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Amazing, walker, i at any time know we had any money to give out. so the must have looked under in couch cushions. >> that's right. the question to be asked is that, the american taxpayer, who is watching your show today, what is he or she get out of a bailout of detroit? the answer to that question is, absolutely nothing. >> neil: again, again -- they say no bailout. $300 million, strategic investments. you say what? >> what i say is that this establishes an awfully bad precedent. are we going to get back to a lehman brother framework of too big to fail and picking winners and losessers among...

The injustice of mandatory minimum sentences is impossible to ignore when you hear the story of the victim. >> that was rand paul testifying before a hearing of the judiciary wednesday calling for what was once thought of as a liberal idea, reform to sentencing requirements that put drug offenders behind bars comparing them to jim crow laws. as a republican paul might seem to be unlikely for the mandatory minimums but the line between liberals and conservatives on the issue is spreading on both federal and state levels. here is ari melber on the latest edition of presumed guilty. >> our system...

Blacks and whites is similar today to what it was 50 years ago. so i mean not that much has changed. i think symbolically a lot of things have been done but there's a rooted system that's not designed for poor people, people of color or people who come to this country, immigrants. until we can assess the way you change that to make things better for everybody, speeches, protest rallies none of it matters unless you admit there's a fundamental issue that needs to change. >> what is the specific legislation ideas or reforms need to be done get that change under way? >> so there's so many differe...

>> whether it at the state or federal level, this is such a group of people that are digging their heels in and fighting the sea change and i think we will just as we saw, we will talk about it on an unrelated matter but as we saw on the voting rights act, states like texas for example, introducing legislation within hours of the supreme court decision, i think we will see that happening on state levels with regard to doma on a state by state basis, the supreme court made the right decision but we are also seeing pandora's box office with regard it people who will try to change the constitutio...

Standards. he himself said these standards are top of the line. that doesn't mean it can't be improved. i think by and large they are going to move the needle forward. >> paul: i think some of the people worry, it's going to be captured by political interests, particularly most powerful in education and then watered down? >> i think it's the reverse. i think it's watered down at the state levels. i think massachusetts was the exemption but most state standards are very weak. kids are graduating from high school that are unprepared for colleges. it's ridiculous. if there is a risk of capture, c...