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Against a retired air force member. In dallas,vents baton rouge, louisiana and in orlando are putting guns and the racial divide in this country front and center. How will that play out . Reporter i think certainly the gun issue has been elevated in a way we have not seen in previous election cycles. It is something democrats are eager to talk about and in many of these suburban districts the democrats are talking about winning back, that is an issue a lot of voters care about. I think its too early to predict whether its going to be a major focal point for voters of republicans and democrats i talk to are surprised we are talking about it to that extent. Some of that is the tragedy we are seeing unfold. Host donald trump has high negatives and sodas hillary clinton. Is this going to be a Personality Campaign . Reporter this has been the most Substance Free campaign i h ....
Reads, reluctantly, obama leads u. S. Into debate on race, policing. The president has found himself caught in the middle on this issue struggling to find out the right thing to say to the country. On one hand, you want people to see him speaking out against these issues and on the other hand, people want the president to be a leading voice in calling out bias in Police Departments. The president has also talked in the past, especially after the verdict that did not convict George Zimmerman after the Trayvon Martin shooting, they doesnt feel like it is necessarily productive for him to be leading a National Conversation on race, that havent worked that well in the past when politicians have tried to do that. Unfortunately, he has found himself in a situ ....
Chief. Most people get defensive if they feel like you are being ive. Ns ifng respectful and request it is not a crisis or a dangerous situation requests versus demands, those things change the dynamic a little bit. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan and www. Cspan. Org. Our road to the white house coverage continues with the Green Party NationalPolitical Convention in houston. Earlier today, the green party chose jill stein as their ajamu btial nominee and araka as their Vice President ial nominee. Also available on the cspan radio app and www. Cspan. Org. President obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed singapore Prime Minister lee and his wife this week. It began with a ceremony o ....
And the importance to unify as a country, to the use this example to use this example of dallas to really be that unifier. What do you expect to hear from ted cruz, from president obama who are both there today, george w. Bush . I expect to hear a lot of discussion about sort of our loftier goals and purpose as americans. And really the role that the police play in our daytoday lives, trish. You know, this is a very, very meaningful moment. I think its very impressive that we do have a showing of sort of across the board. Politics, i hope, is going to be checked at the door, and i expect it will be, and we can talk about what it means to be an american, what it means today, what unites us as americans. And i think the proper dignity for the people who put their lives on the line for us every day will be on display. Trish you know what . I think thats all what were really hoping for. Ellis, this president was supposed to be the great unifier. A lot of people look at what has happened to ....