Not as divided as we seem. For Democrats Use 2027488000. For republicans use 2027488001. For independents use 2027488002. You can also join in on the conversation via social media. ,ou can use our twitter page http twitter. Com cspanwj. You can also chime in on our facebook page. Here is the headline this morning from the dallas morning news. , we are not ast divided as we seem president obama insist. He hopes to ease the tension of a reckless nation. He spoke tuesday of an america where racial divisions were healing, and americans were increasingly united. Thepoke in somber tones at event there. Thelso spoke about lingering problems over race, gun violence, and police relations. He referred to the recent memorials he attended in recent years. That was again reported in the dallas morning news. Openked all americans to our hearts to each other. I want to remind you, you can see all of this on our website. T www. Cspan. Org before the trip yesterday, the president had met with a number of leaders of police organizations. Those meetings continue at the white house. Here is a headline in the New York Times. Enforcement and activists will meet with president obama at the white house. They will see if he will quickly turn to the delegate balancing act of dealing with lawenforcement while addressing the act of violence the acts of violence in the communities that they serve. He is meeting for his second session this week. It will be expanded to include mayors, academics, and civil rights activist. Lets go now to our independents line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. My comment is that american is still america is still divided. ,n president kennedys words the era of slavery is not fully over. It is still in effect today. You get a chance to see many of the president s comments yesterday . Caller ive been keeping up with it on the news. I voted for him twice, and i love than obama. I wish he would have come out stronger in his presidency. I wish he would have stood up more for dr. Gates. I wish he wouldve said that i am of the president of the United States, and ive a harvard law degree, and if the police act stupidly it is on you. That is one example. I want to hear the other callers. Thank you for taking my call. Host here is another caller from our independent line. Caller good morning. Take you for taking my call. Ive a couple of comments to make. First of all, it is very appropriate that george bush joined obama on stage for this, because this dallas unlike this dollars shooting, 9 11 was just another staged, manufactured event. All these staged, manufactured events are just like 9 11 to allow this his government to invade the middle east. It is turning us into a Orwellian Police state. Thank you. Alabama, jimmy. What you think of the president s comments . What hei thought about mentioned about how firearms are easier to get. He made a good speech. Other than that, i knew they were going to get on him about that. Host here is the front page this morning of the Washington Times and their take on the president s speech. There headline was that he defended the black lives Matter Movement, and he is receiving social media backlash for politicizing the event. Defended the black lives Matter Movement on tuesday at a memorial for the five dallas slain Police Officers. Saying that pitted bigotry still exist in Police Departments across the u. S. , while speaking at a memorial for slain Police Officers. Quote, we have all seen this bigotry in our lives at some point. There is more about what the president had to say in divisions in the u. S. The deepestama faultlines in our democracy have been exposed, and perhaps widened. Although we know such divisions are not new, they have surely been worse in recent days. That offers us little comfort. Faced with this violence, we the gap ofder if race in america can ever be breached. Bridged. We turn on the tv or surf the watch positions harden and lines drawn. People retreat to their respective corners. Politicians calculate how to grab attention or avoid the fallout. We see all this, and it is hard not to think that the center will not hold. That things will get worse. I understand. I understand how americans are feeling. That wei am here to say must reject such despair. I am here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. I know that, because i know america. I know how far we have come against impossible odds. [applause] president obama i know we will make it, because of what ive experienced in my own life. What ive seen of this country and its people, their goodness and their decency as president of the United States. We are continuing with your reactions and thoughts on the president s comments. Here is mike on our republican line. Hello, mike. Caller high. Hi. I just want to say, in talking with a lot of folks, we can get behind the black lives matter is hurting iswhat if they could say more Something Like liesife matter also. It is all of us. Host you feel like the words that people are using in these movements is very important. Said, yes, as everyone words are important. A of my friends get upset on facebook if you are a black lives matter supporter, they say to unlike them unfriend them. I do not understand. I just think it would make a world of difference if they said also. Ande is an issue out there, all lives matter, black lives also. Host to our democrats line next. Janet, high there. Hi there go ahead, you are on the air. I think president obama wants everyone to be united, and he showed it. He is not a bit racist. He has a white Vice President. He is fair with every race. Cuba,wed when he went to the cubans all liked and respected him. They were glad to hear him talk. They like him i like him very well when he went and spoke at texas. He is not racist. He is for the people. He cares about everybody, and ,he other countries, and texas and the different races. Everyone respects him. They respect him more than the republican congressmen do. All the republican congressmen have been talking him down and criticizing him. They have not been respecting him as a president. E are all sinners none of us are right. We should still respect the president of the United States. Nobody has god, shot him. I think of president kennedy. Who did that . President Lyndon Johnson was in on it, because he wanted to be resident. That it was noted yesterday, the president flew down to dallas yesterday on air force one, and he invited texas senator ted cruz to attend the Memorial Service with him on air force one. The president is meeting at the white house today on the issue of Police Violence and Police Shootings with Police Officials and mayors. Pie is a please from lego says thepolitico that president will take part in a town hall meeting that will be broadcast on disney Media Properties on thursday evening. Thoughts on the president s comments. We go to new jersey. This is jean on the independent line. Caller good morning. I am a disabled veteran and a senior citizen. I think the president could have stepped forward a bit earlier when he was in europe. In the past few days, i think he couldve done much more about employment for young people. I am up in my years now, but i think they keep problem in our country is unemployment. I would quickly like to add that i very much enjoyed the fbi email hearings. I will be voting for donald trump. Host the meetings yesterday with the attorney general . Caller i saw both of them. I thought they were very informative. Unfortunately, many of the questions were not answered. I think it is a double standard. Host appreciate that. Just as a reminder, this is available on our website. We covered that hearing yesterday with the attorney general. The Washington Times about that. They circled the wagons around Hillary Clinton yesterday with attorney general Loretta Lynch not detailing why they decided not to pursue charges against the former secretary. The state Department Going to bat for her saying that she should not have to testify under a about her secret email account. Next, we have rodney on the line. Good morning. Caller good morning. I theing, because reason why i mentioned that is because i am part of an organization that is mainly white. Organization,hat when i articulate my point of headsi see a lot of moving. I see that i am not so warmly welcomed. , in i go into the city notice when i articulate my i feel quite, welcome. They do not even know me. When i, i am welcome. What has happened quite often is called microaggression. Experience know they a certain type of incident, at the same time, you want to keep in mind that there is something called white privilege. ,ven though you do not identify people still deserve the same right that you have. It is often sometimes that people ask why this happens, i just want to share something i had a law and ethics course. Throughout the whole time i was onschool, i got all as every paper. I wrote a paper on law and ethics. This paper was my last, final paper. I got an 80 on it, because i was speaking about the injustice in haiti. I thought it was crazy that i nowd get all as, and then the professor would give me an 80. Host did you talk about the subject anymore in any of your other work . Caller yes, i had talked about that subject. I also spoke about tiananmen square. As a matter of fact, my english in almost i wrote similar paper for him and he thought it was some very good writing. , because itf crazy was about racial divide in haiti. It was not accepted. Saying is that, every other paper i wrote in college was fine. But not when i touched on this particular subject. Host saying thank you for sharr comments with us. We have a couple of comments on twitter. Again, you can share with us on http twitter. Com cspanwj. This one from jan that says, why should we talk about lack lives matter . Who was protesting when the shooting happened . Theher comment saying that poster believes we are still very much divided. To our next caller. Feelingim getting a about how divided our country is, and a lot of it is selfinflicted, because we have a lot of organizations with the word black in front of them. We even have a black caucus in congress. If that does not serve to divide us, i do not know what does. Having all these organizations, associations, and gatherings for black people is a wedge that continues to divide us. I think it is time we have meetings on that type of subject. You cannot force people to respect each others race. It has to come naturally, and it has to be earned. People like to see these that are causing harm in the community, those that are raising all kinds of rockets on the streets, most of these young black guys are from broken families or illegitimate families. Host most of what guys . Most of the protesters . Who are you talking about in particular . Caller the guys that are out there hitting the cops, that are out there looking to shoot or injured the Police Officers on the street. Why do we not have the type of meetings addressing that kind of situation . That kind of person . Atlanticarticle in the are no constitutional. It is an article on their front page. It looks at the protest in atlanta. Mayors talk with protesters about the intentions on promises that fell short. A semi truck was that by protesters on the downtown connector overnight. About 1992 los angeles, the city bird that year in writing that followed the acquittal of four Police Officers charged with Excessive Force in the video beating up rodney king. One of the victims on the first day of the riot was a truck tover, who was nearly beaten death on Live Television after being stopped by protesters. Mayor reed made a decision to go into the crowd, as he watched the protesters shake and climb on top of the truck. This is again on the atlanta protest in the atlanta journalconstitution. We now go to fort worth texas, where randy is on our republican line. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. As a black man, i am Barack Obamaby being the first black president of the United States of america. 20072008. Him in i thought he was going to bring this country together. I am a republican, by the way. I thought this was history in the making. Had ferguson, we had baltimore, we had new york. Everyone is talking about the minnesota incident. Yesterday,n dallas when we had the memorial for the police, there was no Police Officer invited. All these dignitaries came to texas. It was a whos who list. Yesterday, chance he dedicated the first 15 minutes of his speech and it was beautiful. He started talking about the race relationships and black lives matter. We do have a division here with race relations, and i hope we get somebody that can bring us together. Im going to vote for donald trump. I think he is the answer. Host that was randy in fort worth, texas. President obama and Michelle Obama were joined by former president george w. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush on stage at that memorial in dallas. Former president bush also spoke about divisions in america. This is what he had to say. Bush the shock of this people has not faded. At times, it seems like the forces pulling us a part art stronger than the forces binding us together. Turns to easily into animosity. Disagreement turns to easily dehe humanization. Humanization. By theirother people worst examples, and we judge ourselves by our best intentions. [applause] bush this has strained our bonds of understanding and common purpose trade americans, common purpose. Americans, i think, have a great understanding. We have never been held to gather by blood or background, we are bound by things of the spirit. Shared commitments to common ideals. At our best, we practice empathy. We imagine ourselves in the lives and circumstances of others. This is the bridge across our nations deepest divisions. It is not merely a matter of tolerance, of learning of the struggles and stories of our fellow citizens and finding our better selves in the process. Host former president george w. Bush yesterday in dallas. All of that ceremony is online at www. Cspan. Org. We are talking about the divisions in america. President obama said in his speech, we are not as divided as we seem. Here is williamson, North Carolina on the democrat line. Caller good morning. I just want to say that every time i hear president obama bring up jim crow, it sets our country back years. It is so unfair. There have been a lot of people, like the police, that have come up and served their neighborhood. They have given their all, given their life. What else can you give for your country other than your life . , the social unrest in society we look to washington. They are supposed to be trustworthy and honest. Hass so corrupt, and it been that way ever since the clintons got there. I mean, has it not . Next in hear from paul milwaukee on the democrats line. Caller hello. I think the big problem is the conservative talk media on fox, rush limbaugh. Here is something that bothers me more than ever. On cnn, i caught the end of it, but what was stated was that women police you have hispanic, lacks, but the b lacks, but the only one killing africanamericans are white males. That is something that needs to be addressed. Is,main thing behind that they are getting away. It is really murder. Host how is the situation in milwaukee . What is the relationship like between police and the black Immunity Community . Caller the police and milwaukee are not so bad. It is in the major cities that theres the problem. Gary, indiana is a good example. The governors send the money to maryville, and they are building data. Milwaukee is predominantly black, too. Is not really known as a state that is predominantly black. I think the same thing is going on in minnesota. It puts a lot of fear in people. Certain people, really white males, i think, they want to kind of hold the structure. We can all get along. There is enough for everybody if we share. Host talking about the divisions in the u. S. After the speech by president obama. His comments on the issue. 2027488000 four democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 027488002 for independents we are taking a broader look at the community of dallas this morning in the New York Times. Their headline is about creating close shall closer ties with the Dallas Police. They write this in the wake of that tragic shooting that left five please officers dead. This comes after a police chief has been under criticism. David brown took over the department and 2010, and Excessive Force complaints have dropped 64 . He has started deescalation training and a Successful Community policing program. For all the progress that the Dallas Police have made, this remains one of the most segregated cities in the country. Discriminatory federal state and local policies blackiscriminated against populations and deeply poor populations south of interstate 30. It serves as a line of demarcation the between opportunity and poverty. Citiesracts of the Southern Sector are empty and ragged. We have tommy on the independents line in hartford, connecticut. Caller i want to comment earlier about the caller that mentioned the black lives Matter Movement. No other race besides black men are being killed by white policeman. That is why it is black lives matter. Is being treated as poorly. That is the difference. Douglas in Washington State is next. He is on the republican line. Welcome. Caller ho