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>> and i always worried about not that he would ever have to deal with other citizens or anything like that. but i actually worried about him encountering the police. and not the way that he encountered them on february 2nd, but just, like, if he had his weapon, if he ever got stopped and pulled over on the side of the road. so both of my sons, my fears have always been something that dealt with the police department. >> if i can add -- >> yes, go ahead. i want to bring ben in. but go ahead. >> ...

But i actually worried about him encountering the police. and not the way that he encountered them on february 2nd, but just, like, if he had his weapon, if he ever got stopped and pulled over on the side of the road. so both of my sons, my fears have always been something that dealt with the police department. >> if i can add -- >> yes, go ahead. i want to bring ben in. but go ahead. >> if i can add that we come from a law enforcement background. my cousin is, i have cousins that are police off...

So we invited carlos watson to come on the program to address this. he didnt respond. ozy really hasnt responded to anything all week long. but the stories continue to pile up and it all began with ben smiths column this time last week. lets bring ben in, media columnist for "the new york times." ben, why did you decide to look into ozy in the first place? >> you know, i think a lot of us who work in online media did sort of feel that the jump between ozy claims and the real numbers, but i think...

Zero. how many people were indicted when barack obama was president of the united states? zero. how many people pled guilty to a crime? zero. the fact is, anybody can come on tv and tout the president and tout his ethics and tout his morals and everything else. but hes had four individuals, four individuals, two of which have actually already pled guilty. one of which was his national security adviser. they have pled guilty to crimes. and the national security adviser has pled guilty to a crime ...

Meeting occur? it happened because of adoptions. thats bs, don. we know why it happened. it happened because they thought that they could get information from the russians. >> ive got to get ben in. go ahead, ben. >> yeah, look, and i want to say this, because i think that this is, you know, what bakari just said there, i think sums up the election a year ago perfectly. there are a lot of people that feel like that there was special treatment that was given to people that worked for barack obama...

I can tell you stories from the inside are chilling. >> we could hear people screaming help me, help me. flashing their phone lights to let people know they were there. i cant believe it. >> we also heard of people using sheets to try to climb out of windows and people watching as survivors desperately called out from their roomed. it was built in 1974, this building. just a couple years ago it had a 30 million redevelopment. but apparently only cosmetic. they didnt put in fire exits and didnt p...

>> millionaires are doing-- >> expression class warfare, theyre campaigning. i agree with you, but to advocate for simplifying the tax code and this is a president we all admire. >> no, no, no. >> wait a sec. if hes-- >> this is not tax reform. this is him wanting to close a couple of loopholes for people he doesnt like. tax reform is a greater vision. >> 86 and even jfk did it, got rid of loopholes and cut the top rates from 91 to 70%. president obama is not talking about tax reform otherwise h...

Appeared on a boll lot in his entire life. >> if anybody is a career politician, andrew romanoff ran for office more times than michael bennet. i think bennet himself is not surprised. i cant believe im the insider. how did that happen? this guy is the former speaker of the state house. ive been in office for a year. >> i want to jump to connecticut and the catnip that is linda mcmahon, john, is it is going to be nar to hold the white house accountable for ben in, et loses? >> i dont think its g...

>> do you see this investigation, the investigation were hearing congressman issa talk about, is that enough, in your opinion, or do they need to do more right away? >> absolutely. we need to reinstate the ban on offshore drilling. beyond that we need to lo at a comprehensive energy policy that will break our addiction to oil. until we make that step, were going to be looking at more spills like this one. we need to invest in wind and solar, mass transit. >> let me bring ben in. ben, what do you...