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Completely different and it comes down to something that you said, ed, unfortunately the voter turnout in the country was low, but when it comes to democrats versus republicans the democrats decided not to vote in such low numbers and now we have two houses controlled by republicans and understand this, everybody, when you look at who voted for this bill, i didnt vote for this budget bill. no way, i wasnt going to vote for it because of the pension issue and many others. they cut pell grants by ...

It is okay for us to believe our lying eyes. we see what happened and no one has to interpret that for us. so without question, there is no explanation i really need. i see it. i understand what it is and we can certainly come to our own determination as to eric garner. we hear him crying for his life for gods sake. it doesnt get clearer than this case. >> we are looking at live shots of lower manhattan right now. demonstrations and protests can lose their credibility in a heartbeat if theres an...

Which is why i always say wait, hear the facts and then make a determination because there is a lot of misinformation, ed and this is a very passionate case. >> but we would know a lot more if we had a full transcript. >> i hear you. if this was on the up and up and no special prosecutor and they want to justify that this was independent and the information was okay, release the transcripts. >> its hard to look for change unless you know everything that has unfolded. mike papantonio, karen desot...

In new york, the civilian complaint review board receives 2 hinn reports of choke holds every year. in reality, thats a fraction of what happens. this officers been told not to do that and he does it anyway. at the very least we ought to be talking about recklessness. its important, ed, its extremely important to understand how violently dangerous the choke hold is. usually its not done properly, it crushes the wind pipe and it cuts off a steady flow of oxygen to the brain and in addition to tha...

Take us? im sorry to say, ed. i dont think there is an explanation that will be satisfactory to you or to many of the american people with respect to this video. thats the challenge here. people see the video, and ive seen some criminal law and criminal justice experts try to explain different moves and its this kind of move and its this kind of move and that kind of move. when people see it with their own two eyes this man is choked to death, people will see the law officers on his back and on ...

Garner or children. here on the ground, theres still pain and hurt. reflecting on steps moving forward. >> it has been a day of protests across america. lets go to jennifer epps adams. in the low wage living protests that have taken place, fast food workers walked off the job and were accompanied by convenience store workers. whats happening? is this taking hold? >> its absolutely taking hold, ed. the theme for todays actions were bigger, badder and bolder. and thats what they were. bigger than ...

Their mission to contact members of congress who talk about change. there are people that want to maintain a status quo. they are well organized and i assure you theyre mobilized to make these calls and make certain conversations unpleasant when theyre talking to you. with reference to change, ed, i am so pleased that you have made this a topic of discussion because without peaceful protest you will have, at best, piecemeal change. you have to have protests to have great gain, to have the change...

>> the focus of the grand jury, intent, what about actions? what about result? what about responsibility? >> because they are there to indict someone on criminal charges, not the police department, but the individual. therefore, ed, the focus defers to the defendant in the case. therefore the laws are designed to be more helpful and not hurtful to a defendant. well give him every benefit of the doubt so if it is that he doesnt have liability because he was just doing what he was trained to do an...

Money. these do, but only one time. >> youve had a lot of success with these. >> oh, yeah. theyre fantastic. >> its right in front of us. proper facilities that are energy-efficient, are money-savers, but also job creators. you mentioned billions of dollars. were just -- we just havent put it together properly, have we? >> no. >> and if we were to do that, if we were to have a massive somewhat of an infrastructural change amongst facilities in this country, we would see a big return on investmen...

government. the health care law says that government can subsidize insurance bought, "through an exchange established by the state." opponents of the law went to court arguing that the language means only people who bought plans through the 16 state-run exchanges to get subsidies. the people in the 34 states who bought their insurance through the federal exchange would lose their health care support. today, two republican-appointed judges agreed with those challenging federal subsidies...