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Country. Our criminal Justice System isnt working. Laura President Trump, the one those folks ran races against, has already taken major steps towards fixing that system. Last december he signed in a law called the First Step Act. The legislation reduces mandatory minimum sentences in certain instances and expands on good time credits for well behaved prisoners looking for shorter sentences. It also instructs the department of justice to establish a risk and Needs Assessment system to classify r...

Suspects nabbed in varsity blues include other parents standardized test administrators and high paid test cheaters. Reporter operation varsity blues, bust of this International College admission scheme involving bribery, fake tests and fake athletic prowess, dozens of people, from College Coaches to hollywood actresses, parents, exam administrators have been arrested facing various charges for their involvement in this conspiracy aimed to help students gain admission to elite institutions, yale...

Sam. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The politics lead. President trump all over the place today, promoting his alternate reality, where the special counsel investigation started by his handpicked Deputy Attorney general was an attempted coup against him. This as he attacked his own former white House Counsel as a liar, slammed democrats as maniacs, promised to fill sanctuary cities with undocumented immigrants, despite legal guidance from his own department of homeland security, that he ca...

Number one news show. Crisis at our southern border and it is getting worse according to the secretary of the department of Homeland Security. Ainsley Kirstjen Nielsen saying so bad were going to accelerate our plan and send more folks down to the border to help more patrol agents. She is implementing this emergency surge operation. Brian they are already talking about a czar for the border. With Kirstjen Nielsens things to do list involves everything from terror, everything involved with our se...

Chairman today was reported to request a subpoena for Matthew Whitaker just in case on the day of hiss appointed testimony on friday, mr. Whitaker chooses not to show up. Were expecting confirmation hearings for bill bar that would be the new attorney general. We expect that confirmation vote process to start later this week. I understand from a Justice Department source there are many assets being deployed to prepare acting attorney general whitaker for fridays testimony. What do you mean many ...

Nationalism. Its a small group of people. But statistics show White Nationalist hate is growing. Well talk with congresswoman rashida tlaib, in minutes. Plus, middle of the road. Hes running and beto orourke is hoping to catch fire again. Im running to serve you. President ial canndidate senator Amy Klobuchar joins us in moments. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is disgusted and horrified after yet another White Nationalist terrorist attack. There are now at least...

Secretary will have the support of congress and the cause to fix the laws that have impeded our ability to fully secure americans abilities and which has contributed to discourse in our nations discourse. The president released his own, announcing the news of her departure as well as her acting replacement customs and borders commissioner. All this happening less than a day after President Trump returned from the widely publicized trip to the southern border where he appeared with kiersten niels...

Crosssample to get to deeper insight about what is actually going on. For the first couple weeks in congress, you know, it was easy for them. They were united, they looked great, going up against the trump shutdown. Now were dealing with a bunch of complicated polarizing issues. It turns out conducting a thorough investigation of the Trump Administration becomes harder for democrats when some are already shout fog impeachment before they even got started. Working to clean up the environment or f...

Which we dpritly need right now. One is working on the political level. Ha 2020 contender. She hopes her more moderate views might take her all the way to the white house. Her name is senator Amy Klobuchar. She is going to be here. Im so excited to have her here [ applause ] also. We come on now, show some love. Also were hearing from a golden globe winning actress who is using her star power to shine the spotlight on Mental Health and on civil rights. Everybody loves her on empire. Taraji p. He...

Get a last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steel mesh. Louisianas highway 66. Its beautiful countryside is not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. That road ends here. The Louisiana State penitentiary, former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. Most people call it angola, named after the african country owned by the slaves. Now it is confining about 5,500 men. Today im heading into ground zero of mass incarcer...