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. >> reporter: heather mcdonald strongly disagrees. >> i found the opposite. the criminology profession has been praying for decades to show the overrepresentation is the are result of criminal justice racism. it is black crime rates that predict the presence of blacks in the criminal justice system, not some miscarriage of justice. >> reporter: still, in ferguson, as in many other impoverished urban communities, the authorities are often seen as the enemy. >> after the cameras leave and after young michael is buried, if we don't reach into the neighborhood, they will become more bold, they will become much more brazen. >> reporter: the death of a young man in suburban st. louis resonate across the nation, but will it encourage solutions or create further division? for "meet the press", kevin tibbles. >> to discuss the broader immediate meeting of ferguson for the rest of the country, i'm joined by wesley lowery, covering the story for the "washington post" and his own encounter with ferguson police show the on tape, he was arrest and released without being ch

no, said mcdonald. but heather san sen said the prosecution is likely to tell the jury that williams did get special access, because of his donations and gifts. gifts including $15,000 for mcdonald's daughter's wedding reception. >> molly, thank you. >>> bank of america will pay almost $17 billion to settle up with the justice department over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. it's the largest deal over the meltdown so far. stocks were up. the dow gained 60, the s&p 500 and nasdaq both finished ahead six. >>> still ahead, just in time for the november election, a big rise in your health insurance premium. >>> first, it's being called a miracle. two missioners diagnosed with ebola walked out of the hospital. >>> israeli air strike in the densely populated gaza neighborhood has killed three senior commanders of the hamas' military wing. a pre-dawn attack leveled the four-story house. thousands of palestinians joined the funeral procession for the man. hamas

. >> joining our "closing bell" exchange this hour, heather hughes, meg green, larry mcdonald, and our very own rick santelli. welcome, one and all. rick, i'd like to go back to something that you showed graphically. might not work quite as well without your graphics. on ""power lunch,"" you looked at the performance of some bond charts versus the equity charts. would you sum up what you were saying there? >> i will. as a matter of fact, we're going to be showing those same charts right now as i talk. if you look at today in the bund and the treasury. for the u.s., this is potentially going to be lowest yield close going back to june. for the bund, lowest yield close ever. for the gilt, low eest. it's like you're dangling over your skis. these charts are not the type of chart if it was an equity market or your apple stock, you'd be saying wow, i'm glad i'm holding this, let's buy more. they look as though they're going to continue to move lower. then the dax is my favorite. look at the dax, same two-year period going back to august of 2012 and it is knocking three times at 9,000 just l

heather: the nation's highest military appeals court is ordering a new trial for american soldier george mcdonald. the young paratrooper was convicted of a brutal murder back in 2008. he is accused of stabbing and slashing one of his bunk mates at fort benning, georgia, more than 50 times, was he said was a fit of rage caused by the popular drug chantix. it is used to help people to stop smoking. 20 million people have taken that drug. joining me to talk about the case, heather hanson and criminal defense attorney ashley merchant. good morning, ladies. does he have the case that the drug made him do it? heather, let's start with you. >> i don't think he does. the supreme court was right to allow him to present the evidence because you want to give a defendant every last possibility to make his case. similar cases have failed. the reason, this defense is a defense gets him off completely. if he successful in this defense he gets to walk right out of that jail without any commitment or any psychological help. the reality the evidence is just not there to support the connection between an act like w