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Relax, dont Do It. And relax well be joined by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman hollyjohnson, as an exhibition about his life opens in liverpool. And it is turning colderfor All Of Us in the next 24 hour is, but to get there we will get some rain across the country today, and some strong winds as well. Ill have the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its tuesday the 10th september. Our main story the release of more than 1,700 prisoners has begun across england and wales, as part of an Em...

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Voters in l.a. voted to raise property and sales taxes, spend the money on reducing homelessness but continue to oppose building new shelters. again, not in my back yard. in 2004, voter as proved a sur tax on millionaires to fundamental health treatment. $2 billion over a decade. totally wasted. you let people out of jail, stop incarcerated to reduce prison spending. it doubled. its a waste of resources and people that dont really want to fix the problem. >> so i think its fascinating when the p...

Can be in undermining communities. but this massive trend toward incarceration even of nonviolent drug offenders and the costs of that trend are crowding out other critical investments that we could make in public safety. >> and schools. the president tied the prison spending into the lack of money for schools. with us now here in new york monica crowley from washington. kirsten powers, author of the big new book "the silencing. how the left is killing free speech." so the president is claiming ...

Now, i am not for the very violent ever getting out of prison. but im also against spending $168,000 a year on prisoners. you need creativity. and were beginning to see creativity. earlier i attended a conference called right on crime. people from state after state came with good ideas about prison reform. >> im glad to hear it. i agree with you on this one, newt, 100%. get. this i learned something today. in mississippi, the prison system there for all its problems is actually now starting to t...

About that personal encounter with him? im struck by what governor cuomo said at the time, the indestructibility of the human spirit. he was not a world famous man when he went to prison. >> he became famous when he went to prison spending 27 years in prison. never broken, always expected to take up the leadership mantle after all that time and prove worthy of it. there was something about his human resilience that made him super human. >> resilience is a word that will always be associated with...

A new study reveals a mediterranean diet not only helps prevent heart disease, but may reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome as well. researchers found those who ate a diet rich in olive oil, fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and moderate amounts of alcohol. a mediterranean diet boosted levels of hdl or good cholesterol. im andrea mitchell. coming up on "andrea mitchell reports," who to blame if the government shuts down. well have your first exclusive look at the results of our new nbc new...

Is designed to operate for a profit, and that means theyre going to cut costs wherever they can, we are putting the public safety at risk. and thats impermissible. >> reporter: goddard puts out that also means putting violent offenders into medium and minimum security jails. the kingman is medium security. originally built for dui offenders. two of the three inmates who else caped from there are convicted murderers. there are a total of 117 murderers there. god ard is himself running for governo...