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Senators passed the first step act. the senate's version of the bill heads to the house where it's expected to pass. president trump tweeted that he looks forward to signing it. we'll see with senator james lankford about this next hour. >> this is something that you've had people on the left and the right talking about for some time. >> 87-12 was the vote. this is as bipartisan as we're going to get these days. but this doesn't impact -- this is a federal law, so we still have state and local prisons that have some sentencing

Grandchildren and my sisters and my brother, my extended family members. my life looks totally different from what it did less than 24 hours ago. i can't tell you what i'm feeling right now, because it's still so unreal to me, but it is real. >> i can imagine. i can imagine that. we're looking at the video of you reuniting with your family. one of the things that eventually you're going to be called upon to discuss, and i know you've had comments on is sentencing problems in this country. we do tend to sentence people quite harshly, particularly inmates held on drug offenses. we have 279,000 p...

But not a bank account to put it in. christine romans, cnn, new york. >> and sunny hostin and richard quest join me live to talk about this. and by the way, sunny is the new host of "making the case" with sunny hostin premiering tonight at 10:30. congratulations. >> thank you. >> two reasons i come to you first. get your muscles going. but also you're the former federal prosecutor i heard eric holder say something completely grewous. could you think the attorney general could do something about this akin to what he did with sentencing problems, just fudge the numbers a little and then you don'...