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More than just republicans. thats democrats and independent and thats why, ashley, to your point, this has to be on president bidens radar. he made that speech about crime but when he did, he didnt talk about criminals specifically. he said it was a gun issue in cities. ashley: i do want to play this. this is basically a montage of democrats calling for the defunding of the police. >> yes, i support the defund movement. >> not only do we need to defund but we need to dismantle and start anew. >>...

Gentlemen, welcome to you all. i talked to a number of police officers, and some of them tell me when you look at the crime across the nation, this is a people problem. i want to put up this from the minority leader kevin mccarthy in the house. he said they cities and states rush to fund, please,. next eight now protecting law-abiding citizens right to keep and bear arms has never been more important. your thoughts on that, kevin? >> i think its people person issue and a gun issue for sure, but ...

>> you are running against mark kelly. you want to be the nominee to run against kelly, former astronaut, patriotic guy, you got to hit him hard. it cant -- mark kelly gave the impression that other than on the gun issue he was going to be kind of a solid down the middle democrat. this is a socialist piece of legislation, you got to hit him hard, you got to hit harder than that. you are not going to be kelly talking about biden. >> mark kelly votes with president biden 98% of the time, chuck sch...

Endangering our communities as we certainly have. finally go after ghost guns. theyre right about that and i hope they continue that pursuit. >> bret: you know, we just saw that report from matt finn the chicago police superintendent talking about the disregard for police on the streets. take a listen. >> theres no regard for law enforcements presence at these scenes to bring them to justice. they will fire weapons at law enforcement or oothers. for what appears to be no apparent reason. >> bret...

Two parent households is one of the solutions a lot of community activists talk about. also school choice could help as well, keeping kids active, keeping them away from gangs but democrats are just addressing this as a gun issue. todd: putting the bad guys away is another one. body cam footage capturing the moment kentucky police rescue is 6-year-old after she was snatched off of her bike. >> open the door. it is okay. todd: officers tried to nap the little girl after witnesses followed her all...

Phenomenal in this country, 400 million guns, many in the hands of young people, gangs. many, many causes of whats going on. resolution of the problem is going to be extraordinarily difficult moving forward. courts are just starting to reopen in many states, we havent effectively dealt with the gun issue. and the issue of all these young people that simulate out of control, its going to be a heavy lift, nationally, state level and for eric adams, at the local level in new york city. >> lets talk...

Magic wall that is going to stop guns but not people. governor cuomo has a real problem where he has an election coming up in a year, and new yorkers are basing this giant crime wave, and he needs . this is what he is doing here. he says illegal guns should be illegal. i think everybody agrees with that. or that he knows they already are illegal. this anti-gun measure is aimed at the leftist flank of his party to show that he is one of them and he is not going to be a crime fighter and he is goi...

Number one issue when they voted in the primary yesterday. will president bidens plan have any real impact on getting those numbers down? >> i think the plan will be significant as it is proposed, it really invests in nontraditional items that relate to violence, such as investment in these community-based intervention teams, these crisis management teams with violence interrupters. its important that you take a comprehensive look at some of the factors that lead to violence or allow violence to...

Life of me are also wondering how all these guns flooded to the neighborhoods and communities where they largely have black kids and brown kids and often times poor kids with very few opportunities, the focus has to be as much there as it is on prosecuting the laws we have on the books today. >> bill: looking at crime in america, carjackings, auto theft, arson, the president was criticized immediately after for not having much bigger enthusiasm and his delivery, how did you write that? >> first ...

Societal solution? >> reporter: she talked about her goal. she says people should work on bridging their differences, working toward the gray instead of fighting with each other like everything is in black and white terms. >> she raises some very important questions. natasha chen, thank you so much joining me now, congressman from te texas. we have a staggering statistic, since the start of this year there have been at least 271 mass sootings in the united states. as you know, gun control legisl...