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Giving it to him in the first place? >> no, and thats the question, pamela. and i pressed them on that both on and off camera and the answer was they repeatedly had conversations with mr. sterling and were comfortable with giving him that award saying not much more. but leon jenkins who is the branch president came out and came out swinging. he said if this is mr. sterlings voice on the tape, this is reminiscent of an ugly time in u.s. history. lets listen to more. >> on a scale of one to ten? 1...

Decision. yes. hold on. >> -- not only talking about l.a. but nationwide, how would you explain how detrimental you see these comments -- >> on a scale of 1 to 10, 11. if you look at the content -- and the one thing you do have to consider is that it was a private conversation, but notwithstanding that fact, the words used were very jim crowish. it goes back to a segregation system and a time that nobody in america is proud of. and i think when you say things like that, you have to pay a price f...

The reverend jesse jackson says its a two-tiered school system benefitting certain schools over others. >> theres segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. >> these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and enco...

Others. >> theres segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. >> these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. >> really good sales pitch. lets...