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primary process in which you had process, is there a podium available for that independent candidate? >> we have to have a rule -- in order to invite anyone. they must meet a standard that has to be out there. we put that out a year before that's going to include the constitutional requirements the 270 electoral vote access and some other objective standard we don't automatically reserve a seat for the republican or the democrat this is now the request to make an automatic seat for someone else. we're going to consider it but michael, no decisions have been made yet. >> i'm hoo buttingputting you down as undecided. the sandra bland arrest. was it legal? i'll ask judge alex ferrare, who is also a former police officer, what he thinks the video tells us, next.
welcome back now for a fresh look at a troubling video many of us have seen. the dashcam footage of the traffic stop arrest of sandra bland, the woman who ended up dying in custody three days later by suicide. this footage has been scrutinize scrutinized this week as closely as the zabruder film of the kennedy assassination. i want to rely on alex ferrare, he's a former cop, trial lawyer and criminal court judge. nice to have you back. it all begins with the traffic stop. let me show you the footage, and then i want to ask you a question or two, you see that she's in the left lane and then without a turn signal she moves to the right lane and this is what begins the whole process,
candidate for president. judge alex ferrare is ticked off about the ad that politifact rated mostly false that goes after him for allegedly seeing the iran issue as president obama does. >> right. >> politifact declares the ad mostly false and rand paul's lawyer sends a letter to whom? >> he sent the letter to the stations telling them they better take the ad off the air, which is kind of a bizarre move. let's face it nobody is shocked with the fact that political ads are false. everybody takes shots at each other. most know how to handle it, and the way is not to threaten litigation. >> can you shut it down? what they allege is that it is defamatory. >> of course. but nobody is protected against defamatory. if a tv station publishes something false and defamatory, in the sense that it hurts the reputation and it is not true they could be subject to
legally because age of consent is 16 but sending him pictures not until he is 18.k(q >> the judge needs to understandk(q inside voice, some things you don't say out loud. >> some things youzcz say in chambers to other fellow judges, you don't silt on the bench and go that candy or whatever. that's just stupid. >> okay judge page. judge alex, great to see you. >> good to be here, megyn. we showed you how hillary clinton is in trouble with6l1w voters in some important swing states. up next the stories behind those new problems. we take an in depth look at polling and what's going wrong for her. a small group of students thought they could shut down a showing of "american sniper" because they found the film upsetting, they want it shut down because they found it upsetting. things wound up going not exactly as planned. and you heard the phrase, stealing candy from a baby, what about stealing a pacifier from a baby? what if it is the vice
>> by law, yeah. absolutely. >> in a few months he would have been legal 18 years old. >> exactly. it is one of those laws it is a gray line. difference between 17 and a half and 18 you know, what's the big difference. the big difference is it is illegal under 18. that's the difference. you're a teacher, you have to abide by it. >> the boy prosecutors say his grades dropped, struggling with social interactions. this can have a damaging effect. >> it can which is why they have laws against it. as far as having sex with him, which is bizarre she could have legally because age of consent is 16 but sending him pictures not until he is 18.k(q >> the judge needs to understandk(q inside voice, some things you don't say out loud. >> some things youzcz say in chambers to other fellow judges, you don't silt on the bench and go that candy or whatever. that's just stupid. >> okay judge page. judge alex, great to see you. >> good to be here, megyn. we showed you how hillary clinton is in trouble with6l1w voters in some important swing
half ago george was distraught. think we learned in the trial that he found out in interrogation that he died. he inquired as to her religion, catholicism, death by any is -- >> i want to go one step into this with you. the prosecution talked about race in this and possibly playing a racism card, part of the prosecutorial moves. was there something in the heart of your brother that would have made him take the step toward killing trayvon martin. how much did that kind of talk about racism effect your family? >> i think the judge as it relates to this case made the right call to keep racial profiling or profiled for racial reasons out of the language of both opening statements and of the trial itself. i know they were alleging that george somehow criminally profiled trayvon. being accused of being a racist
in the news conference, they loved their child. only way to peace is to letting him rest in peace is through peace. >> i agree with that. >> judge alex, good to have you. thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> appreciate your expertise and time. >> always great to be on here with you. thank you. right now, piecing together what led to the death of a famous television actor in the prime of his life. one of our broader fox broadcast family members here, "glee," one of our star shows. and cory monday teef found dead in a hotel room. the latest on what police know about the circumstances and key information they need to obtain. and an update on the united states marine, his father and uncle who vanished just over the u.s. border in mexico back in may. why investigators are now warning the family they may never see these men again. stay close.
>> steve, thank you very much. steve mentioned george zimmerman's legal battle is far from over, the justice department is considering civil rights charges against him. there's also possibility of a civil lawsuit from the martin family. joining me now, judge alex ferrare, host of judge alex. we watched it come down together last night. now this development with the doj. they had been evaluating it all along, but they're stepping up efforts now. the significance of this? >> there are two different judicial systems, the state and federal government. you don't have double jeopardy, as we know in rodney king, feds came in after the officers were acquitted of beating rodney king in state court. it wasn't double jeopardy in that case. the reason they were able to do it is because the civil rights statute, federal civil rights statute, section 1983, applies to people operating under color of law, and that would apply to police officers, persons that have that authority. there's no way that i see that applying in any way, shape or
manslaughter charge. the judge bringing everybody in, including george zimmerman, sitting in the courtroom, explaining that the jurors had this question and then calling for a 30 minute recess. that's where we are right now. the court is in recess, we've seen protesters out in front of the courthouse, basically since the beginning of yesterday. folks, most of whom at least as far as i can tell are against george zimmerman, there are crowds outside of the courthouse and they're waiting for clarification on this as well. we wait to hear exactly how the jury's question is answered. its a jury made up of six women and they're setting their hours here for their deliberations, they can deliberate as long as they like, if they want to hold over and call it a night and start again tomorrow morning, they can do that as well, this is a jury that seems determined to get all of its information together and get as much of the facts as they can, before they go ahead and make their decision. judge alex, yesterday, we heard
>> judge alex, i want to go back to judge alex for a minute. we're in recess, presumably when we come back, when court is back in session, we're going to hear from the judge exactly how the jurors question is going to be answered. what do you predict we're going to see? are we going to see another fight between the defense council and the prosecution and the judge? or are they trying to figure out exactly how to get the jury the information that they want? >> i don't think either side is going to go gently into that good night. we're going to have some disagreement on what the jury will be instructed on. the defense will ask the jury be instructed on manslaughter and self-defense. i'm not quite sure. i expected them to pound the self-defense aspect of the case in closing arguments, because it is their key and they didn't really beat that point home.