i thought i was already going to receive clemency when the whole clemency project 2014 happened and evenbefore then, motions after motions, laws change. i'd fight again. my daughter emptied out her bank account. she was getting ready to buy a house. she had saved. she had a good job. to buy her first home and she was overwhelmed. she said i want my mama home. she took every time she had and she hired another set of attorneys to try to fight for my appeal. all of that, down the drain and it was a large sum of money. we have to pick ourselves back up and keep on fighting. that didn't just happen. that was instilled in me. i was raised in a very strong christian family. i was born in 1955. the same year that rosa parks refused to give up her seat on that bus in alabama. the same year that emmett till's body was put on display when he was murdered in mississippi. and he was put on display. 1955 was a big year. the year i was propelled into this world. and it would be those same two states and also the city of memphis that would play a major role in my life. the city where martin luther king

i plan on being the president but if i'm not, i want whatever democrat is to use their clemency powerliberty thousands and thousands immediately who are unjustly incarcerated, put them on a path to liberty and freedom. and justice. >> i have a panel that i want to introduce and bring in because we have some folks that might have a question for you but can you get republicans to sign on to this? republicans won't sign on to election security, helping get immigrant kids out of prison, they won't seem to sign on to anything and republicans, the amount of money they get from the prison industry is almost eight times what democrats get, $847,000 plus to republicans, 105,000 democrats, if people are taking money from this industry that essentially benefits financially from locking people up, how do you get republicans to go along with any kind of change? >> well, look, i got to the senate and chuck grassley was on the floor speaking out against the very bills that i wanted to get passed and i started working across the aisle and before you knew it, he was with me on those pieces of legislat

clemence corporate he's a lobbyist in brussels of works for the german industry and. also what do they have against this deal in the 1st place why did shoot it down. hello good afternoon from brussels as you have indicated this deal has been negotiated for over 20 years it's one of the biggest deals to u.s. ever done covering more than 700000000 people around the globe opening markets and breaking down barriers and with an agreement like this which was really a big achievement for the outgoing commission it's no wonder it's absolutely normal to have a. big debate well informed debate and this is happening right now from the german business perspective we can tell you that more than 12000 companies and most of them are a semi's are exporting to marcus or and they are looking forward to have these areas broken down you have seen the o.e.c.d. already reducing their estimate for growth for germany in the coming months and years ahead so this is a boost for our highly dependent economy which is dependent on international trade let me just let me just interject standard. an

and the key things i look for a, one, the president has basically unlimited power to use clemency to reduce federal sentences. and that's, it's a big -- the federal system's only 10% of our overall system of incarceration, but it's one of the biggest jurisdictions incarcerating where there's almost 200,000 people there, and that is actually uniquely a population of people there for drug offenses. not crimes of violence. they're serving ridiculously long sentences. it's kind of an outlier in john's overall portrayal. so a president can use the clemency power and reduce those, and someone who's serious about mass incarceration, to me, is someone who says on day one i'm going to do with the clemency power, and tell me who you're going to appoint as your united states attorneys, your judges and your sentencing commissioners because those will also be things as a president you get to do. you've got senate confirmation, but you appoint those people. and if you're not looking for people who are committed to criminal justice reform and committed to enforcing constitutional guarantees, then y

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so you might say that this kind of the clemency has backfired. thank you kind of correspondent. as i speak indian spacecraft is on its final approach to the moon the chandrayaan 2 longer is due to touchdown close to south pole if it succeeds india will join the united states russia and china as only countries to long to craft intact earth's nearest neighbor. fight for free will what they don't. develop is that it was an historic moment for india and unmanned spacecraft to bound for the moon successfully launched in july after a previous attempt was called off due to technical problems. chandrayaan to which means moon craft in ancient sanskrit has spent the last few weeks travelling towards the south of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic chrome separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown if successful india will become only the 4th country in the world to have achieved a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 ended with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon the landing site this time is around 600 kilometers from the lunar sout

i spent eight years, eight and half years in federal prison before is given clemency by president obama. during my time in federal prison i met many women who were just like me, , who were serving long senses for crimes related to the thin husbands or boyfriends they had little knowledge of. i had to witness and hear the cries of mothers at night which is kind of a custody of the children because they no longer could be there for them, and they were taken away from them. to hear mothers cry at night over and over again i'm a different mothers every night for something that come to have your child taken away from you for ever and signed away is something i will never forget. or coming back from a visit and having a mother cry in my arms because her daughter said mom, the person i'm staying with has been touching me. this is the reality that when mothers leave, their children are put in places where they are not 100% protected. nobody's going to care for your child as a mother does. so when a mothers taken away, it's the children who suffer. when i went away, i was able to put my daughter

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elected he will grant clemency for those behind bars for marijuana. >>> vector control says it's never seen anything like. >> they arrived 10 days ago in the hundreds of thousands, downtown and in local creek beds, surprising residents and the experts that keep the mosquitoes in check. >> to find the source of the explosion a ride to the salt water marshes, 4,000 acres of ground where the is sprayed. after high tide, some were missed. so numerous and the water levels were high enough we didn't get all of them into a huge brood of mosquitoes happened and looking for blood meals. >> it's really bad. it's like there's a bloom or something is going on. >> they were biting me through my leggings. >> people are lathering on repel end. >> they were swarming. >> big mosquitoes. >> no joke for residents sharing stories and photos of being eaten alive. this is a strong flyer and aggressive biter. kids have been pulled off playgrounds. >> 42 mosquito bites? >> ella had to go to the doctor after so many bites. >> now they are better. >> ella and her brothers get a mist of essential oils before lea

power, i plan on being the president, but if i'm not, i want whatever democrat is to use their clemencythousands and thousands immediately who are unjustly incarcerated, put them on a path to liberty and freedom and justice. >> quickly, i have a panel i want to introduce and bring in because we have folks with questions for you. republicans won't sign on to election security, helping get immigrant kids out of prison, won't seem to sign on to anything, right, and republicans the amount of money that they get from the prison industry is almost eight times what democrats get, $847,000 plus to republicans, $105,000 to democrats. if people are taking money from this industry and essentially benefits financially from locking people up, how do you get republicans to go along with any kind of change? >> well look, i got to the senate and chuck grassley was on the floor speaking out against the very bills that i wanted to get passed, and i started working across the aisle and before you knew it, he was with me on those pieces of legislation. so i believe in building coalitions. this is not a dem

nine years you got clemency and in your life back together.ll of you thank you for sharing your stories. i have a question and i'm not sure who to ask, but in arizona, i'm in arizona and we worked on sentencing reform and i think this is a bipartisan issue both conservative groups and agreenservative groups, on this issue that there is a problem. this in we try to do prosecutors pushed back saying no, this is not first-time drug offenders that are in the arizona at least. the prisons showed us the statistics of who was in the you had to it was -- basically be a drug dealer, not just a drug user, at least in arizona or it had to be a violent crime. be theess, you might right person to answer, is this the case also in federal prison? do you have first time drug offenders? who is in the prison? >> not only do you have a number of first-time, particularly with women, first-time drug offenders. as we've talked about, what often -- would women fall victim to is a conspiracy law and so you don't have to necessarily have dealt drugs, you have to consp

that begins with this passage from the prince by niccolo machiavelli begins concerning cruelty and clemency and whether it is better to be loved. then feared and it states a prince so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who through too much mercy allow disorders to override is it then posits a scenario that is it's $24.00 and the u.k. is experiencing riots gas shortage that leads to the applicant the prime minister to call in the army who subsequently kill $25.00 protesters the 2011 application for this collar shipped to eton college then asked applicants to quote write the script for a speech to be broadcast to the nation in which you explain why employing the army against violent protesters was the only option available to you and which one which was both necessary and moral so who's excited to spend $40000.00 pounds a year to have their sons taught the proper way to crush the peasants but need their boots yet wow good blow a while ago so your talk about 1314 year old kid d

that begins with this passage from the prince by niccolo machiavelli begins concerning cruelty and clemency and whether it is better to be loved than feared and it states a prince so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal ought not to mind the reproach of cruelty because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who through too much mercy allow disorders to override is it done posits a scenario that is it's $24.00 in the u.k. is experiencing riots gas shortage that leads to the applicant the prime minister to call in the army who subsequently kill 25 protesters b 2011 application for this collar shipped to eton college then asked applicants to quote write the script to free speech to be broadcast to the nation in which you explain why employing the army against violent protesters was the only option available to you and which one which was both necessary and moral so who's excited to spend $40000.00 pounds a year to have their sons taught the proper way to crush the peasants but need their boots yet wow oh good. blow i woud so you're talking about 1314 year old kid one

nine years, you got clemency and you're getting your life back together. all of you, thank you for sharing your stories. and i'me a question, not sure who to ask of it, but i am from arizona, and we worked on sentencing reform in arizona. i think this is a bipartisan issue, quite frankly, both conservative groups and nonconservative groups -- i don't know if you call it liberal or whatever -- agree on this issue that there is a problem, but when we tried to do prosecutorsona, the , and i pushed back saying, no, this is not first-time drug offenders that are in the arizona prisons, at least, and the prisons actually showed us the statistics of who was in the and you basically had to be a drug dealer, not just a drug user, at least in arizona, or it had to be a violent crime. aguess to mccurdy, is this case also in federal prison? do you have first-time drug offenders? who is in the prison? >> not only do you have a number of first time, particularly with women, a drug offenders, and in the federal system, you are charged with intent to distribute, trafficki

. >> reporter: if elected o'rourke says he will use clemency power. the latest "wall street journal" poll has o'rourke trailing behind nationwide with 1% of numbers. >> someone willing to come talk to people in communities about certain things, that's amazing. >> reporter: his next campaign stop, aurora, colorado where he'll be focusing on gun violence. nbc bay areas news. >>> thank you. a new state law forcing trump to release his tax returns hit a road block. today a federal judge temporarily blocked that. the president's attorneys argued the law is constitutional because the federal government has jurisdiction over candidates running for president. california is expected to appeal that decision. >>> one of the surviving crew members on board that deadly boat fire near santa barbara has filed a lawsuit. he says the boat was simply unsafe. his name is ryan sims. he's the chef on the boat. he's suing the boat's owner and the dive charter company. he claims the boat was unseaworthy and operated in an unsafe manner. he was asleep on the top deck when th

that plan includes granting clemency to those serving sentences for marijuana position. last night, he attended a fund- raiser in marin county and went to san qeu -- quentin making him the first to visit a prison. he repeated a call to stop selling assault weapons. >> i'm sick and tired of people in positions of power being scared and afraid and complies sit in the violence and the bloodshed. >> the congressman is in california for a three-day visit. he's campaigning in the bay area as well as los angeles. reporting live in oakland, alyssa hearington, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> new poll numbers show the democratic race is becoming a three-way contest. the current frontrunners all fare well against president trump, but there is some growing pessimism. joining us now and has the numbers from washington this morning. good morning, doug. >>> well, there is still time for some upheaval in this race. but there does appear to be some consolidation at the very top. >>> big crowds for elizabeth warren. the recent poll shows a warren surge, but our new poll still puts bar bernie sander

that would end the war on drugs which includes a sweeping client to legalize marijuana and grant clemency to those serving sentences for marijuana position. today, he will join members of different justice organizations to discuss the harm the war on drugs has caused particularly to people of color. now, also last night, he visited san quentin prison. he spoke with inmates there and repoeted the -- repeated the call to stop selling assault weapons. >> i am sick and tired of people in positions of power being scared and afraid and complies sit in the violce and the bloodshed. >> congressman in california on a three-day visit. he was also down in los angeles where he visited skid row which has one of the largest homeless populations in the country. reporting live in oakland, alyssa hearington, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> a notice of environmental violation over the homeless problem. he talked to reporters as he was heading home from california last night and said waste there the home including needles and garbage is going through the storm drains and into the ocean. the president said the notice

it's -- i'm glad that you, after what, nine years, got clemency and you're getting your life back togethernd all of you, thank you for sharing your stories. i do have a question and i'm not sure who to ask of it, but in arizona -- i'm from arizona and we worked on sentencing reform and i think this is a bipartisan issue, quite frankly, both conservative groups and nonconservative groups or i don't know if you call it liberal or whatever, agree on this issue that there's a problem. but when we try to do this in arizona, the prosecutors push back, saying no, this is not first time drug offenders that are in the arizona prisons, at least. and the prisons actually showed us the statistics of who was in the prisons and it was -- you had to be basically a drug dealer, not just a drug user, at least in arizona, or it had to be a violent crime. so i guess, miss mccurdy, you might be the right person to answer, is this the case also in federal prison? i mean, do you have first time drug offenders? who is in the prison? >> so not only do you have a number of first time, particularly with women, firs

. >> i plan on being the president but if i'm not i want whatever democrat is to use their clemency powernds and thousands immediately who are unjustly incarcerated. put them on a path to liberty and freedom and justice. >> the core values this have nation are standing in the world our very democracy. america is at stake and everyone knows who donald trump s now we have to show them who we are. >> the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. so let that fuel us in our march toward 2020. >> joining me now is nbc campaign a manned be goldman who covered yesterday's convention and all things new hampshire. we just heard from some of the front runners in the race. we remember that elizabeth warren got a massive applause when she took the stage there in manchester. whose message resonated the most with these crucial delegates and voters? >> good morning, jo. yes, elizabeth warren had an incredible reception in the arena yesterday, close to a two minute standing ovation and voters and delegates that i spoke with afterwards were receptive to what she had to say as

. >> so beto o'rourke's plan would grant clemency to folks who are serving sentences in jail or prisonrijuana possession. that's obviously one part of that social justice aspect that i was just talking about that's really important to democrats right now. but it would also look at the ways in which the marijuana industry at large in place where's it has already been legalized has already been imposed with a federal tax. and he wants to make sure that folks who are disproportionately affected by the war on drugs have access to profiting off of marijuana. people in communities of color who face these large prison sentences for minor drug possessions who don't have access to this marijuana industry that is helping communities thrive throughout the country. he wants to take a war on the war on drugs. >> let me get your thoughts on another 2020 candidate kamala harris and kind of revisiting the investigation into justice brett kavanaugh. it's something she's been calling for. what is she looking to accomplish and do you get a sense that she's alone on this or that she has some support with

so he has applied for clemency once already.ed and that was rejected in 2016 under the obama administration. he's trying to apply for that again. but, you know, you're absolutely correct. he is not going to be free at this point. you know, he's going to be in there for life. this was a third strike offense. a marijuana charge. he had actually had two other strikes. one more marijuana and one also for cocaine. but, you know, at this point he's not saying that he doesn't deserve to be incarcerated 'the that's the interesting thing. both of them that i talked to said, look, we know we did some things that were not okay. we know we broke the law. but a life sentence for something like selling marijuana just seems a step too far. especially, as you said, across the country we're seeing this legalize. we're seeing people making millions of dollars off marijuana sales. we're seeing states collect millions of dollars in taxes off of marijuana sales. and he's going nobody there at this point for the rest of his life. >> for selling weed.

opportunities to earn the credits to come home early, then once they in fact earn those credits or win clemencywin leniency, give them a meaningful path to truly come home. >> we should point out, as you know well, first step act only affects federal prisoners. that's a pretty small piece of the pie. so what is happening on the state level? we talked about louisiana earlier. what's going on there? >> actually the states have been leading the way on this issue for quite some time. for many states, states that people typically don't think of as involved in prison reform -- texas, my home state of north carolina, and others -- have looked at this issue for years and have looked at it primarily from an economic point of view. they focus on the human cost and the moral issues. but states quickly realize that the cost of prison, which has risen over 600% since 1980, was something that they could not sustain. and that by making smaller investments in prevention programs and in re-entry programs and diversion programs, in drug treatment programs, particularly keeping nonviolent offenders out of prison

posed ose who had loyalists clemency in the 1780s including george washington, by concern for stability more than desire for revenge, what they wanted most keep saying they want is a stable, even keeled, successful society in which white people could thrive and they want that for that lves and they want for their children and they want that for their children's children. how to guments over ensure a stable democratic government that honored the wishes of the majority while protecting property and minority rights were still part this overall desire to have a stable society that was worth everything, all the trauma, they gone through to get there. yet consider that description again for a moment. and perhaps keeled even harmonious. oes that sound like the recent scholarship on the early republic? it doesn't to me. early we talk about the republic's political culture as one of anger, constant dispute, increasing levels of partisanship. ederalists and democratic republicans would savage each other in letters, then beat each congress, d out of thank you, jan freeman, and then shoot each othe

everyone on this stage should say we will give clemency to the 17,000 people and i challenge you, don'tt say big statements, back it up with details for the people in prison looking at one of the ideals of this nation, liberty and freedom. we need to reform the system and we must do it now. [applause] california,d, republican line. caller: good morning. i wanted to point out this morning the article became yesterday the wall street journal where they said elizabeth warren's plan, she is going to decimate the american economy, she is going to ruin everyone's retirement plan, the lifetime savings of everyone. she is going to tax us to death and then say i did not mean to do that. host: you are concerned about her being one of the top contenders in the race? caller: oh, yes. yesterday she dodged and dodged. she would never say how she would do that. at least bernie sanders said he would tax us to death. elizabeth warren would not go there. host: independent line, steve from connecticut, hello. caller: good morning. i wanted to make a couple of comments, one being on this term gun violence.

they say the average time to get someone clemency is seven to ten years. >> i'm super proud of you, kimashian west we're going to find out this morning. y,imgood mng. >> good morning. >> i know launch day must feel like having a baby, this one has been percolating for ten years. >> it is i'm so nervous, and so excited it's here. >> we want to get to it in a minute i do want to ask because we saw the episode on sunday and you had those tests and did you find out what happened? >> i did find out. we're going it talk about it on, you know, next sunday but i was able to find an amazing doctor, dr. wallace, and we figured out what the problem is, and i unfortunately had to get put on medication to stop the symptoms. i tried everything natural for the longest time, and we chose the best route for me, so luckily right now everything is under control. >> feeling good. >> but autoimmune issues are scary, and when something happens, you definitely, when you get a diagnosis, i didn't realize i would be one of those people, but before i knew what it was, when it's really up in the air, you get in y

that are in jail unjustly right now, everyone on this stage should say that we are going to give clemency to these 17,000 people, and i challenge you, don't just say big statements, back it up with details of the people in prison right now looking for one of the most ideals of this nation, which is liberty and freedom. we need to reform this system and we must do it now. every day we wait is too long. >> thank you, senator booker. david? >> thank you, linsey. i want to turn to the deadly mass shootings in this country and we are mindful of where we stand. we are in texas, where 29 people have lost their lives in just the last month alone. el paso, which we've discussed, odessa. and i know there are survivors from el paso right here in the hall tonight. vice president biden, i do want to direct this to you, because we all remember sandy hook, 26 people died in that school, 20 of them children. those first graders would be in eighth grade today. at the time, there was a ground swell in this country to get something done. president obama asked you to lead the push for gun control. you have p

stage should this say we give clemency to 17,000 people here and i challenge you, don't just say a statement back it up with details of the people in prison right now looking for one of the most sacrosanct ideals of this nation, which is liberty and freedom. we need to reform this system, and we must do it now. every day we wait, we wait too long. >> thank you, senator. host: derrick johnson, reaction. guest: it is evidence in plain sight. everyone knows in this country that our system penalizes the poor. it is not equitable. you have a woman serving five years for registering her child in a school district, she was homeless, and they said she was trying to steal education. she did nothing but be homeless and take her child to schools, as required. and yet we see someone stealing a seat in the class, and that person will spend 14 days in jail. host: lou, calling from highland park, illinois, democratic line. hi, lou. good morning. caller: good morning. good morning, mr. johnson. guest: good morning. caller: i have a question about voter suppression. i noticed that you need identification in

the plan includes granting clemency and reparations to those serving sentences for marijuana possession. and a big joke has even bigger payoff for charity. look at this. did you hear this story. carson king went viral after holding the sign at espn college game day asking people to send him money for beer. do you see that? guess what? people actually did. a ton of people. when king announced he would donate it all to an iowa children's hospital bush beer and venmo said they would match contributions. as of this morning the hospital will get more than $200,000. brian: he got 45,000 venmoed to him. jillian: it was matched. i believe he says he is keeping $11 to buy himself a case of beer. brian: that was the original intent. ainsley: he must not live in new york that's about the price of burn beer. jillian: exactly. ainsley: thanks, jillian. a fox news alert. an airline mechanic is charged with sabotaging a plane packed with passengers and now accused of having ties to isis. brian: dan crenshaw on the house homeland security committee. he is here to react live next. saturdays happen. pain

before recognizing you for your testimony, i understand clemency man has a brief administrative statement. so without hesitation, you are recognized. >> thank you chairwoman waters, and members of the committee for my fellow commissioners, i each provide our opening statements. i'd like to give our usual disclaimer, which is easy laws will provide our only views and remarks, and do not represent those at the sec or our fellow commissioners. a few other statements. i'd like to say that although all five of us are before you this morning, this is not a meeting of the commission under the statute known as the sunshine act. and, as a result, we planned to be mindful to avoid deliberating on business before the agency. we are also sensitive to the potential appearance of pre-judgment. although we may offer our views, share our concerns about general issues, we will avoid making a determination about the course of action that the commission should or will take about any particular matter. as with our usual practice, we will keep an open mind, look forward to reviewing a fully developed record b