Democracy is the most radical profound idea in the history of human civilization. [laughter] and its so radical and so profound that we have a hard time maintaining it. Thinking through its implications, constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of like freedom. And so leads to ways our democracy has gone bad through outsourcing it to lead and this book is about waying our democracy has gone bad by essentially putting subsection of our population under conditions that are not really free in the sort fundamental way that we want to be free is they relate in that way in materials of the specifics of this look, i mean, i grew u up in the bronx like my core identity [laughter] in the bronx in the 1980s. Which was which i would never trade for a million years in terms of what it meant to me in terms of the way that i think about race, politic, but it was really fought and city was dangerous and i thought about crime and politicianing and criminal justice through my life and
That the criminal Justice System is dividing the country into two americas, he was interviewed by author elizabeth. Its so wonderful to have you here. Its an important contribution to america and the world, i think, right now. Im wondering what brought you to this topic is right maybe talk about your trajectories and be a meritocracy to this very compelling and compassionate work on american criminal justice and Law Enforcement. Guest in some ways of both books are books about the same thing which are what i would call democratic pathologies, if you think about the body of politics as a body that has different processes and functions and they can go wrong in different ways but both books are diagnoses about infections, infirmarys in the body of politics. Ways in which im a real believer in my one quarter of a secular state is democracies, small the democracy and democracy is the most radical profound, idea in the history of human civilization and its so radical and found that we have a
The world i think right now so im wondering what kind of brought you to this topic, maybe to talk about your trajectory from an elite which looks at meritocracy to this compelling and compassionate work on american criminal justice and Law Enforcement. Theres a few things, in some ways both books are books about the same thing which are what i would call democratic apologies. If you look at the body politic as a body that has different processes and functions and they can go wrong in different ways, that both books are diagnosis about infections, infirmary is in the body politic so ways in which, im a real believer. My one core secular belief is democracies, small d democracies and democracy is the most radical, profound idea in the history of human civilization and its so radical and profound that we have a hard time maintaining it, thinking through its implications. Constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of light, freedom and so part of the ways in which our democr
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Please to the supporters stay calm, do not argue with people, just keep up the great support. First at 10 00 oclock another late night at the Montgomery County courthouse Comedian Bill Cosby thanking the jury and his supporters as he leaves for the night. The jury has called it quits for now. Still no verdict. Im dawn timmeney. Im brad sattin. Chris oconnell with the night off tonight. Jurors have been deliberating for more than 50 hours. Theyll be back at it again starting tomorrow morning. Let us get straight to our dave kinchen hes been at the Montgomery County courthouse in norristown all day today. Dave, looks like well have to wait yet another day. After whirlwind day today. Bill cosby leaving court to fired up crowd. He issued a message asking for calm much listen. I just want to wish all of the fathers a happy fathers day and i want to thank the jury for their long days, their honest work individually. I also w
Wednesday morning. We will build a great wall along the southern border. The president set to move forward with another Campaign Promise today. Mr. Trump says he will take executive action on immigration and is expected to impact refugees and visas. Melanie alnwick is following latest from outside the white house, mel. Good morning, steve, allison a significant amount of security penning around the white house on pennsylvania avenue right if front but later today it will be another kind fence or right arm a wall people will talk about. The wall is coming President Trump in tweet last night big day planned on National Security tomorrow among many other things we will bull the wall the president is expected to make announce president ial and perhaps sign executive order at the department of Homeland Security later today. Clear priority according to whait house. Can to direct agencies and congress to commence with that work as soon as possible. It was something he promised again and again