val demings in orlando, thank you for joining us. eugene o donnell former member of new york s finest. coming up, obama s legacy. gave himself a boost with the historic immigration initiative, a big climate deal with china and the news he s going to normalize relations with cuba. when we come back, the president s actions and what they say about the future. i think he s on a winning streak. i think he s looking to the future. plus should dick cheney be prosecuted for torture? the aclu and the new york times editorial board are calling for attorney eric holder to investigate the bush torture program and bring charges against anyone who committed a crime, including the man at the top, vice president cheney himself. and gas prices are the lowest since 2009. good news for president obama and the country, bad news for vladimir putin, venezuela, and iran. talk about a great set of
chris? thanks so much, adam rhys for giving us that report. joining us is val demings and former member of the nypd, eugene o donnell. moments ago, the wife of murdered wenjian liu gave an emotional statement. let s listen. the liu family would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the police department, our neighbors, the entire new york city community, friends, and co-workers, for the help and support they provide. we would also like to express our condolence to the officer
ramos family. this is a difficult time for both of our families, but we will stand together and get through this together. chief demings, what a horrible story. probably an immigrant, english is new to her and she s talking about the loss of her husband in this new country of theirs. chris, this is truly a sad time for america. as a former police chief and as a 27-year veteran of the orlando police department, i ve gone to more than i care to admit law enforcement funerals. and my heart goes out to the liu and the ramos family. these two police officers were executed. they were murdered, as you said earlier, simply because of who they were. it cuts especially deep when it s a police officer. i think it s important that everybody understands this. when someone is bold enough to
suicidal. you have emotional issues and you re constantly going in and out of jail, you know, prison, and clearly something s wrong. he should have been offered help in the system, right, but he wasn t. chief demings, let me ask you about people who have had when i worked in politics, i knew people that had problems with the system. couldn t get payment for disability and they could never get over it. and these things build. this guy had been arrested for gun possession and things like that. two years in prison. 19 arrests. what do you think of this case, just looking at it? i had this hunch when i heard about this horror in new york, this isn t going to be a reg lawy regular person who was upset with staten island or ferguson. average people don t go out and shoot cops because they re mad
mr. cavanaugh, we ll get back to you and have you back again. val demings, jim cavanaugh, thank you. coming up, the verdict is in the boston marathon bombing. dzhokhar tsarnaev has been found guilty on all 30 counts. 17 of those are capital accounts which makes mr. tsarnaev eligible for the death penalty. plus, rand paul under fire by the hawks. no surprise. he s under the attack himself against hillary clinton and he s in a three-front war. for a dove, he knows how to fight a battle and he s got one on his hand. three of them. and candice bergen joins us. criticized for being a single mom. finally, let me finish with bill clinton s staggering commentary on 21st century american politics. he has said the truth again. and this is hardball, a place for politics.