hours he taped an interview with b.e.t., black entertainment television, for show called "106 & park." and josh earnest, the white house spokesman, explained why the president did that. listen. >> -- an opportunity to reach an audience that obviously has been following these developments very closely and has pretty strong feelings about it. i think there are a lot of americans who feel strongly about some of these issues, but certainly we would anticipate that the viewers of "106 & park" would have some strong feelings. >> young kind of hip hop show, you wouldn't normally see the president doing an interview there. but they realize this is an audience they need to reach out to. and they also know when i talk to senior officials in the wlous as i did tonight, they've got to do more than talk, more than interviews and speeches. that there's an opportunity here for action because as you've been noting the last few nights there have been conservatives as well as liberals particularly in the staten island case that there are problems here and the white house sees an opportunity.