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The warehouse. and the foreman in the walter scott shooting trial following that cases mistrial. it was earlier today dorsey montgomery sat down with craig melvin and was asked if he thought race played a factor in the outcome. >> i would call it intense fellowship when things got a little heavy but the majority of the time it wasnt any racial attention or anything of that nature. of course, it came up. we discussed it, but, of course, it wasnt in my opinion one of the major decision factors. ...

You look at sort of the overall picture. yes, donald trump in that interview with "the new york times" a couple weeks ago said maybe he would be open, he would keep an open mind on the paris climate change accord. now just like i think back to tom price, for example, his pick to head the department of health and human services. price was a guy where we said almost that exact same phrase. he was the chief architect of trying to dismantle president obamas in that case affordable care act. youre se...

And weight is put by a family member impacted by a loved one on trial. >> that may not work. the defenses job is to create doubt as far as saving this persons life and trying to delay the trial because this is one of those inevitable cases. you know this is a very, very slow guilty plea, and what the defense wants to do is lay enough groundwork for possible appeals, which some of us may know it takes years and years and years on death penalty cases for the death penalty to be actually impacted. ...

>> so there we have the jury foreman for the slager case. that will go to a new trial, but as we look at the graphic now, and i want to show everybody, eric, the roof jury. here we know were hearing from the foreman in the slager case, you know, they tried to come to consensus, they couldnt do it. this is a different mix up or a different makeup, rather, of a jury, and they are basically deciding whether or not to take a mans life, a young mans life for a horrific crime that he confessed. what i...

Person, those things are in your hands, the decision whether or not this person lives or dies, and thats a very tough decision, but the jurors swore to listen to the evidence. they swore to take the testimony seriously and to make a decision outside of their personal feelings. >> do you think if you were part of the defense that you would use the bond hearing closed camera moments where the families of those lost said to roof in the summer of 2015 i forgive you. do you think that would work on a...

An age, sex, or race discrimination case. those comments raising a lot of eyebrows on capitol hill and particularly among some of the very workers who helped to sweep president-elect donald trump into the white house. here is the reaction from chuck schumer. the labor secretary should be someone who wakes up every day thinking about how they can raise american wages and fight for american workers. mr. puz ders case shows exactly the opposite. this pick could get real opposition on capitol hill. ...