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Relax, dont Do It. And relax well be joined by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman hollyjohnson, as an exhibition about his life opens in liverpool. And it is turning colderfor All Of Us in the next 24 hour is, but to get there we will get some rain across the country today, and some strong winds as well. Ill have the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its tuesday the 10th september. Our main story the release of more than 1,700 prisoners has begun across england and wales, as part of an Emergency Bid to Ease Overcrowding in jails. Over the coming hours, some offenders whove served at lea...

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Voters in l.a. voted to raise property and sales taxes, spend the money on reducing homelessness but continue to oppose building new shelters. again, not in my back yard. in 2004, voter as proved a sur tax on millionaires to fundamental health treatment. $2 billion over a decade. totally wasted. you let people out of jail, stop incarcerated to reduce prison spending. it doubled. it's a waste of resources and people that don't really want to fix the problem. >> so i think it's fascinating when the president gets involved in something like this, inserts himself, then suddenly it's no longer just...

Can be in undermining communities. but this massive trend toward incarceration even of nonviolent drug offenders and the costs of that trend are crowding out other critical investments that we could make in public safety. >> and schools. the president tied the prison spending into the lack of money for schools. with us now here in new york monica crowley from washington. kirsten powers, author of the big new book "the silencing. how the left is killing free speech." so the president is claiming that putting bad guys away, hurting the little kids in the classroom. are you buying that? >> i don'...

Now, i am not for the very violent ever getting out of prison. but i'm also against spending $168,000 a year on prisoners. you need creativity. and we're beginning to see creativity. earlier i attended a conference called right on crime. people from state after state came with good ideas about prison reform. >> i'm glad to hear it. i agree with you on this one, newt, 100%. get. this i learned something today. in mississippi, the prison system there for all its problems is actually now starting to take smart and creative steps to lock up fewer people and waste less money in mississippi. meanwhi...