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We have to explore awful those things and work for the best to prepare for the worst. Ifill plus, paul solman looks at how employers are reacting to the mandate to provide insurance under the Health Care Reform law. Its something that Companies Across the country are now weighing keep employees below 30 hours a week, and thus avoid paying for their Health Insurance entirely. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has...

Youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought forward to lower the punishment for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in ter...

Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member corker and members of the committee, uh, uh, and, uh, uh, and, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. And with that, with the thanks of the committee, this hearing is adjourned. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, january 30th. Welcome to morning joe. Weve got a lot to talk about today. With us on set, we have pulitzer prizewinning historian and the author of Thomas Jefferson the art of power, jon meacham. Willie geists favorite book. Msnbc contributor mike barnicle. Willi...

Who are the first people we should stop putting behind bars . Who is the people who really dont belong there . Its people whose only offense is possession of a substance to put in their own body, right . Thats the first group that needs to be let out. [applause] marty, let me ask you, youre obviously part of the california district attorneys association, as we were talking before the panel began, you shared with me that your organization has previously supported a measure that mark leno brought ...

Deal with some of the oversight responsibilities that congress has. Of course, Congress Passed the patriot act and some of the authorities to do the surveillance are contained therein. So look for him to ask congress to cooperate with him on that. There are some sort of, i would say, Broad Spectrum of people in support of that from the liberal left as well as the more conservative libertarian side that do want to see those changes. Expect news today from the department of justice. Were expecting...

Of less than an ounce of marijuana to a misdemeanor to an infraction. In this case your organization is essentially opposed to it. What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal man...

Charged with a crime. Do you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people who need treatment are going to be afforded the opportunity and are going to have treatment. I also agree with tal, not necessarily everybody that uses drugs is an addict, and not necessarily everybody who uses drugs needs to have treatment. But having said that, people that we often come in c...

Charged with a crime. Do you agree with them [ i dont. I understand where marty is coming from. I think we have to make sure when were treating this as a misdemeanor we do have a tool to ensure that people who need treatment are going to be afforded the opportunity and are going to have treatment. I also agree with tal, not necessarily everybody that uses drugs is an addict, and not necessarily everybody who uses drugs needs to have treatment. But having said that, people that we often come in c...

What do you say to mr. Adelman and mr. Gascon . I think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking...

Want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in californias criminal Justice System is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and thats called realignment. Prison population in california is going to approach by or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. Weve already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in ...