mr. butler. mr. butler did receive the news. he didn't do anything, both because he hadn't assume any role beyond facilitating admissions -- >> did the prosecutor, i'm not talking about the clerk now. the prosecutor had a filing in connection with the rule 32 motion. at the prosecutor send that to, well, everybody? maples and everybody? >> he did not. the state, and this is at page 26 of the joint appendix. the states are a bit on his out of state counsel and that mr. butler, his local council. when the default occurred, mr. maples directly in prison, which would've been unethical if the state had known or believed that he was represented by counsel of. >> but you seem not to rely on what the state as prosecutor did. it seemed to be the state as prosecutor was recognizing that maples had no counsel. therefore, said she better value habeas, this is how much time have, senator jim. >> ice absolutely agree with you, justice ginsburg. i think that that is further evidence that everybody knew that mr. maples didn't have any local cou

mr. butler in leading up to 1973 everybody got a bite of the apple. you could pour cement.dy got a bite of the apple. today let's look at google. they are hiring people with engineering degrees. if you grew up without a degree, maybe the jobs are not out there. we come back to doing what we need to do, whether through education, the tax code, investing in infrastructure, to make sure everyone in our country has access to the american dream as they did a generation ago. host: louisiana, sandra, democrat line. caller: good morning. a couple comments. the previous caller was speaking about democrats' standing with president obama. she was referring to when he stands up at the press conferences. we do see the republicans standing in concert with the speaker or with eric cantor or whomever. but when the president is speaking, there's no one standing there. we know you have voted along with him on the floor on several issues, but it is this united stance during the press conferences when he is standing alone. the other comment i have is i don't believe i pipeline should of been a

butler at georgetown weighed in. >> there are racial disparities in criminal justice, especially with regard to drug crimes; but here i don't think mr. johnson has much of a case. he was caught red handed on fbi videotape saying and doing things that are clearly against the law. the judge could have sentenced him 14 years in prison, but the sentence is actually relatively lenient. he gets 7 years and a hundred thousand dollars bond. that doesn't sound like discrimination. >> reporter: also notes that the federal system has hard and fast sentencing guidelines. in the end judges just don't have a lot of direction about what sentences they give. in washington, scott broom, news now. >> leslie johnson will be sentenced on friday, and she faces up to 18 months in prison. >>> today -- everyone scurrying like crazy. >> hysterical. i was thinking, what if the cold air rolled in. >> you're always thinking. >> because you want. >> yes, it is wrong. >> we have one more big slug of moisture to come in here, mostly in the form of rain. let's start with what happened in memphis today. no. that could be our version later tonight. not going to slow