Pauley good morning. Im jane pauley, and this is sunday morning. Introduced this memorial day weekend by the United States army band. Its the weekend for honoring all who died while serving in our nations military. Its also the weekend marking the unofficial start of summer. Most years that means curtain going up on a season of theaterpacking new movies. Of course, this is not most years. Still, the show must go on, as lee cowan reports in our cover story. Vie era hs hollywoodent been, well, this silent. Getting the cameras rolling again is no easy task. I, honest to god, have no idea what it isng to look like. There is no onesizefitsall in terms of what to do safely. Reporter will this be the first summer since that summer, without a blockbuster . Ahead on sunday morning. Pauley singer song writer josh groban is off the live concert stage for the moment, but he is hardly silced. With tracy smith this morning, well take note. You raise me up reporter josh groban is used to playing in a
[applause] good morning and welcome to the center for American Progress. My name is carla martin. Im the the Vice President for policy. It is my honor to welcome to this exciting event. Our lineup today is a real testament to the importance of this issue to this administration and to president obama. Nearly one in three americans has some type of criminal record that creates barriers to employment, housing and many other pathways to opportunity. Some americans with criminal records are even barred from casting a ballot which denies the right to participate in our democracy after they have paid their debt to our society. The impact of these barriers goes beyond those previous convicted of a crime. Criminal records are a family sentence. In fact, they have found that nearly half americans children now have a parent with a criminal record. Study after study has shown that the barriers associated with the parents criminal record can severely limit the childs opportunities and lead to worse