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That mitch mcconnell cant say anything whether he is in the senate or not. >> there are people incarcerated in the united states unjustly. number one, we legalized marijuana all over the place and have people in prison for doing things that two of the last three presidents admitted to doing. we have people in the united states on the crack cocaine and powder cocaine disparity moved down to 18 to 1. that doesnt reflect science of the drug disproportionately affecting black and brown people. on a ...

We have people in the united states on the crack cocaine and powder cocaine disparity moved down to 18 to 1. that doesnt reflect science of the drug disproportionately affecting black and brown people. on a bill that i red r led with sdik durbin that said hey, we need to lower the mandatory minimums. we never made that retroactive. someone was sentenced the day before gets a much longer sentence. if 87 senators agree that bill that the sentences are adjusting too long. it should apply retroactiv...

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A lot has changed, and its given me the opportunity to speak about criminal justice reform. >> sandra: you met with lawmakers yesterday to talk about the struggles that you personally faced twice, by the way. what were some of those? i know that you are going to use your own personal experiences to try to help others. >> come yes. i spoke about the barriers to employment, as well as the violations that some of those that have home probation, allowing them to be locked up without actually committ...

Passenger. the pilot tried to fly close to minimums and maybe that situation did not turn out well. >> miles, thank you for the analysis from this faa statement. ive got josh campbell, former fbi just on the ntsb side of the investigation. josh, what would they be looking for? >> yeah. those of us who stare at these types of incidents from a national security perspective have been waiting for this. the fa sa saying wl be in charge of the investigation. thats important because if weve received no...

>> yeah, a 500-foot ceiling in manhattan, its pretty dangerous to consider flying across the island of manhattan with a 500-foot ceiling, no question about that. and the rules for helicopters are different. visual flight rules that means the allows that allow you to fly are pretty simply stated for helicopters, remain clear of the clouds and you have to fly at a speed that would avoid a collision with some object or another aircraft. so in other words, because helicopters can fly so slowly, the ...

Into that building on sixth avenue, we didnt know this story until a lot later. >> no, thats absolutely right. and listen, its a pretty obvious reason why this fdny, why nypd responded in such a forceful way whatever theres any kind of emergency, and thats why. 9/11 haunts that city, and it will for a very long time. i just double-checked by the way and weather minimums for helicopters are one mile of visibility and clear of clouds. helicopters are different from planes, so thats what the visibi...

Thousands of brown and black bodies by virtue of being a leading spokesperson for the war on drugs or three strikes amendment, mandatory minimums. for whatever reason iowans say at least at this time were looking at ideals over electability. they might be saying that we understand that democrats have a long history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by going over this electability calculus by the way of al gore or michael dukakis or john kerry. instead they are saying were looking at i...

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The bill also expanded the federal death penalty and created dramatically harsher sentencing laws, including three strikes. mandatory life terms for people with at least three federal violent crimes or drug convictions. one of the most controversial aspects, granting states billions to build prisons if they pass their own tough sentencing laws with mandatory minimums. but those state laws incentivized by the federal government are what critics say helped contribute to an era of mass incarceratio...