today we begin with too little, too late. the white house has apologized for the way former agriculture department official shirley sherrod was forced to resign, but denied the president himself was involved. that responsibility fell on the shoulders of agriculture secretary tom vilsack, who also apologized, admitting his decision was made in haste. nbc s tracie potts joins us live now from washington with more. tracie, good morning to you. reporter: lynn, good morning. this story has taken some twists and turns even in the last 24 hours. first fired, now possibly rehired, she s considering a new job with the government. all of this after the government makes an embarrassing admission. this is a good woman. she s been put through hell. reporter: shirley sherrod s now had apologies from her boss and the white house. a disservice was done for which we apologize. reporter: she was fired monday after a conservative blog posted an edited version of what she said about
too late. the white house has pay poll jazzed for the way former agriculture official shirley sherrod was forced to deny but denied the president himself was involved. the responsibility of that fell on the shoulder of agriculture secretary tom vilsack who also apologized saying his decision was, quote, made in haste. tracie potts joins us now live from washington. good morning. good morning. apologizes galore here. hired an then refired after the obama administration makes an amission. shirley sherrod now had apologies from sherrod and the white house. a disservice was done for which we apologize. she was fired monday after a conservative blog posted. the clip made her look like a racist when, in fact, she was denouncing racism. i m not angry today. today sherrod has a new offer from her old boss, something unique to help them fight discrimination. let me say i m reconsidering at this point. give sherrod her job back. sherrod s firing ignited anger and shined
sherrod was forced to deny but denied the president himself was involved. the responsibility of that fell on the shoulder of agriculture secretary tom vilsack who also apologized saying his decision was, quote, made in haste. tracie potts joins us now live from washington. good morning. good morning. apologizes galore here. hired an then refired after the obama administration makes an amission. shirley sherrod now had apologies from sherrod and the white house. a disservice was done for which we apologize. she was fired monday after a conservative blog posted. the clip made her look like a racist when, in fact, she was denouncing racism. i m not angry today. today sherrod has a new offer from her old boss, something unique to help them fight discrimination. let me say i m reconsidering at this point. give sherrod her job back. sherrod s firing ignited anger and shined a light on how the obama administration dealt with race. they insist the president is not to
shirley sherrod. this morning she is considering a job offer from the agriculture department, not to mention apologies from the obama administration. all of this just days after sherrod was fired for what appeared to be racist remarks. tara mergener is in washington with much more on this story. boy, things have changed in a matter of, what, 24 hours, tara? reporter: that s right, betty. good morning. after accepting apologies from both the white house and the a agriculture secretary, sherrod weighs her option but the controversy rages on. shirley sherrod is still deciding on whether to go back to the department of agriculture. she has a unique set of skills which would lend assisting usda as we deal with trying to turn the page on our civil rights chapter. reporter: secretary tom vilsack offered to rehire the 62-year-old wednesday for a new role, just days after firing her over this speech. and here i was helping a white person save their land. reporter: the edited
all of this just days after sherrod was fired for what appeared to be racist remarks. tara mergener is in washington with much more on this story. boy, things have changed in a matter of, what, 24 hours, tara? reporter: that s right, betty. good morning. after accepting apoll by ining the white house and agricultural secretary, sherrod weighs her option but the controversy rages on. shirley sherrod is still deciding on whether to go back to the department of agriculture. she has a unique set of skills which would lend assisting usda as we deal with trying to turn the page on our sil civil rights chapter. reporter: secretary tom vilsack offered to rehire the 62-year-old just days after firing her over this speech. and here i was with a would it land help them save their land. reporter: the edited clip posted online by conservative bloggers appeared to show sherrod making racist remarks, but it soon became clear the comments were taken out of context. and there was ac