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Their convictions were vacated. the stories of the central park five have been told before, but the director ava duvernay says she was motivated by the ones that aren't told enough. >> there is a terrific documentary by sarah and ken burns that explored the case chronicled the legal aspects of the case. i was very interested in the boys. the boys who had become men, their families, the affect of the incarceration of one boy on a whole community, and so what i really wanted to look at this case from the space of the legalities, yes, but also the humanity that we don't talk about hardly enough. ...

Would never lie to the public, asking if he has kept that promise. listen. >> i try, i do try. i think you try, too. i think you say things to me that are not necessarily correct. i try, and i always want to tell the truth. when i can come i tell the truth. sometimes it turns to be where something happens, it's different, or there's a change. i always like to be truthful. >> melissa: dagen, what do you think of that? [laughter] >> dagen: he likes to exaggerate, okay? we clearly know that. again, i think it highlights -- i was sitting up in my office thinking "every politician lies." one of wha...

Doubt about that. i think the politically expedient vote was a yes vote. >> why not? >> because this isn't about politics. >> part of the plan to keep hide camp's seat is about the uncertainty over tariffs promoted by the white house. how big was a risk was the move? >> i think it was a potential political risk. it highlights what a difficult place this senate is either moderate republicans or democrats. what you see are the people closer to the center speaking the way that senator hide camp spoke but voting in toe and her using her experience as a past attorney general speaking to women who h...

We'll be learning more about it very soon. >> you can't say jeff sessions or presumably his staff were naive about how the federal government worked or the rules. you're right to point that out, michael crowley. the other part of the story talks about what mueller has been able to corroborate and the story says that he has been able to corroborate james comey's memos. and there is one in particular that it highlights. one that talks about reince priebus's handwritten notes showing that donald trump had called mr. comey to urge him to say publicly that he was not under investigation. if he's ...

Of reports that his family business outsourced labor to mexico. donelly says he sold his company stock. there you see a handful of protestors accompanying the music with signs like "made in mexico" and "outsource donelly out of d.c." capturing attention of democrats. the media strategist telling the hill newspaper the band was a publicity stunt to distract from donelly's record. weird tactic, i guess, kind of? >> actually kind of typical these days. you have, people dressed up as chickens showing up at people's even events. fake newspapers sent. all sorts of stuff done to try to get attention....