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>> this is like a hundred thousand people who got their rights restored yesterday minimum. it could go up to 200,000. virginia is one of two states in the country with a constitutional lifetime ban if you're ever convicted of a felon and the notion what have is a felony has expand is since it was put in place but it was put in place to suppress the black vote. mr. glass, delicate to the 1901 constitutional convention said, i quote, because of this plan the darky will be eliminated as a factor in our state's politics in the next five years. this was literally the last standing leg of the jim cr...

The right thing and that is what the governor did yesterday and why it's so important. >> governor, you, obviously, heard from republicans who didn't think this was such a great idea, right? >> well, some, but listen. i know for 22 years, we have been tough on crime in virginia p.m. i . i'm a former prosecutor. this is a tough place to commit crimes in virginia but, at the same time, joe, once your sentence is done, justice then also requires you to be reintegrated into society and i think our strategy of tough punishment accompanied with prisoner re-entry and restoration of rights is up with ...

Citizen and that will decrease the chance to commit new crimes. i think the right thing to do. >> why did you decide to take this step? >> i've been working on this a couple of years. i've restored more rights than any governor in virginia history and improving the system and getting responses in oef days. we try to get a constitutional amendment passed this session with republican and democrat support to automatic restore the rights and that failed and so because of that, i'm using the power i've got as the chief executive under the constitution to automatically restore rights on individual b...

Have to make them work. the cover story of "time" magazine, rick stengel, thank you very much. howard, thank you. still ahead a new study reveals more and more women are becoming the family bread winners but why aren't they earning as much as their male counterparts. our panel will discuss up next. up next, virginia governor mob mcdonald offers a big change to the voters. he is coming up along with ben jealous. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. efs efs for charity, to prove that with soft fabric and waistband, the best protection looks, fits, and feels just like underwear...

Some sharp elbows down there say you're a liberal because you signed a transportation bill. how is that working out for you? >> it's fine. i'm strongly reporting the republican ticket. >> the gubernatorial candidate? he has been my lawyer three years and a good lawyer. you don't agree on everything but the reagan analogy if you agree with me 80% of the time you're my friend. we have done good things in virginia on jobs and schools and on managing the budget. we have had surpluses and road fixed and pension system fixed. we have to have a republican ticket. ken will be a good governor. >> what ...