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WASHINGTON WATCH: Kevin Johnson On His Transition From The NBA To Mayor’s Office, Strengthening And Improving Sacramento (VIDEO)

Mayor Kevin Johnson discusses his transition from NBA star to the mayor’s job and his approach to strengthening and improving the city of Sacramento during these difficult economic times.

President Obama Lays Wreath At Tomb Of Unknowns (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy President Barack Obama observes Memorial Day and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

WASHINGTON WATCH: Pastor Marvin Winans Reflects On The Life Of Whitney Houston (VIDEO)

Pastor Marvin Winans joined Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch to discuss the life of Whitney Houston and the life choices we all face.

WASHINGTON WATCH: Are African-American Woman Choosing To Be Overweight? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with author, motivational speaker and yoga instructor Jacquie Hood Martin, LA Fitness instructor Michelle Gibson and Janice Ferebee, founder of Got It Goin’ On about why black women have a higher overweight and obesity rate than their white counterparts and tackle the raging social media debate over novelist Alice Randall’s New York [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Pastor Marvin Winans, Etan Thomas, Iyanla Vanzant, Jacquie Hood Martin, Michelle Gibson, Janice Ferebee, Crystal McCrary

SACRAMENTO MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON, PASTOR MARVIN WINANS AND FORMER NBA STAR ETAN THOMAS ARE AMONG THE GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN ON SUNDAY, MAY 27 -       Topics to include how Mayor Johnson is revitalizing Sacramento during tough economic times, fatherhood, obesity among black women,  remembering Whitney Houston and finding peace after a tragedy - May [...]

Etan Patz Murder Suspect Pedro Hernandez Charged With Murder

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Richard Esposito, Aaron Katersky and Russell Goldman / ABC News The former store clerk who confessed to the 1979 killing of Etan Patz was formally charged today with second degree murder of the little boy exactly 33 years to the day after he disappeared while on his way to [...]

Barbara Graves, Wife Of Black Enterprise Founder Earl Graves Sr., Dies

Source: Black Enterprise Family matriarch and a guiding force of Black Enterprise, Barbara Kydd Graves succumbed early this morning at Howard University Hospital after a more than three-year battle with gall bladder cancer. She was 74. The wife of Earl G. Graves Sr., the founder, chairman and publisher of Black Enterprise, she played a vital [...]

Martin Family Reaction To New Zimmerman Recording (VIDEO)

A new recording has surfaced that shows George Zimmerman’s relationship with police. Trayvon Martin’s family reacts. WATCH:

N.Y. Man Admits To Pouring Bleach Into Children’s Milk

Source: AP / CBS News SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Authorities say an upstate New York man angry over getting tossed out of his brother’s home poisoned his sibling’s two toddlers by pouring bleach in their milk. Syracuse police say Friday that 20-year-old Aaron Hickman had been living with his brother but got into an argument with [...]

New Orleans Times-Picayune Cuts Print Edition To Three Days A Week

Source: Reuters The 175-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper will reduce the number of days it publishes a print edition to three a week, making the Louisiana city the largest in the United States without a daily newspaper. Advance Publications, which owns the Times-Picayune, said on Thursday it made the change because of the [...]