. >> now, republican iowa senator chuck grassley requested this this morning's hearing. he said it was, quote, disturbing that law enforcement agencies in in 43 states declined more than 8,800 tee taner requests by i.c.e. during a nine-month period last year. at the hearing at 7:00 this morning steinle's father is fifth in line to speak to senators. it should be emotional as we are set to hear testimony from family members of victims killed by undocumented immigrants. live in our san francisco of newsroom, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >>> the archdiocese of san francisco is asking leaders at all levels to work together. in a press release archbishop cordileone said new policies should not punish all immigrants because of the poor decisions of a few. he said while it is important while we learn from this incident and work to prevent it from happening again it is also important we recognize the vast majority of immigrants both those with and without papers who are not a violent threat to society and so should not be subject to guilt by association. he also offered

. >> reporter: it was republican iowa senator chuck grassley who requested this morning's hearing, he has invited the head of ice as well as the director of immigration services to speak after the steinle family addresses the senators. other victims' families are also set to speak at this morning's hearing which starts at 7:00 this morning our time and of course we will have coverage of this had here. live in the san francisco newsroom, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >>> more details now, the archdiocese of san francisco is asking leaders at all levels to work together in a press release archbishop cord leany said that new policies should not punish all immigrants because of the poor decisions of a few. he wrote this part, while it is important that we learn from this incident and work to prevent it from happening again it is also important we recognize the vast majority of immigrants, both those with and without papers, are not a violent threat to society and so should not be subject to guilt by association. he also offered kond renss to steinle's family. >> happening to you,

senator chuck grassley of iowa called for the hearing. he released this video statement before steinle was killed. >> more than 30000 criminals were released from its custody in fiscal year 2013. 1,000 of them have already been convicted again. >> grassley wants to cut some federal funding to cities that don't honor immigration holds and main date five year prison sentences for immigrants who are deported but return. human rights advocates urging caution. >> we have to be careful not to stereotype an entire community on the horrible actions of this one person. >> the judiciary committee is also expected to bring up the case of edgar ruby who was arrested on child molestation charges in may. investigators believe he may have molested as many as 30 campers. he is a dreamer meaning he got a u.s. work permit because he was brought into the country illegally as a child. tomorrow you la makers are expected to work with homeland security officials on how to better track dreamers. connect with us on facebook. >>> new at 11:00. watch your laptop.

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with us now senator chuck grassley from iowa. we dubbed kate's law. and it's aggravated felony. any illegal alien with aggravated felon deported and comes back gets the minimum here. what's aggravated felony? who would oppose this law? who would oppose that? >> you have to remember there is advocacy group just today who said we should not change public policy just based upon isolated incident of the steinle murder. >> you are going to have a legion of people. >> five people testified but, remember, since in the last five years, 121 people have been murdered by criminal aliens. >> but why would any advocacy group and you figure that they want to help the poor, say you shouldn't put a person who is deported and comes back, who is a felon aggravated felon in prison? that's insane. i'm just trying to get the logic of this. you have been around a long time. is there any logic to not doing what you want to do? >> not as far as i'm concerned. but there are some people so fearful of certain segments of our population that you might call

senator chuck grassley chairman of the senate judiciary committee has scheduled a heerlg for illegalrimes next tuesday. parents of kate steinle have invited we are hoping they will attend. if congress cannot pass a law as simple as kate's law that would imprison illegal back after deportation. if congress can't do that, this country is in big trouble. joining us from tampa good win, jessica a democratic strategist. do you think kate's law will pass. >> i don't think it will pass. i think it will spark a ton of great discussion and i'm hopeful the democrats will come out in support of tougher rules for illegal aliens who are in this country and have been convicted of fell lones prior, i think the mandatory sentence and five years is going to be too harsh. >> too harsh? >> i do. i'm not justifying what has happened but i think the argument will go that we are lumping everyone together into one pod. >> he would lumping all the felons together into one pod. >> different levels of felonies we are dealing with here. >> of course there are there aren't levels of deportation. once you are de

with us now the chairman of that committee senator chuck grassley from iowa.f all, have you now written a law that we dubbed kate's law. and it's ago aggravated felony any illegal alien with aggravated felony comes back. what's aggravated felony. >> aggravated felony can be anything from murder, rape, child pornography things of that nature. but a very violent crime. >> drug sales too right? narcotics? >> yes. >> so that's what this guy was into. he was a drug dealer. now, it seems to me, and i think almost everybody watching because hundreds of thousands have signed a petition that we are going to give you tomorrow. who would oppose this law? who would oppose that? >> well, you have got to remember, there is advocacy group just today said that we should not change public policy just based upon isolated incident of the steinle murder. >> but you are going to have people -- you are going to have a leaning of people -- >> -- five people testifying but, remember, since in the last five years, 121 people have been murdered by criminal aliens. >> but why would any

. >> ifill: this week, republican senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley seemed to give the reform movement a boost, announcing he's trying to reach a compromise to lower minimum sentences and reform prisons. >> woodruff: a new study says keeping more children on track to high school graduation a full-time job and out of the criminal justice system could start in kindergarten. in a report released today, researchers tracked more than 700 children from kindergarten to age 25. they found students' social skills, like cooperation, listening to others and helping classmates, held strong clues for how those children would fare two decades later. in some cases, social skills may even be better predictors of future success than academic ones. damon jones, a senior research associate at penn state university joins me to talk about the findings. professor jones, welcome. first, remind us when and where did this study take place and what was the original purpose of it? >> well, judy, our study always aimed at exploring the influential role of social emotional skills in children in terms of h

chuck grassley so far has started off last year pretty opposed saying mandatory minimums drive down crimes moved a little bit now saying, grassley is a figure in the senate and they're now saying saying something like open to changing some mandatory minimums and for drug crimes and increase them for white collar crimes and look at in his mind to keep tough on crime and balance out the approach to it. you are seeing older republican members who at first very opposed to this push. now becoming more for it. that's where i think you could see a bill passed by the end of the -- by 1016 for that reason. >> and michael, if we can take the bigger picture perspective, it is amazing to see consensus coming together around criminal justice. >> that's for sure. >> reform. >> or any bipartisan consensus at all. >> i'm thinking bigger picture of this presidency and something you do all the time. >> right. >> with the iran deal details coming together. this consensus when you have health care reform financial reform. you know, i have to think that this president's impact will actually be felt for a long

and we need to send chuck grassley and steve king into retirement. [applause] [cheering] dr., and one last thing, we are going to elect another democrat as president of the united states! [applause] [cheering] dr. mcguire: we need to turn iowa blue up and down the ticket. in november of 2016, we are going to do just that. we need more people representing us. [applause] dr. mcguire: you know, we have a congressman who understands the challenges of working iowans. he has been there. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage a champion for middle-class, for education for our veterans, for our seniors, for our small businesses congressman dave walczak. [applause] rep. walczak: wow, thanks everybody, thanks everybody. it really is great to be here tonight. i don't know about all of you but given that we've got all five of the folks who are running for president, it is great to see -- rep. walczak: --rep. loebsack: wow, thanks everybody, thanks everybody. it is really great to be here tonight. i don't know about all of you, but given that we've got all five of the folks wer

sponsoring legislation with senator stabenow and myself, or senator john thune juror chuck grassley, senator klobuchar senator heitkamp, senator enzi senator sherrod brown. it's bipartisan. it's common sense. it is a simple solution. we're saying, okay, we get it. canada won in the w.t.o. court. we cannot have a mandatory program. we follow the house's lead, we're working with the house. we pass their legislation. and at the same time we put in place a voluntary program similar to canada. we're reaching out to our friends and neighbors in canada and saying, hey, we want to work with you. please work with us. and that's what we do in this legislation. and so i hope that senators will join together with us in a -- i emphasize that again bipartisan way. that's what it takes here in the senate. it takes 60 votes to pass legislation. you can't do it with just one party or the other. it takes 60 vote. you got to have bipartisan legislation. and i call on my colleagues to get together with us, let's move this legislation let's get together with the house and our friendsfriend from canada an

senator chuck grassley asked the fbi to make sure it is.claims the state department was not turning over e-mails fast enough. >> i think we have been proceeding in a timely fashion. and, indeed the vast majority of the e-mails that i turned over and that are being turned over by others were already in the state department's system. so this is really a question for the state department. they're the ones that are bearing the responsibility to sort through these thousands and thousands of e-mails and determine at what pace they can be released and i really hope that it will be as quickly as possible. >> not true. that last statement is just not true. >> right. >> and since she ran the state department, couldn't she ask them to hurry up? >> you have a federal judge, chuck todd that, is saying what the hell is taking too long? this state department, john kerry's state department purposely dragging their feet. it is a slow drip by drip by drip process. and you just start with her saying at the very end she wants them released as quickly as possib

senator john thune, south dakota, another member of the ag committee senator amy klobuchar senator chuck grassley senator hidely heitkamp senator mike enzi, and senator sherrod brown all members, with the exception of senator enzi, all members of our ag committee. what we're trying to do is come up with a solution to the country-of-origin labeling issue. this is an issue that's been in w.t.o. court for sometime. it involves the united states, canada and mexico, our very good trading partners. what we're working to do is to find a solution that addresses the w.t.o. issues as far as country-or-origin labeling in a way that makes sure that we are w.t.o.-compliant so that there are no duties or tariffs that can be levied against any of our ag exports or any other exports. but, at the same time, for those who want to use country- country-of-origin labeling on a voluntary basis they're able to do so. that would preserve what's known as the grade-a label, which is simply means born, raised, and slaughtered or processed in the united states. so for beef, pork, chicken if it's born, raised and processed i