i don t really think anything s private any more. in the day of the internet, everyone has everyone s information. yet my son could go in there and buy an ar-15 and nothing showed up on his background check. it s extraordinary. i know. let s take a short break. stay with me, i want to get to the moment you decided to turn in your son. it must have been a heartbreaking moment for you. i want to talk to merlin spurlock, he goes and works in a gun store, i want to get his reaction to what you ve been saying. an extraordinary story of a teenager who hitched a ride on a 30 foot shark. man: how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i ve made. ones we ve all made.
they re the ones saying, nsa should carry on doing what they re doing. i don t really think anything s private any more. in the day of the internet, everyone has everyone s information. yet my son could go in there and buy an ar-15 and nothing showed up on his background check. it s extraordinary. i know. let s take a short break. stay with me, i want to get to the moment you decided to turn in your son. it must have been a heartbreaking moment for you. i want to talk to merlin spurlock, he goes and works in a gun store, i want to get his reaction to what you ve been saying. an extraordinary story of a teenager who hitched a ride on a 30 foot shark. back with me now are blake s parents, who made the tough decision to turn in their son. will be fantastic! is find out why more than two million members count on angie s list. angie s list reviews you can trust.
in american political life. it doesn t seem to be a question anyone else is really asking. so i wondered if maybe it might be on the mind of the man himself. in which case i m happy to oblige and use my letter this week to tell them why they re mad. dear mayor rahm emanuel, it s me, melissa. mind if i call you rahm or maybe rahmbo, remember that was the name you earned for yourself back when you were the gladiator to president obama s olivia pope, the bad cop to his good one, the merlin to the president s king arthur. the guy the new york times once described as the leading practitioner of the dark arts of the capitol. back when you were the white house chief of staff you used your special magic to help the president advance his agenda. man, i mean i miss that guy, because this guy on the time cover of 2013? not so much. chicago bull? only if it s describing what you are full of because let s be honest, rahm, your reasons for
if she were alive today. what are we to make of all of this at this point 16 years later? let s bring in our legal panel. faith jenkins a former prosecutor. chip merlin a criminal defense attorney, well tomorrow to both of you. thank you. good morning. jaime: good to see you. faith, it is really unusual to hear about this. particularly to hear from a grand jury member after the case, because they are usually sworn to secrecy. let s look at this. this is what one of the jurors told a local paper. i just want to read it so our viewers will know. they were told we didn t know who did what, but we felt the adults in the house may have done something that they certainly could have prevented, or they could have helped her and they didn t. and then the prosecutor decides not to bring charges. right. jaime: right or wrong? it s very unusual for the state to present evidence to a grand jury and then after the grand jury votes into diet they choose not to go forward, because as a prosecu
they say she killed her boyfriend in a jealous rage because he was leavinger had. the defense says, her argument it was self-defense. joining us now, faith jenkins, a former prosecutor and chip merlin a criminal defense attorney. faith, interesting to note we have all this detail yet there is no gun and we re having trouble determining if the prosecution has the knife at hand. how does that figure in this case? a lot of details but questions about the murder weapons. she confessed to committing the crime. that aspect of murder weapon or how it was done is not an element. she said i did it. the only thing the jury is trying to determine, was this really self-defense. that is where the focus is really on. with with we re seeing another shameless act by joe di, trying to put the strike tim on trial and take the focus away from her own