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This about rand paul before, about marco rubio with the funding for the hurricane disaster in long island. he has got problems with folks like them among the party. hes very much an institutionalist, neocon, old-school sty republican and looks at people like rand paul and ted cruz and others as sort of upstarts that are bringing a libertarian sort of crazy person kind of thing in his mind to the party. and, you know, peter king is not the kind of guy thats not going to call you crazy if he think...

Preposterous to me, frankly. just in terms of what his actual chances would be in a republican primary field. right now youre going to see this test case of where republican lawmakers line up as these battles happen, legislatively, over nsa reforms, in which they are going to be torn between the kind of establishment and elite foreign policy thinkers in the party and the actual base. >> yeah, you know, and its interesting to watch because part of, i think, peter kings problem, frankly, is that e...

It certainly offended people within the nfl to the point where he kind of rewrote the article in the local minnesota parp. his own father said, chris, tone it down. the language. there was an incident where his gm said, chris, tone it down. now, if he was a great punter he would be in the nfl and the thing he didnt turn it down on on a cause everybody agreed with. >> this is partly about the story of cluey, whose career looks like t may be over. theres also the issue of the future of this. i thi...

Black man in this fashion to receive national media attention. the doj alleges that on november 24 in the town of katy barrett recorded moment he attacked an african-american man and fracturing his jaw in two places. >> maybe there are those who say the intent for the national hate crime is not there, but i do believe that this would be an excellent test case. >> suspected it crimes of this nature will not be tolerated, said the u.s. attorney in the southern district of texas adding evidence of ...

Attention it. joining us is our legal panel in washington defense lawyers bernie grim and ted williams and in philadelphia former prosecutor fred. thank you gentlemen for joining us. ted, if i can start with you. you think that the justice department made the right call on this one? >> yes, i do. i think that in this instance, this white guy decided that he wanted to knock someone out and he specifically said that the plan was to see if he could hit a black person and would it be nationally tele...

>> ted can you answer that. >> sure. i think that. >> if the races were reversed, would we see federal hate crime legislation filed by the justice department? >> well, i would hope so, if, in fact, the evidence was sufficient to show what we have here. we have a white guy who specifically say that he is looking for an african-american to knock out on national tv not as that question markenned i agree with fred whether the requisite intent for the hate crime is there but s. but i do believe this ...

Intent -- the national hate crime is not there but i do believe this is a excellent test case. >> crimes of this nature will not be tolerated said the u.s. attorney in the southern district of texas on thursday, adding evidence of hate crimes will be prosecuted with the assistance of all of our partners to the fullest extent of the law, unquote. in the past cases, the perpetrators were black and the victims were white and in new york city, many jewish cases possessed clear intent on the part of ...

Alleges barrett himself made several videos on his cell phone wearing -- he identified himself, used a racial slur on african-americans and stated his intent to victimize a black man in order to receive national media attention. on november 24 in the town of cady, texas, he allegedly recalled the moment where he fractured the jaw of a black man. >> we have a white guy that specifically say hes looking for an african-american to knock out on national tv. now, that question mark, and i agree with ...

Johnnie come latelies and i am laters of this. and i think in that sense, it will be extraordinarily corrosive. we have to be vigorous about making sure this is a test case that comes out in the favor of those who are democrats, small d. those who cherish the precious ability to vote in america. >> no doubt. annette and michael eric dyson, thank you for joining us on "the ed show." appreciate it. coming up, conservatives continue their war on christmas, and santa is the newest target. [ female...

Flat tax. 5% for income and in some -- no capital gains, et cetera. so he is looking at a low income tax area. >> of course he is but this is such a great idea. its a perfect application and test case to see how this could work and show the country that these are economic principles that could be applied uniformly to create jobs, economic prosperity and to help bring everybody up, bob. you have to be courageous and try to get your message across to convey the ideas and it takes someone to make i...