Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. At a Police Chiefs conference in chicago, President Trump spoke about his support for Law Enforcement and Border Security and the recent military raid in syria that led to the death of an isis leader. The president also signed an executive order to establish a new Commission Led by the attorney general that would study key issues facing Law Enforcement. First, lets hear a big round of applause for that playlist. It is the president s playlist. [applause] manreat music from a great to get us excited about his presence here today. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I called to order this special session of the 2019 annual conference and exhibition of the International Association of chiefs of police. Over the past year, i have had the honor to meet with the president several times. During these meetings, i have witnessed the president who has demonstrated commitment and meaningful work with criminal Justice Reform that will make both Law Enforcement and our communities stronger and safer. Iacp was fortunate enough to work closely with the president and his staff during the development of the first step act. A process that evolved not only from iacp, but also prosecutors, community members, civic leaders, and religious organizations. All input was heard, discussed, and thoughtfully deliberated. Historicrt led to the bipartisan passage of the first step acct. I want to thank the president for his support of Law Enforcement and his continued commitment to strengthening our criminal justice system. It is now my distinct honor to introduce the strongest supporter of Law Enforcement that this profession has ever seen. The president of the United States, donald j. Trump. [applause] President Trump thank you very much. [applause] President Trump thank you, thank you, paul. Hes been my friend for a long time. Thank you for that introduction. It says it all. I think there is nobody that has ever been more certainly in the position of president for our great police. It is an honor to be with you. Please sit down. Lets go have a good time. [applause] President Trump i want to thank you for nearly four decades of Exceptional Service in the line of duty. Im thrilled to be here at the 126th annual conference of the International Association of chiefs of police. Joined by thousands of amazing Law Enforcement leaders, people that i know, people that i love, people that i respect who defend our communities. Chase down criminals and keep america safe. You dont hear it enough. You do an incredible job. The people of this country know it. And, the people of this country love you. You dont hear that from these people, but they love you. You dont hear it from the fake news. [applause] President Trump the fake news does not like talking about that but they love you. Every day of my presidency, i will be your greatest and most loyal champion. I have been and will continue to be. It was a tremendous weekend. [applause] as you veryump well know, it was a tremendous weekend for our country. Leadered isis albaghdadi. [applause] President Trump they have been looking for him for a long time. They have been looking for him for many years. He was a sick and depraved man and now he is dead. [applause] dead. Ent trump hes hes dead as a doornail. [laughter] President Trump and he didnt die bravely, i will tell you that. He should have been killed years ago. Another president should have gotten him, but to me, it was a very important i will say all the time, they would walk into my office, sir, we killed this leader at a low level. I will say i never heard of him. I want albaghdadi, that is the only one i know. Get him. And they got him. [applause] President Trump but he was big time. He built the isis caliphate. You hear about isis, it was him. It was once the physical size of the state of ohio. It had 7 Million People and it was growing big, big, big. And, they had a problem. It started about two and a half years ago. [laughter] [applause] and during myp administration, i, we, altogether destroyed the caliphate 100 . Remember, i got it down to 97 . I said, all right, lets go home. Those people started saying 100 . Before me, they didnt care. Now they said how about 100 . And, we met some great generals. I learned a lot about generals. I met some good ones and saw some bad ones. Some who did not have what it takes and others who had more than anyone would have thought. It was supposed to take a year, maybe two years. I said to one of them, how long will it take . I think we could do it in one week, sir. A little more like you. We have now tens of thousands of isis prisoners under tight supervision. Countriese want the in the region to police their own borders. We dont want to be a policeman of this case of two countries that have not gotten along for centuries. We are keeping the oil. I always said that. Keep the oil. We want to keep the oil. 45 million a month. Keep the oil. We have secured the oil. This morning, we are delighted to be joined by the lifelong friend of our brave police, incredible guy. Tough guy. And, somebody with a tremendous heart also. But, he is strong, he can take it. Attorney general william barr. Where is william barr . [applause] President Trump they are giving him a side angle. Thank you, bill. Doing a great job. We are also glad to have with us representatives rodney davis, mike boss, and darren lahood. These are warriors. Where are they . The three of them. They are warriors for us, all of us. Thank you. They have done an incredible job. Thanks as well to the entire iacp board. And, congratulations to your new chiefng president , stephens. Ss where is he . You should be sitting up front here someplace. Ok, im going over here. Standup up, stephen. I went all the way around the room to find you. [applause] President Trump thank you very much. Congratulations. Incredible group. I hear you are an incredible leader. Thank you very much. Thank you to the international Law Enforcement partners who join us. Together, our nations ensure the rule of law prevails and the entirety civilized world, we work together. I want to extend our immense appreciation to all the Law Enforcement family members in the room. Please stand. The family members really make you folks work. Family members, please stand. [applause] President Trump i know how that works. I know how that works. Without those family members, you wouldnt be doing so good. I know that. But, there is one person thats not here today. Were in chicago. [laughter] President Trump i said where is he . I want to talk to him. More than anyone else, this person should be here because maybe he could learn something. [applause] President Trump and that is the superintendent of Chicago PoliceEddie Johnson. A a few days ago, johnson said the values of the people of chicago are more important than anything President Trump would have to say. I dont think so, because that is very insulting statement after all i have done for the police. My have done more than any other president has done for the police. [applause] over 100 years, we can prove it but probably from the beginning. Heres a man who cannot bother to show up for a meeting of Police Chiefs, the most respected people in the country, in his hometown and with the president of the United States. You know why . His job. Use last year, 565 people were murdered in chicago. Since Eddie Johnson has been police chief, more than 1500 people have been murdered in chicago. And, 13,067 people have been shot. During the first weekend of august 2019, 7 people were murdered and 52 were wounded in 32 shootings in chicago. And recently, they had 78 shootings over a weekend spree and three people killed. And, chicago has the toughest gun laws in the United States. That doesnt seem to be working too well, does it . A lot of you people know exactly what i mean. Under johnsons leadership, they certainly dont protect people. Then, you have the case of this wiseguy Jussie Smollett who beat up himself. [laughter] President Trump and he said maga country did it. Maga country. He said its a hate crime. Thats a hate crime. Its a scam. Scam, just big like the impeachment of your president is a scam. [applause] and then yoump look at whats going on. Smollett is still trying to get away with it. He would have been better off if he paid his 100,000 bill. Chicago is unfortunately the worst sanctuary city in america. Chicago protects criminals at a level few can even imagine. Last year in cook county alone, ice asked local Law Enforcement please,o please, pretty we beg you. Well do anything necessary to stop crime. We want to stop crime. 1162 people, please. Detainerach case, the was denied and Eddie Johnson wants to talk about values. No. People like johnson put aliensls and illegal before the citizens of chicago, and those are his values. And frankly, those values to me are a disgrace. I will never put the needs of illegal criminals before i put the needs of lawabiding citizens. Its very simple to me. [applause] President Trump so, when Eddie Johnson and many other people from lots of other regions and areas support sanctuary cities, it is really in my opinion a betrayal of their oath to the shield and a violation of his the to serve and to protect Courageous Police officers of chicago. I know some of them and they are the most incredible people. They could solve this problem quickly. [applause] itsdent trump embarrassing to us as a nation. All over the world, they are talking about chicago. Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. Its true. Arece officers of chicago entitled to a Police Superintendent who has their backs and knows what hes doing. Youre entitled to a Police Superintendent who sides with you, with the people of chicago. The people want this. The families of chicago, not the criminals or gang members that are here illegally. And not the stupid politicians who have no idea what the hell they are doing. [applause] but i am going to tell you a quick story because it happened right here, and i was very impressed with a certain person. Whoever that person may be. Im sure we can find him. But about three years ago, i was leaving chicago and i was accompanied by a massive motorcycle brigade of policemen. And to do that, they have to guess mostecause, i places say you have to volunteer. I had a lot of volunteers. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Other candidates have and hundreds of them chicago was , in the news a lot just like it is now because of all of the killings going on and all of the shootings and all of the horrible things happening. When i arrived at the airport, the Police Officers asked whether or not it would be possible to have some pictures and before i won the election, i could do that. Now, secret service has a little bit of a problem. If it was up to me, i would do it. But it was just before, i might have even been president elect. The leader of the brigade was this really powerful, strong looking guy. Big booming voice. He was definitely the boss. You know what that means. Put your cycles over here, come on, lets go. And yet they all loved him. They loved vince lombardi, beloved certain people. It is all about respect. Shouting at his men and come on, lets go. They were doing exactly, he was the guy. Just as im boarding the plane i asked this man, i had a lot of respect for myself and i said he wasnt doing anything wrong, he was just the boss. I said excuse me, come here. What the hell is happening in chicago . He said, it is very sad. I hate to see this happening. I asked him what he thought the problem was and he said theres no leadership from the mayor and theres none at the top of the Police Department. They are afraid to do anything. He said, we have great police, sir, the best in the country. Said we dont have the leadership at the top. I said, youre a tough guy. How long do you think it would take you to fix this killing problem in chicago . He looked at me and he said one day, sir. They know all the bad guys sir, they know what to do. We could straighten it out so quickly that your head would spin. I left very impressed with her it was one day or one month. There was no doubt he could have done it. And i actually told the story numerous times. I sent his name into someone involved in chicago and that is the last time i ever heard of that man. Good jobly has a someplace outside the police force. Sorry to do that to you, but hes happy. Hes happy. [laughter] he doesnt have to put up with the nonsense. But i thought, theres a guy who could be your Police Superintendent and do a hell of a job. He would straighten things out. But that was years ago and i was thinking about it, i just thought about it on the trip over. I said, im going to chicago. I want to tell the story because it was to me a great story. Because you could fix this up so fast. Leadership would be easy to find. You have a lot of people right now in the department and i love when they go to other parts of the country and they dont know the name of the most basic street. They go all over and hire somebody, he comes in. Where is it located . You have incredible people in chicago. I know some of them. I have met some of them. But remember 565 people were , murdered last year. And its a shame. I want Eddie Johnson to change his values and change them fast. [applause] today, we are here to report on the outstanding progress we have made to combat crime and restore peace and safety to our american citizens. And most cities are setting records for good crime numbers. In the years before i took office, outrageous slanders on our police went unanswered and unchallenged from your leaders in washington, you know that well. Radical activists trafficking in antipolice hostility and criminals grew only more emboldened as a result. In two years before my election, Violent Crime up bysed 8 , murders were more than 20 and going a lot higher nationwide. The steepest twoyear consecutive increase in over 50 years. But with your help, all of that is changing and changing rapidly. Under this administration, we are once again standing up for Law Enforcement. We are condemning antipolice bias in all forms and were getting you the support, resources, and respect, we have tremendous respect for you. The respect you deserve. [applause] together we have taken bold action to reverse the tide in Violent Crime. Over the last two years, the number of murders in america and americas major cities has dropped, unlike here, by more than 10 . We havent took the chicago numbers out of our total numbers. The numbers would be incredible. And they already are. Even including chicago. The nationwide Violent Crime rate has declined for two consecutive years. During the same time, the number of burglaries was reduced by over, think of this, a quarter of 1 million. A quarter of 1 million less. It also helps that we have the strongest economy in the history of our country. That probably helps. [applause] i will take a little credit for that. And it was announced as i was getting off the plane at the s p has hit an alltime high. The highest in the history of our country. [applause] and thats not for rich people, thats for everybody. Thats for your 401 k s. I have again a great love for the police. In new york, i was there not so long ago. Policeman, i like to shake hands after an event, not that i like to, i do it because i respect you. They want to shake my hand and fire marshalls, people in different stadiums. But i was at an event in new york and came out, i was shaking some hands and one policeman said i want to thank you, my 401 k is through the roof. For the first time in my life, my wife thinks im a financial genius. [laughter] and said he was up now 72 percent. I said, thats not bad. He said, she always thought i was incompetent initially. But you have made me into a genius. He hoped to me. He actually went to kiss me and i said, no thank you. Its not my deal, but thats ok. But he was great. And he gave me an idea. Many of you have 401 k s. Does anybody in this room have a 401 k thats down . Raise your hand, please. Does anybody have a 401 k thats up . Everybody. I dont know what you would have had to do to get one down. You would have had to be really bad. They are up 70 , 80 . Last year my administration charged the largest number of defendants ever recorded in the history of our country. Bill barr is doing a fantastic job. Let him hear it. [applause] and i say that because he hears from the fake news that there all the time. They want to silence everyone. Except for their very strange opinions. If we went with that, you would not have a country very long. Weve increased federal firearm prosecutions by 44 compared to the last four years. The previous demonstration, this this is a new record. Three years ago, we revitalized projec