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For barack obama. half of the african-american vote voted before election day. the majority of student votes happened before election day. so lets again call a spade a spade to use that phrase again, whats actually happening here is trying to curtail the ability for people to vote. >> when we have troops overseas dying for our right to vote in free and fair democratic elections every day, not a funny issue, and dying for the rights of other people, then one case of voter fraud should be signific...

Within their ambit to make this decision. finally i agree with george. major policy changes should occur on capitol hill. but i think this is the beginning. this is the first step in hopefully a a legislative examination. >> thank you. well be right back. [ female announcer ] it balances you...

Suspect theyre in physical danger, they can then frisk the person, and they can get the weapon or anything that could harm them, they hold it, they continue the questioning, then they either give it back to the person or they arrest them. >> here is the problem. that all sounds like its a great way to reduce crime until you start to break down the nmen numbers and it turns out nine out of ten people who were stopped and afrifrisked under t policy were african-american or hispanic. and isnt that ...

Longer than they would like. any time youre in a holding cell you want to get out as soon as possible. >> yeah. this is a perfect example of how multiagencies, when they do a sting operation or some kind of raid, they dont always talk to each other. they dont work together. because clearly they didnt know what the right hand and the left hand were doing here. were going to see some policy changes, hopefully, about when those multiagencies work together. >> monica and eric, we will see the two of...

Come from all entities, all ages, all races. ive gotten calls from many of my friends and some are plaque and some are not and a lot of people concerned about this but i think it needs to be an organized concerted effort and i think that is what they are trying to do today but we all need to work together and kind of sing from one choir. >> we are out of time but i want to ask you this one sort of big question very quickly. do you think that were at a turning point, however horrible so many peop...

Iran with some kind of negotiated package that it can live with? >> the united states from the outset has indicated that it would sit down with iran and talk about the nuclear issue face to face and in a bona fide fashion. the elections were interesting in iran. they reflected among other things the state of the iranian economy, which in turn, of course, reflected the effectiveness of the sanctions that the united states has led and the west has put on iran, and there were discussions about the ...

And they shouldnt be dominated, frankly, by a single law enforcement issue involving, as the president said yesterday, a 29-year-old hacker. >> we have an election in iran with a seemingly moderate reform-minded president. first, do you read it as such? and secondly, is the united states going to take advantage of that opportunity and present iran with some kind of negotiated package that it can live with? >> the united states from the outset has indicated that it would sit down with iran and ta...

The first thing is secure the border. its clear the best way to secure the border is to put feet on the ground. this is a very constructive step in my opinion. it addresses a fundamental need. once youve secured the border, then you can move on to the policy changes. which go to improving our economy and improving the way we deal with people who want to come to america. >> i want to pick your brain on the debt ceiling. speaker bainer said the feeling about the debt ceiling. >> white house offici...

Give a speech, that means the policy changes or that establishes where were going. but thats not how you govern. you give the speech and then you follow through. theres no follow through. look at the things he said to putin. the picture yesterday of the picture of putin and obama -- >> the body language. >> they could hardly stand to look at each other. they couldnt stand to be in the same room. obamas going to go to the same man and say, i want you to give up your nuclear weapons just like we a...

Sort of arab spring is on the horizon. far from it. but it shows how iranians want the country managed in a different way and how they want the country perceived overseas. hassan rouhani is a pragmatic man. during his time as chief nuclear negotiator he got on very well with western powers, western diplomats. and during his time as nuclear negotiator iran suspended uranium enrichment. something they started up again when president ahmadinejad became president. now iranians will wait to see if mr...