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Can President Obama Use Executive Orders For Gun Control? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain and Carol Costello discuss the battle over guns and Vice President Joe Biden’s saying that President Obama may use using executive orders for gun control.

OUTFRONT: Who Is Calling The Shots In Afghanistan?

Roland Martin Reihan Salam and Erin Burnet discuss who is calling the shots in Afghanistan, President Obama or President Karzai?

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: The New Black Agenda, Gun Violence, Diversity In The White House, Controversial Reality Series “The Sisterhood,” & New Film “Broken City”

AWARD WINNING ACTOR JEFFREY WRIGHT AMONG GUESTS ON JAN. 13 WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN  Topics to include: The new black agenda, gun violence, diversity in the White House, controversial reality series, “The Sisterhood,” and new film, “Broken City.”  January 11, 2013, Silver Spring, MD – Award Winning Actor, Jeffrey Wright; President and CEO of the National [...]

‘Gun Appreciation Day’ Leader To CNN: If Blacks Had Guns, They Never Would Have Been Slaves

Source: Andrew Kierll/ Mediaite   Appearing on CNN Friday morning, “Gun Appreciation Day” chairman Larry Ward said that if blacks had been armed, there never would have been slavery in America. Ward’s group planned the appreciation day for the weekend of President Obama‘s second inauguration, and some critics have attacked the celebration for its proximity to Martin Luther King, [...]

JOHN AVLON: Glenn Beck’s Absurd New Persona

Source: John Avalon / The Daily Beast Glenn Beck is rebranding himself as – get this – the alternative to “far-right, far-left” polarized debates on cable news, dominated by people “yelling at each-other.” “We’re not going to play in that crazy space as a network,” he announced earnestly. The irony meter just died. Hypocrisy and chutzpah [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Baseball Writers Are Wrong For Hall Passes

by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com    By their decision not to induct anyone on the ballot this year into the baseball Hall of Fame, the Baseball Writers Association of America simply showed they are a bunch of hypocrites who refuse to admit their culpability in what is called the “Steroid Era of Baseball.” Owners, writers, [...]

President Obama: US Troops To Move Into Support Role In Afghanistan In The Spring

Source: Becky Bratu and Jim Miklaszewski / NBC News U.S. troops in Afghanistan will move into a support role starting this spring, President Barack Obama announced at a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday. “This war will come to a responsible end,” Obama said. Troops will have a new mission in [...]

CDC: Flu Now At Epidemic Levels (VIDEO)

Source: Starting Point / CNN CNN is bringing you the latest developments in the rising number of flu cases reported as the outbreak worsens around the country. Six more states are reporting widespread activity— that brings the total to 47 states, up from 41 the week before. The CDC has yet to release more information [...]

“T-Boz” Watkins Talks Recovery From Brain Tumor And Musical Career (VIDEO)

Source: Starting Point / CNN A blast from the past visits the studio this morning. You know her from her multiple chart-topping songs with the female trio TLC. Songs like “Waterfalls”, “No Scrubs” and “Unpretty” are sure to come to mind. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins is a songwriter, a four-time Grammy winner, an actress, and now [...]

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama And President Karzai Hold A Joint Press Conference

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Obama and President Karzai Hold a Joint Press Conference