PRESIDENT OBAMA: The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak to an issue that obviously has gotten a lot of attention over the course of the last week, the issue of the Trayvon Martin ruling. I gave an -- a preliminary statement right after the ruling on Sunday, but watching the debate over the course of th

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I thought it was a political speech addressed to his constituency on the left, which I thought was unfortunate, even though it sounded like a philosophical speech addressed to the whole nation. I gave him and Holder credit all week for trying to deracialize the issue and what Obama did, I think, unfortunately today is to re-rac

MELISSA HARRIS PERRY: We can talk about the microstory of Detroit, but it seems to me that Detroit, as always, is standing for all kinds of things about America. In the case of Detroit, the reason that the tax base has become so small is because a loss of population, right? So folks out, they are not there to pay the taxes on the homes and the kind

CHUCK TODD: I think what you heard today is the same thing I’ve heard from plenty of African American friends and colleagues, who are sitting there and saying, 'you know what, here’s my personal experience and this should be added to the conversation.' You know, sometimes these discussions get lost in personalities, get lost in partisan, po

George Zimmerman's brother Robert Zimmerman spoke to FOX News shortly after President Obama's surprise appearance in which he spoke about Trayvon Martin and the verdict in the Zimmerman trial. "I think the president took his time with his remarks, and it was about time they heard from him. I know a lot of people were expecting to hear from the p

TOURE: I've been thinking lately, do we actually have a black president or a president who happens to be black? There have been very few moments and very few, if any, policies that have made a difference that you might hope for a black president to do. This moment was like, wow, we really do have a black president who will come out and lay it a

DAVID AXELROD: I do think that, look I think there will be a healthy debate about national security on the Democratic side and the Republicans side, but Hillary Clinton probably will be the candidate. If she doesn't run I think Biden will run.

The New York congressman explains why he would enter the presidential race to “shift the debate” back to national security. Former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod joins the conversation to talk about other 2016 contenders in both parties saying either Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden will run for the Democratic Party. 

Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, joined by their lawyer Benjamin Crump, share their thoughts and reflections on the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.

Charles Krauthammer, Dana Perino, and Judge Napolitano discuss the shocking new testimony in the IRS Tea Party targeting scandal. 

Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder and CEO of Whole Woman's Health, who expects to have to close some of her Texas women's health clinics after Governor Rick Perry signed new abortion restrictions into law today, talks with Rachel Maddow about the inevitable legal battle that is forthcoming and why anti-choice activists actually welcome a legal challe

Bill O'Reilly: Trayvon Martin, political scandal, and ObamaCare aside, saddling the enfeebled American economy with trillions of dollars in debt continues to reflect our national decline. O'Reilly places the blame squarely on welfare spending.

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown join Chris Matthews for a conversation about “Stand Your Ground” laws and gun violence in America after the Trayvon Martin shooting.