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Resources is not just irresponsible. it is another example of the department shirking the obligation to protect civil rights and ensure compliance with the law. it is also striking because ferguson and some of those issues got a lot of attention at the time. the changes sometimes are really more dry or some would argue, boring than the drama of the original story. yet, it is the systemic changes that matter. when you look at this stat. eight out of ten people being pulled over there are african-american. nonviolent offenses. driving stops that lead to this death trap that eric holder talked ab...

This story happens to be leaking out on a holiday friday. so let's forget the tweets. this is a story about what the trump administration is doing. "the new york times" reporting, d.o.j. files showing sessions making these reversals on civil rights, rights for the disabled, illegal graents, sessions canceling 25 different policy. the trump administration argues these policies went too far beyond the laws they were based on. that the people behind these policies, like the former, a j. eric holder said they were needed to modernize rules and protect rights. take guy that came out of ferguson whe...

To whether or not he leaked some of the information in the ap story. there was never any suggestion he was interviewed for a target of that investigation. so there would seem to be no logical reason why he wouldn't have signed off in the james rosen case. there was no reason why he would have recused himself. it's more than likely he did get involved and that raises the question as to the president now giving him this order to review the justice department guidelines to meet with media groups and report back by mid july and it does seem to be a case of eric holder will investigate what eric ho...

They will not frighten us away from the truth. martha: president obama says he is extremely concerned about the targeting of journalists. >> i'm troubled by the possibility that leak investigation by chill the investigative journalism that hold government accountable. martha: the president says he's worried about that. a lot of people with asking questions. chris wallace joins us. it's an actions versus words question from the administration to some extent. >> reporter: let me begin with the question of whether eric holder signed off. i don't know. the on report we have is nbc news who has goo...

Authorization is normally required for the issuance of any subpoena to a member of the news media tore or for the telephone records of a member of the news media. in the case of the doj obtaining the telephone records of the associated press eric holder said he recused himself. in an interviewn with npr in may he was less specific on whether he signed off on the search warrants for james reasons. >> i'm not sure how many of those cases i have signed off on. i take them very seriously. i know i have refused to sign a few, pushed a few back for modifications. >> reporter: if the nbc report is tr...