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The mayor of new york city wanted a little insight after the protests over the death of eric garner so he told staffers to dig up similar cases that happened in new york to see how city officials handled them. and one of those of cases, amadou diallo, four police officers shot and killed him 16 years ago, apparently mistaking him for a rape suspect and thought he was pulling a gun on them. it was his wallet. the case led to protesting across his mom, kadiatou diallo is here with us. thank you fo...

To politics now. as democrats are accusing the supreme court yesterday of sending american democracy down the road to ruin, they say. is it true? up next, mitch mcconnell, a senator, will talk to us about that. plus the man whose case led to this historic decision. when we come back. >> money out. we asked people a question,

To politics now. as democrats are accusing the supreme court yesterday of sending american democracy down the road to ruin, they say. is it true? up next, mitch mcconnell, a senator, will talk to us about that. plus the man whose case led to this historic decision. my name is jenny, and i quit smoking with chantix. before chantix, i tried to quit probably about five times. it was different than the other times i tried to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven ...

Lawrence and tyron garner, were in lawrences apartment when the police, while responding to a report of a weapons disturbance, arrested the men for violating the homosexual conduct law. that mathe two men decided to challenge the constitutionality of that law and their case made its way all the way to the supreme court. that case led to the 2003 landmark ruling overturning the texas law and setting a legal precedent protecting private same-sex sexual conduct. the two plaintiffs were not active i...

How do we expect the parties here who have a lot of self-interest to actually allow this to happen when theres no real threat of punishment if they dont comply? >> well, its terribly frustrating it took this long to get the russians and the chinese to help us on this. theyve helped in very minimal ways before. so number one, its progress, but as you point out and not nearly enough, we should mention that what the united nations has spoken to with this vote is a substantial achievement, i think, ...

Blaming. online anonymous picked up the cause and the social media frenzy helped reopen the case led by a new special prosecutor. daisys cousin said the review of the case brought her hope. >> i know shes been so much happier just in the past week knowing that people really believe her and are supporting her. >> reporter: daisy said she was r ready to move forward in the new case. >> are you feeling now better about yourself? more ready to fight this? are you ready to testify and are you ready f...

That case led the police to the parents of baby hope. >> the judge will lower his gavel and say you are going to jail for the rest of your life is justice. >> angelica castillo. >> just an incredible ending to the story to think that decades have gone by and these detectives never gave up in the case. >> and her name, the name they gave her, baby hope, hopefully this offers some hope to the families around the country who are still waiting for some resolution to their missing child cases. there ...

Charlotte, north carolina. i want to bring in mark omara, cnn analyst an defense attorney. of course you know this face very well, he represented george zimmerman in the trayvon martin murder trial earlier this year. okay, mark, good to talk to you. you heard the story but the optics here, white police officer, young unarmed black man shot, killed. the white officer now charged with a felony of voluntary manslaughter. did the trayvon martin/george zimmerman case where it took almost two months...

A stage. michelle obama and laura bush are attending a summit with african first ladies. john, diana. >> now more on the historic conversation that will take place later today. you heard mary touch on this. abcs cokie roberts will moderate a discussion between first ladies michelle obama and laura bush in the opening session of the bush institute african first ladys summit. the summit will emphasize on the fact that investing in women can lead to greater stability in african nations. >> mistaken...

Change while troubling are long-term trends not immediate threats. the chinese communist partys overriding priority remains growth and, of course, its own strength and survival. thats why id like to recommend a book for chinas leaders. its a collection of essays called "the arab spring and climate change." in this preface of the book, ann marie slaughter makes clear that one cant say climate changed the arab spring, thats too simplistic. but there is enough proof to show that climate change crea...