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Legislative branches even in democratic states like california. there are a series of things weve tried to do legislatively that have either been watered down or rejected because of intimidation and the tactics the nra are specialists at. the opportunity now is to go direct to the voters, that overwhelmingly support common sense backgrounds and empower the voters. they wont be intimidated as politicians are intimidated by the nra. thats what were counting on next year. >> this wont be an easy fi...

Wars" geek. i loved the movies in the 80s. im excited, i dont know if im freeze framing every single shot of the trailer like some people are and reading into the backgrounds. are you doing that? >> i mean, its definitely very exciting both for people like you where this is the continuation that youre waiting for as opposed to the last time we got a new batch of movies with the prequel series, which was a darth vader story, but you didnt see what happened like we will in this trailer and in the ...

And when and where dogs first became mans best friend. when did that happen? youll want to hear this, its coming up on "happening now." andrea: oh, so cute. thank, jenna. harris: well, there is controversy brewing around a student election at a san francisco middle school. the principal has refused to release the results for more than a week because the winners were not diverse enough. she was worried that students were being underrepresented. >> that is concerning to me, because as principal i ...

Both he and his attorneys declined to talk to us. while reporting this story, we did look into the backgrounds of the women. we found out some of them had been in trouble with the law, but all of the women stand by their stories and ask how all 27 women in this room could be lying. >> victoria valentino. >> we never met until this all broke. what did we do? create this whole fantasy individually and then communicate with each other say meet us in 45 years, big reunion? >> bill cosby has never be...

Did look into the backgrounds of the women. we found out that some of them had been in trouble with the law but all of the women stand by their stories and asked how all 27 women in this room could be lying. victoria valentino. >> we never met until this all broke. >> yes. >> thats right. >> what did we do, create this whole fantasy individually and then, i dont know how, by telepathy communicate with each other and say, hey, meet us in 45 years. big reunion, you know? >> bill cosby has never be...

♪ would you be mine could you be mine wont you be my neighbor ♪ >> it was fred rogers who made it okay to speak to an audience of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some new things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say dont be scared, life is good, life is special. >> everybody is so special because everybody is different. >> just go and do the thing you love. that always stuck with me. >> ...

So diverse, and sort of a plural ti of ethnicities and languages and so it is hard to actually create a community and sustained military from the plural ti of backgrounds. >> wow. and then something to consider, and difficulties playing out with kunduz, and the taliban taking over, and the forces have recently taken it back, but situations like that playing out all offafghanistan, and how big of a challenge to capture something and keep it safe. that is a big challenge? >> el we nashgs a big par...

>> you know, first of all, you can never look at hillary clinton and talk about her being the establishment because of what she stands for, her background and who she is. the bigger point, when you talk about diversity, and we hear a lot of discussion about diversity amongst the republican field, yes, theyre individuals who are accomplished people who represent diverse backgrounds but they campaign like old, rich white people. i mean, when you think about -- from the 1950s, no less. ben carson, ...

Appears to be very strong that the district attorney is hiding behind expert report. and you know, the question becomes, well, what are the significance of expert reports that exonerate the police and say that what they did is justified a on the answer is, ashleigh, it depends upon and given the significance that the district attorney wants to give them. in the grand jury, understand that the district attorney controls the process, and the judge, the jury and the executioner, and feeds the grand...

Know, what is going on here? and why did she do that? >> interesting. anderson cooper was in a tough spot because bernie sanders and the crowd were not with him for more questions. i want to ask you about the polling for gops. diversity wasnt on the stage when the comes to democrats. diversity of ideas not just skin deep. you see ben carson and donald trump at the top and you have a lot of different styles, personalities and backgrounds. i am curious what you think about this tells us about wher...