if a doctor amputate the wrong limb, do we throw him in prison? no, he gets sued, he has malpractice insurance, it s a horrible tragic accident. what is this also? a horrible tragic accident. and we can t start trying to throw people in jail, especially cops, who have a license to kill under certain circumstances. when tragedy like this strikes, we have to take a step back, not lunge forward, and try to do what we think the court of public opinion wants us to do. these facts should have been analyzed carefully before any charges were brought. i don t think they where. the jury may not think they were, either. jacqui: do you think at all that the fact that this unfolded during derek chauvin s trial for killing george floyd at all factored into the prosecution s decision to make this a criminal case, given what the public outcry would be if they didn t?
bonuses to employees, even small companies that expanded the worker base by one or two, all of a sudden it pushes back on the narrative that they heard from democrats, that this was going to be doom and gloom. we know nancy pelosi s comments about these being crumbs. for a lot of people, $1,000 is not a crumb and nor is a $2 pay increase. democrats went out on the wrong limb and they didn t have a positive forward thinking message. empowering people, giving them more money is a positive message. being anti-trump is not. let me point out, i ll agree that the tax bill will be successful once we see wages increase. average americans are invested into the stock market in an overwhelming majority. neil: actually you re wrong. average americans take advantage of their pension and their security in their own plans at work. through mutual funds. neil: what about the three million plus americans that are
going into homes and knocking down doors. here is what is going on. a bank is repossessing the wrong woman s home when they should have cleared out the house across the street. they go. in clear everything out, sell at a sheriff s sale. basically she comes home, finds out her house has been cleared out. mike pike wrong house. like operating on the wrong limb in the hospital. mike: right arm not left arm. alisyn: here is the owner s explanation. come to the house and, you know, going to put my key in the lock and it doesn t work. they repossessed my house on accident, thinking it was the house across the street. they told me that the g.p.s. led them to my house. my grass hadn t been mowed and they just assumed. alisyn: that s a rude awakening. al. mike: two more cases to talk about. a swat team this week busted in to the wrong woman s house. here is what she said. out of my peripheral
cover this up, that s a major problem. if you look at any type of medical mistake what becomes clear is you have to acknowledge it. it is even useful to apologize. cover ups lead to lawsuits and cover ups lead to loss of license, and they are disasters. trace: the doctor does not work for the hospital but works for a contracting company and they have not commented. shepard: i heard of taking out the wrong organ or taking off the wrong limb but never a fire. trace: well, it is a lot more common than you think. still rare, but, a patient saint group estimated this happens around 550 to 650 time as year and 20 percent of those result in severe burns, even death. now, the most common cause is electrical equipment getting too close to oxygen and many
closed doors sharply criticized robert gibbs for saying that republicans could win control of the house of representatives in november, which of course would put nancy pelosi out of a speaker position. yesterday, gibbs clarified those comments. listen to this: i think i stated the obvious, april. i think that the democratic party will be invigorated by the choice and the discussion that will be had over the course of the next several months. i don t think we have anything to be disspiritted about. martha: dana perino stood in robert gibbs spot as she served as george w. bush s press secretary. good morning. martha: first of all as press secretary to press secretary, did he go out on the wrong limb in saying that the other day? new york city i deal for i feel for him because he was up at the pod ul and he said what the truth is, and for months now, almost everybody has been saying, including democratic pollsters, that it s not like the democrats have any