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Dangerously close to the edge of the falls. the call comes in on march 19th, 2003, 5:08 p.m. sergeant pat moriarty is on duty. hes a 19-year veteran of the niagara falls state park police. >> our radio man yelled down the hall and said, we just got a call from the canadians. theres a man on the ice at terrapin point. >> not a safe place to be. terrapin point is a piece of land that sits as close to the falls as you can get. >> the drop from that point, at terrapin point, is over 180 feet straigh...

Times seems to get swept under the rug. some people say, well why talk about that? thats something that happened in the past. the president talking about how the past informs the present. >> two things about that. one is look, if you are, i think if you are really a middle of the road american out there in middle america, not sort of hyper partisan like on television, if you listen to what the president said, i think you come away with a better understanding of why this community feels this way,...

Politicians lead this discussion, its going to go awry. the difference between the theory on the race in 08 and 2013 is telling about the experience hes had as president. >> that was president obama before someone asked for his birth certificate. that was, right, that was -- >> before he told him, you lie. >> right. that was president obama before every move that he made became where he ended up carrying the burden of race. senator obama 2008 and president obama 2013 do share an optimism about t...

Why the reaction is that. i think ultimately thats what the president wanted to do, to speak to middle america and have middle america come to an ending and moving us forward. on the responsibility thing, you know, and joshua knows as well that the president has always gotten a lot of flak for that. going back to 08 in the primaries when he first did the fatherhood responsibility thing, the chatter in class gave him a hard time talking about responsibilities in the communities but something the ...

To run. >> clinton could have some competition. vice president biden hasnt hinted away from the run. he hasnt talked about it in terms of against hillary. his most recent comments came in a gq interview when he said this, quote, i can die a happy man, never having been president of the united states of america, but it doesnt mean i wont run. will bidens run help the party or end up being a distraction? joining me now, "washington post," president of american bridge and former spokesman to senate...

A position to try to explain the reaction a lot of african-americans have to the trayvon martin case, but also call for calm, with a lot of the vigils that are coming up over the weekend. and i dont know, just sort of work through this, as though he was thinking out loud, no doubt responding to the critics who said he hasnt adequately found his voice in talking about race. >> now, you have covered the bush white house. youve been certainly the guy that has seen it all and heard it all. give me w...

That the justice department is looking into, he as the chief executive, he cant get personally involved in that. it would be wrong for him to do so. but im heartened by what carney said today, though, at some point the president will speak to this. because lets understand, and i worked for the president back in 08 when he made the racial -- he made the big speech on race. and it was important. and he talked about both sides and tried to bring both sides together. and the presidents race was, at ...

Money but on the other hand you have people on the other side like john boehner saying, you know, were talking about the delay of the employer mandate and thats a bad thing. do you think the presidents strategy which is not to talk about that but to focus on money and access is the right strategy here? >> i think the first message on health care had been health care. now the message is affordable. thats clearly what were seeing even from the statistics. a state like new york thats taking part in...

Ssg. just in the day i worked there, i saw husbands, hunt eers, and whole families come in to purchase guns for all kinds of different reasons. >> when you carry about a concealed its about what i can do to stay alive. you have to know when not to fire. >> but mainly they were afraid tighter gun control legislation was coming. >> people who have never owned a gun in their lives think things are going to change so much they want to get into the game now. >> one way or another its a fear driven ma...

Something like that. >> there are beers that are cheaper than bottled water, i think. >> milwaukees best. >> i dont know what im talking about. >> i know. >> i just remember in college, thats all. coming up here on the show because all morning weve been watching some of our nations bravest warriors enjoying a day in the sun. were heading to where janice dean is standing by out there. hey, janice. >> hey, janice. >> reporter: im literally getting my feet wet in the scuba pool here for the wound...