Well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. It is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal Justice Reform that as Attorney General you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. Last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. Are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear Legal Authority what actions would you take . On your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop
another 10,000 this year. What is happening now is reducing the federal population. This law only dealt with the federal prison population. And th
Paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i dont remember, he goes i done remember. Maybe thats what i said. This was 14 years ago. They didnt do a retraction. Special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the Direction Politics is heading right fou. What did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someones disability . I thought she said what she said beautifully. Its easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the
presidency let alone any pt respectful person. What we need more is kindness and common decency. And what he did how he reacted how he needs he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesnt agree with him, thats pretty disgraceful. What do you make of the critique that meryl streep made last night you can push this and it becomes norm. You define deantsy. This kind of behavior become the norm.
confidence, at the supreme court level, absolutely. yeah. one major ruling after the next. we ll see what they do decide on the president s student loan plan. senator alex padilla, thank you for your time tonight. thank you, kaitlan. what we do know, there are so many unknowns in this. but what we do know is this decision does mark a foundational shift for race in america. my next two guests tonight come at this decision from very different perspectives. as we ve seen play out across the country today. cornell williams brooks is former president and ceo of the naacp and win fa is the director of legal affairs at the beacon center of tennessee. thank you both for being here tonight. wynn, chief justice roberts said today basically said admissions committees can consider race as long as it s limited to the specific contest of a personal essay, for example. is it clear to you how that nuance is going to work when it s actually put into practice? well, i think it s clear that