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that. blake burman here from fox business in washington, d.c. break? reporter: jenna, latest poll from quinnepiac university shows donald trump on top of the field leading with 24% among republicans. right behind him is dr. ben carson at 23. the two senators who had their debate performances lauded last week, marco rubio and ted cruz, are the only others to crack double digits. trump largely left cruz alone but in the recent days, trump has begun to focus attacks on carson and rubio. while carson is currently drawing large crowds on his book tour, frum is recycling a old line that wa...

>> joining me now is firestormer defense attorney wendy patrick. and also a staff writer with a nonprofit organization called the mar. shl project and spent more than a decade covering criminal justice issues. welcome to both of you. simone, let me ask you first. we're talking 6,000 people, all federal offenders. all been in prison for more than a decade nonviolent offenses. since you have been covering these issues for years and years, what will be the first couple days be like for them? >> we have a three-tier release going on. you have some people leaving prison, some a halfway house and ot...

Stay away from the drug game. the question is do we say, hey, throw away the key and lock them up. or work with social services to provide avenues for them to make a legal way of income. >> wendy, you get the final word. >> i think if that all worked, that would be tremendous. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for them. the bottom line is recidivism is real. it permeates our nation. as much as we might like to offer them services to lead them on a path to being lawful citizens, it's just not going to work for everyone. and that's the danger in releasing this many prisoners. >> thank you bot...

Don't have to fight everybody. >> if you don't snap out of it, you're sent back. what do you make of the fact that 6,000 will be released? >> a lot of these people are being released under the guides of probation. it's not like there's this implication going on that's a wave of prisoners being released. but a lot of folks are being released and will be monitored by the u.s. government. some will be put in halfway homes or job training programs. >> wendy, you say this is not necessarily the best idea. tell me why. >> well, some of the points that the audio made actually corroborate the view tha...

Of a manslaughter or homicide? >> right, jon. she is only being charged with second degree assault which is class "d" felony in new york. that means that if this is the only charge that sticks, it means that she could only face up to maximum of seven years. this means that the investigators, that the prosecutors, that the people that have been looking into this for the last 10 days, feel that her level of culpability was much lower than her parents who were charged with manslaughter. jon: again the brother is testifying today and apparently testifying against his half-sister. we'll certainly l...