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Now calls a huge mistake. but what about the core accusation that the bill led to mass incarceration? well, as this graph shows incarceration had been going up since the 1970s, the biggest jump by far in state prisons thanks to mandatory drug minimums. when joe biden says the bill did not generate mass incarceration he's right in the narrow sense that only 10% of people incarcerated in america served time in federal prisons, but the total number of people in prison did increase overall, impacted a disproportionate number of people from non-white communities. look, donald trump deserves credit ...

Time ago, laura, so how much will this be a factor? >> well, carol, there's two different points in time. of course you have the confirmation hearings, where he already has the benefit of having republican-led congress which probably makes him a shoo-in for the position. then you've got the issue of actually what happens when he indeed runs, if he is confirmed, the department of justice. remember there have been two things that have been the hallmark of the eric holder and now loretta lynch administrations, running the department of justice. and that has been a concerted effort to reverse some...