in 2011, this woman, an attorney for the legal defense fund team said it was an honor to defend abu jamaln the mind of the legal defense fund that the justice system has completely and utterly failed jamal. and in our view, that has everything to do with race and that is why the legal defense fund is in this case. al also, after seen maureen faulkner on "the kelly file," the senate republicans now contacted her and she tells fox news that she will file a petition to make public her complaints against the nominee, debo adegbile. >> trace, thank you. well, the naacp may be standing by this defendant, by this nominee, i should say, to the doj. but the largest police organization in the usa sends a decidedly different message. and the national order of police says this is a thumb in the eye of our national police force. and also joining me, pennsylvania congressman mike fitzgerald who wrote a similar letter of his own to president obama along with the support of several other lawmakers. representative fitzgerald, let me start with you. you write to the president saying i could not be more inc

the reason folks are angry about this is he volunteered to help out this man abu jamal who was convicteddering a philadelphia police officer daniel falkner in cold blood sit over him and fired four more times after the initial shot. five total. he was working for the naacp legal defense fund at the time he vl tiervolunteered his servi. now he's up for the top post. we will be talking about some of the reporting on this in a bit. first we have a chance to speak with hill re shelton the washington bure redirect tore. thank you for being here. >> grad glad to be with you. >> there's no question you don't always agree with the client you represent. but you also get to decide which case you take unless it is assigned to you. he was not assigned to his case. it wasn't assigned to him. he volunteered to defend a cop killer. that's what happened here. explain to the viewers why they should get behind this guy on this nomination? >> first let me say our hearts and prayers continue to go out to the falkner family. it is a shame in our country when we lose a public servant as dedicated as we have b

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look at the printed notes from the naacp legal defense fund at the time that they were representing abu jamalhe key issue. you have one of the attorneys appointed under his leadership during the 2011 event introducing a new legal team saying it is an absolute honor to represent mumia jamal, we are doing this on behalf of the naacp legal defense fund solely ba based on the fact that this absolutely has to do with race. so again, going back to what the fraternal order of police are saying, this is based on false allegations and this is a man who is going to be charged with bringing cases against police officers across the country. >> some of the defenders claim this was a black/white thing because the cop was white. and they claim he was racist in the arrest, in any event that is totally unproven. there is no evidence of that whatsoever and of course the guy was convicted. but the reason they got the death extension commuted to life, they believe the jury was not instructed properly. >>> and up next, the disturbing video now getting attention, the child's mother now giving her side, wait until

to this day, critics maintain that abu-jamal, a former member of the black panther party, was framedhe is no longer on death row because his sentence was vacated two years ago. but his request to get a new trial twice has been rejected by the pennsylvania supreme court and once by the u.s. supreme court. megyn? >> trace, thank you. while the national fraternal order of police are writing president obama directly regarding the man, they are not alone. joining me now, maureen falkner, the wife of the police officer so brutaled murdered. and joining me now, a civil rights attorney himself. thank you for joining us, maureen, your reaction when you heard this attorney had been nominated to such a position by the president. >> megyn, i was absolutely outraged by president obama to make this decision. to have a man who defended a murderer, who -- someone who murdered a police officer with premeditation and malice, is a radical. he is a black panther. and to give him an appointment, to nominate him, to the department of justice, i mean, it is a disgrace. why did he not come to some other out

the murder of a police officer, and in the performance of his duties and abu-jamal and walks up to gun fairly convicted. the court bent over backwards for this guy. the naacp jumps in and voluntary says let's see if the death sentence can be overturned t stinks. this man has no business being anywhere near the doj. bill: i take it confirmation should not be fronted? >> it should not be granted. bill: richard, should it be granted? >> it should be granted. no matter what we think about the dibo has the right to get his team. the senate's job is only to confirm nomination made by president of the united states. not to mention the fact this lawyer was just doing his job. he was arguing the legal merits of a constitutional matter. he was not arguing the merits of the case which is complete, total distinction between the two. bill: okay. now, lars, if you're to consider that, defense attorney, can you understand that? >> what richard is suggesting is that the congress should simply rubberstamp anything the president such supposes which is not what the constitution says. bill: richard, becau