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Murders. Those are events in which four or more people are killed. And nearly 9500 Gun Violence Deaths already this year. The president is using this moment to announce new Executive Action to tamp down, to try to tamp down gun crime. Hes also once again calling on congress to act on gun legislation. Lets begin this hour at the white house. Our Jeremy Diamond joins us. What is to come from biden today . Reporter listen, were going to see the president Layout A Comprehensive Gun Prevention Violence Strategy to address the surge in Violent Crime that happened over 2020 and appears to be continuing into 2021, with experts warning of a potentially dangerous and violent summer. Were going to hear the president sign some new Executive Actions on gun reforms. Hes also going to Push Congress once again to enact gun control laws. Press for the confirmation of his atf director. This will all follow a meeting between the president , his attorney general, and several mayors and chiefs of police as well as Community Violence intervention experts here at the white house. This is all to show that the president is indeed taking this rise in Violent Crime across the country and in major American Cities seriously. Now, as far as the plan itself, there are five main pillars at the white house. Senior officials laid out for us last night. One is to stem the flow of firearms. Thats going to create a zero tolerance. Supporting local Law Enforcement with tools, investing in Community Violence intervention. One of the real interesting things happening on the Community Intervention front as well as the broader Law Enforcement funding is the administration wants to make clear those funds from the American Rescue plan, those Coronavirus Relief funds, those state and local funds from that bill can, indeed, be used to help communities that are dealing with the surge in violence related to the pandemic to bring up their Law Enforcement staffing, to invest in some of these Community Violence intervention measures. That is certainly something were going to hear President Biden highlight today. Again, this is all showing this intense concern inside the white house about this rise in crime because of the impact it will have, not only on lives lost, but also on the economy. And there is, of course, always politics at play here, and that is an attempt to prebutt some of the arguments weve heard in the past and we will surely hear from republicans ahead of the 22 midterms, that biden is soft on crime. They want to make clear, the white house wants to make clear President Biden and his administration are taking this seriously, and there is an interesting marrying hereof some of those efforts to combat the violence and also to attack the Gun Violence Problem in america. Jeremy diamond, thank you. Well wait for bidens remarks a little later this afternoon. The president s announcement comes as statistics show homicides continue to rise year over year. In many of americas biggest cities. And a new York City Police man had taken guns off the street in a faster pace, were joined by shimon perez. Community leaders told me what they call an iron pipeline. Guns coming from states with lax laws. I wonder how that factors into the numbers youre seeing. It factors greatly into the numbers in Law Enforcement and New York City. Also other parts of the country are seeing. Thats why were seeing as part of this announcement from the president today that hes announcing that the atf, Police Officials in new york, chicago and l. A. , and others, washington, d. C. And san francisco, where they are seeing an increase in gun violence, specifically gun violence they are seeing an increase in over the last 18 months. Theyre stepping up this task force to deal with gun trafficking. Its basically whats going on, that people are leaving their cities like new york and going out of the state where there are lax gun laws, buying the guns and bringing them into New York City, selling them in New York City, and also sharing them. There is a big problem with gangs and crews that are using these weapons that theyre buying out of state. We see the numbers here in new york. 2,169 guns have been seized in really the First Six Months of this year. The n. Y. P. D. Said they are seeing the numbers bigger than they have seen in almost 15 years. The numbers are continuing to rise. Its a great concern here in New York City, as well as in chicago. In chicago they have now seized ne nearly 6,000 guns. Chicago police saying they have seized 5,556 guns. Thats a thousand over the same time period last year. These are all very troubling numbers. Police officials from all across the country have gone to the department of justice, have gone to the white house and have said, we need help. So perhaps this is the first step in that. The other thing, jim and poppy, what youve been focusing on, the bail reform laws. A lot of times whats happening, people arrested with mere gun possession, thats a big deal. They are being let out of jail. Meaning they dont have to spend any time except that one night in jail. In many cases what the n. Y. P. D. Is seeing is those folks are out there carrying guns and getting arrested and also involved in shootings. So theres a lot of things going on here. The first steps were going to see from the Biden Administration are going to be helpful to Law Enforcement. One of the cops we spoke so the other night said folks are relieved before they even finish the paperwork for that arrest. Thank you very much. Joining us is former acting Baltimore Police commissioner and National Political reporter for the new york times. Chief barksdale, if i can begin with you, the cop is right, theres no single cause or solution to this rise in crime. Youll hear from the left and the right these are simple issues, right. Its one thing, but its not. Its multiple things. Its layered. From your perspective and your experience, what is the most urgent issue here that needs to be addressed not just by the president , but by cities around the country . Jim, you got out there and you saw what the cops are dealing with. The most urgent thing that can be done is one step President Biden is taking. Solidify the position in the atf. I believe its chipman. Get the local agencies to work with the federal agencies. Figure out who is who are the worst individuals on the streets driving the violence and then have the locals with the feds work to subtract them Constitution Tally from the crime equation. The politics of this,s tom freidmans article today is really important in the times, talking about his Home City Of Minneapolis where they have seen city wide crime up nearly 90 compared to the first half of last year. And he writes this. Quote Department Officials say it is no coincidence the rise in crime the departure of 200 members of the citys police force, Retirement Resignations and medical lives in the month since George Floyds death. He notices 19 people are in the new class of cadets that just hit the streets. The headline column, want to get trump lerkted . Dismantle the police. He calls defund the police for some democrats political dynamite for them. Is it . Im not going to defend the premise of the column. Thats not the argument i think i see from the reporting. We see Police Departments that have experienced a decline that experience an uptick in crime for a lot of reasons, including some that have seen Mass Resignations or folks leave the force since george floyd. Weve seen some Police Departments be financially ham strung. We have seen others where they have actually increased the budget that went to the Police Departments locally and that still has not resulted in a prevention of crime. So i think its kind of simplistic to look at one notion. We also speak to the politics. Its not as if donald trump did not try to drive the increase in Crime Numbers against Joe Biden Last year. That was something that we saw being successful. But it could be different in the midterms, right . Donald trump is a specific person who is not making that argument in full. If this is a referendum as joe biden and the democrats, we could see a different type of backlash, particularly in those Gerrymandered Suburban House districts. The politics here is complicated. We know the solutions are also complicated. And i dont think it will be helpful for anyone to say that is specifically tied to one specific movement, particularly when we havent seen that lead to a very large scale local defunding of police. I dont think that thats a one to one comparison. Commissioner barksdale, when i speak to cops, they say they need help with guns. Straight up, theyre too easy to find. High capacity magazines they run into, highpowered weapons. You know the politics of gun control in this country. I want to ask you a basic question given your experience of someone who led a police department. Can you do crime prevention, can you address this rise in crime without addressing the prevalence and availability of guns . Jim, i believe that you can do both. You can focus on guns, but at the same time, it takes a human hand. It takes a person to pull the trigger. Who are the worst . Cops need better intelligence so they can know who theyre confronting and focus their efforts. Thats what we did in baltimore. This isnt about stats. Theyre seizing guns all day now, all day and all night. What are the results . But if theyre flooding in at such a rate, which they appear to be, dont you need a National Effort to make them less available, lessees i to get . Absolutely. And President Biden focusing on atf is an excellent step forward. What im saying is on the ground level, the cops need they do need federal partnerships so when they do Grab Somebody with a gun, that person goes federal instead of getting released overnight. Yeah, weve heard the n. Y. P. D. Commissioner talk to jim previously about that and what they are dealing with in terms of these people getting out so quickly. Whats interesting about what biden is going to say this afternoon, there is a lot of history here for him in terms of Crafting Bills to combat crime. Im talking about the 94 crime bill specifically. And there are parts of it he has disavowed and said he was wrong on. There are parts that he stands by and they remain today. How do you think that shapes his fight on this fund . Yeah, i think its critically important. I remember going to wilmington, delaware, to write a story how joe biden, the 27yearold fresh face to congress made biden a focus to his letter to the senate. That is something he wanted to be looking at. We know how that kind of played out. Not just the 94 crime bill, but the decade leading up to that. He worked with republicans like Strom Thurman to take punitive measures. He thought thats where they needed to be to politically insulate themselves. The tension of that bill has not gone away. He sees it as something to stem the root cause of crime or a reactive measure to listen to Law Enforcement sources to increase their resources. That is going to be still a question about, we dont know kind of where joe biden has moved. The biggest portions of the party have moved on those questions, but they have elected someone who has been somewhat resistant to doing that. And i think, again, it comes up with a filibuster thats going to stymy every piece of legislation the democrats put on the table. Its where is the president individually and where is the party going to deliver on this issue where they know republicans will try to use it against them. Thank you both for the important discussion on this. Great to have you both. Thank you. Ahead, quite a warning from dr. Anthony fauci on the delta covid variant. He says it could upend all the progress that weve made against covid19. 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Among new infections. There is some encouraging news here, though. He believes its unlikely that we will see a return of the high virus surges we saw last year. Lets bring in the clinical director of the division of Infectious Diseases at brigham and Womens Hospital in boston. Doctor, its good to have you. Thanks. On top of that warning from dr. Fauci, you have dr. Rashel walensky, the head of the cdc, saying something i suppose is obvious but so important to hear, and that is at this point with such effective Vaccines Available to everyone in this country, almost every death from covid shes saying is preventible. That is absolutely true. One of the key findings from countries where the Delta Variant is spreading rapidly is that people have received two doses of the vaccine are largely still protected from getting it even though its much more transmissible. In addition, those who do get delta who have been vaccinated typically get much milder disease. We have the tools available to us even though it is spreading rapidly. So, when you look at our National Vaccination rate at this point, we talked for ages about getting to herd immunity. Were not there yet. We are above 45 fully vaccinated. And among adults, were in the high 60s or will be