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For a long time, and theres a growing bipartisan consensus. the cartels need to be redefined as a national security threat, not just a law enforcement problem for the united states. that redesignation would really give with us tools and a range of understanding about the cartels as an international problem that we havent been facing now. that all came up when the attorney general, merrick garland, every thed. this is a major problem in international relations, and we have to treat it that way --...

When mark says democrats wanted to defund police. thats not true. bowser is trying to get more police officers to work on the police force. when we talk about jackings carjackings. many that are done by teenagers. where should they be? they should be in rec centers and after school program and enrichment programming. if we tackle the problem of crime to only look at it as a law enforcement problem is wrong. what early interventions can we put in place to stop them from getting into crime and sto...

Does that mean? what does it look like from where you stand? >> well, you know, its a comprehensive approach. its both and and not either/or. its law enforcement problem and also access to guns. look, it goes back to -- well, my administrations focused on the economic and social roots of crime. so, its a -- this is not a place for partisanship. this is something we need to come together and look at all the ways we can help solve the problem. >> when youre talking about gun safety, for instance, ...

It for someone to acquire a gun? well, extremely easy. of course it depends state by state. texas is one state where it is very easy. you really dont have to present very much by way of background, and thats what the democrats want to tighten. one of the things they want to clamp down on. they want universal background checks for gun sales in this country. those laws of varying state—by—state, and gun shows here, you dont have to present any means of identification. and they want a ban on as...

But thriving on u.s. soil. my next guest says the time for the reckoning has come. joining me now is florida congressman and former green bray -- mike, congressman thanks for joining the program. what is it going to take to get this under control? >> yeah, lawrence these cartels -- are armed now with heavy weapons. with armored vehicles, they have an estimated 30 to 40,000 soldiers and operatives under their command with assets to the tunes of billions. they are destabilizing our border. fentany...

Treated as a law enforcement problem. after 9/11 we treated as a military issue and we need to start treating these cartels as a military issue. im not talking about thousands of american boots on the ground in mexico but we need to start using our military assets our intelligence, our drones, and even advisors with the mexican military start decapitating these -- with the decapitation strikes. these mexican cartel leaders start going after their assets. and again, treating it as a national secu...

Treated as a law enforcement problem. after 9/11 we treated as a military issue and we need to start treating these cartels as a military issue. im not talking about thousands of american boots on the ground in mexico but we need to start using our military assets our intelligence, our drones, and even advisors with the mexican military start decapitating these -- with the decapitation strikes. these mexican cartel leaders start going after their assets. and again, treating it as a national secu...

This -- violent crime is primarily a local law enforcement problem. yes, big city mayors and pas, some of them have utterly failed to. him the fact is that no president can solve crime on the streets of new york and chicago, los angeles, san francisco. you can throw some money but police departments dont know what to do. >> john: lets go to the hajji abdullah raid, heres what president biden said. >> last nights operation took a major terrorist leader of the battlefield and sent a strong message...

That. and he further said current former elected officials are amplifying that propaganda and he didnt mention donald trump by name, but it was pretty clear what he was talking about there when he warned that people should not do this because they are creating a greater risk for violence because lone actors are listening to this stuff online and becoming radicalized. >> we would base the threat with a potential war with the taliban. there could be more casualties. >> looks like we lost ken. ken,...

By the police service. so, yes, i do think my life could be at risk. i wont say i have been threatened recently, i have in the past. injuly, im guessing what happened injuly gave you pause whenjoanna stutchbury, a long—term conservationist, she was determined to try and halt development in a wetland area in kiambu forest national park, she was murdered. as far as i am aware, the police investigation has uncovered no suspects, no culprit. theres certainly been nobody held to account. do you thi...