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Incredibly effective. she has been making the case that she can prosecute trump. yesterday she demonstrated that she can prosecute trump. >> listen to what joe biden said today about what he and the obama administration did in areas of concern. the kind of thing you would have expected him to try to say last night. he was talking about with the differently justice did during their time. lets listen to this. >> our department of justice investigated abuse, including ferguson. the obama-biden comm...

Differently justice did during their time. lets listen to this. >> our department of justice investigated abuse, including ferguson. the obama-biden commuted more sentences than the 13 previous presidents combined. we passed the support -- >> i think we can now see that the prepared speech is going to be joe bidens strength in this campaign and who knows what his future is in the debate format. >> it was interesting. the debate was interesting because he didnt bring up as much energy as i expect...

I supported making the equity act in law and make the law of the land today. i voted for the civil rights act of 1990 to ban employment discrimination. i wrote the provision in the law that allows the attorney general to pursue cases involving a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers in violation of constitutional -- of federal rights. i wrote that law pip used that power during the obama/biden administration, our department of justice investigated police discrimination and a...

Them into settlements. including ferguson. but and they were filing cases against police officers all over the country. they did not file here. the obama appointed u.s. attorney in st. louis for the eastern district in missouri is a friend of mine, rich callahan, spent his life as a prosecutor and a judge before he got the u.s. attorney job. appointed by president obama. he looked at this case and declined to prosecutes. it was not until a few months ago when outgoing the long-time outgoing pros...

Every speech, pick at random any state of the union speech for the last ten years, and look at how many sentences in that speech remind you of what you already know tell you things that everybody agrees with remind you of how dedicated we are to our veterans for example. youve got to have a lot of stuff in a speech that everybody already knows and agrees with before you present your additional ideas and your additional insights. >> all right. congressman brad sherman, well leave it there. thank ...

Opportunity, the police department, to respond. they may settle. they may wind up in court. but its confirmation theres something that needs to be looked into in ferguson. they werent marching for nothing. >> jeffrey toobin in terms of the next steps involving the feds here is it possible the feds will move even further and actually go and sue the city of ferguson or the police department for violating peoples constitutional rights? >> well i think thats very likely. unless a settlement can be r...

Akin to jaywalking went to african-americans. again, this is all to show that there was a pattern and by this police department in ferguson and the municipal courts to target african-americans, not only for citations, but only for throwing them in jail when they couldnt pay the fines. this is all something we heard a lot down in ferguson from people on the streets, telling us repeatedly this is what they experienced from the police department there. and now the justice department is saying tha...