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CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) - The deadly Clearwater 'Stand Your Ground' shooting case is making waves in Washington D.C. Last Saturday, Markeis McGlockton was laid to rest. Drejka claimed it was self defense. As family and friends said good bye, the debate over the controversial law lives on. The outcry for justice has been heard in the nation's capital. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Reps. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), are calling on the Department of Justice to investigate. "When you look at that video, obviously he is backing away and the question is, is there more to it than just what meets our eye on a video," said Nelson. Drejka was not arrested and the case has been turned over to the State Attorney's Office. Nelson is not commenting on the state's law. Governor Rick Scott is running against Nelson for his seat. In a statement from Scott's office: "The Governor expects that every Florida law be enforced and applied fairly by law enforcement and state attorneys, who are elected by Floridians.

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Senator Cory Booker joins Ari Melber to discuss why he thinks Trump should not pick a new Supreme Court Justice while he is under criminal investigation, particularly because he has a history of trying to “protect himself”. Booker also notes…

Senator Cory Booker joins Ari Melber to discuss why he thinks Trump should not pick a new Supreme Court Justice while he is under criminal investigation, particularly because he has a history of trying to “protect himself”. Booker also notes…

In an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, Sen. Cory Booker reacted to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Trump's travel ban, saying "if it was really about our safety, it would be a different list of countries."

It was the first time that two politicians of Warren’s and Booker’s stature had appeared at the event. Rob Lee, a North Carolina pastor and descendant of Confederate Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee whose denunciation of racist violence made a splash at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards. But the theme of this year’s festival is “Preaching and Politics,” and those who assembled at Washington’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church were treated to a rare hybrid of a campaign rally and a preaching competition. Valerie Steele, of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Stillwater, Okla. “But I think we’re called to help people connect the head and the heart.” For Warren and Booker, conscious that their politics often overlap with a strain of social-justice preaching popular in mainline Protestantism, the conference offered an opportunity to connect liberal faith with potential votes. “I have a saying: Before you tell me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people around you,” he said. “These are not political issues. These are moral issues,” he said, over shouts of “amen.” He later added: “This is a moral moment in America, where self-inflicted wounds are costing us not just humanity. “I’m not just called to preach social justice — I’m called to act.” “I’m not just called to preach social justice — I’m called to act.” The assembled preachers seemed to welcome the notion that their conference had been turned into something akin to a hustings for a day. Introducing Booker, the Rev. Rev.

The Democratic liberal figurehead Elizabeth Warren and rising star Cory Booker have a message for left-of-center religious leaders in the era of Donald Trump: keep the faith. The luminaries of the progressive left drew standing ovations – and calls to run for the White House in 2020 – as they laid out a moral case for resisting Trump’s agenda in a pair of speeches in Washington on Tuesday. “Our fight is a righteous fight,” Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, told a rapt gathering from the pulpit of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal church. The religious right has had a dominating influence on the Republican party’s agenda for decades, while, on the left, the relationship between religious progressives and the Democratic party has been more complicated. Warren has built a reputation as a fierce consumer champion who takes on Wall Street while Booker is known as a national leader on criminal justice reform, both topics that jibe well with the Christian message of mercy and helping the disadvantaged. He tells us that ours is a righteous fight. This is a moral moment in our country,” he said. Stay faithful.” There were moments of levity, too. “It’s been a year or two of really having to stay the course – fighting for equality, for refugees, for immigration, staying with our allies in Europe. It’s been a tough year,” Lawlor said.

Senator Booker talks about growing up in a house with high expectations, reaching across the aisle in the Senate to get things done, how the division of our country is making things worse, and reveals why he refuses to hate…