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Jury for anything happening outside of the courtroom. in this day and age it happens all the time. >> bill: that case was a media circus. >> it was. a lot of high-profile cases are media circuses because we have the technology. >> bill: the defendant helped drive a lot of that. >> she certainly did before, during and after. she took the stand for 18 days. i think thats unprecedented. so i dont know if she has a shot at a new trial here but they are giving it a try. >> bill: why is she entitled t...

>> whatever opportunity there was for the dialogue you talked about at the beginning is long gone. media circuses, hijacked board meetings and online smear campaigns and personal threats have turned neighbor against neighbor. >> this is marin county, california, a bay area county known for being a laid back liberal bastian of well to do mostly white residents, which is why the pitched emotion filled battle over the name dixie took some residents by surprise. >> i was attacked as a bomb thrower, ...

In the "new york times" from the president, "he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go." comey replies, "i agree. he is a good guy." the narrative seems to be that the president overstepped, that the president is doing this. there is no narrative here that james comey was bargaining to keep his job. i dont know that he was. but does that indicate that? >> thats not the whole thing, jeff. you didnt read the whole quote, though. >> i copied it from the "new york times." >> its more than that. h...

About life inside this republican caucus and in the midst of media circuses. trey, how you doing? >> im doing really well. thank you so much for having me on tonight. so you were in this caucus. you were part of folks who came in there, hadnt been members of the house for a long time, took the place by a storm. what is happening right now? whats your read on why this incredible desperation to get paul ryan to come in and save everyone? >> well, paul ryan has the ability to bring people together....

>> jane joins the panel now. shes a journalism professor focusing on media and politics. we talked earlier about john stewart opening up about why he is leaving the daly show. he is sick of the media circuses every night on his show. im curious. that scene we showed at the beginning of the reporters running across the lawn in iowa there are like hundreds of reporters to cover her for an event where she will talk to maybe ten people. is this excessive? >> yes. and i cant tell you how irresistible...

Rangel the former chairman of the ways and means committee now facing a trial in the house, now maxine waters. give us the political context what this means for democrats. >> obviously this is very tough for democrats. what you have is kind of a double whammy here because like charles rangel who is facing an ethics trial it is very much the same thing here. sources familiar with this process say that maxine waters insisted on having her day in court. that she refused to negotiate a settlement. a...