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Been established. trumps actions suggest that this department of justice cannot act independently. >> you know, you got the senate intel chairman he issued a statement troubled by the timing and reasoning of director comeys termination. whats interesting about that the senate intel committee is in the midst of doing an awful -- >> hes a staunch trump supporter. >> federal prosecutors have grand jury subpoenas, right, for associates of michael flynn to look into the timing of his financial activi...

Majority of people with mental health issues never pick up a gun or cause violence but those with the incli mags we try to get them sooner and make sure they dont have weapons, guns at their disposal. >> just to be clear, are you at this point advocating for anymore measures? you know, adding on to the measures that you passed in 2013 or are you satisfied with colorado law now? >> well, were going to continue looking at it. i dont have a formal presentation or specific idea, but we are not going...

And we have i believe a short clip of making a different emphasis last week saying this is one officer who doesnt represent the police department. lets listen to that from last week. >> anybody who is there to uphold the law cannot act like theyre above the law. jason vandyke does not represent the police department. >> what you hear there, obviously srks the mayor flanked by mccarthy who he fired today saying one officer is a bad apple. doesnt represent the pd and only a problem with one office...

You had issues going on, and what im saying, im thinking the mind-set there was, okay, were going to push it up to the very end, but also this nation is a hotbed with this right now. im not saying that they were justified in what they were doing, but im looking at the time and trying to understand as a journalist why they would wait and why this was, when it first went out in the news, it was a story about 200 to 300 words. >> just to jump in, i think april makes a very understandable point, bec...

What im saying, im thinking the mind-set there was, okay, were going to push it up to the very end, but also this nation is a hotbed with this right now. im not saying that they were justified in what they were doing, but im looking at the time and trying to understand as a journalist why they would wait and why this was, when it first went out in the news, it was a story about 200 to 300 words. >> just to jump in, i think april makes a very understandable point, because of those public safety i...

The case of getting a plea or number two to show confidence in your case. this seems more likely as a second-degree murder case because its mitigation and illinois statute specifically allows for a mistaken justification when someone believes a killing would have been lawfully justified even though the belief was unreasonable. >> wish we had more time to talk about the evidence, especially with the video and the times he was shot and the circumstances around it. seema eiyer good to have you wih ...

Words out. and when i say peaceful, theyll still be passionate, they might still be something thats hard to watch, but when i think of peaceful, i dont know if well see looting or cars burning. thats what i mean by peaceful, but the passion will still be there. >> rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago was adamant in tonights press conference that officer van dyk does not represent the culture of the chicago pd. >> anybody who is there to uphold the law cannot act like theyre above the law. and that...

To watch, but when i think of peaceful, i dont know if well see looting or cars burning. thats what i mean by peaceful, but the passion will still be there. >> rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago was adamant in tonights press conference that officer van dyk does not represent the culture of the chicago pd. >> anybody who is there to uphold the law cannot act like theyre above the law. and that is both a principle that is used to make sure it reflects the culture in the police department. and i wa...

When you were talking about this a little bit earlier in the year, first-degree murder against a police officer is so unusual. how hard in a court of law is that going to be to prove? >> it would normally be very hard. it goes above and beyond misuse of the weapon and goes into the officers mental mind state of saying that he was essentially trying to have a premeditated intentional killing for no reason or justification whatsoever or that he had sort of a depraved heart, complete lack of regard...

>> and you were saying, first-degree murder so unusual, when you were talking about this a little bit earlier in the year, first-degree murder against a police officer is so unusual. how hard in a court of law is that going to be to prove? >> it would normally be very hard. it goes above and beyond misuse of the weapon and goes into the officers mental mind state of saying that he was essentially trying to have a premeditated intentional killing for no reason or justification whatsoever or that ...