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And not only saved him, gave him the will, would not let them quit. so he just didnt apply a tourniquet, he talked with him, stayed with him, held his hand, made him not afraid. thats what america is about, thats what we are about. we are not a group, we dont belong to one thing. we have great individuals. it doesnt matter what shade they are. a good person is a good person. if youre good to me, you are welcome in my home. and i think we just never hear about it. and of course being true, you mi...

Certainly have made a mark. i wish you luck. i hope you keep taking pictures and well be watching to see what you do. thanks. >> thank you. >> coming up theres a new four-letter word thats come out of baltimore. well explain that when we come back.

That though soledad. wouldnt the protesters people who have been going out of their way on the streets of baltimore in peaceful protest -- >> those would be peaceful protesters. >> object to the words there are protesters throwing the rocks and bottles. >> i think theres violent protesters peaceful protesters drunk protesters angry protesters. when you look specifically about how the word riot is used and thug is used its always used around people of color specifically in an inner city context. ...

Richard german who played for the seattle seahawks really said listen its the new "n" word and i think thats true. i think when you examine when the word is used its used to describe the actions of people of color, specifically people who are in the inner city. i think for journalists to have a debate back and forth about thug and thuggery is naive and sort of misplaced because its not really the question. journalists should strive to use words that describe accurately whats happening. so for ex...

Somebody elses behavior. im asking -- >> you they know its wrong to steal and burn down an old persons home. i mean come on. >> come on? so calling them thugs -- just call them [ bleep ]. just call them [ bleep ]. no we dont have to call them by names such as that. >> so is the "t" word the new "n" word and should people in the media use it or avoid it? why dud words and pictures for that matter matter so much. joining me is soledad obrien, a former cnn anchor who hosted quk black in america." t...

>> lz let me give you the last words on the citizen journalist citizen social media impact. >> well, i applaud them. i want more of it. the fact of the matter is we wouldnt have been talking about trayvon martin we wouldnt have been talking about michael brown or any of the cases if it wasnt for social media. if it wasnt for the citizen journalists, if you will. ths important to keep in mind that a lot of social media particularly twitter, are just citizen journalists tweeting out stories they h...

Injuring innocent people. >> you have some of the same organizers now going back into these communities to try to clean up in the aftermath of a handful of protesters -- a handful of criminals and thugs who tore up the place. >> and we saw the word surface on twitter, the word thug appeared in roughly 50,000 tweets on monday. like this tweet from donald trump. our great african-american president hasnt exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying baltimore....

The police commissioner contributed to this. youve been part of this dialogue. tomorrow in all fairness, is not the day of clarity in the case of freddie gray, is it? >> tomorrow is an inflection point. thats the deadline the commissioner gave to give over the investigative material to the states attorney. it is a continuation in a process toward justice. >> the citizens here who want answers will not get them tomorrow fair point? >> so what weve said very clearly is we have a duty to protect th...

And you know why? not just because i used it because it took the eye off of the real problems in our community. calling them thugs or criminals or even worse doesnt bring the resources that they need. it doesnt bring healing to the community. >> it doesnt validate the reality. >> absolutely. >> politics thats part of the game. i think the more important part may be the suggestion of and the reason thug doesnt matter is because you may not live here but you know this community. and they deal with...

President. >> gretsch., i dont know anybody thats gonna base their vote on whether chris christie was a giants fan or a cowboys fan. in the crucial states of with a, new hampshire and south carolina. >> okay. >> while it is certainly fun for us to joke about today, doesnt have much long-term impact. >> the were i bring it up and maybe not that particular image, jessica, but optics are everything. >> everything. >> especially as we move forward to 2016. and everyone remembers the hug between gove...