Nashville, a 43 increase in murders. And murders are up 39 in kansas city, 36 in new orleans, 39 in chicago, 32 in houston, 27 in new york city. And murder rates in most of those cities are only rising higher. Each of those ten cities run by a democrat mayor. But rather than focus their outrage on the failed democratic leadership of this country, the leftwing National Media peddles the fiction that responsibility lies elsewhere. Somehow with the president , Law Enforcement. And the remedy is to allow anarchists, black lives matter activists and leftist activists to destroy our National Heritage and defund, of course, our police departments. Philadelphia murders have increased 23 through june, and rather than demand more policing in philadelphia, black lives matter seeks the total abolition of the Philadelphia Police force within the next five years. One of the things that were demanding is the defunding over five years to the complete abolition. So we dont want to see any police in our community over the course of five years. And the five years gives time for the community to begin to build what is needed instead of police so that we, were not looking to leave any kind of a vacancy around the issue of safety. If there is violence happening, by the time the police arrive, that has already, you know, occurred particularly in neighborhoods like, you know, poorer neighborhoods and in black and brown communities. So the police is not really a resource for preventing that kind of crime from happening, just a response. Lou well, just north of the white house d. C. Has dedicated two blocks to black lives matter. Never mind that protesters have violently clashed with police, tried to tear down statues and have done so in many cases and have also set fire to and vandalized st. Johns episcopal church. Last night eight people arrested in the area known as now black lives matter plaza. So much for peaceful demonstrations. One black lives matter protester attacked another black man for supporting President Trump. [inaudible conversations] oh lou well, there is a bill of rights, just apparently the left doesnt think its still operational. D. C. Isnt the only city to pay tribute the black lives matter with murals in the streets. At least 19 other cities have done so as well. And for what reason . Its a decision that habit gone over well hasnt gone over well with some of the citizens of those cities and towns. In martinez, california, a couple spent their 4th of july painting over a 165foot black lives matter mural on a city street. Marxist art, if you will. Now those two have been charged by the contra cost that County District attorney with a hate crime. Their painting over a mural receiving greater condemnation from the left that has painted obscenities on national monuments, torn down statues commemorating americans like frederick douglass, queue lis sis s. Grant and abolitionists. The lefts selective outrage evident also in how its responded to nfl quarterback drew brees who during an interview last week said he disagreed with those who would disrespect the american flag. He said he would stand for the national anthem, and he had to apologize for such radical expressions. Activist athletes from the sports world denounced brees, forcing him to apologize. This monday eagles e wide receiver delaware shop jackson took to social media to post antisemitic speech attributed to hitler and praising antisemite louis farrakhan. What was the reaction from the left and all of those outraged professional athletes . Nary a word. To the radical left, standing for the flag a much bigger sin than being an antisemite. Another member of the radical left is minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar. Defunding the police not enough. Absolutely insufficient. No, she is calling for a fullfledged dismantling of the american political system. We cant stop at criminal Justice Reform or policing reform, for that matter. We are not merely fighting to tear down the systems of oppression in the criminal justice system, we are fighting to tear down systems of oppression that exist in housing, in education, in health care, in employment, in the air we breathe. As long as our economy and political systems prioritize profit without considering who is profiting, who is being shut out, we will perpetuate this inequality. So we cannot top at criminal justice systems. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we find it. Lou well, oppression that produces congressmen hike like ilhan omar, for example. As the radical left tries to tear down the very foundation of the country, the Supreme Court today gave President Trump another victory, a major victory. The court ruled 72 allowing employers to refuse on religious grounds to cover contraceptives under obamacare. Over the past few weeks, the Supreme Court has sided with the president on a number of major issues including speedy deportations, border wall funding, the Electoral College and rights for religious schools. President trump today welcomed mexican president Lopez Obrador to the white house. The president hailed the relationship between the United States and mexico, and he said it has never been better. The relationship between the United States and mexico has never been closer than it is right now. And as the president said a little while ago, people were betting against that. They were actually betting against that. But its never been stronger, never been closer. Were doing a tremendous job together. Were cherished friends, partners and neighbors. Our cooperation founded on mutual trust and Mutual Respect between the two of us and between our two countries. And we honor the great dignity of both nations. Lou our first guest has been in attendance at the meetings between President Trump and mexican president Lopez Obrador. Joining us tonight is the National Security adviser, robert obrien. Robert, its great to have you with us, and this is an extraordinary moment. Give us a sense of how those talks have gone, and at first, if you will, just the atmosphere and the tone between these two men. Well, thank you for having me, on, lou. Its a very warm day here in washington, and the warmth here outside the white house is matched by the warmth inside. The meetings have been extraordinary liquor yall between the two president s and the two delegations. Were making a lot of progress, but president Lopez Obrador and President Trump really hit it off. You could see that earlier in the rose garden, and we have a great relationship with mexico. As the president said, its never been better. And what a fantastic visit by the president s. I know you talked about monuments earlier. One of the nice things is that president lopez if obrador, earlier this morning, went out to the Lincoln Memorial and placed a wreath in front of abraham lincoln. What a gesture of friendship and respect from a socialist president down in mexico, to come up and honor president lincoln that way. We were very pleased to see that. Lou and he expect president share Something Else and the president share Something Else, its not often given much attention at least in the leftwing media, and that is both men are populists and believe strongly in their responsibilities to the people rather than, if you will, the commercial interests of their respective nations even though both are pursuing better times for all as a result of their efforts to get more people employed. One of the things that most people have ignored here, robert, as you know, is that these two men are operating as partners as we have never seen in all of the time that i have been covering both mexico and the United States. And that goes back to shree salinas in the first bush era. This is an extraordinary thing. And, by the way, i, frankly, am astonished that the White House Communications department, the trump administration, the Trump Campaign doesnt make more of the fact that these two men are operating as coequals in battling the cartels, drugs and building a new trade relationship. No, 100 , lou. When you said they had something in common, i thought you were going to say they both liked baseball. Its a custom to bring a gift for the president , and the president returns the gift, they exchanged baseball bats today. So the president signed and gave a custom Louisville Slugger to president hoe e pez obrador, president Lopez Obrador gave the president a beautiful bat manufactured in southern mexico. And theyre both baseball fans as well. Youre right about the partnership, i mean, nobody thought this would be possible. President Lopez Obrador said this, he said people wouldnt believe this. But when you look at what President Trump has done, hes built a wall. Immigration is down dramatically. Part of that is the wall, part of it is also because the mexicans have deployed 27,000 troops to their border. Why have they done that . Look, they dont want human traffickers on their board, narco traffickers on their border, they dont want Illegal Immigrants from conflict zones on their border, so weve got a lot in common with mexico. And, of course, a lot of folks in the media would ignore that. But president Lopez Obrador and President Trump are working together as partners, and i dont think weve ever had a better relationship. And as you just mentioned, youve been following this for a long time, lou. Lou indeed. And its nice of you to point this out, lou. [laughter] since you were 12. [laughter] lou god bless you for bailing me out. The fact of the matter that both countries have an immense investment in one another. The fundamental idea behind nafta when it was first created, and i was this for that moment as well there for that moment as well and series of moments, the United States felt if we were to be enriching anyone, we should enrich our neighbors first; that is, canada and, of course, mexico. And that is precisely what has happened. Now this is a more mature relationship, and the president is bringing greater balance. And Lopez Obrador is working to insure that the cartels meet their appropriate fate. Has there been much discussion about those cartels and what both countries can do to rid this hemisphere of them . Well, the cartels arent just in mexico. With respect to mexico, bill barr, our attorney general, has been down to mexico city a couple times the last several months, and ever since those terrible murders of the American Family in mexico, theyve extradited a number of cartel figures to the United States, have been cooperating closely with the doj and with attorney general barr. The other thing were doing which mexico truly appreciates is the president deployed naval and coast guard assets and soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to the eastern pacific down near baja, california, and the caribbean. Lou right. And were interdicting tons and tons and tons of cocaine and marijuana, well over 2 billion in street value over the past three or four months. Some of those drugs were actually going to mexico, so so were doing a favor for the mexicans and to ourselves as well and stopping those drugs from coming in, primarily from venezuela. Again, thats another area of partnership, interdicting drugs coming from the narco reregime in venezuela. Lou any new initiatives between the two leaders that you can tell us about this evening . Well, i think one of the things that weve been doing, im not sure its new, but a lot of people dont know about it. Mexicos been hit hard with covid, we have, and the president has been grateful to the support weve given. Weve sent down over, i think, 600 ventilators to mexico to help with their icu capacity. Both companies are sharing knowledge that theyre gaining regarding the covid virus. So were working to come out of covid which came from china, out hit the whole western hemisphere, and were working together to come out of that covid crisis and strengthen both the mexican and american economies. And, again, were blessed to have neighbors like canada and mexico and have a great integrated market here in the western hemisphere. As we move our supply chain home from china, mexico e and canada will play a big role, so its important to us. Lou robert obrien, good to see you. Thank you for being here. Turning now to wall street, the dow up 31 points, the 11 points, the s p up 25. The nasdaq hitting a new record close of 149 points on the day, the 25th record close of the day. Volume on the big board picking up to 5 billion shares. 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Vindman reported his concerns with a call between President Trump and ukrainian president zelensky to the National Security council s attorney rather than his superior, and he had only, well, a tepid influence on the whole farcical proceeding. Tammy duckworth has given President Trump an ultimatum to either promote vindman to full colonel or she would block the to motions of more than a thousand senior army officers. With we know what happens when you give leaders ultimatums. Meanwhile, duckworth and other radical dems have been utterly silent after a top general in the middle east, frank mckenzie, says no american troops died from the reported and, by the way, unconfirmed russian bounties in afghanistan. The World Health Organization now supporting chinas plan of an outbreak of the bubonic plague saying that the communist government is doing just a great job. Theyll soon have to walk this back liking Everything Else theyve said about the china virus and the Chinese Government and its handling of the coverup and the origin of the china virus. The w. H. O. , you remember, claimed there was no humantohuman transmission of the china virus. Youll remember that they also declared delayed declaring that the china virus had set off a Global Pandemic despite the fact that it was obviously a pandemic. And theyre now saying they first learned about the virus from the internet, not from Chinese Communist government officials. Secretary of state pompeo says the w. H. O. Pattern of corruption is why the United States has been withdrawn from the if w. H. O. By President Trump. This is an institution that got it wrong on sars, it got it wrong on ebola. The United States had to create its own system, pepfar, to do the work to prevent and come up with solutions to the hiv aids program. We did that, the United States did that. Finish the or World Health Organization has a long history of corruption and pretty. And politicization. Lou well, breaking news now, a republican pac is spending 2 million to air an ad in wisconsin on joe bidens history of lying. Restoration pac focusing on biden lying about his education and his 1988 president ial campaign. Biden claimed he had three degrees, he had a full scholarship to law school and graduated at the top of his clas