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Calling to ban the box. some folks might know this, but this is the check box on federal job applications that require job seekers to state whether or not if they have been convicted of a crime. >> not everyone is on board with the president's plans, including new york's top police officer. listen. >> when people go to jail, oftentimes they go to jail with negotiated charges, if you will. so somebody that is in jail that seems they're nonviolent drug offender may, in fact, have crimes of violence in their record. so, we have to be very concerned about who we're leading out. >> joining us to ta...

Tweeting about it all day. >> i'm sure he is. >> steve, thanks so much. appreciate it. straight ahead, we're talking about band the box. president obama's in new jersey talking criminal justice reform, pushing to get rid of the check box on employment applications that ask about a person's criminal record. and then two activists beheaded by isis. one of the victims spoke with nbc's richard engel just last year. now his brother's sitting down with richard and he, too, receiving death threats even during our interview. to helpingu reach your financial goals, taking small, manageable steps ca...

Throughout each writing. and the clarifying mark for me on both sheets is the way they x'd out the check box on each. single stroke everywhere on the paper except for the "x" box, then it's multiple strokes. it's multiple strokes on both sets of paper. based on this we determine that christopher gonzalez is the person who wrote the note. >> christopher gonzalez, currently awaiting trial for attempted murder to which he's pled not guilty has been david goodell's cell mate for the past year. he was assigned to be a sort of companion and confidant following goodell's suicide attempt. officer burk...

Around and asked him why. he said because they came to my office and they needed money and it just made sense for him, as a businessman. as a presidential candidate, he's all in as a republican. he's always been a republican. he's never changed his check box. he's a republican. >> do you care about the mayor of new york city? does mr. trump care saying he's going to box them out? >> it's another terrible attack on mr. trump. again, we talk about this all the time. it's a distorted message including the young lady on your show before me. anna salazar. mexicans did not come down and picket him y...

>> a chance of them finding anything are slim to none. whoever had anything got rid of it. so this right here is just [ bleep ] us off. >> when we do a shakedown, we know, even if we come in there with 50 officers, yes, we know that we're going to hear toilets flush. but you know what? it's getting rid of stuff, maybe not by our hands but by their hands. we want to get that stuff obviously. but you know what? as long as it's not in there when we leave, it's a win-win. >> the shakedown does not turn up any direct evidence pertaining to the threat. but it does produce plenty of writing samples a...