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innocent people trying to protect themselves and their family could get swept up in that and destroy their future. >> i don't think that carrying a gun on the south side makes you safer. i don't think that had pendleton been strapped she would be safer in the circumstance that killed her. on the other hand, i do agree these are the kind of laws, the way they are implemented have a way of sweeping up a population's effect. it is the other side of mayor bloomberg's law here. the other side is stop and frisk. >> we are assuming that sweeping up the guns means a punitive way of sweeping up the guns. i think that's a mistake. number one, i think it's important to understand black youth are 15% of the population in this country and 45% of the youth killed by guns. it is a significant issue for the black community. it's a significant issue and we have to get those guns and deal with it. it's important to understand they are coming in many different ways. no, gun regulation alone is not
u.s. history. it's become a central organizing issue for activists. leading the most influential organization to lift the 120 year ban on civil disobedience. dozens were arrested for acts of non-violent protests. one of those was julian bond, who helped found the coordinating committee civil rights organizationization. she has faced the consequences of activism in movie theaters and lunch counters. joining us from washington, d.c. is julian bond, chairman of the naacp. nice to see you. >> pleasure to be here. thanks for having me on. >> hearing you had been arrested, i thought this was an interesting moment. it wasn't over an obvious civil rights issue, but clearly there's a coalition mere who is
for them to turned around and say doma is constitutional is bizarre. >> right. is this what will hinge on or turn on ultimately? >> just to remind the audience, there are two cases. doma is federal and the california case. stepping way back, regardless of what happens this month and this year, we are going to have gay marriage in america in all 50 states in our lifetime, indeed within the next five to ten years because the demographics are so dramatically shifting as evidence by president obama's issue on this in one direction, an arc of history bending toward justice. once enough states do this on their own, which they will, the supreme court will nationalize it, even if it doesn't do it this year. once enough states do it on their own and other states have to recognize marriages
issue. yes, we are hand strong with data being able to support some of these things. the evidence is clear. columbine, there was an armed guard at columbine high school. >> it didn't make a difference. we are going to take a quick break. i wonder if there's an 18th amendment issue going on here. that's next. [ lisa ] my name's lisa, and chantix helped me quit.
beginning to understand this environmental question as a civil rights issue. >> it is a civil rights issue. people are affected by it more than other people in the country. the naacp whose board i used to chair has been on this issue for almost decades. any american who is cognizant of the weather and them, we flooded the biggest city in the country, we had the hottest year in history last year. i mean how can you deny these things are happening and need to be stopped? >> i want to ask you, this trade off between the idea of jobs for communities that are economically deprived and at a disadvantage. on the other hand, the environment meant that communities of color and poor communities have been set over and against the air they breathe and the water they drink. >> exactly. we'll give you the jobs if you
problems we are trying to solve in the country, we are not talking about whether or not keystone is good or bad for 20,000 jobs. the impact on health, communities and environment and whether there are better solutions. >> with more jobs. we are going to stay on this issue with everyone at the table and also with julian bond who got arrested on this issue. i want to ask him why when we are back. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson.
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