Thats right. We have got an anti woke pub fast. Now, i would have that Animal Rights have thought that Animal Rights groups rather a on at groups had rather a lot on at the i mean, why dont the moment. I mean, why dont they start campaigning about halal meat, for example, other forms of you know, they do forms of meat . You know, they do quite bit about horse racing quite a bit about horse racing and of other activities, and some of other activities, but the name of a pub but changing the name of a pub in wouldnt have in stoke, i wouldnt have thought would have been top of their list of priorities. But ive been wrong before and im wrong again. Apparently and look, to a little look, i had to watch a little video so long ago, video for you. Not so long ago, and im going to make you watch it as well. Its a little tease. It involves us. Matt hancock on the there at and well, the beach there at and well, find out exactly why he is being hammered for trying to impersonate someone from a rath
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The selection process. In baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you very much. The man accused of jumping over the white house fence last week made his first appearance in the federal court today. Stephen tschida was in theroom when the case was called. What happened today . Stephen well, i can tell you this. Five minutes ago 23yearold joseph walked out of federal court. If you look to the left, you can see on the corner where there is a gaggle of reporters and his attorney. He is the man charged with jumping the fence on thanksgiving. The white house says he was taken into custody shortly thereafter. Today in court he pleaded not guilty, the judge released him to his mother in connecticut. As long as he wears a mechanical supervising device and as long as he adheres to a curfew, 6 00 a. M. To 8 00 a. M. , seeks out Mental Health treatment. He was also ordered not to go near or come near the district of columbia. At least until next january when he is slated for his next Cour
Expenditure of our federal resources in incarceration and the i think the average on mandatory minimums is about 11year incarceration and so without going too far, are you suggesting that those resources could be applied in other ways to make us safer . Absolutely. As ive looked at the spending of the department of justice and seeing that the bureau of prisons each and every year takes up a larger and larger percentage of the department of justice budget, that money has to come from somewhere and where its been coming from is money for agents and prosecutors and also critically importantly money for state and Law Enforcement assistance for the cop on the street. Those are the things that i believe keep our country safe. Now, let me say there are some defendants who need those long sentences. There are some who need to be this prison for a very long time. Because they are dangerous and our Society Needs to be protected from them but i think we need to use those lengthy sentences in a sm
Resources that would go to prosecutors, and federal agents to be able to investigate and prosecute crimes, are being diverted to the bureau of prisons. The bureau of prisons now takes up almost twothirds of the departments budget. Thats really untenable and unsustainable. So i believe that mandatory minimum sentences are an important tool. But we but that we need to use that tool effectively. Senator blumenthal . Thanks, mr. Chairman. At the outset id like to ask permission to include in the record a statement from senator patrick leahy, our colleague from vermont, in support of ms. Yates nomination. Without objection. And id also like to include a number of letters, i referred to them earlier, from colleagues, Law Enforcement officials, officials in georgia, in support of that nomination. Without objection those are included. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me just ask you about olc opinions, ms. Yates. Its been a tradition common to, i think, most recent administrations that olc opinion