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13 membof the family members, e one of them representing the 13 people killed in that rampage, will be allowed to speak to the panel. the government will also have some expert witnesses. the most important point is that prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty. the other option is life in prison. we do not know in nidal hasan will make a statement. he has that right. he has not said whether hell have any witnesses. he has said in the past that, and indeed he admitted in court that he was th...

Yourself, would this kid have been allowed to stand his ground, i worry that, in fact, we will see, despite the legal irrelevance, this kind of discourse about jordan davis as well. >> you know, it almost doesnt matter what the discourse is, because what we know is that there is an extraordinary link in the countrys psyche between race and criminality, right? no matter what jordan did, no matter what trayvon did, when you look at a young black teenager, 17 years old, doing nothing wrong, the aut...

Ambassador, you said you would take it if the government had a problem with the license plate and you are getting rid of the automatic toll collections. >> that is not quite what i said, but what is your punch line? >> i thought thats what you said. >> if you are worried about being detected where you are going, you better recognize that when your toll is paid people know where you are. >> i completely agree. one is something you choose -- you can choose to have an easy pass, but you cant choose...

Down, the debt ceiling, the automatic spending cuts that still have problems, the so-called sequester as well as the unfinished farm bill that got derailed last week and half a dozen different scandals. this is a major task, is this is a long way off in the newt, jenna. jenna: what a long exciting list to took forward to carl. >> just so you know. jenna: hey the facts matter. those are the facts. all right, carl thank you. >> when we come back the woman considered the prosecutions star witness i...

Scrutiny that there is no other way to achieve diversity than by the plan you have now that considers race as a factor. how will you do that given that you have this other plan in which the top 10% of high school students across the state are admitted, and that also allowed for a diverse class? >> well, the standard the court used, the strict scrutiny standard, which is generally applicable in cases of race, is the standard that we have litigated this case and designed our program with an eye to...

Pay these bonus. ses when the sequestration went into effect, the automatic spng cs th theeder spng cs th theeder did ere not supposed to pay discretionary bonuses to employees during the sequestration. interestingly thhous interestingly thhous blatch werfel who has since been named the acting commissioner of the irs. part of that memo does say if youre required by law to pay the bonuses, you have to. so there is a contract between the employees at the irs and the agency, and that contract calle...

Have proposed all sorts of ways to make paying taxes easier and simpler. the automatic, you know -- the automatic file that would cover up 80% of taxpayers. and republicans and conservatives kill it every time because they want more than anything complexity and they want people to feel frustrated and angry. >> the finance committee, we used to have hearings every april about how complex filing was. we had experts come in who filled out their own tax returns tell us how long it would take them, 2...

Dreaded irs, you have opened up this little attack window on the health care bill. >> i mean, the grandest irony in all of this, because of agitation in the legislative process, its actually in the law, the affordable care act, that essentially cannot actually be enforced. theyre actually statutorily barred from reaching in and garnishing the money that they would need to enforce the provision. so actually, at the end of this whole chain of logic, they cant enforce the mandate to begin with, bec...

>> appreciate the reporting. joining me now, mark geragos who is co author of mistrial. also, former l.a. deputy district attorney marcia clark author of "guilt by degree." mark, your reaction to this verdict, youve been saying all along the defense was focused on making sure jodi arias isnt given the death penalty. what happens now? >> i think all they were doing all along, was trying to get the jury to not give her death. and this is not unexpected. in fact, its interesting. they had on the ve...

Author of "guilt by degree." mark, your reaction to this verdict, youve been saying all along the defense was focused on making sure jodi arias isnt given the death penalty. what happens now? >> well, i think clearly, all they were doing all along was trying to get this jury to not give her death. and this is not unexpected. in fact, its interesting. they had on the verdict form the ability to say premeditation, felony murder, or felony murder and premeditation. and they split 7 to 5 on that. i ...