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It's not a philosophical argument anymore, it's become a very practical one. it's too expensive. it's inefficient. it takes too long. it costs about six times as much to execute someone as to keep them in jail for life. and so you now are finding not just liberals who are philosophically opposed on moral grounds, you have a growing number of conservative politicians saying is this a big government program that doesn't work very well and costs too much. >> and is this a gaschamber. you've seen utah go back to the idea of the firing squad because we've had and you have these botched executions. ...

Willing to help young men of color so america can reach its full potential. and that's what today is all about. after months of conversation with a wide range of people, we've pulled together private philanthropies and businesses, mayors, state and local leaders, faith leaders, nonprofits, all who are committed to creating more pathways to success. and we're committed to building on what works. and we call it my brother's keeper. just to be clear, my brother's keeper is not some new, big government program. in my state of the union address, i outlined the work that needs to be done for broad b...

>> when i say the more things change, the more they stay the same, right now our do-nothing congress is on vacation, but back in 1998, we had a future speaker of the house on "crossfire," and he was defending the record of another do-nothing congress. check this out. >> it's projected you're going to work 89 days max this year. why should we pay you for more than 89 when you're only working 89? >> well, that's 89 days here in washington, but as you know, we've got constituents at home, we have got issues in our district that we need to deal with, and the fact is, this is classic washington thi...

Way we know what is going on is when we wake up in the part of the next month and find out what happened. the fact that we have to pivot. we had a brutal job weak for a number of years even going -- job situation for a number of years even going back before this president's administration. the fact that we have to pivot. and thirdly we wouldn't have have the healthcare problems if people had jobs and could afford insurance. all this goes back to jobs and it is like who's on first with it. >> after every recession -- after every recession you do have a natural recovery but this recovery has bee...

Way we know what is going on is when we wake up in the part of the next month and find out what happened. the fact that we have to pivot. we had a brutal job weak for a number of years even going -- job situation for a number of years even going back before this president's administration. the fact that we have to pivot. and thirdly we wouldn't have have the healthcare problems if people had jobs and could afford insurance. all this goes back to jobs and it is like who's on first with it. >> after every recession -- after every recession you do have a natural recovery but this recovery has bee...