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Against iran or defending american manufacturing jobs. the new agreement comes on top of the $16.6 billion sale boeing previously made in iran following the landmark nuclear deal struck under the obama administration. baltimore officials plan to formally oppose a justice department request to postpone implementation of an agreement to overhaul the city police. chicago leaders say they will push ahead with police reforms as well regardless. justice department officials say they want to review and...

Against iran or defending american manufacturing jobs. the new agreement comes on top of the $16.6 billion sale boeing previously made in iran following the landmark nuclear deal struck under the obama administration. baltimore officials plan to formally oppose a justice department request to postpone implementation of an agreement to overhaul the city police. chicago leaders say they will push ahead with police reforms as well regardless. justice department officials say they want to review and...

>> what did attorney general sessions say to you in your meeting? how did he respond? >> well, you know, that meeting was solely for the purpose of talking about the bill. our initial invitation or my initial invitation was extended by alvin sikes who leads up the emmett till justice campaign. as a family member, of course it was a wonderful opportunity for me to sit there and provide a face to how important this bill is. our objective there was to open the lines of communications with the justi...

Do you agree? >> it is not good for people who live in the community, but in the same respect, the ways in which we stop crime is not to militarize the police, it is to have tougher gun control laws us, jobs for youth. a set of by gone, they are able to have a job. and chicago, it is easier to get a gun then it is to get a job. that should not be the case. we cannot fix broken cities through the implementation of broker national policies. that is the truth of the matter. >> martha: last thought ...

Do you agree? >> it is not good for people who live in the community, but in the same respect, the ways in which we stop crime is not to militarize the police, it is to have tougher gun control laws us, jobs for youth. a set of by gone, they are able to have a job. and chicago, it is easier to get a gun then it is to get a job. that should not be the case. we cannot fix broken cities through the implementation of broker national policies. that is the truth of the matter. >> martha: last thought ...

Lines, and expanded our drug court program, came up with additional funding for substance misuse treatment. we are focusing on prevention treatment and creating a robust recovery network too. >> can i ask you this? >> governors are doing this around the country, and what i would say to the president right now is we need urgent action because people are dying. >> ive heard everything that youve said, and ive seen other governors talk about the same thing, and ive heard you say we sort of know wha...

But as far as i can tell from looking at the data today, which is stark, is that it hasnt gotten better even under the implementation of programs like that. am i mistaken, or is there just not enough? are they not scaled up enough to deal with the size and scope of it? >> well, scaling up has been a challenge. so has workforce. we need more workforce in this area so that we can scale up. medicaid expansion takes some time to be implemented. but the other thing to realize is that increasingly, ab...

Has is there been a consensus. >> there are basically two sides to the issue. if you are particularly in the coal or oil and gas industry youre hailing the move as long ov overdue. on what the white house calls the war on coal and other fossil fuels. environmentalists are vowing to fight it in court. they think the law is on their side in many instances and while they cant reverse anything he is doing they can slow down the imple implementation of many of these things. >> thank you very much. br...

Victory is never final and defeat is never final. as you pointed out, there are a lot of people that need their health care system to work better. even for those of us working pretty well you need it to work better and thiss our commitment going forward. not saying who won this round but finding a way to make this system work. it touches off when everything is going well but when its not you need it to be there for you. again, thats why the way they drafted this bill, republican leadership, it w...

Again, thats why the way they drafted this bill, republican leadership, it was a bad bill to begin with but try to find ways to strengthen the effective implementation of the law youll take the politics out of health care. >> joe kennedy iii, pleasure. >> chris, thanks, pleasure. thank you. im joined on the phone by congressman leonard lance, republican from new jersey who was a no vote on the health care bill. congressman, are you happy they pulled the bill? how are you feeling? >> that was a...