president trump will shake up his campaign cabinet in the aftermath of the midterm elections. strengthare our possible lisa davis discusses the no kid hungry campaign. [video clip] and i am not going to destroy the economy for our country by being full is with saudi arabia. was pretty statement obvious what i said about america first. president trump yesterday defending an earlier statement on saudi arabia and the crown role in the killing of jamal khashoggi. republicans and democrats on capitol hill criticized the president and said lawmakers should act to punish the country over the murder. the president said disrupting our ties would be foolish and hurt our economy. do you think the u.s. should cut ties with saudi arabia? if you say yes, 202-748-8000. if you say no, 202-748-8001. you can also join us on twitter@ four go to on twitter @cspanwj or go to facebook.com/cspan. start dialing in now, we want to know if you think as the president does that we should not cut
greta brawner mark holden at the table, chair of freedom partners. the president last week throwing his support behind prison reform, that is called the first step act. a lot of great things. first it is important to note, what is in this bill is based on what has worked in the states in the past 10 years. texas, south carolina, georgia have transformed their societies and criminal justice systems through common sense evidence-based practices. that is what this is based on. in texas, in the past 10 years, eight prisons saved over 4 billion tax over $4 billion in taxpayer money and they have a crime rate that is not been this low since the 1960 s. that is what we want at the federal level. this is rehabilitation based on evidence-based practices. the idea is that people come out of prison better than they went in. we have 45,000 people coming in and out of the federal system every year. we have 700,000 people returning to society. 95% of criminal justice system at state and
take military action is an interesting angle. but, let me begin by telling you about an incident that took place in april of 1778. this is the spring just after valley forge. 12 members of the church were arrested by local county official, they were brought to easton which was the county seat in northampton county, in pennsylvania. they were paraded through the streets, tied together with ropes around their necks like common criminals. we might be wondering what was their crime. essentially their crime was the fact that their religious convictions prohibited them from joining the cause of independence and from pledging their loyalty to the new state of pennsylvania that would be informed. these are not officials that are forcing the parliamentary acts that they were upset about these were simply members of the small religious sect that really were not very friendly at all. so, the experience, attests to the fact that support for the revolution was anything but uniform. we hav
well, we re back, and sincece bb didn t really tell us what he really felt just before we went st pan yarks we want to hear more. well, i mean, if done all truch was trying to broaden his appeal tonight, where in this speech did he do that? do you think he made a new appeal that african-americans will like? did he make the new appeal that women will like? will he did he make a new appeal that mexican americans, people of hispanic dissent will like? i think he talked directly to his base. and i don t see his message you know, i have always thought these debates are about more than just the issues. well, tonight you saw donald trump in full. john, i heard from another republican tonight who was predicting there would be more defekses tomorrow in the key, would be speaker paul ryan, not that he will defek but what will he do. what paul ryan does is very important. and the, you know, we ll just have to wait and see what he rate this debate. perhaps the most important so
well, we re back, and sincece bb didn t really tell us what he to break calling this wrestlest pan yarks we want to hear more. well, i mean, if done all truch was trying to broaden his appeal tonight, where in this speech did he do that? do you think he made a new appeal that african-americans will like? did he make the new appeal that women will like? will he did he make a new appeal that mexican americans, people of hispanic dissent will like? i think he talked directly to his base. and i don t s going much furthered than that. you know, i have always thought these debates are about more than just the issues. well, tonight you saw donald trump in full. john, i heard from another republican tonight who was predicting there would be more defekses tomorrow in the key, would be speaker paul ryan, not that he will defek but what will he do. what paul ryan does is very important. and the, you know, we ll just have to wait and see what he rate this debate. member of the