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Intensely mart sand house of representatives on a judiciary committee, with i is a source of constant conflict, whether that's on gun rights or reproductive rights, or immigration rights, i'm a part of a bipartisan task force on over criminalization, five republican, five democrats, that was put together this year to tackle the issue of overcriminalization, mass incarceration, out of control sentencing that has occurred at the federal level and so i'm very hopeful that in this climate, we'll actually be able to get something done and president obama with these commutations i think has set the ...

Decision. >> i think that we have this massive problem with pot in our country. it's been done by the over criminalization of pot by our over focus on a drug that is not as dangerous as other drugs identify seen out there. and bringing people together in a nondemagogue fashion is important. former dnc chair terry mcauliffe is beginning to look like favorite. he has 44% support of likely virginia reporters while ken cuccinelli pick ud up 37%. the reasons behind mcauliffe's leads, he's stronger among female voters. looking to another local contest, elliot spitzer may be falling back to earth i...

The time is right. america is ready to get smart on crime. joining me now is new york congressman hakeem jeffries, representing the boroughs of brooklyn and queens. he is on a congressional task force, looking at overcriminalization in america. and barbara arnwine, president of the lawyers committee for civil rights. thank you both for joining me. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. >> congressman, let me go to you first. what is your reaction to the news that new york officials will begin appealing this stop and frisk ruling tomorrow? >> the stubborn resistance to the fact that stop and frisk pr...

Hurt, but yet, in sanford, you kill a youth and, yet, you're not guilty. i'm not comparing it, but it's something wrong with the system, and we need to double down and change the law. that's the state legislators. we need judges to give them more discretion. >> yep. >> we need to -- we need to deal with the criminal justice system. and let me just say one thing, as a mother, we tell our children, do not talk to strangers. >> right. >> and we work with them to talk with the police force. but george zimmerman was not a police officer. he had no business saying anything to that young man. none wh...

Mark levin and others are taking seriously this whole issue of over-criminalization. so the first thing, as the congresswoman said, is that the judge had no choice. but this case was overcharged. the congresswoman agrees that angela corey's predecessor, harry shorstein would have never, ever charged this case. >> never. never. he never would have charged her like this. never. >> and congresswoman -- >> and you're talking about someone that had no priors. a person who had a master's degree, had a job. and it was an incident. >> right. >> one incident. and the week before, a person got convicted...