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Judith, this idea that crime is on the rise, not true. the murder rate is lower than its been in 47 years. you can see the chart there. thats the direction that the murder rate is going in. and crime overall is down in part because the economy is pretty good. what do you make of this constant fearmongering by the trump white house, insisting that the country is in constant crime turmoil and that theres terrorism around every corner? what are they trying to do? >> joy, this is dangerous alternati...

The chief justice invited both the president-elect and vice president-elect to come to the supreme court. the court still operating, business as usual oral arguments. they couldnt work out the timing. we do know the chief justice and president-elect have spoken and prepared for the official swearing in. >> bill: we have heard some music in the background here and we want to make sure we keep a close eye on that because the images and the sounds are something that you capture on a day like this. ...

To hold his feet to the fire. >> could i underscore something katherine said real quick? >> sure. >> if there are people of more moderate views are thinking of going in, the signal he sent right out of the box, bannon, sessions, flynn, pompeo, this is not very reassuring. maybe something like mitt romney will come in and say im going to keep a lid on these guys or someone else, but he has not been reassuring in the first week. >> my guess is that mitt romneys meeting may just be for show as well...

Supporters the idea that hes doing something for them. your thoughts, judith? >> were dealing with someone who has gone from playing wiffle ball to the big league, who is nothing but a marketing genius. now, this isnt time for marketing and this isnt time for fox news type of facts which mean that there are no facts. thats what happened with that ford situation. unfortunately, he is surrounding himself with people who are anti-black, who are anti-muslim and anti-lgbt. this is what theyre going t...

The mike brown shooting happened and the obama justice department cleared that police officer, i remember feeling that, okay, this is a verdict, even though it was -- i didnt like it, its a verdict that i can have some credibility with because i believe that that justice department took seriously the concerns of people like me. i do not and will not have that same sort of confidence in a similar situation under mr. sessions. >> and judith, your organization, the advancement project, has done a l...

Item number three the north carolina judge a district judge about their voter purge said this sounds like something that was put together in 1901. lastly, i want to play a sound bite from dallas woodhouse. the executive director of the north carolina republican party. a guy who sent around the memo telling the local dmv do what you need to do that is pro republican. this is him talking to hallie jackson on thursday. take a listen. >> we dont have a suppression vote problem in north carolina. the...

Sued thousands for purging black voters from the polls if their residence was challenged. on friday the u.s. district judge ordered they were illegal and ordered the state to restore the voters. they are sending four monitors for tuesdays vote. joining me is executive director of the advancement project. thank you for being here. i want to go with you, judith. i want to give you four examples of what north carolina is like in 2016. first thing, north carolina has been found to have violated the ...

>> welcome back. sanders is saying trump makes controversial comments because he knows thats what the media wants. he compared trump 81 minutes of a time to his own 20 seconds. trumps numbers are soaring and it shows out front with 35 percent. and joining me now is miller, a investigative reporter and fox news contributor and washington bureau chief of the sun times. thank you for being with us. >> and judith. what is your reaction to what bernie sanders is saying. he has a point here and saying...

Should we halt the flow of syrian refugees and why. thomas says, were at war, albeit nonconventional. bringing in syrian refugees is like letting the fox in the hen house. katie says the u.s. should do more to help the refugees. hey, katie, are you kidding? are you suggesting that refugees are only women and children and not men? have you watched the news lately? judith says, yes, despite obamas assurances, we cannot fully vet them. i have compassion but i have common sense. and pauline says, we...

Should we halt the flow of syrian refugees and why. thomas says, were at war, albeit nonconventional. bringing in syrian refugees is like letting the fox in the hen house. katie says the u.s. should do more to help the refugees. hey, katie, are you kidding? are you suggesting that refugees are only women and children and not men? have you watched the news lately? judith says, yes, despite obamas assurances, we cannot fully vet them. i have compassion but i have common sense. and pauline says, we...