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People of color on the police force. actually chicago does pretty well relative to its police force. this looks like something that's going on that's not just about sort of representation of individuals of color in these positions of power. >> as a matter of fact, everyone in the political establishment of chicago is really complicit in this situation and they are all going to either have to all be held accountable or none of them. it just can't be just rahm. with rahm emanuel he's known as being such a political animal. he was the never one that never let a good crisis go to waste. he's now o...

and all alleging that holtzclaw encountered and sexually assaulted them in his role as a police officer. he now faces up to 236 years for his crimes. now we first told you about the allegations against holtzclaw in september of 2014. >> this week a buzzfeed's jessica testa went to oklahoma county where prosecutors presented a case against police officer daniel holtzclaw who is alleged to have sexually assaulted eight black women. testa recounts the stomach churning testimony of a 57-year-old grandmother who says she was violated, molested and forced to perform oral sex all during wha...

Congressional races, adam kisinger has the tea party challenge. no one expects him to lose. we'll see there. and then the other race that some people are paying attention to, congressman rodney davis getting a primary challenge from a former miss america. carol, any surprises we should expect in these two primaries? >> it doesn't feel that way. it still feels like a low turnout race with the party faithful coming out that both of them are likely safe. >> e richlt ka harold, she has name recognition but has been you be unable to raise money. it's a grassroots level. central illinois, southern i...

Illinois on both sides of the aisle. what does rauner have to do to avoid that fate? >> what he has already done to avoid some of it, i think, chuck, is he has had a kind of discipline that we haven't seen in some of the other multi-million dollar billionaire candidate that is have come through illinois and thought they could simply walk in to high office. rauner has observed an absolutely strict kind of coda of how to operate this campaign, the same buzz words all the time, term limits. get corruption out of springfield. term limits, by the way, have got to be on a ballot as a referendum. pat...

Vulnerable democratic incumbent governor in the country. but compare him to recent -- to maybe republican governors that lost re-election in illinois history. does he look as weak today as those that did eventually lose in a general? >> he looks -- i think he is the weakest of them all. but, you know, it's easy to underestimate pat quinn. >> a lot of democrats have done that for years. >> a lot of them have. and, to their peril. he is as much an outsider as bruce rauner, the republican, is casting himself as. he is a street fighter. he may operate more out of a pocket protector than out of a m...