Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130715:19:38:00
166 was the words, but it was very reviewed by a lot of officials. the president dictated it himself to the speech writers. this is something he thought a lot about beforehand. they feel like they had to plan this out for two reasons. the first being the president really feels. horribly for the martin family and wanted to speak to them in a personal way. the second thing is they wanted to make sure the president really spoke directly and encouraged people to remain calm and not have any kind of violent rioting. they felt it was very important to have it come out in the president's words in the...