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Democrats go before prominently african-american audiences. they go into the preacher mode. the cadence shifts. al gore is a good example. hillary is another. you are laughing because its kind of funny. joe biden? >> black dialect. how they think black people should talk. but i think more importantly to pick up what ron said and go a little bit what you are saying. sean when is the last time somebody questioned your whiteness and told you because you are white you need to like, i dont know, pick...

>> which is what. >> the youth lingo. it is not improper english. it is a different kind of english. america, including non-black america, loves that way of speaking. the america of hip hop, et cetera. when he drops his gs and uses that inflection all of it is a black english package and makes him sound genuine and makes him sound warm and makes people listen. i wish he would talk more that way while hes on the trail. >> one thing i love about this president is he does the right things at that t...

Journalistically, to press you on this point, does it not get a more accurate flavor of the speech if you do not have the video to transcribe it in the way they did? >> hide the coates. thats a genuine question. switches. >> i personally believe to do that undermines the power of the -- this man is probably one of the most intel gentleman presidents we had. >> ever. >> since jimmy carter. now i will get him in trouble. to do that, you know, it is -- something is very ignore an about putting -- l...

That. >> dialect most black american people and should be a badge of prize. instead -- >> why dont we do the whole show in that dialect so we can get a flavor for it? >> we are talking about code switching. there is formal, informal. white, mostly black. you can do both. we are in a rather formal context and most of us are not black. so this is not the context. that does not mean when you do it you are doing something wrong. i wish we had more pride in the dialect. black people 100 years ago ten...

Would soon get a sign from heaven, baptized with the holy spirit. >> so they sat there in a state of anticipation and expectation, but not really knowing. >> then on the jewish feast of pentecost, 50 days after jesus died, the sign came. and suddenly, from heaven, there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. it filled the entire house where they were sitting. divided tongues as a fire appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them, all of them were filled with the holy spirit an...

Their own dialect. >> and so now, all of a sudden, 8,000 jews in jerusalem have converted, and before long there wont be any non-christian jews left, according to the book of acts. >> the story in the book of acts was written by luke decades later. could he have exaggerated to make it sound even more impressive? >> i think it most unlikely that it happened exactly as luke describes it, but luke is absolutely clear what significance he sees in what happened. and what he needs to do is relay throu...

About what where i hope to be a senator marco rube my senator, a good friend and a mentor. i hope we can be a new generation of republicans that are inclusive not exclusive. we are open to talking a dialect, have an extended hand, open hand. compromise is not a dirty word. it is not compromising your principles or values, its sharing them what a new generation of the republican party is going to be and jeb bush you will his straits gh bush illustrates that. >> you worked in all your talking poin...

Are mostly wealthy women are coming to the united states on temporary visas and they are coming here with the intention of having their child on american soil. and according to the 14th amendment, children who are born on american soil are granted automatic citizenship and are therefore allowed to have benefits when they he have that citizenship. so what these women-- go ahead, im sorry. >> greta: i was going to say i went through the articles and www.usababycare.com and i assume in the chinese ...

Are mostly wealthy women are coming to the united states on temporary visas and they are coming here with the intention of having their child on american soil. and according to the 14th amendment, children who are born on american soil are granted automatic citizenship and are therefore allowed to have benefits when they he have that citizenship. so what these women-- go ahead, im sorry. >> greta: i was going to say i went through the articles and www.usababycare.com and i assume in the chinese ...

This time would have known this was an orchestrated attack from the beginning, so its hard to make sense of the administrations claim that they were unaware of the circumstances for so long. jenna: stephen, have any of the guards been contacted by u.s. officials, by our government? >> my understanding is that some of them have, some of them havent. a few of them were flown out to speak to american officials before they came here, but theres still quite a few of them who have not been interviewed...