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Malice. did he do it with ill will? the second thing there was to consider was if it wasnt with ill will, that is the killing, then did he do it out of the heat of passion? was there some other provocation involved? thats what the jury was considering. when you talk about a hung jury, of course, hes not out of the clear at all because the state has the ability to retry him on this particular case. so, we know that. that theres going to be a retrial. in addition to the federal charges that you he...

Of a tempest in a teapot. its striking that president obama would reach out to a murdering dictator in cuba and be hailed as a hero and president-elect donald trump takes a call from taiwan and something of a thing in the media. i think most americans and frankly most leaders around the world know this for what it was. >> nbcs kristen welker joining me now. theres new reaction coming in this morning from china but i also, because this is a president with no political experience, prides himself o...

That the halls of the state department reacted to that? >> well, there is certainly, that you can tell how the halls of the state department reacted and also how the wider diplomatic, and foreign policy establishment community in washington has reacted which is basically a medium temperature freakout, and that is because of two main reasons, and one is that this is a breech of the accepted protocol and practice for nearly 40 years that has wide significance even if the trump team says it was sim...

The last 48 hours, not just this -- lets say, maybe unintentional provocation of china. also inviting himself to pakistan, theres a reason that president obama has not gone to pakistan since hes been president of the united states. obviously, one of the most sensitive countries on earth, nuclear armed an intense relationship with our other close ally, india, whos also nuclear armed. theres the pakistan issue and this invitation hes extended to the president of the philippines, who as you said, i...

The idea you would ding them on taiwan, making it less likely that youll get a settlement on these other issues, would be a very strange way to approach your conversations with this first country. theres no good option here. i tend to think this was probably just someone who didnt know what he was doing. and given that weve had sort of three mistakes in 48 hours, it doesnt suggest that this is going to get much better. >> if it is the latter, taking that sort of most charitable view, that he und...

Korea. the idea you would ding them on taiwan, making it less likely that youll get a settlement on these other issues, would be a very strange way to approach your conversations with this first country. theres no good option here. i tend to think this was probably just someone who didnt know what he was doing. and given that weve had sort of three mistakes in 48 hours, it doesnt suggest that this is going to get much better. >> if it is the latter, taking that sort of most charitable view, that...

He may just be trying to purposefully get a dig at china, because of all the other things that we have on the table. thats no more palletable in that we do have much bigger fish to fry with china. whether it be our economic issues, climate change or this messy problem of a nuclear north korea. the idea you would ding them on taiwan, making it less likely that youll get a settlement on these other issues, would be a very strange way to approach your conversations with this first country. theres n...

Top, this is one of three mistakes or at least very reckless things hes done in international phone calls over the last 48 hours, not just this -- lets say, maybe unintentional provocation of china. also inviting himself to pakistan, theres a reason that president obama has not gone to pakistan since hes been president of the united states. obviously, one of the most sensitive countries on earth, nuclear armed an intense relationship with our other close ally, india, whos also nuclear armed. the...

Thats just as problematic, it signals that hes going to play games with countries in order to get something from somebody else and thats how alliances and treaties break down. so theres really no good way to read this tonight. and it suggests that were in for a really really bumpy road. >> senator, you mentioned at the top, this is one of three mistakes or at least very reckless things hes done in international phone calls over the last 48 hours, not just this -- lets say, maybe unintentional pr...

Passion. you have these 12 jurors, danny cevallos, this south carolina paroleman char patrolman charged with murder. what are they struggling with? >> theyre struggling with a couple different things. first is the definition of murder in south carolina which doesnt always require a specific spent two "i want to kill that person." if you have some highly reckless behavior, some malignant heart, that can rise to the level of murder. theyre probably also grappling with the states definition of volu...