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And peace triumphing over hate. a person who had her father murdered by white men who werent brought to justice and she overcame, you know, her own hate to see that she was meant to help all people, and this happened to her. this needs to -- teachable moments. i hope this is finally, for once, this is the one where we all -- i know everyone hates that frizz phrase. >> no, i dont. >> i hope this is the one time when we, you know, learn that, again, as jon said, quality -- speed over quality has t...

The election, what is very clear now, is energy legislation, climate legislation. so the greens are very disappointed with this. they are critiquing the strategy that got them in this position. they are very frustrated, senator john kerry and joe lieberman who are aggressive backers of climate legislation, they pursued inside game strategy and closed door meetings trying to cut deals with affected corporate and electrical utilities and the rest. saying you cut these deals but you got nothing in ...

Bureaucrat working away in georgia. this is a woman who is part of a family that has made real contributions to advancing the conversation on race in america. >> thats definitely important to point out, melissa. what we keep talking about teachable moment. we say this every time we have one of these incidents and it gets frustrating to hear it. its predictable at this point. what can we teach and learn from this? >> two things. one, i sort of agree the national conversation on race is a bad idea...

Teachable moment. we come to every one of these and we hope things have to be different after this, and they havent been. one does hope there is an accumulation. >> jon is absolutely right about the media culture, but shouldnt the white house in some regard be able to shut it out in some way or is that impossible? >> well, no. they should be aware of the media culture, obviously, because its influential. but they should be the ones that really say hold on a minute, lets not rush to judgment here...

Homes on to refurbished fields of play and they get no physical education in schools now. get these fat little kids out away from the remote control clickers and throw a basketball or a baseball around. >> couldnt agree more. one of the part of our story is schools doing that. because they dont have those facilities. its improving facilities. its doing fun things. you can teach physics with a basketball, right some so its about programs like that. >> i cant believe you came here to kill summer v...

To the doorstep or perhaps talking about race as an issue in this country, we get that element of poison injected into it by mass media, by some bloggers. not all bloggers, but some elements of the blogosphere and its depressing. >> jon, do you take the white house version of the story which is that this was a department of agriculture decision? do you believe that president obama didnt know about it until after the fact? >> i dont know. i havent done any reporting on it so i cant say. what i do...

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