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All while seeking brought bipartisan support. the call for reform comes amid a rift within the administration over comments made by fbi director james comey, who has twice in recent days said the recent uptick in crime in some cities is likely the result of a ferguson effect. where law enforcement officers act more restrained over fear of being recorded on video. >> i spoke to officers in one big city. at a precinct house who described being surrounded by young people with mobile phones, video c...

>> the white house pushing back on the fbi? >> theres an overwhelming problem we know with gang violence. we 0 know that activists lump in a lot of these incidents and give a blanket statement that they were all unjustified and they were all victims. meanwhile, theres a dramatic rise in crime. comey mentioned the ferguson effect. but he said something that people kind of ignored. he linked it to a release of violent felons. which puts to rest this myth that overcrowding in prisons are filled wit...

♪ with you i can feel again >> good morning to you and welcome to "fox & friends first." nice to have you with us. im heather childress. >> im heather insainsley. >> the director of the fbi saying anti police rhetoric is to blame for ame all across the country. now the white house is firing back. kelly wright with the latest. >> heather and ainsley, good morning to you as well. fbi director james comey saying police throughout the country are not effectively combating crime due to what he ca...

Important. people dont want to believe what their eyes are showing and showing and telling them. i think that people should look at this video and ask themselves, is this appropriate? what if this were my child, is this excessive? and i think its really clear that it is. >> the video is very, very disturbing. actually difficult to watch. sunny hostin joining us there from new york. thanks as always. >> thanks. well, a south carolina incident is the latest in a series of heavily publicized enco...

Actually are. listen, i dont defend bad cops and what we see here is certainly questionable and ought to be questioned. we need answers as a community about what happened there, as we do in all these situations. >> you know, this video plays right into the very same narrative we heard the director of the fbi talking about yesterday. that is the so-called ferguson effect. that is that cell phone video is so ubiquitous now is its actually having a chilling effect on police officers. they dont want...

And ships and that is something the u.s. will not tolerate. and president xi and president obama met here in washington a couple of weeks ago. and the fact that you have this transit a couple of weeks later shows they did not reach agreement. it is a real standoff. remains to be seen how they resolve this, carol. >> still to come in the news room, the fbi director toning down comments that the police have become gun shy because of the ferguson effect

With frances rivera for more. >> this comes on the heels of controversial remarks yesterday and friday from fbi chief james co comey. heres a reminder. >> i spoke to officers in one city precinct describe being surrounded by young people taunting them getting out of the cars. they said to me, we feel under siege and dont feel much like getting out of our cars. >> talking about the ferguson effect. some say its changed policing and the publics relationship with police since michael browns police ...

Its clear he and the fbi director disagree about this ferguson effect and the impact it may or may not be having on police officers. the white house spokespersons said clearly they dont agree that police officers are until soy way less aggressive or shirking the responsibilities of being fearful of videotaped doing their duties and made that clear. i dont think the president will come out forcefully against what his fbi director saying because what he is mostly going to try to do is say things t...

Her attorney said she gave no indication anything was wrong. >> we know she left work, but we dont know why. we dont know if she was sent home by her employer or left on her own. she did leave. the statement from her employer, when she left, she seemed absolutely fine. they had no concerns about her at all. they certainly didnt think that she was on her way to do what ultimately happened. >> i just want people to know that adacia is a kind, loving, caring person and she would not have done this ...

Know that adacia is a kind, loving, caring person and she would not have done this purposely. i just dont believe that in may heart. >> chambers father apologized to the victims. the judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation. james comey says police across the country have become nervous because of the so-called ferguson effect. speaking at a conference, comey said officers are an aggressively afraid to take action. >> surrounded by young people with mobile phones held high taunting them when the...