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Before his death, the need for reordering priorities in america, a radical reordering of priorities, and that if we did not do that, we would see some of the results were seeing today. so i think the first thing is, he would still call for a radical reordering of priorities and value systems in our nation. he would feel, obviously, that what happened in this instance was just morally reprehensible. its incomprehensible there was no indictment in this case at all. and we have to do something to r...

Liberty and justice for all. youve got the have-gots getting more and the have-notes getting less and the greedy right wing republicans doing an amazing job of vilifying, of demonizing, those who are poor. they do an amazing job of acting as if somehow the poor are taking from them and the sad thing is, they have a theology disguised as ideology that basically says that we are doing this in the name of our faith. in a real sense, their faith must have edited out that portion of scripture which s...

>> his sense of discipline, respect, sharing, his sense of humility. all of that comes of the traditional value systems he comes from. >> traditional leader says this vital lesson influenced mandela years later as president when he helped shape south africas modern democracy and reconciled black and white south africans. >> he straded both the african and western, the bamming act that has been worked upon through mandelas leadership to ensure that a peaceful and free country. >> reporter: so it ...

Episode of domestic violence. it takes a long time. its really a very comprehensive and intense process. it is trauma based. theres so much stuff that went on usually. >> the problem is that we dont have any moral authority that we can refer to to judge this kind of behavior so we turn to therapy. because thats the only consensus we can all get in this society. because we all have different value systems depending on different religious or other backgrounds. so i think thats why therapy becomes ...

Worst possible way. >> absolutely. >> he just need reconciliation. >> by the way, its not easy issue to treat, either. i had a young man who had perpetrated once in college an act of violence against women. he immediately pulled back from it and said i have a problem. i need to get treatment. i said good you want treatment. how long we treat it for? ten years to get through one episode of domestic violence. it takes a long time. its really a very comprehensive and intense process. it is trauma b...

These individuals calculated their assault, harassed the victim with the photos and then took steps to cover up the evidence. there was no remorse here. these were not the actions of a child, but of a person whose value systems were so skewed, that they will do this again. i want to take serious steps to see that this doesnt happen to another one of our children. audries law is still in the research phase. i want to thank you yall for allowing us to tell her story and make changes to make our co...

Their value systems. you and i talked about that earlier. lets consider maybe the flip side. is there a silver lining in any of this for consumers? >> well, obviously black friday now not what it was. but i have got to tell you that the discounts were going to see after christmas this year are going to be dramatic. >> will they pay us to take it away? >> almost. were seeing 75%. not unusual at all to get 75% discounts. here are the companies that we are seeing already saying big sales to come. b...

>> it was a time not as old as the time we are in. >> harris, i agree this is mostly stupid, but if you are a hard core social conservative or hard core aclu liberal, your value systems might be different. i can see that. >> that is something you want to match up. but again, you are getting together on a first date to match people who put you together. i dont think the heavy talk comes up. you want your value system and i can see that too. >> joe, i agree that it is great what you talked about h...

And a few years ago, paul ryan said this about his favorite philosopher. >> i grew up reading ayn rand and it taught my quite a bet about who i am and what my value systems are and what my believes are. its inspired my so much that its required reading in my office for my staff. the reason i got involved in public service if i had to credit one thinker it would be ayn rand. when i had to point out that ayn rand was an atheist, paul ryan was then forced to say this. >> i reject her philosophy. it...

Philosopher. >> i grew up reading ayn rand and it taught my quite a bet about who i am and what my value systems are and what my believes are. its inspired my so much that its required reading in my office for my staff. the reason i got involved in public service if i had to credit one thinker it would be ayn rand. when i had to point out that ayn rand was an atheist, paul ryan was then forced to say this. >> i reject her philosophy. its an atheist philosophy. >> which was exactly what we were h...