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Seek a penalty that would imprison the pittsburgh shooter for life without parole. the best vengeance rather than seeking the shooters death his strengthening other jewish life in pittsburgh and around the world. doing so will mean not the forces of evil. >> s crime was driven by hatred and the misunderstanding of the jewish faith and they are the antithesis of the hate that led to this. so the fact that this jewish faith in these peoples dedication might ultimately save this guys life is an iro...

Reported here, which is such an important part of the story, is this the first time it has become publicly known, that he did that memo? >> yes, thats the first public reporting on this memo. and the memo is, as you said, its pretty important because the lines that he used in trying to very early on decide if there was some mitigating factor, as hes told me, you know, how did this happen, how did it come to be that my son did this? he was really looking for what would be the defense and what wou...

Youve obviously gone through more than 1,000 pages of divorce documents. youve gone through the police documents, including some incredible detail. sarasota police reported that the young man struck several blows to his mothers head and torso, left her in a pool of blood and unplugged the phone cord, denied the brother the use of 911 to render aid. the incredible police reporting on this. also the memo that shanahan himself wrote to essentially try to shield his son from -- from -- from getting ...

Bargaining, his behavior with the association with all of these other folks around him that have engaged in all of this terrible behavior. all of that adds to more years. all of that adds to a not considering a mitigating factor to keep someone or run a sentence thats going to be concurrent. whats going to result here is a heavy stack of sentences and a heavy stack of years i believe for manafort. and were going see that in a matter of days. my guess is 14 years or more for these charges. and yo...

Reins that will fall here, a life sentence? >> i do. i would never profess to speak for any judge, but heres the issue. the issue is not this is not the special prosecutor, to be very clear, trying to go hard on manafort. let me clarify what im saying, if you look at the sentencing memo they put forward. they take no position. what theyre saying is under the federal sentencing guidelines, you have a level of offense. and while it may get complicated. what happens is, you have a level of offense,...

We secureborder. walls work. they work as a mitigating factor from someone moving from point a to point b. they work as a funneling option as well. these things work. this is commonsense. we all agreed on it until it got political. >> dana: one of the reasons in these polls, the monmoth poll asked how important is it that it has money for the border wall? 47% say very or somewhat important. 43%, 50% say not important at all. so it almost mirrors the polarization in the country. >> its become a v...

Saying that certain things are okay, it creating a standard, which is now super low, for peoples behavior on all sides. >> remember what was said during the debate abouts racists that -- do you feel as if that sentiment is the same for the president? >> i think that i have never felt in my time this level of polarization of the country and race relations in and of themselves. polls show 60% in a quinnipiac poll, 60% of americans disapprove how trump is handling race relations. >> at the two year...

But -- >> 400 people 400,000 people ce border, just because somebody can put forth a ton of resources to may be digging under it or use special equipment and really special training to try to get over a large wall the way this is, just because that is possible and because some good may be due it doesnt mean it is not an enormous mitigating factor for the vast majority of people. the solution isnt just have nothing so they can easily walk across. that is not a solution at all. i was the last sayi...

Possible ways to challenge them. >> we have 400,000 people crossing the border that are apprehended every year so the idea is to mitigate this to the best extent possible. because somebody can dig under it or use special equipment to try to get over a large wall the way this is. just because that is possible and some could do it doesnt mean it is not a normal mitigating factor for the vast majority of people. having a solution is not nothing so people can walk across. it sounds crazy. of course ...

Mr. cohens moment in the sun is pretty much over. >> harris: unfortunate for mr. cohen, right? because its a mitigating factor, if you can come up with something to give millers investigation, i would think, for his prison sentence of three years. how does that work customer key reports on march 6th. whats in it for him? >> i think hes on a public campaign self-aggrandizement to her right now. because the fighting is over. he has had his sentencing. at the sentencing, the district of new york, t...