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Attention, and focus on minority outreach. and research and clarification. they don't have a go-to person on this, which tells me that certainly they're not genuine about it at all. now, in may 2013 survey done by the pew research center found that 88% of african-americans and 57% of whites felt that there is at least some discrimination towards african-americans. are things getting better, or are they getting worse, zerlina? >> i don't think they're getting better. i wouldn't say that we are where we were in 1955. of course that's not true. but i think there are a number of different things. ...

Back when we reauthorized the voting rights act in 2006, only 33 people voted no. everybody else in the house voted for it. and so i think there's a lot of people like congressman sensenbrenner, gong man goodlatte, congressman castle no longer in the house but who voted for it and many others who would probably i believe if their past is consistent with their present position be willing to sit down and say how do we make sure this map is right. i think it's also important to mention that section 4, which has been struck down, had an opt out provision and several jurisdictions were and have bee...

Many studies on this subject and the new one says coffee significantly benefits your brain. simply drinking coffee each day can help stave off dementia later in life. the reason? caffeine in the bloodstream promotes remembering somehow. so have another cup. clayton? >> many older americans are struggling in the job market. young people. according to generation opportunities millennial jobs report for may 2013, there was a 16.1% of young people were out of work in may. joining us now to respond is alli smith the college chair of the national republican committee. nice to see you this morning al...

9/12 or make america a better place to live. in march of 2012 the "huffington post" published a confidential donor list for the national organization of marriage, a conservative tax-exempt organization. in july of 2012, the administration there the treasury department was informed by the treasury inspector general of a tigta audit of targeting of groups by the irs. in may 2013 the public and congress were finally told this practice occurred only after a scathing report by the taxpayer treasury inspector general resulted in senior irs firms planting a question about the targeting activity befor...

Start to leak? why does this happen? >> it is striking how often -- truman, eisenhower, nixon, reagan, clinton, w. bush all having second-term scandals that at least partially derailed their administration and i think part of it is arrogance. part of it is inattention or kind of a sense of the administration gets weary but i think also part of it is just the odds catching up with you. 1600 pennsylvania avenue is a dangerous place. you stay long enough things happen. somewhere someone does something wrong. i think you're seeing that kind of confluence now again with president obama. >> how dang...