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The united states was killing 25,000 civilians a year. we were blowing up and burning down this country we were supposed to be saving. >> success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way, and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men, almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. this is the most agonizing a...

>> we should never decide because one case resulted in mistrial the others will follow suit. all the other officers in this case have different charges. the elements are different. the evidence is expected to be different in every single case. so, we should wait and see what the evidence is with regard to every single officer. we should judge each officer separately. >> and just a last word about the gray family because this must be agonizing for them. now they have to go through it all again. >...

Overnight about these explosives. they were found at the scene, wound up delaying which was ago goi agonizing for the loved ones to find out if loved ones were inside. they found part of explosive device in the suv that the officers eventually intercepted. it was certainly an explosive device. they didnt know if it was effective or not. then the semi-automatic handguns they were carrying, as well as assault-type rifles that they were carrying and certainly used on people inside that conference c...

Happened here. we know that authorities have released the name of the police officer who died, but they have not released the names of those two civilians and were told thats not going to take place until monday. >> wow. that must be agonizing for this woman to deal with that on top of the trauma of going through this active shooter situation. what stood out to you about her? >> well, obviously, it would be anxious for anybody, you know, going in to have an ultrasound. she just found out she was...

When you were talking about this a little bit earlier in the year, first-degree murder against a police officer is so unusual. how hard in a court of law is that going to be to prove? >> it would normally be very hard. it goes above and beyond misuse of the weapon and goes into the officers mental mind state of saying that he was essentially trying to have a premeditated intentional killing for no reason or justification whatsoever or that he had sort of a depraved heart, complete lack of regard...

>> and you were saying, first-degree murder so unusual, when you were talking about this a little bit earlier in the year, first-degree murder against a police officer is so unusual. how hard in a court of law is that going to be to prove? >> it would normally be very hard. it goes above and beyond misuse of the weapon and goes into the officers mental mind state of saying that he was essentially trying to have a premeditated intentional killing for no reason or justification whatsoever or that ...

Reluctance on the part of public officials to prosecute police officers. and you see long, drawn-out processes that typically do not end in a prosecution. the last time that chicago police officers were charged in -- in harming a civilian and killing a civilian was in 1980. so its been a really, really long time. it very rarely happens. what you see are these agonizing processes where any videotape involved is withheld from the public as long as possible, even withheld from the family. i cited t...

So the day started with the prosecutor coming out this morning, talking about it and talking about the fact that she was there discussing the case and the video, because she wanted to basically get ahead of the video being released tomorrow. and that video is now being released tonight. we should have it here at msnbc shortly. we will review it before im just throwing it on the air, so please know that at home. but there have been so many developments and so much discussion today about this case...

Latest. now theyre saying this ship sank. >> this has been agonizing for the families. they identified the debris field as being some 225-square miles. the very painful news from the coast guard, they believe the ship did sink, but we need to underscore the point, theyre continuing to treat this as a search and rescue operation, because there are 33 people aboard this ship. the owner of the ship has come out yesterday, saying that one of the containers that was found had been on the ship. the co...

Certain part of the republican party that wants to make the assault on culture more mainframe. do you think mike huckabee wants kim davis in jail or out of jail? >> today, he wants to re-enact letter from a birmingham jail. theres a lot of civil rights imagery heaped on kim davis, inappropriately, in my opinion. they are going to try to play that out. its a weak hand politically. i think most people understand, first of all, 49% of the country is in favor of same-sex marriage. the tide is going ...