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>> he takes a cue from one of his staffer s and bails. >> he's also racing again his past. >> he got confronted on it yesterday. >> do you think private businesses should be allowed to discrimination based on race? >> no. >> so you've changed? >> no, i never said that. >> a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single u tonight video p 27 months before the 2016 election, senator rand paul is in the middle of a three day 700 mile odyssey across the hawk eye state of iowa. it is his 109 visit to the state this election cycle and paul has been espousing a message of inclusion. >> we're the party trying to help the poor people.

rich people can always help themselves. so when i say i want to lower taxes, it's not so much that i care people in the business, i wapts the people who work for them to have a job. >> but for all this talk of a kinder gentler gop, the guy he is fundraising alongside, that guy is perhaps the very embodiment of intolerance and exclusion. iowa congressman steve king. in other words, the problem with campaigning with steve king is campaigning with steve king. it is something senator paul addressed by pretending yesterday that he wasn't campaigning with steve kin. >> we're looking for a great crowd. thank you for bringing that up. >> arizona state university and

i know you want to -- i want to give you the opportunity to get rid of it. >> the other problem with campaigning with steve king, sometimes you're forced to run away from steve king so quickly, you don't get to finish your lunch. the iowa caucuses are contest number one. so paul and everyone else have to sfri king's favor which exposes them to the kind of alterations they would rather avoid ahead of the general election. sticking up for the dreamer in the video would plus ably doom paul's primary campaign. so rand paul does what he had to to. aligning yourself with extremists and then trying to run away with them before anyone notices. how is that strategy working out for the gop? apparently not well. according to a poll, just 35% of registered voters have a favorable view of the republican

party. among women, those numbers stand at 33%. and among latinos, they are in the basement. a mere 29% of the hispanic population in the united states which by the way is a lot of people, only 29% hold the republican party in a favorable light. so what is the latest strategy? drive the knife in every further. not contend to leave it with the assertion the democratic party is waging a, quote, war on whites. alabama congressman mo brooks is now claiming that dreamers who wish to serve their country in the u.s. military should not be allowed to do so because they chose a threat to national security. >> we're hired to represent merge citizens and i don't want american citizens having to compete with illegal aliens for jobs in our military particularly when you take into account that what does our military do? depends our country. these individuals have to be

absolutely 100% loyal and trustworthy.fends our country. these individuals have to be absolutely 100% loyal and trustworthy. because they will have access to all sorts of military weaponry, even to the point of having access to weapons of mass destruction. and i'll have much greater faith in the loyalty of an american citizen than a person who is a citizen of a foreign nation. >> joining me now, jess mcint h mcintosh. jess, let's start with rand paul and his shirt which says this is my best party shirt. but is rand paul pursuing the best party strategy? >> if i had to put my money on it, i would say rand paul is the closest to becoming their nominee. and feels strange to say that out loud. you ted cruz will the deport everybody strategy, marco rubio

the legalization strantegy. and rand paul will run away. so the runaway strategy might be the only palatable one they have left. >> they seem fairly he will rel considering the poll numbers that wear out how well the strategy is working for the republican party. it is worth noting that among nonwhites in america, the gop favorability is 25% favorable to 70% unfavorable. it doesn't seem to be going so good. >> you remember the thing about the etch a sketch comments were are that they were about to transition from the primary election to the general election. you take a bunch of unpopular positions in the primary, you shake the etch a sketch and go to the general and it's like it

never happened. but we're stay way out. so part of the idea behind p republicans passing immigration reform was to stop the doom loop of republicans leap frogging each other.form was to stop thep of republicans leap frogging each other. the fact that they haven't can done it opens them up to more and more altercations. >> and then you have mo brooks chiming in on the sidelines. speaking out against the enlist act which was seen not so long ago as the enticement to get republicans. and here young people brought here illegally by their parents, willing to serve their country as a precursor to citizenship and mo brooks says we can't trust these dreamers because they may have weapons of mass destruction. >> we give a lot of grief to gop pollsters. i think pretty much they are all guilty of oversampling white people. they actually need more than

white people and i would even say white men to a be a nationa party. this is still when people are forming opinions about rand paul and most of the country does not know who rand paul is and what he has done is accelerate his time line it for answering really difficult questions that his party doesn't want to answer about immigration. he can't run away from every question he gets asked about or it will create the narrative before he even declares his capp candidacy. >> it feels like the temperature inside the republican caucus is much hotter. a republican from indiana saying yesterday we need to know from a public health standpoint with ebola circulating and everything else what the condition of these kids is, these kids referring to the kids who have come across the border and are part of the

humanitarian crisis. the narrative there is incredibly toxic. >> definitely a lot of ugly stuff being said and done because of the immigration reform process failed. that is creating a -- adding new flavor to what i think was a year's long trend. the end of the primary process in 2012 left us with self deportation with being the standard republican position on immigration and then you had a brief interruption where they realize this is really terrible and we need to stop the slide toward let's saying let's deport them all. something needs to be done to address it, and so unless they can get their act together either this congress or next congress, to do something about that, so that these altercations stop happening, so they can

table the question about what to do where ith immigrants in the country, there is incentive to get more and more and more conservative and hard line on what to do about those people. >> and the only thing they can focus on are fake scandals including ones like benghazi which rand paul was happy to bring up catoday. let's play a little bit of sound. >> hillary clinton made a host of errors being there and not protecting our embassy. and i think excludes herself from ever being chapdcommander chief. >> is this rand paul trying to establish himself as someone who could actually go toe to toe with hillary clinton by throwing arrows at her or is he trying to vanquish her? >> if he's trying to go toe to toe, he has to start by not running away from teenagers.

but i think that was fryitrying position position. the menu of options is getting slimmer and slimmer. they talk about bep gaz ti or impeaching the president and all it does is create an amazing contrast where they issues of economic opportunity like raising minimum wage. >> actual policies owned by democrats. and before we go, is the strategy for whoever is the eventual republican nominee basically to not just drop the pam burger, but maybe not go into the diner and order the hamburger? don't go to iowa at all.

chris christie and mitt romney will be doing a joint appearance. so avoid iowa entirely? >> the rnc is trying to do something similar where they want to protect the primary candidates from tough moderators. so they're trying to control the debate process. and so i think to some september, the party apparatus is saying let's avoid these problems by just avoiding them. but unfortunately, iowa caucuses come first. and in order to do well there, you need to establish yourself, you need to have ally there ies. so they can't just not go to iowa. so they will have to address these questions. >> you can't have your hamburger and eat it, too is what i glean from this conversation. jess, brian, thank you both. after the break, a high

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the latest greene on blue attack claimed the lives of a two star u.s. general as left as many as 15 wounded. on blue attack claimed the lives of a two star u.s. general as left as many as 15 wounded. gunman is believed to be a member of afghan security forces who sprayed govern fire another a military academy outside of kab kabul. the facility a dedicated to training afghan security force. today's shooting was the first insider attack in afghanistan in months in response to the 2012

massive spike will this those type of s of incidents, they tk extra steps including guardian angels. this afternoon pentagon announced it should be considered in con test. >> it's impossible to completely eliminate the threat as terrible as today is. and it is a terrible today, a terrible tragedy. we haven't seen in the course of the last year or so as you described it a spate of these insider threat attacks. and i think that is testament to the good work that authorities have done to try mitigate that threat. >> the shooting is likely to raise more questions about the security situation in a country where violence has spiked in the first six months of the year and where the results of june's presidential election to succeed hamid karzai are still in doubt. but so far calculus remains up

changed. president obama announced in may that u.s. combat operations will end in december of this this year. and that the u.s. will keep a residual force in the country through 2015. joining joining me is the state department spokesperson. green on blue violence. is this an indict of u.s. policy in afghanistan? >> i'm not sure if i could state it more accurately than my colleague john kirby at the defense department. this stipt happened of course in a war zone. there have been a number of steps and precautions that have been taken. there will be plenty of time to look into this incident and the circumstances around that. the pentagon will of course have the lead on that. right now our focus is of course mourning the lives lost, supporting the families mourning their loved ones. that is where our focus remains today. >> there has been a 24% increase in the number of civilians killed or injured in the first

half of 2014. how worried is the state department about the country we leave behind at the end of this year when we begin the very last phase of our troop withdrawal? >> well, as you know, not just second kerry, but president obama and the administration remains committed to supporting, train, advise and assisting the afghan troops, putting them in the lead. obviously the political process here which is something we're very involved in from the state department is also incredibly important. the audit process has resumed as of last saturday. that is ongoing. and we think having a conclusion of that will also be a positive step forward for the people in the country. >> the polling among americans about the success of the war this afghanistan is pretty abysmal or dismal to be more realistic about it. do you think the american public is on the same side of the administration with the cautious optimism? >> i think it's important for everybody to remember that many american people have lost a

loved one, some be in their town, some be they went to high school with. and obviously winding down this conflict and mrkamerica's engagement is a priority for president obama. but more women and girls are going to school and owning businesses, there is greater security that can be built on over the course of time. we want to support the afghan people as they preserve that progress and ten to make progress in the years ahead. >> jen, always nice to see you. thanks for your time. >> good to see you, too. >> with me now is evener fell lee on national security policy in the middle east and south asia.lee on national security policy in the middle east and south asia. brian, let's talk about the events of today. in terms of calcifying the opinion that we must get out fast as quickly as possible, one would think that this further entrenches that view point. >> i think that's right. and i think it raises a question

about this distinction between combat forces and supporting forces. because as you mentioned, we will keep about 9,000 or 10,000 troops in afghanistan for an extended period of time. and this general was killed in an incident not in combat, but it raises some questions i think for many americans of the basic security. as though statistics from the u.n. that you cited demonstrate that afghanistan is a much more dangerous place than it was say a year ago and i think part of that is related to what jen was saying. the politics and overall situation. but i think it does feed into this overall narrative that many americans are asking what did we get out of this after more than 12 years there. >> also isn't there some deep apprehension about just how much further into chaos the country might slide? we were talking about the elections, contested results. how confident are you that there will be some semblance of a stable government in afghanistan by the end of this year? >> i'm not very confident at this point because of how long the process has gone on.

the afghan citizens showed up in record numbers to vote in these elections and i think that is a positive sign. the negative sign is the squabbling that we see between of a beg afghan leaders. they quite simply don't reflect the sacrifices of their own citizens or of many americans who have been there. and that's where i think this summer is truly a test of where afghan leaders stand up for what most afghans want, which is basic decent leadership, governance and law and order. and they're not getting that right now. >> and you are annual expert on the region and if you look holistically at what is happening in that part of the world, it feels remarkably and distressingly unsettled which is to say the advancement of isis to areas help in northern iraq by the curds, sear use, where 170,000 have been killed, of course the events in gaza which remain to be determined, but

have taken thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of you thousands of people, when you look at the region, what stands out to you as sort of the hottest of hot points? >> they're all interlinked by one common thing. this battle of ideas that everybody talk aed about and we flubbed when we went in with shock and awe and made so many mistakes. but the hot spot is the dominant thread. there is an extremism that still there and it won'ting solved by u.s. military action alone. we have to have a more hole list holistic approach and it will requires working with the leaders to help them stand up for themselves. and the common thread is a desire to go back 1,000 years which is crazy to me. but again, we can't defeat it

militarily, we need to defeat it politically and work with those fighting the fight. >> are we less likely to have partners in the coming year than we were ten years ago at the start of this conflict? >> well, i don't think so. because you look and jen mentioned this, the millions being educated in afghanistan, if you look at this in terms of a long game, we do have a potential capable partners and reliable partners. we didn't have that in afghanistan in 2000 or 2001 before the war. so there is greater optimism. you have a government that is disfenks al, bfunctional, but t legitima legitimacy. but my stress here is that everybody talks about what can we do to bomb or military solutions. and we're in the tough phase of political solutions.

>> brian, thanks for your time. >> thank you. coming up, a new cease fire in gaza is holding, but for how long. details on that coming up next. take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. peanuts! peanuts! crowd cheers! that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthcare gets simpler. when frustration and paperwork decrease. when grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home. so let's do it. let's simplify healthcare. let's close the gap between people and care.

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in cairo, over the next few days, egyptian diplomats will seek to bring israeli and palestinians to the table to work on longer lasting peace. but the gaps are vast. and for those who have lost relatives in the conflict, the damage has already been done. approximately 260,000 residents have been displaced. and many who returned to their homes today found them gone. one gaza recent department told the "new york times," the only thing we gained is destruction. we lost in one instant all we had worked for 40 years to build. just ahead, president obama spoke at a he key summit about economic partnership, infectious disease and fighting terrorism. i'll talk with gail smith about why africa matters coming up next. ugh. heartburn.

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a landmark meeting of african leaders is bringing in to focus a continent rich in opportunity but beset by formidable challenges. it is an unprecedented gathering that the president said is a key part of an ambitious trade agen agenda. >> our entire trade with all of africa is still only about equal to our trade with brazil. one country. we have to do better. much better. i want africans buying more american products, i want americans buying more of a can products. i know you do, too. >> but for african leaders, the summit comes at a particularly trick ily time. it is not the economic engines, but the outbreak of ebola

grabbing headlines. this afternoon the second of two americans who contracted ebola in liberia arrived at emory university. it's infected 1600 and killed more than 887 people prompting british airway s to announce it is temporarily suspending flights there. and there are reports about the fights against militants. this time amnesty international alleges that nigerian forces are carrying out human rights abuses and going after boko haram militants. abuses forcing detainees to dig their own graves, slitting throats and conduct mass executions. further proof of the appalling disregard for humanity in northeastern nigeria where war

crimes are being committed with abandon by all sides. joining me now is special assistant to the president and senior director at the national council gail smith. thank you for joining me on this very busy day. just to start with the report from amnesty enter nainternatio deepening our ties, how confident can we be when there are allegations of car crimes in a place like nigeria? >> we certainly don't discount the urgency of the situation in nigeria or the importance of raising though issues with the government which we have been doing and will continue to do. but there are a number of things going on in africa. there are 54 countries. that is one case of a very bad situation to which we're paying a great deal of attention. but the summit is about the promise in africa right now.

if you look at it as the most dynamic emerging market on the continent, and the opportunities for u.s. business, for african business, to create jobs and prosperity for people on both sides in africa and in the united states, so that was very much the focus today. >> let me just follow up, though, in terms of the issues that are plaguing certain parts of the conity then the which is n continent, not to put them all under one tent. but there are significant security threats facing the region. they include al shabaab and bbo. so how does security play into it? >> i think security concerns in africa are much the same as in any other region. and we're very focused on those. we do quite a lot with our of a can partners to build their capacity to deal with a host of

transnational threats. i think at the same time, the story that sometimes falls back from the headlines is the fact that you have six of the fastest growing economies in the world in africa. you have a growing middle class. you have a number of countries that are creating the conditions that are ripe for environment. for example, we have looked at the power affair characterization the initiative the president launched last summer, to double access to electricity in africa. the demand is extra ordinary. and we've been able to mobilize $26 billion most of that private sector capital to invest in turning the lights on all across the concontinent. so there is another story here. and i think there a great desire on the part of the president, on the part of the leaders here to talk about the hard issues, the security issues, but to also focus on another story which is extremely important. >> speak to that story of

economic development. there are some pieces today that make the argument that president obama is not only -- or this administration is not only playing catch up to the chinese in terms of investment in africa, but also in terms of action and involvement and engagement in the region playing catch up to president obama. do you agree he with that, is there any merit to that? >> i don't think so. and as one of the african leaders on a pan elg this afternoon said and i think we agreed very much with this, there is plenty of room in africa. i think we welcome the fact that other regions and other countries are investing. i think our approach is somewhat different. we are investing, we think we can do good business, but we're investing in africa's capacity. we welcome what president bush do. one thing we've done has been build on the found days that he left with pepfar. we've cincreased the number on treatment to 6.7 million people. so that is a great thing.

but i think we've done a number of other things. whether puttinging a g ing ingie back on the map, i think we've done quite a lot. >> and one more question for you.on the map, i think we've d quite a lot. >> and one more question for you. biden seemed to criticize the chinese investment can which a lot of people said does not -- is not the investment is not returned to the people of africa. how worried is the u.s. about the way in which the chinese have developed? >> i think much of that is up to africans to decide. i think we've put a great premium on transparency. one of the things we look forward to talking leaders about

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nearly $168,000 per inmate per year. and yesterday after months of scandal including charges of drug smuggling, brutal assaults on inmates and the death of would two prisoners in less than nine months, it was declared broken. the u.s. attorney for manhattan was talking specifically about the treatment of adolescent inmates following the release of a report by the federal government. in it, rikers is described as having a deep seeded culture of violence against inmates detailing corrections officers assaulting young inmates, beating them and slamming heads against walls. it is behavior which the report concluded was a systemic violation of civil rights. and it comes just three weeks after the "new york times" published the result of its own

four month investigation of rikers tdetailing brutal attack. the "times" found during altercations are corrections officers, inmates suffered fractured jaws and eye sockets, wounds requiring stitches and severe head and back injuries. this chart which accompanied the investigation shows the rise this these kinds of attacks up nearly 90% over the past five years. over a period of 11 months last year, the tim"times" found 129 suffered serious injuries, i don't understand the capacity of the medical clinics. 77% of those seriously injured were mentally ill. none of the officers involved in these 129 cases have been prosecuted. joining me now campaign director to u.s. human rights network. always great to see you. and to talk about what is a

horrifying story that i think -- shocked me when i read it, but also the spike in violence. 90% over the past five years. how is it that we are just learning about this now and how is it possible that the rate of violence would have increased to such a gra dramatic degree? >> i want to thank you for having me on and also being a champion.dramatic degree? >> i want to thank you for having me on and also being a champion. for people and in this case children. i'm here representing a network of organizations throughout the country who are working together to build a human rights movement in this nation. and it's more clear than ever why we need a human rights movement. you know, your question to where we're just sort of finding out the details, one, we look to what is happening in the prisons. falsified reports, the fact that these incidents are happening in locations where there isn't video surveillance, so they're able to seriously injure, use excess difference force on these young people and get away with

it. but at the heart of this is that the rights of children in this country are not respected. nor are they protected. which brings me to my point about these are children, but these are human beings with human rights. and because of that, we need to know that not only is d.o.c. policy being violated -- >> department of corrections. >> yes. the 8th and 14th amendment. but so is human rights law, laws we are bound to. and i want to say the u.s. is up for two very important reviews this year. one is happening this month where the u.s. is going to have to answer questions by international body of experts and talk about how they are working to eliminate racial discrimination. and we also have to talk about the fact that a significant amount of these young people are also people of color.

>> and almost a majority of them have mental illness. and that is a huge sort of untold story in terms of the violence perpetrated against prisoners in jail and prisons. 36% of inmates at rikers have mental illness. they commit two thirds of the infractions in jail, but they can't be medicated involuntarily. do you think stories like this, reports like that changes our policy to wothose who are mentay ill? >> it needs to. 51% of those young people in like e rikers juvenile facility are mentally ill. so we need to make it shift. the mentally ill are a vulnerable group. historically been taken advantage of in this country. that's from what happens on the

street with law enforcement to what is happening in prisons. whether it be rikers or other prisons and jails across the nation. >> what about another huge part of this is the fact that new york state automatically charges people between the ages of 16 and 18 years old as adults. are we getting closer to he revisiting that policy given what is happening here? >> we need to. we're one of two states that automatically charges a young person 16 to 17 years old as an adult. we need to raise the age. a 16 and 17-year-old is not an a adult. and in addition to that -- >> are there other states that have had that policy and changed that policy? >> yes. >> and is that purely through sort of civic action or the federal investigation would certainly seem to speed -- presumably speed things along. >> i think it's both. for me, whenever we see progress towards human rights, it's the people that do it.

people need to do it in new york and other states in this nation that have yet to raise the age. >> and in terms of the culture in and around prison, it feels like there is momentum to reform the way we incarcerate them. whether the death penalty, whether that is rand paul and cory booker coming together on something like the redeem act, the fact that there is some support in republican circles for reforming the system, the fact that the federal prosecutor is going after what is happening in the country's second largest jail. are you optimistic about where we are headed in the next year in terms of prisons? >> there are two things. one, i am optimistic. i see a movement for reform and change in this country growing. in addition, i see a human rights movement in this country growing. i think that what we need to be reminded of, and there are story which is i won't necessarily go in, to b but stories of young people

being brutalized that we need to act with urgency. which is why i call for people watching your show and reading what is happening at rikers to join the human rights movement in this country. we need it now more than ever and we need it for children at rikers and across this country. >> thank you as always. good to see you. >> thank you. after the break, nfl owner dan snyder has a new defense for his franchisees divisive nickname. lots of native americans love his washington football team. t. his doubleheader day at the park starts with back pain... and a choice. take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. peanuts! peanuts! crowd cheers! honey, look i got one to land. uh-huh. (vo) there's good more... honey, look at all these smart rewards points verizon just gave me.

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ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious the man who has steadfastly defended the washington redskins, the man who has said he will never change the name that is not only a racial slur but a name two thirds of native americans find offensive, redskins owner dan snyder is this week attempting what can

only be called a long shot so long it defies statistics. speaking on espn 980 yesterday, a radio station which dan snyder owns, he says that by focusing on the name of his team, we have become distracted from the real problems faced by native americans. quote, it's sort of fun to talk about the name of our football team because it gets some attention for some of the people who write about it who need internet clicks, but the reality is no one ever talks when what is going on on refrp vagss. i would encourage them to go out there and learn and listen to what is really happening in indian country so they can help indian country. snyder also said that despite evidence of widespread offense, the native americans that he's visited, quote, love his team. among the native americans who very clearly don't love his team, two groups that released

this statement in response. if mr. smi der truly wants to help indian country, then he could provide financial support. while at the same time, ending his callus use of this racist epithet. that is all. the ed show is up next. good evening. welcome to the ed show live from detroit lakes, minnesota. i'm ready to go. let's get to work. >> i'm pretty thirsty. >> that's right. >> don't drink the water. that is what toledo, ohio residents are being told. >> 400,000 recent departments have been told to turn off their taps. >> the problem is an algae bloom. >> it's reached critical proportions. >> it's fueled by fertilizer runoff from farms. >> they are capable of producing