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Parx attorney for the parx family. tell us, if you can, darrell, who is named in the lawsuit and what is the family seeking here? >> well one, you have chief jackson. officer darren wilson and the city of ferguson made in the lawsuit. obviously, the lawsuit is wrongful death suit but also the practice of culture that eventually led to michael browns death. >> so how will this civil suit this wrongful death suit present the evidence differently from what we have seen in the state and federal case...

I love obama, but whats going on here? so i want to set the record straight here. i want everybody to be clear what were doing. because i believe in what im doing here. >> well, mr. president, i want you to know that i believe in what im doing. if you can prove to the american people that there will not be a depression of wages, if you can prove to the american people that this will create jobs if you want to go face to face with me, president obama, im ready to go because i have the facts, okay...

>> good to have you with us. thank you for watching. we start with the latest out of baltimore, maryland. tensions remain high in the city of baltimore over the death of freddie gray. marking the 5th straight day of demonstrations. kyrie of nbc news has the latest. >> reporter: the crowd smaller on this fourth night of protest since freddie gray died but the tension very high. >> i dont understand how these police officers can kill us or our brother and still get paid. they should be o...

equal justice under the law. >> it took 166 days for the senate to confirm president obamas nominee. >> on this vote the yeas are 56, and the nays are 43. the nomination is confirmed. >> the main holdup senate majority leader mitch mcconnell refused to schedule a vote. but after dragging his feet for months mcconnell voted yet. he and nine other republicans backed her confirmation including many up for re-election next year. was this was never about miss lynch. this was about far-right...

Reasonable over and over again. they come down to whether mr. bates was conducting himself as a reasonable officer whether or not those other officers conduct themselves reasonably in that particular situation. very complicated. but two other issues i want to consider here. malcolm xs grassroots movement put a report that every 28 hours, these killings happen by law enforcement or vigilante but mr. bates is in between. more and more law enforcement rely on citizens to come in and volunteer. mr. ...

Do you think this will curb habits of young people? >> thank you very much for the invitation, ed. im a big fan of your show. what were trying to do here in california and have bipartisan support on our bill is to protect public health and to prevent a new generation of nicotine addicts. and all the bill does it doesnt ban any vaping establishments, it doesnt do anything other than, as you said regulate ecigarettes as the tobacco products as they are and not only does the fda say they are a toba...

Consider whether or not these law enforcement institutions are properly funded to do the work theyre supposed to do. >> money and politics are the root to all evil. i think well see those problems but the politics involved here ed, you see the political contributions here. again, politics, this is what happens when you have sheriffs and judges and prosecutors that campaign and theres a lot of corruption involved. thats in anything that has any type of money here. even if the manslaughter charges...

done, and is now approaching an historic delay is the nomination of loretta lynch to be the next attorney general of the united states. what is going on there and is she ever going to get a vote? >> the first part of may, i dont know if it was first or second, she will have been in limbo, in purgatory, for six months. this is a woman no one, no one can question her qualities, her educational background her experience. in fact we had republicans, mccain mcconnell lindsey graham, saying ...

there is a new development tonight out of oklahoma involving the shooting of an unarmed black man. im sure youve seen the tape. the tulsa world said the county record forged training records for the 73-year-old volunteer reserve deputy. the tulsa world is citing multiple unnamed sources in the report. the deputy shot and killed eric harris. retired insurance executive robert bates is charged with second degree manslaughter for the april 2nd shooting of harris. bates was part of an unde...

facility in norwalk just outside des moines. i was also on the ground in norwalk today. and it became clear to me that hillary clinton has got some work to do with iowa voters. >> so hillarys in town. you got a smile on your face for that? >> not really. >> are you a hillary fan? >> no. >> youre not? >> okay. what do you think of her? >> not much. shes a liberal. and im not going to vote for her. >> no way youd ever vote for her? >> no. >> theres nothing she can say that would change y...