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Russell Simmons Hip-Hop mogul and activist Russell Simmons tells Larry King about his fight to reform the U.S. justice system and end America's War on Drugs . Plus, why he believes his inner-city arts programs are saving lives. KING: Business magnate, author, activist, and one of the most influential and outspoken and media moguls of our time, Russell Simmons on this edition of PoliticKING. Larry King Welcome to PoliticKING, I’m Larry King. You know for more than 30 years you’ve known Russell Simmons as the highly successful and extremely influential force behind Def Jam recordings and those famous fashions as well. As well as a New York Times best selling author. He’s also an outspoken activist, who’s never shy about lending his considerable clout to promote or fight against issues he considers important. One of his most recent ventures has him partnering with the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series program which supports emerging artists across the coun...

**** LARRY KING 'POLITICKING' SNEEK PEAK **** Luis Gutierrez On Larry King Larry King tells Congressman Luis Gutierrez "I support you completely" for leading the charge in replacing Andrew Jackson with a woman on the twenty-dollar bill. Rep. Gutierrez proposed this switch to Congress back in May, and he’ll be on Larry King’s show PoliticKING on TUESDAY JUNE 16th to discuss his progress with the bill. The congressman’s bill is called Put a Woman on the Twenty Act of 2015. It does not designate any particular woman, but instructs the secretary of the Treasury to convene a citizen panel to choose the woman who should replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill. Gutierrez tells Larry King: "We have to be reflective of our society." He's confident that "pretty soon you and I are going to take out a twenty-dollar bill and we’re going to have a woman on that twenty-dollar bill." KING: You wa...

Richard Dreyfuss On PoliticKING Larry King Guest Richard Dreyfuss explains his movement to bring American civics back into the classroom and why he doesn't vote. DREYFUSS: So all the guys that are in Congress now, the Young Turks, and the Republican party, they never took civics. They never studied the Constitution, they never studied the Bill of Rights, and that’s why they say such stupid things. There’s two points I want to make here: First, Inarguable points. No one in this country understands the stories on the front page of any newspaper in this country. No one. We don’t understand the bail out, Wall Street, foreign policy, the fed, the prime mortgage controversy, the bank-- we don’t understand any story on the front page. Two: Western kids are now joining ISIS. KING: Not in multitudes. DREYFUSS: Well, it starts with a trickle. Why? Because even though it sounds crazy, it’s the only spiritual movement being talked about in the media. No one...