ted cruz was not born here. is he here legitimately? absolutely. see which sane minds agree. we ll be right back with politics in a minute with the hardball round table. up next, mistrial. trouble probably in baltimore. the police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of freddie gray. this is hardball, the place for politics.
doubt that had been planted throughout the trial by the defense team and you had some real deficiencies in the prosecution s argument. what likely happened is they said they couldn t come together and decide on even one charge which is a little shocking to the community. we all thought it was a tough uphill battle on the manslaughter charge but misconduct, reckless endangerment and assault. the reason for this is the fundamental flaw of the case is that the premise is that we re punishing him for something he did not do. he failed to seat belt in freddie gray and failed to get medical attention. people are not used to that standard for a police officer. is there precedent for this being used in the case as important as a manslaughter case, not doing something in. it is. it s almost like the idea of a police officer having to have a different standard in all sorts of cases. keep in mind that people fundamentally trust the police
over any other citizens and over any other group. it s not a flawed concept to say that you can be punished for failing to do something especially if you, as a police officer, your entire job hinges on you being pre-active, not just reactive. william porter was the last person to hear freddie gray s dying declaration for help. you just can t escape that really bad fact. it s far from over. people have to understand is this is a real chess game. there s a reason officer william porter trial went first. there s a reason the trial will be the van driver whose has more serious charges. there is a strategy and plan. coming up, who is in a stronger position today than they were headed into last night s debate? the fight before christmas. who was the winner. our roundtable will tell us. that s coming up next. you re watching hardball, the
it s hard for me to believe that chris christie would pursue the ideas he said this morning on cbs. thank you. you re laughing when you said that. i m not laughing at chris christie. it s one thing to yell at some call in person during a call in show and being unpleasant to her or him, it s another thing to talk about world war iii. you couldn t miss the republicans trying to go after hillary. tieing her to everything that s gone wrong. it used to be obama for the weather. now hillary is responsible with obama for everything that goes wrong. they did it consistently last night. they are looking to run against the third obama term. i know what they are up to. ask she present herself as a fresh start? can she beat this rap? who are they most afraid to face? a mistrial in the first of those closely watches cases relating to death of freddie gray. the city of baltimore is on edge
the police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of freddie gray. this is hardball, the place for politics. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief