and evian survived by his wife and two children, tributes for the creator are now pouring in famed harlem designer dapper dan saying his life was a testament to how much black lives matter by showing what black lives are capable of >> who can we empower next >> reporter: capable of and celebrated for. >> life is so short that you can't waste a day subscribing to what someone thinks you can do, versus knowing what you can do >> reporter: morgan radford, nbc news new york >>> that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ ♪♪ sat on the ground ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ there is nothing and dear loved ♪ ♪ where is my mind ♪ ♪ where's my mind ♪ ♪ where's my mind ♪ ♪ where is my mind ♪ ♪ way out in the water, seared swimming ♪ ♪ with your feet on the air and your head on the ground ♪ ♪ try this trick and spin it, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ your head will collapse ♪ ♪ but there's nothing in it ♪ ♪ and you'll ask yourself ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ where is my mind? ♪ ♪

and evian survived by his wife and two children, tributes for the creator are now pouring in famed harlem designer dapper dan saying his life was a testament to how much black lives matter by showing what black lives are capable of >> who can we empower next >> reporter: capable of and celebrated for. >> life is so short that you can't waste a day subscribing to what someone thinks you can do, versus knowing what you can do >> reporter: morgan radford, nbc news new york >>> that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night when it comes to flooring, i'm hard to please. so, i go to floor & decor where they don't just know the difference between products, they live for it. from american hardwood to spanish porcelain to italian marble, i'm looking for inspiration from every part of the world. so, when it comes to discovering every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design, one aisle doesn't cut it. i need an entire store. now, i've got one. explore floor & decor in per

two-time pulitzer prize winner colson whitehead brings us inside that world in his latest novel, "harlem shuffle," plus. - peril remains, it's not over trump is out there. - [christiane] investigative journalist bob woodward joins walter isaacson with new details about the turbulent transfer of power from trump to biden. [upbeat music]

i went a couple of years ago to the north side, just be on harlem. jonathan: just having a look. tom: just looking around. the officer stopped me and said we don't care that you work for mr. bloomberg. jonathan: i hope that is not a true story. from new york this morning, good morning to you all. jonathan ferro, tom keene. kailey leinz sitting in for lisa abramowicz. lisa will be back next week. on the nasdaq, up 0.8%. switch up the board and get to what is happening elsewhere. we talked about crude already in this turnaround, up by four pointed percent. it is not a big move. aussie-yen had a move of 2.6% in friday's session. take that good risk proxy, the haven status, -2.6 percent on friday's session. today, a move 0.1 per 5% -- a move of 0.5%. tom: it is a huge pacific rim proxy, along with asia dxy, and the answer is we don't know. you mentioned it earlier, zero covid is the theme in asia. you wonder with oma krohn -- with omicron, how are they going to handle it? jonathan: as you have set all morning, we've got to wait for more information on this virus. jonathan: let's talk

and i will always remember the afternoon bob and i spent in harlem a few years ago talking about history in the writing process. there is a greater appreciation for his book. now his archive is at the new york historical society i can't wait to visit. who knows bob maybe you could give me a tour of the exhibit. in all seriousness i want to thank you for all you have done to help us expand our understanding of the past, the present leading to our ability to envision the possibility of the future. i wish you a wonderful celebration in many more years of continued good work. >> thank you bill. >> thank you louise. this is such a thrilling day for me. to have people that i so much admire talk this morning about what is called my archive. bob douglas, bill, lisa, jane, i said what i wanted to about each of you. i could use up the entire time a lot of the syllogistic from the bottom of my heart you given me a day i will never forget and thank you. to have people i so much admire here to talk about me makes the stay that is accurate. today is thrilling because it's an announcement that my paper

go to harlem and plant trees. the thing i noticed was when we showed up in harlem no one was interested in planting trees. everyone showed up except for the boss who actually was nowhere to be found in no one was planting trees. they were b telling investment r stories, catching up on office gossip and not really planting trees. of course then the boss shows up an hour late, the guy at the top of the food chain which by the way goldman sachs they were slim fit suits, tailored shirts and sheep visibly cheap rubber wrist strap digital washes as a show about false humility. shows up with the watch, and guccii boots and said we are taking pictures and getting out of here and that's exactly what we did and e went to a bar neary and started drinking and i asked one of the older associates, look, we wanted to call it a social day we should have just called it that rather than calling it service day in his response stuck with me. he said have you ever heard of the golden rule and he said of course i had gone to a catholic

and you plant trees and whati noticed when i showed up at harlem's nobody was interested in planting trees . everyone showed up except for the boss but nobody was planting trees. they were telling investment war stories andnobody was planting trees . the thing we went to harlem to do and of course the boss shows up an hour late and by the way goldman sachs wore temperatures but they don't wear rolexes, they where these cheap black rubber wrist strap digital watches as a show of sort of false humility but he shows up with that watch and says a, we're going to take pictures and get out of here and that's what we did. we went to the bar and started drinking. b i said if we wanted to call it a social day we shouldhave called it back . in his response stuck with me. he said have you ever heard of the golden rule? i said treat others the way treated and he said no, the golden rule is this. he has the gold makes the rules. i call it the golden rule and i turned out i did learn something valuable that summer after all it's the golden rule i followed 10 years later when goldman sachs declares

you might have had an element of someone similar to reverend jones in harlem new york. but not running around the southwest region of the country. everyday life. communities, parades, commencement's. it is a slice of life. the wisdom to capture vfl what would have been lost. i have never seen this film before in my life. black people that own oil wells. i am not talking about two or three dozens i'm caught -- i'm talking about 2000, 3, 000 barrels. not rich, wealthy. oklahoma is such a unique situation when it comes to the black experience. reverend jones, we were blessed to have a person like that. i was a child of the 60's. i grew up in the 1960's. i will give you an illustration. there was a valerie -- a very popular tv program called "i spy." as a kid in the 60's, if you wanted to clear the streets, "i spy" would come on tv. everyone would be watching that. we wanted to see a positive image of ourselves. you did not have to worry about mommy and daddy sing, get in here. no. he, born into slavery, had seen the worst of americans. these were shown in his church and bl

and as i left brunswick on late thanksgiving eve to rush back to harlem for the annual national action networks -- not this year turkey but we gave plates out, the mayor of new york and mayor-elect eric adams and reverend daughtry and others helping us give out 3,000 plates to people, seniors and the homeless. i thought about despite those two victories let's not forget it was a week earlier that kyle rittenhouse was acquitted and then welcomed by former president trump. let's not forget we don't have a voting rights bill and we don't have a george floyd bill. so even in our thanks, as thank god for the strength to keep fighting. we'll be right back. up to 80% off. living room seating up to 70% off. and ge appliances up to 40% off. plus tons more limited-time deals. and free shipping on thousands of products. our cyber monday is happening now through december 3rd. shop the event of the season. only at wayfair.com ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ with voltaren arthritis pain gel. my husband's got his moves back. an alternative to pills, voltaren is a non-steroidal anti-inflam

angeles, south side, west side of chicago, east side of detroit, east side of buffalo, et cetera, east harlem, all significantly understored. and if reports of flash and grab crime is pervasive, or any other type of crime, the developers who need to invest do not invest. of that said, corina lamb your great producer, discussed the strategic solution which is the late great senator patrick moynahan on a bipartisan basis created economic empowerment zones in the innercity to build shopping malls, build shopping centers have full-service post office, police substations to create jobs not just for retail but to lead into management. and ultimately you have an economic requiem and renaissance in the innercities that checks crime, gates crime, and creates opportunity. and great spending like the late jack putterman did. on 609 one of the most profitable stores in america. and doj and s.e.c. were asleep at the switch which vulture companies came in and bankrupted and in my professional view stole the money so we need good old government oversight. and we need the economic empowerment zones. that can

two-time pulitzer prize winner colson whitehead brings us inside that world in his latest novel, "harlem shuffle," plus. - peril remains, it's not over trump is out there. - [christiane] investigative journalist bob woodward joins walter isaacson with new details about the turbulent transfer of power from trump to biden. [upbeat music]

. ♪ >> rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people would gather to spin records and then recite their own lyrics, their raps, over the instrumental sections. ♪ come on now ♪ >> "the breaks" was curtis blow's biggest hit, selling 680,000 copies last year and hitting the top of the rhythm and blues sales charts. >> as a young kid running around with a local deejay crew i watched the transition from all the disco music we used to play at the block parties to slowly and surely hip-hop taking over. ♪ >> the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it's a process of using two turntables and a mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. >> thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ a child is born with no state of mind ♪ ♪ blind to the ways of mankind ♪ ♪ god is smiling on you but he's frowning, too ♪ ♪ only god knows what you go through ♪ >> "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a par

the stories he was telling but when malcolm was hustling in the streets and in boston and later in harlem. and then to focus on that at the end of his life he had totally come around on that and was very critical and the islamic world the need to educate women in your country. country can only be as advanced as their women. so there are these things people can look at but then what malcolm when he went to africa you and i go to africa we are not necessarily meeting with heads of state that he was meeting with heads of states and free countries. he met with so many. and then to explore what that means. and what comes of those relationships? >> and there is so much scholarship it is endless. but one thing i will say that people would say to me over the years oh another book is coming how do you feel? and i would say i'm not worried. telling that from a different perspective and the discipline is different it is journalism so it is a different approach altogether and i think that there are people who are journalist you only want to focus looking at the whole is much as we could and we did th

. >> diana went to harlem and visited a pediatric aids unit. >> the princess had meeting with children suffering from aids and wanted to know more about children's who's aids were complicated by mother's drug abuse. >> i was 8 years old at the time princess diana came to visit harlem hospital and i was excited my mom would be welcoming princess diana to the hospital. >> she came in and she said where are they? we just took her to where the children were. she could not wait to get there. >> during the late '80s crack cocaine ravaged our neighborhood and with the drug addiction came sharing of needles and many modes of transmission of hiv/aids. it was a and back then, these children were born with hiv and also severely addicted to crack. >> as she went to the room there was a little boy she went over and picked him up and he kind of just held on to her arm. and you could just see the love that this woman had. for humanity. she was letting people know that you can be with them and you can love them. >> they were surprised she had come to harlem hospital, a place never visited by any ameri

to, like when we look at when malcolm x was playing in the streets, starting in boston and later in harlem. and talked about how he treated women and people like to focus on that but at the end of his life, it was very different pretty can totally come around on that in fact he was even very critical of islam and the islamic world and saying that you need to educate the women in your country. and so there are these different things that people can look at that you know, i thank you so important to look at the connections even that malcolm x was trying to make not trying but making with africa. when he talked about african like you i would go to africa, while he was meeting with heads of states. he met with piÑata and so many. and it is so to explore what that means and what were those relationships well what could've come of those relationships. it is just endless and i think and i agree with you, one of the things that i will say the people would say to me over the years of their like another book is coming out about malcolm x and how do you feel and i would not be worried because i knew

>> there were four cameras at the harlem cultural festival. and by far my favorite camera of all was camera four, which strictly told the story of that day. >> my name is musa jackson, and i attended the harlem culture festival in 1969 when i was 4. >> reporter: musa jackson found himself awakened to childhood memories. >> i felt love permeating throughout this space that was here in harlem in this park. >> musa jackson was our very first interview. we're like, tell us everything you remember. he was like, this is the very first memory of my life i have, so i'll tell you exactly everything. as he's describing this, we're looking at each other from behind the camera, like yo. this is not on the internet, right? literally he was just describing things that only he would know. ♪ when the moon is in the southern sky ♪ >> reporter: from searchlight pictures, which like abc news is part of disney, "summer of soul" has led musa to connect with other attendees, like darrell lewis, who was 19 in 1969. >> music helped during the late '60s. so much o

like, remember a few years ago when everyone was doing the harlem shake? and at first you thought it was dumb, but then once 80% of your friends on social media were doing it, you thought, “well i guess i should do the harlem shake?” [ laughter ] and you shook, and it was -- this is kinda like that, except in this case if you dance, you won't die on a ventilator. so why not? [ laughter ] there is a new covid variant making the rounds, called delta plus. delta plus spreads faster and has 40% more legroom. [ laughter ] which is nice. these new names need to be catchier. like hurricanes. we should start naming new variants after prominent anti-vaxxers. “i'm sorry sir, you tested positive for scott baio.” [ laughter ] for instance. speaking of contagious viruses, we had a new episode of “the bachelorette” tonight. [ laughter ] this might not be the most dramatic season ever, but it's definitely one of the dumbest. there was a showdown tonight between peter “the pizza-preneur” and his handsome arch enemy, will. >> you're not a man, you're a bull

i live in harlem to 125th street is a very magical station. if you've ever been to the hundred and 20 for three to has most beautiful mosaics on the wall. i encourage you to see it. 125th street and it was considered dangerous to go when i was growing up. but i've been to 124 throughout my life. for me it's a place of james baldwin and duke ellington, all of the really great new yorkers and great americans. i feel really lucky to live there. can ask for one anecdote? [laughter] whatever you want. [laughter] >> you don't make your family and parents a very special relationship to the subway that did not make it into the book her to have the audio file were making a tiny between the lines of podcast you can listen to on the podcast that subway book review. please tell everyone what your families relationship to the subway is? i'm crazy about it. >> of course there like 14 things i can talk about. yes my parents had a really little jewelry store on broadway when i was growing up. it's smaller than this table. [laughter] my primary memory of my cu

the parade route was originally 6 miles long from harlem to herald square besides santa claus. the star attractions back then were actually animals on long from the central park zoo. but the animals were overwhelmed by the huge crowd. too often tired on the long march to animals lost their star billing in just a few years. in 1927 the parade would never be the same. the first giant helium-filled balloons rose above the captivated crowd characters that were once super recognizable come and gone of all of them felix the cat, the most enduring balloon. but new additions continue really cracked the parade lineup reflecting the changing times and pop culture of the day. today we take for granted the macy's thanksgiving day parade can be watched by millions of americans coast to coast. but for the first 2 decades you only saw if you went in person. in fact, the first broadcast of the macy's thanksgiving day parade wasn't even on television. >> was on the radio in maybe you could watch it on the radio, but he sure could hears the first national broadcast on television took it to a who

because thehe 250 pages she knocked out, i can use for the next book which would be the history of harlem. so she did me a service in one sense. i think she's gone on to bigger and better things, and, i mean i don't know about bigger, but she's gone on, i think she's with "bon appetit" now, oh, my goodness, conde nast, she's in highgh cotton, ridin' high. deservingly so. a very fine woman. i started off with the idea of having four black women here with me, and four black women responsible for me. and i'm'm looking out in the crd and i see so, so many african american presence here, and that's important, because we need you as we push hard into a whole arena of publishing in this country. it's a struggle that we have waged going w all the way back zora neale hurston. zora, i mean, she was just indefatigable in her struggle. we can talk about all of her books and it would exhaust theb time we have together here. but certainly with looking at how they jammed and stopped that book for all those many years, and now to have it available. in one way it connects with amistad, it connects with am

. >> i live in harlem, so 125th is a magical station. if you have ever been to 125th street, it has the most beautiful mosaics on the wall, so i encourage you to see it. 125th street, it has quite a lot, so i remember when i was growing up, it was considered dangerous to go, but i have been to 125th throughout my life, and for me, it's really a place of james baldwin and all of the really great new yorkers and great americans. so i feel really lucky to live there. >> yeah. >> can i ask min for one more anecdote? >> whatever you want. >> well, you told me your family and your parents have a very special relationship to the subway, and it didn't make it into the book, but i have the audio file, and we're making a tiny between the lines podcast which you can listen to on instagram at subway book review, but please tell everyone what your family's relationship with the subway is because i'm crazy about it. >> of course, i'm thinking of 14 things i can talk about. but one -- oh, yes. my parents had a really shitty little jewelry store on 30th

we have owner of melba's restaurant here in harlem, chef melba wilson, lorena wilson, chef and partner of chica miami, las vegas and aspen and chef ryan scott from ryan scott catering. we'll go straight to the headquarter board and we have reached the time of the morning when we're doing away with the siren and have a turkey, gobble, ryan, you are up. i believe we're going to lorena first, sorry. >> the gobble, gobble threw her off. >> nicole on facebook is wondering what is the best way to make brussels sprouts tender and crispy. i know you have an answer. >> i'm all about crispiness, the first thing you'll do is take your brussels sprouts and cut them in half and make a pork belly with a little macadamia and lemon zest, crispy brussels sprouts. let the fire do its job. super important you put a little bit of butter and olive oil. put the brussels sprouts face down and let them there still they're nice and crispy. once nice and crispy add the bacon or pork belly. a little bit of macadamia nuts. >> okay. >> right? it's going to give it -- then also a little bit of lemon zest. you can -

on november 28th, they will vote for a new harlem. will this election bring long away to change to the country? purchased on books, special coverage on all to 0? ah. 31 people trying to reach britain have drowned in the english channel in the worst recorded migration disaster on the crossing. ah, i'm have them think of this is as you see, that live from dot also coming up. all 3 men charged in the death of a black man shot while jogging through the neighborhood in georgia, all convicted of his mud bottom protests against corona virus restrictions in the islands of martinique and guadalupe report from the french caribbean bus. i'm a show that i'm in a 5 gravels reintegration camp in southwest columbia, where many are wondering if the governments can still deliver on the promises of a landmark peace treaty signed. 5 years ago, i at least 31 refugees and migrants on their way to britain have drowned in the english channel near cali, off to their boat sank. the international organization for migration has called it the single largest loss

just imagine what if a white man had driven through a parade that was going on in harlem, for example and killed and injured many african-americans? this would be a story rightsly so for many, many days and weeks. and what we're missing now in this coverage, right? because there is coverage, it's obviously because we just talked about it, but what's missing here, sean is the opinion side of newspapers, and other cable news networks expressing the same kind of outrage we saw over the last couple weeks over kyle rittenhouse. it shows you how selective and/or phoney that outrage was and is. kyle rittenhouse case. more deaths, including the death of a child and 8-year-old. we have children and the parents probably witnessed that and dozens others still remain in the hospital. some in critical condition. but the lack of the desired racial narrative is muting this to a certain extent and shows you how broken our media is, sean. >> with regard to the all the facts before we can report on it calling him a racist the night of the attack. difference in how they handle this and i guess as they p

have this other one, a woman was pushed into an oncoming subway train on october 3 and assaulted on a harlem train a month earlier. you can draw a line as to the policy of letting people out too early to additional crimes being committed. >> you know, dana, it's like we should just open the jail cells and let any and everybody out. that is ridiculous. we have violent criminals out here who are killing people, who are harming and maimg and injuring citizens in this country. you know, if you want to look at bail reform and you want to look at non-violent criminals, well, i don't have a problem with that. but when we just take the bath water and throw everyone out into these various metropolitan cities, all we are doing is creating havoc for ourselves. and an excellent example of that is what happened there in waukesha, wisconsin. >> benjamin: i want to get your views quickly on the number of homicides in d.c. it has just hit 200 this year. you were a former d.c. homicide detective yourself. this trend continues and hasn't been at that level since 2003 and a problem occurring in other democrati

her mother was pregnant with her and a twin when her father was assassinated in 1965 in harlem. her passing comes just days after 2 of the 3 men convicted of killing malcolm x years ago were exonerated. coming up next to the kron 4 morning news cases are up around the country. could another surge of covid-19 on the way local health experts are weighing in. we'll have that when we get back. well, the attorney for the family of brian laundrie says brian shot and killed himself. investigators found laundrie's partial remains in october in a heavily wooded park in florida. well, the fbi used dental records to identify the remains of laundry. you may remember laundry have been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators search for clues after his girlfriend, gabby petito was found dead. the 2 had gone on a cross country road trip before petito was reported missing her body was found at a wyoming national park. after 3 years in court families of 16 of the 17 victims from the parkland mass shooting of reached a settlement with the department of justice, the lawsuit

her mother was pregnant with her and that when when their father was assassinated in 1965 in harlem. her passion comes just days after 2 of the men convicted of killing malcolm x years ago were exonerated. >> after spending more than 40 years behind bars. a wrongfully convicted missouri man has been exonerated. kevin strickland, who is black was convicted by an all-white jury in 1979 for triple murder in spite of no physical evidence linking him to the crime scene. the judge's decision to release strickland was made possible by a new missouri law which gives prisoners the authority to seek a hearing. if new evidence points toward a wrongful conviction. strickland says he's thankful thankful for his attorneys and everyone who listened him over the years while he maintained his innocence. >> still ahead tonight has some of the oldest trees in the world. stand up to fires climate change and other threats we go deep into the fars to show you their current condition of the amazing trees. natural protection and his sports klay thompson participated in his first full team practice since his

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my first job in harlem, i worked in a bodega by myself. i had a crowbar. i was 13 years old. i was quaking in my boots every day i was so afraid. i can imagine these people working in these stores. back up and let them take it. we have to go. great to have these conversations with you. i hope something happens. the real victims are the people that work in the stores and live in the neighborhoods. if home prices are surging, why are so many people still buying? we'll get the late forecast main street. no jab, no job, no holiday joy. why the vaccine monday date for holiday workers could put a major damper on your travel plans. you know how some carriers give you so little for your old or busted phone, you end up just living with it? i don't think so. this black friday... get the amazing iphone 13 pro when you trade in your old or damaged phone. you break it. we upgrade it. you mistletoe it. champagne flow it. angel snow it. we upgrade it. whether you're a current customer or a new one. get iphone 13 pro on us. and, up to $800 to help cover your costs to switch. because everyone

. >> take the east harlem. >> ordering coffee? >> where, sure enough. it's colombia up front. in the back. >> this is all yemen coffee. >> he keeps half a dozen different varieties in his back room. brought by friends and family visiting from yemen. some more coursely ground. others not as dark. one so mellow it doesn't need milk. another so strong it will knock your socks off. >> double shot starbucks. use one shot of this. >> that smells good. >> no milk no sugar. just black. >> so, if the yemen coffee is to have shelf,. >> that's off the charts. >> why not sell it up front? >> a civil war, drought and spike shipping costs have sent yemen coffee prices soaring. particularly problematic for one of the few to try tak fro counoo to front ening u a chain of yemen ee >> what'n y $400. >> wait, wait, wait. your last shipment of coffee cost $400,000? >> yes. >> if you were to get the same shipment same size of colombia beans what would it cost? >> 60,000. >> for the most part, yemen coffee is not for the pour and go crowd. so for now, just about every yemen selling coffee will keep

there is no aristocracy when i 1st heard of heart, i let into a problem, a physician who was at harlem hospital. and she was talking about infants that were born addicted to crack. and that they were buried in shoe boxes a 1000 at a time on hard island. and at that time, hard island was open to journalists and to academics. and so i decided that i was just going to get there. and it just so happened that that day was the very 1st day that these inmates had ever been on hard athletics. and these were a young man convicted of misdemeanors like turnstile jumping graffiti. so you know, they're not felons or anything like that. they're young men that couldn't afford a good lawyer. or i used to live in ringo that was one of the bad neighborhoods. but about a return only brooklyn in our new york city, who's crazy in, in 89. it was cracked and stuff like that and we used to so we'd in, in drugs or stuff like done in our one of getting caught with possession and i wouldn't have going on. right. dissolving for a little bit of time in those days it was, it was a zoo. you could get anything, you g

. >> take the bodega monif ziyad runs in east harlem. sure enough >> she wants black ice coffee. >> it's colombian up front. but in the back, this is all yemeni coffee. >> all yemeni coffee. >> ziyad keeps half a dozen different varieties in his back room, brought by friends and family visiting from yemen, some coursely ground, others no the as today, one doesn't need milk, another strong it will knock your socks off. >> double shot from starbucks or from duncan donuts you get one shot from this. >> that smells good. >> no sugar-month milk. just black. >> so if the yemeni coffee is top shelf, it's different. that's off the charts. why not sell it up front? >> a civil war drought and spiking shipping costs sent yemeni coffee prices soaring, particularly problematic for alhasbani. one of the few that try to do taking it from the back room front counter. opening up qahwa house, a chain of yemeni coffee shops. >> what's it cost you to bring in a shipment of coffee beans. >> around $400,000. >> wait. the last shipment of yemeni coffee cost yo

>> yes >> seth: you're up in harlem how is it? >> it's fantastic. the nicest people. they tell me to have a blessed day, every day i live on 139,000th and -- [ laughter ] and malcolm x. and people assume -- well, my wife is a black woman, so i'm her plus one so they assume that my neighborhood is gentrified but i think they're thinking further down >> seth: yeah. >> -- towards the park there's a whole foods at 120th and malcolm gladwell >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] that's a little bit more gentrified >> more gentrified, yes. >> and at 110th, it's actually malcolm in the middle. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, i understand. [ laughter ] >> those are the famous malcolms >> seth: the famous white -- whiter malcolms. >> you have to have forbes and and mcdowell there so i apologize to their fans and estates. >> seth: i want to ask about the name of your special because, you know, you did the "great depresh," which is absolutely wonderful and i can't recommend it enough, where you talked about, you know, issues like anxiety and depression. what is behind the name "born on third ba

>> you got it right in new york city, blessed harlem. >> it's good to see you in person. we've been talking to each other over satellite. professor, it was the same defense attorney who complained about black pastors being in the courtroom now comparing a prayer rally outside the courthouse to a public lynching. what do you make of that? >> well, you know, my dear brother, it's just another sign of the profound spiritual decay and pervasive moral decadence that's at work in our culture and society. you see, once you have organized hatred, institutionalized greed, and then you add fear and distrust, things get out of control, spiritually, morally, with the big money behind the scene. that's what's happening now, brother. things are getting out of control, man. we are going to lose american democracy fairly soon if this spiritual decay and moral decrepe tud continues to prevail. i'm telling you. >> you believe that? >> no doubt about it. we are on the edge, believe me you. and neofascism is just waiting because that's what fascism is all about. let the greed and hatred expa

in harlem. >> so good to -- i want to make sure i get your title right. it's good to see you in person. we've been talking over sate satellite. >> that's true. >> professor, the same defense attorney complained about black pastors being in the courtroom now comparing a prayer rally outside the courthouse to a public lynching. what do you make of that? >> you know, my dear brother another sign of the profound spiritual decay moral decadence at work in our culture and society. you see, once you have organized hatred institutionalized greed and then you add fear and distrust, things get out of control spiritually behind the scene. that's what is happening now, brother. things are getting out of control. we're going to lose american democracy fairly soon if this spiritual decay and moral continues. >> you believe that? >> no doubt. we're on the edge, believe me you. and flet the greed and hatred expand, let folk turn on each other, the well to do sit back there and spectators because they still doing well. we're talking about working and poor people going at

when the legendary, house democratic, charlie, a guy grew up with in new york we represented his harlem district, and, for dick gates, was censured by the house. it was for a number of, misdeeds including improper financial disclosures, and the failure to pay taxes on a vacation home. now, those ethical breaches, they were real, they were worthy of connotation, to my mind. but i was going back and looking at the stories, and they feel almost kind of quaint, frankly. in the post trump era. another thing to, note about, that you heard there in the, clip a moment ago, congressman wrangle, a democrat was censured by speaker nancy pelosi and the democratic congress. and he was, condemned by both parties, 333 members of congress, supported that censure resolution. including 170 democrats. only 77 voted against. and the democrats, we're clearly sending a message. there we are not going to tolerate ethical shortcuts among our, own even in this painful, even if the person who did, this was a legend, so that is what the last century looked like. congress setting aside, congressman, going to call