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Me. although i don't deserve it i want to ask for your forgiveness. there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist, i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is that the words that were said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. >> pettit's words were enough to satisfy the oklahoma leaders who stood with him during his statement. >> we accept the apology of levi, this young man, and we forgive him for the mistake which he has made. >> it wasn't the only time this week that this community began healing the racial rift with apologies offered and ...

It's been a long time since i've been at wilson but i cannot tell you i think my day is my proudest day as a tiger. tell us if you will, what the initial reaction was from the student body when you found out that westboro baptist church was going to be on the corner? >> well, again, they organized themselves. they put a facebook page up where they got over 1200 acceptances to be there today. again, it was incredible leadership among my young people to organize this thing. to work with us with security, with -- the metropolitan police department. i'm extremely proud of our kids. >> you came out...

You know, when did i first learn about this or that. well, the fact of the matter is i've been very clear about this. before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. i didn't plan it. i didn't authorize it. i didn't approve it. i knew nothing about it. thereafter, and i've said this a number of times before, it became clear to me this was an issue i had to have somebody look into when the foye e-mail came out. so in the period of time before that, there were press accounts, you know. things could have been mentioned to me about traffic at any point in time. none of it was memorable to...

This story keeps moving forward. new disclosures emerge. new denials from the governor, and sometimes acceptances of the new information. and as long as it keeps moving the business of governing for christie and potentially running for president of the united states in 2016, it's going to be very difficult. and yet that is what christie is actually signaling and is doing right now, ignore the story as much as possible, i guess a la bill clinton and keep busy. basically, a campaign organization. but the question is how much will his, christie's problems back home in jersey be a distraction for ...

That's the way it was supposed to be. you know, the president talks about being fair. let me talk about what the founding fathers thought about fair. they guarantee you're going to be given a chance. they did not guarantee the same results. that's what fairness is. >> well put. here's what some of the teachers here in the state are being advised about students' acceptances. don't congratulate students in public, no high fives, no hugging and please be sensitive so if you see somebody crying, you refer them to the counselor immediately. >> you know, this is the troubling time, brad, for a lot o...