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Speak about one subject and say i will get to that in a minute and i want to make a statement about something that a lot of folks in the country are talking about. does he really need to talk to the american people, though, about the not guilty verdict? >> i think there are a lot of people that expect the first african-american president in a case that so many see through the prism of race would be a natural to say something about it. even as he is being pushed there is the other side of people ...

What happens is if, lets say, republicans can take over the senate, if democrats somehow could take over the house, the mix is very important. for this president who is fast getting into lame duck territory, for this president to do anything big over the next couple of years, he is going to need a congress that is a little more looking at things through his prism, so should he be able to take over the house in terms of deck krats taking over the house, a lot think it is a long shot, but should h...

Young people act. she doesnt say this is the way our community acts. this is a person who i noticed even in your interview she kept talking about george. georgy. and trayvon martin was the boy of color. >> that goes back once again to what i said this case is over in jury selection. >> right. >> i agree with that. >> nobody thinks of themselves, and i said this before, nobody thinks of themselves as a racist, and im not accusing anybody of being a racist. what im saying is, race is the prism thr...

This is a person who i noticed even in your interview she kept talking about george. georgy. and trayvon martin was the boy of color. >> that goes back once again to what i said this case is over in jury selection. nobody thinks of themselves as a racist, and im not accusing anybody of being a racist. what im saying is, race is the prism through which people see things. they dont -- people dont consciously know it. and these jurors, you interview them, are they going to say yeah, im a racist. >>...

And listening to all of the hate mail that ive gotten and everyone talking about race, i now believe -- >> i said, sunny. >> that race was a significant part of this. i thought it was the elephant in the room but clearly it wasnt. >> ive seen some of the tweets directed at sunny, which are disgusting. ive gotten some of them as well. saying that the turks didnt do a good enough job with the armenians. this is the dark underbelly of the american criminal justice system and its unfortunate but, yo...

System and its unfortunate but, you know, maybe this discussion that were having is going to bring it out so that people understand this is what goes on. theres no way that you understand or you can understand this verdict if you dont take it through the prism of how people look at race. and all you have to do is look at the tweets toward sunny. to my mind, thats the greatest kind of focus group you could ever get. >> i do think this is a a key issue and an important issue and a big issue in the...

Seriously? i dont even believe this discussion, although i want to give sunny props. for the first time i believe that sunny is stunned. i believe sunny is stunned. because that juror said exactly what ive been saying for two and a half weeks. when they picked this jury, this case was over. they looked at it. do you remember our discussion about jurors look at it through the prism through which theyre going to see it. these jurors were going to -- you can call it relate, you can call it anything...

The room but clearly it wasnt. >> ive seen some of the tweets directed at sunny, which are disgusting. ive gotten some of them as well. saying that the turks didnt do a good enough job with the armenians. this is the dark underbelly of the american criminal justice system and its unfortunate but, you know, maybe this discussion that were having is going to bring it out so that people understand this is what goes on. theres no way that you understand or you can understand this verdict if you dont...

Things very race neutral. i come from a multi-racial background and when i was viewing this case and analyzing this case i had my legal degree, you know prism, i had my former prosecutor prism. i had said repeatedly i didnt think this case was about race. however, listening to this juror and listening to all of the hate mail that ive gotten and everyone talking about race, i now believe -- >> i said, sunny. >> that race was a significant part of this. i thought it was the elephant in the room bu...

And a half weeks. when they picked this jury, this case was over. do you remember our discussion about jurors look at it through the prism through which theyre going to see it. you can call it relate, you can call it anything else, its the demographic who is going to -- who theyre going to appeal to. they were not going to understand, they were not going to look at and sympathize with. when you said -- when jeff says i cant believe how much sympathy she had. precise precisely. thats why this cas...