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Finally, this election again is about what kind of country were going to be, what kind of nation are we going to be. we need to turn inward and ask some very serious questions. >> tavis smiley who has carved out a home for sane conversation. tavis, always good to see you. well have you back. sorry, were short on time. thank you very much. when we come back, lets accentuate the positive. thank you. wait, i become a model?!? no. whose cellphone is that? sorry. sorry. sorry about that vent blowin...

Finally, this election again is about what kind of country were going to be, what kind of nation are we going to be. we need to turn inward and ask some very serious questions. >> tavis smiley who has carved out a home for sane conversation. tavis, always good to see you. well have you back. sorry, were short on time. thank you very much. when we come back, lets accentuate the positive. my hygienist said the most random thing. she said i should think of my teeth like an apple. it could be grea...

The media responsible for their comments? >> i dont think so. i think tavis, obviously, has been critical of republican administrati administrations, was critical of the obama white house. this is trumps game. he goes after people who attack him. there is a crucial stretch for trump. he loves guessing into fights with members of the media, whether its tavis or chuck todd or whether its maghan kelly. and the base likes that. youll see more of that in the next couple of weeks. >> what do you think...

Know it was going to be all right. someone of her stature had no reason to take the time to embrace me, love me, engage me. she did that. if we do that for young folk today, god knows what can come from these young people if we love them and serve them properly. >> nice work with the book. thank you for your time tavis. >> appreciate you, michael. thank you, sir. hillary clintons big announcement could mean a return to the white house. what was the clintons life like at the palace in the first...

Facts. the facts are that trayvon martin was not speculation. michael brown was not speculation. mcbride is not speculation. shawn bail is not speculation. eric garner is not speculation. these are facts. black life is being -- there is no respect for humanity and dignity of black life in this country. >> let me ask you a couple questions, tavis. do you know how many blacks were killed by police by gunfire last year? in 2012? >> i do not know that number. >> the number is 100 and 123. do you kno...

It may affect the actual outcome of the investigation. >> thats true. i dont think the president has stepped into the moment. i disagree with tavis on this one point. i dont think b.e.t. is an example of him not stepping into the moment. him saying racism is a deeply entrenched problem in america is like saying the sky is blue and the grass is green. great job, president. but lets change that on a policy front. what he has done is use the really problematic intellectually challenged language. bl...

Hes running around cracking jokes on colbert. >> i had four kids here last night, their father just died, they were laughing and smiling with me. youre not serious all the time. >> i hear you. hes done it a little bit too much. theyre doing it as a pr thing -- >> a president doing pr? oh, my god. >> there needs to be more seriousness when it comes to these things. i agree with tavis that the juxtaposition of it wasnt appropriate. >> we look at these students and people marching, young people mos...

Heres what he had to say about the protests. >> then attention spans move on, right? theres the next thing. theres some international crisis or theres something that happens here. and change doesnt really occur. and the value of peaceful protests, activism, organizing, it reminds the society this is not yet done. >> whats your reaction, tavis? the protests were seeing across the country to eric garner and the darren wilson decision. what the president just said. >> first of all, i appreciate and...

Here or there on b.e.t. or colbert but step into your moment and provide the kind of conversation, the kind of leadership, the kind of focus on a social justice agenda that would make sure as dr. king said 50 years ago that we arent still dealing with what he called the triple threat of racism, poverty, and militarism. >> tavis, you and i know each other, lets be honest. it sounds like youre being extremely hard on the president because -- >> oh, come on, don. dont start that nonsense again, don...

Because the children of eric garner were on tonight and they were smiling. are you saying the president cant be multidimensional? because you mentioned stephen colbert and then you mentioned going on b.e.t.? he cant be multidimensional dealing with this situation? >> no, what im saying is id like to know when this b.e.t. interview was scheduled. most folk were unaware of it. it sort of came out of nowhere. it wasnt mentioned in the listings. i dont know what the motivation was for doing that. wh...