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Bloomberg politics poll. it shows you about the racial divide. 71% of african-americans polled disagree with the ferguson grand jury compared to 15% of whites. in the eric garner case, 77% of blacks disagree with no indictment compared to 31% of whites. then this. when asked if race relations have improved under president barack obama the first african-american president of our country, 53% said relations have gotten worse. that number includes whites and blacks together. you see the number. 36% believe race relations stayed the same. 9% say they've gotten better. let me turn to our correspond...

Without warrant to intrude into a state business doesn't understand that the 14th amendment and laws passed pursuant to that, to protect emancipated african-americans from arbitrary state power and the reconstruction of the south. gives this the color of law. and the federal government is doing what the law -- the amendment and the laws are supposed to do, which is to, in this case, examine not whether racial discrimination was involved but whether, perhaps, for example, disproportionate force was involved. you have mr. garner accused of an utterly offense, which shouldn't be an offense. he wa...

They have to try to redefine the truth for the advancement of their own political agenda. and it's just not productive. and the president taking sides in this in a way that further divides the country, i find, reprehensible and very unfortunate, too. >> let's talk, though -- you talk about ferguson and, frankly, i agree with you. i think that's a case where there was plenty of reasonable doubt about what officer wilson did. but let's talk about the eric garner case, which a lot of people think is different. in fact, at the beginning you said that you were troubled by what happened in the eric ...

We're for an open internet for all. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. we feel badly there was a loss of life, but unfortunately mr. garner made a choice that day to redirect. >> the issue is larger than just the police in the community. our overall -- overall system of justice must be strengthened and it must be made more fair. >> ahead of the country's largest police union and

Collection on cigarettes. this is just absurd. you know, people talk about the left, they want a big state, they want a powerful state. well, here it is. you've got to take all of it. if you want a powerful state, there's your police force acting on demands of authorities to go out and make sure every dime of taxes collected, particularly from tobacco. look how we stigmatize tobacco. to the point it's so despised and reviled that a guy loses his life from selling single cigarettes in new york city. it's absurd. >> you talk about the role of the federal government. attorney general holder has a...