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I can tell you right now were down about nearly 100 officers in st. paul and we need more cops. as you stated previously, we reached a record number of homicides. weve had a couple more in the place few days and i clipsed the record by four homicides. you mentioned about the term of reimagining public safety. whats happening right now is not imaginary, it is real. these are real victims of real crimes and we need more cops. it will take a lot of time to get back to a place where our communities ...

However he framed it. thats an inappropriate response. who speaks for the real victims in our communities and cities? >> benjamin: james talks about the 1.6 billion that will be distributed to cities and towns and what garland said. it will deliver critical public safety resources helping public safety professionals, local agencies and nonprofit organizations confront these serious challenges. i suppose the irony is that some of these cities have called to defund the police. is this level of fun...

Experienced police officers that are there? thats the real issue. and then when we talk about violent crime, where are we going to stop just talking about police and hold these progressive judges and d.a.s who are also public servants but they are more political servants who are doing nothing? thats the real issue. unfortunately we dont have enough police chiefs and progressive mayors standing up and holding these folks accountable. lets face it, look at chicago. lori lightfoot. she has been get...

The president wants the supreme court to overrule the lower court and end the policy saying quote, mpp is not the best tool for deterring unlawful immigration. that mpp exposes my grants to unacceptable risk and yet it detracts from the executives foreign relations efforts to manage regional migration. the policy requires migrants to remain in mexico will until a u.s. judge hears their asylum claim. it can take months or years exposing migrants to unacceptable risks. >> these acts of violence ar...

Democrats havent passed any voting rights legislation, raised the minimum wage and any negotiations around police or gun reform have failed. not to mention democrats could not extend a nationwide eviction moratorium or cancel student debt. still havent worked out how to pass immigration reform. with the mid-terms around the corner the left is feeling a lot of pressure to give the president some much-needed agenda wins starting with build back better. >> we know there is still work to be done and...

Compromise and action. but it all comes down to all the fighting, all the drama happening within the democratic party. ben. >> benjamin: absolutely. aishah hosni live in washington >> julie: prime example of do as i say, not as i do. incoming new york city comptroller will have an nypd security detail despite repeated calls to defund the police. he was disturbed the citys annual budget bill passed over the summer adding $200 million to the police departments budget and last june he put out a let...

I wonder, james, how can you explain these record breaking homicide levels? >> happy new year and thanks for having me on the show. this is no surprise to me. d.o.j. puts 1.6 billion to do what? so they can move away from the progressive social lifts that keep still talking about defund the police. it is not going to work. these political servants dont really understand how are you going to recruit, retain police officers? but more important than that we keep focusing on police. the reason why w...