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That would have been, at least in their eyes not as partisan. and then complain about this. they just dont want any investigation into it. thats what they have to admit to. and i just, scott wont defend this. its indefensible that something like this could happen in the country and to not have some sort of commission look into it and if its not a commission its going to have to be a committee, and then to complain about the committee, because you wanted to have the commission. its more of this c...

Kevin mccarthy, kirsten, still refuses to say if he will offer up gop members to serve on the committee. he says the committee is, as scott just says, political. listen, ill say it again. before this, there was a bipartisan agreement on an independent commission. but mccarthy came out against it. did he bring this on himself? >> yeah, they had the opportunity to do an independent commission, and they didnt support it. so you cant really now complain, if you wont go along with the independent com...

Who supported a president that always espoused back the blue. and its contradictory, and theres no great answer for your question. i am glad, by the way, that the justice department, despite all the political wrangling is moving at light speed to arrest and bring to justice all these people who were involved at the capitol, and i think some republicans would say these political committees are less important than bringing people to justice who broke the law and broke into the capitol that day. >>...

Under administrative duty. his conduct tonight, wolf, is still being investigated. >> brian, thank you very much. brian todd in charlotte, north carolina. lets talk a little more about this. jeffrey toobin is with us, and our senior law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, as well. jeffrey, based on the description of events, do you agree with the decision to not bring charges against this police officer? >> certainly the d.a. made a convincing case, but i am not in the position that the authorities...

Family, justin bamberg, did admit that scott had a weapon on him, but he said the killing was not justified. heres what mr. bamberg had to say. >> it was safe to say that yes, he did have a gun on his person during the course of this. its a matter of where that firearm was. at the end of the day, whether he had a firearm in his hand or not, thats not the key question in terms of determining whether or not this guy should have lost his life. its whether or not that officer should have pulled the ...

Something that is pretty conclusive, even though in much of the country, including north carolina, a lot of people carry a lot of guns a lot of the time. >> tom, the district attorney admitted that there was no evidence that mr. scott ever raised his gun or pointed the gun at a police officer. is it still appropriate for an officer to use deadly force in that type of situation? >> i think in this case, wolf, it was absolutely appropriate. now, when he exits the vehicle with the gun in his hand a...

>> [ bleep ]. >> olsen remains in an oakland hospital, but his condition has been upgraded to fair. vigils across america are honoring olsen are planned for tonight. joining me now is joshua sheppard. josh is a friend of scott olsen and was at the occupy oakland protests with scott. he is also a veteran of the united states navy. great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time, josh. >> thank you. >> the "l.a. times" is reporting that scott will undergo surgery to relieve pressure on h...

You know, it was an active demonstration of participatory democracy in redressing grievances against the government. followed up by the just devastating raid by the police early tuesday morning. >> it was a raid? >> absolutely. yes. it was a coordinated, tactical raid on the camp at frank ogawa plaza. and -- >> the mayor says that she stands with the movement and the police say that they are going to investigate what happened to scott. is that enough. >> what more should they do, if anything? >>...

>> help him! >> [ bleep ]. >> olsen remains in an oakland hospital, but his condition has been upgraded to fair. vigils across america are honoring olsen are planned for tonight. joining me now is joshua sheppard. josh is a friend of scott olsen and was at the occupy oakland protests with scott. he is also a veteran of the united states navy. great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time, josh. >> thank you. >> the "l.a. times" is reporting that scott will undergo surgery to relieve ...

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