>> well erin tonight dhs will not say what action were taken, only saying that several actions were implement, and many of them are now in place. they also point out that what happens at the security checkpoint is just one part of their layered approach to security. also you know many of these tests are intentionally made difficult so that they can find the vulnerabilities. however, one former tsa official says that a 95% failure rate is just way too high. as you know tsa has received millions and millions of dollars from congress. and today just a short time ago, representative jason spent me this statement. after spending $540 million on baggage screening equipment and million morse on training the failure rate today is higher than it was in 2007 erin. >> that's pretty atrocious no
purposes. his rhetoric is generating some unwanted headlines like making this accusation against opponents. >> some of them i think secretly want there to be an attack on the united states so they can blame it on me. >> reporter: this morning, he walked that back. >> i think sometimes going after people's motives and impugning people's motives is a mistake. and in the heat of battle i think sometimes hyperbole can get the better of all of us. >> reporter: now paul is wearing it as a badge of honor that he stands virtually alone in the republican primary field when it comes to this issue. he claims that the others just don't get it. that in places like iowa and new hampshire, there are very specific voters who like the idea of the government staying out. and that being more important than national security especially in a place like new hampshire, live free or die, erin. and in fact lindsey graham is going to go there for his very first official campaign stop tomorrow. they'll test whether paul and
and the police union there is saying basically the criminals have the upper hand. erin? >> miguel thank you very much. it's fascinating when you look at the statistics. i want to bring in bill stanton, former nypd officer and van jones. bill, let me start with you. you heard miguel go through the statistics in terms of murder rates. overall crime was down in some city petty crime et cetera but murders up chicago, new york baltimore, milwaukee, st. louis, in all of those cases. is this because police are pulling back? they're afraid? they're afraid to do their jobs? they're afraid of going to jail? they're afraid of being called racist or it is ridiculous bunk? >> it's all of the above, erin. when you take away police pride and you take away giving them the benefit of the doubt, and they are more afraid they are ready, willing and able to run in the line of fire to go up against a perpetrator with a knife, to help anyone of any color, when you take the benefit of the doubt away and you're going to call them racist or