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[applause] maybe maybe, mr. President. But im afraid not. Because the truth is, ladies and gentlemen, that this is how we were warned it would be. President reagan told us from the very beginning that he believed in a kind of social darwinism. Survival of the fittest. Government cant do everything, we were told, so it should settle for taking care of the strong and hope that economic ambition and charity will do the rest. Make the rich richer, and what falls from the table will be enough for the middle class and those who are trying desperately to work their way into the middle class. You know...

Jim and sarah and scott are an example to all americans that we can end the violence that is tearing us apart, that as a family, as individuals, each of us can and will make a difference. Sarah brady. [applause] sarah brady thank you, general reno. She didnt tell you that on that courthouse step alone fighting for the brady bill there was another woman, the attorney general herself. , sinceht along the way we have been fortunate enough to have her in washington, she has been right along with us. Its a special day for us all. I dont think it ever occur to me that i would be this emotional until...

Coming up in a few minutes. A couple of different stories were watching. The nasdaq partying like its the year 2000. Closing above 5,000 for the First Time Since then in only the third time ever. The nasdaq now. 8 away from the record close. There is a surprise from down under this morning. Australia central bank holding back on further easings. Gasoline prices jumped 37cents a gallon. Now thats the largest week to week increase since the agency began its survey in 1992 but life is relative and if you remember where things were six months ago its hard to complain. So it doubled in three and do...

By cornel west. This is a real treasure of some of the most important features and letters and publish documents of dr. King. What inspired you to do this project . Guest i just want to begin by saluting you in a minute you mainly that you were to do at the schaumburg. You do with such alec and spend such a vision and such sensitivity and your scholarship actually from a expulsion terms of this discourse im hyper incarceration among poor people is chocolate, is crucial. Such a thing to spend this time with you my brother, is a pitiful thing. Will think about martin king were thing about the sa...

So this is my cricket one that i have proposed. Unfortunately i never had time but i think would be very much worth it as a curriculum to educate women and help them with all aspects of being integrated into western society. Booktv continues now with after words. Cornel west explores Martin Luther king, jr. s radical political thinking a side of the late civil rights leader that the author argues has been diminished and sanitized. Cornel west speaks with Khalil Mohammed director of the Schomberg Center for black culture. Host dr. West it is a real delight to have you here on the show. Im grate...