know organizers and have attorneys 6 years to even get it to a point to where they can bring alabama department corrections to the table in mississippi. question when he let the health department last week the reason is the health department is can the before. but sister time they refused to allow those brothers access to the necessary beings and we want people out of the ultimately we want them to immediately reinstate parole for those who have the ability to have access to the row we want them to a media only release those who have been hailed on the love on the faces on drug offenses to de coster rate this system also billy. and as with your goal is to abolish this system started over you know what i mean like reboot because we've never had a say in this process rather this is that nobody had a say in this process but this process has always come down on us is very defensive . we to me that whatever changes come in a transformative way the the problem of the prison in prison organizing has remained the same over time which is visibility it's how do you draw attention to these dark sites acro

you know organizes and have attorneys sit here to even get into a point where they can bring alabama department corrections to the table in mississippi burgess can start question when he will let the health department here last week the reason is the health department is can the on them before. but since that time they refused to allow those brothers access to to the necessary things and we want people out of there ultimately we want them to immediately reinstate parole for those who have the ability to have access to parole we want them to a media only release those who have been held on the nerve on the finances on drug offenses to de coster rate this system also merely and i'll be honest with you to goal is to abolish this system and start it over you know what i mean like reboot because we've never had a say in this process our brothers and sisters is that never had a say in this process but this process has always come down on us is very necessary we demand that whatever changes come in a transformative way the the problem of the prison and prison organizing has remained the same over time

alabama. i created a communication department at the university of alabama birmingham.earning to get back into politics. i had patel nick fever. mac fever.oto 6%that time, in 1977, only of alabama residents identified as republicans. that is the change we went through in the south. and getd to raise money people to come into birmingham and raise money for the republican party. we asked john connolly, he said no. ronald reagan, no. we asked george h. w. bush if he would come over. with a family and he agreed to come over. i was at a table at a fundraiser and there was this nerdy, blonde young man next to me and he said, i understand you were a speechwriter for president ford. i said yes. he said evaluate this for the table, we won't tell anyone. i said all right. george bush got up and gave the speech and then the nerdy little kid said, what did you think? i said the man is obviously sincere, he is authentic but he needs organization. there are stylistic devices he can use. he looked at me and said, my name is karl rove. i work for him. i said oh my gosh, i am sorry. he

alabama. i created a communications department at the university of alabama birmingham. i was yearning to get back into politics. i had only been there a year and wanted to get back to washington. i got back on the alabama central committee. at that time in 1977 only 6% of alabamians identified as republicans. that is the change we have gone through in the south. we needed to raise money and get people to come into birmingham and raise money for the republican party. we asked chuck connolly. he said no, not a chance, ronald reagan row, not a chance. we asked george h w bush if he would come over. he was friends with the family there, he agreed to come over. i was at a table at this fundraiser and there was this nerdy kind of blonde young man next to me. he said i understand you were a speechwriter for president ford. yes, i was. why don't you evaluate this for the table. we won't tell anybody. all right. george bush got up and gave the speech, and then the dirty little kid what do you think of this? i said the man is obviously sincere, authentic but needs organization, s

after we lost the election closely to carter i created a communication department at the alabama for birmingham and i was yearning to get back into politics. i got on the alabama central committee and at that time in 1977 only 6% identified as republicans. that is the change that we have gone through in the south so we needed to raise money and get people to come in to birmingham and raise money for the party and we ask john connally and he said though there wasn't a chance. so we asked george h. w. bush if he would come over. i was at table and there was a dirty blond young man next to me and said i understand you were a speech writer for president ford. the man is obviously sincere and authentic but he needs organization and stylistic devices and so on and so forth he said my name is carl rove, and i work for him and i said my gosh i'm sorry. we heard from gerald ford you are a good writer and he would like to talk with you. so he was coincidental. >> he was my favorite client of all time. i had to clear this with other friends, jennifer fitzgerald and was flown to houston to do an

alabama. and speaking of giving one's best, please join me in congratulating the team at the department of human resources led by commissioner nancy buckner for leading the nation two years in a row in placing foster children in a permanent, loving home. it's -- [ applause ] it's one thing to talk about helping a child, but it's another thing to actually do it, so thank you, nancy, and your team. folks, i would like to take this opportunity to recognize all the cabinet members and staff of the ivey administration. let them know how much you appreciate their efforts and what they do every day for our state. [ applause ] thank you so much. as we all know, 2019 was an especially difficult year for those who wear the badge. seven members of the alabama law enforcement community were killed in the line of duty. these heros exhibited the best virtues over state. they were selfless, brave, dedicated, determined, and in the end, willing to sacrifice their lives for all. representing all of these families tonight, we have miss joanne williams, widow of sheriff big john williams. miss williams, would you

senator doug jones from alabama said that the president's actions with regard to the justice departmente a listen. >> i think you almost have to go back to john mitchell who was nixon's attorney general who went to prison for some of the things he did for richard nixon. this is unprecedented. >> reporter: and complicating the relationship between the white house and the justice department this week was the doj's decision to drop its criminal investigation of former top fbi official andrew mccabe. cnn reported that president trump was not happy with the justice department's decision not to pursue criminal charges of mccabe, who the president has long attacked as a foe. >> all right. thank you. >>> let's talk about that because more than not happy, it's reported that president trump was downright angry when he learned that the justice department was dropping that two-year criminal investigation into the former fbi deputy director. mccabe spoke with cnn about the dropping of the investigation last night. here's a portion of that conversation. >> absolutely the right thing to do then, and i

alabama tries to stop patients from being transferred to a fema facility. the u.s. health departmentacuated, alabama officials didn't know about the plan and will ask a court to intervene. cases spiking in south korea as well, 556 people are diagnosed with the infection, 5 have died. and caught in the act all the way from iraq, a soldier stationed in the country calls police after seeing burglars on his home doorbell camera. he was looking at the camera from his iphone when he noticed two men stealing power tools from his garage in chicago. officers quickly caught up with the alleged crooks and arrested them. they're facing burglary charges. they probably thought, hey, guy's in iraq, we're big scum bags, we're going to steal -- jason: technology working, i love that the. the all right. still ahead, after a distant second place finish in nevada, joe biden says he's making a comeback. >> well, y'all, y'all did it for me. now we're going on to south carolina and win, and then we're going to take this back! jason: yeah, we came in second! we'll ask a former member of obama's finance comm

alabama school of law and msnbc contributor joyce vance. joyce, you are not prone to saying things that are designed to fear monger, but this is different. this is the united states justice departmentl understand is a branch of the executive. but what we have not understood until this last week and maybe we should have but we have not understood the degree to which bill barr is acting like donald trump's attorney general as opposed to the attorney general of the united states. >> i think that's right, ali. although the "time" article is not mine, i share those sentiments. i think the important thing for people to understand is that there should never be any politically motivated interference in the criminal justice system. the president can't use criminal prosecutions as a political tool to punish his perceived enemies and to help his friends. and the concern here is that is what we're seeing with this doj and it's worth pointing out that something that prosecutors take enormous care with is to avoid not just improper actions, but also the appearance of any impropriety. it is so critical that the country need to be able to trust the justice system that prosecutors will bend over ba