during the presidency when he's been much harder to access. one of the stories i tell in my book is him during the senate campaign. he skipped out on a fund-raising meeting and nobody could find him. one of his aides tracked him down, a white aide track him down at his barber shop. obama comes into the office a couple hours later and he's comically bellowing at the aide. he says your punishment for disturbing a black man at his zarber shop is to watch the movie "barber shop" and watch the sequel, "batcher shop 2." >> that's good. >> there is a relationship between a black man and his barber, it's sacred. >> quick aside, that's true. speaking for all black men which i occasionally do, truth. >> it was so refreshing to see this looser, funnier barack obama making a joke about race which he can really never do in presidency. >> let's be honest, though, all these people, they are crucified for the slightest misstep,