officer felt these were prison worthy. has he been treated fairly by the judge? as of 2015, african-americans price one-third of those on probation and blacks are more likely to be sent back for probation violations. joining me philadelphia attorney bryan lentz and from l.a., civil rights attorney, areva martin. brian, is he the right guy around whom we should be building a conversation about mass incarceration? i think the answer is absolutely not. the mass incarceration conversation is really a conversation about reforming the laws that result in folks going to jail. and to reform the laws, you need legislation. and in order to get those laws passed, you need to expand the constituency of people that are interested in it. for instance, life without parole in pennsylvania doesn t a big constituency. but it s an issue that should be
policy institute. they hold these conferences every year. he s considered the leader of the so called white movement. but many similar groups exist in the u.s. nearly 900 according to lentz. the idea that these groups are in middle america or rural america is wrong. reporter: primarily white men from all socioeconomic backgrounds. and a large online presence. over the course of this campaign they felt compelled and obligated to come out into brood daylight and speak their minds. like it or not mr. trump you have become the spokesmen for white people. reporter: and in the hiring of the steve bannon, who is now trump s chief strategist recently told the wall street journal that the alt-right has some racial and anti-semitic ov overtones but said he had no
reporter: president elect donald trump for the first time publicly disavowing alt-right groups, telling the new york times it is not a group i want to energize. alternative right refers to a group of people with often extreme conservative views. so much so their movement goes beyond what s widely considered socially and politically acceptable. ryan lentz tracks hate groups f. alt-right is hate rebranded for digital age. reporter: never did we see their views more clearly than when this video surfaces over the weekend. the pro white anti-semitics in full conference where members raised their arms in full salutes. this not far from the white house. for us as europeans it is only normal again when we are great again. speaking to the crowd, richard spencer from a group that calls itself the national
everyone. it all began april 20 with a fiery explosion in the gulf of mexico. 11 oil workers were killed when that b.p. well blew. crude gushed out for nearly three months, contaminating beaches and destroying wetlands. today, a presidential commission said the explosion could have been prevented if cement used to seal that well had held firm. and the panel says b.p. and its contractor, halliburton, had been warned the cement could fail. mark strassmann has been covering this story i from the very beginning, and, mark, this is a really serious finding. reporter: very serious finding, katie, because it answers what b.p. and halliburton knew and when they knew it. this report makes clear these companies saw red flags signaling trouble and ignored them. five weeks before the deepwater horizon exploded on april 20, b.p. and halliburton knew something was potentially very wrong. that s the damning allegation from government investigators who outline a pattern of failed safety te
say they re even willing to vote for someone with little experience according to the cbs news/ new york times poll. it s the kind of anger that has ignited the tea party movement and driven many independent voters who put president obama over the top in 2008 to abandoned the democratic party. but there s one group that still stands behind the president it s democratic base. so his strategy in the final days is to plead with them to get to the polls as he did last night on the daily show. but even with this supposedly friendly audience, when he invoked his old mantra, yes, we can, some rolled their eyes. i think what i would say is yes, we can, but. ( laughter ) it is not but it is not going to it s not going to happen overnight. reporter: it became awkward when the president tried to defend his former economic adviser and evoked memories of president george w. bush. and in fairness, larry summers did a heck of a job trying to figure out how to ( laughter ).