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Them out. i guarantee you, that's going to be the slippery slope that comes here. and then the president could give them executive clemency as clinton did -- megyn: i was going to say, you think that could not happen -- >> of course it could happen. megyn: i can't say that to you, joe. >> no, you can't, because it has happened. they never requested clemency, they didn't can even accept it for 0 days, and oscar lopez, who i faced at his parole hearing last year, he turned it down. so if the political will, and i'll use that term, i'll use dianne feinstein's term, it's the political will of the ...

Table. jose, understand that with the struggle they're dealing with here, it's going to cost more to buy that milk in the near future. >> jay, thanks very much. really, really difficult critical situation across much of the country. and coming up on "the cycle," our coverage of the drought of 2012 continues. janet chamblyian explains how you're going to suffer from the drought even if you're not living in the drought zone. the fbi is investigating the shooting behind a christian lobby group. a man shot a security guard in the arm at the headquarters of the family research council, the shoo...

Back to virginia that means that you are now going to a state where you will be disenfranchised. is that correct? >> that is correct, despite me being able to vote in indiana in 2010. >> so you went to the u.n. with the naacp in part to talk about this issue. is thaekt that correct? >> yes, it is. >> tell me about that xpeefrns. why the choice to go and why is this issue of voting rights such an important part of the advocacy work that you have been doing. >> well, number one, since my release it's been important for me to continue to speak out about certain injustices revo e revolving around ...

Obviously there is concern in your state about it. >> i think that would be a mistake. we have had executive clemency and pardoning by governors from the first constitution in mississippi. the first constitution of the united states of america. i have done about 225 in eight years. ronald reagan, my former boss, and hero, did 400 in eight years as president of the united states. about what bill clinton did and gerald ford did. again, we believe people asking for forgiveness of sin and redeem themselves should be given second chance. 20 years in the penitentiary is time enough to come to grips ...

Obviously there is concern in your state about it. >> i think that would be a mistake. we have had executive clemency and pardoning by governors from the first constitution in mississippi. the first constitution of the united states of america. i have done about 225 in eight years. ronald reagan, my former boss, and hero, did 400 in eight years as president of the united states. about what bill clinton did and gerald ford did. again, we believe people asking for forgiveness of sin and redeem themselves should be given second chance. 20 years in the penitentiary is time enough to come to grips ...