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Federal agencies. the federal government i believe should not use criminal history to screen out applicants before we even look at their qualifications. weant dismiss people out of hand because of a mistake theyve made in the past. >> president noted theres a bipartisan bill work its way through congress that would ban the box for federal contractors and the president pointed out that many big name employers are way ahead on this issue. >> and keep in mind some really good, really successful com...

Disparities of how white, black, hispanic suspects are treated. higher arrest rates, tougher sentencing, longer sentences. where its happening, you cant always isolate within the system. there may be subtle biases that take place. there may be predispositions that end up resulting in these disparities. >> your own fbi director has raised this idea of the ferguson effect, that police officers may be laying back a bit, they dont want to end up on somebodys camcorder and as a result were seeing a s...

Theyve already taken action to ban the box. >> in an exclusive interview with lester holt president obama also discussed racial disparity in the criminal justice system overall. >> pretty much up and down the line what we see is disparities in how white, black, hispanic suspects are treated. higher arrest rates, tougher sentence i sentencing, longer sentences. >> the president unveiled his initiative in newark today and met with that citys mayor. the citys mayor will join me next. and why stop w...

In how white, black, hispanic suspects are treated. higher arrest rates, tougher sentencing, longer sentences. >> the president unveiled his initiative in newark today and met with that citys mayor. the citys mayor will join me next. (patrick 1) whats it like to be the boss of you? (patrick 2) pretty great. (patrick 1) how about a 10% raise? (patrick 2) how about 20? (patrick 1) how about done?

Hispanic-americans. do you think this slice of the electorate has basically been forsaken by the republican party? do you think there are inroads they can still make at this point? >> theres only so far you can fall. mitt romney was pretty low. and certainly jeb bush and mork corubio my general experience with them and looking at the polling they poll well among hispanic voters im not sure that telemundo or television is a make all break all for republicans. however, you do see the republicans a...

Let me flip flop and my message im going to take the unilateral action that president obama did, which the majority of american voters disagree with and guess what? im going to take it a step further. so, again, its very clear that this is pure politics to gain the hispanic voter. >> now, what about gentleman cbs evening news? do you agree with that politics politico or is this an act of love? so to speak? >> i think its a combination of both. i would like to caution all the viewers that none of...

To have not just some say but they want to have the majority say in how this all plays out going forward. >> chris, thats not to say that somewhere down the road along with the discussions on these new rules, regulations, expectations, that some of these candidates may say, you know what? were not playing, were backing out. >> well, look, one of the big arguments that happened last night -- every single person i talked to said this was a very civil conversation, moved along very quickly. ben gin...

How out there you can be that you wouldnt know some of this stuff is classified? >> you know whats interesting behind the scenes she continues to see the media doesnt care about this. voters dont care about it its just the press that brings it up. i was in new hampshire with her on thursday at an event. a voter came up and interrupted one of her asked her a question benghazi, deleted emails how you can eliminate corruption in government? she pushed back and got cheers from a democratic crowd. it...

Let me flip-flop here a bit and make it clear that my message is that i will take the unilateral action that president obama did that the majority of the voters disagreed with and guess what? ill take it a step further and it is very clear that this is pure politics to gain the hispanic voter. >> do you agree that it is just political or an act of love? >> think its a combination of both and you would like to caution viewers that none of the immigrants are eligible to vote. i think its trying to...

How out there you can be that you wouldnt know some of this stuff is classified? >> you know whats interesting behind the scenes she continues to see the media doesnt care about this. voters dont care about it its just the press that brings it up. i was in new hampshire with her on thursday at an event. a voter came up and interrupted one of her asked her a question benghazi, deleted emails how you can eliminate corruption in government? she pushed back and got cheers from a democratic crowd. it...