people, we got to know people, there was members of the klan, people who opposed us, even people who beat us and arrested us and jailed us, we never gave up on our fellow human being. and since he began running for president four years ago, senator bernie sanders has had to defend his vote for a controversial 1994 crime bill saying the positive initiatives outweigh the negatives. as a result his support for the massive anti-crime package as not been scrutinized as much as other democratic candidates. an nbc review of his past statements shows sanders also backed some of the legislations key get tough on crime that he now says created a very broken system. according to his campaign, sanders cast a number of compromise votes, one in favor of including a 10 1/2 billion dollars grant for prison construction in an effort to
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there s $134 billion worth of private equity investment in 2011 in the various states. interestingly, some of the states which are swing states were of the largest beneficiaries of the money, north carolina, for example, was third on the list with $10 1/2 billion in private equity investment. florida $7 1/2 billion. colorado $5 billion. ohio $5 billion. these are five swing states that benefit dramatically from private equity investment and jobs created from private equity investment. i think this is a failing proposition by the obama administration. i wouldn t be surprised if after this next run of, you know, discussion, dialogue, they move away from this thing. he said this isn t a distraction yesterday. he said this is their line of thinking moving forward to november. well, we ll have to see. david axelrod tried to walk it back and he said i liked what cory booker said second as opposed to first. he was backpeddling and said he was taken out of context when he made those commen
continuously. it s really the kind of washington math that put this country on the verge of bankruptcy. we re gog have this morning before the budget committee alan simpson and others kin bowls, the bipartisan commissioners who lead that commission and they re going to say that this is if we don t take action, it will be the most predictable crisis this nation has ever faced. in other words, we are clearly on a spending path that cannot be sustained, that will lead us to a crisis. we ve got to change and the bill is to denote change. steve: they re going to be appearing before you later today. here is erskin bowles telling us needs to get serious. america has to stop talking about 10 1/2 billion this year. we ve got to get serious and talk about the long-term problems facing the country. steve: when they re talking
different ideas about what should go, they re using the same confusing math. republicans say the total of their cuts would be $102 billion. democrats say there s would add up to $51 billion. the president says they re making concessions. my administration has put forward specific cuts that need congressional republicans halfway. i m prepared to do more. we ll own only finish the job together sitting at the table, working out differences. because $41 billion of both party totals is savings based on this year s budget which never passed, have democrats met republicans halfway? when you include the $4 billion cut in the current two-week budget extension, republicans want to chop off $61 billion total, democrats one sixth of that. 10 1/2 billion.