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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140121:03:57:00

Never heard anything like this at the presidential level. that is the case. but i d also caution the president is very much in these statements, if you look at the numbers, reflecting where the debate is already headed rather than leading it in a new direction. i think the statements ultimately are less controversial than the headlines rendering them would have you believe. at the close of last year, 58% of americans, according to gallup, supported legalization. that was up ten points from the previous year. so this is moving fast, and he is running with the debate, not ahead of it. with one exception. and that is his very strong introduction of race into the conversation, which i think is in fact significant. well, let s listen to that part of then t view. he said, middle-class kids don t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do. and african-american kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh ....

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CNN CNN Newsroom January 21, 2014 19:45:00

For black and brown men, that s especially hieleightened. i want to get back to that issue. but brian, we know president obama actually made note of how different races are treated by police. middle class kids don t get locked up for smoking pot and poor kids do. he goes on and african-american kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties. i was wondering, once these young people try getting jobs, brian, it has to be pretty difficult. i mean, is an arrest ever fully wiped off your record? it depends on the jurisdictions, but you can go through and have certain things expun expunged. but even through that process, there s always a lingering piece of paper somewhere that shows that you were arrested. i m worried, not just for the overall numbers. but you draw down deeper, you see that one in three african-american boys are ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140120:15:49:00

Voters, young voters, elderly voters, so this voting rights act is important. unfortunately right now what we have as a proposal is a floor and not a ceiling, and so this congress has to be courageous as dr. king said, and move for more protections, because under it, north carolina, which has passed this most oppressive voter law and places like florida that have a history from 2000 on of continuous discrimination against african-american voters are not covered by this new bill. in fact, ari, you ve written about this and say there s a major hole in this legislation, tell us about it. there is a hole. you mentioned in your reporting pennsylvania was striking down a voter i.d. law. what this says is it would patrol places where there are these discriminatory violations and if you have enough, you get into federal supervision, but if the justice department says there s voter i.d. laws that are discriminatory, that doesn t ....

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CNN The Situation Room January 20, 2014 22:44:00

The president, ana, also raised the notion that some groups in american were punished for illegal use of marijuana than others. middle class kids, he says, don t get locked up for smoking pot and poor kids do and african-american kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and support to avoid unduly harsh penalties. do you agree with the president on this? you know, it s been a big concern of the hispanic community, a big concern of the african-american community as well, something that we share. but i think there s still a lot of people in both communities, certainly in the hispanic community that see marijuana as a dangerous drug, as a gateway drug. i certainly don t agree that it s the same as alcohol. i think that, look, wolf, those of us who like booze we stay dink t drinking booze and ....

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CNN New Day January 20, 2014 13:44:00

Perspective it s far worse because a small portion of society is being punished more so than everyone else. those are the president s critiques. you bring up a good point that ben i want your reaction. when the president talked about his reasoning and where he is on the marijuana debate he said this in part. let s throw this up on the screen. he said middle class kids don t get locked up for smoking pot and poor kids do and african-american kids and latino kids are more like try to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties. i don t have a problem with the president coming out and saying we need to change the sentencing laws around marijuana and you shouldn t have an advantage when you re wealthy because of the resources you have to stay out of jail where another kid doesn t have those resources and he goes to jail. i don t have a problem with the ....

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