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its 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." israel ramping up efforts to annhilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza pushing deeper into northern and central areas and live to mike tobin where can you hear new israeli strikes against strikes. >> yes, we are walking israeli airstrikes. we heard a cannon behind me. a israeli soldier freed from hamaoms captivity, private uri freed by an effort from shin bet intelligence. we know from israeli spokesman she.s providing in...

And when you think about why in the Africanamerican Community at least, theres a lot of pain around what happened here, i think its important to recognize that the Africanamerican Community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesnt go away. There are very few africanamerican men in this country who havent had the experience that being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me. There are very few africanamerican men who havent h...

And when you think about why in the Africanamerican Community at least, theres a lot of pain around what happened here, i think its important to recognize that the Africanamerican Community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that go away. There are very few africanamerican men in this country who havent had the experience that being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me. There are very few africanamerican men who havent had had ...

Thing? >> roger? >> no. >> michelle? >> maybe. >> bob? >> no. >> and interesting interplay in kentucky. they feel pulled for the primary audience to be supportive of her, but that is a losing method. >> if she has religious objections, she could resign. i think jailing her is ridiculous. >> thank you to my guests. talking about kim davis, a county clerk, who has become a symbol of the resistance to the ruling by the supreme court that marriage licenses can be granted to same sex couples. and o...

Laceratio lacerations, beaten up. he played a part in what happened here. >> two things, he told his fend that if trayvon was on top. that trayvons legs were up by his armpits. george describes the gun as being back here. what he tried to describe in his reaction -- in his recreation of what happened, is not physically possible. and so i believe his story is totally to the not true in terms of what he said. >> youre trying to get in the middle -- i cant remember what i said five minutes ago to b...

>> a black person dies, therefore its a racial issue. >> hang on. let me calm the waters for a second. hang on one second. im asking. thats your theory. thats your theory. what were looking for is evidence. peter johnson, youre a lawyer. >> yes. >> you have to bring evidence into a court of law. >> there was no evidence of racial bias or prejudice or animus in this trial. on top of that, the fbi did an investigation more than a year ago. they interviewed about 40 witnesses. they found no basis o...

>> borel i? >> whats really concerning is how we see those on the left continue to play the race card. the ruling has been handed down. investigations were done. it was proven that he wasnt racist with this issue. its a sad tragedy, but its not just the left -- you also have the naacp, for example, who was continuing to beat the drum that this was a racial issue. i was at the convention last week and i heard a lot of nonsense that was dictated to people in the audience and really they were being...

Problem with this case. >> borel i? >> whats really concerning is how we see those on the left continue to play the race card. the ruling has been handed down. investigations were done. it was proven that he wasnt racist with this issue. its a sad tragedy, but its not just the left -- you also have the naacp, for example, who was continuing to beat the drum that this was racial issue. i was at the convention last week and i heard a lot of nonsense that was dictated to people in the audience and ...

Sanford police department, does that fit the profile of a racist? this is an important part. >> ive been brutally attacked or embarrassed. i believe the evidence that was presented, i agree that the guy, there was no evidence of racism. i agree with it. it wasnt brought in. i it should have been. i agree with the jury verdict. but that doesnt change the fact that whats going on in this country, you suggest people shouldnt react. then we take the few instances of violence at a couple of demonstra...

Laceratio lacerations, beaten up. he played a part in what happened here. >> two things, he told his fend that if trayvon was on top. that trayvons legs were up by his armpits. george describes the gun as being back here. what he tried to describe in his reaction -- in his recreation of what happened, is not physically possible. and so i believe his story is totally to the not true in terms of what he said. >> youre trying to get in the middle -- i cant remember what i said five minutes ago to b...