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Of state in 15 other countries around the world. you can see them marked in yesterday low. they all have to legislate for this rule to come into force. most of them have managed to do it. they're still waiting on it will affect this baby. >> an awfully big fuss over a very little baby. after president obama's personal reflections many black leaders want to know what's next. >> how do we americans push the conversation forward. next hour, we'll talk to the head of the national urban league. stay with us for that. to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep moving to deliver what you ne...

National conversation about workplace discrimination, something that impacts every lgbt american in this had country. so what we're looking to do is not only to open that conversation, but to push that conversation forward. now we are looking to move from talk to action. so we're looking for the president to pick up his pen, make sure that he's not just talking, but moving us toward action, sign an executive order that would cover about 22% of the american work force, get us about a quarter of the way there, then show leadership for congress to pass the employment non-discrimination act after ...

>> you know, i keep my hat on because it's early. >> you took your message to congress which is probably people who actually need to hear. >> the thing -- you know what? i kind of did. it wasn't like, you know, mr. smith goes to washington. it was more like the headlines caught up with the themes of the show. and the stuff we've been talking about for eight years now is now, you know, front and center. not just big unemployment but a skills gap at the same time. how is that you get 9.1% unemployment and 740,000 jobs in transportation and manufacturing if you don't have the skills to deal with ...

Pushing. >> the white house saying it will help 28 million americans, right? >> right. >> without that it's -- they will not have that assistance. is it likely that the white house's push for $10.10 will happen? will we see it happening on the grassroots or state by state level? >> back in april, senate democrats weren't able to get republicans on their side to move the conversation forward, to get to $10.10 an hour. mitch mcconnell said if it failed, he was unlikely to bring it up in the new congress. that's going to be a big hurdle. polls are showing about two-thirds of americans generally s...