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Every night "keeping them honest," he's courageous. but when tavis smiley suggests holding the president accountable then all of a sudden i'm labeled an obama critic. that argument is specious, number one, and quite frankly has some racist undertones to it. >> it has been a criticism of the congressional black caucus that the president has not focused on issues that are important to african-americans, professor west, dr. west. and some people took him to task. robert gibbs defended him just a couple weeks ago, saying that the president was a member of the congressional black caucus and that he...

When black leaders start saying that, then what role are they playing? if they're not fighting for the best interests of black people. no matter who the president is. so this is not about the president. it's about the presidency. how do you get the white house to take note of the suffering of your people and get them to address that? >> you talked about black leaders. and i'm just read something quotes. al sharpton, the reverend al sharpton says, "tavis smiley is an outright liar and a hater and a a clinton water boy." how do you respond to things like that? >> well, i really don't, quite fran...

>> you remember because you were standing there when tavis and i had a heated discussion at johnson's funeral about tavis calling bill clinton a black president. and he wrote it in his book. how did he hold him accountable. i'm talking to a real plaque president about real black people. he was willing to give a pass to a white man from arkansas that he called a black president. come on, let's be fair and honest here. >> we invited both tavis smiley and al sharpton to join us. mr. smiley had a previous radio commitment but reverend sharpton joins us now. reverend sharpton, good of you to join u...

tavis: good evening from los angeles. i'm tavis smiley. tonight on this king day, 2010, a conversation with one of dr. king's closest friends and confidentes, harry belafonte. he first met dr. king in the 1950's and the two remained very close until king's assassination. he shares the man, the movement and the lessons we can still learn from dr. king in the 21st century. we're glad you have joined it. a conversation with harry belafonte coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly we're looking...

tavis: good evening from los angeles. i'm tavis smiley. tonight on ts king day, 2010, a conversation with one of dr. king's closest friends and confidentes, harry belafonte. he first met dr. king in the 1950's and the two remained very close until king's assassination. he shares the man, the movement and the lessons we can still learn from dr. king in the 21st century. we're glad you have joined it. a conversation with harry belafonte coming up right now. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly we're looking f...