machine ya think? it s like bill oreiley and the rest are waiting to point out that this president is going to turn the tables on us. and if he says something about a black child, than he would not care about a white child. it s preposterous. but they do it over and over again. i just wanted to say a couple things. you mentioned the president s statement. that was a very important moment. this is clearly the third act in a three-act play. the first speech he made about race was on the campaign trail. probably the highest point is under incredible fire and shown incredible grace and talk to americans like grown folks. and america rose to that occasion. now he s president. he s the most powerful man on earth. skip gates gets arrested in his
look, i think a lot of people are responding saying i understand. bill: i want to know what you think mary katharine? was that a smart thing to do. i think he was going to be asked about it frankly. bill: mary katharine, was that a smart thing to do for the president? he is not generally good at talking about these things when he talked about skip gates he ended up being very very wrong about that i think it s important for him to be careful about it he is not always careful about it. hold on. bill: i m taking that as a no that s not a smart thing. here is the problem. here expectation dictated by the president we all react like al sharpton it becomes a situation where we cannot soberly review the facts. bill: was that a smart thing to do for the president to make comments on the occasion. smart politically. the fact that he personalized
look, i think a lot of people are responding saying i understand. bill: i want to know what you think mary katharine? was that a smart thing to do. i think he was going to be asked about it frankly. bill: mary katharine, was that a smart thing to do for the president? he is not generally good at talking about these things when he talked about skip gates he ended up being very very wrong about that i think it s important for him to be careful about it he is not always careful about it. hold on. bill: i m taking that as a no that s not a smart thing. here is the problem. here expectation dictated by the president we all react like al sharpton it becomes a situation where we cannot soberly review the facts. bill: was that a smart thing to do for the president to make comments on the occasion. smart politically. the fact that he personalized
graceful way. i wanted to get your reaction. i thought it was pitch perfect. in 2009 when president obama was asked in the east room, his reaction to the arrest of his friend, skip gates, in cambridge, he waded into that situation, to that messy situation skip gates is a friend of his and he uttered the phrase, that the police acted stupidly. he was bombarded with criticism for that. fast forward to i. the president is asked a question, a very specific question by mike viqueira and the president, rather than get into, and i thought properly so, get into the minuof the minute . a he floated above the clouds at 37,000 feet and spoke to trayvon martin s parents and to, speaking for himself as a parent, and all american, all parents as an american leader. i think that making that
cross be allowed t remove their body. marie colvin, the other was prize winning french photographer remiochlik. colvin was a frequent voice here, reporting on anderson cooper 360 just last night. reporter: every civilian house on the street was hit. this is kind of a poor, popular neighborhood. the top building of the floor i m in the top floor of the building i m in was toemt totally destroyed. free syrian army, they have rocket propelled grenades, but they don t have a base. arwa, it s chilling when you hear her voice and you realize that was someone alive yesterday talking about the dangers, experience and saying this is one of the most dangerous assignments she has ever covered. tell us about her, i know you guys worked together and what it is like to be on the ground there. reporter: she was so fiercely passionate about what was happening inside s syria. she was determined to do whatever was going to take to continue shining a spotlight on the atrosities there.