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We have no confidence in local, state prosecutions. the attorney general talked with mrs. garner and me today. they talked about an independent investigation. but let's be clear. let's be clear that while we ask for the federal government to move, we are moving that way on saturday, a week from this saturday, december 13th, we are having a national march in washington, d.c., where we are calling for the justice department to take this case and the case in ferguson and the case in cleveland. it is time for a national march to deal with a national crisis. >> that was earlier today. the protests ...

A native new yorker in district of columbia for the department of justice. i was a federal prosecutor. but i think -- at this point the family is definitely looking toward the justice department. the federal cyst temperatusyste. their reliance on that is pretty well placed. when you look at the history of unsuccessful state prosecutions and unsuccessful state investigations, then turning into successful federal investigations, and successful federal prosecutions, like rodney king, we have a long history of that. i think if we have fair, impartial. independent review by the justice department a...

Department's guidelines to have a choke hold. it is against the law to have excessive force. but if you are choking a man who is down with other police helping and hovering over him, even if the guidelines don't kick in your mind, even if the law don't kick on your mind, after 11 times of "i can't breathe" when does your humanity kick in? we have called on, from the beginning, the federal government to intervene in police cases. we have no confidence in local, state prosecutions because state prosecutors work hand in hand

>> that is so unpredictable. i would have no idea. >> would you consider domestic terrorism charges? >> that would not be something that we would normally consider in state prosecutions. >> did you talk to the victims, and the mood is not to go forward with the death penalty, do you have discretion, does the team have discretion to go against that or are you bound in some way to follow their wishes? >> it will ultimately be the decision of the prosecutors on the case. >> has he been forthcoming? what's his demeanor been like? >> we don't have a lot of information on that and nothing we could s...

where the judge basically told the defendant what constitutional rights he could expect to have in this case. you heard the judge say that there was a probable cause determination. in colorado, we do an initial probable cause determination to make sure that there's kind of an overview of the evidence so that the court knows that there's enough evidence to continue to hold the defendant. the defendant is being held without bond at this point in time. eventually, there will be a preliminary hearing and proof evident presumption great hearing and we will ask the court the continue holdi...