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american democracy. that is something he truly believes and that we should continue to fight for. calling for egregious abuses of power in order for to suppress the constitutional rights of reporters as an insult, it's a complete insult to the rule of law and undermines fundamental values and traditions. instead, it is the responsibility, it's a responsibility of all leaders t protect first amendment rights and that's what the president believes and that's what is going to continue to do to make sure we protect those rights. >> something happened they are, clearly. where it not quite...

[cheers and applause] happy thursday. Is it so great to have president ial debates . It is time to review. The feudal rally in simi valley. As you can see, it has been 23 hours since the second g. O. P. President ial debate. No one has done that before. My migraine is finally receding. The debate was held at the Ronald Reagan president ial library. A reminder when a president leaving at 78 was too old and that it is still legal to part a jet in a library. Where can i find the classic literature section . Behind the 747. Lets get to the highlights. How would you protect American Farmers and ran...

Amendment. it is unclear when he supported this. it is name after henry hyde a long time illinois republican house member who said you can't use federal money for abortion services in any way, shape or form. most democrats in 2020 are going to be opposed to that. biden reasserted he is for it. negative statements from a lot of abortion rights groups. last one, the 1994 crime -- crime bill. let's go to what he said about it and talk about it. >> when i wrote the crime bill, you say is a bad bill and there is only one provision that had to do with mandatory sentences that i opposed and that is a...

I think we're second in the country. but when you look at the racial disparity we are second for a different reason. we are almost the worst in the country. and to me that's a mass incarceration problem. therefore, we need to look at the people who have the ability to send people to prison. those are prosecutors. >> one visit to a homeless shelter, one visit to a treatment center, one visit to a domestic violence center, to understand that there are things out there we never learned in law school, we'll never learn in one of these trainings, that we have to go out and experience for ourselves,...

>> when people think about mass incarceration, they think about jails and prisons being full of people and people sort of falling out of the windows and doors. and that is a definition of mass incarceration. but to me mass incarceration is also a question of proportionality. so in massachusetts we do very well in terms of the gross number of people in our prisons. i think we're second in the country. but when you look at the racial disparity we are second for a different reason. we are almost the worst in the country. and to me that's a mass incarceration problem. therefore, we need to look at...