This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. A fiery first debate, the top 10 gop candidates drew brews and cheers from the audience and fellow contenders. Michael shure joins us live from cleveland this morning. Good morning. Weve got donald trump out of the gate, did not even have to say a word to fire up the crowd but how did he do overall . Good morning. It really does still feel like good evening. Its been a long one here in cleveland. How he did if you ask donald trump, he did very well. He came to be himself, to be the person who breaks this debate up, who breaks up this race. He broke to the decorum of republican president ial politics right from the very beginning. He was asked questions about how he would run would he be a lone wolf out there lets say he didnt win the nomination, is there anyone on the stage who would run as an independent but donald trump has been consistent and that didnt change last night. Im looking to you to raise your hand now if y
Doesnt target minorities. The verdict, the colorado Movie Theater defendant learns his fate. The fate of john hoaments hoimsw it could change the debate in congress. One year ago, sunday, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. It ignited a National Debate that continues today. Ferguson becomes the signal of that debate. And the mistrust between police and minorities across america. We take you back to the area it first started it will dee ann eastabrook is in ferguson. Diane. John, this is the weekend that is going to remember Michael Brown. In sunday people are going to gather in the neighborhood that Michael Brown was shot a year ago, they are going to observe a moment of silence at the time he was shot and they are going to march to a niche hig niche higha short way away. Tonight things are very calm in ferguson. So diane, what has changed in the last year . Reporter well, we have seen some change in the last year from a governme
Governor but if you have a noncorporate of legislature is hard to get your agenda passed. You raise a good point. Lets talk about how we got into this mess. Haley barbour i believe when he was chair of the Republican Party made a decision that democrats didnt pay enough attention to which was in the best in electing legislatures, legislators and republican governors for a lot of reasons he wanted to do it but when reapportionment comes up we can bridge line in congress and have a bunch of people that believe what we believe which happens to be the tea party in Haley Barbours case govern america or at least be obstructionist to american progress. They did it and they did pretty well 20 years ago. That is why we are in the mess we are in. One of the points that i made to democrats is listen im just speculating here but one of the challenges to taking back Congress Might be that they gerrymandered these districts so effectively after they did that its really tough to win and so if you ele
Contributions, is that creating a problem more for democrats than republicans . Its the icing on the cake to a bad decision which was citizens united, and its going to lead to more money in politics, which i think is bad for democracy. But is it worse for democrats than for republicans . Hard to tell. I mean, i look at this in the democratic governors association, and again, not so loud like a broken record, but we get outspent. We understand that. Were in an environment where we need to raise money so that we can we compete, but weve got to spend our resources more wising than they do. When we do, we win. Thats why we won eight of the last nine races. Im really focused on democratic governors. Im doing it because i believe its going to mack a real difference for america, and we understand that were going to get outspent. We just got to be smarter, have better candidates, and actually implement the policies weve promised to implement, which is jobcreating opportunities for middle class
Down their driving ships around the caribbean trying to do interdictions, but back in 98 i had a chance to do a Diplomatic Mission going into venezuela and colombia. At the time venezuela was very friendly with us and accept this in there. When we pulled into columbia, quite a different situation. Was one of the few towns you could go around in safely. I have had the chance to watch how planned columbia has worked, the partnerships were developed with the colombians. In fact try have been down there dealing with their head of navy, and we are very proud of the way that they are taking on the regional lead. They are running very symposiums, bringing in other countries, and we continue to work with them and sustain an relationship. The key to that has been a continued commitment. I have to admit that as they see fewer and fewer resources devoted to the counter drug mission then began to get a little anxious because they perceive that as a as backing away from sharing the battle with them