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And we are going to strain the demand of police and hope to god they catch them sooner than later or a citizen who was a gun can stop him in his tracks. if not, we are going to have a big problem with this person and copycats who want to follow suit. >> laura: brandon, think you so much. great to see you. we have arkansas senator tom cotton with us tonight. senator, the issue of crime and our under incarceration problem has been really big on your list to address in the u.s. senate. what do you ...

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City can enjoy the fact that our partners in city government and our law enforcement have been working on this problem for years together collaborating together. and there is a story in this downward trend. our work is hopefully having impact. >> dana: it is different than the philosophy or approach that we have an over incarceration problem. do you hear anything of that from opponents of your approach? >> sure. a few years ago when we actually published written directives to our office about ho...

President of democrats get along quite well. actions with china and other things, this is one of those moments. on a grander scale what do you think of this country? where would the incarceration problem come from? we dont see this in other countries in the world. >> there have been a ton of studies reducing incarceration bringing recidivism back and a lot of stuff dealing with drugs and in many cases people getting sentenced to 25 years when you have the president pardoning many people, for a l...

At least ten times in new hampshire that i do believe we should treat the addiction and we shouldnt treat it as an incarceration problem. im not for locking up drug addicts. i am for rehabilitation. i am a lead co-sponsor of a bill that would allow doctors who treat drug addicts to see more patients. currently theres a bizarre federal law that limits how many people who are addicted can be seen by one doctor. my bill would expand doctors ability to treat addiction and include nurse practitioners...

Should be a wakeup call. this could happen pretty much in any american city at this point when you have that same mix of poverty, young people that are disillusioned and provocations from the police that go unanswered. >> how long before the president has to make some kind of significant statement, not just about baltimore, but about the strained relations between so many minority communities in the united states and law enforcement? >> well, you know, i think hes made statements in the past. fr...

Now. and we absolutely have to act quickly. and so for example, rand paul cory booker, several of us in the house are working on legislation to change mandatory minimums. you saw what happened in california with proposition 47 which changed several offenses and reduced them from felony to misdemeanor. so i think we are beginning to take a look at what we did over the last 20 years, which was really crazy and it led to the massive incarceration problem that we have today. and its time to roll bac...

>> might be onto something. coming up, chris matthews spoke with the need for prison reform with piper kerman. the incarceration problem in the country is now so endemic children show sesame street has a new character with a father in prison. alex is teaching children to cope with an absent parent. that inspired john oliver who are introduced us to new friends in the segment about prison reform last night. >> ill be looking at the prison conditions in america and the whole system is so broken. >...

The right thing to do because the only two people in the world who want war with russia are john mccain and his [ bleep ] lindsey graham. >> might be onto something. coming up, chris matthews spoke with the need for prison reform with piper kerman. the incarceration problem in the country is now so endemic children show sesame street has a new character with a father in prison. alex is teaching children to cope with an absent parent. that inspired john oliver who are introduced us to new friends...