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During her illness, essentially attacks on her character have been cruel and unfair. what must the world think of us. you worked in the clinton administration, joe. how much do you think these attacks are remnants of the extreme cynicism hurled at former president clinton perhaps? or do you think they may also point to their hatred of president obama? is it anything with a big d in front of it. >> i think its a combination of things. ignorance is an unlimited and natural resource in this country...

Traditions are absolutely traditions of what had made us great and strongs. the train pulled out of the station two weeks ago, billy. >> there is going to be a big counter attack. you wait and see, miller. you wait and see. >> miller and i were in texas. and then over the weekend last weekend we had a great time. everybody loved miller. you know, they like me. they put up with me and they love miller. you heard my commentary comparing where you live, california to texas 180 degrees apart and you...

>> darryl "big d" wright is serving hard time at californias aging san quentin state prison. we found him working his barber chair in a no frills shop. >> we have three barbers in here. were pretty steady. you know, they come in. one of us try to be here at all times. so we all have to know how to cut all kind of hair. >> as with any barber, its important to keep the customers satisfied. thats especially true when your clients are inmates. >> you know, occasionally guys, they drop by and want to...

So it is like 17 minutes to the hour. one big city is now fighting against a deadly virus, the west nile virus. and it has been a long while. the mayor of big d, dallas, texas, declared a state of emergency, and he has given oat kay for crews to spray insecticide from the air for the first time in 50 years almost. they say the risk from the chemicals is much less than the risk of west nile itself. it has reportedly killed 10 people across dallas county already. the doc is in the house from colum...

You can get meningitis from this, but it is rare. >> doesnt west nile when it shows up, doesnt it show up at the beginning of skeeter season when kids get out of school you start to see it? this seems late. >> it is not late actually, and the commonest time is toward the end of the summer and the virus numbers are higher. >> so once the hurricanes start getting active, the west nile gets active. >> and when the temperature comes down there is lots of risk from infection. >> so we need to make it...

Outbreak in dallas at the moment that is causing a huge amount of anxiety. they are talking about spraying all of the area to try and reduce the infection these mosquitoes are creating. this is a viral infection, so antibiotics are not going to help in this situation. there is no treatment for the disease. it is a virus, and so what we need to do is to educate people to prevent them from having mosquito bites which is where the infection is being carried. >> aside from spraying yourself with off...

Thunderstorms, flooding, damaging winds from phoenix to palm springs, las vegas. stormy utah to central plains. storms in chicago. minneapolis, milwaukee. in the northeast, showers. 70s from beantown to the big apple. 80s in the midwest. 90s in the rockies. 106 in the big d. >> where is the big d? >> dallas. >> big d. >> didnt know if you were talking about -- i dont know. if it -- not a city. kite flying -- i was talking about detroit, the big d. >> yes. >> perfect kite flying weather over th...

♪ ♪ when an inmate is serving hard time with little to no chance of ever living on the outside again, he takes advantage of every small opportunity he can to feel like hes free. and "lockup" crews have seen time and time again, theres one place in prison that offers a few moments of normalcy. the prison barber shop. >> they call me big "d." im a cosmetologist outside and in here. ive been cutting hair in this barbershop since 93. >> darryl "big d" wright is serving hard time at californias...

Engages in political engagement. i have ayesha and her husband here. and we have msnbc host thomas roberts. if you go on twitter right now, you can see a picture of thomas nerdland socks, which he tweeted out. so i want to ask a little bit about the politics of this. asking whether or not we can get democratic with a little d check on technology. but the democrats with a big d started using technology in 2008 in a way that felt game-changing. the joe biden text message, who cares who the vice pr...

When an inmate is serving hard time with little to no chance of ever living on the outside again, he takes advantage of every small opportunity he can to feel like hes free. and "lockup" crews have seen time and time again, theres one place in prison that offers a few moments of normalcy. the prison barber shop. >> they call me big "d." im a cosmetologist outside and in here. ive been cutting hair in this barber shop since 93. >> darryl "big d" wright is serving hard time at californias aging sa...