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Republicans all stretched out 11 of them a couple weeks ago you have a his 357bic, woman and african-american, last night you have a woman and all white. does that bother you? >> in the first debate you had jindal. dont discount that. i think the republican party has done a great job of putting forth candidates this time around that reflect more of a diversity of america. not necessarily diversity of thought, but diversity of kind of backgrounds. and that is really important to always see. the d...

Were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. all right. joining us amy holmes and in washington chief white house correspondent michael lessen. good to have you both. nick, you were part of the "new york times" investigation that found roughly 120 million households in the united states, just 158 have contributed nearly half of the money raised so far in the presidential election. it adds up to a whopping...

Were so high, youd expect to drop. is that a big drop in your mind? is it an expected drop? what is it? >> it is a big drop. i dont think that it was entirely expected, but the polls -- that poll is actually -- it has a margin of error of 10 per tcent teenage poin -- percentage points. who knows where things will be when voters actually go to the polls. im in florida right now, where african-americans make up 16.8% of the population. hispanics make up 24% of the populati population. the democrat...

Your loving touch stimulates his senses and nurtures his mind. the johnsons scent, lather, and bubbles help enhance the experience. so why just clean your baby, when you can give him so much more? time for some other headlines we are watching this morning. prosecutors in ohio released two independent reports finding a cleveland police officer did nothing wrong when he fatally shot 12-year-old tamir rice last november. rice was waving what turned out to be an air gun. the prosecutors office is ...

For the democrats when the debate happens and the country will see jim webb, and people they dont know about and president biden adopted not to be a part of. that does that mean he is not going to run or lay in the backgrounds? one of the driving narratives is if hillary clinton runs into a lot of big problems at some point the vice president might jump in. this meeting with the democratic -- >> i want to ask. >> reporter: sure, go ahead. >> how much this shadow of the possibility of the vice pr...

On any given day, there are more than 5,000 inmates incarcerated in the five facilities that make up the orange county jail system. their charges, stories, and backgrounds are as diverse as the southern california communities most of them hail from. but for the vast majority of these men and women, there is a common element that led to their troubles with the law. >> if you talk to any of the inmates in jail, most of them will have done drugs. their current crime is not drugs. theyre stealing fo...

>> when you are on the eve of trial, everything unfolds. im not doing my job if i dont recognize that theres a possibility -- 172. >> that 12 strangers depending on their backgrounds, depending on their biases, depending upon the life experiences that they bring to the table might be more likely to buy the prosecutors version of events. how do you feel? >> i have the shakes. >> youre nervous. >> i have the shakes outside and inside. >> she is exhausted like we all are. things have unfolded. we h...

Gun laws passed in terms of those mentally ill and familys ability to block them from guns. >> absolutely. and we do see positive effects of than i think we cant -- of course its too simple to say that under -- in a moment of crisis if we were to pass the right law the crisis would have been avoided. i dont think anyone on the left is making that claim. a broader claim, in the united states we face a gun crisis like no other developed nation, like no other nation in the globe. >> why? >> access ...

Suicides are cut down by half, and we know that the brady backgrounds are going to check. >> and now, it has been three years since sandy hook, and you look back to virginia tech, we know that the gunman purchased the gun legally, and we know that the aftermath was to change the loophole that allowed unstable individuals to purchase guns legally. and so now, why havent other states followed suit? >> well, since the tragedy at sandy hook, we have had six states to -- >> just six! >> well, you say...

Special response teams to o-yard in case things get out of hand. while many of the protesters accuse the sheriff and his deputies of being racist, arpaio says its not true and that his unconventional practices have always made him a target. >> im not going to get into my personal grandkids, but i will tell you this, theyre from all ethic backgrounds so im the racist? you can have all these critics call me and my officers every name in the book, we kill people, on and on and on. they dont like th...