the legendary maya angelou discusses with me the power of her name. but first, how mitt romney learned the hard way that presidents don't get to pick their crises. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry. with the november elections weeks away, national attention has been laser focused on the presidential race. but this week, that seemingly singular event was forced to take a back seat as violence erupted across the middle east and beyond. many of those taking to the streets were responding to an unfortunate american-made video which many felt insulted the prophet mohammed. on tuesday, a gunman joined the crowd outside the embassy in benghazi, libya. breechg the compound walls and killing christopher stevens, tyrone woods and glenn doherty and sean smith. president obama honored them on friday as he and we watched the flag draped coffins descend from a military plane. many of us, we are struck by this somber event and by the very images of american bodies shrouded in the flag. that image which for so long was censored until president obama lifted t

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