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Obama: Trayvon Martin Case a Tragedy

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    President Barack Obama says if he had a son he'd look like Trayvon.

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You comment on the trade on Martin.

Well.

-- -- of the executive branch and to -- the attorney general.

Reports to me so I've got to be careful about my statements to make sure that we're not.

Impairing any investigation that's taking place right now.

But obviously.

This is a tragedy.

I can only imagine what.

These parents are going through.

And what I think about.

This morning.

-- -- -- -- -- -- And -- I think every parent in America.

Should be able to understand.

Why.

It is absolutely imperative that we investigate.

Every aspect of us.

And then everybody pulls together federal state and local.

To figure out exactly how this tragedy happened.

So.

And I'm glad that.

Not only is the Justice Department looking into what I understand now that.

The governor's state of Florida has formed a task force to investigate what's taking place.

I think all of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen and that means that we examine.

The loss in the context.

For what happened.

As well as this no specifics -- incidents.

But my main messages -- -- to the parents -- on Martin.

-- to Sonny looked like triple.

And us.

-- yeah I think they are right to expect that.

All of us.

As Americans.

-- are you gonna take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're gonna get to the bottom of exactly what happened.

Series.

At the end -- sort of an unexpected question he was asked about the -- on -- Case in Florida and you heard in just moments ago is that if I had a son.

He would look like trade not.

He talked a little bit about -- -- The -- family and understanding and sympathizes with the tragedy that they are dealing -- I he did not however.

Point fingers acts the police department in Florida.

Or the way that the cases specifically been handled which is of notes there is a lot still to be told.

And unveiled about the stories -- investigation continues but I think it is interesting that the president.

Did not point any fingers remember that situation with the Cambridge police department he did point fingers and that isn't us and you know then there was some sort of were to be done to sort of dismay that situation but I'm -- here.

Hold him he says absolutely imperative investigator aspect of the tragic -- in -- -- use walking with some caution there he took one question and and that was the question.

That that was handled moments ago there.

It was an opportunity there also to take another question.

And remark about health care because we've been talking over the past hour fifty minutes how there is no.

Public events scheduled that was an opportunity to make a comment about health care in the two year anniversary of a clear that the White House -- the president chose not to.

As for the trade -- might get a case rather in Florida how we expect some more developments throughout the day today and and when those come down.

We'll get you down there to Florida but the police chief -- -- he made -- -- yesterday -- stepping aside for the moment he was an investigation -- with the governor.

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