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>> tucker: the author of the a lawyer, a civil rights commissioner. he joins us tonight, book, "second strike" he joins thank you very much for coming on. us tonight. it seems like a simple question to answer because it is a databased question. to what extent do people here a illegally add to our crime problem? do we know the answer? >> we have a pretty goodod understanding of it. you have to go through data because various organs of both federal and state government consciously avoid getting th...

Of this farmland are getting murdered by blacks because they -- its a racist thing and its a hate-filled crime, not entirely correct and not so easy to define, right, greg? >> exactly. south africa has a terrible crime problem. its victims are black and white, urban and rural. south african farmers, as the few people in rural areas who do have resources, they tend to have cash and guns and cars, are therefore a target. and so, yes, they are victims of crime. but it seems that it is very prosaic ...

Argument. this is about public safety. collecting immigrants who come here illegally is essential to crime-fighting. thats what jeff sessions says. >> this should be obvious, but if you want to reduce violent crime, then we have to get serious about illegal immigrant crime. >> why? what is his argument? illegal entrants are a significant aspect of crime overall. but that is wrong. even if you count all those who are caught for entering illegally, they are still not a significant part of our crim...

Passing laws saying the federal government needs to do this job itself, okay? so those are the facts. then theres the administrations main policy argument. this is about public safety, collecting immigrants who come here illegally is essential to crime-fighting. thats what jeff sessions says. >> this should be obvious, but if you want to reduce violent crime, then we have to get serious about illegal immigrant crime. >> why? what is his argument? illegal entrants are a significant aspect of crim...

Them, providing mental health services, providing trauma counseling, life coaches. and guy who have been on street shooting at each other are walking away from that life and want to do something different. we have to solve an economic problem, not a crime problem. these men will eat, pay rent, they have to make a living. its our choice whether they do that in the illegal economy which leads to violence or the legal economy. in my heart i believe over the next couple years, these men will lead us...

Ask you because the topics are not mutually exclusive. violence in a city like chicago and education in a city like chicago. >> theyre absolutely enter twined. im obsessed with reducing violence at home. this weekend is no way to sugar coat it, its devastating. what i say everyone may not agree with, the police have a role to play but i dont think we can arrest our way out of this and incarcerate our way out of this. were working directly with young men 17 to 24 years old most likely to shoot an...

For coming. this is not a book about firearms. its not a book about violence and survival though i have to ask you because the topics are not mutually exclusive. violence in a city like chicago and education in a city like chicago. >> theyre absolutely enter twined. im obsessed with reducing violence at home. this weekend is no way to sugar coat it, its devastating. what i say everyone may not agree with, the police have a role to play but i dont think we can arrest our way out of this and incar...

Why are we being the harshest on the weakest? a lot of these people are trying to get asylum. theyre fleeing prosecution. theyre looking for a better life. and theyre getting treated like theyre all felons when they come across. thats a policy decision. the law doesnt make you have to do it this way. but were not that harsh with the people who hire them. what does that say about us? >> well, first of all, its illegal to cross a border. you know that. >> its illegal to hire someone who is not a c...

>> its illegal to hire someone who is not a citizen under these circumstances. you know that too. >> yeah. okay. >> but we dont go after them with the same ferociousness. we dont talk like that about the employers>> maybe if you want to be helpful, we should put more emphasis in the countries and help them stop the crime problem so people wont be leaving wanting to come to the united states. this is a bigger picture. you know that, chris. >> i do get it, joe, but im saying why are you dealing wi...

Questions, not someone kim kardashian whispers in his ear about. >> donald trump is in the early stages of pardoning at least 30 people including former illinois governor rod blagojevich and martha stewart. she had an entire legal team with her and they have been fighting for this for years. other people have as well. pres. obama denied her clemency when they tried to do it during his administration. governor huckabee had something to say about it too. it touched a nerve. >> i appreciate kim kar...