have to do better. all right. well u.s. president obama promises to continue the fight to improve race relations in america. in an interview with the b. erngts t. get work, mr. obama said his personal experiences help him to empathize with all people affected by the protests. he referred to a meeting he had with young non-voi length protesters monday. take a listen. a country s conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because i think a lot of people who saw the eric garner video are troubled, even if they haven t had that same experience themselves, even if they re not african-american or latino. i think there are a lot of good, well-meaning people, i think there are probably a lot of police officers who might have looked at that and said that is a tragedy and figure out a way to bring an end to these kinds of tragedies. then attention spans move on. there s next thing. some international crisis.
recent police killing black men and children in america. coast to coast, marches and die-ins staged to bring attention to the issue. this is the scene from pennsylvania, in protest. berkeley, california, protesters temporarily shut down interstate 80 in both directions, and then on the court, nba stars like lebron james and kevin garnett donned i can t breathe shirts in protest over the death of eric garner by a new york city police officer. president talked about that in his interview with b.e.t. let s listen. i think people who saw the eric garner video are troubled, even if they hadn t had the same experience themselves, even if they re not african-american or latino. there are a lot of good, well-meaning video, probably a lot of police officers who might have looked at that and said that is a tragedy, what happened, and we have to figure out how to bring an end to these kinds of tragedies. talk about all of this with
troubled. even if they haven t had that same experience themselves. even if they re not african-american or latino. think there are a lot of good, well-meaning people, i think there are probably a lot of police officer who is might have looked at that and said, that s a tragedy what happened and we got to figure out how to bring an end to these kinds of tragedies. on comedy central, the president was seeking some comic relief, making light of the bruising mid-term elections which resulted in the democrats losing both control congress up on capitol hill. the president tried to take some credit for the improving economy. an area the white house would like to see the president get a lot more credit for. but then stephen colbert jumped in in an interview on comedy central. here s what played out after that. i ll give the you ve employed a lot of people, mostly as secretary of defense. well that s boosted our numbers a little bit. now, on the issue of immigration, the president do
opportunity to control the narrative on this issue, to bring about real systemic change, and to bring about some historic policies that can really change many of the problems that we re seeing within our police departments across this country. this is a real opportunity for the president to really establish his legacy when it comes to race relations in this country. sunny, let me play another clip from the president s interview with b.e.t. listen to this. a country s conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience. because i think a lot of people who saw the eric garner video are troubled. even if they haven t had that same experience themselves. even if they re not african-american or latino. i think there are probably a lot of police officers who might have looked at that and said, that is a tragedy what happened and we have to figure out how to bring an end to these kinds of tragedies. then attention spans move on.
like most ben neevolent charact children growing up seeing, the good guy is white. but not at this mall. other santas speak spanish, and for the last nine holiday seasons, 77-year-old langston patterson has greeted the crowd plopping toddlers like 2-year-old manhattan lamont on his lap whose parents want her snapshot to mean more than just a commercial card. kids don t see no color. i don t think so. i didn t see color when i was little, you know? you only see color when you get older. reporter: nearly all the shoppers in this mall are african-american or latino. despite the popularity of the multiracial santas here, there are only a handful of them in the entire country. hey, buddy. reporter: that s why santa himself has a wish this christmas. the malls next year will have a few ethnic santa clauses in all cultures.