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Amanda sakuma got their view. >> reporter: tona has lived in ferguson for the last 50 years. >> ive seen the city sort of slide down and then rejuvenate itself. its a small town. >> reporter: tona volunteers at this shop a community store and public space steps from where protesters have gathered since the shooting of michael brown. many white residents like tona say they are not aware of the racial tensions in ferguson until michael browns death. >> i wasnt aware there was so much unhappiness. ...

Believe in. >> yeah, and i think with the two of them as well as with olivia pope, theyre really bringing issues to the forefront, sure, but theyre bringing the sense of common humanity to the fore front. were all americans. were all deserving of the same opportunities, the same rights. we make the same mistakes. i think we can coalesce around that. >> i dont know what im going to do until "scandal" comes back. literally, psychological trauma. well, thanks to all of you. that is our show for tod...

Collective community. we have to be able to do prevention and intervention and be proactive and not be reactive all the time, you know. and i think a lot of times when we tackle this issue, schools and communities come at the back end instead of being at the fore front. >> you say on one hand bullying affects everybody, but not everybody, right? we know that the kinds of things that people tend to get bullied for have to do with socially marginal identities. >> sure. >> girls being shamed, girls...

Forefront as well. does this continue to factor into the conversation and hurt the overall party? >> michael is absolutely right. the republicans have handed the democrats and the white house an opening they didnt automatically have. in 2010, there was no gender gap. women broke evenly for democrats and republicans. democrats traditionally and in this election need women to favor them much more heavily in that. now youre starting to see that break happen. i think it wasnt a given it was going to...

Billy graham. theyve spoken on the phone before. and back in november, when reverend graham turned 91, they decided theyd try to meet face to face as soon as possible. unclear at this point whether or not the issue of the reverend franklin graham will come up. as you know, late last week the pentagon rescinded an invi toigs to franklin graham to speak at the national prayer breakfast because of some comments the younger graham had made about islam, saying it was an evil lely on. unclear what wil...

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