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Im not attempting to disparage the attention being given to the aurora theaterring 14509ing. we should all offer our help for the emotional and victim recovery of survivors. a wife who dies at the hands of a serial abuser is also a precious life. ultimately we dont have a crime problem or a gun problem or even a violence problem. what we have is a sin problem. and since we have ordered god out of our schools and community, the military and public conversations you know we really shouldnt act so ...

and now in mississippi, a new court says that an abortion clinic is going to be allowed to stay open. we have george there, and tell us what has happened here. >> well, police officers were called here, because protesters were getting on the grass there, and they can stay on the public privat property, but it is not a private property, and it happens everyday this clinic is open. we can pan over to see happy independence day, yes, we are open, and a sign that this clinic will be open t...

Totally out of the norm. >> july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto and theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where its a problem. >> we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. we lock the doors remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deplo...

Charge. they find ways to divert you from going to jail. they make sure you good to treatment. they do all sorts of things. >> and more and more of that. >> right. if you can put that on a -- if can you scale that up, to the point where you then get people off the streets, into or off drugs and into treatment. >> it is healthier. >> i think we will hear more and more about this. what is interesting if you look at the statistics at the moment, a lot released by the dea is that 7 million americans...

>> youre not a yes. you say -- >> i think so. you think about ten years ago, the issue is decriminalizing marijuana. >> wouldnt even talk about it on msnbc. >> no. but i agree there is patchy, and at times overenforcement. if you are a black male caught in new york city, you will have a different time than with marijuana. >> especially young black male. >> i dont even know if age matters. this is a problem, definitely a problem. but i do think generally speaking, i dont know how many state legis...

Health issue, which is to say we would rather not have a country to that overconsumes a tremendous amount of mind altering chemicals, period. >> well, thats a good point about legal medications and things. today there is a story about how teens are getting high off of hand sanitizer. >> like russell said, kids will always want to get high. >> again it is an addiction problem, not a crime problem. >> they want to be clean. >> san a sanitary and high. >> thats because they are americans. europe wo...

The crime rate. as new york has shown, we can reduce incarceration and reduce crime. good starting point. >> the conversation has to start with crime is the problem. we are not solving the crime problem with these tactics. and the war on drugs is not helping the problem. >> youre saying that as, i want to ask you why youre saying that right after we take a break. well be back in a second. for fn emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along t...

There, and its used to harvest machete, so its not uncommon. but the justice was down there with his wife and house guests. he has a vacation house there. its to rental market and he stays down there prevent freque d -- frequently a man broke into the house and robbed them and took about $1,000 and took off. >> for give me, how are the local authorities not able to round up the unusual suspects? >> they may try to do im sure that is one of the things they will do. and they know its bad for touri...

And a change of heart take place in america. its time, too, that we acknowledge the solution to the crime problem will not be found in the social workers files, the psychiatrists notes or the bureaucrats budgets. >> to deny bail to a defendant posing a threat to the community, to make prison sentencing more certain, to end abuses of parole. retribution should be swift and sure for those who prey on the innocent. >> ronald reagan laying out some of the foundational logic of the american criminal ...

Populists i think the two met each other with sort of awful consequences. >> perfect storm. >> absolutely. rising crime rates in the 70s created a virpt where the public was receptive to the get tough. there was, you know, severe crime problem in many cities. sociologist wilson has shown that crime problem wasnt something wrong with black culture or people all of a sudden developing some kind of pathology and predeposition to crime. the reason for the increase in the crime rates was a sudden wav...