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And the middle class. and poor people are being left out, in my judgment, to the challenge and -- to the challenge of the nation. i think we've got to focus on poor people more. and acknowledge the fact that we have to provide the opportunities and focus in the areas of education and housing and investment in that community to bring them along as well. >> and to what degree, sir, then does our first african-american president share in the responsibility, in your view, for focusing more attention on the poor, more attention to the problems of the inner city? you know this better than i do. ther...

With us a guest. no big surprise there, i guess. ellis, let me start with you. the naacp is supposed to be in the business of advancing the black community. there are so many serious problems that plague it, including black on black violence, fatherlessness, drugs, guns, education problems. why would the naacp waste its time at its national convention focusing on nonexistent racism in the tea party? >> first of all, monica, every single one of those issues you almost about a litany of the agenda of the naacp. all of those things are matters the naacp has taken up. >> why are they wasting their...

The naacp is supposed to be in the business of advancing the black community. there are so many serious problems that plague it, including black on black violence, fatherlessness, drugs, guns, education problems. why would the naacp waste its time at its national convention focusing on nonexistent racism in the tea party? >> first of all, monica, every single one of those issues you almost about a litany of the agenda of the naacp. all of those things are matters the naacp has taken up. >> why are they wasting their time with the tea party. >> i don't think it's inappropriate with a civil righ...

The business of advancing the black community. there are so many serious problems that plague it, including black on black violence, fatherlessness, drugs, guns, education problems. why would the naacp waste its time at its national convention focusing on nonexistent racism in the tea party? >> first of all, monica, every single one of those issues you almost about a litany of the agenda of the naacp. all of those things are matters the naacp has taken up. >> why are they wasting their time with the tea party. >> i don't think it's inappropriate with a civil rights movement saying there is thi...