We have been covering the story on the state of missouri where the State Government is trying aggressively to shut down the last Abortion Provider in the state and make missouri the first state in america that does not have any legal Abortion Providers. First time that happened since roe vs. Wade in 1973. Tomorrow there will be a Court Hearing in state court in missouri about whether or not that last clinic can stay open. The doctors at the clinic are fighting tooth and nail to stay open as the State Government shuts them down. The judge is due to weigh in and we will be watching it closely. That does it and we will see you again tomorrow. Its time for lawrence odonnell. I was so, so happy for you at 5 27 p. M. Today when the transcripts came into our hands
here. I thought shes got three hours. A little more than three hours with the transcripts. This is gonna be great and i was right. It was great. It was almost enough time to kaftan actor. You know what i mean . No, thats not why we
opposite guy who was doing some of the research. and this was enough to flip lindsey graham who a year ago, when all of these issues were present, because all the issues they re talking about happened when she was at the trial court. and not, i didn t hear, correct me if i m wrong, in all the hours of hearings, i didn t hear one mention of a single thing she has done as an appeals court judge that was raised by a republican as an objection in this proceeding. no, i mean the focus was entirely on the child porn thing, they were obsessed with the child porn thing. and they really misled the public about what was going on and all of that. because they re points where that she sends below the southern guidelines, but you can ask essentially any federal judge, the two were sensitive guidelines of the crack versus powder cocaine disparity and
no, i mean the focus was entirely on the child porn thing, they were obsessed with the child porn thing. and they really misled the public about what was going on and all of that. because they re points where that she sends below the southern guidelines, but you can ask essentially any federal judge, the two were sensitive guidelines of the crack versus powder cocaine disparity and this one. so it s absolutely common for judges to sentence below it because it hasn t been adapted for the internet age. the second thing that they do is they protect the government is the only entity in the room. but in a sentencing, you ve got the government and you ve got a sense council who a judge has an obligation to listen to and treacherously. and you ve got the probation department, that arm of the court, making its own sentencing recommendation and they rather conveniently left out all that. and argued
record number of clemencies for nonviolent drug offenders. is that specifically targeted to this huge disparity? i mean, marijuana is like the thing making colorado people rich, most of them are white, while black people are still going to prison for selling the same drug on the street. well, you know this, joy, that in the senate, i fought for years and finally got the first step act which my efforts to lead that bill to conclusion and a law liberated thousands of people already, just by correcting the crack/cocaine, powder cocaine disparity. it not only liberated over 2,000 people but 90% of them are black and so we are at a distraught present right now. all of us who believe in liberty should be angry because we have more african-americans now under criminal supervision than all the slaves in 1850. there are thousands that are unjustly incarcerated, and right now, i m challenging the rest of the field to use your clemency power.
you re in new orleans campaigning with the former vice president. senator booker also released a full statement a short time ago. joe biden had more than 40 years to get this right. the proud architect of a failed system is not the right person to fix it. what s your response to that criticism. the former vice president, because he s in the lead is going to increasingly get shots taken at him by other candidates. it s interesting to me how candidates want to focus on the clinton crime bill, but they don t want to talk about the obama years. vice president biden in 2007 authored legislation to actually bring the crack to powder cocaine disparity to 1 to 1, while in the white house for eight years. the attorney general eric holder, the obama administration released their spart on crime initiative. they released a number of people out for nonviolent crimes, so it was a very progressive eight years, they also pushed for