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On any given day, there are more than 5,000 inmates incarcerated in the five facilities that make up the orange county jail system. their charges, stories, and backgrounds are as diverse as the southern california communities most of them hail from. but for the vast majority of these men and women, there is a common element that led to their troubles with the law. >> if you talk to any of the inmates in jail, most of them will have done drugs. their current crime is not drugs. theyre stealing fo...

Age but starkly different backgrounds. >> margaret thatcher is a politician and has had to fight in elections all the way up to become the prime minister. >> and the queen was the herd tear of the monarchy and everything that margaret thatcher wasnt. >> the queen had a contentious relationship with margaret thatcher. >> she was very forthright and very difficult to get along with at first. >> the queen let it be known that she expected to be advised and consulted and that her views were worthy o...

Organized by an activist friend of pruitts. his justification -- >> the trip to it tally was a g-7 trip. >> reporter: the epa claims scott pruitt did not know that cardinal pell was coming to the dinner, that does however seem to be contradicted by these documents, in addition epa hasnt said who paid for the dinner, but did say scott pruitt paid for his own meal. still much straight ahead, in the newsroom, but first, when this weeks cnn hero saw children begging in the streets of vietnam, he w...

This administration has done away with that and say what they mean which is they want people not from s-hole countries, they want people from countries like norway and they want the immigrant who come here to be white and too speak english and theyre dehumanizing and demeaning people not from those backgrounds. >> and i think the challenge is not just that theyre saying it but implementing policy. today secretary nielsen said her feelings were hurt and she was about to resign, she wasnt going to...

Great american story of building families here. building jobs and dont forget, a large percentage of these daca recipients have come from other countries outside of our southern border. >> but were hearing from this immigration, from this administration, doesnt sound as p pathetic as you sound. is it acceptable what theyre saying? >> no, i dont like some of the comments that have come out. i have coming from a community of very diverse backgrounds, im somebody that pushes back and someone thats ...

Entire administration. >> to only call for those with certain backgrounds is a really narrow way of understanding how immigrants have helped to build our country. >> laura: attempts to brand the trump administration as racist. as the weather armed in april, 84 people were shot and nine were killed over a 7 day period in chicago. so where is the nonstop media coverage of that? crickets. racism going on in the chicago in his latest column in news week, also civil rights attorney and forest cooper,...

White society in the united states. in a different way than latino and black people havent been able to, right. so i think -- i agree with maria when she kpas if xenophobia. and this administration has done away with the dog whistles and they say what they mean. which is they want people not sfr s-hole countries from norway and want the immigrants who come here to be white as well and speak english. and theyre dehumanizing and demeaning people who are not from those backgrounds. >> and i think t...

In a different way than latino and black people havent been able to, right. so i think -- i agree with maria when she kpas if xenophobia. and this administration has done away with the dog whistles and they say what they mean. which is they want people not sfr s-hole countries from norway and want the immigrants who come here to be white as well and speak english. and theyre dehumanizing and demeaning people who are not from those backgrounds. >> and i think the challenge there is that its not j...

With him regularly cite his work ethic, determination. john brennan will be a strong leader. while many nominees have classified backgrounds, you are unique. were you an advocate for destroying the tapes? did you oversee the enhanced interrogation of al nashiri which included the use of the water board as reported? >> laura: what was to that first one? why do the democrats who supported brennan now oppose gina haspel? whats changed. very confusing. i will tell you whats changed, donald trump is ...

People who have worked closely with him regularly cite his work ethic, his integrity, and his determination. john brennan, by all accounts, will be a strong leader. >> while many nominees have classified backgrounds, you are very unique. were you and advocate for destroying the tapes? >> are you aware of what those tapes contained? did you oversee the enhanced interrogation of all machinery which included the use of the waterboarding as publicly reported? yes or no. >> laura: what happened? what...