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justice action network joining us this morning to talk about the torney general's change of opinion, change of direction on sentencing guidelines in the united states. back us up a little bit. as in the obama administration what was eric holder's approach and the president's approach to sentencing? to federal sentencing demrines >> the previous attorney general had issued a directive to his staff not to charge at the highest levels. so in other words not to invoke a lat of these mandatory minimum sentences that we know have helped explode the the prison population and has not given the safety return that we deserve. very recently the new attorney general who has long been an opponent re versed that directive and is now directing his staff and u.s. attorneys and prosecutors around the country to charge at the highest levels including at mandatory minimum sentencing levels. obviously my organization feels that's going in the wrong direction because states around the country that have sclscombplemented reforms -- complementing reforms have seen much better public safety outcomes. zoo it

i was the one that asked both director clapper and the former torney general yates about the fact that isn't this blackmail when you have someone hire ranking official saying one thing on tape and then another thing, lying to the vice president and then another thing in public, isn't that material for blackmail. they both definitively said yes. >> any way today, the former director of national intelligence james clapper was asked about that, here is what he said. >> just a standard comment, a general comment, i don't think it was -- i don't think it was a good practice, put it that way. >> senator, what do you make about somebody grabbing a check, some of these speeches, $34,000 from rnt which is the propaganda army arm of the russians, you know we're taking propaganda money. it's not like you're taking it from some of the favorite cook books. these are people who are told to prop gandize and you're a general and you don't tell your superiors you don't check it in. i mean, this is the stuff, you know. you're taking money from our our enemy and you're keeping it secret. i don't know wha

. >>> in a few hours, deputy torney general rod rosenstein is heading to capitol hill to pre brief each member on the senate of comey's firing. it's many lawmakers first face-to-face meeting with an administration official since the firing. a lot has happened since then. senators will have a chance to ask questions. i'd like to bring in democratic senator gary peters of michigan who serves on the homeland security and armed services committee. good to see you, senator. good morning. >> great to be with us. >> you'll be at the briefing today. what questions do you have for rod rosenstein and what are you hoping to hear? >> well, i think we all have lots of questions. it'll be interesting to hear my colleagues. some of the things i'm interested in, first off, is what is the timeline that he was working under in making that recommendation as to whether or not to fire mr. comey? what influence, what input came from political folks within the administration? i think that's very important, to know to what extent was there political influence in crafting that letter. but i also want to know, n

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it is deeply troubling that the torney general recused himself, self-declared conflict from the russian investigation. then played a role in firing the man leading it. the american people himself, self-declared conflict suspect the decision to fire the f.b.i. director as part of a cover-up. appoint a special prosecutor to pursue the truth. despots all over the world like putin want to discredit american democracy to keep their own people from wanting it. we as americans, republicans and democrats all, cannot allow this to happen ever. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on behalf of law enforcement. not only in my district but around the nation. this week is national police week and it marks an important time for our contry. these men and women are an elite group, worthy of our praise and recogni