. >> san francisco schaeffer ross mirkarimi's office helped launch the ram he said the united states justice system lacked the program to help the be older inmates on reentry. >> what sort of issues do the seniors face that perhaps younger men and women do not? >> arthritis significant arthritis, diabetes, their own just overall general health. >> prison will age you ten to 12 years past your chronological age, physiologically. they are aging just being in prison. >> frank williams knows something about being behind bars. >> i was incarcerated under federal indictment for embezzlement. i was also convicted for narcotics possession and narcotics for sale. those are my convictions. >> i can see in your eyes there is a feeling. >> you don't want to feel. >> frank turned his life around 18 years ago. >> my past is my purpose. what i do today. >> frank found his purpose in helping others overcome addictions and struggles. he is the director of the senior ex offenders program. seop, helping older offenders. >> what specific challenges do seniors face after incarceration? >> the shame they get from societ

president barack obama with a thought-provoking speech in philadelphia today on the justice system in the united states the criminal justice system isn't as smart as it should be. it's not keeping us as safe as it should be. it is not as fair as it should be. >> the president says the system needs an overhaul to remove bias. from policinge ingpolicing to prosecutors, correctional facilities and the judges and penalties has beeneded handed down. >> if you are a low-level dug dealer or violate patrol you owe a debt to society. you have to be held accountable. and make amends. but you don't owe 20 years. >> in his speech the president gave examples of several men who were convicted offenders, but when given a second chance and a new opportunity, they turned their lives around. that included 37 year old sawyer serving 10 years in prison but is now producing films about what it is like for ex-offenders to rejoin society. >> on top of that they do their time and come home to environments where there is no opportunity. >> and the president also talks about the north philadelphia native robert warner. >> they

accusations we don't have the opportunity, one, for them to actually suggest this is the way the united states justice system two, for mr. cosby to put forward a defense. instead of doing what we all have the right to do as americans which is go to court to prove the truth or the innocence of a matter -- >> this case can't go to court and a lot of women wish they could go to court. >> herk not be blamed for that. >> thanks so much for coming today. >> thanks. i'm glad to be here. >> i'm shepard smith in new york. hope you have a great afternoon. >>> welcome everybody. cities have tried it. municipalities have tried it. towns have tried it. colleges have tried it. university systems have tried it but today new york state is one step closer to enforcing it. an entire state. we're just getting word now that the push for a $15 minimum wage has been essentially okayed by the new york labor board endorsing what would be a virtual doubling in that minimum wage in short order and to take effect in stages over the next few years. what makes this a big keeldeal

. >> should the united states justice system take legal action against cities that provide sanctuarye recent incidents or this debate. the american people are generally recognizing that illegal immigration is a problem and needs to be addressed. >> they have these no hold cities like san francisco where it trumps federal law. so should the federal government be cutting off funds for cities that provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants? according to this new poll overwhelming. a 8% support cutting off funds from sanctuary cities from the federal government. if they are going to ignore federal law and release individuals because they deem it necessary to let them go. ice can't do anything about it. >> critics of these sanctuary cities say that it encourages illegal immigration. a little bit later in the show, next hour, actually in about 10 minutes. >> coming up next. >> we have jamiel shaw on the program his son was killed by illegal immigrant and actually spoke with donald trump yesterday. we will hear more in-depth about his story. >> ask how he feels about the president's lack of r

state are not there for the simple crimes, but serious matters. >> i believe in the jury system and law and justice. >> everyone gets a little irritated. it's the best system it is. >> the unitedtates is home to 5% of the world's population, but prisoners. >> serious questions about drug laws, mandatory sentencing and racial bias. >> we have a cal justice system >>> we have lisa wayne, a criminal defense attorney and past president of national association of criminal defense lawyers, and dan lungren, former republican congressman and attorney-general from california. thank you for joining us. dan, let's start with you, does the u.s. justice system favour the privileged? >> no, i don't think it does. if you look at the system with respect to the requirements for giving adequate counsel to people who cannot afford it. in my experience, those who are public defenders, those what are - provided for those that cannes pay for them are well qualified, and at least as experienced, if not more, than those who are available for pay. so we have a system of appellate review from start to bottom. perfect. any system made up of human being is imperfect. i'm one that believes we should revie

justice system? >> the united states accounts for 5% of the population. we account for 25% of the world's inmates. young people who made mistake that is aren't that different than the mistakes i made. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning. welcome back to "new day." michaela is off today. security ramping up after the assault in tennessee t. attack killing four u.s. marines. the fbi launching a terrorism investigation. >> the feds squarely focused on finding motive. could this be a lead in the blog? the two entry that is were offered by the gunman. did he act alone? was he inspired? if so by what? these are the questions. let's begin with boris sanchez. he's in chattanooga. boris? >> good morning, chris. the most unsettling part of the case this shooter, not on a terror watch list or data base. some describe him as an all american guy, an mma fighter and engineering student. >> as far as we know at this juncture there are no safety concerns for the general public. >> reporter: in a press conference overnight, the department of just

united states. a federal judge ruled the department of justice is current system of detaining children with their mothers and unlicensed facilities violates a court settlement. attorneys say the current situation is intolerable and inhumane and needs to end. the obama administration is house in 1700 parents and children at two facilities in texas and one in pennsylvania. the facilities are overseen by the government but managed by private operators.>>> san diego marines took on a heavy loaded took off clothing to raise awareness about veterans rights. the weight represented 22 veterans who died from suicide each day. one veteran says he has lost more friends to suicide than to combat organizers said the march gave a chance for current marines and brad richards -- veterans to connect. >>> feast for the be stay today. the first 250 visitors were able to bring fruits and vegetables to the elephant exhibit. the elephants got to enjoy the treats. the zoo says apples, carrots, pineapples and heads of cabbage are among the pachyderm favorites.>>> and intense couple of minutes calgary as father -- severe weather

tuesday, he described the criminal justice system as broken. books>> the united states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world's prisoners. think about that. our incarceration rate is four times higher than china's. we keep more people behind bars than the top 35 european countries combined. become more of president obama's speech after headlines. after a lengthy legal battle between the california city of gardena and the associated press, the los angeles times and bloomberg, a federal judge has finally ordered the release of dashcam footage showing a fatal police shooting two years ago. in the video, unsealed yesterday, gardena police officers ordered unarmed ricardo diaz zeferino and two other men to raise their hands in the air. when diaz zeferino, who appears to not understand the orders raised and lowers his hands and then removed his hat, all three officers opened fire striking , him eight times. the men had been incorrectly suspected of stealing a bicycle. the family of eric garner, who died one year ago this friday after a police chokehold i

. >> reporter: the united states states currently spends $80 billion locking up criminals. >> president obama will address the criminal justice system tomorrow. thursday he'll become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. >>> it's taken nine and a half years to get there but now the new horizons space craft is less than 24 hours away from making history by make a fly-by of pluto. the space craft will travel within 7800 miles of the dwarf planet making it the first to visit pluto. >> the data we're going to produce, the data we're already producing, is a gift for the ages to all mankind. >> in fact, scientists say they've already learned a lot from the data sent back so far. one of the things, the dwarf planet is a bit larger than they had thought. the nitrogen is escaping the atmosphere at a rate faster than they expected and the ice of the north pole of pluto is in fact a polar cap. >>> pluto is so cold, i figured the whole thing was one big ice cap. >> can you give os3-degree guarantee on pluto? >> that would be tough. i can give you a 300 degree. really good article in the post back on the fourth of july. they los

innocent of the charges against me, but because i knew that the racist legal system in the united states, i would receive no justice afraid i would be murdered in prison. i later arrived in cuba right am currently living in exile as a political refugee. amy: that was assata shakur speaking in 1998, in an open letter to the previous pope, interestingly enough, the pope also will be going to cuba, and serve as a crucial intermediary in the thawing of relations between the united states and cuba. our guest our media benjamin and danny glover. two people who have long fought from their various purchase from the activism of codepink to danny glover's world renown actor, director, activist. danny, what will happen with assata shakur? there is a multimillion dollar bounty on her head. she has had political asylum in cuba for decades. are you concerned about what will happen? >> from the standpoint of the cuban government, they have made it very clear that there is -- the discussion about her is not on the table. they make a very clear. i don't know what the united states will determine -- what they will do in terms of wha

system of justice. the second thing is you have to prove that the crime that was committed in zimbabwe is the same or similar to a criminal law in the united states. the dual criminality rule. we don't know what the offense is that he's being specifically alleged to have committed in zimbabwe. >> poaching. >> well poaching but hunting lion is legal in zimbabwe. believe it or not, i just got off the phone with somebody who is a big game hunter that i know and who told me he had hunted lion in dwai and that the amount of money paid in this case is comparable to what people pay to do it legally with a guide. so, whether the dentist knew he was taking a protected animal is hard to say. >> he's in hiding now. he could face ten years in prison is what david mckenzie says, should he head back there. what should the doctor do? what would you advise him to do? >> if i got a call from him, i would say, keep your head down and i don't think it's in his interest to be giving public statements. i mean obviously, people are really distraught about the death of this beautiful animal. a public sentiment is going to be against him. there's nothing that he can say

united states senators' jobs not my landscaper's job. >> the impact on education, healthcare criminal justice system is massive.n't hardly brought up. >> the most important issue and why it's the most important issue. post 1970 immigrants had -- pre1970 immigrants had more money. post 1970 it's the lowest skilled worksers. they are voting 8-2 democrats. this is changed the political landscape landscape. republicans have been hit wave after lavewave of gay marriage. obama would have never been elected without the 1965 immigration immigration act. >> anyone comes from australia they give you food. medical care they take care of you and put you back on the boat. if you want to become a citizen of australia and you're wealthy. if you invest $11 million you can become a citizen. >> that makes you eligible. you also i believe -- maybe if you have $11 million you don't care. you have to be under 40. we want productive people. both australia and new zealand look around the country and say we need more doctors. the minimum wage in australia is $14. that's not by law. it's risen naturally because they're not dumping low

united states president to visit a federal prison. when the president arrived in oklahoma, he was greeted with a confederate flag protest. his visit is part of his push to reform the criminal justice systemith the warden prison staff and nonviolent offenders. he highlighted some disturbing facts about prisons. >> the united states accounts for 5% of the world's population population. and that represents a huge surge since 1985. there are people who need to be in prison i don't have tolerance for violent criminals. many of them made mistakes. when we're looking at nonviolent offenders. most of them growing up in environments where drug trafficking -- family members may have been involved in drug trafficking. >> we have to consider whether 20 year 30 year sentences is the best way for us to solve these problems. >> the president has a list of reforms that is getting support from some republicans. the president wants to reduce sentences, for nonviolent offenders and make it easier for former convicts to re-enter society. today's visit comes after president obama commuted the sentence of 14 nonviolent offenders, 14 of them serving life sentences. i know that this story is the whole effort to

system of justice and incarceration in their country. >> not only is guzman a wanted man in mexico but in the united states for trafficking. >> simply amazing. >>> 5:05. new this morning, after a long night of negotiations, european leaders reached a deal with greece this morning on a debt bailout. yt keeps the near bankrupt country in the currency zone. investors breathe a sigh of relief a bailout agreement was finally reached. scott mcgrew has more on how this news impacts your money in ten minutes. >>> an unprecedented divorce battle could determine how california handles future disputes. married couple mimi lee and steven finley decided to freeze her embryos. now finley wants the embryos destroyed. the their a san jose company walks couples through support and child care. lawyers just have to sign off on the printed final paperwork. it saves the couple money and courtroom drama. the program is up and running in the netherlands. of the first local attempt would help backed up courts in the united states. >> we're going to think this translates to weather. >> drama-free here. we start out with some mild start to the week. and in the lower

united states attorney's office. it is an outgrowth of 9 task force we put together post-ferguson and the gaper -- garner case in new york. i don't think that the criminal justice system is obviously the sole source of racial tension in the country or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. it is part of the broader set of challenges we face in creating a more perfect union. the good news is that this is an issue where we have some republican and democratic interests as well as federal, state and local interests in solving the problem. i think people recognize that there are violent criminals out there and they have to be locked out. we have to have tough prosecutors. we have to support our law enforcement officials. police are in a tough job. they are helping to keep us safe. we are grateful and thankful to them. what we also know is this huge spike in incarcerations is also driven by nonviolent drug offenses. the sentencing is completely out of proportion with the crime. that cost taxpayers enormous amounts of money. it is debilitating communities who are seeing huge proportions of the young men if their communities with a criminal record rendering the

justice system and being relaced because of the sanctuary law. there is a study on the amount of arrests of misdemeanors and felons of undocumented and illegal aliens in and over all united states where fr a 8 munt period and this produced information that approximately about 1025 undocumented illegal aliens- >> thank you very much sir. next speaker please. sir, i'm sorry i can't allow additional time otherwise i would have to do it for everyone else. thank you very much. next speaker. >> sunshine ordinance says we are supposed to speak for 3 minutes. >> [inaudible] [singing] [inaudible] do you know the way to pluto? we made it. that isn't pluto, but it is another planet t is like neptune or something. do you know the way to pluto, we have been away so long, we may go wrong and lose our way. space is a great big freeway. put a 100 million down and buy a space probe and dreams of enter the planets turn into dust and fly away and they made it to pluto, hurray. you can really freeze on pluto and we'll find a way to get there some day. boarder line and we are going lose our minds. we just keep pushing space probes over the galaxy, boarder line. please try to understand we got a gre

>> i think we need to take a look at our criminal justice system and particularly some of these crimes related to drugs. when i was in the united states senate and the house, 1990s, there was a big rush to federalize a lot of these crimes, put very tough penalties in place. i think we are filling up our prisons with nonviolent offenders. it's not like it's not a serious crime, but some of the sentences given out are disproportionate to the crime. >> on this issue you agree with president obama? >> i can't speak specifically to these particular cases because i haven't reviewed them, but this is an important issue we need to revisit as a country. >> you spent a lot of time thinking about how you, if elected president, would defeat isis. we had the evan perez report you heard, a 23-year-old massachusetts man arrested today, supposedly allegedly plotting to bomb or attack college dorms, cafeterias in massachusetts. what's your strategy -- >> as long as isis continues to hold their territory and expand this territory, they have legitimacy within the radical islamic world and will be able to radicalize people. not just to join them in iraq

united states. but mexico is entirely different. their prisons are not quite the same. so when you infiltrate the criminal justice systemon management if you will or you become the de facto management of the prison you can get out just the way he did. >> so if he's captured again which of course that is the hope what happens then? do you think then he may be extradited here after what we're seeing? >> anything is possible but i think really in could be a blessing in disguise if the united states can manage to capture him somewhere else in the world and then bring him to the united states to stand trial, we have indictments in i think seven or eight different federal ju ris diksrisdictions throughout the united states. so if we can bring him here it might be a blessing in disguise that he's escaped. >> do you think he's left mexico or is that his safe haven? >> mexico is his safe haven, so if's play he's playing it smart, he's probably still in mexico. but i don't think we'll ever see him again. >> all right. okay. still ahead, we're following breaking news. word that the u.s. has disrupted a terror plot on the home fron

justice system. and e.u. ambassador to the united states on the greek economic crisis and why greek lawmakers approved austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by the country's voters. plus we'll be looking for your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. all on "washington journal" live tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern right here on c-span. >> in weekend on c-span's road to the white house, two major political events from iowa. and we're the only place you can watch our listen to these events in their entirety. friday night at 8:00 eastern, we'll be live in cedar rapids for the iowa democratic party hall of fame dener. it will mark the first time that all five democratic presidential candidates share the same stage. and all day saturday, beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern, we'll be live in ames for the family leadership summit, where nine leading republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak. on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. c-span's road to the white house 2016, we take you there. >> this sunday on q&a artist and journalist molly crabam apple on her use of drawings to tell

justice system. from my familiarity with the research got some data around 10 people in this dig the most, he said it's an untrained expense in the united states of the national transgender determination survey in its 2011 report showed 6% of transgender people have been sent to jail or prison. which rates exams higher than the rate of incarceration in the general population. we all know the people of color are disproportionately targeted and harmed by incarceration. trans identity compounds distances washington 41% of factors people 20% of latino trans people reported experiences of incarceration that are even higher than the description of likelihood of incarceration are black and latino people generally. to the research i've been doing in san francisco, i see the national trend rainout on a local level to an even greater degree. in a recent interview with attractive health programs for trans people i learned that 80% of the trans woman she serves reported being arrested in the past year. in several interviews service providers have said that about programming in the jail because some of the clients end up there i can remain in contact with

justice system. many of you heard me speak in philadelphia on tuesday about the fact that the united states accounts% of the world's population. we account for 25% of the world's inmates. and that represents a huge surge since 1980. a primary driver of this mass incarceration phenomenon is our drug laws are mandatory minimum sentencing around drug laws. and we have to consider whether this is the smartest way for us to both control crime and rehabilitate individuals. >> back with me now, former prosecutor paul butler. how significant was this the president's visit? you're a former federal prosecutor. put into perspective how significant is this? >> this is huge. this is a major step forward toward equal justice under the law. the president made an economic argument that cost $80 billion a year to lock up nonviolent offenders. what if we spend that on sending kids to school, employment training. texas, the reddest of the red state is the leader in reducing incarceration and keeping its citizens state. most importantly, it is the right thing to do. everybody really does deserve a second chance. as an

united states of america. >> are you listening to president obama speaking to the naacp convention in philadelphia his speech today had to do with the criminal justice system and enequities in the system and racial disparities. >> we'll have a live report from there coming up at 6:00 p.m., well continue with "action news." effectively shut down the country's fram for the next 15 years. the sanctions would now be lifted and the dole is getting a lot of push back tonight. >> reporter: negotiators in vienna vienna emorning after intense talk from keeping iran from developing a weapon. >> today now that america negotiated with a position of strength and principle, we stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in this area. >> it's a big step for president obama, in exchange for lifting crippling economic sanctions on iran and in a compromise on a critical sticking point an arms embargo will be lifted overtime. iran today calling the deal a win win but not everyone agrees with this move, israel is blasting the agreement. >> the world is a much more dangerous place today than it was yesterday and in washington lawmakers who now have 60 days to study the deal. >> it p

united states to be imprisoned here. >> they didn't extradite him because he's wanted on hundreds of murders in mexico. mexico wanted to put him in their own justice systemjesse, you joked that we set up the escape of el chapo. listen to this report. this came a minute after you made that joke. u.s. drug authorities knew of el chapo's escape plans about a month after his arrest last year according to internal drug enforcement administration documents. do you think we sprung him from prison just to get him in colorado super max? >> obama knew the plan. they had a girl give him the drill. he drilled out, and now we're going to capture him back and then obama is going to give him amnesty. no, but this guy is ridiculous. we knew he was going to do this. his cartel basically mastered the concept of drilling these tunnels underneath our border to get narcotics in this country and then everyone is shocked this guy drilled out of prison? this is the second time. i don't know why they don't have this guy in a super max. i just like his name el chapo. >> dana doesn't mexico, though have sovereignty? he committed far more crimes in mexico than the united states. >>

justice system. partly because of the people here in the united states know that lawyers work for me and i want to make sure that we appear impartial. i'm not familiar with all the details in the case so i will decline to comment on the specifics. i will make a general statement, that i have had the opportunity to work with president rousseff on the open government initiative that we've been trying to mobilize internationally, and brazil has been a great partner in that process, that the more we can create accountability and transparency in our government systems, the better off we are going to be. and that takes work, it takes time, but brazil has been a strong partner with us in that process. and i hope that both countries can continue to make progress on that front. president rousseff: [speaking foreign language] translator: i would like to highlight the fact that petrobras is indeed one of the major oil-producing and oil exporting companies in the oil industry. it has more than 60,000 employees. some employees did engage in corruption, therefore the investigation of course that is going on, it has

justice system. >> and themselves. >> this could be used as a weapon to damage people. >> no doubtedly. >> can a man consent. >> when it's a legal standard. are we seeing the united states regulating sex, like iran. >> contemporary marriage. >> this is where it gets a little strange, right. in terms of the women's movement in this country, it's all about privacy, we decide what we want to do with our bodies, and when. and somehow - and, of course, the argument you hear, which is don't come into my bedroom, and hear the government is coming into your bed room. i think it's complicated. i thought about it a lot. it's probably motivated by the best of intentions. maybe we are nuts, because your high school students are saying okay. >> what is the official language, the court approved, you know, i said this, and she applied. this. >> if you are a high school student that said this, have they had the experience. how do they know. >> i don't know where they are in their lives. >> i don't know either. i didn't get that far. >> if i asked my five-year-old grand-daughter and she said yes, i think it's a good idea. she better know what she's talking about. protection. >> are you

justice system. the thought is that if guzman isn't caught by tonight: he'll regain control of the sinaloa drug cartel: one that is believed to supply the united states live bob/plasma =laura/anim= new this morning: =laura/2shot= we have a deal. a marathon round of talks - saved greece from collapse... for now. =sam/box= so scott mcgrew ... what's next? =scott/tech= all kinds of people have to vote on it.. which ing the greek parliment.. will have to consider vo the will of the greek people. they are angry and confused this morning. it s onweek and one day ago they were celebrating their "no" vote. "no" they would not agree to tough cutbacks in exchange for another bailout. but that's exactly what their prime minister agreed to last night. scott/vo san francisco based "reddit" will start this business week without its interim ceo ellen pao. she left the company after huge pressure from users to get rid of her.. as reddit tries to figure out its future. one of the founders is stepping in as ceo. scott/vo hillary clinton will give an address this morning laying out some of her economic policies.. were she to become president. reports say she will blast

no person in the united states of america should have to worry that a routine interaction with law enforcement will end in violence or death. we must reform our criminal justice systemer and we must value black lives. >> sanders' comments come a week after he was heckled at a convention in the black lives matter movement. joining me from new orleans, alex good day. how are senator sanders' comments received and what's behind his campaign push there? >> well alex sanders knows that he not only would be a luxury for him to expand his base to black voters but he is an electoral imperative. one of five voters in the democratic party are black. there are only 7,500 americans in the entire state. this is a clear effort to reach out, reintroduce himself to black voters at this historic civil rights organization founded by martin luther king. he hit a lot of the right notes. he talked about criminal justice reform, he talked about the drug war, and he talked about voting rights. here's what he had to say on that. >> i'm a politician. i've won elections, i have lost elections. but i run on elections based on my ideas. i am not afraid of people coming out to vote. it is cowar

justice system. many of you heard me speak in philadelphia about the fact that the united states of counts -- accounts for 5% of the world's population we account for 25% of the world's inmates. that represent a huge surge since 1980. a primary driver of this mass incarceration phenomenon is our drug laws, mandatory minimum sentencing around them. we have to consider whether this is the smartest way for us to both control crime and rehabilitate individuals. this is costing taxpayers $80 billion a year. as i said tuesday, there are people who need to be in prison. i do not have tolerance for violent criminals, many made mistakes, but we need to keep communities safe. on the other hand, when we look at nonviolent offenders, most of them growing up in environments in which drug traffic is common, where many of their family members may have been involved in the drug trade, we have to reconsider whether 30, 20 year life sentences for nonviolent crimes is the best way for us to solve theseto solve these problems. there is excellent work being done inside these facilities to provide college degrees, drug cou

lives and reform our criminal justice system in way equitable and treats people like they are human beings then they do not need to be running for president of the united states. >> senator turner, stay with us. professor peterson thank you so much for your time tonight. remember to answer tonight's question at pulse.msnbc.com/ed. we'll have the results after the break. the officer charged with killing an unarmed man during a traffic stop in cincinnati wants his job back. and officials are getting closer to solving one of the greatest aviation mysteries ever. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. >>> here is where we stand on tonight's bing pulse poll. tonight's question will racial ib quality be a major issue in the 2016 presidential race? keep voting at pulse.msnbc.com/ed. el platten "fight song" ♪ two million, four hundred thirty-four thousand three hundred eleven people in this city. and only one me. ♪ i'll take those odds. ♪ be unstoppable. the all-new 2015 for