leaders, many black leaders, really. he took his concerns to the president's home turf today at chicago state university. now, i had a chance to speak with smiley along with au...