All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a storm for the ages is blasting ashore on mexicos west coast tonight. Hurricane patricia has the strongest sustained winds ever recorded in this part of the world, and it spent in the day in a slowmotion assault on the mainland. Sirens blared and lights flashed as police and fire units combed Puerto Vallarta this morning, urging people to flee the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort. The storm burst to life tuesday and by last night, it to
The United States is home to 5 of the wor 5 of the worlds population but 25 of the worlds prisoners. Every year we spend 80 billion to keep people locked up. Many of the folks in prison absolutely belong there. Our streets are safer thanks to the Brave Police Officers and dedicated prosecutors who put violent criminals behind bars. But over the last few decades weve also locked up more nonviolent offenders than ever before, for longer than ever before. Thats one of the real reasons our prison population is so high. In california, efforts to reform the criminal Justice System are already under way. One year ago, voters passed proposition 47. The landmark law reduces certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It also gives felons convicted of those crimes an opportunity to have their sentence reduced. Is prop 47 working . Joining me to help answer that question are george gascon, San Francisco District Attorney. Brandon martin, Research Associate for Public Policy institute
News. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a storm for the ages is blasting ashore on mexicos west coast tonight. Hurricane patricia has the strongest sustained winds ever recorded in this part of the world, and it spent in the day in a slowmotion assault on the mainland. Sirens blared and lights flashed as police and fire units combed Puerto Vallarta this morning, urging people to flee the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort. The storm burst to life tuesday and by last night,
The United States is home to 5 of the wor 5 of the worlds population but 25 of the worlds prisoners. Every year we spend 80 billion to keep people locked up. Many of the folks in prison absolutely belong there. Our streets are safer thanks to the Brave Police Officers and dedicated prosecutors who put violent criminals behind bars. But over the last few decades weve also locked up more nonviolent offenders than ever before, for longer than ever before. Thats one of the real reasons our prison population is so high. In california, efforts to reform the criminal Justice System are already under way. One year ago, voters passed proposition 47. The landmark law reduces certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. It also gives felons convicted of those crimes an opportunity to have their sentence reduced. Is prop 47 working . Joining me to help answer that question are george gascon, San Francisco District Attorney. Brandon martin, Research Associate for Public Policy institute
I. T. Noits not like a computer. You dont fight wars over that. You night wars over oil. You fight wars over oil. Thats why a part of saudi arabia that has the oil is the one being jeopardized by rebels. Thats why libya is so valuable and being fought over. Oil, oil, oil and the revenues that they produce in order to then create that instability, create that jihadism that were dealing with. We should be backing out all the oil that were importing from that region, if we have a chance to do so and we do. But not after this bill passes. Were going to be in a situation where we basically are saying were going to be permanently dependent upon that oil being imported from that region. I listened last night to all the republican candidates for president debating in las vegas about National Security. Well, thats what this is all about. This is all about that oil. This is all about that oil revenue that goes into the pockets of people who should not have our money, who spend it in ways that we