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In 48 states. every state is a border state because of the fentanyl, gang members, because of the violence. you talk to any sheriff across the country, i talk to hundreds of them, have seen a rise in crime. mexican criminal drug cartels are now operating in most of the major cities in the country because of the lax control on the border. >> i.c.e. announced a new policy it wants to take into consideration u.s. military service of an illegal immigrant or family member weighing deportation. not ag...

We are seeing some increased demand in our vaccination clinic which is good news and continuously trumps the importance of vaccination to our community. >> vaccine mandate, i know the state has put in one i believe for the medical workers in new jersey. what kind of -- have you had trouble getting people to take the vaccine or not? >> well, in terms of our employees, we have over 92% of people fully vaccinated and a large share of them have gotten a booster n. i think the vaccination mandate mat...

Contagious path general that any of us have ever seen, seems unwise. >> the most contagious pathogen any of us have seen. that is a sobering statement. >> yeah. >> i understand that you would not go to a restaurant. you dont think we should be going ahead, new york city should be going ahead with times square. if folks are fax nated and wearing masks, isnt that a mitigating factor? >> it is. but its impossible to wear a mask when you eat. for instance, so i work in a hospital, and now -- at a ho...

I think we have to start news at some point. >> we are not just talking about the pixies? >> yes, that would be great. >> as the building starts to go down, like i say, the pixies are a mitigating factor. >> it is an artist. you dont remember how controversial that movie was, there were theaters wont play "fight club." it was a massive controversy. >> i dont remember anything before 2015. i established that. >> except for a lot of pixies art. >> i am thinking i really miss mika. >> shes not a pi...

All i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> and he means one more than we need. you took from the rest of the conversation. thats the context. even if he would try to mitigate it by saying i genuinely believe i had won the election in georgia, the part saying i need a specific number of votes, basically one more than i need, feels like an admission. im wondering if you are the prosecutor in this case, what mitigating factor could possibly deter ...

6th was unfolding up here on the hill. of course, they want to hear about whether or not president trump ordered the national guard to respond to the events of january 6th, as well as the activities following the 6th. theyve had testimony from other senior administration officials from the trump era including keith kellogg who said they believe ivanka trump could be a mitigating factor on this day. she could have been one of the people to tell her father that he needed toway in and stop the viol...

The judge to sentence her to just over 7 years. thats right in the middle of the guidelines. what do you make of that shift? >> i think that has to do with the fact that maybe emotions have cooled off a little bit and the prosecution has taken a little more sober look at their case. maybe they got some input from the victims families and other people in the system. i also think theyre trying to bullet proof the sentence as well because they dont want the sentence to be overturned on appeal, for ...

The mistake. i think that was really key to remind the jury that, forget the noise about a mistake, because its not a defense. sentencing, i think we will expect aggravating factors to be argued by the prosecution. we will expect mitigating factors in response by the defense. the idea that she has a family. shes had 26 years with law enforcement. she never had any record of discipline or criminal record. shes committed her career to protecting and serving. of course, that mistake which was not a...

Remind the jury that, forget the noise about a mistake, because its not a defense. sentencing, i think we will expect aggravating factors to be argued by the prosecution. we will expect mitigating factors in response by the defense. the idea that she has a family. shes had 26 years with law enforcement. she never had any record of discipline or criminal record. of course, that mistake which was not a defense could potentially be a mitigating factor for the defense in sentencing. the prosecution ...

Guidelines and based off of certain characteristics of the defendant here. ms. potter has no previous offense so is in a criminal history category that puts her in the lower level. we did hear the prosecution say they were going to argue for aggravating factors which essentially means they are going to be arguing for a longer sentence than typically would be seen in this type of case. some of those aggravating factors include we saw in that body camera footage, you know, kim potter immediately a...