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this tuesday i m ana cabrera. it is 10:00 eastern. we re here in new york and right now we re tracking calls for justice in kansas city after a 16-year-old was shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell 84-year-old andrew lester is the white homeowner now facing two felony charges for shooting ralph yarl police say there was a racial component to the shooting, but haven t provided details and an arrest warrant has been issued but lester is still not in custody. this morning, the 16-year-old s mother described his injuries. he had the bullet in the up here for about, let s say, up to 12 hours before it was taken out. also this morning, a rejected appeal a moscow court has ruled against evan gerstovitz. he will be detained in prison until he goes on trial next month on espionage charges the u.s. government calling the entire process a sham. the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. and one of t ....
But to some in the commune ity that doesn t matter. they want to see him held accountable for as many elements in the case as possible. the anger is not subsiding people are demanding answers and not only do they want to see ralph yarl back in school and back on his feet, but they want to see lester held accountable as soon as possible. thank you now i want to bring in derrick johnson, president and ceo of the naacp and eddie glau, chair of princeton s department of african american studies and msnbc contributor. good to see both of you. derrick, you wrote something on twitter last night that stuck with me. millions of black parents, you write, across america are going to have the talk again this time adding another item to the list don t ring the wrong doorbell. i can t imagine what it is like to be the parents of ralph yarl right now. but you re right, this has an impact on the entire black community and really beyond. what all is going through your head right now it is unfortuna ....
American who did anything near this level and not be in custody. has nothing to do with defense he offered it is the fact that he attempted to murder a young black man and he s not in custody. we have an individual in texas facing 30 years for spitting at, not on law enforcement officers. so we have a problem with our justice system not holding individuals accountable, as a result of that lack of accountability, people are operating at a level in which they disregard black lives. eddie, let me ask you about accountability because, again, the county prosecutor says there was a racial component to this case, without specifying more. the family wants hate crime charges to be filed here what do you think? what does justice look like here well, i think hate crimes should be filed, along with the other charges. it seems to me we have to begin ....
Chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, and the whole republican leadership group. and i ll tell you what, we walked out of there, mitch and paul and everybody, kevin, and we walked out and everybody was happy. well, then weather me now new york times political reporter and msnbc contributor jeremy peters and my panel, steven kornacki and eddie glau. iermy, your latest story is titled for conservatives, donald trump s deal with democrats is a nightmare come true. how so? if you think about it from a conservative perspective, stephanie, what they always feared was that donald trump would sell them out. there were these lingering doubts about the sincerity of his conservativism, the conviction of his beliefs, whether or not he would be true to himself or true to them. yesterday they may have gotten an answer to that question, an answer that a lot of them didn t like. i spoke with a number of ....
Unless people are willing to say rod rosenstein was part of a coverup, it is impossible to get to where the professor is going. it is possible for me to see i have an opportunity to get rid of comey. i have this wonderful memo. can t that three-page letter be true without ergo there s a coverup? that s what people need to get to. rod rosenstein made a recommendation to fire comey. it arrived on the president s desk and he agreed. but that is not the orchestration of a coverup. you don t find the timing suspicious? no. i trust rod rosenstein because he s a life long prosecutor in the justice department who served president obama for eight years. ari covers legal issues for us. you went into this last night. you just found some curious elements of the three-page ....