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>> most def, a couple guys, that's it. >> i've been hearing this, and i've been hearing this, i think african-americans, the ones i know, won't say it, but white americans are saying to me, don, there's some racial undertones here. do you see that? i want you -- but i want to play this clip from bill maher last night and then we'll talk about it. >> and, of course, this, to them, has nothing to do with the fact that he's black. you have to feel bad for people like karl rove and matt drudge and andrew bright bart, it's so hard to live in a color blind society when all the bad people are black. ...

Are millions of people for whom the experience of america is different than theirs and they certainly don't want to have to confront that. >> are these pundits trying to get traction because the president is black and hip hop is primarily a black art form but who buys the most rap? >> white americans. >> are they trying to gain traction on this? >> yeah. are you asking me? >> yeah, tim. >> yeah. yeah, yeah. absolutely. look, this is one of those ways you can push a button with people. the same way you can by questioning the president's academic credentials. that's a very clear button of racial...

Me. that sounds like killing cops to me. >> i'm not anti-rap, in fact like brett bare i know the lyrics to rappers delight too. >> why would they invite this man to the white house? they do not understand the sensibilities of many americans. >> okay. so over on "the daily show" jon stewart defended common. >> are we really doing this again? for this guy? common? the guy from the gap ads? the guy from the queen latifah rom com? elmo's friend? that's the guy? >> so the argument about common is far from over. it's still heating up. stewart has accepted an invitation from bill o'reilly to debate t...

biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. there's no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway appears to be having the desired effect. the biggest test is still days away, the highest water, hundr...

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