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Outrageous, even on a week like this its finally starting to get a lot of attention including presidential candidate hillary clinton weighing in on the issue today. this again is a single state issue, but i think it is going to become a national issue. probably as of this weekend. its out of alabama. its absolutely stunning. and weve got that story coming up for you tonight. stay with us. surprise!!!!! we heard you got a job as a developer! its official, i work for ge!! what? wow... yeah! okay.....

But there is a state, theres one states decision that has come up this week that is so outrageous, even on a week like this its finally starting to get a lot of attention including presidential candidate hillary clinton weighing in on the issue today. this again is a single state issue, but i think it is going to become a national issue. probably as of this weekend. its out of alabama. its absolutely stunning. and weve got that story coming up for you tonight. stay with us. (man) hmm. what do yo...

Border. >> i think newt gingrich went after you. where do you stand on that now? >> this is state by state issue. the more important issue here is youve got to secure the border. the reason states had to deal with that issue back over the last decade is because the federal government failed to do their constitutional responsibility. one of the reasons donald and i had this back and forth, he thinks its a state responsibility. he criticized texas for not securing the border. im like wait a minute...

Didnt get into the system in time. when they gotten in may he wouldnt have been able to purchase the gun that he did purchase. when you look at background check laws -- i know this is as much about a federal issue as it is a state issue -- and you see this disparity that perhaps more time was going to be needed for law enforcement to get the record into the system. do you think the background check system should be expanded instead of a three-day period? maybe longer? >> well first of all, wheth...

>> want to go a little bit to the investigation of the shooter. we found out that the fbi background check essentially didnt work because some -- the arrest records of dylann roof didnt get into the system in time. had they gotten in he might not have been able to purchase that gun. we dont know if he would have found a gun another way but we know he wouldnt have been able to purchase the gun that he did purchase. when you look at background check laws -- i know this is as much about a federal i...

Issue, cities need to take care of it and my point was listen, when we have people that are gunned down in our cities by individuals who are here illegally thats not a citys issue. that is a state issue. more importantly this goes back it to a federal government that has not secured our border. >> yeah, thats for sure. >> thats the real issue here. >> even though you wanted to do it it and texas is a conservative state you couldnt get it done because there are politicians in this country who don...

We are seeing new fractures within the republican field. the u.s. stream court reeling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states is casting a shadow over the gop race. more on whats going on. a lot of tension behind the scenes. >> public opinion is changing. but theres a fault line on gay rights in this country. it runs through the republican partys 2016 bench. gob divided. the decision to legalize same-sex marriage splitting the party. >> the court has injected itself into politics. >> chie...

Confederate flag from outside of the state house. that angerred people in central south carolina. lindsay said we have to got to do what we do to move forward. on the supreme court decision on gay marriage he will not fight it. but he doesnt agree. >> i think the supreme court decision is law of the land and only changed by a nstitutional amendment. and i dont that will be successful and the process of pushing one will be divisive without a good outcome and i will focus on protecting religious l...

Could the people of boston of massachusetts send someone to death? massachusetts does not have the death penalty but thats a state issue. this is a federal issue. when we look through this list about the jurors almost all of them say they are open to the death penalty only one woman said she was against the death penalty. but still open to it. clearly the people who are selected and people of boston were selected for this trial were more than open. they were willing and today we found out they w...

A state issue and a community issue? and is that something that you would fund? >> yes. and i see this as a city issue, a state issue, and a federal issue. >> so the decision should be made in a building you work in about whether were going to do body cameras? >> what we proposed and theres legislation i support to do this is that the federal government will provide resources to these communities as an incentive for them to move forward. in other words, we want to say yes, you should be moving f...