. >> host: jody tweets in to you mr. smith, if you can prove your claim and get your money back why can't you sue the police for breaking the law? >> guest: actually you can't sue the police for breaking the law, but as a practical matter it's impossible. legally you can but it takes a lot of money first of all, which most people don't have. it's a thankless task for their lawyers because the local law enforcement agencies will always defend the police to the hilt. judges are generally very hostile to any attempt to sue the police and will bend the law in favor of the police and it just becomes a futile exercise and a waste of money to sue them. now that's not to say that some class-action suits don't succeed succeed. it if you have got an organization like the aclu to back you up for free and they are suing the entire police department or the city as they have done in some cases there is a case in philadelphia right now which the institute for justice is also working on but if you are an individual trying to sue the pol

host: jodi tweets into you, mr. smith, if you can prove your claim and get your money back, why can't you sue the police for breaking the law? guest: actually, you can sue the police for breaking the law. as a practical matter, it's impossible. legally, you can, but it takes a lot of money which people don't have. it's a task for their lawyers because the local law enforcement agencies will always defend the police to the hilt. judges are generally very hostile to any attempt to sue the police, and will bend the law in favor of the police. it just becomes a futile exercise and a waste of money to sue them. that's not to say that some class action suits don't succeed. if you've got an organization like the aclu to back you up for free, and they are freeing -- suing an entire police department or city, as they have done in some cases -- there's a case they are doing in philadelphia like that now in which the institute of justice is also working on. if you are an individual trying to sue the police officer who wrongful

speaking of the ability to see presidential candidates, a tweet from jodie as we have been having this discussion. she writes iowa is the only state one can talk to presidential hopefuls. should choose a new first state each election. go to paul waiting in in chesapeake, virginia. paul, go ahead. >> caller: yes, a couple of comments. one, a question. are any governors looking to get in the race instead of senators. some of these senators are young and we just went through eight years of that. the second question is hillary claims to champion the middle class. 12 years in the governor's mansion of arkansas eight years in the white house, then secretary of state. my question is what does she really know about the middle class? thank you. >> if you want to take the first part of that on govern ors or those jumping into the presidential race. >> you have 21 possible republican candidates running a few are governors, scott walker is looking seriously polling well in early states. former florida governor jeb bush is another candidate potential candidate with executive experience. he's also p

speaking of the ability to go see presidential candidates, a tweet from jodi as we've been having this discussion. she writes: iowa's the only state one can talk to the presidential hopefuls. they should choose a new first state each election. we'll go to paul waiting in chesapeake virginia. our line for independents. paul, good morning. >> caller: yes. i have a couple of comments here. one is a question. are any governors looking to get into the race instead of senators? some of these senators who are getting in are young and we just went through eight years of that. so and the second question is hillary claims to champion the middle class. twelve years in the governor's mansion of arkansas, eight years in the white house and then secretary of state. my question is what does she really know about the middle class? thank you. >> host: shira center at "the boston globe," if you want to take the first part of that on governors or those with executive experience jumping into the presidential race. >> guest: yeah. when you have 21 possible republican candidates running, yes, a few of them

jodi arias. i mean listen. steven crowder tweets, let me clarify my wife not a bitch.ichelle obama not a bitch. hillary clinton, a bitch. it's good they're getting this out of the way now. they're throwing everything at her. they've already thrown benghazi months and months. by the time voters focus on what's happening, this will all be in the rearview mirror. >> she needs to hire you. there needs to be a little more delusion in the camp over there. >> you think that -- take on alan's point that everything you can possibly throw at hillary clinton has been thrown at her. >> look. we've seen the impact of just people being reminded of the scandals that follow them and their own behavior and lack of ethics. the fact she's now trailing or tied with some unknown effectively republican candidates, the polls that were attached to that indicate that americans at least in those swing states do not trust her. and they're remembering the nature of what this was. after the election, the exit polls for the midterms last year, for the first time the majority of americans feel that

speaking of the ability to go out and see presidential candidates, a tweet from jody. she says, iowa is the only state one can talk to the presidential hopefuls. we will go to paul waiting in chesapeake, virginia. our line for independents. caller: a couple of comments here. one is a question. are any governors looking to get into the race and set of senators? some of these senators who are getting in our young. we just went through eight years of that. can this -- the second question is hillary clinton claims to champion the middle-class. 12 years in the governor's mansion in arkansas, eight years in the white house, and then secretary of state. my question is whether she really know about the middle-class? thank you. host: shira center at "boston globe" if you want to take that. guest: when you have 21 possible republican candidates, yes, some of them are governors, most notably, scott walker, governor of wisconsin. he is pulling quite well in some of the early polls. governor jeb bush is another essential candidate with executive experience. other candidates who are

speaking of the ability to go out and see presidential candidates, a tweet from jody. she says, iowa is the only state one can talk to the presidential hopefuls. we will go to paul waiting in chesapeake, virginia. our line for independents. caller: a couple of comments here. one is a question. are any governors looking to get into the race and set of senators? some of these senators who are getting in our young. we just went through eight years of that. can this -- the second question is hillary clinton claims to champion the middle-class. 12 years in the governor's mansion in arkansas, eight years in the white house, and then secretary of state. my question is whether she really know about the middle-class? thank you. host: shira center at "boston globe" if you want to take that. guest: when you have 21 possible republican candidates, yes, some of them are governors, most notably, scott walker, governor of wisconsin. he is pulling quite well in some of the early polls. governor jeb bush is another essential candidate with executive experience. other candidates who are