dollars, to reunite families. reporter: as incarceration rates and the lengths of sentences have skyrocketed over the past three decades, so has the number of elderly prisoners. studies show as inmates age, the likelihood that they return to a life of crime in prison drops dramatically. the criminal justice system we have right now is a cancer on the soul of our country. reporter: the mood of the country on criminal justice has shifted since the days of the war on drugs. 12 senators voted against the first step act which had the support of kim kardashian and president trump. i am extremely hopeful for father s day, as you know, for us, father s day for my family is our hope for father s day is whatever day he comes home would be considered father s day for us. reporter: still booker has an up hill battle in passing the bill. if you are president and this legislation does not pass before then, would you offer clemency to someone like william underwood. hell yes, it should
are going to be able to use this to their benefit in this election year. that s exactly right. i think as long as the president continues to, you know, insert himself into this conversation rather than allow this infighting between democrats to continue, it s going to be difficult for republicans to capitalize on these tensions between the progressive flank and house leadership, which really spilled out into the open this week. you know, these differences on policy between progressives and the squad representatives, alexandria ocasio-cortez, ilhan omar, rashida tlaib, and ayanna pressley have, you know, been expoesze exposed since they took office. they came to a head on the humanitarian bill, border funding bill passed by congress two weeks ago which the four of them vehemently opposed. pelosi has also come under some criticism for singling out these
moderate risk, the maroon color from alexandria to lake charles. the area is soaked and 3 inches and an isolated 5 inches. we re almost done with the storm. another 24 hours of heavy rain here and there. we ll be finished with barry. can i quickly ask, because this hurricane was so early because i m assuming that this was early, is this a predictor of what is to come for this hurricane season? zero. . no. i mean it s july. typically the season is not until september. we average the first hurricane typically the first week of august. we re a couple of weeks early. nothing that you re like, wow, what s going on. this was kind of a wake up call, i guess, maybe. everyone should be prepared. get ready. thank you, bill. one day after simona halep denied serena williams a 24th grand slam title, novak djokovic outlasted roger federer to repeat as champion at the all england club following a nearly
are their public whatever and their twitter world. but they didn t have any following. they re four people and that s how many votes they got. elie mystal is back with me, former democratic congressman donna edwards is joining as well. donna, i want to go to you first. you wrote a piece that s very interesting. you talked about the fact that these two sides need each other. there are four star freshmen who get a lot of attention. it probably annoys other members of congress, to be blunt. then they re standing out and going their own way on issues and bills. they went their own way on the house bill. the four of them ordered against the house version of this border funding bill and nine democrats actually voted against the funding. so they didn t do as they were told. is there a sense that that is the problem, that they re just not obeying and that that is what annoys house leadership? i don t think it s that, really. speakerconscience, and i think
of the swamp sit idly by. those are all members of congress, make policy, help me. you know, look, it s really clear that what s happening at the border has been driven by the policies towards central america and ripping away aid to the triangle countries. it s also true that democrats, especially in the house, have to get on the same page about what our border policy is. i mean, clearly it s not open borders, but it s also not continuing to throw money, good money after bad that keeps people in the kind of conditions that they re in. and, in fact, after the border bill passed, border funding bill passed, is when we saw the incident reports that came out showing even more egregious conditions than we i don t think anybody thinks we should have more money so we