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The difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. >> today's visit was part of an effort to further highlight the president's agenda of criminal justice reform, which the president laid out in a speech to the naacp on tuesday, a day after he commuted the sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders. it's kind of hard to imagine that 20 years ago a democratic president pushing to shorten sentences and reduce incarceration would feel that he had the political room to do it. now it seems that having ...

Both parties flocking to new hampshire. hillary clinton, donald trump and scott walker all campaigning across the state on thursday. walker taking a swipe at clinton saying she left the world more mess zed up than before she was secretary of state. could president obama ended up in the big house rather than the white house? yes, that's from the president himself. he says the support he got from family made all the difference. take a listen. >> these are -- these are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes i made and the mistakes a lot of you guys make. the...

Mandatory minimum sentences. >> these are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes i made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys make. the difference is they did not have the kinds of support structures the second chances, the resources, that would allow them to survive those mistakes. that's what strikes me. there but for the grace of god. >> joining me an investigative journalist who has covered criminal justice for years. editor in chief of the frontier in tulsa oklahoma. good to see you. what does it say about our times that a president can visit a priso...

Have the kinds of support structures, the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes. that's what strikes me. there but for the grace of god. that's something we all have to think about. >> it is a powerful message from a powerful messenger. the president of the united states that humanizing the people behind bars. >> i just took a look at a cell where because of overcrowding typically we might have three people housed in a cell that looks to be, what? 15 by? 9x10. three full grown men in a 9x10 cell. overcrowding is something that has to be addressed.

Then the second tower fell striking and killing one of those firefighters. the workers were supposed to aapparently replace support structures on both of the towers. former football star aaron hernandez used coded messages in jailhouse calls to talk about the killing of his friend oden lloyd. hernandez is being held on first degree murder charges in lloyd's shooting death last year. the prosecutors are now seeking access to those reporters. number four, richard m.daley is in the hospital. he became ill after he returned from a business trip. he is in the intensive care unit for evaluation ...