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Well. now, tax on gasoline, i think we ought to be able to get a carveout according to what kind of work people do so people in rural communities, people who rely upon gasoline purchasing in order to protect their small familiars, i think we can do something and get a -- for these people, and im hopeful that that will be done as soon as we get that. >> congressman, before we lose you, protests are ongoing in grand rapids, michigan nearly two weeks after a man was shot in the head and killed by a...

Your dad now, what would it be? >> it would be i miss you and i love you. >> i want to know from the man himself why. what were you thinking? what was going through your head? >> our family is forever broken, and the one thing i cant get back is george floyd. >> well, joining me now is ben krump, and attorney for the family, and george floyds brother also. good evening to both of you. how you guys doing? >> good. >> good. >> good to be with you, don. >> good. first question, derek chauvin, you k...

How youre doing. what about your family tonight? >> theyre doing okay, but they feel the same way i feel. we believe that from chauvin should receive the maximum amount of time. we just felt that our brother suffered for nine minutes and 29 seconds, and we will never be able to get him back. we just wish that he would have received the max. >> ben, i thought it was interesting. you said today represents, and i quote here, represents an opportunity to be a turning point. why did you say that? >> ...

White police officer has been sentenced to prison for killing a black person on top of that, don, we have to look at the progress were making. mcdonald shot 16 times in the back by a chicago police officer, convicted of second degree murder just like danger shoefren. he only received six years in prison. the young man in dallas who the white police came in and shot him in his own apartment and she claimed self-defense. the jury convicted her of first degree murder, and she only received ten year...

Show." coming up, ben krump on the first anniversary of george floyds murder and your moment of maxine. e floyds murder and your moment of maxine. we can not be la te. (brother) theres a road right there. (brother) thats a cat. wait, just hold madis headpiece. (sister) no. seriously? (brother) his name is whiskers. (bride) what happened to you? whose cat is that? (brother) its a long story. (sister) oh my gosh. (farmer) whiskers! there you are! (avo) the subaru crosstrek. the adventurous s-u-v...

>> we object, your honor. may we approach for a moment. >> tell me your objection. >> improper presentation of the case law and the law concerning my clients obligations to prove anything. >> okay. ladies and gentlemen, at the close of the end of the attorneys closing arguments, i will instruct you on the law thats applicable to this case and you will be given that law back to the jury room to compare with how you find the facts to be. thank you. go ahead. >> hes trying to convince the police th...

Putting them in physical danger like trayvon was in. i had a conversation with ben krump, the attorney for the family in the civil case. and one of the things that he said to me was, i have so many cases that dont get the attention that trayvon martin murder is getting, rather the accused murder. i have so many cases that i cant get this level of attention of, the thing is, the black community is paying attention to those instances, will the rest of the nation pay attention to them? >> paul, you...

>> mark, were doing this all week. youre starting off by pissing off everybody on the panel. not the way to start the week. >> anderson, i am kind of on the other coast, i am safe here. >> we have to take a quick break. a lot more to dig in over course of this hour. theres so much. i want to talk more as marsha mentioned about undeniable importance of race in the trial and surrounding the tragedy. the prosecution making it clear they believe george zimmerman was motivated by skin color. how will...

office. >> id love to suck on your machine gun. the whole point of your defense is that a lot of people do drop dead precisely because you are armed to the teeth. round two, coming up. and keeping america great, the success coach, the man in oprahs life, steadman graham. >> hes somebody who is willing to stand in and stand up for you. and of thats what love is. >> only in america, why womens place is taking the tea, not that tea. the augusta national. this is piers morgan tonight. >> g...

this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. our big story tonight, the battle over trayvon martin. was his death a crime or self-defense? attorneys for both sides will try to make their case tonight. motor city madman, ted nugent with a feeling it might get as heated as it did the last time he was here. >> whenever ive done interviews with guys that are inclined to be anti-gun, they always go, well, nugent wants everybody to have a machine gun. >> what does nugent want? >> not even ...