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My city and said climate will be the lens through which we view everything that we do. so i was a guy that said hey, our prisoner reentry programs are going to be putting people to work on urban farms, because in our city we need to pull more of the carbon out of the air. our job training programs are going to be about environmentally retrofitting buildings, union jobs. there is nothing we can do anybody that is not viewed through that lens. and that's changing the practice of how we procure things. where it's we invest. it's our r&d. it's our ag bills. everything has to now be about meeting t...

Compromise. do you think this is a good deal for the country? is it going to go through? >> i do. i do think it's a good deal. look, we have a job to do and i think that as a governor you don't have the luxury of not doing your job and i think that's what americans want people in washington to do. do your job. less grandstanding. more compromise. more getting things done. no budget is perfect. as you say i reluctantly signed our budget because, unfortunately, the legislature decided to make cuts to some of our most successful job training programs. but on the whole, you want to have a budget, ...

Steps. we already have some prisoners in conjunction with the state of georgia who are being trained for job training programs as they transition out of jail. they are transitioning into full paid jobs with the city of atlanta in our department of watershed with benefits. they all have families. we've already had some success stories, but now there's an opportunity for us to do it on a very different level. helping us re-imagine this physical space are people who have been incarcerated in this facility, people who have worked in this facility, and people who have visited loved ones in this fac...

Communities of atlanta, historic vine city that had so many resources poured in to them as a result of building this stadium, in large part because of the blank family foundation who owns the atlanta falcons. we now have job training programs in this area. we now have substance abuse classes available. people are able to go back and complete their education. and it is really been a coordination, not just with the blafrpg family foundation, but with corporations and with community folk right on the ground, making sure that as the city moves forward, that we aren't leaving anyone behind. >> i wo...

>> that is a key what you just said jeanine. this is about reintegration. what happens though individuals when they serve their time and get rei want greated into this communities. do they go back to pursuing that old life of crime or do they become productive citizens of our society? i think the goal here is laudable. and what they are trying to do with job training programs, incentives for good behavior while behind bars that these are attempts to start the integration or reintegrate process while they are still in prison. the goals are laudable. having said that senator tom cotton and some ...