firsmomentum. first though, look at pictures that have helped exacerbate the prison problems, five times high are than nation's prison population in 1980. the surge mostly flks changes in sentencing laws in the 1980s and 90s, those laws are a key reason that although the united states accounts for less than 5% of the world's population it now has more than 20% of the globe's prison population. president obama this week said the $80 billion the united states spends every year on incarceration comes at the expense of more effective ways of deterring crime. he challenged congress to pass a bipartisan spending proposal, of course that's not going to happen but there is broad support for doing something to reduce how much america spends on lock up nonviolent prisoners. what's especially unique about the president's proposals is that many republicans actually support them. let's go now to our chief white house correspondent mike viqueria in washington. mike this is an issue you wouldn't expect democrats