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The u. S. Has 5 of the worlds population but 25 of its prisoners. Speaking before the naacp, president obama calls for overhauling the nations criminal Justice System saying too many people have been locked up for nonviolent offenses. This is a cause ringing people in both houses of congress together, created some unlikely bedfellows. Youve got van jones and Newt Gingrich. Youve got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp and the Koch Brothers. Amy today we will be joined by two of those unlikely bed bedfellows criminal activist van jones and mark holden, general counsel of Koch Industries. Plus, we will speak to a Prison Reform activist who spent 19 years locked up. Then to a story about corporate espio ....
Hernandez was sentenced to life with a parole for nondrug violent for a drug nonviolent offense. His sentence was commuted by president obama in 2013. He was jailed at the federal prison obama visited on thursday. We will also speak to Maya Schenwar, author of locked down, locked out, why prison doesnt work and how we can do better. Then after a twoyear battle federal judge has ordered the release of Police Dashcam footage of a Police Killing of an unarmed man in gardena, california that shows officers ordering Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two other men to raise their hands in the air, which they do. Three officers then open fire, killing him with eight bullets. We will speak with Sonia Mercado , civil rights ....
Minister, matteo renzi. River in paris starts to receipt after the worst floods in 30 decades pushed it to burst its banks. Other regions around france are still at risk. Also coming up this hour, in business, we will take a closer look at the cost of the flood damage in france that could run into billions of euros. And what did you do for your 90th birthday this year . His 90yearold celebrated the day by jumping out of a plane. More on that on the way. Now our top story, live from paris. Genie the president ial runoff in peru is still too close to call, but it does look like petro publicly since he has a his rivalsw trailing at the moment after being ahead in the polls two days ago. Our correspondent has the latest. She may be behind her rival in the president ial election count, but kate fujimori is not showing any signs of disappointment. Are seeingesults we on tv show a technical time. We are going to wait prudently secause all night long vote will be coming in the region. The daug ....
So our question here today on quadriga is this crisis in france, how wounded is the grande nation . To discuss that question, im joined here in the studio by three seasoned observers and analysts. Let me introduce them to you. Beginning with pascal thibaut, who is with radio france internationale. He says the trenches of verdun have only now been filled in, but in the rest of france, the rifts are still huge. Each and every reform becomes a battle to end all battles. Also with us is malte lehming of berlins der tagesspiegel newspaper, who believes that frances economy is showing signs of improvement. Francois hollande must stay on course with his reforms and not give in to leftwing demands. And a warm welcome, too, to geraldine schwarz, a french tv journalist and documentary filmmaker who is based here in berlin. Geraldine says the unions are still powerful but fewer and fewer french people support their confrontational cause. They understand that france has to change. So geraldine, id ....