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Before taking any action against syria. i'm joined by the democratic leader, congresswoman barbara lee of california. so nice to have you here. >> my pleasure. good to be with you. >> so in your response to president obama this week, you urged him to lean on his own doctrine and to avoid further military entanglement. how confident are you that this administration is going to practice restraint in this case? >> i think the president has been very clear, first of all, that he does not intend to send our brave young men and women into combat operations. having said that, movement of our military...

If you were wrongly accused, you could imagine dna as being the key to your freedom and in fact, dna has been the basis of exoneration in 316 convictions through the innocence project, a nonprofit founded by barry scheck, a member of o.j. simpson's defense team. i wanted to talk about dna in the context of race, because as we were just talking about, race is a social construct. it is not biological. yet in this case, that issue of dna and like the production of bodily matter became central to a race story in such a way that it ends up actually providing justice for hundreds of people of color ...

States. joining me now is lead co-counsel in the case, marcellus mcrae, who joins us from los angeles, california. also with us in long island, new york is randy winegarden, president of the american federation for teachers. so nice to have you both here. >> thank you. good morning. >> let me begin with you. it's been reported there is likely to be a lengthy appeal process. is that also your understanding, and how do you see this case moving forward in that case? >> i think in the next couple weeks, what we're going to see is a finalization of the judge's decision and as far as the appeal proc...

Have. i agree with beth. i think cameras should be everywhere. i think the united states supreme court should allow cameras to see oral arguments. federal courts, they still don't allow it in federal trials. i don't think it's inherently prejudicial. it's transparency. >> it's both. i think he is exactly playing to the jury but he understood the jury was beyond those 12 men and women. he understood the nature of the case involved millions of people who felt that their lives were at stake as well. so he's playing directly to them but he understands he's got a mass cloud of witnesses out there w...

>> when it came to our schools, we eliminated teacher tenure to improve education for our children. >> to get tenure in louisiana out you have to be ranked in the top 10% for five years. >> we now have teacher tenure reform in new jersey for the first time in 105 years. >> when i first stood before you in 2011, i said the single most important factor in student learning is the quality of teaching. since that time, we eliminated teacher tenure. >> hm. this week, tenure took center stage in a big way, when california judge rolf traio released his decision in a case, a decision declaring five cal...