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Headlines have to do with mysogony or other thing that is the republican party was looking to change that tone? >> yeah. whens more disturbing to me is amount of attention media pays to it. what gives me hope, scott walker is a popular republican governor, he dropped out of the race yesterday and used his moment in front of the cameras to say something important. he dropped out and doing so he talked about the legacy of ronald reagan is about optimism. i have said before i think that where the r...

Friend reince priebus in a really tricky spot, because going into the next debate there was already talk that there would be no kiddie table. so there was no table to go to in that second debate. and the rnc was beginning to think about shrinking that stage from 11 to 8. so there was a real possibility that he would not necessarily be on that stage to begin with irrespective of anything else short of what he did today. >> well, thats an excellent point. and it strikes the note that walker hit, w...

Would turn it off. i just think it was chaotic and look, its a hard job. >> you all have to talk and sell yourselves. what was wrong with what they were doing? >> you cant keep interrupting people. in 180 minutes, look, im not going to complain but i got limited direct questions. when you cant speak -- >> sounds like youre whining. >> it does so im going to knock it off right now. god bless them for doing the debate. you will be in the next one. im going to do everything i can to make sure that ...

Leaves open the possibility that come december theres chaos in the republican field answered once again sees an opening, i would look for that -- >> dos that deserve some money potentially, if its there? >> not at this stage yet, but also would preserve delegates if youve won them. but you can suspend as opposed to dropping out. >> i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly odonne odonnell. she has been working the phones on this as well. kelly, how are you doing? >> good to be...

Im trying to think in my mind what a 4-year-old would do, black, white, hispanic, asian, that would require a suspension. should that be something thats obsolete? >> i think so. i think i cant imagine a good example. but i think its also true in elementary school and even in middle schools and high schools, most of these kids are being suspended for minor offenses. and its just not educationally sound practice when were kicking kids out, even at the high school level for dress code violations or...

That deems to help the would be barack obamas around the country. speaking to a pack room that included the parents of trayvon martin, al sharpton to bill oreilly, he described his my brothers keeper initiative. he will be pushing associations to help young help of color overcome the profound effects of racism to meet their potential. he made his case in terms of how it would benefit not just the boys in question but the nation as a whole. >> the fact too many of them are falling by the wayside....

To help young help of color overcome the profound effects of racism to meet their potential. he made his case in terms of how it would benefit not just the boys in question but the nation as a whole. >> the fact too many of them are falling by the wayside. dropping out. unemployed. involved in negative behavior, going to jail. cycles of homelessness breeds violence and mistrust. and our country is a little less than what we know it can be. so we need to change the statistics. not just for the sa...

Become numb to these statistics. were not surprised by them. we take them as the norm. we assume this is an inevitable part of american life instead of the outrage that it is. the continuing struggles of boys and young men are falling by the wayside, dropping out, involved in negative behavior. we need to change the statistics, not just for the sake of the young men and boys but for the sake of americas future. thats why in the aftermath of the trayvon martin verdict, with

And i believe the continuing struggles of so many boys and young men, the fact that too many of them are falling by the wayside, dropping out, unemployed, involved in negative behavior, going to jail, being profiled, this is a moral issue for our country. its also an economic issue for our country. after all, these boys are a growing segment of our population. they are our future workforce. when generation after generation they lag behind, our economy suffers. our family structure suffers. our c...

[ applause ] and i -- and i believe the continuing struggles of so many boys and young men, the fact that too many of them are falling by the wayside, dropping out, unemployed, involved in negative behavior, going to jail, being profiled, this is a moral issue for our country. its also an economic issue for our country. after all, these boys are a growing segment of our population. they are our future workforce. when generation after generation they lag behind, our economy suffers. our family st...