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Jury determining the choke hold and stuff, does intent matter? whether the officer intended to use a choke hold or intended to compress? >> well, a choke hold is not illegal. a choke hold is against new york city police department policy but it's not a crime to use a choke hold. the issue before the grand jury was the unreasonable use of force. that's also a difficult term to define. but choke holds in and of themselves were not really the issue. >> there is a law against strangulation in the city that began as a domestic violence law. >> that's one of the many questions about this grand jury ...

Strong voice. repeated attempts might have salvaged the situation. >> what you saw was a chokehold. you said three choke holds. one that can constricts air, the other constrict blood vessels. and then one that does both. >> combination of both. clearly, compress the veins, jugular veins, arteries in the neck, and by the way hemorrhagi case. that has been reported. that will cause lack of oxygen to the brain, unconsciousness within second if the brain is depleted of oxygen. few minutes. death. a are you surprised the officer wasn't indicted? >> i was. i wasn't a member of the grand jury. there ...

Harvard's commentsment, he reminded everyone as an oppressive force on college campuses. our deborah feyerick is at harvard university in massachusetts. liberals got an earful today from the mayor. >> reporter: they certainly did. michael bloomberg got a standing ovation. it's not okay to suppress any idea because you don't agree with it. accusing universities of becoming less open-minded about diverse ideas, michael bloomberg lashed out at liberal colleges and college faculties accusing them of a modern day form of mccarthyism. >> it's liberals trying to compress conservative ideas, even as c...

>> hello? >> yes, sir. >> that was great. i must say i put an awful lot of emotion into it. i don't know whether it got through. >> it sure did. the last part, of course, was a -- was quite a work of art to be frank with you. >> it sure was. >> put that and compress it with that and say it without being maudlin, and yet to have emotion with style. >> it sure was. >> did you talk to the vice president. >> yeah, i talked to him. >> and graham? >> and graham. i talked to those three because i felt i should. rockefeller called, the hell with him but it was a goddamn good speech. >> that is coming ...

Presidency to end the war in a way that we could win the peace. i have pledged to you tonight that i shall meet this responsibility with all of the strength and wisdom i can command in accordance with your hopes, mindful of your concerns, sustained by your prayers. thank you and good night. >> hello? >> yes, sir. >> that was great. i must say i put an awful lot of emotion into it. i don't know whether it got through. >> it sure did. the last part, of course, was a -- was quite a work of art to be frank with you. >> it sure was. >> put that and compress it with that and say it without being -- ...