combatting unprecedented spikes in violent crime in a few of our communities such as will minken to where they have happened. and the vrn, violence reduction network, because piloted in wilmington and a small number of other places and we believe it works. where the fbi brings to a fight that is primarily a state and local fight our technology, our intelligence expertise at figuring out how to connect dots and which of the bad guys we should focus on and then our a littles agents and their ability to make cases. so we re trying to do it in cities around the country.s age to make cases. so we re trying to do it in cities around the country. about half of america s biggest cities saw another rise in violence the first quarter of this year, so we re trying to do what we ve done in wilmington in those places, as well. i appreciate your efforts to support local law enforcement. thank you. good morning, mr. director. it s afternoon now. assume for a second that i m not