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Its relatively rare in washington to see a meaningful policy proposal like this. do you have any optimism, given the work youve been doing, that there is space for this to actually move into reforming our criminal justice system? >> i think whats smart about the proposal is its focus on kids in the system because -- for two reasons. theres no question that kids in the system, young people who get caught up in the juvenile justice system or criminal justice system are a leverage point. its easy f...

About juvenile crime, although thats shifted in some southern states, in particular. as we have increasingly, for example, incarcerated young people in adult prisons. i wonder if theres also -- i mean, this is also part of the work of "orange is the new black" if thinking about particular populations, whether its young people, nonviolent, drug offenders, women, are in part a leverage point for getting the big criminal justice reform. >> just what piper was saying. its these children, because tha...

Helicopter wisconsins him away. frisk him for any explosives before they put him on the helicopter. dramatic scene and yes, america wants sergeant bergdahl back. did president obama get a bum deal? could he have gotten him back without a high risk prisoner swap. the obama administration was brokering for a deal since 2013. catherine herridge joins us. >> thanks, greta. a military source confirmed to me there was a second track that was being pursued as as late as december 2013 and that second tr...

Satellites, but i have intuition, and i have a feeling that theyre still alive. and common sense to say, if i was a terrorist, what would i want to do? i would want to protect the valuable assets on the plane because that would be the leverage point. so if we spents much energy looking into motives and potential places where that plane could be hidden, maybe wed be coming up with different answers. but the reality is, whoever has done has been successful. they have fooled all the experts and all...

They will spend an hour again tonight answering your questions live on cnn. the don lemon show height here on cnn. as passenger families struggle to find out what happened to their loved ones. the partner of missing american passenger phil wood and wood is one of three americans who was on board that 777. he believes he is still alive and this jets disappearance is no accident. she shared her own ideas about what investigators should do now on "ac 360." she made an emotional plea. >> i have intu...

They happen every day. i had somebody tell me last night about a family experience where her father had been kidnaped. and everybody had given up hope. but six months later he showed up. and i think those things can happen. and whoever has done this is trying to accomplish a bigger thing. this is just one step. ill leave it to the experts to look at the evidence. i dont have any expertise in planes or satellites. but i have intuition. and i have a feeling that theyre still alive. and common sens...

Kidnaped. and everybody had given up hope. but six months later he showed up. and i think those things can happen. and whoever has done this is trying to accomplish a bigger thing. this is just one step. ill leave it to the experts to look at the evidence. i dont have any expertise in planes or satellites. but i have intuition. and i have a feeling that theyre still alive. and common sense to say if i was a terrorist what would i do. i would want to protect those very valuable assets of the peop...

Those fishermen went to authorities and expressed what they saw. and that was local police so its difficult to figure out if that information has gotten to investigators. but were going to have to see based on information she gathers today while shes there with the the fishermen. >> there were three americans on the flight including philip wood returning home to beijing after a trip to the united states. his partner tellses anderson cooper that she believes this jet was hijacked. she believes wo...

And i think those things can happen. and whoever has done this is trying to accomplish a bigger thing. this is just one step. ill leave it to the experts to look at the evidence. i dont have any expertise in planes or satellites. but i have intuition. and i have a feeling that theyre still alive. and common sense to say if i was a terrorist, what would i do? i would want to protect those very valuable assets of the people on the plane. because that would be the leverage point. so if we spent as ...

We have a constitutional obligation, we have constitutional authority to start the spending in the house, to start the taxization in the house, anything that generates revenue and thats setup so the house of representatives as a quick reaction force will hold the president in check or the senate in the interest of the people. we have a full constitutional responsibility to do that and obama care was passed on a purely partisan agenda on the narrowest of margins and i often said thomas jefferson ...