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Summer. >> were stuck in a corner because if the federal reserve raises interest rates, surely that race problem. it i doesnt raid interest rates it keeps the party going aing longer but the end point is worse. >> bubbles need to be flattened out. stock market shouldnt be trade agent 18,000. >> should janet yellen sad up and make a statement and say well change our policy and interest rates when the world market allows us to do it. >> i dont think she reside say that. shell say well change our i...

The president i think can set a broad outline for what we need to be doing as a nation. i think hes doing that. the work really comes from us. with our neighbors and with our colleagues. and thats exactly what should happen. but let me just say, theres a lot to be done in ferguson. a lot to be done in this entire country on the issue of race. maybe weve gotten to a point now people will quit denying we still have a race problem in the country. >> thats what i want to ask you about. it seems like...

People? >> the other glaring thing that came out after mike browns death, disproportionate numbers of african-americans who were pulled over in ferguson, what seemed to be a systematic or systemic problem as a way to raise revenue for the city. mayor james knolls at one point said there was no race problem in ferguson. those comments went rierl. he now says sharp decline in traffic is stops might be a sign that the police are afraid to do their job. we barely pull anybody over anymore. i have of...

Specific things like you cant fire a warning shot prohibited. ive never seen that before. you cant use a taser when a person is running away from you unless they pose a deadly threat themselves. ive not seen that before. you cant use a taser to punish somebody who talks back to you. that makes sense, but ive not seen that before. >> there is one other case. a 12-year-old shot last fall. they are announcing today they might get that verdict very soon. we just had the verdict over the weekend of t...

To not have complete families. >> every time if if its cambridge police ferguson trayvon martin baltimore, the president either talks about the need for more social programs early education in the case of baltimore, or he talks about a bad relationship between the black community and police officers. do you agree with him or is he wrong? do you think america has a race problem? >> i think the problem with police in the community stems from the fact that we dont introduce the police into the comm...

That we talked about today, was the importance of going back to values and principles that used to make the communities strong that used to allow them to get through some of the hardships. a lot of thats been abandoned. but also recognize that a lot of traditional families have been broken. and a lot of them are broken by government programs that actually incentivize people to not have complete -- >> every time if its cambridge police if its ferguson if its trayvon martin baltimore, the presiden...

We want justice. >> faith groups from across the country are now working overtime, they are trying to figure out ways to avert a national crisis and heal the racial divisions in their communities. im joined now by a key player in this, bishop harry jackson, hes a senior pastor at the church in washington and chairman of the high impact leadership coalition. and youve just returned from a summit of faith and community leaders that was in orlando, florida. the big topic is how to heal the racial d...

Doing that. but what we want america to know is that we have a race problem and that discussion needs to be had at a higher level because there are too many black men inkars incarcerated. >> reporter: will these demonstrators leave? >> its not spread evenly. its an issue. >> what about the curfew and the fact that it is a crime to be on the street after 10:00? >> let me just say this. if we allow people to move quietly to their neighborhoods, they will do that. as long as the camera lights are o...

Back back, that they were followed around. not every instance that involves unfortunately an african-american victim or white police officer or person is necessary indicative of a race problem. we need to be careful about that, but at the end of the day we have to recognize there are millions of young african-americans in this country who feel like theyre treated differently both by law enforcement and sometimes by individuals and thats something we have to acknowledge and address. >> how does t...

Standard or federal standard for turning thede department of education into a national school board. i think we are best served when we have states competing against each other for better quality, better standards, better curriculum. i fear common core is already being used by the department of education as a stick, not as a carrot, to force local school districts to adopt the standards they want them to have. >> lets talk about, do you think america has an issue a race problem? by that i mean t...