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Do we need evidence that george zimmerman is himself an active, rabid racist, someone who uses racist terminology or says he hates black people or black people are unequal. our sort of hangup in this country, that constitutes a race question rather than recognizing race is at play in this sense that a young black man walking, minding his own business, unarmed, not committing any crime, he does not have a right to simply walk home. he somehow owed george zimmerman an explanation for what he was doing in this public space. and, by the way, the whole case resting on that if this child turned arou...

It's margaret laura, hager. she was born in new york city. both mother and daughter are doing quite well. heather: congratulations. here ace question for you, can a company patent human genes? that is the question that the supreme court is trying to answer today. a gene patenting is a multi-million dollar industry and the court's decision could reshape medical research and the fight against certain types much cancer. joining is now is doug burns a former federal prosecutor. he'll provide some more insight for us. i was amazed to learn that the u.s. pat want and trademark office has been awardi...

Over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through. >> the fact that he wrote it in about 12 hours speaks volumes to his sincerity. i mean, he really spoke from the heart and i think that came across in the speech. >> it was a gamble, but it worked. you the campaign was back on track. obama went on to clinch the democratic nomination. in the general election that fall, his republican opponent chose not to engage on the race question. >> there was a tremendous debate in the republican party about how to use the reverend wright, for ex...

He's lazy, these sorts of things. he's not really from america. these are all ways of demonizing him or racializing him without going to the uglier stuff that makes it obvious and embarrassing. >> now, james, atwater also seems to really echo in the tape romney's 47% comments. take a listen. >> i think race as such is going to dissolve as an issue, but you are going toft race question in the sense of on one side you're going to have a guy who's a millionaire and he's got something in common with the guy who's make 10,000 bucks a year. he's paying taxes. and somebody else is not doing anything ...

The complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through. >> the fact that he wrote it in about 12 hours speaks volumes to his sincerity. i mean, he really spoke from the heart and i think that came across in the speech. >> it was a gamble, but it worked. you the campaign was back on track. obama went on to clinch the democratic nomination. in the general election that fall, his republican opponent chose not to engage on the race question. >> there was a tremendous debate in the republican party about how to use the reverend wright, for example, as a political weapon in ...