repeat pattern. i think a lot of it has to do with the dehumanization of black men in this country. i think that can be largely contributed to social engineering as well as negative media propaganda. you know, unfortunately when obama was elected, i think two things happen in this country. i think, one, black people felt as though we made it and i think a lot of white people felt as though we just lost our country. so i think those two things together kind of created a recipe for disaster. and there was never this empathy or any type of sympathy for black men in america and i think a lot of that is do to what we see in the media. i think listen, you can say the media. it s also pop culture, movies, and also from what i can understand because you talk about this stereotype that black
i mean, this is history. this is an important case to this community. and the world wants to know. criminal proceedings are public proceedings. these prosecutors are public servants. tim mcginnty is an elected district attorney and what he s doing right now, he s telling his constituents, look, this is the work we did in this case. we were ready to go. all right. let s listen to this testimony. this is a former detective and he s talking about amanda berry. let s listen. at this time ariel castro physically restrained her with a chain attached to a center support pole in the basement, put plastic ties on her wrists. it was at this time that gina dee jesus was first sexually assaulted. during this interview, george evena dejesus described a repeat pattern being emotionally assaulted by castro during the entire time she was held captive. she said on may 6th, 2013 when they escaped she heard
and the president isn t giving up hope. but it s time for congress, don t you think, to get to work? we got a few days. congress can do the right thing. we can avert just one more washington manufactured problem that slows our recovery. kind of feels like president obama has said all of this stuff before. well, that s because he has. four times in the past three months, to be exact. the republican strategy of obstruct and delay has really become so predictable. this is something within our capacity to solve. it didn t take that much work. outside of washington, nobody understands how it is that this seems to be a repeat pattern over and over again. they expect our leaders to succeed on their behalf. so do i. everybody here understands this. this is not a complicated concept. this is the new normal. republicans in congress continue
understands how it is that this seems to be a repeat pattern over and over again. they expect our leaders to succeed on their behalf. so do i. everybody here understands this. this is not a complicated concept. this is the new normal. republicans in congress continue to make artificial deadlines and refuse to meet them. they also lie about them. house speaker john boehner continues to claim the republican house is doing its job. for the last two years, the house has done its work. we ve passed legislation to tackle the tough challenges. okay. let s take a look at these important challenges that john boehner s house has passed. they passed the ryan budget, which is far out of touch with mainstream americans. we made that decision back in november. the country does not want voucherized medicare. boehner s house passed 30 repeals of obama care. more out of touch nonsense that
calling for. and richard, one of the things he said in his remarks is this is not how the american people do business. and just to remind you, he said ordinary people do their jobs, meet deadlines and sort out their disagreements and it s boggling to many of them. so the president really trying to ramp up public pressure. this is something that we have seen him do in the past, a tactic that he has taken in the past to really try to get the public on his side to put the pressure on house republicans. richard? kristen welker, thank you very much. joins now by joy reid and chicago s. maybe let s roll the tape. outside of washington, nobody understands how it is that this seems to be a repeat pattern over and over again. ordinary folks, they do their