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8 to 14, maybe 15 degrees. these temperatures would be pretty good as daytime maximums, not night—time minimums. so, on thursday, we have our two bands of rain, the one in eastern scotland peters out, the one in the south—west peps up and brings some heavier rain across wales and north—west england. there will be some brighter skies in eastern scotland, but still a lot of cloud with some drizzle across the far south—east. once again, weve got the temperature range, nine to 16, possibly 1...

This where people lost their lives, yes, they did, but there are other issues at stake, this wasnt done intentionally. there are indications that the brakes were faulty. there are indications there was just a loss of control, yes, he could have done something about it. there was a safe harbor. he could have gotten off the exist before it was designed specifically for that. there was a trial the jury concluded he was guilty but is this worth 110 years and should we briefly have mandatory minimums...

Try to get still a horrific sentence in this case. >> you know, obviously its so important, too, not to lose sight of the victims, the four people who were killed, the others who were injured, one of the family members of one of those killed was on with my colleague kate bolduan a few days ago saying, look, we dont think the governor should get involved yet, let the legal system play out and named a number of other factors in this case before the plea deal, et cetera, that had not been -- an off...

Wood in state prison because these feckless politicians refuse to remove themselves from this banner of tough on crime and rather have sentences options where judges and prosecutors are hamstrung and constrained and can give more reasonable sentences so this case is clearly exposing how good people can get caught up in the system and i listened to democrat politicians and have gone through republican politicians and begged themed and begged them to stop off the mandatory minimums. each one is an...

Is creating a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. >> reporter: he was emotional during the sentencing saying he did not intend to hurt anyone. this case sparked outrage both in the u.s. and abroad. nearly 5 million people signing a petition urging the colorado governor to either reduce or overturn the sentence, even kim kardashian got involved tweeting about the need to overhaul these laws. the governors office, the colorado governors offic...

Sentence. now teen d.a. whose office brought the case wants the case reconsidered. my next guest knows the law, george brauchler, former district attorney for colorados 18th judicial district. counselor, thank you for being here. what went on? was he overcharged? >> i dont think so initially. there was a prior district attorney -- colorado is one of the only states in the country, in fact, the only state that has term limits for the cdistrict attorneys. the d.a. took office in january of this ye...

Here as well as more of these d.a.s races become politicized. the new d.a. who took office in january of this year had every bit of authority in her disposal to change the charges, dismiss the case, reduce the charges, pursue some alternative outcome but chose to stay the course. these are charges that carry mandatory minimums and mandatory consecutives based on the nature of the crimes themselves. i think one of the things i noticed about the coverage of this case and the great deal of sympathy...

Signs? i dont know. these are the things you just dont know but to say this guy should just walk after time served, no. i like the fact that families are going to come and theyre going to petition the court. that is fine with me. if they want a softer sentence, that is fine. he rejected a plea deal too. so theyre going to cut them a deal and he said no, he has terrible lawyers probably. but one of the reasons you have to do mandatory minimums is because of some of these soft judges were giving l...

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Congress has yet to address gun violence through legislation. then there is the whole just affording a kid thing. millennials hold just 5% of the nations wealth unlike boomers before them who held about 21% of the nations wealth at the same age. it is impossible to buy a home to raise kids if you dont have cash or collateral to make it happen. millennials also facing mountains of student debt at such high rates that monthly minimums barely pay off the monthly interest. while student debt forgive...