. >> diana went to harlem and visited a pediatric aids unit. >> the princess had an emotional meeting with children suffering from aids. she wanted to know more about children whose aids were complicated by mother's drug abuse. >> i was eight 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 promiscuous behaviors, sharing of needles and many of the modes of transmission of hiv/aids. it was a pandemic 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. >> staff tell the princess they were su

. >> i was eight-year-old at the time when princess diana came to visit harlem hospital. i was excited that 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. >> with the drug addiction came and promiscuous behavior, it was a pandemic back then. when these children were born, they were abandoned, not only hiv but severely addicted to crack. >> as she went into the room, there was a little boy and she went over and picked him up and he kind of just held onto her arm. you can 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. >> there was a surprise that she went to the harlem hospital. >> at the time even our own government had to dealt with the age's crisis. they could not get a grip on it. she gave it the attention it merited. >> she chose to come to a small community hospital in ahm middl minority area during a crack pandemic. i can't believe she would come to m

. >> diana went up to harlem, where she visited a pediatric aids unit. >> the princess had an emotional meeting with children suffering from aids. she wanted to know more about children whose aids was complicated by their mothers' drug abuse. >> if they have the problem with drugs, how on earth are they going to cope with aids as well? >> i was excited that my mom would be welcoming princess diana to the hospital. >> she came in, and shouldn't, "where are they?" and 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. with the drug condition came promiscuous behaviors, sharing of needles, many of the modes of transition for hiv and aids. it was a pandemic back then. when these children were born, they were abandoned. not only with hiv, but also severely addicted to crack. >> as she went into the room, there was a little boy. and she went over, and she 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

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

. ♪ >> 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

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

>> 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

never -- this is been said so many times today, but he never forgot that he was his early years were in harlem, his parents were jamaican immigrants, then he spent time in the south bronx, his dad had a winning lottery ticket and they got to move to queens. he never forgot where he came from. and it wasn't just that he didn't forget it, he tried to make sure as many people like him as possible and he was not necessarily destined for greatness as a kid. when he was in fourth grade, they talked about holding him back a little bit. but he just worked hard and he wanted to reward those who followed in his footsteps. >> jake, you bring up a great point. there is this disease that over comes old generals, it is emotional when you see young people achieving things. it just talks to the future of america. and i think that is why powell at the end of his life, dedicated himself to the next generation. to leadership. to finding the people that would perhaps bring us together after the great divide we've been through. and that is what pleased him. he had accomplished everything possible in his life. but

it was the harlem globetrotters, and the boom box was playing "sweet georgia brown" and they were passings the ball around and i'm not unfamiliar with the basketball court back when i could really walk, i won't say run but really walk so they asked me to join the circle and i did, but every time one of the globetrotters would pass the ball to secretary powell, he's fumble it, he'd drop it. it would fall to the floor. so finally one of the globetrotters switched off the boom box and said, what's up with you? we throw you the ball and you drop it, and without a grin, without a grimace he looked straight at that globetrotter and said, well, you were out shooting hoops i was stealing hubcaps. [ laughter ] the globetrotter said that was all right. flipped the boom box back on and it was "sweet georgia brown" time again. i said he had an insatiable curiosity, nothing made secretary powell happier than to sneak away from his security detail. does that sound familiar to anyone here and when he would do it in the state department it would japan be followed by a call to me on the cell saying i'm fre

my god mother lives in harlem. she's quite up in years. she's on the left side of everything, but she was dismayed by this idea that we're going to become antipolice. left side of literally every issue, but on that issue the democrats lost her. so i just think that we -- the only people talking about defund the police now are republicans weapon nici weaponizing the slogan. >> certainly for the democratic primary in new york, there were a lot of far more liberal, far more progressive democratic candidates running in this city. >> he not only presented himself as pro-police, no defund the police, but, you know, a law and order candidate, but pro business in new york. so he managed to win by saying, look, you can't put me in a box, and here's a guy from queens who was arrested when he was 15, beaten by cops, and became a cop, and now is saying and i spent some time with him last week for a piece of we're running. he said the key to new york is safety. this is what we have to provide. >> and the key is you have communities that are crushed bet