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This was the one time, this one time that a lawyer went into court and proved that the police were lying and that this really was a police killing. and it was -- it was like a lightening strike because it's not like people were successfully going into court after that and doing it again. >> right, yeah. i feel like this has parallels to the walter scott case. i want to read a little about the description here. this is before the fleeing felon rule. what is shocking is how little has changed except for the new public and political awareness which is a problem. the walter scott was a man who was...

The '80s. it was the defining version of this story in the sense that this was the one time, this one time that a lawyer went into court and proved that the police were lying and that this really was a police killing. and it was -- it was like a lightening strike because it's not like people were successfully going into court after that and doing it again. >> right, yeah. i feel like this has parallels to the walter scott case. i want to read a little about the description here. this is before the fleeing felon rule. what is shocking is how little has changed except for the new public and poli...

Everything i can to speak out against. >> meanwhile, continue ledoleez said she and sessions grew up when america was not living through the dark times and found deep ways to overcome it. many in the chamber supported sessions after he listened to constituents' concerns, including the walter scott case. the statement from senator scott says, we may not agree on everything, but you would be hard pressed to find a nominee for any post that any senator is in 100% agreement with. the remarks are set to begin at 9:30. and this afternoon president-elect trump's choices will go in from of the senat...

Draining the swamp? i mean, he's -- it is amazing. another goldman sachs guy pointed this week, tara, dana, stay with me. more to come. coming up, dr. ben carson once called the fair housing act social engineering. now trump wants him for housing secretary. mark morial from the national urban league joins me after the break. also, mistrial in the walter scott case. could the next potential attorney general have a say in whether justice is or is not served? ♪ music playing

From scott's mother. >> he said they tasing me and i heard him groaning like he was in in excruciating pain. >> the officer faces 30 years to life behind bars if found guilty. the jury seemed to be focused on this question, did officer slager believe he was shooting in self-defense? >> in my mind, fear, scared. >> joining me now defense attorney and former prosecutor karen desoto, and ariva martin, managing partner at the law firm martin and martin. karen, to you first, what should we make of the fact that one juror, just one, is the holdout