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Unfortunately because his assumptions were wrong, trayvon benjamin martin no longer walks on this earth. >> joining me now is managing editor of the grio.com and an msnbc contributor, joyoid, and msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom. lisa, i want to go to you first. we know the prosecution is going toby g begin its rebuttal. a lot brought up in the defense closing arguments, the crux seeming to rest on the notion that there is too much of a reasonable doubt to convict george zimmerman. where does the ...

Physical evidence which refutes his lies and the law that her honor is about to read to you. the law that applies to all of us and the law that applies to each of us. this is the truth. thank you for your time. >> ladies and gentlemen, im going to read the jury instructions but i want to give you a choice. would you like to have these instructions read after lunch or would you like to have them read now and then go to lunch? after lunch? okay. i will respect that. please put your notepads down. ...

Contributor and a contributor to the grio.com and james, want to ask you about this concept of democracy. we do have this sense in the united states that it is simply about elections, about the will of the people. but in egypt, we have an emergent democracy where the will of the people is essentially being expressed through the military. do we need to start to create a more fluid concept of what it means to be a democratic country? obviously, i think morsi won in the democratic election with i t...

Does mr. snowden feel a need to go and flee and run around the globe going to countries that he probably opportunity want to live in? the answer is because weve allowed our government to persecute whistleblowers. read the column by david carr in "the new york times" today. he says the war on the press that the u.s. government is waging is not a matter of hyperbole but math. whistleblowers have no chance in this country because of this persecution. thats the reason hes fleeing and seems to me mor...

Globe going to countries that he probably opportunity want to live in? the answer is because weve allowed our government to persecute whistleblowers. read the column by david carr in "the new york times" today. he says the war on the press that the u.s. government is waging is not a matter of hyperbole but math. whistleblowers have no chance in this country because of this persecution. thats the reason hes fleeing and seems to me more important as well. >> glenn greenwald from the "guardian." ...

I put my money with my mouth is. and the proposed food stamp cuts are still quite filling. not only did i buy a weeks worth of food on what democrats complain is too little, i had left over. we have room to cut about 12% more. joining me to do, andrew ross sorkin, co-host of "squawk box," "new york times" columnist and author of "too big to fail." columnist joe klein, managing editor of grio.com and someone filling in for me so graciously, joy reid, and editorial director at the "huffington post...

Of the house gops 20-week abortion bill that weve been discussing. a vote is expected in about two hours. while theres already been a litany of ludicrous claims from the floor, its difficult to top one comment made on monday by a republican congressman from texas who also happens to be an ob-gyn. take a listen to this gentleman. >> you watch a sonogram on a 15-week baby. they have movements that are purposeful. if theyre a male baby they may have their hand between their legs. >> joining us is r...

>> it doesnt mean we wouldnt be doing something in the summer, because this is a city-wide ordinance, but in all likelihood, if we had to issue citations it would probably be during the school year. >> detective, keep us posted, sir. >> i will. thank you for having me and putting this on the media. lets get to the brain trust now. this is generally that part of the saturday afternoon where we bring in guests to talk about a variety of different things. we have political analyst and contributor...

That quite frankly, not only has it not gotten better, it has gotten worse. >> to me what is so ludicrous about this, there were so many years of cater walling over what would happen when people who were openly homosexual were in the military and it turns out the big problem is by the heterosexuals. this is a growing problem. the military is not able to handle this. by the way i did want to point out as the father of a daughter, this is something that causes me to strongly support what we just h...

Like a fastball or a curveball but did you catch it? it was the coverup of what happened in benghazi that killed the four people there in the benghazi incident. it doesnt make any sense but weve gotten so used to it people just listen, absorb it, and dont think. the managing editor of grio.com is very smart to come on this show and msnbc analyst and the washington bureau chief for the huffington post. i have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how they whiz this past people. they get the mi...