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Media activists has worked to document the syrian revolution. the syrian-american council call for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. back in 2014 buzz feed ran a story saying they will make you care about syria even if it kills him and. it might. let me turn your attention another horrific humanitarian crisis. this one in myanmar. more than 720,000 rohingya and ethnic muslim minority have been driven from their homeland to refugee camps near the bangladesh border. they face untold hor...

"hardball" round table. tell me something i dont know. >> 80% of venture capitalist firms do not have -- a sing egg black investor. they fund platforms like buzz feed and axios. >> why is that the case? >> people are trying to change it. the pipeline for diversity isnt easy. its not risky. the blame line is we dont know where to find the people. theres a group to change that. >> whats the name of the group? >> i dont remember, ill tweet it out. >> all of the talk was hispanic turnout. 77% for de...

At any time for any reason, although they say in this case, thats not whats happening. they say that in this case, acosta was suspended because of his conduct at a press conference last week. obviously, cnn rejects that argument. and by the way, most of the nations major news organizations have sided with cnn, because theyre concerned if acosta gets kicked out, other reporters could also be kicked out in the future. >> and when you say most of the major news organizations, that includes not just...

Spokesperson kerry kupek today, i want to read it to you. matt whitaker is fully committed to following all appropriate processes and procedures at the department of justice, including consulting with senior ethics officials on his oversight responsibilities and matters that may warrant recusal. what do you think that of? >> so, the d.o.j. -- this is not actually a brand-new statement. this has been their line the past couple days. it was buried in a buzzfeed report released i think yesterday. s...

Now the acting attorney general of the united states. he has been under tremendous criticism from across ideological spectrum about his nature of his appointment being unconstitutional and his possible conflicts and the fact hes on the record basically running down the mueller investigation. key thing from the d.o.j. spokesperson kerry kupek today, i want to read it to you. matt whitaker is fully committed to following all appropriate processes and procedures at the department of justice, includ...

Logical. its not lath zblogical. >> april, thank you so much. >> yeah. thank you. >> i agree with you. im up against a break, but i want to show everybody smling some -- something from two years ago. were talking about one president revoking one reporters press. well, he i was promised he with not to do that. this was a phone call i had with the president. back then he was not allowing certain reporters and news outlets to go to his rallies. he wouldnt let "the washington post" in, buzz feed in ...

♪ >> what is your level of confidence that you will be the speaker of the house? >> total. >> 100%? you dont think you will have to deal with unusual opposition? >> if i do, thats politics. this is not a day at the beach. i feel very confident about where i am, and i feel very encouraged -- overwhelming support of my caucus that will go to the floor. >> harris: inevitability come again come among the democrats. nancy pelosi says she is all in on becoming speaker of the house again, but now at ...

Issues behind the names on the ballot. they just saw names, and they didnt know who they were and what they represented. but now people are seeing, i mean, teenagers go on the streets to advocate for abortion rights, to advocate for gun violence prevention and people actually understand, oh, health care is on my ballot. all of these important things actually add up. now more than ever people can search candidates online and youth know how to use twitter and instagram more than anything. the pres...

Apologetic statement. since then, hes been spinning this other tale. >> one of the presidents conspiracy theories is that robert mueller, the special counsel and the then fbi director, james comey, actually plotted against the president as far as the russia investigation is concerned. the president even telling the daily caller in an interview he had some 100 -- 100 pictures of mueller and comey, quote, hugging and kissing each other. so theres been some investigation. whats the latest on that? ...

Played at fools for doing it the right way. there is so much wrong with what we are seeing right now. >> thats right, brian. you know, just a quick point here. that is chief padilla and all the border patrol agents you talk to here say they are as much concerned about these loophole laws as they are building a wall. at the end of the day, if there is incentive for them to keep coming in droves, you cant you mean ultimately s. steve: thats right. griff jenkins live in mcallen, texas. you see the ...