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The day before and it made sense. this is a police department that has had some issues. >> i think there are issues with the chicago police department. as the general proposition, whether they treated people of color fairly. whether or not they are capable of doing an investigation without any difficult issues arising. >> laura: now it's the chicago police department is corrupt. so jussie smollett is innocent. >> it's more than corrupt. the suggestion is they are racists. i don't know how that cuts. look, i never condemn a defense attorney for trying to be creative and come up with any plausib...

Back in august, a federal court found manafort guilty on several counts of financial fraud. manafort entered into a plea deal by participating in interviews providing documents and testifying in court. both cases involved manafort's political consultancy for a previous russian-backed government of ukraine long before he served briefly as donald trump's campaign chairman. let's bring in to start things off here msnbc analyst dan ny cavala. what do you think happened? >> this plea agreement is a contract like any other. but plea agreements have serious constitutional implications. a defendant is...

Generation will provide what america needs as we approach our 200th birthday. not just strength and not just wealth but the spirit of '76, a spirit of moral courage, a spirit of high idealism in which we believe in the american dream, but in which we realize that the american dream can never be fulfilled until every american has an equal chance to fulfill it in his own light. >> a spirit of moral courage of high idealism. that changed the voting age brought about in the form of the 26th amendment to the constitution. it passed like a lightning bolt from the time they started the constitutional...

Dream, but in which we realize that the american dream can never be fulfilled until every american has a chance. >> a spirit of moral courage of high idealism. that changed the voting age brought about in the form of the 26th amendment. it passed like a lightning bolt from the time they started the constitutional amendment process until it pasted, it was just over three months. incredibly fast. once the young people put their minds to it, it was a remarkable feat. a big change almost overnight. moral courage, high idealism, strength applied by young people speaking out, marching, organizing an...

Let me come to you, professor. young people are making a constitutional argument based on the 26th amendment against this law, the law in north carolina placing restrictions on their ability to vote. do they have a good case here? >> i think it is quite a strong case because many of the provisions especially the ones that tell college students that they can't use their college i.d. to identify themselves but have to get an i.d. from their state residence, it's very complicated. can't possibly be explained as anything other than an attempt to abridge the right to vote on account of age. of cour...