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Tom." we hear it more. we hear more about you speak on black-on-black crime and if you speak out, you are a traitor. i did a story on this recently. we have 40 murders a day in the u.s. that is about 280 per week. what we see from the media more, on both sides, we are trying to find racial motive within every murder as long as it is white-on-white or black-on-black. they made george zimmerman a black-on-black crime. we see it later as you fast forward to chris lane, the kid from oklahoma, the college student that was shot in the back and police say by a black suspect. the world war ii veteran ...

Jury. they have to at some level trust at least if not like the attorneys. and it's interesting, because this is a case that is sort of in reverse, where you have the aggressiveness really coming from the defense, not from the prosecutors. >> well, jurors don't have to love lawyers. they have to find that they're credible. and i think, frankly, all the lawyers in the courtroom are doing that so far. as lawyers, we all talk about the lawyers and are they being lovable and are they being clever or glib. but at the end of the day, this jury is trying desperately to get it right. this is in many w...

I will tell you. mr. west was trying to get at whether rachel jeantel was coached by the prosecution that evening. now, here is the rule. prosecutors cannot talk to their witnesses when they're on cross-examination. same thing for the defense. the bottom line is if you -- if you're testifying, joy, and you're on cross, and i called you to the stand, i cannot talk to you when you are on cross. what we think happened is that ms. jeantel's lawyer, he probably said to her, okay, let's bring it down a few notches. >> right. >> throw in a few more sirs, stay calm, and just be prepared for a long tim...

Testimony, you seem a little different. your demeanor seems different. what do you think was going on? >> everybody wanted to know what was behind that question. i will tell you. mr. west was trying to get at whether rachel jeantel was coached by the prosecution that evening. now, here is the rule. prosecutors cannot talk to their witnesses when they're on cross-examination. same thing for the defense. the bottom line is if you -- if you're testifying, joy, and you're on cross, and i called you to the stand, i cannot talk to you when you are on cross. what we think happened is that ms. jeantel...

And what makes matters worse, an amendment to stop lawmakers from receiving farm subsidies was voted down yesterday. that's in addition to defeating an amendment to stop crop insurance subsidies for those who make more than $250,000 a year. it wasn't enough that republicans wanted to cut $20 billion from food stamps, but they stomped all over any opportunity to stop this cash give away to people who don't need it, including themselves. this bill aimed to almost take food out of the mouths of hungry people in order to give money to members of congress with farms. this was essentially robin hood...