Sen. Schumer ok, thank you all for coming. And i want to thank senators durbin, booker and harris for joining me today. Now, Senate Democrats just sent a very clear signal that the Senate Republican justice act lacks the substance and the strong desperately needed reforms to stop Police Brutality against black americans. This bill lost because it was woefully inadequate. It never would have passed. And mcconnell provided no path to improve it. So it was going to lose. The minute he put it together and the more cynical among us would say that is why he did it. And we were overwhelmingly supported by the entire civil rights community. I have a letter here signed by 136 civil rights organizations. And i want to read you what they how they characterize the bill that leader mcconnell put on the floor. This bill woefully falls short of the comprehensive reform needed to address the current policing crisis and achieve meaningful Law Enforcement accountability. It is a deeply problem it is dee
It was after one of those peaceful protests in dallas, a horrific ambush on police occurred. Five officers were killed, several others injured. One sniper, micah johnson, an africanamerican army reserve veteran, was holed up in a parking garage where he told his motivation was to shoot white officers. The gunman who the white house says has no connections to terrorist groups was killed at the scene. Three other suspects in custody but authorities have not released information about them. Some of the countrys top officials spent the day calling for calm and national unity. President obama spoke from the nato summit in poland. President obama we still dont know all the facts. What we do know is it was a vicious, calculated attack on Law Enforcement. Today, we feel the pain, feel the hurt of the people of that religion. To minnesota, dallas and across the country, whatever we do, we must do it in an orderly, nonviolent fashion to redeem the soul of america and bring us together. As dr. Ma
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With a focus on the prison system. A harvardpreview with professor talking about a resumeon has become of people are thrown in jail. Incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution has also looped in our reasons for punishment. We really shifted our motivation for incarceration from rehabilitation. Retribution, a sense that these are somehow deeply immoral actors that we want to submit to the harshest possible conditions. I think we are now seeing the ansequences of what i feel is misguided strategy that we are somehow expecting for the 2 million individuals currently have in prison, if we can exposed them to psychologically brutal conditions, and then release them into the streets, successbe a policy for and a strategy to reduce crime. Part of the conference will also hear about overcrowding in prisons, the vocational programs, and what happens to prisoners after they leave the system. That is tonight here on cspan at 8 00 eastern. On q a,sunday night twotime bullet surprise cartoonists,
Or commercial courts of law which they have asked us to help them with. They want serious help to create commercial courts of law. They created an intellectual Property Court because they recognize they are becoming amateur, innovative economy. They need these things. It will benefit american businesses but they are not doing it for that reason. Theyre going to trying to do this because it is for their own benefit. One area they talked about was a structured response to allegations of cyberattacks but the president had a pointed comment. Is, our wordsow followed by actions . What is the timeframe, thinking about whether this works, our sanctions still on the table if it does not . There is not a precise timeframe. Is the messagey was clear. Actions speak louder than words and what are you doing about this . Where big an area progress was made, the bilateral investment treaty. That was struggling to make progress. Leading up to this, significant progress was made in terms of the sectors