the news decoder and lionel media dot com in washington we have remington greg he is counsel for civil justice and consumer rights at public.

the news decoder and lionel media dot com in washington we have remington greg he is counsel for civil justice and consumer rights at public citizen and in athens ohio we cross to richard vedder he is a professor of economics at ohio university senior fellow.

the news decoder and lionel media dot com in washington we have remington greg he is counsel for civil justice and consumer rights at public citizen and in athens ohio we cross to richard vedder he is a professor of economics at ohio university senior fellow at the independent institute and the author of the forthcoming book restoring the promise higher education in america all right gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate lionel let me go to you first hear what we have found out from this scandal is something that i think a lot of us had suspicions about i spent ten years of my life in the university of california system i saw questionable practices but you know i didn't have any proof that i wasn't the f.b.i. but you know we this story has been in the public realm now for over ten over a week now but it i think really at the core of it is how i've been traduced much of it is that we really have a fetish for a status and it's not about merit and if you have if you have the means and the privilege to basically to reproduce yourself

discuss this scandal in the vital issues around it in greater detail as rehman and greg counsel for civil justice and consumer rights of public citizen welcome back to the show now to lymington thank you for joining us this is a huge story here in the united states obviously but for a global audience can you just quickly recap the bombshell on monday and some of the developments in the story this week yeah it was an explosive story a massive scandal twenty five million dollars worth of bribes were paid to get kids into elite colleges they bribed coaches they found ways to get them in to the colleges without going through the normal channels of meritocracy and as the ring leader admitted in court because he's already pled guilty in our system we have a front door which is you get there through hard work you have a back door which is you pay people to to get you there usually through large donations and then you have the side door which is what he was using which is using some of the the ways that you can kind of cheat the system and so what we have now is thirty three parents who have been indicte

if investors deserve to seek justice and accountability through the civil justice system, why do you think that wells fargo customers don't deserve the same treatment? may he answer, madam chair? >> i'm sorry, am i able to answer the question? >> please take a minute to answer. >> sure. congresswoman, we took your advice that you gave my predecessor in the last hearing. you asked us in the instance of retail sales practices to go beyond a couple of years, that's why we went back more than 15 years to make sure that we were able to capture all of the potential customers that were harmed. we thought that was a very good idea. and as i mentioned in my opening statement, we have looked at more than 165 million accounts, contracted -- contacted more than 40 million customers through 264 million interactions to make sure that we have made things right for them. and i believe we have. >> okay. thank you. >> the gentlewoman from missouri ms. wagner, vice ranking member is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the chairwoman for yielding. good morning mr. sloan. >> good morning. >> i want t

justice. i will leave you with another quote of our civil rights icon. justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment. this is so because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. if african americans are suffering from injustice and inequality, latino brothers and sisters, women, and lgbt neighbors. dr. king knew that protests were great and had a role because they were able to raise awareness. but he also knew that legislation and lawsuits are what changed the game. they changed the rules. justice must be handled by us in this moment. so, there we stand up, handle our business? the moment is now. thank you, dr. king, for laying the ground work and the road map for us. and now we will take it from here. rest in peace in paradise and thank you, san francisco, for remembering such a wonderful man. [applause] >> thank you, yolanda jackson. we are going to adjust the order a bit and bring to the podium our president of the san francisco board of supervisors, the honorable london breed. [applause] [applause] >> good afternoon -- oh

seekvestors deserve to justice and accountability to the civil justice system, why do you think that wells fargo customers do not deserve the same treatment? may the answer, madam chair? mr. sloan: am i able to answer? chair waters: take a minute to answer. mr. sloan: sure. we took your advice that you gave my predecessor in the last hearing, and that is what you ask us in the retail love sales practice that go beyond a couple of years. that is why we went back or than 15 years to make sure we were able to capture all of the potential customers that were harmed. we thought that was a good idea. as i mentioned in my opening statement, we have looked at more than 155 million accounts, contacted more than 40 we led customers -- more than 240 million customers through interactions to make sure we have made things right for them. i believe we have. chair waters: the gentlewoman vicemissouri, miss wagner, ranking member is recognized for five minutes. miss wagner: thank you for yielding. good morning, mr. sloan. mr. sloan: good morning. miss weidner: i want to continue by expressing my con

today we have the support of 200 national and state organizations committed to civil rights, racial justiceghts. the mayor and i are putting forward legislation that make san francisco open to all. i want to thank claire farley, marianne thomson, who is hiding behind the sign, but is amazing. [applause] >> not to say that any of the other five public servants up here are not amazing, but marianne is amazing. adrina, at the office of small business, thank you. tom tamprano, also amazing in my all of my office. and we have a number of elected queer and non-queer elected officials here, but i'm super excited we have my predecessor bevin dusty is here. thank you, bevin. i'm going to introduce some more of our electives in a second. i want to thank daniel and the castro association for your great help in kicking off this campaign, and, of course, the staff of "open to all." with that, i'll be introducing our next speakers, two of these amazing public servants. we are so lucky that the people taking care -- collecting and taking care of our money and figuring out how much we have to pay each year

the mayor called him a champion for justice and civil liberties who stood up for those who didn't have a voice. >> jeff understood that making a difference in people's lives wasn't about fighting for them in the courtroom. he knew the work started in the community. >> he was elected five times as the city's public defender. and he is survived by his wife of 21 years and a daughter. >>> a remarkable story of survival where two young sisters survived in the wilderness. >> the girl's mother calls them super heroes. >> they are survived by drinking freshwater from huckleberry leaves, eating granola bars and huddling together under a book. they have survival training from outdoor camps and tried to make a fire. the family is traumatized and so grateful to have the girls back. there was an emotional reunion with the family. and reality is starting to set in that they're back. first responders called it a true miracle. >> i've been dealing with the mom for a few days, and i got the privilege of telling her they'd been low dated. and they've been missing for this long and a lot of stuff goes t

the justice department announced friday that no civil rights charges will be filed against the police officer that killed him on camera. and stephon clark, shot numerous times in march of last year in his grandmother's backyard in sacramento, california, where the district attorney announced yesterday that, again, no criminal charges to be filed against two officers involved. and ju in just a few minutes, i'll speak with the families and lawyers in both cases. but talking about race and justice at the top of this week, we heard from michael cohen, president trump's former fixer and right-hand man, corroborating to congress what marginalized communities have known for the last three years. he said the president was a racist. i agree. and while i'm not blaming the president for what happened in the crutcher and clark cases, this week i am adding that his racism, coupled with rhetoric, is channelling the worst american traditions and cosigning outcomes just like these. but back to politics for now, folks. because michael cohen goes back before the house intelligence committee for another

with him, that he looks at these folks not in the way that sue just said as gross violators of civil justiceer people. there's a certain element of admiration there. the other element of it, we know that president trump does not trust or even like his intelligence bureaucracies, his diplomats, his defense folks and by saying this, he's defying them yet again and they're own analyses of these leaders. >> the president tried to walk it back. here's a tweet that he lobbed out there. i never liked being misinterpreted but especially when it comes to otto warmbier and his great family. remember, i got otto out along with three others. the previous administration did nothing and he was taken on their watch. of course, i hold north korea responsible. doesn't, given the opportunity, it doesn't say i take kim jong-un responsible for otto. >> exactly even if kim did not mean for otto to die but the north koreans want to keep american as leverage, what happened was after otto fell into coma. he could have released him right away, not hold on to him for a year and not release him because he knew he was

americans received their first introduction to the conflict through battles, generals and soldiers, justice civilar americans scattered -- scour the newspapers, history can attract a large audience but offer much more than anticipated. they can challenge us to reengage with her long-held beliefs and wonder at the ward's social revolution with all of its progress in failure. to conclude, we might turn to the words of a common soldier, a regular man from the ranks who happened to be black and formerly enslaved. he did a mighty job of summing up the importance of the military. out of respect i will let him have the last word. singletoneant william "flected in his 1922 memoirs, i wore the uniform of those men in blue who through four years of suffering wiped away with their blood the state of slavery and purged the republic of its sentence -- sins. my discharge is one of my most prized possessions." thank you. [applause] >> now it is time for chats. >> thank you so much for that. i loved the focus you have given. one of the things i have always been interested in, especially lately doing a lot of rec

observed a lot of litigation for a long time on the future of prosecution as a remedy for civil rights and other social justice issues, particularly law students understand much of prosecution in civil rights in the late 20th century as mostly the domain of impact litigation, legal aid organizations and other things. in the past few years or so, there seems to be the state of the are progressing towards things like elected offices, municipal prosecutors, da's, that sort of thing. to the flesh it out is your understanding, what do you think the next 10 years of prosecution remedies is going to be like? jerry: i just want to make sure i'm understanding your question. with regard to what civil rights aspects a talking about? like the cases i have been working on or are you talking about civil litigation? >> i would say the cases you are working on, that is good. let's stay there. jerry: if you are talking about criminal prosecutions, think the window is almost closed. there may be another case out there that i don't know about. here's why. or thepects are dead witnesses are dead. that is why i'm saying, you kind

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and the attorney general for selecting me to serve as assistant attorney general for the civil didn't of justice. i've reluctantly concluded, however, for me and my family, this is not the right time to leave the private sector and take on a new role. kellyanne and i continue to support you and your administration. i look forward to doing whatever i can from outside of government. that was, you know, just about two years ago. so the president's top adviser, george conway's wife, kellyanne conway, sat down for a wide-ranging interview recently with dana bash. it's part of her badass interviews. she asked her about the back and forth between her and her husband and the president then. watch. >> now we have a president who's actually criticized his own attorney general. >> watch tv and twitter lately, and one of trump's most vicious critics is her own husband george striking hard and deep with his latest attack on the president's mental state calling it narcissistic personality disorder. >> no, i don't share those concerns. i have four kids and i was getting them out of the house this morning befor

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criminal justice correspondent with reuters news, is responsible for covering the justice department, which includes civil rights, prisons, and criminal justice policy. she covered white collar crime and previously she worked with the "wall street journal" where she covered the federal government's response from the 2007 to 2007 session. 9 housing crisis. please join me in welcoming sarah and our esteemed panelists. the floor is yours. sarah: thank you for that introduction. if i seem jittery, it is not because of stage fright. i have been on mueller report duty this entire week in the justice department. i think this is a timely topic. for our panel. all you have it to do is look at the headlines day in, day out, that are coming out about people taking lavish overseas trips, buying fancy furniture, in one case installing a office,of booth in his to know that the role of the inspector general is arguably more important now than ever before. i wanted to start off by introducing our speakers briefly and talk about onor two important cases that they have done during their time. i want to start with michael h

sarah is a criminal justice correspondent with reuters news, covering the for ustice department, which includes civil rights, prisons, policy.inal justice collar crime ite and previously she worked with "wall street journal" where she covered the federal overnment's response from the 2007 to 2007 session. the floor is yours. >> thank you for that introduction. jittery, it is not because of stage fright. -- r been on mueller report i have been on mueller report duty. this is a timely topic. all you have it to do is look at headlines day in, day out, lavish ople taking overseastrich trips -- trips to know that the role of the inspector general is arguably more important now than before. i wanted to start off by introducing our speakers briefly and talk about onor two important cases. to start with michael horowitz, he has been the at the justiceal department since 2012, and since chaired the counsel of the inspector general which all the inspector generals. he's previously served as commissioner on the u.s. commission, and he's also worked in private practice the s a prosecutor in southern district of

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civil or criminal. the classic example is bill clinton. it was obstruction of justice of a civil deposition.he only comeback would be this idea of the unitary executive, that because he's the president he can do whatever he wants relating to the executive branch. that's something that we've heard from brett kavanaugh, from william barr, from matthew whitaker. i don't think that holds. our system tells us nobody can be above the law. >> fox chairman rupert murdoch was opposed to the deal. we know murdoch and trump spoke often and we know the whether you want to call it a revolving door or just an open door between fox and this administration is a pretty incredible one. right? you've got a whole lot of people that have gone one way or the other, whether it's john bolton or bill shine. >> the line that really stood out in this piece that hit in the "new yorker" that jean may wrote was that there's never been anything quite like this in the history of television, media, and presidency, and that is that it is the closest thing to state-controlled television. right? you have this -- and by the way