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There's only one person in the courtroom who is not to be an advocate for either side. one person who is cloaked in neutrality and that is the judge. and for the judge to make herself an advocate for the victims in the midst of a sentencing hearing is inappropriate. and calls into question our entire justice system. it poses a threat to the fairness of our institutions. >> do you take issue with the way in which she conducted this sentencing process in addition to the comments that we have just played and that you and others have noted? in other words, substantively here was there anything els...

When he court-martialed him and also very disappointing we didn't stop him from getting guns in his hands. >> did the air force make a mistake in this particular case based on you know, colonel, that they didn't inform authorities about the potential danger of this individual? >> yeah, wolf, i don't know the answer to that question. that's something the air force i would hope would very quickly let the american people know whether they followed appropriate procedures or not. that's something only they have access to. i don't. but it's something i think the american people have a right to know....

Might pardon the former arizona sheriff joe arpaillo who was convicted of contempt for willfully violating the order of the court to end the crackdown on immigrants. the folks where you are, your district in phoenix react if president trump were to pardon sheriff arpaillo next week? >> they wouldn't react well. we have to deal with a sheriff who broke the law willingly. he signed an agreement to stop racial profiling and ignored it. this is why he got voted out by overwhelming numbers. even though trump one our county by both democrats and republicans, and the fact that the president is going ...

Alexander to talk about this. with your background in law enforcement, people will hear this and think, wait a minute. that's going to increase crime as prisoners are released. what is your take on that? >> we don't know that, yet. i think that's to be determined. i think the most important piece to keep in mind is this, at some point they have to be released. we had a broken drug policy, sentencing process that did not work. we have a lot of people who are in jail who are low level criminals and who are doing very long terms. but, what you have here is an agreement among both sides of the ais...

The fbi, atf, and state police are all working that case. jurors in the colorado theater shooting trial have decided the horrors of that attack that killed 12 and injured 70 outweigh the mental problems of convicted murderer james holmes. the ruling keeps the death penalty option on the table. tomorrow jurors will begin the final phase of the sentencing process. another case of a commercial pilot reporting a drone at jfk airport. friday, another pilot spotted an unmanned craft. both planes landed safely. no grapevine tonight. when we come back, republicans in new hampshire trying to get ...