mr. joseph, go ahead guest:. guest: well, when it comes to law enforcement, the criminal justice system away from presidential contenders making speeches, many people have been working on this. you have got the brennan center at nyu, you have different scholars mohammed, weaver, thompson, so many people working on this issue, and you have groups like families against mandatory minimums and others. what we need to understand is that the criminal justice system in its entirety is a gateway to racial and economic oppression. white people and latino people suffer as well. the highest rates of suffering are african american, second are latinos, but whites are eight times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes over the last 30 years. when we think about this period that we are in. too many people are in jail for far too long, and what we have done -- and one thing i will say, vis-À-vis the clintons, certainly -- and i've written about this -- bill clinton, the on the bus crime bill of 1994 amplified our problem of

mr. joseph.atherine, ohio, democrat line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i have a couple of statements. the first is -- how would our conversation change if police officers were killing only young white men? my next statement is that we as a nation, we treat black people different than we do what people. we have a zero-tolerance in the cities for black people, but in the county where the good white people live -- or they think they are the good white people -- we don't have a zero-tolerance. as long as we treat one group of people differently than we do another, we are going to have a different outcome. stop. please stop. these are not black africans these are black americans, and treat them as such. if you want to be respected in the black community, treat black people with respect in the black community. quit -- stop all this name-calling thugs. these are just white, black, and brown people who have no future. if they had your future, they would feel differently. live in their shoes for a mont

mr. joseph, only because i want to get some calls, linda, you are from illinois. your first up on our independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning. mr. joseph, you are so right. you are young, and you know what is going on. you are absolutely correct. your other friend over there -- there was a time i would have agreed with some of what she says, but now that i have then exposed -- the criminal justice system is so corrupt from the judges to the prosecutor and

mr. joseph, let's start with you. what is the biggest takeaway, not only does we, but the events particularly from yesterday in baltimore? guest: i think the takeaway is that we have an ongoing national crisis of race, poverty democracy, and the criminal justice system. the criminal justice system has become a gateway for racial oppression, whether in ferguson or baltimore. eight is connected with finding poor black people -- all these wars that we see in a place like ferguson -- it is connected to police brutality. it is connectinged to racial profiling, to public schools the prison pipeline unemployment. all of these things are happening to cities and they have been happening. it is the product of decades of public policy. not really failed public policy because the war on poverty has helped millions of people, but it is redirecting resources away from poverty towards the criminal justice system which has produced a criminalization of black people all across the country. the rage we saw in baltimore was why black pe

mr. joseph who failed to act when she was back attacked. leon: she suffered a concussion and took a week off from school to recover from that. the girl who attacked her was suspended. alison: he made a name for himself on a reality show about romantic online scams. now a d.c. man is facing real life charges for concocting threats against metro. kevin lewis live at the potomac avenue station with accusations against jerez stone-coleman. kevin? kevin: hi, alison. police say stone-coleman many may know by the stage name kidd-cole pretended to be a terrorist. he called in the often thinkable on board the buses and trains. jerez stone-coleman accused of wreaking hank on metro. 11 threats of terrorism police say in one case he outlined a violent ambush on president obama's motorcade. in another given stance he reportedly demanded $15 million to deactivate a bomb on board a metro bus. >> huge inconvenience on the passengers. kevin: the captain said he wasted time and money. >> he made allegations that police officers were shot in the middle of the

mr. robert -- help me. seles deputy secretary of defense, home integration and defense support of civil authorities at the united states department of defense. the honorable michael huerta administrator of the f.a.a. the honorable joseph clancey mr. robert mcclain chief of the united states park police, and mr. kim dine chief of the united states capitol police. we welcome you all. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. mr. blodgeet you are included as well. we would ask that all the panel please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. all of your written statements will be entered into the record. we would ask that you limit your verbal comments to 5 minutes. we will recognize mr. irving first. we will then excuse him to attend the duties of the prime minister into the house of representatives. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman, mr. cummings, and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant at

mr. roscoe butler, the deputy director of health care for the american legion here. roscoe, good to have you. darin selnick, senior veterans affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. joseph violante, national legislative director of disabled american veterans. mr. bill raush who is missing in action right now. or awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos fuentes, senior legislative associate for the veterans of foreign wars. we'll start with you, mr. butler. >> chairman, ranking member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2.3 million members of the american legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion's views of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptable level nationwide as veterans struggle to receive access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was clear

mr. jones stands 6'4", weighs in at about 295 pounds. he also happens to be an ex con. meanwhile, josephpino is still on the phone with his wife. >> my wife tells me she is coming in. i say no, stay in the car. >> at that point she pokes me in the face. >> as simms is using all her foul language and acting out of control, you see a number of other men who are also customers. they're just standing there. everyone seems oblivious. not one of the men in the crowd says a word. not one gets involved. almost everyone's eyes are averted as pristina continues to poke and provoke joseph scarpino. >> i switched the hands on my phone, and i slapped the counter. i said what is wrong with you. what is your problem. just get your pizza, get out of here. and mark jones approaches. >> check you. check you. >> and while mark jones approaches me, my phone rings, but then it hangs up. so i go to redial the phone. and he is like what is the problem? i'm not really paying attention much to what he is doing. >> that's when mr. jones unloads a wicked round house, a blindsiding killer sucker punch that fracture

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joseph violante director of disabled american veterans mr. bill rausch who is missing in action right now for awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. carlos field taste of the veterans of foreign wars and we welcome all of you and we will start with you mr. butler. >> chairman nye six and ranking member blumenthal and distinguished members of the committee on behalf of our national commander michael hamm in the 2.3 million members of the american legion we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion steel of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the access to choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems than the department of veterans affairs. v-8 waits for medical care have reached an unacceptable level as veteran struggled to reset access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was clear this with changes were needed to ensure that veterans have access to health canada timely matter. as a res

. >> joseph sanchez was released on parole on july 1st, 2008, and we, the corrections department, transported mrnchez to his program that had accepted him which was delancey street. he was processed in. that was around 7:00 in the evening. at 3:00 a.m. the next morning, joseph sanchez walked away from the program. he was apprehended at a convenience store just down the road from the prison. >> the story was that somehow joe had made his way back to the gas station, which was just down the road from the prison, and the halfway house was a distance. it was a drive from the prison. so somehow he had gotten back to the area. an off-duty officer had stopped there to get some gas. joe didn't recognize him, but the officer recognized joe, and joe was picked up and taken into custody. to me, joe is a cautionary tale about our prison system. a lot of these guys will get out, and if they don't have the skills to stay out successfully, more problems will occur. >> coming up -- >> after the stabbing occurred, my brother-in-law asked, he said, do we have an ax? >> a bizarre family murder plot sends a teenage

administrator of the faa, the federal aviation administration, the honorable joseph clancy director of the united states secret service, mr. robert maclean chief of the united states park police and mr. kim dine chief of the united states capitol police. we welcome you all. approximate you are sunt to committee rules all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. mr. blojet you are included as well. we would can:that all members -- or all of the panel please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. >> all of your written statements will be entered into the record. we would ask that you would limit your verbal comments to five minutes. we're going to recognize mr. irving first. at the conclusion of those remarks we are going to excuse him so he can tend to the duties of escorting the prime minister into the house of representatives. mr. irving you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank y

joseph violante director of disabled american veterans, mr. bill rausch who is missing in action right now for awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. carlos field taste of the veterans of foreign wars and we welcome all of you and we will start with you mr. butler. mr. butler: chairman isakson six and ranking member blumenthal and distinguished members of the committee on behalf of our national commander michael hamm in the 2.3 million members of the american legion we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion steel of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the access to choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems than the department of veterans affairs. v.a. waits for medical care have reached an unacceptable level as veteran struggled to reset access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was clear this with changes were needed to ensure that veterans have access to health care in a timely

mr. woodson is also the author of youth crime and urban policy, a view from the inner-city, and trial for joseph how today's community healers are refiving our streets and neighborhoods. and finally glenn loury, professor of economics at brown university. mr. loury also taught at boston university harvard and northwestern. he is recipient of gug enheim fellowship and carnegie scholarship. member of council on foreign relations, and author of several books including one by one from the inside-out essays on race in america, race and incarceration, american values put out in 2008. on a personal note, i would like to say that both professor loury and bob woodson more than they could possibly realize influenced my thinking on many of the issues we are talking about today over the years. i discovered both their writings when i was in college. never thought i would be here today sharing a stage with them. just simply devoured their work in the early '90s, newspaper columns, books, and it is a privilege for me to have them here today. i want to say thank you to both of them for participating in this. [

mr. roscoe butler the deputy director of the health care for the american legion here. roscoe, good to have you. darren she will nick, senior veterans affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. joseph velante, national legislative director of days abled american veterans. mr. bill raush who is missing in action right now. or awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos ffuentes senior legislative associate for the veterans ever foreign wars. we'll start with you, mr. butler. >> chairman, ranking member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2.3 million members of the american legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion's views of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptable level nationwide as veterans struggle to receive access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was cl

mrs. obama stopped by to offer their condolences. >> we begin our team coverage with "action news" reporter nora muchanic from the delaware church where the biden family worships. >> at the biden family church. st. joseph by brandywine prayers for beau biden one of the first state's most popular politician who's died saturday of brain cancer. >> incredibly sad. he was the nicest person, just again un and truly cared about everybody. >> he was a great bern a great father and politician. and i think delaware needed him right now. it's a loss. >> the two term attorney general suffered a minor stroke in 2010 and then battled brain cancer. patrick leonard was playing golf with biden's father in law friday. >> it was fifth hole and he gets a phone call and he said he was told, get the grandchildren. go to washington. >> i mean you knew it was not good. >> he was just a guy very understanding and he took the time to listen and then he accounted on what he truly believed in. >> qulos his father, vice-president joe biden delivering nominating speeches at two democratic conventions he leaves behind his wife hallie and two children hunter and natalie, considered a rising political star when he left office in janu

mr. woodson is also the author of youth crime and urban policy, a view from the inner-city, and the triumphs of josephhow today's today's community healers are reviving our streets and neighborhoods. and finally, glenn loury, professor of economics at brown university. mr. loury also taught at boston university, harvard, and northwestern. he is recipient of gug enheim fellowship and carnegie scholarship. member of council on foreign relations, and author of several books including one by one from the inside-out, essays on race in america, race and incarceration, american values, which was put out on 2008. on a personal note, i would like to say that both professor loury and bob woodson more than they could possibly realize influenced my thinking on many of the issues we are talking about today over the years. i discovered both their writings when i was in college. never thought i would be here today sharing a stage with them. just simply devoured their work in the early '90s, newspaper columns, books, and it is a privilege for me to have them here today. i want to say thank you to both of them for par

mr. secretary for the kind words. i, too welcome the nominations of joseph dunford and paul selva. i have complete confidence and trust in them. i appreciate the fact that both of them and their families have agreed to continue to serve their country at this important time in our history. as the secretary said, there is plenty to do in the months ahead, or me. yesterday, i appeared with the secretary in front of the congress in what may have been my last budget hearing to briefly recap where we have been with the budget since i became chairman. when i came into the job come i knew we would be facing significant cuts after 10 years of incredible support for those periods of highest activity in iraq and afghanistan. we have faced significant cuts. over the last five years, we have cut three quarters of a trillion dollars from the defense budget. that is significant, but combined with a lack of long-term budgets certainty and the lack of support to make the reforms that are necessary we are a routing our technological edge and our military readiness is declining -- eroding our technol

joseph is in santa barbara california. caller: good morning. i like to thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak briefly. i would like to say mr.cdonald and his staff -- i have had some problems with exposure to jp five, and i'm a two-time cancer survivor. since i picked up the phone and spoke to him, they have been on top of it. they called bonnie pearson at was los angeles hospital, and she needed me the -- she immediately called me and said if you need anything, please call. my experiences at this at barbara patient clinic have been beautiful. i asked the doctor about my exposure to what i'm going through right now. i get boils off and on in my skin. they say it is my hygiene. host: the v.a. gets a bad rap in all these debates we are having. we're coming up on the one-year anniversary of the resignation of the former secretary. caller: mr. mcdonald, i salute him. i hope to be able to shake his hand one of these days. host: frank is up next and mchenry, illinois, line for republicans. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i would just like to say that i'm watching a program and i see the vietnam plaque. i hate w

mr. joseph in on this. guest: i fundamentally disagree with the premise of her whole framing of the issue. this is not about individual behavior. the story in daniel patrick moynihan's report was to castigate and move the structure from institutional racism to individual so-called a black pathology. this idea of the criminal justice system, for instance, the reason we have so many black people in jail is not because they commit so many crimes, it is because of the criminalization of african-americans. when we think about the drug war, the drug war allows to racially profile african-americans, and that is why we are caught up in the dragnet. michelle alexander, the legal scholar, has a new book called "the new jim crow" and that is where felony drug conditions have become a new demarcating line of who has access to citizenship in this country and who does not. and that new jim crow metaphoric sense just to the criminal justice system but to our six to employment, to schools -- but to politics, to employment,