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Relative to where weve been in the past. With respect to finally the issue of police shootings, theres no doubt that the visual records that were seeing, have elevated peoples consciousness about this. But as ive said before, for africanamericans or latinos in the presmartphone age, i dont think that people were not aware of the fact that there is evidence of racial bias in our criminal justice system. Its been welldocumented. And its been experienced. And even before i got to the u. S. Senate, when i was in the state senate in illinois, i passed legislation to try to reduce the incidents of racial profiling by collecting data. That was prompted by evidence that it was taking place in certain parts of the state. And the fact that were aware of it may increase anxiety right now. And hurt and anger, but its been said sunshines the best disinfectant. By seeing it, by people feeling a sense of urgency about it, by the larger American Community realizing that gosh, maybe this is a problem, and weve seen even some very conservative commentators begin to acknowledge this is something maybe we need to work on. That promises the possibility of actually getting it done. So it hurts. But if we dont diagnose this we cant fix it. Reuters. Thank you, mr. President. As you come to the end of your term, theres a lot of talk about your legacy. I know you may like to leave that to the historians. I do. But when you look back on your presidency and consider race relations, what do you hope your legacy will be . How do you think the shootings in dallas and the high profile shootings by police and other events will shape the way your president a presidency is remembered . I do want to leave legacy questions to the history books. What i can do, maybe this is a fair response to your question, is to say how ive tried to lead the country on this issue. More than anything, what i hope is that my voice has tried to get all of us as americans to understand the difficult legacy of race. To encourage people to listen to each other. To recognize that you know, the legacy of slavery and jim crow and discrimination didnt suddenly vanish with the passage of the Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights act or the election of barack obama, that things have gotten better. Substantially better. But that weve still got a lot more work to do. And that as was the case with the Police Task Force that we set up that ive tried to encourage people to come up with practical concrete solutions that can reduce, if not eliminate, the problems of racial bias. And if my voice has been true and positive, then my hope would be that it may not fix everything right away. But it surfaces problems, it frames them, allows us to wrestle with these issues. And try to come up with Practical Solutions and that that perspective may lead to continued improvement so that not just malia and sasha, but their children can experience a country that is more just. And more united and more equal. And thats not going to happen right away. And thats okay. You know, we plant seeds. And somebody else maybe sits under the shade of the tree that we planted. And id like to think that as best as i could, i have been true in speaking about these issues. Justin singh. Throughout the summit e. U. Leaders have echoed your confidence about brexit happening in an orderly way. They expressed the uk has to have access to an open market must continue to respect the freedom of migration for workers. Someone who has advocated for globalization and extolled immigration, what specific assurances did you get during the summit from other leaders that make you confident that currency markets are wrong and the political turmoil in britain and subsequent effort to leave the e. U. Will go smoothly. Both you and secretary kerry have used if to describe brexit. Im wondering if you see any way for the british people to put the tooth paste back in the tube on this issue. I think we have to assume that a referendum having been passed with a lot of attention, a Lengthy Campaign and relatively high participation rates is going to stick. And that the incoming government, a conservative government, is going to invoke article 50. And begin the process of negotiations. How that process unfolds, how the negotiations work, i think is going to be up to the parties involved. The main message ive had here is we are close friends, allies, commercial partners with the uk and the e. U. We will remain close friends, allies, partners continue to have strong relationships on both sides of the channel. Our primary interest is to make sure that the negotiations and this process are as orderly and as sensible as possible. Recognizing that it is in the interests of both sides to get it right. They are Major Trading partners. Thats where goods get sent. Back and forth. And its important that neither side harden positions in ways that ultimately do damage to their respective economies and ultimately to the World Economy at the time when, you know, our World Economy is still pretty wobbly in places. I want to make a further point im not sure its accurate to say i am a huge booster of globalization. What is accurate to say is that i believe the process of globalization is here to stay. As a consequence of technology and cargo containerships and Global Supply chains. And conceivably we could run back the tape to 50 years ago and see whether we could rearrange some of that process, but its happening. Its here. And we see it every day in our lives. Everybody who has a smartphone in their pocket is seeing it. Hi my argument has been there are bfr benefits to be gained so long as we recognize thath integration there is the danger of increased inequality. Of workers having less leverage and capital having more leverage. That it threatens to leave people behind. And if we dont take steps to make sure everybody can participate in that global integration, making sure that wages are high enough, making sure that we rebuild the social compact so that pensions and healthcare are taken care of. Making sure that communities are not completely abandoned when a factory leaves. And theres an economic plan for transition. If we do not do that effectively, then theres going to be a backlash. With respect to immigration, it is americas experience that immigration has been by far a net plus for our economic growth. Our culture. Our way of life. Now, in america, thats by necessity. Because unless youre a native american everybody came from someplace else. Europe may not have as many of those traditions. One of the huge macroeconomic advantages that america has is were still a relatively young country, our birth rate is not dropping off like europe or russia or chinas or japans. Thats as a consequence of immigration, its economics 101. If youve got a younger population your growth rate is going to be higher. Immigrants are strivers and they work hard. And theyre looking to build a better life, otherwise they wouldnt move from where they were. Thats been part of our culture and tradition and society. Huge influxes of the sort weve seen in europe thats always going to be a shock to the system. And i think it is entirely appropriate for europe, even as generous as it has been, and i think that chancellor merkel deserves enormous credit and other european lead rers who ha taken in, you know, these migrant populations deserve enormous credit. Thats hard. Its a strain on the budget. Its a strain on politics, a strain on culture. Its legitimate for them to say, look, weve got to slow this thing down. Weve got to manage it properly. Thats why were setting up a un conference of refugees on the marke margins of the United Nations general assembly. A few countries shouldnt be shouldering the burden for 60 million refugees. Weve got to come up with strategies to allow people in countries that are very poor or are in the middle of a war zone enjoy some peace and prosperity. Otherwise the world has shrank and theyre going to want to move. Thats not going away anytime soon. Its one more reason why given the fact of global integration, we have to think globally. More broadly. Because our security interests,ing our economies, are all going to depend on the institutional arrangements that we have across boundaries. And nato is an example of really enduring Multilateral Institution that helped us get through some very difficult times. Even the best of institutions have to be adopted adapted to new circumstances. Thats true for organizations like nato, its true for organizes like the un, its true for organizations like the e. U. Its true for all the architecture that has helped the world and our countries improve their standard of living and reduce overall violence between states substantially over the last several decades. Mark lander. Thank you, very much, mr. President. Youve been scrupulous about saying you would not comment on the Justice Department investigation of Hillary Clintons email. That investigation is now closed and i hope that i could ask you about some of the comments that fbi director comey made a few days ago. As you know you may mark, but i want you to make sure youre not wasting your question. Im going to continue to be scrupulous about not commenting on it. Because i think director comey could not have been more exhaustive. My understanding is not only did he make a full presentation, while we were over here or at least flying, he was presenting to congress for hours on end but i just want to give you a chance just in case you didnt want to burn your question. I actually have a backup. There you go. Maybe i could cut to the chase and ask you about a broader question. Lets leave aside mrs. Clinton at the moment. He did talk about how he feared there was a broader cultural issue in the state department toward the handling of classified information that troubled him. I wonder whether you, since you rely on the state department to conduct your foreign policy, whether that concerns you as well . If i may could i ask the other question . Because i think it might get an interesting response. You last may passed a milestone in that you were president longer when the country was at war than your predecessor george w. Bush. If you complete your presidency as you will, with troops in afghanistan, syria and iraq you will be the only two term president in American History to have served with a country at war. I wonder, given the way that you ran for office and the aspirations you brought into office how you feel about that reality. And then a second follow up on that, should the American People simply resign themselves to living in a state of perpetual war, even if that war is not the allout war we think of in the 20th century. That was an interesting question. First of all, with respect to the state department, i am concerned. And the challenge that weve got is primarily driven by the changing nature of how information flows. The advent of email and texts and smartphones is just generating enormous amount of sda data. It is hugely convenient. In realtime im getting information that some of my predecessors might not have gotten for weeks. What it also is doing is creating this massive influx of information on a daily basis, putting enormous pressure on the department to sort through it, classify it properly, figure out what are the various points of entry because of the cyber attack risks that these systems have. Knowing that our adversaries are constantly trying to hack into these various systems. If you overclassify, then all the advantages of this new information suddenly go away because its taking too long to process. Weve been trying to think about this in a smart way. And i think secretary kerrys got a range of initiatives to try to get our arms around this. It reflects a larger problem in government. We recently, for example i just recently signed a bill about foia requests, freedom of information act requests that build on a number of reforms that weve put in place. Were processing more freedom of information act requests and doing so faster than ever before. The volume of requests has sky rocketed. The amount of information that answers the request has multiplied exponentially. Across government youre seeing this problem. And its a problem in terms of domestic affairs. It becomes an even bigger problem when youre talking about National Security issues. Its something were going to have to take care of. With respect to reflections on war. When i came into office we had 180,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan. Today, we have a fraction of that. They are not involved in active combat situations, but are involved in train advise and assist situations. Other than the direct attacks that we launch against isil in conjunction with iraq government and syrian government. In some ways i think youd recognize in some way our operations today in iraq and afghanistan are ftdsly different than the wars we were engaged in when i came into office. I think youre making an important point which is when were dealing with nonstate actors, and those nonstate actors are located in countries with limited capacity, our ultimate goal is to partner with those countries so they can secure their borders and themselves eliminate these terrorist threats. But as weve seen in afghanistan, for example, that takes some time. The afghans are fighting. Ment they are much more capable now than they were when i came into office. But they still need support. Its tough territory and a really poor country. With really low literacy rates. And not much experience in things that we take for granted like logistics. We have an option of going in, taking out al qaeda, pulling out potentially then seeing a country crumble under the strains of continued terrorist activity or insurgency and going back in. Or we can try to maintain a limited partnership that allows them to continue to build their capacity over time. And selectively take our own actions against those organizations that we know are trying to attack us or our allies. Because theyre nonstate actors, its very hard for us ever to get the satisfaction of mcarthur and the emperor meeting and a war officially being over. Aqi was defeated in the sense we were able to execute a transition to a democratically elected Iraqi Government. But for all of our efforts and incredible courage and bravery and sacrifice of our troops, the political structure there was still uneven. You had continued sunni resentiments. Continued debathification and as a consequence those vestiges of aqi were able to reconstitute themselves move into syria as syria began to engage in civil war. Rebuild and then come back in. Some have argued that this is why we should have never pulled out of iraq, or at least left some larger presence there. Of course, the problem was that we didnt have an Iraqi Government that wanted them, unlike afghanistan where weve been invited. Its difficult for me as commander in chief to put our troops in a precarious situation where theyre not protected. I think what weve been trying to do, what ive been trying to do is to create an architecture, a structure its not there yet that emphasizes partnerships with countries. Emphasizes building up fragile states, resolving internal conflicts wherever we can. Trying to do as much as we can through our local partners, preserving the possibility, the necessity to take strikes ourselves against organizations or individuals that we know are trying to kill americans or belgians or french or germans. Combine that with much more effective intelligence gathering. It becomes more of a hybrid approach to National Security. That i do think is probably going to be something that we have to continue to grapple with for years to come. The good news is that there are fewer wars between states than ever before. And almost no wars between great powers. And thats a great legacy of leaders in the United States, in europe and asia after the cold war after the end of world war ii that built this international architecture. Thats worked and we should be proud of that and preserve it. But this different kind of low grade threat, one thats not an existential threat, but can do real damage and real harm to our society and creates the kind of fear that can cause division and, you know, political reactions. You know, we have to do that better. We have to continually refine it. For example, the reason i put out our announcement about the civilian casualties resulting from drone attacks. Understanding there are nose who dispute the numbers. What im trying to do is to institutionalize a system where we begin to hold ourselves accountable for this different kind of National Security threat and these different kinds of operations its imperfect still. But i think we can get there and what i can say honestly is whether were talking about how the nsa operates or drone strikes operate or how were partnering with other countries or my efforts to close guantanamo, by the end of my presidency, or banning torture, by the end of my presidency i feel confident that these efforts will be on a firmer legal footing, more consistent with International Law and norms. More reflective of our values and our ethics. Were going to have more work to do. Its not perfect. We have to wrestle with these issues all the time. As commander in chief of the most powerful military in the world, you know, i spend a lot of time brooding over these issues. And im not satisfied that weve got it perfect yet. I can say honestly its better than it was when i came into office. Thank you very much, everybody, thank you, poland. [ applause ] inpresident of the United States rapping up a one hour News Conference in warsaw. Much of it focusing in on whats going on here in the United States, especially the aftermath of that massacre of Police Officers in dallas, texas. The president made a specific point of suggesting america is not as divided racially today as some have suggested and he went in depth on that specific issue. I want to bring in our White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski who is traveling with the president in warsaw right now. Michelle, the president went through a whole lot of issues, but the focus clearly cutting short his decision to visit europe right now. His focus is on whats going on here in the United States. Reporter this is the third time in as many days weve seen him top his remarks with the events in america. Often on these trips theyre overshadowed by international terrorism. This time its at home. I thought it was interesting he didnt want to try to put a box around what happened. He didnt want to call it domestic terrorism or a hate crime. He said its at this point pretty tough to untangle the motives. This is, obviously, a disturbed individual. But he really wanted to get beyond the details and look at the broader themes in america. The divisions that everybodys talking about right now, he wanted to hone in on the unity. He wanted to try to make that the theme of todays kind of discussion of whats been going on. Saying that americans are really united in their outrage, anger and frustration of whats been going on. I also thought it was a strong point he made, that this shooter in dallas, he said no more represents the views of most black people than the charleston shooter represents those of white people or the orlando shooter of muslims. And he talked about one area of division, though, i mean, he sort of evolved from talking about the unity versus division into talking about guns, saying that you cant not talk about this. This is something that has to be an ongoing discussion. He said there are ways of doing it in line with the constitution. He used strong descriptions. Al saying this is a matter of a very vocal intense minority versus a majority of americans who would like to see some changes made. He said thats where there is a real division between making changes to who can get a gun in america. And how the guns are working, versus those who want to see changes. I think thats how he wrapped up that matter by at least broaching the subject again of guns. Wolf . So now hes going to be an abbreviated visit to spain, his first visit to spain a nato ally since becoming president. Tomorrow night hell be back at the white house, early next week hell be heading to dallas at the invitation of the dallas mayor, right . Reporter right. And thats something that we werent sure would happen at first. I mean, it seemed like they didnt want to change the trip, but that spain leg, obviously, is less urgent than the nato meetings that have been happening over the past couple of diays. The president decided after talking with the mayor of dallas, the police chief, with the attorney general, that he did want to try to make that visit. Now he is. Early next week. Hell be meet ing with Community Leaders likely families, we dont have a whole lot of details yet on what exactly hell be doing there. Whether this is going to be another opportunity to make a lengthy speech. I mean, three times now as i said hes given remarks and theyve been lengthy, they be been emotional, so i think it will be interesting to see how he handles this trip there. What exactly he does and how he kind of evolves this discussion. How much in depth he can get. Hes been focusing, too at the end of these remarks hes made while hes been traveling what hes been trying to do with Community Policing, Practical Solutions that hes been trying to propose and recommendations that have been out there. And the white house has mentioned, you know, with his task force on Community Policing, that has called for a lot of meetings between police and Community Leaders, there have been a string of recommendations made, but there have been a lot of communities that have not adopted those recommendations. Those things include things like training, better discussions, and better look at the inside of the communities that Police Departments hire more officers that are more representative of communities. Thats an area where more work needs to be done and the white house acknowledges that. Theyre going to make a stronger push for starting with the more simple and basic of changes within communities to try to at least put a dent in what the white house says is a serious problem in america. Thanks very much, Michelle Kosinski traveling with the president in warsaw,poland. Lets bring in ben ferguson, hes a dallas radio talk show host. And our Law Enforcement analyst, Cedric Alexander. The president ill start with you, ben, the president was specific. He said i firmly believe america is not as divided as some have suggested. When i heard that i immediately thought of what donald trump, the Presumptive Republican nominee suggested in that video he released yesterday in the aftermath of the dallas shootings, listen to what trump said. Too Many Americans are living in terrible poverty and violence. We need jobs. And were going to produce those jobs. Racial divisions have gotten worse, not better. Too many headlines flash across our screens every day about the rising crime and rising death tolls in our cities. Now, is the time for prayers, love, unity, and leadership. President also specifically said that racial relations in the United States have gotten better, although theres still a lot of work that needs to be done. Did that jump out to you as well . Yes, it certainly stepped out its more a wish than reality. Ill quote three dallas Police Officers who i talked to this morning who said they feel like the divide is the worst theyve seen in their careers, these are decades old policemen on the force. They said never felt racial divisions than they have right now. Some of these Police Officers are africanamerican. Obviously behind me, you can see love and support you have of police, men that are black, white, hispanic and all different races coming out to support them. There also is a massive divide right now. You cannot talk to Police Officers without hearing that. Politically i think the president is saying something that most people realize is probably not reality. Look how divisive this election has been between both sides whether it be bernie sanders, donald trump and barack obama and hillary clinton. This is a divided time in politics its divided in the country as well. Its divided when you have a Dallas Police chief who said i go to work every day and my officers do not feel the support of the community. For the president to say were not that divided you have an africanamerican police chief with a diversified force with Community Policing who is saying he doesnt feel the support of the community. Thats very telling. Cedric, lets get your analysis, youve spent your career in Law Enforcement. Where do you see the situation right now . If youre speaking in terms of race relations, you and i know thats complex subject. But its all going to be relative. Its going to be relative to who you are and where you live in america. Lets just say this, no community, no Police Department is going to be 100 absolute in lock step with each other. But we know this, we have come long way in this country as it relates to race. Certainly we got a lot of work left to be done. Thats what i heard the president saying, i didnt hear him say it was perfect. He said that we have issues, theres still work to be done. If we look historically, theres no way any of us could disagree with it. From a policemens perspective, from a Law Enforcement perspective, we have had longstanding issues between police and communities of color for years. Theres been great progress made in that regard. But we also have to remember, wolf, what may be happening in one community that may not be that well or that strong as it relates to Police Relationships may be very strong in another community somewhere else across the country. When we look at the two incidents that occurred more recently in both minnesota and in baton rouge, what were finding as we move forward, something will happen oftentimes that send us back two steps. It doesnt mean its the worst thing in the world. What it means weve got a lot of work to do in terms of building those relationships. Dallas, texas, dallas itself has one of the best relationships with communities in the country. They are a model that has been recognized by the attorney general, Loretta Lynch and those inside the department. You can ask the chief as well will tell you that. Does that mean they dont have challenges . Certainly theyre going to still have challenges. I have challenges in my own county of dekalb. Its about even between africanamerican and white. No where is going to be perfect. Its going to be challenged we have made a lot of progress going forward. Ben, youre in dallas, you live in dallas. The president s going to be there early in the week at the invitation of the dallas mayor, what do you want to hear the president say when he comes to dallas in the aftermath of this Police Massacre . I want and i think most people ive talked to do not want this speech to be a political in nature as in calling for gun control, calling for some sort of reform in that way. They want him to come here and be very clear that the president of the United States of america backs the police in dallas and all over the country. They want a very simple and clear message from him. That we are not going to tolerate the abuse of the Police Officers because of the actions of very few Police Officers in the country. And most Police Officers that ive talked to since friday when this happened have said they need to know that the president of the United States of america is backing them 100 and the other leaders are backing them 100 . Without any other agenda, without a pause, without an asterisk as one Police Officer said to me. Without advocating for some sort of gun control. As they said gun control did not have an issue with this shooting. This was hate of the police. This was an individual that was allowed to buy a gun, this was hate of the police and we have to fix that problem. Ill give you the final word, go ahead cedric. Here again, we have some issues that have been dealt with, whole gun control issue is another very complex issue. Do we need to continue to have conversation around it . Yes. Does it need to be talked on i agree with ben. We dont need to talk about that right now. We need to help heal that community, that Police Department. Give them the support that they need. Give that Community Support they need. We cannot negate the fact that we still have questions and we have to find some resolve about the complex issues around gun control. 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The dallas mayor Mike Rawlings just visited the makeshift memorial outside Police Headquarters in dallas honoring the five Police Officers killed in thursdays shooting and only moments ago, as he was walking away. He said this. Senseless and just useless. It made me determine this morning for it not to be senseless. And not be useless. And thats the job of all of you. Thats the job of everybody thats seeing this. To decide for themselves whether this wants to be a senseless and useless absurd moment in life, or if it has a purpose in a grander plan to make us a stronger country, a stronger city, and a stronger world. And so as i look at this, i realize there are a lot of people that want to make it that way. I hope there are millions of more. Mayor of dallas speaking from the heart. Mike rawlings at that makeshift memorial outside Dallas Police headquarters. I want to bring back our cnn Law Enforcement analyst, Cedric Alexander and tom fuentes, and steve moore. Lets go to Martin Savidge. Hes got new information on the investigation thats unfolding right now. What are you learning . Reporter they continue to process what is essentially a huge murder scene in the heart of downtown dallas. The streets where the shootings took place on thursday night replar remain closed. The fbi was seen, a number of agents walking in close proximity down the street. Theyre trying to essentially catalog all the gunfire that took place. We know that on top of the shots that were fired by the gunman there were 12 dallas Police Officers who were able to return fire over a drama that lasted for several hours. And even though that gunman says he acted alone, authorities are not going to just take his word. Theyre investigating that fully. Thats the one thing they want to make sure of. If there were any accomplices, they want to find out about them and bring them to justice. So even though the gunman is dead, they have to efficiently work on the crime scene. One of the Haunting Images a police car belonging to one of the officers killed is still on the street. The street is very much the way it was on thursday. Its a crime scene that has to be gone through. As far as the crime scene is concerned, its a big area, martin, and forensically theyre going through literally every square foot, right . Reporter right. Theyre documenting, of course, with photographs, with all sorts of all other technology. Even the line of fire of the bullets. One of the things that was confusing at the beginning of this on that night was the fact they thought there were multiple gunmen. We know the reason for that confusion was one, the shooter was using a technique called shoot and schoooot. Whether that was his military training or something he learned later. It was effective at killing Police Officers and confusing them as to where he was shooting. The urban environment, hearing gunfire, its hard to see where a shooting is coming from. Very deadly. Lets get some analysis, tom fuentes, take us behind the scenes right now. If others, one person or several others knew about his plan to go out there and kill these Police Officers, how does the fbi, how does local Law Enforcement, how do they find out about that . Through his social media and techniques they use in cases like this, his computer system, friends, neighbors, colleagues, who he might have told about it. What postings hes done on social media. Theres a wide variety of methods. This is just standard procedure. We see this on every major case like this to try to figure out who was talking to the individuals, what were they saying, was he part of a group or not. You know, the wider network. As Martin Savidge just said theyve going to account for every bullet casing they can find at the scene on the city streets and parking garage and determine if they come from his weapon or do other casings not match the weapons that he how difficult is this investigation going to be . Its going to be incredibly difficult but its not going to be impossible. In addition to what tom just mentioned, they are probably going to go back and look at cell phone records and find out who he was talking to, first of all but then go back to cell tower hits and find out where he was in the 48 hours before the attack. Theyll look at his finances, somebody bought the guns and ammo, who paid for it . Theyll try to find out whether momma gave him the money or he had a job somewhere. Somebody financed this somehow because hes not really that well employed. That he was released from the u. S. Army more than a year or so ago. They did find according to the Dallas Police inside his house, living with his mother, they found bomb making materials and ballistic vests and rifle and ammunition and personal journal of combat tactics. Cedric, none of that is cheap. You have to be money to buy that stuff. Youre right. None of it is cheap but i agree with both guests in that i think what the investigation is also going to disclose hopefully over time, whether he acted alone and if he act d alone at the crime scene, were there others that helped and supported and financed him securing the equipment that he had both on him and found at his home. Martin, the mayor of dallas, Mike Rawlings, he also was asked some questions as he was leaving that make shift memorial. Listen to this exchange. Guys, this is crazy. Ive been talking as much healing as in my body. So its all about race. Its all about race. Lets get over it. Build a bridge and lets get over it. What is your message to the people . Ive spoken enough. You can see hes clearly understandably frustrated and angry, martin. I assume thats the mood out there, people are very depressed over what happened. Reporter they are, i mean clearly this is a city that is still in shock and i dont even believe theyve got to the grieving part yet, as a result of that you have mixed emotions out there. I was at the vigil held yesterday at noon and this is really shortly after the horrific revelation of how many officers had died. It was all walks of life, all colors and creeds and all faiths represented and the atmosphere there was that very much a coming together and people embracing one another and saying, look, were either going to divide into each other and turn into something awful or we take this moment and come together. Thats something the mayor talked about as well. But there have been others that have come forward with messages not as unifying and that is the problem. Also, that is human nature. People are frightened and people are grieving and people are angry and all of that mix is being felt in the streets of dallas right now. How does that impact police, tom fuentes. They saw what happened to these five Police Officers shot and killed, seven more shot and injured. Youve got to assume that Police Departments all over the country are taking extra precautions right now. Of course before the Police Officers hit the street on their tour of duty, each role call, the sergeant lieutenant captain will be telling them, be careful, watch out. That goes out over and over and they already know that. They know that from the first day of Police Academy training to be cautious and careful and be vigilant and observant and dont let your guard down. But again, especially not going to change in some of the inner cities communities where we have gun violence and street gang violence, the Community Leaders arent out on that street. The politicians arent out on street. The Church Leaders arent. Its the police, only people out there 24 7 trying to keep Young Children alive from gun violence and i think that the frustration of most Law Enforcement agencies is that they are not appreciated for what they are doing. They are really trying to do something and nobody else is out there doing what they are doing. Whats your message to Police Departments all over the country right now . I would be twice as careful of two things, number one, you have your fundamentals for safety. Its kind of like we all know buckle your seat belt, this type of thing. After youve seen a horrible accident they remember stuff like that. They need to go back to Humanity Fund amountles, whether they believe it or not, there is a racial perception right now that they need to deal with and they need to take extra steps to make sure that theres not even a hint of bias against any class of persons. Good point. Finally, cedric, you advised Police Departments all over the country right now. Whats your message . Certainly i agree with your last guest there and this the whole humanity piece. Police officers are human beings, and they have feelings and they have reactions just like anyone else in the population. This is a tough time for policing in america. But im going to tell you something, wolf, the men and women out there in my community and across this country, they are keeping their heads up and they are going out there and doing the job every day. They are maintaining those relationships with people in and around their communities but time is going to heal these wounds but we have to continue to move forward and build and bridge those relationships. We have to continue to build legitimacy between ourselves and the community and community with police. And were going to be okay but its going to take some time. We still got work to do. Its going to take work indeed. Guys, dont go too far away. Our special coverage continues right after this. 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