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Within the white house. it's been extraordinary. next week is going to be american heroes week followed by american dreams. one more footnote to the me in america week, it is partly at odds with the president's proposed budget which calls for cutting labor department spending. please listen to this, by two and a half billion dollars, that's 21%, within that budget, it includes a 40% cut to job training programs, job training programs necessities to help put americans back to work but of course, all of that is being overshadowed by health care. that is in focus, repeal, replace, doesn't seem it...

>> ab-109 has brought about a different type of mentality and different type of inmate in to our facility. so people that are brand new, you've got to perseve. they're teaching the pretrial inmates or first time comers the things that wouldn't be taught to them by the prison mentality. people who are brand new, felony of drunk driving, he could be celled up with a guy past 20 years, he's teaching him out to get around our system or fight against deputies and how to be a criminal as opposed to a inmate. >> this has come with funding for drug rehab to parenting skills to reentering counseling an...

Week criticized president trump's budget for cutting over $2 billion in federal job training programs. can the president be the jobs president that he campaigned on and slashed some of these job training programs? or is there another solution that you see in terms of meeting some of the budgetary constraints? >> it is important that a president who promised to create jobs is cutting job training programs by $2 billion. you can't create jobs without training people for those jobs. and, look, republicans and democrats can join together on sensible job creation proposals like infrastructure, but ...

What is the ultimate goal with the suits? >> well, the goal is to hold the drug companies accountable. we are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of millions more in civil penalties. here is what i would like to see ultimately. i'd like to see fully funded recovery programs for those who are suffering because of the epidemic. rehabilitation programs. job training programs for those who have been taken out of the workforce and the labor market because of what they suffered through. programs to help people get back on their feet and help communities heel. that is the ...

The suits? >> well, the goal is to hold the drug companies accountable. we are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of millions more in civil penalties. here is what i would like to see ultimately. i'd like to see fully funded recovery programs for those who are suffering because of the epidemic. rehabilitation programs. job training programs for those who have been taken out of the workforce and the labor market because of what they suffered through. programs to help people get back on their feet and help communities heel. that is the ultimate goal. to be accountabi...