joining me now is stephanie george. ou're welcome, sir. >> what was your homecoming like last week, stephanie? >> it was marvelous. i can't even explain it in words. everybody was there, my whole family from my mother side to my father, friends, people i don't even know. they were so supportive of being there for me. >> let me ask you, when president obama commuted your sentence, you got a call from your lawyer. what was your reaction? >> actually, i had been dealing with my lawyer from washington, d.c. one day i was always auls expecting that i would come home to my family. i got this call over to the laud spe speaker saying theyed needed to see me at the front office. when i got up there, i didn't understand why. and they said that i they needed to do a conference call and it needed to be recorded. so it never dawned on me that it was my attorney, because i have, like, multiple access for them contacting me. so she never told me who it was that was calling. so when he called in she handed me the phone. and he said step

another was stephanie george. she was 26 years old at the time of her arrest. a mother of three.oyfriend's drugs in her house and she was sentenced to life in prison. >> this is the sorry consequence of the movement that started in the 1980 whz when the conservative movement was rising. so you started to see a skyrocketing in incarcerations. in 1980, half a million folks were incarcerated. today, about 2.5. that is quadruple and it's really a stain on us as a country. we have 5% of the world's population, yet a quarter of the world's incarcerated population. so it is time that we start righting the direction. it's not just about punishment. it's also about rehabilitation and reforming these individuals. there are some bad apples that you just got to put away. but the vast majority can be rehabilitated. >> we've been throwing away, we've been treating people as disposable human beings. the reality is the economic cost of this is important. it costs too much to incarcerate people the way we that we do. there are civil rights, inequality and social justice issues that also come into

he is no george costan za. ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers." i am stephaniened by erik schatzker. jason outlander, the former "seinfeld" superstar, is weeping george costanza under the rug literally in his new standup act at harrah's in vegas. i asked about his new gig innocent city and the new to rocking. wi-fi branch into the market and eventually to casinos and nightclubs and about 2.5 years ago started performing under my own name. if you are doing standup comedy, vegas is kind of mecca. that is the great place to be playing. >> let's stop by your own name and the value of a brand. every artist, musician, actor wants to have a brand. and you have a brand associated with george costanza. has that been a positive or a negative? >> i would say it is a net positive in as much as, you know, most actors if you really want to look at us as brands, i guess, we never get that, we never get that kind of status. it is very rare that an actor gets to do something that can be labeled a iconic, that has real staying power, that seems to appeal to every demographic. sho

stephanie sy, al jazeera. >> the ncaa men's basketball championship, former presidents bill clinton, george w.h getting a little face time on the at&t stadium in arlington, texas, that is the cowboys quarterback, tony row romo in ft of them. the headlines are next. >> america tonight next only on al jazeera america >> this takes guts... >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here ever tonight's top stories. growing tension in eastern ukraine. pro-western protesters declared the city of donetske an independent republic. westerners accused russia of sanctioning. signals from what might be the black box from missing mh370 airliner. it's been 31 days since the plane disappeared with 239 people aboard. >>> thousands gathered in rwanda to remember the genocide much 20 years ago. leaving 800,000 people dead and many more dead and traumatized. pawg kagami led the ceremonies marking the event. >>> protesters for and against the albuquerque police department, officers shot and killed a homeless man last month. the justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the shootings

forn alexander is famous playing george costanza on of the mostone successful sitcoms of television. he is also a standup comic. he joined stephanietalk about his new vegas gig. >> i began in the corporate market, performing arts, and then casinos and nightclubs. about two and a half years ago i started performing under my own name and if you are doing standup comedy, vegas is mecca. >> let's talk about your own name and the value of a brand. actorartist, musician, wants to have a brand right now, and you have a brand associated with george costanza. has that been a positive or a negative? >> i would say it is a net positive in as much as -- you know, most actors, if you really want to look at us as rands, -- brands, i guess, we never get that kind of status. it is rare that an actor gets to do something that is labeled iconic, that has real staying power, that seems to appeal to every demographic. that is what the seinfeld show accomplished. it not only did it when we were on the air, but it continues to sustain long past our expiration date. for me, that has given me an enormous entrÉe throughout the world, which is a great thin

stephanie said it, it is all about activism. in the last hour we welcomed bill ackman. right now bill georgesky are here, as well as mike mayo. mike has embraced the trend and is calling himself the activist analyst. we are asking, who else should be speaking up? welcome, mike. you and i have talked about this. there was an op-ed earlier this month in "the new york times," where they made the case that a fringe minority was dominating the activist debate and more people need to participate. institutional shareholders, like blackrock, for example, analysts like yourself, perhaps even the media. is that how you see your self? have you always seen yourself that way? >> thank you for having this panel. thank attention to the comments from earlier, this is my day job. you call it activism, this is our responsibility as analyst investors. just because you have $100 billion in analyst funds, what about the $100 trillion in money under management? i got back from the annual meeting in st. louis yesterday. we have the annual meeting for suntrust. you know how many people asked questions? one person,

george can ostanza. jason alexander is putting his "seinfeld" pass behind him. you are watching "market makers" here on bloomberg television. i am erik schatzker. >> and i am stephanie the news of the day. the selloff keeps going in stocks. we had a oay