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>> sandra: one of those breaking news thursday afternoons, john. also keeping our eye on nashville as hundreds gathered there to call for gun former at the state capitol. hundreds of young people from high schools all over the area, at times became very tense and confrontations with security happening as you see on the screen there. as there was a big debate and calls for gun reform. there were also those who were making the case for good guys with guns to protect the schools. so thing...

States office one pardon a grisly murder, convicted of killing his former lover and stuffing her body in a 55-gallon drum. and in the pardon, the unwillingness of the dna evidence to affirm or not on the conviction. and the family of convicted murderer patrick brian baker, pardoned by beven, raised over 21,000 and made personal donations to governor bevins campaign and its not sitting well, calling for investigations from boats sides of the aisle. >> the person who pulled the trigger and killed ...

Earlier, investigators say the pair shot and killed police detective joe seals. >> it was a great streak op. he grew up in jersey city and knew the city. he loved doing what he did. >> reporter: the mayor thinks the target may have been a religious school next door with 50 children inside. >> this could have been far, far worse. this could have been equivalent of sandy hook. >> reporter: so far, the fbi has not confirmed that the shooters here had any other intended targets. lester >> gabe gutie...

His parents and a man that beheaded a woman before stuffing her in a barrel. >> governor bevens pardon show a lack of judgment and abuse of the system of justice. >> reporter: most of those impacted, low-level drug offenders but pardoned patrick ryan backer set free this week two years into a 19-year sentence for a home invasion where baker shot and killed donald mills whose sister is furious. >> pissed off. im not going to lie to you. >> reporter: the currier journal reports bakers family last ...

Its because of beven has does things that make him unpopular. going against the teachers union and republicans in his party and the media. a lot of this is self-inflicted wounds. the fact it is so close the president going in there at the last minute rallying the troops will be helpful. also he has been to louisiana which will be there this week which will be helpful and mississippi. a recent visit there will help to rally the troops and get them out there. the good thing for the president this ...

Its because of beven has does things that make him unpopular. going against the teachers union and republicans in his party and the media. a lot of this is self-inflicted wounds. the fact it is so close the president going in there at the last minute rallying the troops will be helpful. also he has been to louisiana which will be there this week which will be helpful and mississippi. a recent visit there will help to rally the troops and get them out there. the good thing for the president this ...

Have to have all the issues knowing the issues hammering is out and in extensive ways. >> the president has it backwards. he is approaching this like a television show, like a real estate deal. its far more complex. abeven if he were to strike some sort of deal on coming out of that june meeting, there would be a very complex set of discussions to define what it actually meant. >> fred zakaria, david axelrod . thanks. with this to get to including the breaking news on rudy giuliani with dana b...

Impulsive, somewhat emotional, not well thought through. as david says it raises the stakes. he has to get a deal. here is the killer he needs a deal better than the iran deal because he just rejected the iran deal which means no nuclear weapon was be 98% of enriched uranium has been to be shipped out or destroyed. plutonium pagway dismanteled that is a tough zpleel how do you get a deal like that in a meeting even if its a day or two between donald trump the president and kim jong un you have t...

Something i regret not pushing hard enough on. stepping out of the lawyer role and begging the bush administration to consider the policy, the moral considerations around torture, even if its legal abeven if the intelligences community claims its effective which i dont buy. that doesnt mean its right. >> is water boarding torture. >> yes. oh, yeah. and i hope you see that struggle in the book that illustrates all of us are flawed but how given the flawed do we make decisions? i hope thats what p...

One of the things i talk about in the book is the struggle over torture. torture is not morally acceptable under any circumstances. the challenge we faced as justice department was congress chose to define torture different than you or i understand it it. so the question asked of the justice department is so what is the law? and what is permissible under the law? and if you read the book which i hope youll do youll see us struggling mightily to figure out whats appropriate whats lawful, what can...