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Never recovered from the 1968 riots. in addition to that we have policies of drug enforcement in this country, extremely central to this. i mean it's not the only thing, but it's one leg of the three-legged stool. we have poverty conditions education conditions we have health issues. but we have never properly dealt with the so-called war on drugs. we place criminal justice first, when this is a public health issue. we shouldn't be using cops to solve a public health issue. >> listen to this two decades ago, city officials injected more than $130 million into samtown, right? the part of baltim...

Were upset. i was very surprised. they would shake my hand and say thank you for being here. and then continue to riot. >> did you get the sense that a lot of the people out there, not the violent rioters, but the peaceful protesters which are the majority of them just want to be heard? really heard? they want to be heard but they want action too. you know hear what i'm saying but at the same time help me respond to that and if we don't address this we're going to face this in different parts of our nation. >> there is a huge unemployment crisis in the city especially for young black men. 37% ...

Businesses the average one doesn't survive over the first year because they are not given the right kind of support. so if we are equitable, the same thing you give the major corporation, if we are 76% of the population we ought to be generating some wealth and we are not given that access. >> you want to see quotas in terms of how many minorities getting applause here, how many minorities have to be hired by certain businesses? >> hi some prerequisite how do you come to the city but no covenant made for what you do beyond the inner harbor. most of you in the press have not gop past the splash...

President john calhoun of south carolina. he writes, quote, this is the politics of nullification, the doctrine nearly as old as the republic itself that holds that the state singly or in concert can defy federal actions by declaring them invalid or simply ignoring them. we hear the echoes of nullification in the venting of anti-government passions and also in campaigns to starve government, curtail voter renl stration, repeal legislation, delegitimize presidents. the sam town is with me tonight. he's editor of the "new york times" book review and willie brown is the former san francisco mayor...

thaffecting the united states in more ways than one. stu varney joins me now. it cannot be overstated, the dire warnings that they are offering. the meeting in brussels to save the euro has taken on an air of desperation. if this euro collapses we would be looking at a situation globally that is far more deaf stating than we even saw here in 2008 after the mortgage implosion and the debt krep crunched that followed. is this overstating it? >> no it is not. it is here now and happening at break-neck place. there are crisis meetings taking place in washington d.c. president obama is th...