We’ve been focusing on real-life drama in the church. What often happens is when that drama spills over and gets out and is published in the newspaper, on the Internet, all of a sudden it becomes the focus of movies and television. Roland Martin talked to Bishop T.D. Jakes, though, about how he deals with [...]
REBROADCAST OF AMAZING GRACE: DRAMA IN THE BLACK CHURCH ON SUNDAY MAY 19WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN –Topics include: the battle over leadership at Jericho City of Praise in Landover, Maryland; the rise, fall and redemption of Pastor Jamal Bryant and the controversial beginnings of The Church Without Walls– SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 17, 2013 – TV One’s Washington Watch with [...]
At the top of our agenda this week: a government financial aid rule forces thousands of black students to drop out of college. $2.7 million – that’s what it cost to use the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., in the new memorial on the National Mall. What gives? The Republican Party wants to reach [...]
Don’t miss a powerful day on TV One on Saturday, March 30th. It starts at five o’clock with Bishop T.D. Jakes’ film, “Woman, Thou Art Loosed.” At 7 p.m. Eastern, a special “Washington Watch” report called “Amazing Grace: Drama in the Church.” And at 8 p.m., the world television premiere of Russ Parr’s controversial, new [...]
A recent Pew study shows that more than four in ten criminal offenders will return to prison within in three years of their release. Last week, we talked with Bishop T.D. Jakes about a program at The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, with a mission to give ex-cons the tools they need to reenter society. [...]
LICENSING CONTROVERSY OVER USE OF REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S NAME AND LIKENESS IS AMONG THE TOPICS ON MARCH 24 WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN Topics to include: licensing controversy over the use of Rev. Martin King Jr.’s name and likeness; GOP plans to attract a more diverse audience; how new financial aid policies will [...]
At the top of our agenda this week: will the new pope keep his focus on the least among us? The wealth gap between black and white keeps growing. As conservatives meet this week in Washington, can the GOP attract African-Americans? Bishop T.D. Jakes on redemption and second chances. In the “Washington Watch” roundtable: Charles [...]
This week, we saw the election of a new Roman Catholic pope, Francis I. The new pope is 76 years old. He is the former Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the first pontiff from Latin America, where today there are over 100 million descendants of African slaves. Africa, itself, is [...]
BISHOP T.D. JAKES DISCUSSES NEW POPE AND CHRISTIANITY, HELPING FORMER INMATES ON MARCH 17 EDITION WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN Topics to include: the election of the first Latin American pontiff – Pope Francis; the Conservative Political Action Conference; the growing wealth gap between black and white families and the combined political power of blacks [...]
Last week on “Washington Watch,” we began a conversation on what it means to be a man – specifically, fatherhood in the 21st century. Today, you will meet men who are taking care of their business, as stand-up fathers and husbands, and who go beyond their own families to make a difference in the lives [...]