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Director of english studies. knowing what obama is up against, the president is up against, in terms of the racial climate, that makes it very curious for him to raise a racial issue, what in that climate do you think was necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> i'm fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but there's something that we have to pay attention to, there's always going to be people out there, they are always periods in history where the right wing, where conservative forces have oppos opposed racial re...

African american studies and director of english studies. knowing what obama is up against, the president is up against, in terms of the racial climate, that makes it very curious for him to raise a racial issue, what in that climate do you think was necessary to do to more directly address the issues of african american people? >> i'm fully aware that he is in a double bind, he is working in a nasty environment, but there's something that we have to pay attention to, there's always going to be people out there, they are always periods in history where the right wing, where conservative forces...

a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". they'll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moody's today put america's credit rating on review hinting at a possible rating drop. ben bernanke says defaulting on the debt would be catastrophic. jessica yellin is at the white house with what her sources are telling her. what have you heard from these differing accounts? >> reporter: democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling...

sitting here? i've reached my limit. this may bring down my presidency but i will not yield on this. congressman cantor says he says don't call my bluff, i'm going to the american people on this. finally cantor says he pushed back from the table and left. a democratic source telling it differently, saying the president challenged mr. cantor for what the source called" talk out of both sides of his mouth". they'll be back at the table tomorrow. the stakes could not be higher. moody's today put america's credit rating on review hinting at a possible downgrade. ben bernanke says default...

jessica yellin is at the white house tonight with what her sources are telling her. jessica, what have you heard from these differing accounts? >> reporter: anderson, democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling the crowd in the room when eric cantor changed his position. all along eric cantor as you have said, the house majority leader, had endorsed doing a deal that did reduce the deficit. and that had some of these vary krause components we talked about. but when he supported the short-term deal which as you've pointed out the president has made clea...