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Fore in these cases. >> the tale you should remember is the tale of the scott pa neti case. hes on death row in texas now. panetti tried his case represented himself in a purple cowboy suit subpoenaed jesus christ john f. kennedy and the pope. the jury in that case found him guilty in an hour in one day and sentenced him to death. so another texas jury. so its a tough defense in tough texas. >> all the expert witnesses, they arent created equal, but its often contradictory. >> oh, very much so. ...

>> yes, absolutely. >> well talk about the mandates. everybody has heard about the mandates but now they are coming home to roost. what does that mean in 2015? >> in 2015 they are double what they were in 2014. if you remain uninsured this year, it will be 2% of your income or $325 whatever is greater. >> and so where are people on this? have we seen any data as to whether people are in compliance or not in compliance? what are people doing? we know from yesterday, as a matter of fact about thes...

At least 15 children have died. three of them in one place alone. this years vaccine not a very good plach to fight the virus -- match to fight the virus. even if youve had a shot you have to use common sense here and health precautions as well. its the most popular new years resolution. people want to lose weight. also one of the hardest things to do. thats especially true for people who have kicked an addiction to drugs or alcohol to replace it with an addiction to food. >> whats called seco...

Alone. this years vaccine not a very good match to fight the virus. even if youve had a shot you have to use common sense here and health precautions as well. its the most popular new years resolution. people want to lose weight. also one of the hardest things to do. thats especially true for people who have kicked an addiction to drugs or alcohol to replace it with an addiction to food. >> whats called second addiction could help the rest of us. abcs dan harris explains. >> reporter: lauras i...

Understand situations going on. lets dismiss the guy that did this. he had no good reason to do it. he had plenty of trouble. >> the reality is is we do have a problem here right now. i want your take on why do you think things are the way they are right now? >> a lot of reasons obviously the garner case and michael brown case have brought these issues to a fore. i think in this city we had a mayoral campaign that was based on some of these issues. its been kept out there for a while. >> youve b...

Areas of agreement and weve got to be able to make that happen and thats going to involve compromise every once in a while and we saw during this lame duck period that perhaps the spirit of compromise may be coming to the fore. >> reporter: and the president identified some of those areas of possible agreement as corporate tax reform and also, infrastructure projects, but he also noted the devils in the details. of course, we know that, alex and its tough to get things done in washington. he dra...

The fore. >> on a lot of issues, the president wants to reach across the aisle and get things done. but will republicans reach back? joining me now is jason johnson is dana millbank, thank you both for your time tonight. dana, we heard the president talk about using a carrot and stick approach with cuba. will he try the same thing with republicans? >> you know, reverend, i think the president this afternoon was saying, game on. and he was saying, yeah, hell give them a little carrot, but hes rea...

Were going to disagree on some things, but there are going to be areas of agreement, and weve got to be able to make that happen and thats going to involve compromise every once in a while and we saw during this lame duck period that perhaps that spirit of compromise may be coming to the fore. in terms of my own job, i am energized. im excited about the prospects for the next couple of years. im certainly not going to be stopping for a minute in the effort to make life better for ordinary americ...

>> well, i do think that its a win for her. shes not -- she keeps saying shes not going to run against hillary, but she may want to exercise enormous influence over hillary clintons candidacy and that is to pull her to the left to support the kind of regulation of wall street. the basic argument from the progressives like elizabeth warren is hillary is too tough on foreign policy and too soft on wall street. and they want to pull her to the left on both of those issues. the other side dint want ...

From the attorney general that would lead you and your successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevenn an attack on america? >> as far as what happens if, in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations ft we, c.i.a., are not in the detention program. we are not con testimony plating at all getting back in the detention program. so i defer to the policymakers in future time...