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What was the rationale from the obama administration's standpoint? why this speech from john kerry? why now? why the language he's using? >> what this speech does, it was an extended repudiation regarding settlements. then kerry laid out his parameters for potentially negotiating a two-state settlement. that isn't unprecedented. at the end of his presidency in 2000, bill clinton did a similar thing. in the final weeks of december, emhere's what my parameters would be. now that kerry's team has been able to put on it record saying this is how far we've come. this is what we think might work. he...

Obama administration's standpoint? why this speech from john kerry? why now? why the language he's using? >> what this speech does, it was an extended repudiation regarding settlements. then kerry laid out his parameters for potentially negotiating a two-state settlement. that isn't unprecedented. at the end of his presidency in 2000, bill clinton did a similar thing. in the final weeks of december, emhere's what my parameters would be. now that kerry's team has been able to put on it record saying this is how far we've come. this is what we think might work. here are our ideas. our parameters...

Younger people have a question, theover reach of government. they see overpolicing of black community. sandra bland, michael brown, walter scott, and they see policing of their community, overpolicing of their community not recognizing the dignity of african-americans, and they see the death penalty as the cap stone of a criminal justice system that continually disrespects the dignity of the black community. to preserve that penalty and the trial of dylann roof may have that impact to preserve the penalty. if it is preserved, it's going to be inflicted much more grievously on the black communi...

Year. as one piece put it, vladimir putin just bought a country, should the u.s. care. in a four-hour press conference, he called it our brotherly love and called it a good will gesture. >> president putin pulled out all the stops to threaten ukraine away from europe. he stressed on tuesday that russia's financial assistance to ukraine is free of conditions. if you believe that, i have beachfront property in arizona to sell you. >> he is warning the west not to forever. he said i am against anybody teaching us how to live. they call the play the cap stone of putin's most successful year

>> joining me now, msnbc's joy reid and director of the center for the study of race and democracy at tufts university, and the author of badark days, right nights. your reaction to this? >> i think it is a disgrace for democracy, because when we think about the voting rights act it will be a cap stone between 1954 and '65, i call the heroic time period, we think about the brown period, rosa parks, little rock, the movements of february 1st, 1960. medgar evers, the freedom riders, and 1965, you get to the