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>> you know, probably time and the intensity of the moment at the time. for african-americans, in 1995, it was very, very important that there be justice, or at least a perception of justice. there was a police officer that was caught in a lie, there were pieces of evidence that were found or suspected of being planted. this was the police state doing what they could to convict someone who they thought was guilty of a crime. as time has passed. as the groundswell has continued to grow. as o.j. has been in custody and out of the public eye for the last many years, i think the tide has now chang...

>> deuce, don't do it, you have two kids, don't do it. you know, kind of, like, what tom lang was talking about last night on the special. it was the exact same thing that my daddy was saying to him, deuce, don't do it. you have two kids. they love you. we all love you. people don't understand that this was family, this wasn't a stranger who did this. this is somebody who i've known since i was 7 years old. so, you know, he was my dad's son, basically. and he was uncle o.j. to me. and, you know, so maybe if it was a stranger i would be feeling different, but this was, again, so surreal that, y...

Imagine this 150 million people tuned in to hear the verdict in the o.j. simpson trial and to put that into perspective for you, the population of the united states at the time was 266 million. 150 million people tuned in, 266 million people in the united states at the time. so it is no surprise that the case continues to fascinate, especially with what it tells us about race in america. back with me now is yale galanter, jeffrey toobin and carl douglas. jeffrey toobin jumped ahead in the workbook here and started talking about the race polarization here. this is what a new cnn orc poll shows,...

Trial, there were cameras in the courtroom for that. yale, you were o.j.'s attorney from 2000 to 2013. tell us, did he share any insight on that infamous bronco chase? >> yeah. i mean, we used to discuss it a lot, don. and, you know, the most surreal thing to him was that everybody characterized it as a chase and it was never a chase. i think the bronco never went over 35 miles an hour. >> slow speed chase. >> on the phone with law enforcement, they knew where he was going, it was -- really wasn't a chase. a chase is, you know, something where cops are trying to run you down and the police her...

Thank you, everyone. i appreciate it. great conversation. we have the stories of some of the other key players. make sure you tune into cnn spotlight, the o.j. simpson trial, where are they now, friday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. coming up, congressman eric cantor will soon be out of a job. what happens after his shocking ouster? that's straight ahead. but first, cnn's original series, 'the 60s," watch tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. here is your '60s minute. >> the president has been hit. ♪ >> john f. kennedy died at approximately 1:00 today. >> the whole world suffers his loss. >> ameri...