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Last Call: Reactions to the Beer Summit
As The White House welcomed Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates and Sergeant James Crowley to the beer summit, reporter Philip Martin was in Boston bars listening to what people hope the meeting will accomplish. He joins The Takeaway with the results.
As President Obama and Vice President Biden welcomed Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr and police Sergeant James Crowley to the beer summit, people were joining them in spirit at bars across Boston. Radio Reporter Philip Martin was there to get a take on what people hoped the meeting would accomplish.