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Political strategist also president of the brooklyn chapter of the naacp. >> editor with the daily beast and a my former collying at the daily news and anchor are arise 360. thank you for being here. what do you make of howard schultz effort to engage the customers on race? >> i think it's a noble idea. in theory it could work but in practice, i think it could be a disaster. especially in a city like new york. no one has time to barely give their order let alone engage in a conversation about race. with barristas who aren't the most prepared or equipped to have these in depth controversial con...

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Effectively their emissary thus far on this post skip gates, the president has been reluctant to wade into racially tinged waters. what did you make of the statement today? >> i think the timing was appropriate. the story moved dramatically from a local story to a national story and a broader question about gun safety laws, racial profiling. lots of other issues that this has brought up. so -- and i thought handled it beautifully. certainly going to the personal, that was what people wanted to hear, particularly given the president doesn't talk about his experience as much as a young african m...

>> look, i think a lot of people are responding saying i understand. >> bill: i want to know what you think mary katharine? was that a smart thing to do. >> i think he was going to be asked about it frankly. >> bill: mary katharine, was that a smart thing to do for the president? >> he is not generally good at talking about these things when he talked about skip gates he ended up being very very wrong about that i think it's important for him to be careful about it he is not always careful about it. hold on. >> bill: i'm taking that as a no that's not a smart thing. >> here is the problem. her...

Professor skip gates and we had the whole acted stupidly comment that was an honest assessment on his part of the situation, but the firestorm that built up around that taught the white house that no more speaking off the cuff. >> okay, can i ask you real quickly both to comment on a juicy tidbit coming out in politics right now? apparently mayor daley in chicago is not going to run for re-election? you remember back in april when rahm emanuel said, i think he was on "charlie rose" that if the mayor didn't run for re-election, he might be interested in it, what do you make of that, jonathan? >...