this issue? well i think when it comes to criminal justice, it s not a left/right issue. at some point it becomes a right/wrong issue. think about liberty and justice for all. making sure each individual is treated right. you don t want big government you want limited government. prisons are the opposite of that. people like myself concerned about racial justice, concerned about the poor. the prison system is putting a lot of people in jail just because they don t have enough money for a lawyer. but it is weird for us to be working together i ll agree with that. mark what needs to be changed? as far as koch industries is concerned, what has to change? a lot needs to change. i ll correct van slightly. i ve never considered him an enemy. but we can move on from that. we are libertarians. we want to remove the obstacles, the opportunity for the disadvantaged. personally both my work at koch and in wooster mass i was a jail guard. it was a sobering experience.
i have headlines to bring you. they survived a terror attack and not only are the soldiers at fort hood being denied benefits, they re now being asked to pay more in living expenses. according to a new proposal out of washington, prices are about to get hiked at the texas base on food, housing and also medical treatments. this news obviously upsetting to those who already have felt abandoned when the government classified the attack there as workplace violence. i got out recently about a year ago, and i feel that the time i served in, times in deployment, it s stuff i earned, stuff that i don t think should be taken away. almost 70,000 jobs are directly linked to the fort hood base and other military installations affected by what s going on in washington as well. 28 more people indicted in a disability scandal that involves some new york retired cops, fire fighters and also jail guard. they are accused of ripping
and we re asking employees who may be great at teaching or being a jail guard or being an administrator to take on a task that really beyond them. how many people would be affected if cook county does in fact start to cut into the pensions of former city workers, county workers? well, there s 15,000 people in cook county that are currently 15,000 retirees and 15,000 employees. that s a much health iier ratio. but that s a problem across the country. city budgets have shrunk. there are fewer active employees but the retirees are living longer. in the city of chicago, there are more retirees than active employees. that s something that s unsustainable. we saw it with the auto companies. the there was this emotional editorial in the detroit free press this week hitting rick snyder pretty hard. snyder says the city must be
the chinese activist at the center of the firestorm interrupted a hearing, cried out for help. chen guangcheng the blind chinese dissident who sought refuge in the american embassy in beijing called into the emergency hearing about his case and pleaded through a translator you can see the call happening, asking specifically to speak with secretary of state hillary clinton. translator: i really fear for my other family member s life and we have installed radio cameras and even with electric fence. now, all of this comes after a whirl wind day of developments that forced the u.s. to explain why chen said he wanted to leave. he said he needs to leave for his safety. and that put ambassador gary locke on the defensive. this was his decision and he indicated of what he wanted. he had the option of staying in the embassy for years if necessary. congressman chris smith spoke to chen today. he was overseeing that committee hearing on human rights. he is outfront tonight.
well, good evening. i m erin burnett. we have breaking news tonight. extraordinary scene on capitol hill today. the chinese activist at the center of the firestorm interrupted a hearing, cried out for help. chen guangcheng the blind chinese dissident who sought refuge in the american embassy in beijing called into the emergency hearing about his case and pleaded through a translator you can see the call happening, asking specifically to speak with secretary of state hillary clinton. translator: i really fear for my other family member s life and we have installed radio cameras and even with electric fence. now, all of this comes after a whirl wind day of developments that forced the u.s. to explain why chen said he wanted to leave. he said he needs to leave for his safety. and that put ambassador gary locke on the defensive. this was his decision and he indicated of what he wanted. he had the option of staying in the embassy for years if necessary. congressman chris