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Look, the naacp blew it here. they jumped the gun way too fast. at least, they have had the courage to say, we were wrong, to apologize and put out the full tape. now, it's up to the president of the united states to do the same thing. the president tonight should ask the department of agriculture to reopen this case, give it a full and fair hearing, and then if this woman, as it appears now, let's hear the whole tape, but if the facts are as they appear, they should reinstate her and apologize to her. >> and, tim, let me have you take this a little broader. you've studied the issue of race in...

Edited it to create false impression of racial bias and create a controversy where none existed. joining me now, the senior vice president and director to the naacp's washington bureau. in case it's not clear to our viewers, i want to be very clear about what she exactly said. people may have heard just that beginning snippet. what she was saying was she had learned from this experience and it had taught her a lot about racism how the inequalities were about poverty rather than race. in the end what most people heard and posted on these websites was just the beginning of those comments, just t...

Have the national black farmers association sitting here waiting for congress to act on a billion dollars settlement based upon years of discrimination against black farmers, women farmers and hispanic farmers trying to get class status action and the government hasn't addressed that as well. you talk to this whole notion of race, it speaks to you how do you present day pay for the since of the past. no different than when you saw the death of senator robert byrd, he gave many interviews he was frankly sorry for his particular past and you still had folks saying, yeah, but i still can't forgiv...

In 2004, you're talking john ker, 501 votes and george w. bush 24, so it was a foregone conclusion because of the minority composition of that voting locale that obama was going to clean house. i've always said this was a case about tv and not about turnout. these are a couple of knuckleheads. they are well known to anybody who walks adjacent to city hall in philadelphia. they are alwaysç looking to create a spectacle. so, therefore, i think that their mission was accomplished. they are on "hardball" yet again tonight. having said that, having said that, i still think you need an investigati...

To advance togetherness in the country. she said she supports the president fully but she knows he has not lived the kind of life she has. ed henry looks at the administration's handling of the sherrod case. >> reporter: agriculture secretary tom vilsack took one for the team, calling shirley sherrod to apologize and offering her a new job and taking blame for the whole fiasco. >> i am accepting the responsibility with deep regret. this is a good woman put through hell. >> reporter: if didn't get better for robert gibbs. >> when the secretary reaches her, he will apologize for the events of th...