mark bennett, united states district court judge for the northern district of iowa. you. thank you for being here today >> thank you for having me. >> part of what these laws did and have done is put prosecutors rather than judges in charge of our system. >> that's true. you're always going to have discretion in sentencing. the passage of the united states sentencing guidelines in 1987 took discretion from judges and gave it to prosecutors. >> yeah. >> the effect of that is many prosecutors are re-elected. they have a personal, professional, democratic incentive to incarcerate as many people for as long as possible. >> that's been my experience. i mean, it's -- the prosecutors have been a growth industry. in my district, northern district of iowa, when i was appointed by president clinton in 1994, i believe there were seven assistant u.s. attorneys. we now have 28. >> so we were talking earlier about the question of the cost of the war in afghanistan and the lives lost and the amount of money that we've spent. you know, you can always balance that cost against a bene

you will vote for candidates like michael bennett and mark udall, who have shown themselves to work acrossines to get things done but also know there are some principles you do not compromise, because the price in washington is cutting deals but will kick folks off of financial aid or get rid of planned parenthood, just to give millionaires a tax cut, that is not a deal worth having. i am not ready to give up. i am not ready to give up on that fight. i hope you will not be there. -- aren't either. i hope you have some fight left in there. the folks at the very top in this country do not need another champion in washington. they will always have access to influence. they can hire lobbyists. the men and women i meet on the campaign trial every day. she needs a champion. a small restaurant owner who needs to expand -- who needs a loan to expand after the banks turned him down. he needs a champion. the cleaning staff working overtime in a hotel trying to save up to buy a first home or send their kids to college, they need a chance. the auto worker who never thought he would work at a plant aga

marks the tree lighting. the special features tony bennett, c logreen and airs tonight at 8 p.m. >>> at 11:00 a downtown dividedone east bay city has a plan to promote more late night entertainment. the latest on our second storm. a live picture of the south bay. the storm headed to the entire bay area and how the road crews are preparing for it. the commute tomorrow evening expected to be a little rough. all of that coming in tonight at 11:00 after an snl christmas. >> we'll see you back here at 11:00. >> thanks for joining us. >> good night. >> now on "extra" -- jessica simpson pregnant again. her baby shocker seven months after giving brge and dropping 70 pounds. >> could it derail her mega million dollar weight watchers deal? >> charl

the shout out to the folks who are fighting for you every day in washington, senator michael bennett, senator mark. it is good to be here. thank you. now, i love you back. i do. you know, those of you who have seats, feel free to sit down. i do know what you tired. you know, for the past few days, all this have been focused on one of the worst storms of our lifetime. we are humbled and ogg by nature as expressive power. we mourned those who are lost and our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to the families who have been affected. a pledge to help those whose lives have been turned upside down. i was just a phone call with some of the local officials in new york as well as gov. cuomo. they have a long way to go. to deal with this incredible storm. but, we have also been inspired these past few days. because when disaster strikes, we see america at its best. the petty differences that consume less in normal times, they all seem to melt away. we saw it in california with the fires this summer and the terrible tragedy in aurora. there are no democrats and republicans during a crisis. just fellow

bennett state transfer. he looks dynamite there. deladova threads a three. old reliable. and it was the bills over the -- in thursday night football. >> mark, thank you. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >>

bennett state transfer. he looks dynamite there. deladova threads a three. old reliable. and it was the bills over the -- in thursday night football. >> mark, thank you. you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> ktvu morning news will be impacting your early commute before the rains and as the rains open up. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.

with people like joel bennett and david axelrod and plouffe and not people who easily say we have this in the back. they sweat every detailed and are supremely confident. >> mark halperin and chris cizilla. of course axelrod has reason to worry because he doesn't want to shave off that mustaf, the joe scarborough bet. before the president made his way home to chicago he made one campaign stop where his journey to the oval office began. iowa. >> iowa, i'm not ready to give up on the fight. i've got a lot more fight left in me. but to wage that fight on behalf of american families, i need you to still have some fight in you too. >> and joining me now from chicago, robert gibbs, senior adviser to the campaign. the president's former press secretary and robert, i think you were with them last night in iowa. and again today in chicago. so tell me about the emotion because we saw the tear there, there was even a twitter account started on obama's tear, the president's tear. he did seem very emotional, as did the first lady last night. >> i was back stage with him right before he went out and you could tell he was soaking it all in and understanding this was the last

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host: mark naymik, a longtime political reporter with "the plain dealer," thank you for joining us. up next, we will have the chairman of the ohio republican party, bob bennettio. with four days left before the election, thousands of ads. scores of visits by the candidates. is there anything left that has not been said? >> if you look at the campaigns that are going to be in ohio over the next few days, the have a lot to say yet. we have a small undecided, in the number of voters that have not made up their minds. the big thing is the ground game, getting out to vote. >> talk about the ground game and the path to victory for either candidate, mitt romney, in ohio. the latest average of polls by it real clear politics has obama, but a little over two points, out in ohio. where do you see the race and sexguest: we are showing mitt romney up a couple of points. i think it is all within the margin of error so it really comes down to getting out the vote with the individuals. i am very confident with our ground game. going through the 2004 election with president bush and senator kerry, i never thought i would see another race like that in a high of. -- in ohio.

conrad, who is still there, and dick durbin, and mark warner, and they have added another democrat who i will think of before we're done here. michael bennett. they have been working with a total of 40 senators, 20 on each side, who have been participating on and off to pull all this together. the framework is the same framework that we have had from all of these groups. it is a total of $4 trillion in debt reduction over 10 years, somewhere between $1 trillion and $1.30 trillion the coming of the revenue side, and then a balance of defense, discretionary, domestic, and entitlements. probably including, as we saw the negotiations with boehner and obama, social security in the next, although you had a lot of democrats who are pushing against that, and there was a big at in "the washington post" today laying out their markets. is much more the procedural hangups that keeping them from reaching that there. you will see a white house emissaries, probably jack lew, trying to pull it altogether. there is your doubt in my mind that they reach an agreement that obama immediately embraces it. >> does that agreement raise revenue by raising rates or

conrad, who is still there, and dick durbin, and mark warner, and they have added another democrat who i will think of before we're done here. michael bennett have been working with a total of 40 senators, 20 on each side, who have been participating on and off to pull all this together. the framework is the same framework that we have had from all of these groups. it is a total of $4 trillion in debt reduction over 10 years, somewhere between $1 trillion and $1.3 trillion the coming of the revenue side, and then a balance of defense, discretionary, domestic, and entitlements, probably including, as we saw the negotiations with boehner and obama, social security in the mix, although you have a lot of democrats who are pushing against that, and there was a big ad in "the washington post" today laying out their positions. it is much more the procedural hangups that keep them from reaching that. you will see a white house emissaries, probably jack lew, trying to pull it altogether. there is your doubt in my mind that they reach an agreement that obama immediately embraces it. >> does that agreement raise revenue by raising rates or does it rai