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The official african-americans, 16.7%. white, 8.0%. the institutional inequality is dash is a civil rights issue. but at the same time, when you rob people of their right to collective bargaining, which -- labor unions are dealing with, that's a civil rights issue. so -- as you said, that weekend that sunday that they are committing dedicating the president will officially dedicate martin luther king themmial. when dr. king died in memphis on a labor marseilling it was a civil rights issue. so yesterday national action, there was a group i lead, joined the naacp and urban league and leading la...

and some democrats are concerned that this is a, happening too late, and b, that it's possible the white house is agreeing to a deal stall essentially jam democrats into agreeing to something that does not go far enough on the issues that they care about, an they'll ultimately be in a position of either voting to agree with their president and raise the debt ceiling or risk default and untenable position in their view. >> untenable in their view. let's dig into the detail. what do we know about the framework that's being discussed and especially the parts that democrats don't like? >...

no one is speaking publicly about it, but i have been in touch with some democrats on the hill who are still very upset this evening after that meeting. the bottom line is they have heard these outlines of a possible framework of a deal. and some democrats are concerned that this is a, happening too late, and b, that it's possible the white house is agreeing to a deal that will essentially jam the democrats into agreeing to something that does not go far enough on the issues that they care about, and they'll ultimately be in a position of either voting to agree with their president a...

Congressional district, a special election to replace jane harmon gives the state's primary law. polls open up in the los angeles area district to replace jane harmon. replaced in february. 16 candidates of both parties are fighting it out in a wide open jungle primary. if no candidate clears 50%, the top two candidates regardless of party advance to a july 12th runoff. the assumption is two democrats will finish in the top two. the favorites are split roughly along party lines. you have a beer track, a wine track divide. most labor groups are backing janice hawn from a famous political family...

Lawmakers are having a tough time in washington state, not just washington, d.c. >> that's right. >> here they can't get a budget passed because protesters keep interrupting them. more than a dozen arrested yesterday at the state capitol in olympia, some trying to storm the governor's office chanting "less us in" others had to be escorted from the gallery after shutting down the legislature for 30 minutes. it's about labor groups, angry about millions of dollars in proposed cuts to state funded health services. in fargo, north dakota, they're preparing for the worst from the rising red river...