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From central america flooding across the texas border. president obama opted after the mid terms to go it alone using executive action in an attempt to reform the system. critics call his actions unconstitutional. number three, any notion of americas first black president ushering in a post-racial era of healing got squashed. after white police officers in missouri and new york killed unarmed black men, protesters around the country took to the streets. following the grand jurys decision not to ...

Understand was that particularly, the democratic electorate wanted a different type of foreign policy. and i think, you know, when youve tried something as the president said for 50 years, the notion that you have old "b" roll of castro on a split screen with then president kennedy. that was in the 1960s. and i think the reason that some of this has changed, one, its the most outdated, probably, aspect of our foreign policy the way we deal with cuba. but generationally, the politics have made th...

Street where she is greeting people on this kind of dry day. >> ill take it. from yesterday, we should do a split screen. what is look a monsoon here in new york city. seeing late flurry activity. it is quite pretty. cool across the country. first of all, i want to show amazing pictures from dallas yesterday. we had incredible amounts of fog that canceled, flight delays. look at this. this is the city line from up above the fog. it looks like its from outer space. really cool pictures out of dal...

Until they get an indictment in the death of eric garner. there is just as much anger out here tonight, just as much passion, but its not that sort of wide variety of people that we saw last night in midtown manhattan. rachel? >> nbc news correspondent anne thompson out live right now on 14th street in downtown manhattan. anne, well be checking back in with you. i want to bring now to the conversation connie schultz, joining us from cleveland tonight. connies a pulitzer prize-winning syndicated ...

We saw last night in midtown manhattan. rachel? >> nbc news correspondent anne thompson out live right now on 14th street in downtown manhattan. anne, well be checking back in with you. i want to bring now to the conversation connie schultz, joining us from cleveland tonight. connies a pulitzer prize-winning syndicated columnist. connie, its really nice to see you again. thanks for being here. >> thanks for asking me, rachel. >> connie, while im talking to you, weve got you in the main part of t...

>> and also that when the new york delegation immediate i want to compliment them who also wasnt just members of the african-american members of congress who spoke out against this decision they came out also and thats us standing together to say we got make sure justice is had in this case. >> john mecham. >> in contrast to new york the lighting of the christmas tree. >> strange. i was flipping from two channels. >> i was walking through midtown and you had young families here for tree and you ...

In that video. someones loved one. so i sat there and i saw the split screen between don and the video. yes, you should comply with police officers. police officers have a very tough job. im not making excuses for people who dont comply. there is the issue of excessive force. and what sonny said for what happened because of selling loose cigarettes that you can buy in most bow did he goas around the city. i dont know the answer to your question. i dont know what will happen. i dont think there w...

Night, and i took full responsibility f it. and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happened is that ive accepted it. i went fully forward with it. i never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did, and only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> im a regular person in many ways. i have to argue that with some people, but, when i watch an nfl game, i dont care whos playing, i like to ...

Productive ways of responding and there are destructive ways of responding. burning buildings, torching cars, destroying property, putting people at risk, thats destructive. and theres no excuse for it. >> president obama trying repeatedly this week to put a lid on the anger that erupted across the country after the grand jury decided not to bring charges against the ferguson police officer. its time now for our sunday group. kimberly strassel from "the wall street journal," julie pace who cover...

The nonindictment and the picture on the one side of president obama urging calm and on the other side of the streets of ferguson erupting. how much hand-wringing was there at the white house after the fact about putting the president out so that split screen, that juxtaposition could be seen? >> i think the response you saw from them was to have him employ out and speak again on tuesday, the clip you just played. it was interesting on the day the indictment came down -- or the nonindictment cam...