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This year. notice the high percentage of them who were black male. as a former member of the nypd, i want to know why such a disproportionate number of black males here. >> thats a great question. i wish i could answer that distinctly. clearly the numbers show what they show. i would, again, judge each of those instances based on their merits and whether or not those officers acted within the confines of procedure and whether or not they acted within the confines of it law. and i think if im not...

Is plight and respectful to stand. as far as the, you know, number of nfl players who decided to take a knee for them, thats their prerogative. that point of view is not going to necessarily stand with friends of mine on the right, and, you know, thats for the teams and nfl to decide. but they passed something recently theyre going to fine the teams. so thats on them. if that is there way to marks point of voicing a silent protest, then thats their first amendment right to do that. >> well, well...

>> i will, soon. >> okay. we know the presidents son-in-law beenng on prison reform. a lot of people spending their lives in prison, minor offenses first time offenders like you. im sure you are wrapping your head around day-to-day, alice, what role do you plan to play in this fight? >> i will play a very big role in this fight. i believe because im o recognized now and my case is magnified through media, it has caught the attention of others. people dont know unless it is br before them. im tha...

Mind, tommy robinson in the ua is spending 13 months in jail. his crime, trying to cover the trial of a grooming during a period in great britain, trying to highlight rate and assault by migrants is now considered a crime. this man was just caught with 15,000 pornographic images of children, this is his picture on the screen right there. some of the victims in the images were as young as 18 months old. we could go on, but its disgusting. he goes to prison for nine months. its a good thing he did...

Trump implemented the maximum pressure campaign, which has worked because kim jong-un wants to come to the negotiating table. >> i want to interject. when you see shinzo abe coming up, youll see he will be wearing a blue ribbon which is to call a tension to the plight of the japanese prisoners that were abducted in the 70s and 80s. theres 17 of them. thats one of the things that theyre focused on. >> about if theyre interested in the end game, which is not determined in this summit, this is a di...

Thank you for being with me. heres our top story this hour. after several political pardons, dr donald trump has declared an act of clemency that even his critics will applaud. hes commuting the sentence of alice marie johnson who get life in prison for her first drug offense. the president learned of johnsons case from a white house visit by kim kardashian west last week. the reality star learned of johnsons plight after the news sight mike featured her story. moments ago she tweeted this, "the...

Without without having the focus of attention be on her. >> kelly o. at the ho whie, thank you. if theres somebody that gets to re a question at the president while at fema headquarters, it would be nice to know why this president tweets about so many things, talks about so many things, but we have not heard a great deal from this administration about the plight of the people in puerto rico. we will be right back with something to make you smile. the line between work and life hasnt just blurred...

Him. the first lady and per presumed plight has been weaponized. is she right, shannon, on some level at all? >> reporter: well, i dont know. and i guess -- even when you talk to people close to the president, be nice to know anything about her, their relationship, its always been a black box. even people who i talked to who have been friends with the president for a long time. theyll say a little on her and his relationship. you know? shes a wonderful person and that theyre doing fine. but we d...

He took that critique rather not so lightly. anyway, from the conversation we had, bobas inspired to go south. when he went south, he began to discover a side of america that he did not know. and he came back and said, ive been south. ive begun -- as a matter of fact, theres a picture of him where listening to the plight of black people from that perspective, he walked up to a black kid and reached for his cheek. and that to me was a moment of transformation. he was touched by what he saw. >> ye...

Very little about our plight. not that he was indifferent. he just didnt know. i seized on that fact and told him that he would never have an easy time of it if he didnt come to know more about the black cause. that sparked in him a sense of astonishment because he felt that after all, john kennedy had been doing such wonderful things and that there was not enough sense of appreciation from the black perspective for what john was yes, its true, we are most critical and in that sense, bobby inher...