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FRESNO, Calif. -- You may not think of Californias Central Valley as the place for up-and-coming talent in the technology industry, but one company is looking to change that. Bitwise Industries, based in Fresno, is breaking down the idea of what the tech workforce looks like and making sure training and jobs are accessible to everyone, no matter their background. Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal co-founded the workforce development company. Olguin says her family came to Central Valley to work ...

Silicon valley but thats exactly what our friend from california is doing. not just talking about it, but actually doing it, truly, positive and practical. he is here now. congressman, tell us what you been working on. >> steve, we are doing a project with governor reynolds in jefferson iowa, we are going to provide dozens of scholarships for kids to get about 18 months of tech training, its a partnership with accenture, facebook, other tech companies and at the end of this training they will ha...

Silicon valley but thats exactly what our friend from california is doing. not just talking about it, but actually doing it, truly, positive and practical. he is here now. congressman, tell us what you been working on. >> steve, we are doing a project with governor reynolds in jefferson iowa, we are going to provide dozens of scholarships for kids to get about 18 months of tech training, its a partnership with accenture, facebook, other tech companies and at the end of this training they will ha...

Initiative? >> thats correct. just to remind people, this has been a big priority of this administration to try to change the way the war on drugs works. fairer, shorter sentences, more rehab and assistance for when people come out of prison, more help on re-entry. thats what the president is talking about now. big news this morning, as we change screens, ban the box. the president announcing today this morning that hes basically going to delay when the federal government looks at peoples crimin...

Frustrated by the process governing primary debates, republican candidates are joining forces to try to take back control. circulating a craft of a letter and questionnaire they plan to send to future debate organizers with requests and concerns. among the demands, debates should be limited to two hours, with 30-second opening and closing statements, an equal number of questions for the candidates and approval of debate graphics. theyre also speaking out on the campaign trail. >> well, were maki...

History. it doesnt mean employers can never check. what it means is the president citing data, when people ask this at the front end of the application process, the former convicts never get a real good look at getting a job or interview. the other thing the president mentioned, tech training. you spend five or ten years in jail, you dont know how to use facebook or google or the internet, things that are pretty standard. as far ban-the-box, they acknowledge, including in new jersey, theyve alre...

Least start to see a road map to him losing in this thing. let me show you what i mean. the good news for trump, hes still in first place, several points ahead of ben carson. its been more than 100 days now that donald trump has been leading this race. you look back to 2012, all those other short-lived phenomenon candidates, gingrich, herman cain, rick perry. they all lasted for a lot less time than trump. thats the good news. heres the trouble signs, though. iowa, the leadoff caucus state. dona...

-- what was the genesis of this? you started this with your husband. >> my husband and i are tekkies and owned a stand to address the need for tech training in south florida and training our employees in the stores first. they were the first students. the program has grown. >> what i love about this youre working with kids. youre trying to get the -- ahead of the game with the kids. talk about that. what you hope to accomplish with them. sort of revitalize their lives and potential focus for car...

In the first year. hes also unveiling grants to try to do tech training and housing for re-entry. >> we say this is the one issue where it seems theres some exception to the partisanal issues in washington. these actions hes taking today, you said christie in new jersey did this, are republicans okay with this? is this going to have the impact his other executive actions have had? >> its a great question. because they will say, even if we might agree with this in theory, you should come to the c...