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Standing up for the president and you get a bit of a sense of how the vice president is trying to ease things in this interview that he did with our colleague peter alexander, a snip pet of what the vice president thinks could be one of the next chapters in all of this. what happened in charlottesville was a tragedy and the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have i. i spoke at length about this heartbreaking situation on sunday night in columbia and i stand with the president and i stand by those words. reporter: that was not the interview, but these were recent comments from the vice president, who is cutting his trip short. he will be back. he will go to cam david with the president. that s a change to the schedule, so they re going to try to turn the page that way. and also, the vice president lp not be appearing with virginia republican candidate for governor he had gill less pi this weekend as planned. ....
The vice president this weekend to be very blunt with him about american politics and how one talks about race. it s a learned skill, ali. i ve been doing this since 1989. i try always to keep my audience is diverse. my audience is multiracial. my audience and generational and everybody has got a point of view. the president has not been in politics for very long and he has not developed that kind of sensitivity to this issue and he s got to get better at it. he just has to get better. that s awful generous. much of the country has already written him offment if he can learn that skill i guess while he s president it will help us all. thank you very much. he s the host of the hugh hugh wit show. up next, the president s words about what happened in charlottesville. what they mean for america. ....