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the plight the henne lewi gates jr the african-american scholar rrested on his ront porchn what some called minderstanding and othe called racia profiling ecame the president's prolem, too, when he said this-- >> idon't know, not aving be there and not seeing all the facts what rolerace play in that. but i thinkit's fair to say, number one, any ofuswould be pretty angry. number two, tha the camidge olice acted stupidlyin rresting somebody whn there was alreadyproof that they we in their own me. gwen: the ambridge policewere insulted, the blog exploded. so today the president stepped in againwith a surpse visit to the white hou pressroom. >> becae this has been ratcheting up ad i obviously helped t contribute atcheting it up, i want to make clear that in my choice of word, and i think i unfortunatel gave an impression that i was maigning the cambridge police deparent or ergeant crowley specifically, and i could have calibrated those wrds fferently. gwen: the president usualy avoids, sideeps race-lated questins, issues. wh was different this tim, peter? a couple things were diffent. fi

the plight the henne lewis gates jr., the african-american scholar arrested on his front porch on what some called a misunderstanding and others called racial profiling became the president's problem, too, when he said this -- >> i don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts what role race played in that. but i think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. gwen: the cambridge police were insulted, the blogs exploded. so today the president stepped in again with a surprise visit to the white house pressroom. >> because this has been ratcheting up and i obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up, i want to make clear that in my choice of words, and i think i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically, and i could have calibrated those words differently. gwen: the president usually avoids, sidesteps race-related questions, issues. w

. >>> black scholar henne lewis gates jr. is accusing cambridge police of racism after he was arrested trying to get into his locked home near harvard university. police say they were called to the home after a woman reported seeing a man trying to pry open the front door. gates refused to identify himself, called an officer racist and said "this is what happens to black men in america." his colleagues say he is the victim of racial profiling. professor gates is part of our "black in america" special report. you do not want to miss that. >> there is a baby in there. >>> and a dramatic rescue in milwaukee. a mother and her two young children pulled from their burning suv. the woman and her 2-year-old daughter were saved first. the 4-year-old son was trapped inside and rescued by two off duty firefighters who are also brothers. amazing rescue there. >> wow. remarkable. thank you, randy. >>> next on "360," health care and race in america. are african-american patients getting the same care as white patients? first the conviction