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Fights with someone lower than them because they're not the president of the united states. >> speaking of one on one versus group settings, there was an interesting exchange earlier today with senator carper who had an interesting account of a phone call while the president was in asia with a group of senators about tax reform. let's take a look. >> about 30 minutes into the call, gary gets up and takes a call and comes back into the room. we have somebody calling in from asia and it was the president. nice of him to do that. 15 minute s later, the presiden is still talking. i said on gary, i...

Officers show up being ready to help out, they certainly have to do their job. >> anthony: but what do you think the victim thinks when they place a phone call? do you think they have high hopes that i believe my call is going to be handled with the same fervor as somebody calling from beverly hills. >> alex: well, there are good officers that come in and they do help. there's also many who lose that empathetic feeling of looking at someone with brown skin or very dark skin and they say, "you know, why am i helping out this person? it's a stupid mexican." and i saw that being projected upon th...

Every day they're looking at the worst of society, and maybe they have a partner that gets killed or shot. it's all very overwhelming. many turn to alcohol and drugs to medicate. and i'm not trying to be an apologist for the police because, you know, they do need to be held accountable. but we need to help them, we really do because they are out there and they're the ones who are going to show up at your home. >> anthony: mexican-american, living in east l.a. and a victim of a crime, you calling the police? expecting a sympathetic response? i mean, generally speaking, what do you think the -- ...

Worst of society and maybe they have a partner that gets killed or shot. it's all very overwhelming. many turn to alcohol and drugs to medicate. and i'm not trying to be an apologist for the police because, you know, they do need to be held accountable. we need to help them, we really do, because they are out there and they're the ones that are going to show up at your home. >> mexican-american, east l.a., the victim of a crime. you call on the police, expecting a sympathetic response? i mean, generally speaking? what do you think the -- >> i think most police officers show up being ready to h...

Multiple -- >> so you're comfortable with a multiracial society. >> absolutely. yes. >> and i am not. and a lot of people are not. i love my people i love my heritage. without somebody calling me a racist and hater and a bigot. and trying to marginalize me by name calling. >> but the task force wants to promote diversity in town. and how do you feel about that? >> why do they want to do that? i mean, there are many, many places already that are multicultural, multiracial. why don't they move to one of those places? >> i think for the same reason that you've been here for so long. they like thi...