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>> before we get into what they did right or wrong i want to go into what they just reported on. the idea that the naacp and the rainbow push coalition on the same accord urging the justice department to pursue civil rights charges against george zimmerman. legally how far might that efforts go? >> pretty tough because it is either a 1983 action, a civil rights action or it would be some type of hate crime and the threshold for both are very, very high. so if in fact the pressure is being put on...

Vulnerable. do you mean when i walk outside the studio, just the fact that i walk outside means that any civilian can stop me and start following me and i have no recourse? if i do, that self-defense, they can kill me? is that what were saying now? >> lisa bloom has been covering this throughout. youve been very critical of the case the prosecution put on. what did you make of the press conference that we just saw of the prosecutors? >> right. i was not critical of the evidence in the case. i wa...

Shes the best witness that the prosecution put on. she had a steely resolve and a poise about her. even when she disagreed with the defense attorney, she did it with a certain dignity. she didnt sass back. she didnt give him a hard time. she just stayed very centered in her testimony. its not about hope. its about what she remembers. she knows this was her son on that call. shes not going to waiver from that in any way. theres no question he could ask her that would get her to waiver from that. ...

>> walking the dog. >> every day. >> just to be extra safe. and in the end, still murdered at his home over the weekend. >> we mention the judge. he is bruce wood. he is a judge in compton county, texas. worked with both men. judge, good morning. let me just begin with mike mclelland. i know youve talked to him just last week. what was your conversation like? how did he seem? >> well, we are a relatively small courthouse. we have a -- were a small county. were growing, but i did talk with mike s...

Listen to this. >> i it talk with mike several times over the last few weeks and what you saw on television with mike was very much his persona. that was not a put-on, halves his every day lifestyle. he was a very outgoing person and very dedicated to finding the killer of mark hasse. >> i understand when he would walk his dog, he would carry his gun, even taking have a care because of what happened to the assistant district attorney in your neck of the woods two months ago, that he took caution...

Engaging in them, calling a family member and asking whether or not any of this is true or is it better left alone? >> i think they are going to battle it. and the reason i think they are going to battle it is because if you look at the first expert that the defense put on, dr. samuel son he basically said that she was going through pose traumatic stress syndrome an didnt even evaluate her after she came clean on what actually happened. so he evaluated her when she was still sticking with the st...

Remember no drama obama? if only. now its all drama obama. we dont have leadership coming out of washington. we have reality television. [ applause ] except its really bad reality tv, and the american people tuned out a long time ago. entertainment tv is a good description of whats going on in d.c. because more than ever it all feels like a put-on. every event feels calculated to fool us somehow. every speech feels like a con. washington politicians, too many of both parties, have a bad habit of...

If only. now its all drama obama. we dont have leadership coming out of washington. we have reality television. except its really bad reality tv, and the american people tuned out a long time ago. entertainment tv is a good description of whats going on in d.c. because more than ever it all feels like a put on. every event feels calculated to fool us somehow. every speech feels like a con. washington politicians, too many of both parties, have a bad habit of focusing on the process of politics i...

To america. >> you are basing it on intelligence. it was not where we went to war with iraq. >> you cant use that as an example. we were right a million other times. >> they define etd im -- defined imminent threat down so much it doesnt apply. >> it is vague. you dont know where it begins or where it ends. i understand they are alarmed. >> i am not sharing it. >> i dont share. it but i under it. >> the alcohol thing. that is a put on. >> if i was alex jones i would be very scared. >> if you wer...

Case to trial. additionally, the judge says he will allow a cram in the courtroom for -- courtroom -- camera in the courtroom tomorrow if he is arraigned on the 166 charges against him. yesterday p wrapped up with images taken from holmes cell phone taken inside and outside the theater in the weeks before the shooting, but of him mugging for the camera. legal analysts expect him to plead not guilty by reasons of insanity. after the hearing some of the families of the dead and some of the injured...