Today is National Action Day Against Violence, a day set to remember the assassination of Martin Luther King. In 38 cities across the U.S. young African Americans are spending the day focused on voter registration drives and working on programs to fight "black on black" violence.
GUESTS:
-Ayo Deji Best
-Macheo Payne of Oakland, California.
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As the Senate begins its debate on the immigration reform bill, we speak to Shena Gutierrez, whose husband was nearly killed in an encounter with Border Patrol agents. While still unconscious in the hospital, he was threatened with deportation. She explains what happened. [includes rush transcript]
