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We wanted to have more transparency, higher professional standards and real accountability. if you break the law, you shouldn't be shielded from that. those were the lines all along. we sat down good faith negotiations, got groups together, major organizations to endorse it but we didn't get it done. >> are you surprised he's characterizing this as defunding the police? i have to say to somebody who has covered legislation for a long time, having strings attached to funding is not a new development. it's how the united states federal government got states to raise drinking laws. you want highw...

Accountability. if you break the law, you shouldn't be shielded from that. those were the lines all along. we sat down good faith negotiations, got groups together, major organizations to endorse it but we didn't get it done. >> i have to say to somebody who es escovered legislation for a long time, having strings attached to funding is not a new development. it's how the united states federal government got states to raise drinking laws. you want highway moneys, you have to raise your drinking laws to 21, et cetera. it's pretty common. but hose saying because you attached it to police funding...

Lurid tales of drinking, strippers and other sexual anecdotes in his memoirs of high school. kavanaugh also touched on his drinking habits. >> yes, there were parties. and the drinking age was 18. yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion. >> all right, not all seniors actually were of legal age but kavanaugh according to his biography on the u.s. court of appeals website was born in 1965, meaning he was 17 years old in 1982 when the party was alleged to have happened. maryland raised its drinking age to 21 on july 1st, 1982. that mea...

Approached by officers enforcing drinking laws who questioned and arrested johnson. the under age student charged with obstruction of justice and public swearing or intoxication. johnson's lawyer reading a statement on behalf of the honor committee member who has no criminal record. >> i'm shocked that my face was slammed in to the brick pavement just across the street from where i attend school. >> reporter: thousands of students participated in a march for martese, he was overwhelmed with emotion. the officers involved have been put on administrative duty pending the outcome of the state pol...

Drinking laws who questioned and arrested johnson. the under age student charged with obstruction of justice and public swearing or intoxication. johnson's lawyer reading a statement on behalf of the honor committee member who has no criminal record. >> i'm shocked that my face was slammed in to the brick pavement just across the street from where i attend school. >> reporter: thousands of students participated in a march for martese, he was overwhelmed with emotion. the officers involved have been put on administrative duty pending the outcome of the state police investigation which is now un...