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>> for example, after we made our case, president johnson made a case, the most secular of all democratic rights. he made the case to the congress and to the nation. president obama goes to that congress and says to them, here is what we achieved. here is what should not be interfered. its not just blacks. blacks couldnt vote. there was no woman on the supreme court. there were no white women that could vote in the south that could be jurors, for example. 18 years couldnt vote. you couldnt vote ...

And i dont get it. i dont know what michaels party is doing. >> well, we have michael here. it seems to me, ive read a lot of newspapers this morning. one of the articles was it may have been in politico, the republican party, i think it was michael gerson in the of washington post said youve got to protect your christian conservative right. its the largest chunk of your party. whether you like it or not. and also your suburbanites and secular. the reason you do this is you think theres politics...

A red line, and were going to take strong action. well, assad did use chemical weapons against his own people. and our action is now being described as weak, offering some small arms and ammo to the rebels. does that send, do you think, a message to nations throughout the world, when the u.s. president says something, opportunity really mean a lot. that the u.s. is increasingly weak and retreating. >> youre hearing from senator mccain and other advocates of a stronger push in syria, this is so l...

Hotel area and surrounding that, you cant see it because it is so dark -- is the riot police. this is the final standoff. we have video to show you earlier from when we out there in the crowd. a lot of protestors have been in the park for weeks now. they say its something along the lines of a dictator and he is using police brutality. you can judge for yourself. he has turned into something of islamic leader and turning the secular stated into an islamic country. at the same time a massive gover...

>> its doing that they want to highlight, the government is using authoritarian measures to break up a civil and peaceful protest. >> remind us, they protests started peacefully and disintegrated into what weve been seeing with the water cannons, which has led to the digging in of the protesters who feel they cant buckle now. they have to stand firm. this all has to do with the secular vision of the country or the democracy not living up to the secular vision. >> theres two underlying problems 3...

Administration, the creeping conserve tis m they have serve -- would like to see more prevalence of society. some feel are being imposed upon them. so in the crowds weve seen across the country secular, middle class people expressing their anger, some demanding resignation of apology for excessive police force. we saw over the past week or so an ebbing of this police violence and where i was, a little bit more of that here as well but there were signs from the prime minister he wouldnt tolerate ...

Frustrated and there is a social divider. they want to be scene as people from the country, religious, devote, conservetive. the people protesting are urban, middle class, secular. so you have a culture clash but also perhaps the oldest democratic question is what do you do with a minority? fine, you won 51% voters for you. how do you treat the 49% who didnt? and what has gathered this opposition together is the feeling that erdogan is just too aauthority in the way he handles it. you can see in...

To be more middle class and secular, ring out with the banging of pots and pans every night at 9:00. thats been going on for more than a week. ive never seen behavior like that in turkey. >> we just have video from ankara, lets take a look at that, as im seeing it for the first time. police responding again with tear gas. water cannons in ankara. fouad ajami is also joining us. a lot of people will think back to tahrir square. is this different from that? >> i really believe its very different i...

Environmental protest of a small park not far from where you are now and evolve into a much bigger deal. tell me why that is. >> certainly this began trying to reserve this green in the very heart of istanbul, that and met with a pretty hard police response to that protest and what weve seen over the past 12 days is a response to people, the police tactics, the heavy hand they are using to come into the streets and this cause this protest to mull tip play and people to join them. what they see i...

Conservatism they have seen -- would like to see more prevalence of society. some feel are being imposed upon them. so in the crowds weve seen across the country secular, middle class people expressing their anger, some demanding resignation of apology for excessive police force. we saw over the past week or so an ebbing of this police violence and where i was, a little bit more of that here as well but there were signs from the prime minister he wouldnt tolerate as what he referred to as a lega...