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Challenges in his life. the dance between the public and the personal. that's what the president has to navigate. >> reporter: a year after his so-called race speech, president obama found himself in the middle of another race-related firestorm. police had arrested an african-american professor, skip gates, in his own home, after he showed i.d. listen to what the president said. >> i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly. in arresting someone when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> rep...

Was self-defense he would have been convicted of manslaughter based on self-defense. >> five in agreement. >> we can sit here or retry this case or juice this opportunity. jason, i agree with you. we do have to have an honest conversation about race in america. the president had a beer summit with skip gates in massachusetts. we need to hear from him on this. but to say that black men commit more crimes in a disproportionate way. they don't commit them. they are convicted more. we have imprisoned more black men in america -- let me finish. we have right now imprisoned more black men in america...

Self-defense, he would have -- >> five are in agreement. go ahead, last word in this segment. >> retried this case or use this opportunity. jason, i agree with you, we do have to have an honest conversation about race in america. the president had a beer summit. we need to hear from him on this, but to say that black men commit more crimes in a disproportionate way, they don't commit them, they are convicted more. we have imprisoned more black men in america than at the height of apartheid, and we have to address this. >> why are we taking away the statistics. blacks and whites use -- >> i'm t...

Country who are clearly angry on both sides of the issue. i think there clearly is a need for some kind of reconciliation. we need to move forward. my question, i wish i had the answer, is the how. one idea would be the president, but to your point, emily, you know, it wasn't as successful from a lot of perspectives, that beer summit. donna brazile tweeted me, political strategist, cnn. she says should the president focus on a discussion on race? no, focus on jobs and opportunities for all. >> i agree. >> if it's not the president, then who does? >> i love donna, but i disagree. i think the pr...

Nsa or irs or the presidency americans don't trust our president, don't trust the government agencies to do the job and feel like they have turned the tables on us. >> do you think obama's carefully avoiding the scandal because it will end up contradicting what he said years ago. >> i think he is taking our advice. we talked about after the a.p. story or the irs story he should just stop talking. it was a friday he said i heard about the irs thing on tv. and then the doj thing and then fox news. he is taking our advice. >> it has been a long running theme of mine. >> remember the urgency about...