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Because i will bring back the cops program, the so-called cops program where we had 100,000 police on the streets which really helped drive down the crime rate and also helped create better community relations. >> she has a very different message going now. >> yeah youre not going to be very popular with democratic primary voters if you go out and say i want to put 100,000 police officers on the street and drive down the crime rate. the correct discussion in the democratic party because, remembe...

But what you just said was taking an illegal gun from a person that wasnt supposed to have it. thats not the same debate, for example, that they had in colorado. its really not the same debate as the ak-47. what mayors want to do is go to where the specific problem is. this is illegal guns in the hands of criminals that are doing the wrong things with people that they know. now, that is a very specific targeted issue that has responses that if we work on we can do better. one thing we did in thi...

Protecting our banks and politicians. why? >> well, it really surprised me. its because its so common sense and its also so historic. again, president clinton proposed a cops program that did, in the design originally, was for that to provide armed trained security in our schools. that flourished, but then it was defunded until it pretty well stopped, but it started with president clinton. and then you also, i make the comparison with our, they call it the federal flak deck officer program, but ...

Politicians. why? >> well, it really surprised me. its because its so common sense and its also so historic. again, president clinton proposed a cops program that did, in the design originally, was for that to provide armed trained security in our schools. that flourished, but then it was defunded until it pretty well stopped, but it started with president clinton. and then you also, i make the comparison with our, they call it the federal flak deck officer program, but its a pilot. after 9/11 p...

Politicians. why? >> well, it really surprised me. its because its so common sense and its also so historic. again, president clinton proposed a cops program that did, in the design originally, was for that to provide armed trained security in our schools. that flourished, but then it was defunded until it pretty well stopped, but it started with president clinton. and then you also, i make the comparison with our, they call it the federal flak deck officer program, but its a pilot. after 9/11 p...

Politicians. why? >> well, it really surprised me. its because its so common sense and its also so historic. again, president clinton proposed a cops program that did, in the design originally, was for that to provide armed trained security in our schools. that flourished, but then it was defunded until it pretty well stopped, but it started with president clinton. and then you also, i make the comparison with our, they call it the federal flak deck officer program, but its a pilot. after 9/11 p...

Is very doable. the fact of the matter is that speaker boehner is being dragged around by the nose by the most extreme elements of his caucus that represent the most extreme elements in this country. as soon as he shows some real leadership and says, you know what? lets try to operate in the best interest of the american people and not extreme ideology you can get this deal done overnight. >> congressman roe, where can you strike a deal with congressman weiner? >> cutting 4% of $1.6 trillion def...

As soon as he shows some real leadership and says, you know what? lets try to operate in the best interest of the american people and not extreme ideology you can get this deal done overnight. >> congressman roe, where can you strike a deal with congressman weiner? >> cutting 4% of $1.6 trillion deficit is not extreme. its reasonable. a lot of people want us to go further than that. its not to argue about the value of a cops program, we dont have the money to spend. its simple. if you had plenty...

Elements in this country. as soon as he shows some real leadership and says, you know what? lets try to operate in the best interests of the american people not extreme ideology, you can get this done overnight. >> where could you strike a deal with anthony weiner? >> certainly i think first of all let me say that cutting 4% of a $1.6 trillion deficit is not extreme. its reasonable. as a matter of fact, a lot of people want us to go further than that. its not to argue about the value of a cops p...

Focuses on getting money to these joint terrorism task forces, getting money to our state and local partners. i think what you said is exactly right. we have to use our state and local counterparts as force multipliers. they are the people who are going to be most familiar with the communities in which they operate. there are far more of them than there are federal law enforcement officials. and without their assistance, without their partnership, we will not be as successful as we were in foili...