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Backing down from this issue. just today a blog post on the union's web site reads this. "don't allow race, politics or emotion to distract us from the central issue. this is 100% about a criminal culture, a cycle of poverty, a cycle of lack of education, a cycle of lack of parenting, and dare we say a thug cycle. that is literally killing families and crushing the futures of innocent children. you're not backing down. so what do you say to critics who claim this is about race and that too often the word "thug" is used to describe blackmail males, back children? >> the local media use it, the ...

Caring for him at the time. the 16-year-old mom says she was in another room when this took place. someone else shot the video. we are concealing the mom's identity because of her age. >> they weren't worried about the video, because he had a clean diaper, the house is clean. like they said, kids cuss. every kid does it. he is a smart little boy. all the cussing he did, my son doesn't cuss like that. i am a good mother to my son. i teach him a lot. he is very smart. >> now, remember, the video of the toddler swearing was posted online by an omaha police union to highlight what they call the th...

Quite frankly shocking and evokes an emotional reaction, much like this video did. >> let's get the reaction -- >> at the end of the day. sorry, don. >> go ahead. finish your thought. at the end of the day what? >> at the end of the day the whole point to posting this video was to show, again, the depth of the problem so that people realize this type of thing does happen in omaha, nebraska, and we can start to address these very serious issues. >> mark, how do you respond to that? >> i appreciate your candor and honesty because over the last few days some people were saying the video was poste...

>> this happens in all parts of society. all cultures. >> how come the example is always black, don? >> the example is not always black. you're trying to say that this kid -- >> i'm saying the kid is black. and this is dangerous to call a toddler a thug in training which is essentially what they've done. that's what i'm saying the problem is. yes, what happened on the video is a problem. we all agree on that. >> the family called him a thug in training. they're saying say i'm thugging in my diapers. that's what his family is saying. >> police say the thug cycle continues. >> they're calling hi...

Edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember follow the show online and on twitter. craig melvin has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> developing news in the next hour. the white house at any moment expected to give its first on-camera response to that explosive memoir from former defense secretary bob gates. as you can see, press secretary jay carney at the podium right now. also, another heartbreaking and complicated life support fight. a texas hospital keeping a woman on life support against her wishes because she's pregnant. it's our "news nation" gut check. and omaha police uni...