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Should be a wakeup call. this could happen pretty much in any american city at this point when you have that same mix of poverty, young people that are disillusioned and provocations from the police that go unanswered. >> how long before the president has to make some kind of significant statement, not just about baltimore, but about the strained relations between so many minority communities in the united states and law enforcement? >> well, you know, i think he's made statements in the past. frankly, the statement he could make that would probably make the biggest difference would be to addr...

Now. and we absolutely have to act quickly. and so for example, rand paul cory booker, several of us in the house are working on legislation to change mandatory minimums. you saw what happened in california with proposition 47 which changed several offenses and reduced them from felony to misdemeanor. so i think we are beginning to take a look at what we did over the last 20 years, which was really crazy and it led to the massive incarceration problem that we have today. and it's time to roll back some of the legislation. a few years ago in california, we reformed the three strikes law. the ti...

>> might be onto something. coming up, chris matthews spoke with the need for prison reform with piper kerman. the incarceration problem in the country is now so endemic children show sesame street has a new character with a father in prison. alex is teaching children to cope with an absent parent. that inspired john oliver who are introduced us to new friends in the segment about prison reform last night. >> i'll be looking at the prison conditions in america and the whole system is so broken. >> my daddy is in jail for a low level drug offense. >> that's what i'm talking about, tim my. that'...

The right thing to do because the only two people in the world who want war with russia are john mccain and his [ bleep ] lindsey graham. >> might be onto something. coming up, chris matthews spoke with the need for prison reform with piper kerman. the incarceration problem in the country is now so endemic children show sesame street has a new character with a father in prison. alex is teaching children to cope with an absent parent. that inspired john oliver who are introduced us to new friends in the segment about prison reform last night. >> i'll be looking at the prison conditions in ameri...