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>> i want to talk with you for a second about new orleans. new orleans is extraordinarily important to my state. my first job is government was with a governor, governor buddy romer. and at the time he took an economic trip to japan. he tells a story he was meeting with about 20 japanese business people. and he started off by asin aski them, he said how many of them have been to louisiana? he said five japanese business people raised their hand. then he said how many of you have been to new orle...

New orleans is extraordinarily important to my state. my first job in government was with the governor buddy roamer, at the time he took an economic development trip to japan. he tells the story he was meeting with about 20 japanese business people and he started off by asking them, he said how many of you have been to louisiana? he said five japanese business people raised their hand. then he said how many of you have been to new orleans? he said 15 raised their hand. its a big part of our cult...

Bipartisan agreement, and a conservative side to the movement, for criminal justice reform. you could actually see both sides coming together and conservatives agreeing that something needs to be done. do you think that attorney general jeff sessions under president trumps advisementne should go forward d get something done on that to advance a policy issue? >> absolutely.. this is a great area where i can be done. i signed on to be a part of the group, to bring ideas for criminal justice reform...

Out of the crime problem that we face in those cities. >>i think president trump and the republican congress would with many members only the other side of the aisle to get it done quickly. if people saw movement on that, they would be less likely to want to take over and use football, as an example, for social justice issues. >>this is like nixon goes to china. if trump does something brilliant like that, it would be an amazing moment. >>i think they can get it done. thank you so much for being...

>> yes, it is t. one way or another, mexico will pay for the wall. it may be through reimbursement. right now were financing nafta. mexico is being reluctant. theyve had one of the sweetest deals for years. i guarantee, mr. president, finland never would have signed nafta with russia or whoever you wanted. this is not a deal that you would want to sign. this is not a deal that finland would know about. nafta is one of the worst trade deals ever signed at any time anywhere in the world, and i can...

Has been very difficult. why wouldnt they be. they had a sweetheart deal for so long. it won the great deals of all time, and one of the worst trade deals ever signed. i guarantee you, mr. president of finland, would never of signed nafta with russia or whatever. this is not a deal you would want to sign. this is not a deal that finland would know about. nafta is one of the worst trade deals at any time and anywhere of the world, and i can understand why mexico is being difficult, because why wo...

It may be through employee reimbursement. in my opinion mexico has been very difficult as they should be. why wouldnt they be? they had a sweetheart deal for them over many years. i guarantee, mr. president, finland would never have signed nafta with russia or whoever you wanted -- this is not a deal that you would want to sign. this is not a deal that finland would know r know about. nafta is one of the worst trade deals signed anytime. i understand why mexico is being difficult because why wou...

Chicago to address its epidemic of gun crime without actually talking to the activists and community leaders that have been fighting that fight in some cases all of their lives. this in the face of a justice department report released earlier this year that found chicago police routinely violated the civil rights of minority residents. chicagos crime problem fits right into a conservative tactic that undermines any focusing on policing by contending the sole threat to urban black america is from...

Of the western hemisphere. if youre confirmed and i believe you will be, can i count on you to, within the limited scarce resources you have, and all resources are scarce, or ought to be considered as scarce, can i count on you to give us a little advice and help, were wrestling with a huge crime problem and were losing. >> well, senator, you can count on me to take a hard look and figure out how we can be more effective in new orleans just like we need to figure out how to be more effective in ...

Inaccurate. i tend to be somebody who listens with an open mind, to hear what the explanation is, but if i disagree with the characterization, im going to have to play it by the book and call it what it is. >> suppose the reason that you were asked to do that is because "matter" plays better with the public than "investigation." >> then i would question the person asking me why the request was ill considered. >> and what if they did it anyway? >> then i would meet with the appropriate justice of...