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Im a critic of the state department. >> there is something to criticize, there is nobody there. its cricket. >> its useful top diplomats and people running the defense department. >> mark halpern, how is the state department hiring process going? >> these arent, again, normal fights you have but somewhat supercharged a lot of people in the white house havent seen this movie before. takes a long time to pick people and get them through the background check process and their papers up to the hill....

Attorney representing mr. darweesh. i want to get your reaction to president trumps tweet. he said "in the ban was announced a week before, a lot of bads would race to the u.s., there are a lot of bads out there." what is your response? >> thats not true. this is a person who has faced threats because of his service to the united states government, and he has gone through a very lengthy and extensive background check process, a visa process, he had a valid visa to come here and he deserves to co...

Thats what everyone universally is asking for. lets deal with the mental health component. about the background checks, one of the mass shootings i covered in charleston, south carolina, that was a guy who should have been flaggeded in a background check. he had a felony narcotics charge. >> absolutely. >> what the president said connected to that, there simply isnt the manpower, these background checkers, there are not enough of them. hes calling in his executive action to add more background c...

Campaign trail. >> i think thats right. thats an excellent point. when i speak of this issue, i try to be responsible and not engage in a lot of hyperbole and exaggeration. you are correct. these are refugees, syrian refugee family that went to the laredo point of entry and basically turned themselves in for political asylum. they were not infiltrating to conduct terrorist operations. i think its important, youre right, to keep the facts to the facts. my facts are clear that i do think some of t...

>> right? >> yep. >> a me dollian taxi in new york is a million dollars, correct? >> something like that. >> lobbyists work for the unions representing those taxi drivers. but uber has really eaten into the cost effectiveness of what it is to run a cab. >> and theres a tremendous amount of money from lobbyists and the taxi industry and around the country and around the world existing taxi companies have pushed back at the idea of uber any driver could set up shop without going through that permi...

Charleston south carolina was never supposed to have a gun. dylann roof was never supposed to be able to buy a gun. the fbi says they made a mistake. there was a clerical error that allowed him to buy that gun. dylann roof has a prior arrest record that would have kept him from legally buying a gun. but he managed to do it anyway because the process failed the background check process failed. lets talk about this with legal analyst mark geragos joining us from los angeles and in new york, danny ...

. two california cities are putting the brakes on uber. district attorneys in los angeles and san francisco are slamming ubers background checks as worthless. >> it uses a useless background check process, however it requires on information submitted over the internet by its drivers instead of fingerprinting them to ensure that they are who they say they are. >> those arent the only cities saying the service puts its riders at risk. portland, oregon, is suing to block uber arguing the service ...

A new policy. under rules an accused player will immediately go on leave. the policy will apply to all league personnel, including the owners. goodell says he regrets not doing enough in past cases when stronger measures might have prevented future abuse. new questions this had morning about the online car service uber and just how safe it. prosecutors in los angeles and san francisco are suing the company claiming other things that the company lied to and md led customers on the quality of it...

Over, what race are they? what color are they? who do they love? where do they live? its never happened. were doing our job well. were not looking at who the person is, were looking at the behavior that leads to the interaction with police. thats the question, the behavior and why someone called the police in the first place. students at three major american law schools are asking for finals to be postponed, columbia, harvard and georgetown law students say they have been busy protesting. so f...

Nfl quarterback cam newton is spending the night in the hospital after a frightening car wreck. newton has two fractures in his back after the two-car crash. it happened tuesday in charlotte, not far from the carolina panthers home stadium. police say it looked like his truck rolled over, but they are still investigating what caused the accident. theres no word on when newton will be released from the hospital or when hell return to the field. well keep an eye on that. . >> well, uber, the mobil...