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Which was about bringing the community together. now it's about the shooting that happened by a group of people who had -- seemed like a personal confrontation with each other that spilled over into the streets of ferguson. >> today, as amanda mentioned, we're expecting more peaceful protests. from your opportunity to speak with -- i asked amanda this. in a sense like the moral mondays we've covered in north carolina that focus on voting, have you heard more of a tone of we've got to turn this into action, legislative change even more than, for example, just the face of a person who heads the ...

Proposed spinning off cnn, and as you know, analysts have been talking about who would be interested in buying cnn. we've had some analysts tell us that cbs and abc would be interested in cnn. >> probably would be. a lot of people would be interested in cnn. could murdoch come back, christina, with an even higher bid? >> reporter: well, you know as well as i do, he's a pretty aggressive, determined person. and i've spoken with sources close to this deal who say he's not going away. so there is a possibility that he comes back with a sweetened offer that could potentially put some pressure on t...

Somebody, you sign a name and that's the only antifraud measure they have? >> i'm coming down in the middle of this one. disenfranchisement is a huge issue. it's never going to be a federal system because we give deference to the states on voting. every state should have a nonpartisan process and pass something comprehensive so there's integrity and confidence in the system so nobody ease disenfranchised. it's not that hard to do. >> do you see this because the mayor's been talking about 34 states, is it? >> it's 34 states. >> 34 states -- >> 12 states that have proof of citizenship. >> do you...

Reports at the naacp -- >> you're saying that 1 in 4 people of color who are capable of voting do not have a photo i.d.? >> no, do not have the kind of photo i.d.s that this contemplat contemplates. it's important to recognize that this is not just any photo i.d. in some states they're saying that a student i.d. -- >> right. >> issued by state university is no good because it doesn't contain an address. >> let me ask you this, mr. mayor, would you be willing to accept requirements of any government, any government-issued photo i.d. would be sufficient. would that be okay with you? >> my view i...

For who's president of the united states? >> well, what this would say is when you go to register to vote for the first time, don't come with your driver's license, you better bring a birth certificate, some other form -- in those states that are -- >> voting is a right, but it doesn't come automatic, you might have to do something to demonstrate there's integrity of the process. >> i think the key is, what's the motivation all of a sudden in advance of the 2012 elections you've got an onslaught of new bills that may disenfranchise 5 million voters if we're going to have a discussion about a m...