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Time on the bench. the wright family grieving the loss of their loved one. she talked about how this has disrupted kim potters life. a very difficult case. we are learning now from the statement from the attorney general there in minnesota that keith ellisson, he said he accepts the sentence. he urges other people to semiit. however, it is important to knowering says i dont ask to you agree with the judges decision which takes nothing away from the truth of the jurys verdict. >> thank you very m...

Of manslaughter for intentionally drawing his firearm. officer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. >> now daunte wrights family spoke after the sentence. they are clearly unhappy calling this a miscarriage of justice. his mother spoke and ill read a quote, she said that this is the public -- the problem with the justice system, a white womans tears trumped justice. and we got a statement from the attorney general keith ellisson and he accepted the sent...

In jail after a jury found her guilty of first and second degree manslaughter for shooting and killing daunte wright, a 20-year-old black man during a traffic stop. crowds outside the courthouse cheered and chanted dontaes name when the verdict was read. joining me now is our reporter from outside the minneapolis courthouse and a veteran trial lawyer and former president of the national bar association. good morning to you both. so, shaq, as you know, convictions of police are rare, but now in m...

Emotional at the time. then it took my mother saying, you know, the president -- how did he reach you? it put it in perspective this is the leader of the free world using his influence to say that this black life matters. that black lives matter. so it is my belief that the george floyd family, they understand how incredibly important this is that the president of the united states is having dialogue with them because hes saying this is not just a black issue. this is an american issue. >> you k...

It is time to start seriously discussing impeachment. thats the argue vox founder made last week writing quote, we have grown afraid of the consequences of impeachment of the consequences of leaving an unfit president in office. if the worst happens and trumps presidency resulted in calamity, well have nol excuse, no answer. this is an emergency, we should break the glass. and today, for the first time in the house floor, 58 democrats votesed basically to do just that. including jim clyburn, the...

That this was not a landslide election for donald trump, that hillary clinton won the popular vote by 3 million, so theres a lot of support out there. youre seeing it on the streets. this is not a re-litigation of the 2016 election. we have to focus on that energy and we have to bring everybody together, including the berniecrats. you have tom perez that has some bernie supporters supporting him. you have -- you have keith ellisson with supporters from -- that used to support clinton. >> he disa...

And potentially nationally purpose. you talk about this desire for unity, take a look at what keith ellisson just stated a short time ago. he said that he is going to join the democrats who are not attending. i will not celebrate a man who preaches politics of division and hate. i will not be attending donald trumps inauguration. you remember eight years ago, mitch mcconnell said we to want make him a one term president. rush limbaugh says he hopes he fails here. we have reached a new low in ter...

This is news from the vice president. >> okay. no, no, its fine. biden is 74, right? in 2020, hell be 78. we have never had a president elected at that age. he would be easily the oldest. there is a big push in democratic circles to get a new generation at least into the upper ranks. the house leadership already is fairly old. im not ageist. thats a fact. those are the numbers. it is not a unique observation that the bench is thin. the way to get a thicker bench is to develop some of the younger...

Recently at that rally, there was a protester there, i guess he was getting some flak from people in the audience and president obama stood up for that protester and said "he has the right to be here, hes not hurting anybody." thats leadership. >> but president obama hasnt done enough. he hasnt done enough in calling out black lives matter when they included an argument about genocide, calling israel genocidal country. he hasnt done enough on keith ellisson who for years was associated with farr...

Hes trying to cast doubt on her and its always trying to reenforce this theme onning intivety. but the truth is, you got to look through the campaign nonsense and what the core positions of the candidates are. you cant let donald trump get away with saying bad thing about hillary clinton. you got to ask yourself, okay. what is your program? what will you do for me and my program? within that question gets asked, i think the question becomes clear what the right answer is for democrats, young peo...