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Organization. james, i was just in new hampshire doing a little "waters world" and i have to tell you there are a lot of them up there in new hampshire. theyre fired up. theyre not always co herent but there is some excitement up there. what do you think? >> the example is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection. he wins the new hampshire primary but gene mccarthy gets so close that, lbj has to announce he will not seek, nor accept, the nomination to run for reelection and therefore, hes knocked ...

Different set of concerns have been playing a different kind of ball. i frankly admire president obama and what he and his team have done on this deal. im frustrated he hasnt gone directly to the states like delaware, new jersey and others where there have been key democrats who remain on the fence and who have not come out. that piece of this is the lbj piece that is missing. >> and steve, i want your take on this. this is an ad that was running. and we also have over two dozen former jewish le...

Theyre disproportionatally dinged but also people of color and we should get rid of preemptory challenges because how our juries look and grand juries look and whether theyre fairly represented goes to the he is accepessence of democracy. lets talk about -- because criminal justice is nested in a proper justice system so talk about voting rights. the 50th anniversary of voting rights in america. and that was an insider, lbj, older and younger outsiders like martin king and lbj was telling king, ...

Lets see if we can save her. >> that film says they saw her when she fell off the cliff, and they kept taking pictures. >> investigators now suspected that b.j. mcginnis deliberately pushed donna over the cliff to her death. but what was the motive? investigators discovered that the mcginnises had taken out a $35,000 life insurance policy on donna hartman just one day before her death. the insurance agent said that virginia mcginnis asked him a curious question. >> she turned to him on the way o...

Appears happy and alert. but photos taken later show something different. >> the later photographs show a person who is docile, who looks exhausted. >> her hands are down. her facial muscles are slack. she just doesnt -- and the eyes are somewhat droopy. it appears as if she is either intoxicated or stoned. >> the next photo in the sequence shows b.j. mcginnis and donna standing at the edge of the cliff. >> the victims eyes quite appropriately are looking at the waters below. mr. mcginnis is beh...

And if virginia was the photographer, why did she take what was perhaps the most incriminating photo of all? a photograph of donna just before she was pushed over the cliff. >> i think virginia wanted a souvenir. i think virginia wanted to revisit the death of donna and enjoy it over and over again. i think she believed that by having that picture, she would have something that would arouse in her the same excitement and the same violation of rules that she had felt live on the cliff when donna ...

More. >> reporter: with the stroke of a pen, president obama set short the prison sentences for 46. >> i believe that at its heart, america is a nation of second chances, and i believe these folks deserve their second chance. i also believe theres a lot more we can do to restore the sense of fairness at the heart of our justice system. >> reporter: the president sent each of the prisoners a letter, informing them of their computation. the president wrote i am granting your application because yo...

Didnt -- >> i believe in america america at its heart is a nation of second chances. i also believe thats more we can do he sent a message to each inmate. you have demonstrated the potential to turn your life around. its up to you to make the most of this opportunity. the white house says the president has commuted the most prison sentences since lbj. all of the inmates are drug offenders, many dealt sentences longer than what they would have received until today aguidelines. 13 serving life in ...

At the bush national library because something were very familiar with that maybe you are not. bill clinton and george bush 42 and 43 as well as 41 and 42 are actually great friends, even though they are on opposite parties. >> they talked about everything from hillary, to the upcoming election 2016. traded jabs back and forth a bit president bushs painting. at one point, president clinton says i better check my wallet at this point. >> it sounds like a great day as they graduated 60 men and wom...

Dale and shay from peak properties, the answer was to form a single four-person agency. >> did you feel like you had to merge in order to compete with some of the other stuff that was ahappening in aspen? >> yes. >> it was time. >> i think we needed to figure out ways where we could operate with a critical scale that saved us money and by merging, that enabled us to did that. we get more bang for our buck in the promotion. >> today theyre fully merged. they share office space, share leads on buy...