. >>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, egypt erupts. >> i saw people killed around me. i saw my hand. i saw it. >> at least 55 people were killed and 435 wounded in cairo this week. egyptian troops opened fire on supporters of president mohommed morsi, who was ousted by the egyptian military. within hours of the mayhem, the military backed interim government released their fast track plan for a new election. the president of the interim

. >>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, stand your ground. >> it's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and so dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. these laws try to fix something that was never broken by allowing and perhaps encouraging violent situations to escalate in public. such laws undermind public safety. >> attorney general eric holder this week addressed the naacp. the 104-year-old national association for the advancement of colored people. general

. >>> from washington the mclaughlin group, the american original for over three decades, the sharpestinds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue 1 nuclear independence. >> july 4th america again celebrates its independence, the 237th time that it has done so. for more than a century britain had imposed on the u.s. a monarch cal rule. since then the u.s. has emerged as the world ears leading superpower. that superpower status rests on our economy, arguably the best in the world and our military strength including our arsenal of nuclear weaponry. this was addressed by president obama on his late june trip to germany. as the leader of the free world, mr. obama renewed

>>> from washington the mclaughlin group, the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue 1 nuclear independence. >> july 4th america again celebrates its independence, the 237th time that it has done so. for more than a century britain had imposed on the u.s. a monarch cal rule. since then the u.s. has emerged as the world ears leading superpower. that superpower status rests on our economy, arguably the best in the world and our military strength including our arsenal of nuclear weaponry. this was addressed by president obama on his late june trip to germany. as the leader of the free world, mr. obama renewed a call to work towards ridding the world of nuclear bombs. >> i determined that we can ensure the security of america and our allies and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrent while reducing deployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to 1/3. and i intend to seek negotiated cuts with russia to move beyond cold war nuclear postures. >> this emphasis is where the president has already had so success. in 2010 presid

>>> from washington the mclaughlin group, the american original, for over three decades the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >> issue one, the vietnam syndrome. >> both the united states and vietnam are participating in what would be an extraordinarily ambitious effort to increase trade, commerce and add transparency in terms of commercial relationships throughout the asian pacific region. >> given the progress of our bilateral relationship over the past 18 years, it is time now to form a comprehensive policy to further strengthen our relations in various areas. >> president obama met this week at the white house with the president of the socialist republic of vietnam. at the top of the agenda was bilateral trade between the two nations now at $24 billion how to enlarge that trade volume. the summit comes as vietnam's trade with china still its no. 1 trading partner is cooling. china's economy is in an incipient slump. at the same time tensions have developed between vietnam and china due to china's territorial interest off vietnam's 900-mile coast south of china's provinc

>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, egypt erupts. >> i saw people killed around me. i saw my hand. i saw it. >> at least 55 people were killed and 435 wounded in cairo this week. egyptian troops opened fire on supporters of president mohommed morsi, who was ousted by the egyptian military. within hours of the mayhem, the military backed interim government released their fast track plan for a new election. the president of the interim government is monsieur. monsieur had been the chief justice of egypt's high court. and with morsi's deposing, monsieur automatically succeeded him. the president was parliamentary elections six months from now. early 2014. after these elections, a date will be set for a fresh presidential election. monosour appointed the vice president for egypt. reform leader, mohommed elbaradi, figured ten years ago as head of the iaea, which task was verifying whether iraq possessed wmd's, weapons of mass destruction.

>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, stand your ground. >> it's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and so dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. these laws try to fix something that was never broken by allowing and perhaps encouraging violent situations to escalate in public. such laws undermind public safety. >> attorney general eric holder this week addressed the naacp. the 104-year-old national association for the advancement of colored people. general holder denounced florida's quote-on-quote stand your ground law and other self- defense laws like it that exist in 26 other u.s. states. laws that allow people who feel threaten to not run away, but rather to legally defend one's self even with deadly force if necessary. they are now under national public scrutiny in the wake of the february 12,2012 killing of trayvon martin. an unarmed 17-year-old male in sanford, florida.

the cost. >> mclaughlin and other leaders enlisted the help of a group of investors called mortgage resolution partners. together they have sent qlerts to 32 lenders. it contains an offer from the city to buy mortgages at market rate. the city would then help the home owe owner refinance. each home is upside down. >> we bought our homes in 2005. i just received a notice from county assessor saying our house is worth $125,000. >> the lenders including chase, wells fargo and bank of america have until august 13th to accept. if they don't the city council may try to seize the mortgages under eminent domain. >> there is legal authority for richmond necessary and only necessary to do in the public interest to condemn underwater loans through the use. >> i believe in personal accountability. >> jeff wright is a is a realtor. >> when lenders make loans in a community they have a risk model established. there are certain risks associated with making loans eminent domain was not fact yord into the equation. >> california mortgage lenders association told abc 7 news if the city go as pleadhead with the

the cost. >> mclaughlin and other leaders enlisted the help of a group of investors called mortgage resolution partners. together they have sent qlerts to 32 lenders. it contains an offer from the city to buy mortgages at market rate. the city would then help the home owe owner refinance. each home is upside down. >> we bought our homes in 2005. i just received a notice from county assessor saying our house is worth $125,000. >> the lenders including chase, wells fargo and bank of america have until august 13th to accept. if they don't the city council may try to seize the mortgages under eminent domain. >> there is legal authority for richmond necessary and only necessary to do in the public interest to condemn underwater loans through the use. >> i believe in personal accountability. >> jeff wright is a is a realtor. >> when lenders make loans in a community they have a risk model established. there are certain risks associated with making loans eminent domain was not fact yord into the equation. >> california mortgage lenders association told abc 7 news if the city go as pleadhead with the