he's trying to well the controversy between henry lewis gates jr.and police sergeant james crowley. the president has said he made a poor choice of words in saying the police acted stupidly in the incident. >>> and the space shuttle "endeavour" is set to return to earth tomorrow. the shuttle is supposed to land at the kennedy space center in florida. >>> a guilty verdict in a shocking case of murder. a d.c. woman has been convicted of killing her four daughters and living with her decomposing bodies for months. banita jacks was found guilty on four counts of felony murder, three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of cruelty to children before her daughters' bodies were discovered in january of 2008 inside jacks' home in southeast washington. investigators believe the girls had been dead for seven months. prosecutors say there are no winners in this case. >> ts is very sad. nobody comes out of this poor house happy. can't bring these kids back and you can't undo what the last moments of their of lives. >> jacks' lawyer says he will appeal.

the arrest of harvard professor henry lewis gates jr. at his cambridge home reignited a debate about racial profiling by police. new insight from a new source. the actual 911 tape of the phone call that set the whole story in motion. police released the tape today. tom foreman has details. >> they kicked the door in? >> they were pushing the door in. >> reporter: for the first time we can hear the conversation that started it all. a midday call to police from a boston-area residence, lucia wailen, describing two men with suitcases pushing on the door of a house. >> i don't know if they live there and had a hard time with their key. i did notice they kind of used their shoulder to try to barge in and they got in. i don't know if they had a key for not. i couldn't see from my angle. when i looked a little closely, that's when i saw -- >> white, black or hispanic? >> um -- >> are they still in the house? >> they are still in the house, i believe. yeah. >> are they white, black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men, one looks kind of his

she wrote about the henry lewis arrest this week. great for you to join us. >> let me ask for your assessment of the president's comments last night on the gates' arrest. >> i think my greatest assessment here is as soon as i heard it, my heart sank only because i knew that would be the news cycle rather than the conversation on health care which has been, of course, a whole hour before. so here we have a press conference on health care. it becomes a conversation about the arrest of professor gates. now, i actually think it's worth talking about the arrest. it's worth talking about what it means for racial politics in the united states and how we've reacted to it. but i think he was most distressed simply that when the question was asked, almost regardless of the answer, i think that would become the new conversation sort of in place of the more relevant and i think, you know, seriously important issues of health care. >> the two campaign committees of the republican party have started fundraising on this. they've put out an ad on th

henry lewis gates, junior got in to a heated dispute with officers after a witness mistook the 59- year-old for an intruder at his own home when they asked him to come outside he responded why because i'm a black man in america. police say things escalated from there and they were justified in arresting him from disorderly conduct. both the officer and gates admit the incident was inunfortunate. >> it was not professor gate's best moment or the cambridge police department's best moment. >> reporter: in the neighborhood where there's been a rash of break ins he was spotted trying to jam open his own front door. supporters say it stirs up issues of racial profiling. >> even though the charge is dropped i know for me it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. >> reporter: both sides are issued a joint statement that said this incident should not be viewed as one that temperatures the character and reputation of professor gates or the character of the cambridge police department. >> an african-american culture. >> reporter: the prominent scholar of race in america tells the "washington post" he now pl

it was around a table in the rose garden where the president, professor henry lewis gates and sergeant james crowley finally had their beer. get together fine but the president is fond of the term "beer summit." >> i know this has been called the beer summit. it's a clever term buthis is not a summit, guys. this is three folks having a drink at the end of the day and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. >> reporter: it was sergeant crowley's idea for the men to share a beer. crowley suggested it to the president when mr. obama called to clarify his own remarks over the arrest of professor gates. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> reporter: gates was arrested on a disorderly perns c pharge after police responded to a break-in report at his home. gates claimed racial profiling which crowley denied although the charges dropped. crowley said later the meeting was polite but no apologies were offered. >> i think what you had today is two gentlemen agreed to disagree on a particular issue. i don't think we spent too much time dwelling on the past. we spent

police were called, tempers flared, and professor henry lewis gates jr. ended up in handcuffs and spent a few hours in the slammer before charges were dropped. complicating things we learn tonight there apparently had been a previous break-in while the professor had been away on a trip. the president last night said the police there acted stupidly. the police beg to differ. and we begin tonight with nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: the arrest of henry lewis gates seemed to touch a nerve with president obama. while admitting he did not have all the fact about what happened when the harvard scholar was arrested at his home for disorderly conduct the president strongly criticized the cambridge police. >> i think it is 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. >> i could not believe my ears this morning when i heard obama make that statement. >> reporter: that has ignited a strong emotional response. the arrestin

. >>> a professor at harvard university, henry lewis gates jr. perhaps the best expert on african-american history in this country. he got home thursday from china where he was making a pbs documentary and he tried to get in his own home in cambridge, massachusetts, his front door was stuck. so he used his key in the back door. later the cops arrived, responding to a burglary call and he wound up under arrest. the charges have been dropped, but the stakes have just been raised. our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: there is a still-photo, the 58-year-old professor in handcuffs, mug shots following his arrest and charge of disorderly conduct, inevitable headlines and the logical almost unavoidable speculation. >> a of wonder whether he was treated as any other harvard professor might have been. >> reporter: world renowned scholar, henry lewis gates returned home from a week's travel last thursday and found his front door jammed. he went in through the back door and then, with the help of his driver, also african-american, pulled

and we are learning more tonight about the moments before the arrests that led to the arrest of henry lewisates. the cambridge police department has released the 911 tapes from the incident that triggered a national debate. >> i don't know if they live there and they just had a hard time with their key but i did notice that they kind of used their shoulder to try toe barge in. >> reporter: it's the 911 call that put cambridge massachusetts police sergeant james crowley in the national spotlight and triggered the arrest of harvard professor henry lewis gates. >> you think they might have been braking. >> i don't know because i have no idea. >> turns out the only reference to race came from a dispatcher. >> are they still in the house. >> they are still in to usth house i believe, yeah. >> and they were black guys. >> two larger men, one looked kind of hispanic but i'm not sure. the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. >> but gates has argued he was the victim of racial profiling. the police insist gates was locked up for disorder earl conduct. sergeant crowley could

most americans do the not think that barack obama responded well to the arrest of the arrest of henry lewis gates jr. 41% of the people did not approve of the president's handling his response to the controversy. only 29% say that they did approve. he first said that police acted stupidly when arresting gates when asked about the matter. trying to force his way back into his own cambridge whole home. that is bringing officer crowley and professor gates into the white house in less than an hour. joel brown has more from the white house. >> reporter: the professor in the policeman who's confrontation sparked a national debate about racial profiling, will finally meet again. to get together to talk about what's going on in this country is a positive thing. >> hosting harvard professor, henry lewis gates and james crowley for a round of drinks on the patio near the rose garden, arresting him in his home after the neighbor reported a suspected burglary. president obama is hoping to quell the controversy over some cold beer after admittedly making matters worse at the news conference. >> the camb

did race play a factor in the arrest of henry lewis gates? sarah palin's long strange goodbye. stepping down from office, the governor taking aim at the media in a big way. >> don't underestimate the wisdom of the people and one other thing for the media. our new governor has a very nice family alone so leave his kids alone. >>> sarah palin says goodbye to the governor's office. what is she saying about her own future? first the "360" bulletin. >> hi level talks between u.s. and chinese officials began in washington today. president obama, hillary clinton and tim geithner addressing the opening session of the two-day meeting. the talks will cover the global financial crisis, climate change, nuclear proliferation and human rights. >>> one of the most important figures in modern dance is dead. mers cunningham choreographed 200 works in his career and received an incredible amount of awards. >>> a fourth republican says he will vote against sonia sotomayor. the committee will vote tomorrow. >>> princeton review releasing its annual review of top party schools. coming in at number

. >> police say henry lewis gates was disorderly. gates said the police were guilty of racial profiling. the charges against him have been dropped but gates said he's due an apology. >> to gates it was a matter of black and white but the sergeant, james crowley said his decision had nothing to do to arrest the professor. >> what made me realize was how vulnerable all-black men are, how vulnerable all people of color are and all poor people to forces like a rogue policeman an this man was clearly a rogue policeman. >> i was telling him to calm down because i really didn't want this either. nonetheless that's how far professor gates pushed it, and provoked and just wouldn't stop. >> so, are the media covering this sensitive story fairly or was there a rush to judgment that cambridge cops must be biassed. joining me from san francisco a media commentator and here in washington, managing editor of gannett publishing. many people initially reacted to the henry lewis gates arrest with outrage. should the correspondents who introduce this s

the controversy over the arrest of harvard professor henry lewis gates jr.he police sergeant who arrested the professor speaking out about what president obama said last night. the president is speaking out again today. >>> jeffrey cannon, soledad o'brien from "black in america 2" along with naacp president. >>> we begin with the breaking news. randi kaye with information about dr. conrad murray. >> i'm holding in my hand the search warrants filed today at houston district court. these show exactly what was taken from the clinic belonging to dr. conrad murray. that, as you know, is jackson's personal physician with him the day he died at his house. we reported last night that the clinic was searched. tonight, we can tell you that wasn't the only place. we can tell you a second search warrant was also served not at the clinic but at a private storage unit belonging to dr. conrad murray. warrants say they're seeking information and evidence of the offense of manslaughter. there a long list of items taken we want to tell you about. all inside here including not

if i had reacted in that situation like henry lewis gates did, i think you're right about the cop.e should not have reacted that way. but frankly, i think if a white man challenged his authority -- >> he would not have arrested him. >> i'm not so sure. >> i've heard a lot of people saying that. i've heard people saying, hey, if it had been a white proper soar -- >> he never would have arrested him. >> wait, if a white professor had said -- talk to your mama on the porch, he said, you're a racist cop, you're a racist cop and had been shouting at him. humiliating him in front of him. look, as a cop, it's his job. he's wearing the uniform. he has to take it, he has to walk away. he made a mistake. i think frankly i wish that sergeant crowley would apologize. but you know what -- >> exactly. >> -- it's also appropriate for professor gates to apologize. >> i do have to say, someone sent me -- a scholar, a very respected scholar, says since when has talking you know what been a cause for arrest, a basis for arrest, in your own home? >> it was a trumped-up charge and that's why it was dro

henry lewis gates in handcuffs. he was arrested last thursday after somebody reported seeing two black men breaking into their home. they happened to be professor gates and his driver. the police came, words were exchanged and gates ended up in handcuffs. the charges were dropped today. was the professor a victim of police profiling? were the cops doing their job? what they would do whether the man was black or white? here is joe johns. >> reporter: the controversy involving henry lewis gates involves two different version of events, gates' version and the police version. the question is what happened motivated by race or a run of the milcon fronation got out of hand. >> what went wrong is you had two human beings reacting to a set of circumstances and unfortunately at the time cooler heads did not prevail. >> reporter: what seems clear, gates a 58-year-old man was out of the country on business and returned home here with a chaufr. a woman mistook it for a crime in progress calling police reporting two african-amer

braub invited henry lewis gates and the police officer for who arrested him for a beer at thee white house. someone reported a possible ea gates said hmiwaais ss streeted because of his race. gates was arrested. >> the public needs to be assured that at least in public places that the police are capable, competent and they can maintain order. you can't arrest people because they are loud and yelling at you. it doesn't work that way. speak wgget psident. a meeting with the professor. obama continues a push for healthcare reform. talking about the impact of rising healthcare cost on small businesses. paying 20% more than large businesses. he wants them to be able tos b coverage. one local business owner has plenty of questions. >> i don't know what kind of options it's going to be. i never have enough information. president barak obama hoped congress would have more together before the break. >> fairfax county police are .rying to solve a mstdemyery tit stmyery tonightn kille idnsid heeromde. tonighil t kr heleisomle still the loose. neighbors are on alert. following the latest develop

henry lewis gates of arrested after police responded to a report of a burglary. the disorderly conduct charges were dropped and now charges of racism against the, are flying. president obama catapulted this story into the national spotlight during his prime time press conference wednesday night when he said the cambridge police acted "stupidly." the president made a surprise appearance at a white house briefing and seemed to soften his rhetoric after a conversation. >> my impression of him was that he was an outstanding police officer. that was confirmed in the phone conversation. i told him that. because this has been ratcheting up and i helped to contribute ratcheting it up, i want to make clear that in my choice of words, i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or mr. crowley specifically. i could have calibrated those words differently. mike: as president obama learned an important lesson about the weight of his words? joining us from jacksonville is a political commentator and a radio talk-show host. mike, let

henry lewis gates, junior. the arrest has sparked a nationwide controversy. manuel gallegus has the story. >> reporter: the arrest that triggered a national debate about race began with the 911 call that made little mention of it. >> i don't know what is happening. i had an older woman standing here and she noticed two gentlemen trying to get in to a house. >> reporter: police released a 911 call that brought the police sergeant to the home of black harvard scholar henry lewis gates junior. >> i don't know if they lived there and had a hard time with the key but i noticed they used their shoulder to try to barge in. >> only when prompted by the dispatcher did the caller consider race. >> white, black or hispanic. >> there were motwo larger men. one looks kind of hispanic but i'm not sure. >> police released the radio communications with dispatch after he arrived at gate's house? the gentleman said he resides here, little uncooperative but keep the cars coming. >> crowley supporters say the arrest had nothing to do with race and gates supporters called it raci

unexpectedly vice president biden was at the table in the rose garden sitting next to harvard professor henry lewis gates jr. they drank from frosty mugs and munched peanuts and pretzels. cameras kept too far back to hear what anyone said. it was the first time gates and kruly had spoken since the arrest two weeks ago. earlier, president obama tried to lower expectations. >> this is not a university seminar. it is not a summit. it's an attempt to have some personal interaction. >> reporter: sergeant crowley left the rose garden and reacted. >> we had a cordial and productive discussion today with the president, vice president and professor gates. we have all agreed that it is important to look forward rather than backward. >> reporter: in a statement, professor gates said, i am hopeful we can all move on. the beer summit, or whatever you want to call it, barack obama hopes it puts an end to the story. steve handelsman, nbc news, at the white house. >>> new vehicles flying off the lots at the nation's auto dealerships. thanks to a government program to trade cash for clunkers that's exactly what's h

president. >> recently henry lewis gates jr. was arrested at his home in cambridge. what does that say to you and race relations in america? >> i think it's fair to say -- >> that's it's a complicated issue! i know all the facts! i wasn't there! >> the cambridge police acted stupidly -- [ bleep ]. >> i couldn't save ham! i couldn't save him! >> we love him, don't we. this afternoon president obama says rejects the idea. he should not have gotten involved. he said the fact that it got so much attention shows race issues are still a big problem in america. >>> new details on what detectives seize from the office of michael jackson's doctor who is the target of a manslaughter investigation. court documents show they took 27 tablets of the prescription drug strength appetite suppressant, one tablet of an antianxiety pill and rolex cards as well. they took documents and hard drives from a computer. murray was with jackson when he died last month. murray's attorney says the doctor should not be a target of criminal charges. michael jackson's mother and three children zil d

maybe one of the most important... >>> the controversy over the arrest of professor henry lewis gates lingers, in part because it begs for an opinion from each and every one of us. full disclosure. i was arrested for disorderly conduct by boston police a long time ago. as in the gates case the charges had to be dropped immediately because i had done nothing to provoke the arrest. i then sued the police in federal court for false arrest and civil rights violations. i won, including attorneys fees. so in our fourth story on the "countdown", as a republican congressman goes to the ridiculous extreme and formally calls on president obama to formally apologize, as the two principals prepare to meet with the president, and as the 911 call just released proves that all kinds of last week's assumptions were just that, assumptions, let's consider president obama's original remarks. though not the most clever politics in the country where police unions demand loyalty from politicians the president's words were exactly right. the beer summit of professor gates and sergeant james crowley is likel

. >>> a harvard professor, henry lewis gates. the woman who called 911 in the first place trying to do the right thing in the first place, said she feared for her safety. she spoke at a passionate news conference today. >> the criticism at first was so painful for me. it was difficult. i was frankly afraid to say anything. people called me racist and said i caused all the turmoil that followed. and some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety. >> joins me now from cambridge. has there been any concern, ron, else pressed from local law enforcement that in all the requests that people, if they see something to say something, to be a good neighbor and participate in the neighborhood watches, that this whole incident at all would discourage people from reporting what they perceive as a crime? >> reporter: i don't think there's that much concern. i think people see this as someone unique situation that escalated. certainly this kind of thing doesn't happen that often. the hope is people who do see things will stil

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president obama said police acted stupidly when they arrested henry lewis gates outside his home -- well, inside his home. since his arrest, he claimed he was a victim of racial profiling. turns outs the arresting officer sergeant james crawley taught a course at the police academy how to avoid racial profiling. other officers have defended him saying he followed standard procedure. >>> new information about the deadly bombings at two hotels in indonesia. the suicide attackers planted a third bomb but it malfunctioned and never gone off. if it went tough a would have sent crowds into the hotel lobby where the other bombs were set to explode and did. that information indicated the attacks were to kill seven people who died. several americans were injured. >>> a courtroom outburst caught on tape in kentucky where a handcuffed suspect is tasered and sent twitching to the ground. >> wow. the incident started when the defendant tried to lunge at the prosecutor's table. one deputy held the man still while another fired the taser. he was not seriously injured. he was in court to face charges th

. >>> the arrest of the harvard professor henry lewis gates has made headlines for decades but he claims racism. he was arrested outside of his cambridge, massachusetts home while trying to get in he says he forgot his keys in the door jam. police officers, who were white, thought he was eabr ngki in. there we srdomwoe ngs and gates was arrested on disorderly conduct charges. well, president obama weighed in last night. >> i think it is 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 proof they were in their own home. and number three, what i think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in the country of african-americans and latinos being stopped bylaw enforcement disproportionately. >> reporter: the prosecutors in massachusetts have dropped disorderly charges against professor gates. the officer, who arrested him, is also speaking out. >> it is comforting. i have gotten a lot of calls of support and i'm very grateful for my friend and colleagues. >>

it says, i am a black man in america and i think henry lewis gates jr. should apologize for overreacting and pulling the race card. that's interesting. we have been hearing more about that. some critics of sergeant crowley said he shouldn't have arrested the professor even if he was out of control. after all, he was in his own home, the professor was. whether or not he was making a ruckus or being obnoxious as some seem to suggest. that's what some argue. the legal counsel for the police union spoke today as well, trying to make us better understand what is disorderly conduct to begin with. when can a police officer use it, what is the threshold, for example, have to be. let's learn more about this before we get into the debate. here it is. >> you could find hundreds of lawyers who would debate the ups and downs and the merits and demerits of any disorderly person arrest. the police officer on the ground, if you will, on the spot of making those decisions, does not have that luxury or ability. if you review sergeant crowley's report, i think you would fi

henry lewis gates and officer crowley's personal relationship.the bigger issue which is that this type of situation happens allst time. and the fe very fact that president obama had to step back, show that we're not being truthful about the problem. if we're looking for the solution, we have to be truth nall a problem exists. and we're not ready to be truthful. >> john, are expectations of president obama when it comes to race, i mean he is fair. let's be honest. this will be a very different conversation if we were talking about a white president needing this conversation or this discussion. >> i don't think a white president -- i don't think george bush would have been asked about what he thought about the situation. i don't think a white president would have been asked about michael jackson. but he is being dragged into the discussion. dragged into discussion that's are below the white house to begin w i think people really do believe that because president obama is president he can solve all the issues black or white. he can get all of us as

but the teachable moment needs to go to president obama and to henry lewis gates.one case after another of these where there's an assumption of racial profiling or racism by cops or by teachers and you have one hoax after another. if we're going to claim that there is this rash of racial profiling in america, you know, eventually there's got to be one real case of it. >> larry: all right. al, how do you counter? >> first of all, i think that you must deal with the fact that with the president did tonight was absolutely the right thing to do, to set a tone and a climate so we can go forward and deal with both with police are dealing with in terms of trying to fight crime and in they are filed and what people have to deal with with documented cases of racial profiling. there are 23 states that have laws on racial profiling. there have been any number of states that have studied and documented it. to say that they're all hoaxes is, you know, ann being ann. i think the fact is that when you see almost half the country dealing with this, state law, even the justice depa

he made headlines for arresting henry lewis gates in his home. crawley arresting gating on disorderly conduct charges but the charges were later dropped. >>> four young children are among the 8 dead following a horrible accident on the parkway north of new york city. it happened yesterday afternoon and veteran first responders say it was one of the worst scenes they have ever seen. >> reporter: investigators in new york are trying to figure out how a driver got on a busy parkway going the wrong way in broad daylight. the tragic mistake led to a fiery collision that killed eight people. >> i'm not familiar with any other threshes that reach the magnitude of this accident in recent memory. >> reporter: authorities say a 36-year-old mother in a minivan loaded with kids entered the taconic state parkway in to northbound traffic. her vehicle slammed in to an suv killing all three men inside. the minivan rolled down an embankment and burst in to flames the driver, her daughter and three young nieces all died. emergency crews were able to rescue the wom

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harvard professor henry lewis gates jr., massachusetts police sergeant james crowley, and the president will talk about gates' controversial arrest. the three will meet around the picnic table outside the oval office around 6:00 p.m. the word is the president will have a bud light. >>> a hearing will be held today at the ronald reagan building trying to raise awareness about lyme disease. doctors who treat the disease and victimses are expected to testify. the centers for disease control is also increasing its funding for research and for treatment of lyme disease. >>> and today the redskins players start the long trek toward the beginning of the soap. head coach jim zorn opens training camp in ash burn. we'll have live coverage starting at 4:00 p.m. >>> when vacationing at the beach, most families don't consider the ocean to be a health hazard. >> but new research suggests that beach goers could be exposing themselves to serious illnesses. brian mooar has more on a new warning. >> reporter: it's the height of vacation season and beaches are packed. >> swimmers, with sunbathers, and som

no apology for renowned professor henry lewis gates. he was arrested last week at his massachusetts home after showing his i.d. to police who were responding to report of a burglary. the arrestg sergeant is refusing to apologize. tonight president obama said police acted stupidly in that case. >>> drivers all over our area are be taken for a ride. free parking spaces anything but. scammers charging for that sought after spot. next, we're going to go under cover to catch them in the act. >>> the new chrysler offering up a new incentive. cold hard cash to get you behind the wheel. >>> armed while tweeting. what's california governor arnold schwarzenegger doing with that knife in his hand senate news edge at 11:00 just getting started. we're back in two.  >>> over to shawn yancy with the fox 5 top 5. >> we begin tonight with promising news in the fight against h.i.v. number five, scientists have found what they call h.i.v. 's missing link. they say the link is a virus that's killing chimpanzees in the wild. doctors are hopeful

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if i had reacted in that situation like henry lewis gates did, i think you're right about the cop.ould not have reacted that way. i think if a white man challenged his authority -- >> he would not have arrested him. >> i'm not so sure. >> he wouldn't have arrested him -- >> wait, if a white professor had said -- talk to your mama on the porch, he said, you're a racist cop, your a rice aeft cop and had been shouting at him. look, as a cop, it's his job. he has to take it he has to walk away. he made a mistake. i think frankly i wish that sergeant crowley would apologize. but you know what -- >> exactly. >> -- it's also appropriate for professor gates to apoll skriz. >> a very respected scholar says, since when has talking you know what been a cause for arrest? a basis for arrest? in your own home? >> it was a trumped-up charge and that's why it was dropped so quickly. >> i think it's constructive to get it out, but i want to talk some of the deadlines the administration has to reach pretty soon. we're talking about health care. and then we've got guantanamo bay, which is a year, mic

so while health care or even the henry lewis gates story has been the focus of a lot of discussion, thealso still gravely worried about the economy. in fact, millions of us spend late nights and long days consumed about fumal worries, whether that's securing a job, keeping a job, paying for the mortgage or rent, or finding a way out of debt. while a second stimulus may not be in the cards at the moment, another major part of the economy is worth taking a peak at in the days to come. that's the federal reserve, america's central bank. it's not the sexiest topic in the world, but they are the folks that stir the economic drink, if you will. and i think that my guest cohost yesterday, eliot spitzer, put it well in his recent article, saying there are at least four big questions we should ask in the coming weeks and months about the federal reserve. number one, who gets to sit on those regional board of governors? are they looking out for the health of the economy or helping spur things like the wall street meltdown? and number two, what are the benchmarks? with when do we know we have a he

that call of course brought police to the home of harvard professor henry lewis gates. lucia whal event n spoen earlie. she says a criticism that she or the community is racist has made her fear for her safety. >> i hope people can see that i tried to be careful and honest with my words and it never occurred to me that the way i reported what i saw be analyzed by an entire nation. but so many people have responded with words of support. i hope now that the truth of the tapes will help heal the cambridge community as much as it has helped to restore my reputation and integrity. >> she went on to say that she respects both professor gates and the cambridge police department. >>> well, they would be cranking up the pacific ac in the pacific northwest if they had any. triple digit temperatures have triggered heat advisories in a region known for its cool weather. the temperature has hit 100 degrees in seattle making this the hottest day on record there. the unusual heat wave has lasted for several days, but winds off the pacific ocean may cool things down a bit by friday. f

henry lewis gates jr. says he was a victim of a racial profiling. sergeant crowley adamantly denies that charge. a lot of people from the president down have weighed in. colin powell gave his opinion what happened. the former secretary of state sat down with larry king earlier. powell's remarks about the gates arrest and his own experience with police are quite candid. here he is. >> teaching point for young people, especially, not for doctor gates. but for young people, especially, is when the police are looking into something and if you're involved in it in one way or the other, cooperate. don't make the situation more difficult. i think in this case the situation was made more difficult on the part of the cambridge police department. once they felt they had to bring dr. gates out of the house and to handcuff him, i would have thought at that point, adult supervision would have stepped in and said, okay, look, it is his house, come on. let's not take this further. take the handcuffs off. good night, mr. gates. >> larry: were you ever racially prof

any number of you with interesting insighs to the arrest of henry lewis gates in cambridge, massachusetts last week. we already know what president obama thinks of this, but they say testosterone and adrenaline can make a lousy combination. the officer arrived in mr. gates home with adrenaline pumping because he has been told there is a burglary in process. craig in woodbridge, virginia says -- as always we aappreciate your comments. after all no mcginty's mail bag without you. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. i will be back here tonight at 11:00 along with anita an we are working on reaction to vick's reinstatement and we will have more unusual jobs people are forced to take in ony ou log on anytime you like to wusa9.com. we're where we are always on. see you lair on. bye-bye. (announcer) it's time to raise the bar and replace your old mayo with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. with half the fat and calories of hellmann's real mayo, kraft mayo with olive oil is the new standard in mayo. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth

today a contrite president obama clarifies remarks he made after the arrest of harvard scholar henry lewis gates. >> to the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate but rather contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> reporter: the president says he even spoke with sergeant james crowley, an officer with the cambridge police department. >> my impression of him was that he was an outstanding police officer, and a good man, and that was confirmed in the phone conversation. >> reporter: now cambridge law enforcement officers, even the baltimore fop, stand in support of officer james crowley. >> yesterday we were pleased to learn that after his own intensive investigation, the cambridge police department also expressed its support for sergeant crowley, clearing him of any wrong doing. >> before the facts are in, kai, i think people need to step back, you know, have a breather, and sort things out. >> reporter: earlier in the week the president said this about arrest of gates. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already pr

tonight he's bringing harvard professor henry lewis gates, junior and police sergeant crowley to the white house for a talk about race relations over beer. >> the president will drink bud light. professor gaits said he liked red stripe and i believe sergeant crowley mentioned that he likes blue moon. >> reporter: gates accused crowley of racism after he arrested the professor in his home. the sergeant was responding to a report of a possible break in. he says the professor was belligerent and disorderly. >> president obama pushed the story in to a national spotlight after he said in his noose conference last week that the police acted stupidly. two days later he tried to smooth things over. >> my sense is you have got two good people in a circumstance in which neither of them were able to resolve the incident in the way it should have been resolved. >> reporter: but the debate raged on and even included the woman who called 911 to report the break in. >> people called me racist. >> reporter: on a day when the temperature is supposed to go above 90 degrees. the professor, policeman an

henry lewis gates, sr. was arrested in his massachusetts home after police got reports of a burglary there. gates is african american and the officer that arrested him is white. on wednesday, the president said that cambridge police acted stupidly, but today he took a step back. >> these are issues that are still very sensitive here in america. and you know, so to the extent that my choice of words did not illuminate but contributed to more media frenzy, i think that was unfortunate. >> the president said he has called professor gates and the arresting officer, and invited both men to the white house. >> and that brings us to the question of the day. do you think the president's comments on the arrest controversy are appropriate? at last check, 29 percent say yes. and 71 percent say no. nat from reisterstown writes, it is his constitutional right. he is entitled to his personal opinion. like everyone else. >> but john from glen burnie writes, not knowing all the facts and the circumstances of the arrest, th

lucia whalen called police july 16th to report a potential break-in at the home of professor henry lewis gates. whalen was labeled a racist immediately by bloggers after the case broke. after the 911 tapes released -- the 911 tapes reveal she never mentioned race. >> and when i was called racist and i was a target of scorn and ridicule because of the things i never said, the criticism hurt me as a person, but it also hurt the community of cambridge. >> disorderly conduct charges against gates has since been dropped. >>> horses are running wild in the state of virginia. it's become a staple of course. ponies swim the channel from island to island. the whole swim talks about three minutes, give or take a minute. to manage the wild horse population, however, 80 or so horses are auctioned after this particular swim. the funds then go towards the volunteer fire company. >>> i'm bruce cunningham in westminster, the ravens back on the training camp field today but still without their number one draft pick. we'll update the latest on michael ore and tell you the latest of what happened out here

president obama and vice president biden sat down with harvard professor henry lewis gates and the cambridge police sergeant james crowley. crowley arrested gates earlier this ntteh afr a poreneighborrted ported a suspected burglary. gates was in his own home. the incident sparked rta na ba ba abou ci thprisiling. this is a positive step in going forward as opposed to reliving the event for the past couple of weeks in an effort to move not just the city of cambridge or two individuals past the event but the whole country. >> reporter: there were no apologies at the meeting the president invited the men after admitted he made matters worse by saying the police acted stupidly. both sergeant crowley and professor gaits say they plan to meet again. >>> well, most of the local kids quarantine while on a trip to china are now back home. the group of local high schoolers arrived last night at dulles airport. they plan to attend a two-week summer school program in china, but during the flight over one student showed symptoms of h1n1 and chinese authorities decided to quarantine all 22 youngsters. a

the president said police acted stupidly by arresting henry lewis gates for disorderly conduct and he linked that arrest to racial profiling. today mr. obama telephoned the officer that made that arrest, sergeant james crawley. >> i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department aw onsergeant y craw specifically and i could have calibrated those thrdwoe differently. >> president obama said both gates and the police probably overreacted during the incident and he has invited gates and crawley to the white house. he said he hopes the public debate this stirred up can be instructive for the nation. >>> the fate of the president's health care plan is up in the air tonight. the head of a group of fiscally conservative democrats says negotiations with house leader have collapsed. mike rossets after a week of talk the blue dogs health care task force failed to reach an agreement and that means the bill does not have enough votes to advance pass committee. danny highwayer suggests that lawmakers work past the scheduled august recess to get the bill on tr