joe borelli. how necessary is it? >> it doesn't help anyone incarcerated in this country.cing someone to a lifetime of dependency without prospect of any future employment it doesn't benefit us at all. most people into the prison system and come out. when talking about reentry programs that is priority number one. >> they are facing an opioid epidemic in this country. we have a huge drug problem and the president saying he wants softer penalties on drug felonies has to be met with criticism i would assume. >> before we talk about problems with democrats, it only deals with the reentry program introduction of sentences. and demanding a package on prison reform as sentence reductions and safety valves so judges make do with extenuating circumstances. it is difficult, if you midterm primaries and the general election. >> what would your message be to the democrats right now? >> don't treated the same way you did daca and trade reform. and doing something positive, don't think -- the public wins. >> there are moments the president of democrats get along quite well. actions wit

here to debate that is michelle ritchie and new york city gop councilman joe borelli.ming on this morning. this is the ultimate safe space. what is interesting is you don't see people engaging in much debate, they go to something like this where you can say anything you wanted everybody cheers for you. >> in the 90s they want the in your face joke, this is a reality. when you have rolling stone previewing with an article entitled will anyone watch the vma and revenue is down 50%, and they don't want to be pontificated to buy celebrities. rob: i like kevin hart. he is a funny guy. >> he is a comedian. and humor for comedians, this happened to obama, george bush, remember will ferrell playing him on snl which was fabulous. you can't look at this as people turning it off. i'm a little older so i got into the music but i watch it, wasn't necessarily the politics. we were chuckling. it was a little funny. rob: you are going after the demographic, very young people. >> we should never stop making fun of our president and elected officials ever. when it gets to the part where

democratic strategists for nyc councilman joe borelli. is there something we can agree on?nitely give donald from credit, started by president obama, a bipartisan issue but it is important for legislators to approve something that will have a path, if it does not address mass incarceration. and racially motivated sentencing. african-americans are incarcerated at higher rates based on higher sentencing rates, that needs to be part of it. senator grassley and senator durbin. >> this is the first step in the right direction. >> the senate has a version of the bill that includes sentencing reform and there is real ideological opposition to that. those who oppose it, and not by hillary clinton or barack obama but refused to give him a win outside the traditional republican comfort zones, into something that has been democratic dogma for generation. >> this is what democrats wanted but a lot in your position, i will give this a win for the president because it is something we have been asking for. >> joe is right, it is a step in the right direction and we have to consider the fa

rob: joe borelli says democrats will fight back no matter what the president says.e the next hour of "fox and friends first". ♪ (phone ping) gentlemen, i have just received word! the louisiana purchase, is complete! instant purchase notifications from capital one. so you won't miss a purchase large, small, or very large. technology this helpful...could make history. what's in your wallet? enterprise car sales and you'll take any trade-in?rom that's right! great! here you go... well, it does need to be a vehicle. but - i need this out of my house. (vo) with fair, transparent value for every trade-in... enterprise makes it easy. >> stuff happening, you have to take it from the leadership. there is no reason something like that should be happening in chicago. rob: it is friday, august 10th. absolute and total disaster, donald trump calling out chicago and the body crime wave in that liberal city. jillian: why he says democratic leadership is to blame. rob: another crime committed by an illegal alien who should not have been in the united states. jillian: the doj is sla

borelli and antjuan seawright. his sentiments, have they helped or hurt his presidential prospects? >> let me say a few things. america is great, that we are good. the fact that joend i can sit here, walk out of here, love and hug each other that is what makes america greats. neil: i negative seen that. >> context matters and words matter true, what the governor was trying to say america is still young on journey toward a perfect union. we're far from perfect. we have a long way to go. things are not as good as he can be. neil: why didn't he just say that? >> i think he did clean it up yesterday. but you know, it is a shiny object. the right and media will run with it -- neil: cynthia nixon running for democratic nomination. she will run with it. >> this is shiny object, i get it. i'm so glad he and his office cleaned it up put it in context. neil: it was honest mistake. >> it was honest mistake. >> he needs a cuomo is whisperer. in political gaffs, there is insulting the local baseball team and the united states. neil: he said he didn't mean that part, the america never great. i got impression that was not part of the speech. >> shows you what he is trying to do