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Vote for him privately, secretly on thursday. we'll see if that's the case. the strategy is confusing to some, that's for sure. >> indeed. it's always complicated on capitol hill. thanks so much. now to the battle for the white house and the surprising surge from bernie sanders in the democratic race. thousands flocking to see the self-described socialist in boston over the weekend. while sanders scored big in the polls, numbers show he trails front-runner hillary clinton when it comes to certain voting blocs, especially black voters, and now sanders is expanding his outreach to african-amer...

University of oklahoma. >> we are not here because we are interested in a legal solution. we seek to have some other resolution of this matter. we are interested where needed to act to protect the due process rights the first amendment rights and the 14th amendment rights of the members. i think there was a premature rush to judgment. i think it would have been better to have taken a more measured response. >> today sae's national organization distanced it self from the local chapter saying it has not retained legal representation, nor do we intend to pursue any action. we support and respect ...

Zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. martin's family has said they're disappointed but undeterred if their mission to empower others who demand justice and peace. indeed calls for justice are on the rise. right now the justice department is still working two separate investigations sparked by the fatal police shootings of unarmed ferguson teenager michael brown over the summer and there's a federal investigation into the apparent chokehold death of staten island man eric garner and that too, is ongoing. just this week the aclu has asked the doj to assist in the investigation of the fatal p...

With a tweet that read in part, i have already have drinking games in mind. when williams with the republican national committee tweeted he hoped that the senior editor could encourage diversity of thought, he said, oh great, here's a white dude telling me how to do the black thing. the part of the issue is williams to whom the tweet was addressed is black. the gop in a letter called for an apology and "ebony" said, quote, nearly 70 years ago this magazine began on the principle that as black people we are all somebody, we all count. thursday the spirit of this mission was disregarded by ebony...

General eric holder signed off on the search warrant for fox news' james rosen. >> this would be a good time to have a special counsel come forward or some independent group to look at it. james rosen is a lot of things but a criminal co-conspirator he's not. we're beginning to criminalize journalism. when classified information something leaked into the public that puts our operations in harm's way, we have to find a way to pursue that but this is an overreach. >> gregg: there are calls for a special counsel for the probe of the irs overtargeting of conservative groups. let's talk about it wi...