headed out of the door and saying he will target civil right and in this speech he is wrapping it up and the folks saying who think they saw what they say might have been wrong but they were blinded by this overwhelming truth. and not might have been wrong, abby the report that we are looking at today said they were wrong and the evidence didn t support the view that wilson committed a crime there. and attorney general eric molder made that clear. strong speech from the attorney general. and matt what stood out to me was the investigation came out because of the conversation had across the country. the protests and the pleas from folks and emotional pleas for change. just a reminder of the powerful of the voice and the power the individuals have here and the question all of us have walking away from that is will this investigation lead to any change here? it will certainly lead to change in ferguson. and it is a reminder that d.o.j. under this administration has opened more of th
something and it was a mistake. should i have to hear that from my dad? he s trying to protect me. but you were talking about the arrest statistics and incarceration statistics, we lock up 60 times more people in this country than any other industrialized nation in the world. most are black and brown. we have an incarceration crisis in this country. no one wants to talk about it. we don t have the political will to talk about it that s not entirely true. the attorney general of the united states eric molder is talking about lowering minimums. you see republicans now who are saying we are incarcerating way too many people, it costs way too much, doesn t help. grover norquist, ne newt ginh have been in favor of incarceration reform. i m tough on crime rather smart
jane: breaking news we re watching i m jane skinner along with jon scott. the fbi is launching raids in massachusetts and new york today in connection with the failed times square bombing. we re learning now, thinks a new figure that three people have been arrested in the greater boston area on what are being called immigration violations at this hour. the fbi says there is no known immediate threat to the united states. these raids certainly demonstrate that this investigation into who else may have been involved in the times square scare, this investigation is by no means only. catherine herridge has been checking her sources. a couple of minutes ago the attorney general, eric molder confirmed these raids? reporter: he did. one of the questions has been whether the suspect faisal
jane: want to give you the information that ice is conducting in three states, a possible connection to the jailed times square bombing, these are pictures from brookline, massachusetts, a suburb of boston, that s a gas station where one of these is carried out, agents conducting sevens not only in massachusetts but new york and new jersey as well, the attorney general eric holder has just said at a hearing on the hill several people have been taken into custody on alleged immigration violations. harris and toim gaughan have been watching it. what do you know? reporter: we are actively pursuing all those involved, and in fact what we re learning, jane, much of the information leading law enforcement to certain locations in multiple states now is a result of information obtained from talking to that key suspect, faisal shahzhad, that they ve picked up within a couple of days of that near bombing in the middle of
off with the child. the mother didn t tell the police her boyfriend had been drinking. it s all coming into the newsroom, breaking news from across the country and around the world. we ll have it for you on happening now . jane: also we ve got breaking business news, brand new jobs out this morning, the labor department reporting first-time unemployment claims dropped by 4000 last week, down to a seasonally adjusted 444,000 people filing for these unemployment benefits. fourth straight week that claims dropped. a sign the job market is slowly improving. economists clearly believe weekly claims must be below 425,000, though, to indicate the economy is actually creating jobs. president obama is taking his white house to main street tour to buffalo, new york this morning, departing from the white house just a couple of moments ago. the president is set to tour a manufacturing plant, hold a town hall meeting, talking about jobs and the economy. and some people in buffalo are using this