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Up for August 18: What to know

On Sunday's Up with Steve Kornacki, we'll discuss the politics of crime and criminal justice in the wake of Eric Holder's new sentencing reforms. We'll also

On Sunday's Up with Steve Kornacki, we'll discuss the politics of crime and criminal justice in the wake of Eric Holder's new sentencing reforms. We'll also look at the rhetoric of "reaching across the aisle" and examine whether we are entering a post-post-partisan era. Finally, with the passing of journalist Jack Germond, we’ll look at how political reporters have changed over the years

Joining Steve Kornacki at the table at 8 AM ET will be:

Hakeem Jeffries, (D) New York (@RepJeffries)

Paul Butler, fmr. Prosecutor, law professor, Georgetown University

Phil Johnston, former Secretary of Health & Human Services in Massachusetts (@PWJ_III)

Basil Smikle, Jr., political strategist, professor, Columbia University  (@BasilSmikleJr)

Perry Bacon, Jr., msnbc contributor,  political editor, TheGrio.com (@perrybaconjr)

Jonathan Miller, co-founder, No Labels, fmr. Kentucky State Treasurer (@RecoveringPol)

Eleanor Clift, contributing editor, Newsweek/The Daily Beast (@eleanorclift)

Walter Mears, Pulitzer Prize-Winning reporter, Associated Press

Bob Franken, political reporter (@bobfranken)