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My letter is to the chairman frank lewis. its me, melissa. i understand your job is a lot like hurting cats so job well done on bringing your republican colleagues to heel, by offering them that huge slice of snap reduction catnip. you all can rest well in the knowledge that if your bill passes, a deficit will no longer be burdened by the $20 billion of excessive spending and government inefficiency. except that it has a 90% efficiency rate. it does exactly what it was intended to do, put food o...

Need support and need to understand that theyre not alone. brian is one of dozens of men who have come forward and become advocates on the issue. >> and just incredibly brave. you can see how raw the emotion still is. when you say its a military problem, an important is chain of command issue. tell me what the new bill does to address that. >> its many till tear justice improvement act. it would professionalize what is now an 18th century system. take it into the 20th century by making sure the ...

Substantive stuff. theres talk about the deficit and the republicans are saying the presidents biggest problem is out of control spending. do you try to bring it back to issues like that or show them as the folk who is are scandalous? what is the best pivot to make? >> well, at some level you have to do both. at the end of the day the american people wan to see the president focused on the issues that matter to him. for him to talk about it, get out there and have the ability to do it, he did ne...

Situation where 19 people can be shot. its just out of the news. is it because its happening in communities where its expected to happen? >> i think it is expected. the grandmother, the student, the athlete, thats the we? that juxtaposition of the element that they have to survive and go about their every day lives in this type of violence. you look at the poor communities and we saw in reporting after katrina, that they were trying to escape over the bridge to the west bank. >> so let me ask ab...

And if you think about it in the physical terms, yes. if armed guards came in, went in and carried it out, that would be an outrage. because its done electronically it doesnt register so much on people. but you have to remember the mainstream press. is weaker than ever. back in the 70s newspapers were stronger. you had investigative units that could fight back. so its almost like kicking the press when theyre down but to the press, we represent all citizens. you should care. >> and a short answe...

The government the same access that we give to google? i have signed on with google. i know im getting a very nice service. its kind of creepy, but its worth it for me to get the web mail. >> and we care a great deal in this country about what the police can use when they go about wielding the most extraordinary power they have. which is to arrest and detain and deny you liberty. you mentioned the civil rights movement. you dont have to explain why it matters what the people can use to figure ou...

Same-sex marriage and also on the defense of marriage act which denies federal benefits to same sex couples who have been legally married in their states? >> looks as if the court will strike down part of the defense of marriage act on southern federalism grounds. >> chris: a state issue and not a federal issue. >> and preferring states that have chosen traditional marriage. and looks like they willle not impose a universal constitutional right to same-sex marriage on the nation and i hope they ...

Same-sex marriage and also on the defense of marriage act which denies federal benefits to sam who have been legally married in their states? >> looks as if the court will strike down part of the defense of marriage act on southern federalism grounds. >> chris: a state issue and not a federal issue. >> and preferring states that have chosen traditional marriage. and looks like they willle not impose a universal constitutional right to same-sex marriage on the nation and i hope they dont. i think...

The defense has been unable to get information fairly. >> what is the piece of information that you believe you understand that no one else does, that if we understood what you understood we would be more inclined to agree with you? >> so the information contained in the wikileaks impact report, that information is being withheld because that information essentially details no harm came to national security as a result of the wikileaks releases, the same thing that nato and kabul, the same thing...

Were provided to keep hunter in hiding. but in order to win this trial, prosecutors have to convince jurors that nearly one million dollars used to hide edwards pregnant mistress was not just to prevent his wife from finding out about the affair but to help his presidential campaign. >> it is true it doesnt impact elements the government has to prove. that said the government has to convince the jury to be mad enough of john edwards to name him as a criminal. to do that they need salacious detai...