very upset about what happened. he feels badly. the incident completely took him by surprise. he has all the requisite training. he s taser certified. and if you ve watched the video, you know he was quite shocked when his gun went off. reporter: now, eric harris would later die after being shot. i can tell you there s a lot of conversation in this community just about what exactly happened. also the fact that bates has donated cars and money to the sheriff s department over the years. so people are wondering why he was out there in an operation just like this one, michaela. ryan thanks so much. in our 8:00 hour we re going to speak with scott wood the attorney that represents the tulsa deputy the reserve deputy who is now charged with manslaughter. that s coming up chris. are we seeing a trend or cases that just capture the interest of people? let s discuss. nypd retired detective harry houk and cnn analyst and
director tom fuentes. thank you. harry, we start with the obvious. cops out of control? no. we ve seen a couple instances in the last year here i wouldn t say out of control. we have millions and millions of interactions with police officers every year. and this is only about four or five different problems that we ve had. now, tom fuentes, numbers bear out what harry just said. there s like 69 million contacts with people. and i have all these stats and graphs show excessive force is about at most about 1.5% and that it s down over the years. but then when we see these cases and we see that often police forces try to excuse the behavior it does feed the suspicion that there s a culture of excess. how do you see it? well i see, chris, that several of these incidents have been blown so far out of proportion as to be ridiculous. and what the bottom line is with many of these is individuals failing to comply with a lawful
to interact with the troops. i just spent three days with them in afghanistan a week and a half ago and getting on that plane was very hard. chris: because? leaving them behind. and still in the fight. and just they are so dedicated and so confident and so capable. they are just extraordinary people. chris: secretary robert chris: secretary gates we want to thank you for coming in and giving us one last interview as secretary of defense and i know i speak for everyone, for your service to our country. up
incredible opportunity to expand its economy especially at a time when our federal government is coming close to bankruptcy. and so that s broad based pill. not an extreme view. not an extreme view that the voters and republican primary her embrace. it puts this state forward and has the capacity to put all of the states in the nation forward. it is one of hope, not one of the despear i despair in the p. chris: senator murkowski says that you are an extremist. unemployment benefits. you say that they are unconstitutional? why are they? and the census bureau came out with new figures that indicated 44 million americans are living in poverty and without unemployment benefits millions more would be living in poverty. what would you do for them? well, i think the question
states, giving alaska an incredible opportunity to expand its economy especially at a time when our federal government is coming close to bankruptcy. and so that s broad based pill. not an extreme view. not an extreme view that the voters and republican primary her embrace. it puts this state forward and has the capacity to put all of the states in the nation forward. it is one of hope, not one of the despear i despair in the p. chris: senator murkowski says that you are an extremist. unemployment benefits. you say that they are unconstitutional? why are they? and the census bureau came out with new figures that indicated 44 million americans are living in poverty and without unemployment benefits millions more would be living in poverty. what would you do for them?