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High for president obama today in charleston where he was scheduled to deliver the eulogy at the funeral for reverend and state senator clementa pinckney one of nine people murdered last week in the massacre at emanuel ame church. amid the ensuing debate about race in america, the legacy of the confederacy and its symbols and with the nation turning to its first black president to help make sense of it all, president obama walked into the auditorium clapping along to a gospel song being sung and...

It to 1860. in 150 years, they are going to say about us can you believe those people in 2015 actually killed their own unborn children and they burned these fuels that polluted the air. i cant believe they did that kind of thing. well today is different. were going to step back from the confederate flag and say, okay it is time to furl the flag so that these men arent continually drug into some politically correct, liberal agenda of hate. >> jeff, thank you for being here. >> thank you very muc...

To take up the issues that he couldnt finish. and i think thats the biggest power he has at this time. >> is this the week from obamacare to the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage, to that podcast interview he gave to the trade deal, to that eulogy. is this the week that defines this president? >> i think its pretty important. the court just legit mated his biggest social policy contribution and made a decision about same-sex marriage that i think is a sign that the country is moving in a...

They feel like this has given them a jolt of energy to move forward. >> another big event if you will from yesterday, eleanor, lets listen to the president during his eulogy for the reverend pinckney. >> ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ that saved a retch like me i once was lost ♪ but now im found ♪

Different players do this in different ways during this campaign. >> i want you both to weigh in you first, marc just on what we heard from the president on race yesterday in this eulogy saying something that really stood out to me. lets listen to that. >> were guarding against not just racial slurs but were also guarding against the subtle impulse to call johnny back for a job interview but not jamal. >> marc this is a president who some have criticized over the years, especially closer to the ...

The obvious noncontroversial statement, but in that space and in the political context, it seemed so defiant. >> yes. >> and so remarkable that there was this amazing ovation for it. >> and that if you think about it a black president whos directly a product of the 1960s civil rights movement that prompted the southern states to put up that flag in defiance in absolute ugly defiance of the idea that the grandsons and granddaughters of the formerly enslaved could be their equals which is why the ...

Voting rights act of 1965 signed by president lyndon johnson put an end to those practices and appointed federal examiners to oversee voter registration where voting rights were endangered. it was a law that many died for and fought for and marched for. a crown jewel of the civil rights legacy president obama mentioned yesterday in his eulogy in charleston south carolina. >> he was the progeny of a long line of the faithful. a family of preachers who spread gods word a family of protesters who s...

>> sure. its been a landmark in america. the supreme court handed down the rulings on obama care and same-sex marriage and president obama ended the week leading emanuel ame church when he lead the eulogy for pinckney in charleston, south carolina. >> note note amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> that brought people to their feet and could this be a historic week for the president? were at the white house with more and just really an incredible moment that we saw having covered the presid...

The passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. hurry in and you can get 0% apr plus a one-thousand dollar volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 passat tdi clean diesel models. the alleged killer could have never anticipated the way the families of the fallen would respond when they saw him in court in the midst of unspeakable grief with words of forgiveness. he couldnt imagine that >> president obama delivering the eulogy at reverend pinckneys funeral in south carolina. he was the re...

Former member of the south carolina house of representatives, bakari sellers. thank you for being with me. >> thank you, poppy. >> the president talking at length about race relations yesterday, breaking out in song "amazing grace." what do you think the president did on that front this week? >> well what he did was took us to a different place. there was a great deal of expectation about his speech. the eulogy was so important to us all. what he did was he challenged us. it wasnt the culminatio...