President Obama, in Europe for a NATO summit while all this was going on, addressed the developments with carefully composed statements, and cut short his trip as the issue exploded into crisis stage, announcing he will head to Dallas on Tuesday. He is tasked with trying to calm a nation, while acknowledging a problem exists, all as a campaign season, and a sharply divided Washington, add to a politically volatile atmosphere.
ABC’s Megan Hughes joined us from Washington D.C.