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President tonight? what calls to action will he have for the country or congress? >> the president understands the country is very concerned about this issue and i think what youll hear from him is a discussion about what government is doing to ensure our highest priority, the protection of the american people. i think hell talk about the actions weve taken not just since 9/11 but since paris to help keep the american people and american interests safe. you may hear him call on congress to revie...

Control conversation? >> well, i think were in the middle of that conversation. we always are. when we have the incidents that we have seen, were talking about this terrible san bernardino shooting now. a week ago we were talking about planned parenthood in colorado, and there are dozens and dozens -- >> is this a gun problem or a violence problem in the country? >> i think we have a number of issues here. i think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent crime issues that we have ...

Our community is resilient. well recover from this. its been an impact and huge out pouring of sympathy and concern for the families and victims. the stage we set up to receive all those families was a great deal of effort put into making sure that it went as smoothly as possible. >> that was the mayor of san bernardino that spoke with us earlier this morning. lets bring in republican congressman matt thornbury of texas. thank you for being on the show this morning. were at the 355th mass shooti...

Mayors are not supporting law enforcement. so if i want to get at the violence problem in this country lets support law enforcement to do their job because 1993, 2,200 murders in new york. regionally, mike bloomberg comes in, tougher policing standards. by the time mike bloomberg leaves 20 years, 220 or so murders in the year he leaves. now murder up 11% under mayor de blasio. so lets focus on the real issue which is violent crime on our streets by criminals who dont that have legal right to hav...

Terrorist watch list ought to have these second amendment right to go out and buy guns and shoot americans. >> listen, in new jersey weve decided that thats not the way to go. fact is that my experience as a prosecutor tells me that the folks that we need to be concerned about are the criminals. if youre on a terrorist watch list we need to be concerned but in lots of respects. but the real violence problem in this country, mike, is happening every day on the streets. lets see where it is happen...

Still badly blighted. >> what do you see is the biggest challenges the city faces over the next ten years to come? >> weve had the violence problem since long before katrina. that has to do with the education system and income gap. as the mayor pointed out every day, it takes a few generations, even if you have a stellar school system. we have one better than we did prekatrina. the school system had been taken over by the state. were on an uphill track from not having any toilet paper or school ...

One of the guys liked me. that gave me confidence. >> you want to feel like a person. when youre unemployed, you dont always feel like a person. everyone looks down on you for some reason or another. ♪ >> if chicago can have more jobs, i think the violence will actually stop in chicago. >> how big a part of solving the violence problem in this city are jobs for young folks? >> theres no doubt, where you have poverty, you have violence. where you have poverty, you have lower educational obtainm...

Specifically there, we do gain information from inmates. its very similar to what police officers use in the streets to gain information. you develop an informant. obviously, with the statement that mr. palmer made and what i read officer palmer went above and beyond. he went too far with that. there are ways to develop an informant. we have gang problems in the system. we do have violence large scale violence problem. we have drug that is come into the system. and they havent been stopped. so o...

The fact of the matter is in this country we have a violence problem. think about it this way, the tears of the families of these police officers and the tears of eric garners family and michael browns family arent shed in law enforcement blue, racially black or brown, theyre colorless. >> here with reaction from the black sphere, brian benjamin, fox news contributor david webb. david, let me start here because you were in ferguson a number of times covering that issue for this program. those ca...

Welcome back to hannity now on sunday. cornell william brooks, the president of the naacp said the rhetoric was not to blame for the murders. >> to link the insanity of a loan gunman to the peaceful aspirations of many people across the country, including the attorney general, the mayor, and even the president, is not fair. the fact is we have a violence problem. think about it this way. the tears of michael brown and eric garners family are not shed in racially black or brown, theyre colorless....