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Than the president. paul wright doesnt strike me as a kind of guy, on his way outcome along the by, paul ryan paul ryan. who would be keen on this. how do you get a vote on impeachment without getting paul ryans nod? >> we hope it doesnt have to come to that. obviously this is the first step tonight, but it doesnt require consent from the speaker. its a privilege motion, so what we put in today was not privileged. it goes in and gets referred to the judiciary committee. but starting tomorrow, we...

People for over 150 years. today, america has the highest incarceration rate in the world. our jails and prisons are mostly filled with poor people and people of color. i needed to see how this inhumane system worked. >> hey, paul. roger. >> hi, roger. >> how are you? >> nice to see you. paul wright, one of the most important advocates for prison reform has himself served time in prison. >> i spent 17 years in prison myself. ive known thousands of people over the years that have been in prison. ...

Inmate will have earned $179,000 less than someone who has never been incarcerated. >> every time the prisoners have gone to court seeking to be paid for their labor, seeking to be compensated for their labor, the courts response is, youre slaves, youre slaves of the state. thats the exact words of court after court after court for the last 120 years. prisoners are slaves of the state and as such theyre not entitled to any compensation at all. >> i read in prison legal news companies like victor...

Entitled to any compensation at all. >> i read in prison legal news companies like victorias secret and starbucks have used prison labor. paul wright exposed those stories. >> what percentage of prison labor is corporate america? >> its actually pretty small. i think this may be bad for your story, but the reality is that there -- at any given time, theres around 5 to 6,000 prisoners employed by the private sector in this country, you figure out of a workforce of 200 million people or 180 millio...

I needed to see how this inhumane system worked. >> hey, paul. roger. nice to see you. paul wright, one of the most important advocates for prison reform has himself served time in prison. >> i spent 17 years in prison myself. ive known thousands of people over the years that have been in prison. ive yet to hear a person say, you know what, prison was really good for me and i fared very well. >> you spent 17 years incarcerated? >> i did. i was really surprised when i went to prison at basically ...

>> hey, paul. roger. nice to see you. paul wright, one of the most important advocates for prison reform has himself served time in prison. >> i spent 17 years in prison myself. ive known thousands of people over the years that have been in prison. ive yet to hear a person say, you know what, prison was really good for me and i fared very well. >> you spent 17 years incarcerated? >> i did. i was really surprised when i went to prison at basically the brutalization and dehumanization prisoners ar...

Companies like victorias secret and starbucks have used prison labor. paul wright exposed those stories. >> what percentage of prison labor is corporate america? >> its actually pretty small. i think this may be bad for your story, but the reality is that there -- at any given time, theres around 5 to 6,000 prisoners employed by the private sector in this country, you figure out of a workforce of 200 million people or 180 million people, thats not huge. >> but the truth is most prisoners arent w...

>> this regime is so close now to threatening the united states with a nuclear weapon that we really have to move with a great deal of urgency on sanctions, on diplomacy and im preparing if necessary military option. >> officials here are also keeping an eye on north korea. kim jong un had the habit of making trouble in the region with major diplomatic event happening in the other part of the world. elizabeth: greg talcott, thank you very much. appreciate it. leland: house speaker paul wright to...

White house, you can keep the elements of president trump that people who supported him know and love, spontaneity, outsider thing, businessman mentality, the ability to negotiate, all of those things. he has made good relationships with foreign leadership. they need more discipline, karl. i just want to mention it, a little bit of news we just got, paul wright made a statement saying that he supports the oversight committees request tn hand. karl, go ahead. >> you have real unity among all thre...

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