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>> this is like a hundred thousand people who got their rights restored yesterday minimum. it could go up to 200,000. virginia is one of two states in the country with a constitutional lifetime ban if youre ever convicted of a felon and the notion what have is a felony has expand is since it was put in place but it was put in place to suppress the black vote. mr. glass, delicate to the 1901 constitutional convention said, i quote, because of this plan the darky will be eliminated as a factor in ...

The right thing and that is what the governor did yesterday and why its so important. >> governor, you, obviously, heard from republicans who didnt think this was such a great idea, right? >> well, some, but listen. i know for 22 years, we have been tough on crime in virginia p.m. i . im a former prosecutor. this is a tough place to commit crimes in virginia but, at the same time, joe, once your sentence is done, justice then also requires you to be reintegrated into society and i think our stra...

Citizen and that will decrease the chance to commit new crimes. i think the right thing to do. >> why did you decide to take this step? >> ive been working on this a couple of years. ive restored more rights than any governor in virginia history and improving the system and getting responses in oef days. we try to get a constitutional amendment passed this session with republican and democrat support to automatic restore the rights and that failed and so because of that, im using the power ive g...

Have to make them work. the cover story of "time" magazine, rick stengel, thank you very much. howard, thank you. still ahead a new study reveals more and more women are becoming the family bread winners but why arent they earning as much as their male counterparts. our panel will discuss up next. up next, virginia governor mob mcdonald offers a big change to the voters. he is coming up along with ben jealous. youre watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. efs efs for charity, to prove t...

Some sharp elbows down there say youre a liberal because you signed a transportation bill. how is that working out for you? >> its fine. im strongly reporting the republican ticket. >> the gubernatorial candidate? he has been my lawyer three years and a good lawyer. you dont agree on everything but the reagan analogy if you agree with me 80% of the time youre my friend. we have done good things in virginia on jobs and schools and on managing the budget. we have had surpluses and road fixed and p...