Earnings over the grumpy cat. Well investigate. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A remarkable scene just unfolded moments ago here in new york. The duke and dutchess of cambridge. Last words itered repeeted 11 times as he was sublted to a police stroke hold from a restraint that caused his death. Multiple players on both teams donned the shirt in solidarity tonight. The latest in a series of proathletes to invoke those words which have become a rallying cry. Including shi can duo bulls point guard, the Cleveland Browns johnson bottamosi. Project. Nathanial, tell me what its like inside. Nathanial, tell me what its like inside. Its a pretty surreal scene with the royals. Lebron james, skiend of all coming together at once here in the stadium. Youve got protesters outside, as well. They had sort of congregated beforehand. What was that scene like . Well, to tell you the truth, if youre in the arena, its pretty easily to be insulated from it, for better or for worse. The royals came in through a elevator and sort of regrouped. There were a lot of people here just watching everything lebron did from start to finish. Was there any audible reaction when lebron came out in that shirt . Theres electricity around him where ever he goes. A number of teammates had the shirt going. So its just part of the general atmosphere here. It marks quite a departure. We saw back in the 1990s when i was a childhood nba fan. A lot of players shying away from any kind of political statements. Lebron was in the locker room before the game. There was about 50 people surrounding him, just waiting to see what he does. He was asked if he was going to wear the tshirt, he said he didnt know. Turns out 25 minutes before the game, he had the shirt delivered to him and he wore it just for the warm up for a brief moment. Grand jury decisions have got a lot of prosecutors asking should they investigate shootings when they frequently work with Law Enforcement officers and depend upon them every day to build their cases. Wrote a letter to governor andrew cuomo. I spoke to the attorney general and asked him if he would explain exactly what hes asking for from the governor. What ive done today is sent a letter to the goef nor, first of all, committing to working myself with him and the members of the legislature. This is the only office he can do this, take over all cases of deaths caused by Police Officers in the line of duty of unarmed deaths caused by Police Officers in the line of duty of unarmed civilians. A very narrow set of cases. Ive asked for an order that would expire to rewrite the laws badly need to be where he e rewritten. Any time a politician is saying i want you to give my aufgs more power, theres going to be 1078 skepticism about this. Why is your officer the right office to do this h . Well, the only office in the state that the governor under our state laws empowered to direct to take over a case from the District Attorney is the attorney general. Its been done in the past on a variety of occasions. The famous Nap Commission prosecution because governor nelson drekted the attorney general to supersede the d. A. As a special prosz cue xx. Its just a common sense approach. I think the publics kftsd is shot in the ability of our local d. A. S who do a great job, by the way. And i dont think that there is the reality of biesz to the degree in which a lot of people are contending. They have to come forward as witnesses chlts the nypd is a great department. c all e all of the people are asking them if theres an independent ash xx with a Police Officer acting in the line of duty. I think this is just a step towards restoring kftsd. This is an eft to restore that. Know what will go you know now, given the result of what came out of that Staten Island grand jury, should the governor have taken the step before the grand jury was empanelled in Staten Island . Well, i dont want to second guess that. One of the things that needs to be addressed in new york is 2 e the completely opaque grand jury process. We have some of the toughest laws in the country. They cant know. They get access to the information, as we saw with different laws. One of the issues they have to address is this black box in the grand jury. Well, it has to deal with the law that is in several different areas. If dan donovan had gone to a court in new york and said you know what, the appearance of impropriety here, i just want to create the right impression and keep up the confidence. Just, please apoint another d. A. , he would have been turned down under the current law in e of the state of new york. We have to have a safety vol e valve. Under current law, the only office that the governor can direct to take this action is my office. These are not cases that anyone looks forward to having. But we are prepared to be a part of that solution. We think it will send a message to the legislature that we are all serious about this and not going to put up in action with the new york legislative aex. Last week, Rolling Stone apologized to his readers for its flawed reporting. Its bomb shell report of rape al gagszs in vae va. Now, the ugly backlash against the accuser that has begun. Thats ahead. Boy once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. One day, it started to rain. The house tried to keep out all the water, but water got inside and ruined everybodys everythings. The house thought she let the family down. They just didnt think it could happen. They told the house they would take better care of her. Always. Announcer protect what matters. Get flood insurance. In the midst of yet another grim news cycle, there is some good news to report. That is obamacare is working. According to a new report, a key provision of the Affordable Care act has resulted in insurers reducing their costs. More is going to customers for less money. Under obamacare, premiums are growing at a slower rate, too. Just one more example of how the aca is working. New chapter opening tonight alleging a brutal gang rape at the University Party last week after mounting criticism of the way Rolling Stone reported the piece, the magazine admitted to discrepancies in the story. jd9n now, the woman who is roommates with jackie, thats the woman at the center of that story, the uva present survivor who leads the piece is speaking out. She says she does not believe her room mates story was a hoax. Over the weekend, jackie clark wrote in uva student newspaper. I believe wholeheartedly that she went. That all notably changed by december, 2012. Sometime i remember her letting it slip to me that she had a terrible experience at a party. I remember her it will e telling me that multiple men had assaulted her at this party. The article, defending jackies story, comes after several details had been called to question. The online piece now features an extensive editors note. When the note was originally posted, we have come to the conclusion that jackies trust was misplaced. It now reads these mistakes are on Rolling Stone. Not on jackie. Although the magazine has apologized for the story, they have yet to giver an account before they went to print. Managing editor told New York Times the manager plans to do further reporting on the story as it determines the truth of what happened. Right now, were picking up the pieces. Jackie deals with the sadly predictable violations of her privacy, the entire university is dealing with fallout of the 1jutattional organizations called on uva to immediately reinstate all fraternities and sororities on campus. The university told us greek activities would be reinstated on january 9th. Meanwhile, advocates who work with jackie worry about the reports impact on all survivors. I dont think the Rolling Stone art kal did her justice in 5 00 nojsing the ways she was still confused or working through a trauma. And now i think people will take inconsistencies to mean that shes lying. Which is what Police Departments have done for many years and which is why so many rape cases go unpros cuted. Professor, ill start with you. It is not zimply the case that Rolling Stone did not contact the men in question. It is the fact that it appears they did not have any means. That they ran a story, somehow, miraculously, got through legal which i dont know how. Without getting names that they could confirm who attended the campus. I cant imagine how that gets through legal. Its really an astonishing malfeasance in my view of the journalistic allegation to do some fact checking. My sengs is that there was a narrative that the magazine had became enamored of. You can be sympathetic. But you have to ultimately do your homework. No news organization, and i would add no Advocacy Organization can afford to put toward a false narrative in a situation like this. As you suggested, what thats going to mean is that in the future, victims are going to have a much harder time being believed. We just saw this discussion with the Michael Brown case. The eyewitness said something that was then refuted by physical evidence to mean that eyewitness was lying in how they observed or remembered a very traumatic, fastpaced event. It seems deplete e completely plausible is imperfect. The more convinced i am that jackie is telling the truth. She has been very shabbily treated by unethical journalistic procedures at the Rolling Stone. The Rolling Stone has a lot to answer for. The reality is that they are telling the truth. The fight flight freeze response to a life threatening situation like a traumatic rape, especially a gang rape, those things actually do two things. First of all, they severely interfere with the victims ability to respond in a rational way to the immediate event. Also, bringing chemistry of the response. So this to me is where we get to the rock bottom of the issue. Stlr things being said at the article working as a life guard. There are some sort of factual disputes. If this is the case, then what possible hope is there for justice in iert direction . Youre talking about intimate closeness without witnesses. So what do you do . So, i think youre exactly zeroing in on the problem. Because we have this innocent until Proven Guilty that we apply to an accused perpetrator, we therefore apply exactly the opposite standard to a rape victim. She is presumed guilty of lying until she can prove herself innocent. Thats wrong. She needs to be just as innocent until Proven Guilty. Thats the essence of rape culture. Is that in our zeal to protect an accused, we revictimize the victim. Thats also that may or may not be part of the culture. How should reporters process it . Remember, reporters are not bound by the rules of evidence. It isnt enough to say that this woman was traumatized, therefore, we must accept her entire story as given. Its up to the reporters to take the steps to go out and check it. One of the reporters made promises that they would not even attempt to contact the individuals that have been accused. You cant rely on a single witness or a single persons story like this. Im not asking the voracity of a plar individual. Im just saying that as a principle, you dont rely on one person. When you reach the story, the story says i cant contact these people and cant e i cant tell you their names. We have to go find another source of the story. Full stop. All right. Back in a moment. The woman behind the success of lifetime star and grumpy cat is knocking down a report from the british tabloid, the british express, that she has made 64 million pounds, nearly a hundred million off of the cat. From the cat that goes by the name tartar sauce at home. Weve been unable to determine grumpy cats net wrt. Worth. Todays series of out rage responses well, ive got to be honest. Say what you want about grumpy cat, stemming from a genetic it bemused me. Say what you want about grumpy cat, stemming from a genetic defect, but that cat never sold anyone a predatory mortgage and never did anything that caused taxpayers billions of dollars. 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Can you tell us about senator kerrys phone call with you on friday . No. What do you expect from the do you expect any pushback . I will make comments on the floor tomorrow at 11 00 and id like to reserve any comment until then. Thank you very much, maam. Im sorry you had to wait all day for that. After five years of bitter wrangling behind the scenes of jock killing and lit gags and damn near constitutional crisis, at a reported cost of 40 million, tomorrow, Senate IntelligenceCommittee Plans to release the most come rehencive account under the bush administration. Theres been a point of tremendous tension. The c. I. A. Even admitted into hacking into the Senate Staffers computers. At least one senator accused the agency of trying to obstruct the torture investigation. The obama add min has taken the matter very seriously. Finestein told the l. A. Times that the white houses involvement was not received well. The report is expected to question the efficacy of torture and revealing more details of the program. They may have misled officials at headquarters. A couple years aduo, the report uncovers startling details about the c. I. A. Interrogation program that raises critical questions. There is a bipartisan push. Theres a bipartisan push against the release of the report. Some of it from unsurprising corners. Were fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the cia serving on our behalf. These are patriots. And whatever the report says, if it diminishes the contributions to our country, it is way off base. And i knew the directors, i knew the deputy directors. I knew a lot of the operators. These are good people, really good people. And were lucky as a nation to have them. Republican congressman mike rogers shared the house Intelligence Committee is warning the police is dangerous from the u. S. And allies. Our former partners will cause violence and deaths. Our foreign leaders who approach the government and say you do this, this will cause violence and deaths. Our own intelligence kmun tie has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths. Nbc reports that friday, secretary kerry calls to the release department today. He made it clear the choice was senator finestein. It was voted out in 2012. Its with the administration. With the administration trying to keep the report from being declassified to the extent that senator finestein wanted. So my understanding of the main point of contention of this has been the fight is over. Whether you use essentially pseudonyms for certain people that appear in different places throughout the report so you have some sort of narrative sense. This person, this operator was doing this in afghanistan and later doing this and obviously, dont use a real name, use a fake name. And the c. I. A. Is saying ha is exposed our people. Thats one of the fights. The other is that there may be others, as well. There were several hundred redactions, apparently, that were the subject of negotiations. So were now hearing this argument which really now isnt the time. Look, that is basically the argument. I eej sorry. Maybe they noticed that there was just an ole election. They may have noticed. And the chairman ship of the sbel jenls committee next year will fall probably to senator burr who is on record saying that nothing that the Intelligence Committee has ever done should be in public. Theyre just trying to run out the clock permanently. Yeah. We are talking about the only comprehensive investigative entry into this. And the decision and the extend e tent to which the American Government tortured people, fairly systematic and a fashion that i think all ind kaxs reporting would be more widespread. More widespread, more brutal. Those are senator finesteins words. And also, the effectiveness of these techniques. It is the only opportunity for some form of accountability that well get so far. Torture is illegal under u. S. Law and international convention. It is a war crime. It is a statement of fact. However, quite recently, the state department made a statement that the Obama Administration interprets the laws against torture to apply to u. S. Officials acting overseas when they were acting in areas that were under the jurisdiction of the United States dwovt. So that leaves the door open to torture u. S. Officials acting elsewhere in places across the word. Wait a minute, i dont understand that. Its when the United States is acting overseas. It is illegal overseas if its under the control of the u. S. Government. So that would include a military base. But would it include a black site operated by a third Party Government . Is that outside the purview of the legal prohibition on torture . Thats one of the reasons this report is so important. Because president obama has said the torch is rung, we shouldnt have done it. We tortured some folks, is the word that he used. The door needs to be closed and it needs to be closed permanentl