traci blackmon: i want to thank you for your time today. this is just a slice of the brilliance that is in st. louis. [applause] i must take my opera hat off and put on my pastor had come of it because at the drop of a dime, the people i am privileged to serve here prepared the place for you. christ the king, will you please stand? [applause] they n they never complain, at least being you. reverend karen will close in prayer. not so i can hear it. thank you for being you. reverend karen will close in prayer. reverend: before i pray, i was thinking about tracy's quote from howard berman -- thurman there is another one i like from one of his books. he talks about meeting people at the place of their ashtray, in other words, you come to where they are. you figure out what is important to them, and then you enter into a relationship. you begin to build a relationship in which things can change, where we can change mindsets -- change. where we can change mindsets culture, and behavior. i want to thank you for coming and sitting with us at the pl

she then took part in a round table discussion including reverend traci blackmon, a member of the fergusonforce put together by missouri's governor following the unrest of michael brown's death. if you're keeping track, hillary clinton has talked about reforming the criminal system, said she would go further than on on immigration, called for an extension of voter rights in texas southern university in houston, told conference of mayor this is past weekend america's struggle with race is far from over and today at a sitdown community meeting at a predominantly black church not too far from where michael brown was shot, she called last week's shooting in charleston "a racist act of terrorism." she appears to be running for president with a strategy of maintaining and building on the obama coalition which has failed to come out in two elections of the last four, the ones in which obama was not on the ballot. the brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing clinton with a big lead over her democratic competitor appears her approach is working. joining us now, reverend tracey blackman