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That 34respleasant. >> but i think everybody comes from something. they have a story. they have a fear. they have a this, they have something that they need to like not talk about. >> fascinating insights in to hollywood. so whether robert de niro, bob foss chlt, in one case chasing you around a hotel room, is it really that much of a casting couch culltureculture? >> that was in the 80s and i suspect its probably very similar. i think there is the nature of hollywood. i dont know that any busin...

Way of securing it. so that i find disturbing. >> yeah, to say the least. thats an understatement. there was at least one other officer on the scene at the time. sunny, i mean you look at mr. scott laying there with his hands cuffed behind his back. its hard not to wonder if being kept in that position contributed to his death at all or hastened his death or if he was, we dont know if he was already deceased at that point because no one seems to have checked him for several minutes. >> yeah i th...

All the details of what exactly happened in the ensuing minutes remains unclear but in the hours after the shooting police officials spun a narrative that slager felt threatened and had to fire his gun as a last resort. a story in the charleston post and courier published on the day of the shooting began this way. quote, police in a matter of hours declared the occurrence a traffic stop gone wrong, alleging the dead man fought with an officer over his taser before deadly force was employed unquo...

Operating on the chief court appointed trial. tex pert that the court appointed lawyer turned to had limited experience testifying in cases like this. they had trouble using the microscope and not the kind of expert you would want testifying in your defense. after the supreme court awarded him another chance to make his case, they looked at new testing, and the new testing showed that the states evidence was not conclusive. yesterday an alabama judge dismissed the case against him, ordered the d...

Immediately, and today at 9:30 a.m., he walked out of prison a free man. it would be an understatement to say that this has been a long thing for him. he was one of the longest serving death row inmates in alabama. entering as a young man and leaving alive in late middle age. he was held long after evidence began to emerge that he didnt commit this crime. 13 years ago his team showed evidence his bullets did not match his gun. he was denied a new hearing. since then the lawyers have been fightin...

Understatement to say that there is a contentious relationship between the white house press corps and the obama administration. >> yeah. well, one reporter, our reporter, james rosen was named as an accessory as basically a terrorist by the administration. they broke into his parents email. this is an administration that has not taken the press for what it is, which is a guardian of the first amendment. and, treated them as adversaries and sought to issue dr. them. >> and, in fact, earlier this...

Welcome back to "hannity." earlier this week senate minority leader harry reid was asked about when back in 2012 he falsely accused governor mitt romney of tax evasion. say he was unapologetic would be an understatement. watch this. >> no one would help me. they were afraid the coat tails would go after them. so i did it on my own. >> no regrets? some people call it mccarthyite. >> well, they can call it whatever they want. romney didnt win, did he? >> by any means necessary. pretty unbelievable...

All right. a fresh face will be the new host of "the daily show." i think thats the understatement of the century. >> right here. its johns last day. just kidding. >> i am a grizzled "daily show" veteran compared to this guy. the show announced that comedian trevor noah is taking over the hosting job from jon stewart. stewart is leaving the show after 16 years. now, noah is 31 years old. hes from south africa. he appeared on the show as a guest a whopping three times. >> thats amazing. joining u...

Understatement. because i observed our students rendering apologies, apologies being accepted uniting, treating each other with care and concern and love and dedicating themselves to the rebuilding of our university community. >> now, of course not everyone was so ready to join the chorus of kumbaya. there are some who saw in levi pettits apology not a heart felt remorse but a public relations performance by someone who is only sorry that he got caught. but lets pause for a moment. because if pe...

Understatement. >> it is an understatement. they will desperately try to identify what they call the four corners of the plane. the two wings, the nose and the tail and then try and start to lay the shattered pieces out on a grid. but, boy, i dont think theyre going to get very far with that because theyll have some pieces. but i dont think theres much youre going to be able to pick up from the devastation. >> because normally -- youve been involved in a lot of these crash scenes. they try to re...