In Depth with Dan: Answering viewer questions about handling of man suspected in Raleigh teacher's murder
>> IT'S ALMOST OVER.
>> WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
SOME OF THE TOPICS YOU'VE SENT
TO THE 07:00PM IN INBOX OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND TONIGHT I WANT TO TACKLE A
SUBJECT THAT SEEMS TO REALLY
RESONATE WITH A LOT OF YOU
PARTY POLITICS LAST WEEK.
SOME PEOPLE WROTE IN AFTER OUR
COVERAGE ON THE ELECTED JUDGES
AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS UNDER
THE MICROSCOPE AFTER THE
MURDER, RALEIGH TEACHER BY A
MAN WITH A LONG CRIMINAL RECORD
AND HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
SOME VIEWERS WERE UPSET WITH US
FOR OUTLINING THAT. ALL OF
THOSE LEADERS WERE ELECTED
DEMOCRATS. AND I GOT THIS VOICE
MESSAGE.
>> ONE OF YOU AND THEY WANT
TO BE A BIG PLAYING IN. BUT I
NEVER MEANT FOR THAT. THE PARTY
AND ALLY WITH ANYBODY AND WHO
WOULDN'T DOWN A PATH. ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT
THE PROBLEM, IF A DEMOCRAT.
THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THIS
COUNTRY BUT THAT HE HAD NUCLEI.
>> SO THIS IT'S REALLY STRUCK
A CHORD WITH ME AND NOT REALLY
BECAUSE IT MISUNDERSTANDS
JOURNALISM AND WHAT WE DO.
BUT BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS
SOMETHING THAT I NOTICE A LOT
IN THE 07:00PM IN INBOX.
THIS POLARIZED ALLEGIANCE TO
PARTY. THIS IDEA THAT THE
COURT, HE COVE OF PARTY
MEMBERS, SOMEHOW A CRITIQUE
OF YOU AS IF EVERY REPUBLICAN
IS UNITED IN ONE FIGHT AND
EVERY DEMOCRAT IS UNITED IN
ANOTHER. AND IT MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE MANY POLITICIANS WANT
YOU TO BELIEVE THAT. BUT THIS
IS NOT TRUE. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU. THESE ARE
QUOTES FROM A DEBATE IN 2019 ON
THE TOPIC OF CIVIL LIBERTIES,
GOVERNMENT, SURVEILLANCE AND
SECURITY. ONE CANDIDATE SAYS
WE MUST DEREGULATE SURVEILLANCE
POWERS AND PROTECT PRIVACY
RIGHTS FROM GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH. THE OTHER SAID WE
CAN'T LET CIVIL LIBERTIES
IMPEDE OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP
AMERICANS SAFE. SO WHICH PARTY
SAID WHICH 2 VERY DIFFERENT
TAKES ON GOVERNMENT
SURVEILLANCE. ONE FOCUSED ON
FREEDOMS. THE OTHER ON NATIONAL
SECURITY AND BOTH OR FROM
REPUBLICANS. THIS WAS BILL
WELD, FORMER REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS
AND JOE WALSH, A FORMER TEA
PARTY CONGRESSMAN IN A
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. PUT
YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES.
YOU CONSIDER THE TOPIC. DO YOU
THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
ABLE TO TAP OUR PHONES AND
TRACK US? JUST SAYING I VOTE
REPUBLICAN ISN'T AN ANSWER.
HERE'S ANOTHER ON CORPORATE
POWER AND MONOPOLIES. ONE
CANDIDATE SAID A HANDFUL OF
CORPORATIONS CONTROL TOO MUCH
OF OUR ECONOMY AND OUR
POLITICS. THE OTHER SAID BIG
TECH AND CORPORATE MONOPOLIES
ARE STRANGLING COMPETITION AND
WORKERS. BUT THIS USAID AND
THOSE PEOPLE ARE VIRTUALLY
SAYING THE SAME THING THAT THEY
ARE UNITED UNDER THEIR PARTY'S
IDEALS EXCEPT GOTCHA. BECAUSE
THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM DEMOCRAT
BERNIE SANDERS AND THE OTHER
WAS FROM REPUBLICAN JOSH
HAWLEY, 2 RANKING MEMBERS FROM
2 DIFFERENT PARTIES WITH THE
SAME PERSPECTIVE ON MAJOR
COMPANIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE.
IF BOTH PARTIES WERE UNITED
WITH BOTH OF THEM, WE SEE SOME
MAJOR CHANGES. WOULD WE?
BUT WE DON'T. THOSE HUGE
COMPANY STILL REIGNS SUPREME,
PERHAPS BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IN
EACH PARTY SHARES THE SAME
IDEAS OR GOALS. ONE MORE THIS
ONE'S ON AFFORDABLE COLLEGE.
ONE CANDIDATE SAID PUBLIC
EDUCATION SHOULD BE TUITION
FREE, JUST LIKE PUBLIC HIGH
SCHOOL. THE OTHER SAID, I DON'T
THINK TAXPAYERS SHOULD
SUBSIDIZE COLLEGE FOR FAMILIES
WHO COULD AFFORD TO PAY ONE
WANTS TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR
EVERYBODY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
THE OTHER DOESN'T. AND BOTH
ARE DEMOCRATS. THAT WAS
ELIZABETH WARREN AND PETE
BUTTIGIEG AND THE 2020
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. NOW YOU CAN
BE A DEMOCRAT, BUT YOU CAN
AGREE WITH BOTH OF THEM ON HOW
TO MAKE COLLEGE MORE
AFFORDABLE.
THIS RESONATED WITH A VIEWER
NAMED ANGELA. SHE SAID I AGREE
THAT SOMETIMES YOU COULD BE
CRITICAL WITHIN YOUR OWN PARTY.
THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE PARTY.
I AM IN AN HONEST ABOUT THE
GLARING PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
YOU SEE THE PARTY, YOU MOST
ALIGNED WITH ISN'T A SINGLE
THING. IT'S MANY THINGS.
IT'S FLUID IS MADE UP OF
DIFFERENT IDEAS AND PRIORITIES
AND PERSPECTIVES. AND THOSE EBB
AND FLOW IN AND OUT OF
SIGNIFICANCE BASED ON YOU AND
HOW YOU VOTE. I MEAN, THINK OF
IT LIKE THIS. DEMOCRATS ONCE
RAN ON TOUGH ON CRIME POLICIES,
RIGHT? BILL CLINTON SIGNED THE
1994 CRIME BILL. BUT TODAY MANY
DEMOCRATS ARGUE THAT MASS
INCARCERATION ITSELF IS A
PROBLEM. MANY TRIED TO DEFUND
THE POLICE. DEMOCRATS ALSO ONCE
OPPOSED SAME MARRIAGE,
INCLUDING BARACK OBAMA AND
HILLARY CLINTON UNTIL VOTERS
AND ACTIVISTS INSIDE THE PARTY
PUSHED FOR CHANGE. REPUBLICANS.
MEANWHILE, HAVE SPENT DECADES
ARGUING THAT POWER SHOULD STAY
WITH THE STATES. THAT WAS THE
RALLYING CRY BEHIND OVERTURNING
ROE VERSUS WADE. BUT MANY OF
THOSE SAME LEADERS NOW SUPPORTS
STRONG FEDERAL ACTION WHEN IT
COMES TO IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT. EVEN IN STATES
THAT DISAGREE, YOU CAN'T JUST
SAY I'M A DEMOCRAT OR I'M A
REPUBLICAN AND THEN CALL IT
A DAY. YOU ALSO CAN'T BE SO
FOCUSED ON THE OTHER PARTY THAT
YOU FORGET TO CARE ABOUT YOUR
OWN.
AND NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME
TO EXPRESS THAT BECAUSE IT IS
PRIMARY SEASON HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA. WE HAVE IT ALL
OUTLINE FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE SPECIAL RIGHTS HERE IN
OUR STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IF YOU ARE AN UNAFFILIATED
VOTER, YOU CAN PICK WHICH
PRIMARY YOU VOTED, NOT EVERY
STATE. WHAT YOU DO THAT IT'S
UNCERTAIN PARTIES REALLY DON'T
STAND A CHANCE IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION IN SOME AREAS. IT IS
OFTEN THE PRIMARY THAT DECIDE
TO YOUR LEADERS ARE. SO IF YOU
LEAN RIGHT AND YOU LIVE IN A
HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC AREA, YOU
CAN VOTE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY. IF YOU LEAN LEFT IN
YOUR IN A HEAVILY REPUBLICAN
ONE SAME DEAL, YOU HAVE A SAY,
BUT YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR VOICE.
IT REMEMBER IN THE PART IS
IMPORTANT. PARTIES AREN'T
TEAMS. I KNOW A LOT OF
POLITICIANS WANT YOU TO THINK
THAT WAY BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM
THEIR TOOLS. YOU GET WHAT I
MEAN THAT THE PARTIES ARE TOOLS
AND TOOLS ONLY WORK IF YOU PICK
THEM UP AND USE THEM. KEEP
SENDING THOSE EMAILS. 07:00PM
AT WRAL DOT COM. YOUR VOICE HAS
POWER HERE. IT IS A TOOL THAT
WILL WORK FOR YOU. WE ARE
LISTENING. TELL US WHAT'S ON
YOUR MIND AND WE WILL DISCUSS
IT HERE AT 7 O'CLOCK 07:00PM