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>> reporter: after todays verdict, those feelings emerged once again. president trump calling the court decision " a complete and total disgrace to our country and to our military." ironically trump may have had something to do with the decision not to jail bergdahl. the military judge saying he had found trumps comments disturbing. and might make them a mitigating factor in his sentencing decision. >> lets get to martha in washington. we saw the pictures of bergdahl and hes still in his army un...

With him and youre exactly right. again, im just hearing this and reacting and im a little surprised. obviously what im going to do and i suggest everybody does is it look at it closer and see how the judge broke it down. obviously theres the relationship between political discussions and court-martial and legal discussions and we go from there. >> melissa: part of the defense was a previously undiagnosed mental illness and talked about the fact he had ptsd but they didnt know it at the time and...

And general kelly saying is in the best interest of america, i dont judge rex tillerson, and i know hes breathing a heavy sigh of relief this morning, because -- im joking about that, but its a little different than the whole sucking up around the cabinet. >> i would just point out washington is full of suckups. and flattery is a washington art form. this is not a new thing, and i think its also true the president is, in fact, entitled to the denference of his cabine in public. in private three ...

Crime to attack people who are just, its a beautiful, gorgeous las vegas to attack people like sitting ducks at a concert. one can only speculate what might have triggered this. im not sure what he was planning next. i hope we can determine a motive, maybe that will help us figure this out or maybe stop somebody else from doing it in the future. >> congresswoman, we know the newest information, right, is he rented a room at a las vegas complex that overlooks another music festival in september t...

Mitigating factor in homicide charges. but, remember, the attorneys and hernandez have claimed that it was innocent. they didnt say he was -- there were reasons for -- for it. they say he just didnt do it and the second jury found that the first jury didnt. pete: they are suing the patriots in the nfl. where does this go? because he wouldnt be the only guy who has cte. >> not the only player who had cte or any stage three, pretty severe stage 1 to 4. he stopped playing when he was 23. its a roug...

Feel that they are not pry oar tise the. whether its in the u.s., or britain, france or any they are lands. they definitely feel six days on when they dont know where their next bottle of clean drinking wurt is coming from and they dont know where the next ration of food is coming from. there is definitely a sense of have people forgotten about us? are we just low down on the list of priorities? certainly on the dutch side of st. martin weve heard that question time and time again. look, intervi...

That factor, prior criminal history actually was a mitigating factor and o.j. simpsons parole hearing yesterday because a fact of the matter is, he does not have a prior criminal history and using that term the way the parole board used it means you do not have any prior convictions. >> heather: wasnt he convicted of beating up nicole brown? they responded to his home multiple times i think it was in 1989 specifically when she was hospitalized. >> he wasnt convicted criminally. >> under the law,...

Bob mueller interviewed as interim fbi director the by the way day before he was appointed special counsel. they consider that a mitigating factor to put it mildly. the president refused to say what he would consider a violation of the charge on the part of bob mueller. he wouldnt answer it. but he believes muellers charge is on russia and he doesnt believe hes under investigation. >> he doesnt believe he is personally under investigation by bob mueller. >> thats what he said. >> he also had cho...

Remorse and insight not a required criteria for release on parole? >> it is not. now, there are -- the board does note in some of its factors when -- a mitigating factor of remorse could be noted but as general only applied for example if a person committed a crime and they immediately went and confessed or turned themselves in because of their -- because of their immediate remorse. but thats the only time that factor is. but the board does not require that an inmate state or indicate that they ...

>> eric: no, no, dont get me wrong. im not suggesting a law that limits someone from saying that health care law could be deadly or is deadly. i am saying we can point the finger at these lawmakers and say you are at least partly responsible. a mitigating factor. >> eboni: i think you are talking about human decency and we can agree it would be nice to return to. >> eric: members of the mainstream media sinking to new lows following yesterdays congressional shooting plus a remarkable exchange be...