Press reacted but we again with ed henry. Good evening. Tonight Barbara Boxer says she supports the verdict, but this should not be the final word. Shes pushing for an investigation whether Trayvon Martins civil rights were violated and today the attorney general confirmed hes looking at that. Appearing before the sorority, eric holder suggested say i dont types and mistaken beliefs helped lead it to the death of Trayvon Martin and holder declared even though George Zimmerman was cleared of murder and manslaughter charges in state court, u. S. Prosecutors may pursue criminal charges under a federal hate crimes law. We are resolved as you are to combat violence involving or directed at young people, to prevent future tragedies and to deal with the underlying attitudes, mistaken beliefs, and stereotypes. Justice must be done. Reporter holder is under intense pressure to act after protests in cities across the country about the not guilty verdict. Plus the naacp is demanding the federal g
Irs. The fifth amendment is protection. It is a shield. Lois lerner used it as a sword to cut and then defend herself from any response. Republicans say after a year of trying to get former irs official lerner to talk about the targeting of conservative groups, shes now in contempt of congress. Some democrats say lerner hasnt waved her fifth amendment right and opposed the measure. I am not defending ms. Lerner. I wanted to hear what she had to say. But i could not vote to violate an individuals fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she has to say. House Speaker John Boehner says the irs targeting is one of several examples of the Obama Administration not being honest. When is the administration going to tell the American People the truth . Only one would have to guess if they are not willing to tell the American People the truth, it must not be pretty. Theres also a measure on eric holder to appoint a special council to get to the bottom of the mess. We have hit a wa
They are putting a hold on allstate department nominations until they get answers. Because of the ban they put a boycott on israel while handing hamas a Public Relations victory. Congress deserves to know and the American People deserves to know with this pwas this politi the white house or an Airline Safety decision. I think the fact strongly suggests it was politics in an effort to strong arm the nation of israel. The state Department Says senator krudz is completely wrong on this. Ass execution process under the microscope after a botched injection. That 55yearold man sentenced to death for shooting his exgirlfriend and father to death back in 1989. Family members of the victim say they have no sympathy. Everybody here from what i heard that it was excruciating. You dont know what excruciating is, what excruciating is seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood seeing your sister lying there in a pool of blood. Governor brewer has ordered a review of woods execution. Weather is b
Leaders late today to finally lay out his strategy to defeat isis, ahead of tomorrows prime time address to the nation, one year to the day of his last one, raising the stakings for a president facing pressure from the u. S. Congress to start an air campaign. We need to go after the terrorists no matter where it is. Anybody who thinks this is an iraqsyria problem, isnt paying any attention to whats happening around the world. The president has stopped short of demanding an actual vote perhaps because gettingtho harder given the president s standing. When asked if hes a strong leader, 55 say no, 43 say no. For how the president s fared, 42 percent say its a success, 54 say isles a failure. Strong backing of potential u. S. Air strikes against insure negligents in syria. 65 supporting and 28 opposing. Because this president has always been a reluctant warrior. Promising to pull away the idea of any military action, no matter how limited is not going to be pop lar. Popular. I have spent 4
March in iraq. Christians and other ethnic minorities are on the brink of a possible genocide, reverberating around the globe. From the white house, where president obama had hundreds of protesters show up outside the gates urging action. To the iraqi parliament, where the only lawmaker representing the sect gave emotional testimony demanding help. Translator in the name of humanity, i call upon all of you to save us. Now at least 30,000 families are besieged in the mountains without water and food. They are dying. Reporter white house officials today acknowledged the si vert of the crisis. Up to 40,000 christians pinned on a mountain by isis without food, water and shelter. But they were wishywashy on how much the u. S. Can help. It is a situation that we are deeply concerned about, and closely monitoring. Reporter white house spokesman said this is a problem of the iraqi making. Theres going to be a genocide of 40,000 people and youre saying were seriously concerned, were monitoring