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Really talking about how my brothers keeper is expanding. if we heard him properly he really said that this wasnt just something he was doing as part of his administration but something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. >> that has to be a good thing, right? >> well i think it remains to be seen. i think every single person that we can have engaged in addressing the plight of men of color is a great thing and who better than a former president to utilize his resources. lets get through h...

Have done more to talk specifically about the plight of african-american men early in his presidency sure he could have. but at the cost of what? i think being a monday morning quarterback related to how hes navigated race is less important than how do people in communities and educators in schools, communication specialists like myself and journalists like yourself use these airwaves to create safe spaces to talk about race which is a conversation as eric holder said is something we as a nation...

Continue deliberations. and the jury sent the judge a note. after significant deliberations, we are unable to reach a unanimous decision. the judge said the verdict will be second guessed and an likewised. and the judge is not asking the jurors to violate their decision. >> and pedro hernandez was accused of killing etan patz. his disappearance changed his new york soho neighborhood and the rest of the country. there was a heightened awareness of the plight of missing children. etan was the firs...

Guidance for young people, who could be good fathers and good neighbors and good fellow citizens are languishing in prison over minor, nonviolent drug offenses. theres no shortage of people telling you who and what is to blame for the plight of these communities. but im not interested in blame. im interested in responsibility and im interested in results. and thats why -- [ applause ] thats why weve partnered with cities to get more kids accesses to quality early childhood education. no matter w...

And narco terrorist activities. theyre thugs. and suddenly this has taken on a racial -- its not the n word. and it shouldnt be. and the best way to prevent it from being an n word is use it on everybody else that deserves it. >> i think somehow there needs to be a conversation that bridges personal responsibility and an understanding of some of the institutional drivers of the circumstances that exist in this city and in big city america. i dont want to absolve those who were -- can i say hooli...

Attention is going to be under the microscope. yes. everybodys got to be on their best behavior probably than ordinarily in our day to day lives. >> what are your worries or concerns about the city overall? yes, its in the spotlight. this is a high profile case. for many years to come freddie grays plight will remain a symbol for the city whether it be the way the city handled it symbolizes the baltimore police department. there are so many ways in which it leaves a very big impact. >> i want hi...

Clearly on the side of the protesters or is sympathetic to their plight. >> that there is absolutely no doubt, steve. i flash back to my days at brooklyn law school representing the young lords and the activist groups in the civil rights and anti-war movements. young people are liberal almost by nature the majority of them. you know? they say that if youre not liberal whether youre young, you have no conscience f. youre not conservative when youre old, you have no sense. i believe that this is p...

Reading right now, well continue to leverage the information received by the department. we are not relying solely on their findings but rather the facts that we have gathered and verified. meanwhile, during a news conference earlier today, police revealed the van carrying the freddie, carrying freddie gray after his arrest actually made an undisclosed stop. >> the second stop has been revealed to us during the course of our investigation and was previously unknown to us. we discovered this new ...

>> this is not just a job for the justice department. its not even just a job for police departments. its a job for all of us as a society to start tackling what had been chronic problems not just these last couple of years, but problems that have been going for a long time. >> reporter: the presidents not the only politician weighing in. this morning we heard from democratic presidential contender hillary clinton giving comments to the plight of african-american men currently in this country. >...

. >> i dont put words in your mouth. >> do you concede we have a serious police brutality problem in the black community? if you dont, what is the point of talking further? >> i guess our realities are very different i dont want to turn on the television set and hear that 15 more kids were shot in chicago in black on black crime. i dont want to watch another drug deal go down in any city in america. that means no pot no heroin. >> i want to tell what you i dont want. >> the people going to clean...