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Their deaths mourned by thousands at a prayer vigil in san bernardino. mayor urging those to honor their hope and living their lives without fear. >> as we mourn we see for the families that lost loved ones, the precious lives that we have dedicate ourselves and commit ourselves to doing the best that we can. bill: chief correspondent jonathan hunt picks up our coverage from the west coast bureau in los angeles. jonathan? >> bill, they were american lives. hard-working fathers, mothers, sons and...

About it, and this is going to be a challenge that the next president faces. and maybe even the president after him or her, how to handle the fallout of the arab spring. the obama administration took sort of a hands-off approach to the arab spring -- >> well, they took a hands-off, then hands-on, all over the map. >> it was the least-bad decision to make, but it was certainly a decision that was going to haunt the next several presidents down the line. >> we know about this back and forth today ...

>> reporter: whats the racial makeup of the task force? >> whats the racial makeup? okay. i think you have all the pictures but i will go through. lori is african-american woman. you know her background as a former prosecutor. randolph stone is african-american. theres also a hispanic individual. theres joe ferguson, who is obviously caucasian and then theres hyram who is also hispanic. >> reporter: theres been academics from the university of chicago, yale, theres been a federal judge, the thin...

>> have you seen the video? >> yes. >> and excuse me, mr. mccarthy had become a distraction, and there are a lot of questions in the room about you and your office. have you become a distraction as well? >> well, you will make that judgment, and try i to do my job everyday and do it in a professional way. >> mr. mayor, can you tell us the racial makeup of the task force? >> well, you have all of the pictures, but i will go through. laura lightfoot is african-american woman, and you know her back...

An not only that, but the five security or dash cam camera videos that the police released, all lack sound. its a little -- people saying its hard to believe that all five would malfunction, that the police superintendent said that they should have sound and that they cant explain why they dont. they can understand -- people say they understand maybe one or two not working but all five not working. people also questioning the timing of all of this. this came, this original shooting came in octob...

Presidential election, anyone who is the nominee has to appeal to people who live in big cities. that includes a demographic of younger voters, a demographic of african-americans, a demographic of hispanic voters. the african-american vote is very, very important, particularly as you head into the south and as you head into southern primaries. so of course, its important to anybody who runs, particularly as youre heading into the south now as donald trump would be say in south carolina. its impo...

Trump when he turned around and said mexico is sending in, you know, all different types of people. he never said that theyre hispanic, never said that theyre mexican. the whole world knows theres 2,000 miles of open border that people are sifting through. he was bringing that up. hes not scripted. this is something that we understand. >> sure. >> mr. trump is not your prototypical politician. >> absolutely. agreed. >> he is an entrepreneur extraordinaire. hes insanely bright. >> but my question...

The judge has the ability to determine the credibility of each one of the jurors in their answers. and likewise in the chambers, there is a limited amount of examination by the lawyers so they can have an attempt to ferret out any bias that is implicit or explicit. under these circumstances, i dont believe it is particularly unusual in terms of the potential impact that anything can have on a jury in a case as serious as this. as far as a fair and impartial jury can be selected. >> and there is ...

Morning and a process that is due to be repeat and no fewer than five different times as the fellow officers will all go on trial in succession after him. my colleague jean casarez is live in baltimore and joining us live. i cant wait to hear what some of the questions in voir dire are going to be like, and you are there to see who the prospective jurors are who are as semabled. give me a feel for the situation and the process. >> such an important day today, ashleigh, because the trial has begu...

Now, they are complaining that donald trump is a fascist? >> but there is a difference. there is a difference between peoples positions on, say, abortion, right, and the idea of having muslims register in some special database. thats your reaction. so, their view is its okay to take away peoples right to vote if they happen to be poor or black or elderly, but its not okay to put people on a registration. i dont think either one is okay. we are talking about grades of authoritarianism here. >> to...