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But at what cost . If it really picks up, its hard to stop again. While conquering the virus or getting back to work is a false choice. Plus, three top officials now in some form of quarantine after possible exposure inside the white house. My guests this morning, Infectious Disease specialist miker osterholm and jeffrey shaman, and Lamar Alexander of tennessee. Also historic unemployment disaster. Unemployment numbers not seen since the great depression. Im going to be homeless if i dont open my business back up. Im trying to make a living. My conversation with billionaire businessman and philanthropist robert f. Smith we come back from the pandemic were in a better position. And the latest in the Michael Flynn and tara reade stories. Joining me for insight are kristen welker, richard haass, president of the council on Foreign Relations and wall street journal columnist peggy noonan. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press and our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Announc
three-to-one. today. five good things listen wherever you get your podcasts a major decision from the supreme court, already having implications when it comes to january 6, defendants in a 6-3 decision, the court ruled the justice department actually overstepped by filing obstruction charges against people who rioted at the capitol, dozens of people, of course, have already been convicted and sentenced. and we ve just learned that a federal court in dc is already reopening some of the cases. cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid and cnn senior crime and justice reported katelyn polantz joining us now with more on the decision of what happens next. so paula first walk us through this decision this decision today, this impacts potentially hundreds of people who have been charged in connection with january 6, and the attorney general issued a statement today saying that the justice department will take appropriate steps to act on this opinion today, but they also
Expenditure of our federal resources in incarceration and the i think the average on mandatory minimums is about 11year incarceration and so without going too far, are you suggesting that those resources could be applied in other ways to make us safer . Absolutely. As ive looked at the spending of the department of justice and seeing that the bureau of prisons each and every year takes up a larger and larger percentage of the department of justice budget, that money has to come from somewhere and where its been coming from is money for agents and prosecutors and also critically importantly money for state and Law Enforcement assistance for the cop on the street. Those are the things that i believe keep our country safe. Now, let me say there are some defendants who need those long sentences. There are some who need to be this prison for a very long time. Because they are dangerous and our Society Needs to be protected from them but i think we need to use those lengthy sentences in a sm
Access network would cost. Im out of time. Thank you. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you to you and the Ranking Member for holding this important hearing. As a former prosecutor and cochair along with senator burr of the 911 caucus in the senate, i know how important it is to support our First Responders. Im also the state that had that bridge collapse and while everyone saw on tv the First Responders show up and repeatedly dive into that water to look for survivors and all the work of the Emergency Responders, what people didnt see were the 77 men and women at the Minneapolis Emergency Communications center who took those calls. While a number of people died, it could have been so much worse because people were able to get to hospitals. There were dozens more cars in there and people survived because of our First Responders. I have worked hard to strengthen our countrys Emergency Response network in part by sponsoring and working on the legislation that led to the creation o