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>> on one level it is a joke. on another level its a pretty egotistical self-serving statement. talking to his old producer friend in the room who created "the apprentice" a few years ago. he was bragging "the apprentice" is not doing well now that arnold has taken over for him. theres some truth to that. the setting for it, one thing to tweet about it. another thing to say it from the podium from the national prayer breakfast. >> the senate chaplain got up and gave a very moving prayer before m...

To save her it was to no avail. she died later on that evening. >> how far away was the shooter from the decedent? >> well, kate and her father never realized at first that there had been a shooting. he was a ways away. he claims he found this gun held it in a shirt. he allegedly told police i was aiming for sea lions. we dont know if that was a self-serving statement. no one knew the gravity until it was too late. >> in terms of shooting sea lions is that something thats done in that area or at...

Dipping film in the soup. this could not be done. now theres a way to allow this defend to testify without being cross examined, and i wonder if theres been a hue and cry about this, a push to change the rules of evidence. im just curious. >> this really cuts both ways. the government can use high-tech equipment to present its case and the defense can use high-tech equipment. in the 150 jury trials, we never saw anything like this. the advent of this type of device to record what you see on the ...

Lerner, called before issas committee in the house. she gave a long self-serving statement and said im not answering your question because it against my fifth amendment right to not incriminate myself. can she be hauled back forced to be asked questions on pain and punishment, should she be. >> absolutely she should be. in any court proceeding you cant make a statement and then invoke the fifth after you have given your side of the story. i mean, i have been in depositions before, because when i...

Make a major speech later today so they put it in the "new york times." when the irs tried to get ahead of the story that the inspector general for the irs had done some looking and and discovered they had targeted conservatives and tea party groups, they planted a question -- who dreamed that up? lois lerner is the woman who headed that you unit in cincinnati. yesterday she went ahead and took the stand and made a self-serving statement that shes completely innocent -- theres lois there -- and ...

Questioning members of the mosque, asking them about these incidents, looking to see if there were signs of connections to others, that he had colleagues or cohorts who were sympathetic to his views. but by and large, they say its a moderate islamic mosque. that it very much feels in the american mainstream it celebrates american -- >> you would think, michael, that its moderate if he was sat down and if he was warned there. certainly doesnt seem like a radical mosque to me, which is why being a...

Himself, he says he is free, so why has his injustice not cured, as he said? >> i have to tell you something, im shocked at the way that the county attorney and pima county dealt with this case. she would not exonerate. if she looked south to craig watkins in dallas, texas, craig watkins is a district attorney whos embraced the notion of exoneration, embraced that when people are innocent, they need to be exonerated and therefore, adequately compensated. shes refused to do that. >> thats the que...

Though? >> i think its extremely relevant, especially since this case is now really in the court of public opinion since his lawyer made the bold move to release that self-serving statement by his client walking through the crime scene and where everything happened. so, look, if were going to decide this case out here on television and in the newspapers as opposed to a courtroom, then its definitely reland, you knod homicide detective by definition, thats an individual who has an enormous amount...

top the hour. im michael holmes in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to speed on whats happening in your world. george zimmerman, the man who killed trayvon martin, will be freed from jail. a judge granting him $150,000 bond. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> zimmerman is going to have to wear a monitoring device, also check in with a...

Based on the investigators themselves and the investigation they conduct. if one established it was not a tainted investigation. assuming that it is not tainted, then you have good forensics, the paragraphs of mr. zimmerman, that wonderful interrogation tape in theory so that the prosecutor has the ability to examine what he said when he said it. if his story is consistent, has it changed overtime, did it change in the multiple hours they were doing the investigation? all of that is wonderful fo...