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Anybody. so i think when they see that the chemistry council wrote the bill, that 450 groups including the asbestos group, the breast cancer group and i could go on with, you know so long. i have them at the hearing tomorrow. all the groups that oppose it. its unprecedented. i think maybe my colleagues will rethink it. look, the bill is a udall-vitter-inhofe bill. i want to tell you something, rachel, the rating of 1234589er vitter by environmental groups is 5%. he votes against the environment ...

Was there reasonable expectation of privacy. if you look at the context of which its given, its in a bathroom. certainly when yub near a bathroom wearing a microphone, the issue is listen i didnt anticipate that that would occur. >> youre wearing a microphone in a public bathroom and you have an expectation of privacy? >> time-out. private bathroom in the studio. number two the issue is whether there was state action. theres going to be the argument advanced by attorneys that the media in this i...

In ferguson the department of justice found were for african-americans. i think it may be time to revisit the state action in ferguson and i wonder if well see perhaps another grand jury convened perhaps some prosecutorial misconduct investigation done because this type of racism seems to go all of the way up. i cant imagine that it didnt extend to the prosecutors office. >> well see what happens later today when the full report is released. sunny hostin thanks as usual. i appreciate it. still t...

Free speech are well beyond the bounds of acceptable state behavior in cyberspace." our next guest say former military assistant to secretary of defense donald rumsfeld, also a leading security consultant to ibm. good evening. >> it good evening. thanks for having me. and i dont man to be hung up on the idea of if this is an act of war or not pu about now youve got the secretary of state saying this is a national security matter. that sounds like more than a robbery down the street. >> the hack ...

Line with what a majority of courts have already said the religious freedom restoration act does. the key is that if any of these terrible things that people are saying will happen under 1062, if any of those things could happen, they would already be happening. the reality is that the religious freedom restoration act has protections in place to prohibit all of those types of bad scenarios from happening. >> how does it have the protections in place. it seems to open the door for the possibilit...

But with regard to the substantial burden, youre right. they go back and forth. >> and this is one of the things in this law, why it was so -- why, ted. state action shall not substantially burden a persons exercise of religion. i mean, that is -- >> what do you do with that? >> yeah, what do you do with that? >> thats right. the problem there is that it leaves out there for any individual to argue that their beliefs are being impinged upon. you know, thats just not our country. thats going back...

Fondly on those arguments. >> couwith the sincerity of bel things, they throw up their hands. theyre like, we cant go into that. but with regard to the substantial burden, youre right. they go back and forth. >> and this is one of the things in this law, why it was so -- why, ted. state action shall not substantially burden a persons exercise of religion. i mean, that is -- >> what do you do with that? >> yeah, what do you do with that? >> thats right. the problem there is that it leaves out the...

Lee, ms. kelly certainly has relevant information about the subject matter. committee was well within its rights to ask ms. kelly, a statement employee, using state resources to communicate about the official state action of closing access lanes to produce any further information she has. joining me now is a democratic strategist and former council to the house judiciary committee. theres david samson in his little apology note at that public hearing. attributing what happened at the george wash...

What is their bias, if any? any one witness will be evaluated on the merits of that one witness? where there is another witness that may come forward, there is corroboration. the other corroboration would be, if it is introduced and i fully expect the defense to try to get out that youtube video or any recording, notwithstanding the fact that there is no state action and it is still a crime. if that is admissible, you have that force as well. when you have the coming together of all these forces...

Hand surrounded by family members, supporters, and their priest. the mcdonnells are facing a 14-count indictment alleging they accepted and solicited tens of thousands of dollars in gifts, loans and trips from local businessman johnny williams in exchange for promoting his business. but as "the washington post" points out, quote, nearly all public corruption prosecutions are uphill battles because proving an officials intent is tricky. and many legal experts tell "the post," the trial is likely ...