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Were still supporting our first responders to protect and serve but hold them accountable and make sure we have laws and policies in place so that this never happens again in city of memphis. >> counsel woman, congressman thank you both for your time, appreciate talk you go to. >> welcome. >> i want to turn to cnn political commentator, and retired land sergeant cheryl, thank you for being here, i want to start with you, these officers as you know were black be thats counter intuitive for some p...

Messages, they say that these informants are going to argue that the proud boys did not have plan previously to storm the capitol. that this was kind of a herd mentality things that cropped up randomly, i dont know how compelling that testimony will be, i dont know how it will go to cross examination, well see could be compelling and good for defense. >> important point, the prosecution has the burden of proof and although there was the successful prosecution and conviction on similar charges in...

Look like its a layup to convict a number of these five defendants on seditious conspiracy charges. the defense also has a few aces up its sleeve. >> like what? >> one of the most -- well, the most impactful thing that the defense for ethan nordine, one of the defendants came up with, he said they have testimony from fbi informants who were embedded with the proud boys who marched with them towards the capitol that day and was in their text messages. they say that these informants are going to a...

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Youve been on the city council in troy. you were a state representative here in michigan. youve been in politics and your tenure and politics started before politics felt like the swamp that it can feel like today. you were elected as a republican? correct >> i still yield towards the republican party but because its been taken over by donald trump, i dont want to be affiliated with that sort of thing. the truth of the matter is ive always been of an independent mind, and if you look at some of ...

Talk to your kids about the apps that they use. keep a conversation going about it. i know its like not the most fun thing to do but you have got to have that conversation. then always, always, always. use security protection on all your familys devices even phones and tablets that your kids are using. >> steve: scary thing to a parent about this is it is the people who are responding are within five miles. its like they are really close. its not like somebody is, you know, typing in from canada...

Theres another one in colorado is falling for this. how are they so gullible? >> it says a lot about how people process information in a very hyper partisan world, right? i mean, like, one of the things thats the hardest thing about combating this information, or disinformation, is just how strongly people want to believe it when it confirms a prior worldview that they have, and it confirms an us versus them mentality. and then you compound that with the simple fact that everybody has a supercom...

In tears and always the end of a career in failure. janet daley, was this one written in the stars from long ago? or was it genuinely a surprise in the end, how... it wasnt a surprise to anybody — except for boris johnson, apparently. it was remarkable for one thing, in that it was not to do with policy, it was to do with personality. and the removal of him was being demanded, not because he had made some horrendous mistake in the way he had handled government or dealt with legislation, but be...

He referred to this herd mentality that pushed him out, obviously, he felt unjustly, even at the end, he did not have enough self—knowledge to understand that it was his character. in fact, when he was abroad and interviewed about this, he said, "if youre expecting me to reconstruct my personality or my character, thats not going to happen." and thats absolutely right, thats not going to happen. and he was caught out in a series of what have to be assumed to be deliberate lies and obfuscations...

It was remarkable for one thing, in that it was not to do with policy, it was to do with personality. and the removal of him was being demanded, not because he had made some horrendous mistake in the way he had handled government or dealt with legislation, but because he was considered to be dishonorable, and that puts this in a very different category. and the tragedy is, i suppose, if you would call it — comic tragedy — is that even at the end, as you said, he referred to this herd mentali...