christine leonard of the coalition for public safety joins us next. improved job creation in many areas, but when i came to energy jobs, there were losses are rooted. nick juliano will explain as washington journal continues after this. >> this sunday on q&a, dr. adrian sue berman, director of the georgetown medical university watchdog project, on how lobbyists influence of and what medications to prescribe. >> the promotion of a drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved by the fda, it is not illegal to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug for example and then blanketed medical journals and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a certain drugs. also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific.

host: our guest is christine leonard from coalition for public safety. we have a caller from austin, texas. caller: i just wanted to commend what your coalition is doing. you brought my attention that you got my attention when he brought state capitals because this is one of the few issues in texas and my perception that we have been able to get some kind of consensus and bipartisan work going on. this conversation, intention. my question is which state capitals have you seen be able to have success when it comes to building these partners in coalitions -- partners and coalitions. we have seen democrats and republicans coming to the table on this issue because of the benefits we get from it fiscally and across the table. the steps you have seen on state capitals taken in positive direction on this issue. guest: texas has been a leader in terms of kamal justice reform in terms of actions at the state legislature and the bipartisan coalition involved in texas that brings folks from all sides of the spectrum. it is accommodation of governmental leadership a

we hear from christine leonard executive director. at 9:!15 a.m., nick juliano talks about oil, gas, and the congressional energy agenda. host: vice president joe biden called a letter from 47 senators to iran over nuclear negotiation "highly misleading, and that america cannot deliver on its promises your coat and today senators rand paul, cory booker and others

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host: christine leonard with the coalition for public safety is our guest. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202748-8001 for republicans. send us an e-mail also at journal@c-span.org. how do you go about this? what is your plan of attack so to speak? guest: one of the most exciting aspect is even strong organizations with diverse memberships across the country the first task is to figure out where we can be most effective in their conversations. there is a lot of education that needs to happen on capitol hill and across the capitals throughout the united states. the number one concern is we want to make sure people understand why crime rates have gone down and what are the most effective approaches to make sure we are maintaining public safety while being smart about reform. host: you mentioned the groups involved in different reasons why they are coming to the table. is that it can turn over how you go about doing this on a day-to-day level that everyone is looking for their best interests and that may cause friction? guest: it is a very unusual moment for me personally to work with a dive