at a leadership forum in columbia university in new york. alex, this is a pretty big moment for this presidential campaign. absolutely, jose a very strong speech from hillary clinton. very strong rhetoric from her, and i think this puts her among the strongest of any national leader in either party on criminal justice reform here talking about a pattern that is unmistakable and undeniable of racialized policing. she listed off every event that we talked about the past year from ferguson staten island baltimore, saying this is a pattern. these are not isolated incidents, something needs to be done here calling for policy solutions, including body cameras, including using federal funding to incentivize and perhaps penalize police departments that are better or worse when it comes to these issues, and calling for ending mass incarceration and she spoke specifically about the effect of incarceration on a family
justice book that i mentioned, they have almost every 2016-er in there, including republicans, chris christie, rick perry, i believe, is in there. and on the democratic side martin o malley and jim webb two of hillary clinton s competitors have made this a centerpiece of their pre-presidential campaigning. jim webb especially going back to his time in the senate. and bernie sanders has, as well. so i think there is definitely a national moment that s happening right now. a lot of the data has shown that the drug war that people thought would work in a certain way has just not worked in the way they expected and these moments of calamity, in baltimore, in ferguson, in staten island have really forced the debate and pushed them. and i don t know if hillary clinton would be talking about this today or waiting until later to roll out this policy proposal, but i think it s very very notable that the first big policy rollout of her 2016
collective efforts to device approaches to the problems that still afflict us is more important than ever. indeed, it is a time for wisdom for yet again the family of a young black man is grieving a life cut short. yet again, the streets of an american city are marred by violence by shattered glass, then shouts of anger and shows of force. yet again, a community is reeling, its fault lines lay bear and its bonds of trust and respect frayed. yet again, brave police officers have been attacked in the line of duty. what we have seen in baltimore should, indeed i think does tear at our soul. from ferguson, to staten island to baltimore, the patterns have
too, is that i would never have my kid or even myself in the ocean with any type of wave action like this without a life jacket on. this is the weekend to not be cool, this is the weekend to be safe. life jackets on any one in the water because this can happen anywhere. fred? sure can. great advice. great story to share with you now a hero s welcome this week for u.s. army sergeant brian dillberian, in staten island. lost an arm and both legs in an ied attack three years ago in afghanistan. the explosion took the life of his best friend. he saw the ground breaking of his future smart home. made possible by a group of veterans and home building charities. also making this possible, the new york jets gave $1 million donation. three years ago i got hit and