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Its going to be a conversation thats going to lead to concrete steps and action, not just by the president, but that its going to spur others. >> and chuck, but if you look at other areas, how does the president use his second term? where does he intervene on some of these key issues? we see how hes done it here. and as the mayor points out, well see where he goes with that, whether its immigration or the implementation of health care. he also is now starting to use that bully pulpit. >> what wa...

Beginning of the show, too much caution. you know, that in many ways, that description of president obama on many issues is too cautious, he waits too long to speak out or use the bully pulpit. one other observation that i wanted to give on the speech that he made on friday is, that was also the son of an anthropologist. people always forget that. his mother was an anthropologist, an observer of communities interacting. she obviously did it overseas in indonesia. you see that as always the intel...

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You got any other questions? >> no, sir. >> all right. i appreciate you coming up. >> outside the hearing room, bradley was less accepting of the decision. >> thats a bunch of [ bleep ]. even ask for [ bleep ]. man, this is [ bleep ] up. im going to be me. i aint going to be what you want me to be. i aint going to say what you want me to say. im going to stand on my own. i been standing on them for 11 years. >> technically, my job is to be an observer, but there was something about percy every s...

You get to a major trial like this, when the verdict comes out. it is always difficult to describe the electricity that is in the air. but there is. everybody in that courtroom feels it. whether you are a observer or journalist, you know that this is everything that has been built to. this moment. there is that silence that is almost beyond any measure as you wait after the judge has said, has the jury reached a verdict, and they say, yes, and they read the verdict. its so powerful. and in this ...

I had never seen the mother smile. and the father and everyone there. give you have a reading of the body language. >> well, we were, you know, when you get to a marriajor trial li this and the verdict comes out. its difficult to explain the electricity in the air, but there is, whether you are a observer or a family, you know that this is what everything is built to. this moment. and theres that silence that is almost beyond any measure as you wait after the judge has said, has the jury reach t...

You want to call him, what every legal observer said this is unsupportable by the facts and certainly by the law. >> what the president said was political. because he is the epitome of politics, he is the president. but i think i have heard from governor jeb bush when the stand your ground law was put in place, and he said he did not think it applied to this case and he thought there was a problem here with the lack of criminal prosecution. so -- >> no. no. >> i think everyone, everybody, republ...

Neighborhood vigilante, whatever you want to call him, what every legal observer said this is unsupportable by the facts and certainly by the law. >> what the president said was political. because he is the epitome of politics, he is the president. but i think i have heard from governor jeb bush when the stand your ground law was put in place, and he said he did not think it applied to this case and he thought there was a problem here with the lack of criminal prosecution. so -- >> no. no. >> i ...

This, when the verdict comes out. it is always difficult to describe the electricity that is in the air. but there is. everybody in that courtroom feels it. whether you are a observer or journalist, you know that this is everything that has been built to. this moment. there is that silence that is almost beyond any measure as you wait after the judge has said, has the jury reached a verdict, and they say, yes, and they read the verdict. its so powerful. and in this case, it caught people off gua...

You want to call him, what every legal observer said this is unsupportable by the facts and certainly by the law. >> what the president said was political. because he is the epitome of politics, he is the president. but i think i have heard from governor jeb bush when the stand your ground law was put in place, and he said he did not think it applied to this case and he thought there was a problem here with the lack of criminal prosecution. so -- >> no. no. >> i think everyone, everybody, republ...