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Shift in the legal system that is now going to reflect modern culture and that now womens advices are being believed and womens lives are being valued. >> you know the statistics. its such a small number of rapists that get convicted. here you have bill cosby serving time. do you feel for the most part that justice is being served? >> absolutely, brooke, you brought an excellent point because only less than 2% of rapists ever see the inside of a jail, ever are behind bars the fact that one so be...

Expectancy, african-american life expectancy is still five years behind. >> tucker: that is terrible. im against that. i couldnt agree with you more. you dont want to generalize because of a whole group because of a skin color. that is wrong. >> absolutely. i agree we need groups that are diverse and african-americans and latinos, we need people to come together. >> tucker: melting pot. im for that. im taking the opposition position from bill connor. im totally opposed to segregation. >> im glad...

This is going right into the midterm election. >> absolutely, andrea, and they cant seem to decide whether they are attack iing the accuses credibility or saying that the because this happened a long time ago it does not matter. the actions seem to demonstrate that all they care about is getting him on the court, and it is all men on the republican side of that committee, and that at a time when the democratic women are running for office in unprecedented numbers and democratic women make up a b...

Feet of water? >> absolutely. 53 feet. this entire area was submerged. i remember that vividly. they are predicting an additional 10 feet level for the river. that is the scary part. we really have this unprecedented look at what its like. we cant predict the impact of that. >> there is a significant staging going on. two fire stations had to be evacuated. we were told by folks there. given the closures and the issues around here, how is that complicating the terms of staging. >> any times that ...

Reporting in the afternoon, and now youre out here. stay safe, my friend. nice reporting all day. i appreciate you helping me out at the top of my show here. >> all right. you too. ill be watching. be well. >> absolutely, buddy. ill see you soon. thank you very much. we have reporters stationed all over the region. one of them who has been bombarded all day, and thats miguel marquez at carolina beach. miguel, you were getting blown around, i saw, from the afternoon well into the evening. whats...

With a six foot storm surge youll have three feet of water right there with waefgs on top of it and also the wind as well. and its the power of the water that makes this storm so scary as well as its very slow speed because youre just going to prolong the battering on the eastern shores by that storm surge and that incredible wave action with this storm. >> absolutely, reed. hang on if you can with me because i want to go to the air right now. joining me on the phone is lieutenant commander nico...

If you lose power and the distribution lines go down, you can go two to three weeks, a month without power. >> thats an important point, general. they are not talking hours or even days. they are planning for weeks. so even if you stay, even if you play it right and now you have access to your property and an ability to recover, you dont have the resources to do it. you will be living in a very rough situation because although youll be surrounded by water its like the old fable, water, water eve...

Decide the senate against bill nelson tweeting, i disagree with potus, and independent study said that thousands were loss, and the governor said that i have been there in seven times and i saw the devastation firsthand, and any loss of life is tragic, and it is heart wrenching -- i interrupted you, kristen, and i wanted to the rush that in so you could respond to both. >> absolutely, andrea. the broader context is that president trump at the beginning of the week came under scrutiny for defendi...

Important issues over things happening there. thats a really untenable work environment. >> omarosa was just on "the view" and played a snippet of a tape. the president with the communication staff and said this is about hillary clinton and the president goes off, but yes, mr. president. absolutely, mr. president. whatever. the president keeps lashing out at the deep state and the media. these are people the president put in trusted positions. omarosa writes a book and bob woodward cooperated wi...

This as well. judges, unlike legislators, dont run for election. you dont have a platform. >> no. >> vote for me. this is what ill do if elected into office. one of the most important elements of limiting the important role of judges, i think, under the constitution is that youre required to decide a case on a case-by-case basis, rather than issuing some sort of oracle saying henceforth, the law will be thus. assuming you could get eight other judges on the team of nine you talked about to agree...