about missouri or mississippi or texas. this is about the number of restrictions and bans, over 600 just this year alone that have been introduced, 90 that have been enacted, that are focusing on trying to ensure that we no longer have the fundamental right to have an abortion. help folks understand, if you can, this idea that these laws wouldn t even allow exceptions for rape, insist or a health diagnosis. what s the thinking there? the thinking is about the cruelty, right? i think that is the point. the thinking is about trying to ensure you know, it s always been about the fundamental right to have an abortion. when we look at the supreme court case that will be heard on december 1, it is very clear. they already know roe is hanging
today, quote, we can pass laws, there are plenty of ideas, but these laws wouldn t solve the problem. here at the white house tonight, david, they are planning for a presidential visit to parkland, perhaps as soon as this weekend. cecilia vega live at the white house. cecilia, thank you. and of course, behind that political debate, the families of the 17 people killed here, the 15 injured. some of them fighting for their lives at this hour. and as this political battle now begins in washington, we thought it was important tonight to show you the faces of those lost here. the names of those lost beginning to emerge tonight. five students in their first year of high school. luke hoyer, cara loughran and alyssa alhadeff, a soccer player. gina montalto s mother calling her a smart, loving, caring and strong girl who brightened any room she entered. she will be missed by our family also lost, martin duque. his older brother saying, words cannot describe my pain. you ll be missed, budd
prospect of prison. that is certainly understandable. the picture is actually a bit more complicated. it is a fact criminal law is frequently applied with racially disparate results, subject to stricter policing, stop and frisk, and harsher penalties for the same offenses committed by other americans. to a degree the war on drugs is certainly also a driver of this problem. our presideison population hase mroeded since president nixon first declared war on drugs in the 70s but this problem, this mass incarceration is not just from drugs. as some states legalize marijuana and some republicans in congress talk about rolling back those mandatory minimums, there are reformers noting that even changing those laws wouldn t remove the u.s. from its position as the highest incarceration rate nation of any democracy in the world. a recent article in the new york times says even without its many inmates convicted of drug charges, the u.s. still leads the world in imprisoning
disparate results, subject to stricter policing, stop and frisk, and harsher penalties for the same offenses committed by other americans. to a degree the war on drugs is certainly also a driver of this problem. our prison population hasek mroeded since president nixon first declared war on drugs in the 70s but this problem, this mass incarceration is not just from drugs. as some states legalize marijuana and some republicans in congress talk about rolling back those mandatory minimums, there are reformers noting that even changing those laws wouldn t remove the u.s. from its position as the highest incarceration rate nation of any democracy in the world. a recent article in the new york times says even without its many inmates convicted of drug charges, the u.s. still leads the world in imprisoning people. a true challenge means track willing problems that run deeper than the drug war itself. we need to recognize that
to a degree the war on drugs is certainly also a driver of this problem. our prison population hasek mroeded since president nixon first declared war on drugs in the 70s but this problem, this mass incarceration is not just from drugs. as some states legalize marijuana and some republicans in congress talk about rolling back those mandatory minimums, there are reformers noting that even changing those laws wouldn t remove the u.s. from its position as the highest incarceration rate nation of any democracy in the world. a recent article in the new york times says even without its many inmates convicted of drug charges, the u.s. still leads the world in imprisoning people. a true challenge means track willing problems that run deeper than the drug war itself. we need to recognize that young people make mistakes. and we should not live in a world of les miserables where a