another shot here of gayle king and valerie jarrett. valerie jarrett stays in chicago. the ultimate washington insider. i don't think she's from washington. >> no. trump is in the house here. sort of interesting juxtaposition there, damien lewis. wonder what people talk about at this dinner sometimes. but kind of conversation have you had at this dinner? >> i have brought a lot of interesting people to this dinner. jonasne from the brothers. >> the national monetary fund. >> yes. the jonas brothers? >> are brought the jonas brothers. sting, mick jagger, quite an array of people. miranda lambert. and kristin gillibrand, the senator from new york, so a real range. >> what is mick jagger like as a dinner partner? >> he is terrific. terrific. christine lagarde, only one of the most powerful women in the world. >> scanning to find out to whom she belongs, which media organization. >> i believe that she is a gust of "the wall street journal," which makes sense. good guest for them. >> speaking of "the wall street journal," they also invited christie turlington burns, susan ri

od officials. >> valerie jarrett up as the commander of the war is not accurate. >> she is making theleasing information about this war via press release. >> i'm not sure is he making the calls. >> bottom line for everybody is we the people deserve to know if american troops are fighting a war in iraq again. let's get on it. ladies, thank you. we come right back, big trouble in north carolina and mississippi over new laws that target days. is it legal is investigating. also ahead, gut feld, mcguirk on new york values including what we eat here. yum. right back. my belly pain and constipation? i've heard it all. eat more fiber. flax seeds. yogurt. get moving. keep moving. i know! try laxatives. been there, done that. my chronic constipation keeps coming back. i know. tell me something i don't know. vo: linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. it can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. do not give linzess to children under six and it

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with that, i will turn it over to senior as president valerie -- vice president valerie jarrett. [applause] valerie: thank you, stephanie. welcome to the white house. weeklieve it's a historic focusing on reentry in our country. i want to begin by recognizing as thetners here today american enterprise institute. it's a good example of how brought the political spectrum is focusing on this issue from the progressives to the conservatives all around the country. people understand the need for criminal justice reform and to specifically make sure that 600,000 people each year who returned back to our communities can do so in a way that will allow them to become members of society, law abiding members of society and eliminate the enormous recidivism rate that we are seeing around the country. the president this week in his weekly address said it best. simply, "we know that locking people up doesn't make the community safer. it does not deal with the conditions that led people who go into criminal activity go there in the first place." to the private sector folks here today, you realiz

and want to thank valerie jarrett for her powerful voice and passion that she has brought to this issue and that the entire administration has brought to this vexing issue. something that, in a moment of polarization and division and disfunction, has united communities from across the political spectrum and we're very grateful again to be part of this -- this discrete aspect of it. we want to thank and acknowledge jason furman and the council ever economic advisers who have done path-breaking work on this. and i want to thank my colleagues at the brennan center for justice, including several board members, tom jordy and emily spitzer and the members of our economic advisery board, some of whom you'll be hearing from shortly. as we all know and as you've heard, this is a singular moment in one of the most challenging issues facing our country and that has faced our country for years. this is a topic, of course, that has been at the center of american history, at the center of our concerns but in so many ways the magnitude of the proble has been hiding in plain sight. this is one of those

with that i'll turn it over to the senior adviser to the president, valerie jarrett. [ applause ] >> thank you, stephanie and good morning, everyone. welcome to the white house. we are delighted to have you here for what we believe will be a historic week focusing on re-entry around our country. i want to begin by recognizing our partners here today, the brennan center for justice as well as the american enterprise institute. good examples of how broad the political spectrum is focusing on this issue from the progressive to the conservative, all around the country people understand the need generally for criminal justice reform and specifically to make sure that the 600,000 people each year who return back to our communities can do so in a way that will allow them to become members of society, law-abiding members of society and eliminate the enormous recidivism rate we're seeing around the country. the president this week in his weekly address said it best, he said we know that simply locking people up doesn't make communities safer. it doesn't deal with the conditions that led peopl

house of representatives and then went to the white house and met with officials there, including valerie jarrett, and eventually with the vice president of the united states, vice president biden. the members of team 26 chose to reid to washington, d.c., not only -- chose to ride to washington, d.c., not only for their personal reasons but to deliver petitions with a very clear message: that guns have no place on campuses. they have no place on school grounds. they have no safety reason to be there. in fact, they aagree vat the -- they adegree vat the danger of firearms and other kinds of perils on school property. they ride also on behalf of commonsense, sensible measures that can be achieved. and we have an obstacles here to achieve. that's what they said to us as we met with them in front of the capitol yesterday. their message was that we can save lives, that we can work together. we can get things done here across the aisle, 0e on a bipartisan basis. to do what 90% of the people want, which is universal background dhoak checks to keeps out of the hands of dangerous people and criminals. to

i think about my dear friend, valerie jarrett, who is also a graduate of the law school. senior advisor and long-time friend of the president and first lady. i think of great games in the big house over many seasons with law school friends of more than 30 decades. i also think about lee bollinger, my first professor back in 1982, and he became dean of the law school and president of the university. and as you all know, he stood relentlessly in defense of affirmative action. and i think of my friend and president of the alumni association, steve grafton, a white dude from mississippi who navigated a largely white alumni association board to take an overwhelming position supporting affirmative action and opposing prop 2. then there are a lot of very personal moments for me, very poignant family moments which i'm going to share a bit with you all, because michigan has become a true legacy for my family. i think of my late mom, who became a huge wolverine fan. had not attended college but she adopted the university of michigan really as her alma mater. we would spend many aft

i think about my dear friend, valerie jarrett, who is also a graduate of the law school. senior advisor and long-time friend of the president and first lady. i think of great games in the big house over many seasons with law school friends of more than 30 decades. i also think about lee bollinger, my first professor back in 1982, and he became dean of the law school and president of the university. and as you all know, he stood relentlessly in defense of affirmative action and i think of my friend and president of the alumni association, steve grafton, a white dude from mississippi who navigated a largely white alumni association board to take an overwhelming position supporting affirmative action and opposing prop 2. then there are a lot of very personal moments for me, very poignant family moments which i'm going to share a bit with you all, because michigan has become a true legacy for my family. i think of my late mom, who became a huge wolverine fan. had not attended college but she adopted the university of michigan really as her alma mater. we would spend many afte