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November like we saw in 2016, were not going to have much of a relationship left. >> and democrats on capitol hill remain skeptical that president trump will even address the matter. heres what senator mark warner said in an interview earlier. >> i would feel a lot better if ambassador huntsman, who i have a lot of confidence in, was actually sitting in on the meeting. im very concerned about a one-on-one meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump. we know that trump doesnt do a lot of prep...

Him proper medical care and buckle him in. for that they may be negligent, maybe even criminally negligent. but to get it to a willful disregard of human life recklessness is not there. >> thats right. on the question of the knife, the attorneys representing these cops charged with false imprisonment for which they could spend years in prison for arresting him wrongly for thinking it was a switchblade when allegedly it wasnt now they say just produce the knife. lets see the knife so we can figur...

Police officers. >> let me play devils advocate. could it be that we have seen the vid eos of the generally white police officers in the black victims depending on the case and the conflicts they have had. so that causes upset in the african-american community. but then the response from people like president obama or this mayor in baltimore spends more time talking about how bad the cops are before the judgments are in causes anger and angst in the law enforcement community and among some white...

Good to see you again. im shocked that the department of justice is going to step into this case. are you? >> you have taken all the guesswork out of what i had to say. the mayor of baltimore is being hailed for her courage by "the washington post" in asking doj. i would suggest its actually a sign of remarkable political weakness to ask the department of justice, the federal government to come in and take over your police department. >> i would say having covered a number of these cases in the ...

Gray to the police station did try to get him medical help along the way, but there was confusion with emergency responders. the state prosecutors independent investigation was headed up by former police officer avon macl who was stripped of his command post after a mishandled investigation and reportedly he was drunk tased at his home for erratic behavior. now defense attorneys for the officers involved in the case are alleging that he had an ax to grind and while the defense tries to poke hole...

>> the d.a. the independent -- the man who led the independent investigation is a former baltimore police officer who was demoted and had an incident at his house who was, says the defense, had an ax to grind, or thats their allegation. >> that would be a relevant fact. thank you. is this case falling apart four days after it was filed? joining me is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. that guy has no ax to grind with the cops? >> no. completely free from any bias including the pr...

Gray. >> absolutely, don. i was there yesterday, and people were in high spirits. its all because theres one step towards justice. were all aware that we have a long way to go as far as a real conviction of those police officers. but we are happy that there is some progress in our system not failing us initially, as we saw in the eric garner case and the mike brown case and other cases around the country. >> and, jay, as we await the police to come out i know we have spoken about it, you and i s...

Money or some sort of culpability without saying they did anything wrong based on the police treatments and some of the photographs and evidence from that being damning. the other thing i would point out legally, this was such an independent investigation. one of the conflicts of interest weve seen in so many cities is even when prosecutors may want an independent investigation, what they do is wait they get that police report. yesterday some of the reporting made it sound like the police have t...

>> reporter: talk about the resources you had independently of the police department. >> as i stated, a number of investigators. its been all hands on approach from the very beginning. so i sent my investigators out to the scene. we have a number of them who are right here. we have working collaboration and working with the baltimore sheriffs department who has police powers and again independent from the baltimore city police department so, yes, we have leveraged the police investigation but at...

The arrest was illegal, the knife was legal under maryland law and once they got him into the van, face down on his belly and he said he couldnt breathe, they wouldnt give him an inhaler, he pleaded for medical attention, didnt get it. she said again and again there was negligence every step of the way. so folks now, another woman walked by and said its justice, we got justice. of course, you know this is just the beginning of a long process here but folks are already starting as word trickles o...