For the most part there was throwing of rocks but not the type of looting and riots. Coming head to head with armed police who were shooting tear gas at them, firing rubber bullets. A tense scene. A lot of clouds of tear gas in the air. It was quite the event here last night. And westerly, what are the people involved in the protest, for example, the one you say, for the most part peaceful. What were they telling you. Why are they protesting . Theyre so upset. When i talk to residents here, so many of them describe the idea of the built up the pent up anger and frustration. You have to remember here in ferguson, you have a town that is twothirds africanamerican, twothirds black but has little black representation in term of the elected officials and black members of the Police Department. You have a lot of racial tensions here according to residents. And so many of them would come up to me and say that could have been my son or daughter. Theyre frustrated by how little theyve seen in i
Well have a lot more on how the case is proceeding legally later in the show. We want to begin by talking about how americans have been reacting to the shooting in ferguson and to the protests that have followed. The New York Times poll this week, americans appear evenly divided on the Police Response to the protests. 32 of those surveyed said the officers went too far. 33 about the same number believe the Police Response has been about right. 15 say police did not go far enough. In contrast, 59 of those surveyed believe the protesters actions went too far. 20 feel they were just about right. 7 say they didnt go far enough. Finally, when it comes to the investigation by local authorities into the shooting of Michael Brown, 56 , a majority, have confidence it will be conducted fairly, while 34 dont share that confidence. Joining me now to discuss ferguson, and other big stories, we have john stanton the Washington Bureau chief for buzz feed and political strategist joy williams and thos
Officials say they are aware of the video purportedly claiming to show they have killed hostage peter casic. They are investigating the content to determine authenticity. The 26yearold was captured more than a year ago doing humanitarian work. If it proves to be authentic, he would be the 30 they have killed. They killed two british aid workers as well. The reporter who spent considerable time in the region they will be joining us shortly. Now we want to give you an update from ferguson. The family of slain teen Michael Brown is speaking out about leaks biased against charging the Police Officer in theirsons fatal shooting. The new video of Darren Wilson entering the Police Station shows he was not severely beaten as an earlier alleged leak claimed. The dispatch reports said Law Enforcement is under great strain from the protest and aggravated assaults and robberies are up since Michael Brown was shot while arrests are down. The slous city and county police chief say. The community is
Replace at a later date. A few things about that. Republicans will, one, likely need 60 votes to wholesale repeal the aca. Thats ten more votes than the 50 votes they havent been able to get for their proposed bill. Two, just repealing the aca would leave 33 million million more people uninsured than under the current law. Thats even worse than the Senate Version of trumpcare, which would leave 22 million more uninsured. Three, re pealing obamacare without having a replacement ready would likely further destabilize the Insurance Markets and lead to even more insurers pulling out of the exchanges. And four, who actually believes republicans would ever get around to the replace part . Joining me now republican strategist christopher metzler, Jonathan Cone of the huffington post, and tommy binion, director of congressional relations for the heritage foundation. Im going to start with you, tommy, and dispense with this idea of just repealing altogether obamacare because that would send the
Today we celebrate our independent days. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. Today, after spending a couple of hours with us, of course, many of you will be beginning your preparations to celebrate our Independence Day. For many of thaw means the usual, clean off the grill, stake out a spot to watch the fireworks and wrap yourself in the good old red, white and blue, but this fourth of july demands of us something beyond the routine because this Independence Day our president is not a fictional handsome dashing alien fighting leader with a rousing message of unity and resist an. Our president is donald trump. Who instead has this message about aliens and Independence Day. This legislation presents a simple choice. Either vote to save and protect american lives or vote to shield and comfort criminal aliens who threaten innocent lives, and theyve been shielded too long. As we head toward the fourth of july, we remember now more than ever to cherish our freedom. Not quite the same. So