Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose john oliver is here, a comedian and political satirist this summer he has been filling in as host of Comedy Centrals the daily show while jon stewart is directing his first movie. Welcome to the dilley show, im jn oler acknowledge for a moment that this is weird. This looks weird t feels weird t even sounds weird. It sounds weird to me and this is my actual voice. Look. If you havent heard by now jon stewart is going to be away for the summer. Hes gone to a small Italian Village to learn how to cobble shoes. laughter rose since 2006 he has been the shows senior british correspondent. Heres a look at him in action, ridiculing the politics of gun control. Meet rob borebich, former premier of queensland, australias most conservative state. In 1996 he was instrumental in enacting gun control. Knowing it would cost him his political career in the next election. We paid a high political
Its one of the largest Infrastructure Projects in the nation. But just when it opens to traffic still isnt clear. Ifill boston mob boss Whitey Bulger was found guilty of a string of 11 murders and racketeering. How the jury reached its verdict. Woodruff and in our continuing look at surveillance and privacy in america. Tonight, we explore how Law Enforcement keeps tabs on our movements by photographing our license plates. Its privacy, theres no question about that. You dont get the amount of Law Enforcement, you get the amount that you can tolerate. None of these technologies come without tradeoffs. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasti
They now will be charged with offenses for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins. Woodruff the attorney general wants states to do likewise, given that 225,000 people are serving time in state prisons for drug crimes. There is longstanding, bi partisan support for such reform. U. S. Senator Richard Durbin of illinois has introduced the smarter sentencing act, co sponsored by fellow democrat Patrick Leahy of vermont and republican mike lee of utah. Kentucky republican rand paul also has a measure to increase judicial discretion. Durbin wrote the law that ended a longstanding disparity in drug sentencing that hit minorities hardest; the president signed it in 2010. A bipartisan bill to help right a longstanding wrong by narrowing sentencing disparities between those convicted of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Its the right thing to do. Woodruff today, ho