Touch each other but we chose not to. Lets talk about what is going on when it comes to policing in this country. A lot of sobering up. We need police and people look around and say they do protect us and maybe we can reform for 2020 and thats why the attorney general is working with senator tim scott. They were in South Carolina yesterday and reviving some Police Reform and Law Enforcement reform in this country. There is also a sense, among others that we need to maybe disband the police and black lives matters philadelphia representative is making it clear that when it comes to accomplishing the police. It doesnt have to happen today but it has to happen. One of the things that were demanding is the defunding over five years to complete abolition. We dont want to see any police in our community and over the course of those five years. The five years gives time for the community to begin to build what is needed instead of police. And at the same time, build Restorative Justice practices. Build out our Mental HealthResponse Teams and things like that. And build medic responses and responses that really actually deal with the issues that are in place, then we will have less crime anyway. Brian all right. Because that will be good because when there is mass looting and chaos it will be good to have Mental Health professionals waiting and standing guy wait and talk people out of throwing an ax through a window and attacking and shaking down pedestrians who are looking to get to work. Where has this model ever been effective . Wherever before. I know for sure where donald trump stands on this and well talk for awhile. Im not sure where joe biden stands on this. The Democratic Party. And if you click on black lives matter it goes to a democratic cause called true blue, meaning code blue, im pretty sure one of those organizations. Anyone who is supporting black lives matter is actually supporting the Democratic Party. I wonder if the Democratic Party actually believes in this. Ainsley be careful what you wish for. We saw what happened in chop the first day of summer a young man was killed. Another person was killed. Many were injured. Police officers there said someone was raped. Thats an area where police were not welcome. And they are under appreciated. They have a job to do. Their job is to keep everyone safe when there is real crime. Thats why you are hearing so Many Police Officers are trying to take early retirement. Some of them their family members are encouraging them to go to a different direction. I was talking to a Police Officer yesterday my son is signed up for the academy now they are not having it. I told my son to go a different direction. He says that makes me so sad because we have been a family of wearing the blue for so many generations now my son is going to end that because of everything thats happening. The line was so long down at the Retirement Office in downtown new york. People were trying to call to retire no one was a answering the phones because they were so busy. Nypd retirement filings from june 29th to july 6th, which was the beginning of this week, 179 officers filed for retimer in new york city. Same period of time last year, only 35 hours. Thats 411 increase year to year. Steve ainsley, there are so Many Police Officers at one police plaza lining up at the Pension Office trying to retire now. Apparently the Pension Office says, you know what . We cant being cut from the Police Department budget. You look at the spike in shooting. You have anticop sentiment that is sweeping the country. And then a pending city law that would ban the use of take down somebody who they want to arrest. Thats happening on this coast. On the west coast. Why exactly did 300 Police Officers call in sick at the lapd. There was an anonymous letter that apparently the l. A. Times got and this is part of it. It says they succeeded in defunding the police. What do you think is next, our pay, our benefits, our pensions . We have to send the city a clear message that we are not expendable and we are not going to take this crap anymore. So, the question is was that, you know, all those people calling in sick, was it simply a coincidence that they decided to do that or was it part of an orchestrated effort and an organized protest, which would be against the law . So the lapd is investigating. Brian 143 million out of the lapd budget. Only 10,000 people there called horrible things by their current mayor. You wonder you have a degree of pride dont do it for the money or get rich. Talk about where the Democratic Party stands and where joe biden stands. 7 years old. He has got a challenge. He has got to somehow mind meld with the bernie bros and find a way to have the squad be part of his campaign of remaking the Democratic Party and maybe adapting some of their principles. Now, when it comes to redirecting funds or defunding the police, joe biden made it clear on june 8th as the criminal justice proposal made clear months ago biden does not believe that police should be defunded, or does he . Joe biden seems to have a different opinion as his task force designed to merge between the radical socialist views of Bernie Sanders and his alleged moderate views in the primary emerge and come up with a task force. One of them was policing. Joe biden was asked about it. Listen. Surplus military equipment for Law Enforcement. They dont need that the last thing you need is an up armored humvee coming into a neighborhood like the military invading. They dont know anybody. They are the not the enemy. They are supposed to be protecting these people. Can we agree we need to redirect some of the funding . Yes, absolutely. Brian a little bit of a change. Redirecting some of the funding. A lot of pressure on the left to do that at 77 years old, can he remake what he wants to do and his beliefs have already been. Remember the author of the 1990s law was a crackdown against criminals. Now he seems to have gone way to the other directions. Good luck with that. Ainsley well, in june, he said he did not support defunding. Brian june 8th. Ainsley exactly. The president had a campaign ad that declared he wanted to defund he said no, no, no, no. I never said that now he is saying that as of yesterday when he had that interview saying we dont need a surplus of military equipment that leads them to become enemy of a Community Talking about Law Enforcement. Nikki haley was on with sean hannity last night and she weighed in on this former u. N. Ambassador and governor of South Carolina. She said if we lose the rule of law we will become a socialist, communist country. Listen to. This we have had true results with President Trump. You dont have to like him but look at the results he has done and raised the quality of life for some people then look at the results of biden with president obama. The africanamerican community, women, hispanics, none of us felt those results like we have with President Trump. So, facts matter. Results matter. There is no question if you put these side by side if we go with a president biden, we will lose our rule of law. We will have the progressives really running away with everything, getting all of what they want and we will get closer and closer to these socialist countries that we have fought so hard. Closer and closer. Ainsley Unity Task Force set up by biden and Bernie Sanders. They are working together as you said, brian, trying to get the establishment on board with the aocs of the world, the progressives. So they were discussing all their different points. They included immigration. They said they want to rescind the president wants fabricated national emergency. Steve we are going to talk about that right now. Joe biden is taking a big step to the left. Former Vice President joining onetime rival Bernie Sanders to release a platform of party recommendations. The goal is to unite moderate and progressive democrats so that in 2020 they dont do what happened to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and that was the bernie people stayed home, didnt vote for her and trump won. Brian 110 page plan focuses on a wide range of issues including Climate Change, aoc played a role there, criminal Justice Reform, immigration, education, healthcare and the economy. Look at this critics pointed out some passages word from word from sanders president ial platform. Ainsley some ideas not endorsed that list includes the Green New Deal and medicare for all. If you read bidens plan from a while ago, and and Bernie Sanders from a while ago and now you read their plan together which is bidens plan, it really is word for word. I mean paragraph. He just cut and paste paragraph. Steve if you are a bernie supporter thats great. That means word for word joe, if elected, says he is going to do it. The worry though is because it did stop short of endorsing things like the Green New Deal and the worry is the fact that while there is a lot of environmental things from this particular plan, there is no ban of fracking. The worry there is it was alienate swing state voters in pennsylvania. And then the worry is talk about joe biden will support universal healthcare. The worry is during this pandemic so many people will be afraid that theyre losing their healthcare coverage that they are getting through their employer. Bernie sanders who really likes supports of this said if joe biden is elected and does, this he will be right up there with fdr in the progressive department. I was glad to work with the Vice President in forming six separate task forces which had some of the most knowledgeable people in the country coming together to deal with education and Climate Change and healthcare and the economy and criminal justice and immigration reform. And these folks, needless to say, people who represented the Progressive Movement had a different perspective on things than bidens people. The compromise that they came up with, if implemented, will make biden the most progressive president since fdr. It did not happen needless to say, everything that i wanted. Didnt have everything that biden wanted. Steve just because they are putting this unity thing out does not mean necessarily that its actually going to happen. But, nonetheless, it is a signal to the people who supported Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that joe biden is listening to what they are interested in. And, if elected, certainly will consider it. One of the things he did say during that interview where it sounded like he would defund the police, he did say he believes it is the job of the federal government to go in and systematically change whats going on regarding police. He said banning no knock warrants and improving Police Transparency were things that he would really like to see happen. Brian they are not dumb. The squad is not dumb. They understand if they are going to have a president and an administration thats going to do what they want him to do. Joe biden doesnt include fracking in here thats a problem with the aocs and tlaibs of the world and ilhan omars of the world. He needs to be asked directly do you ban fracking . If you dont ban fracking even natural gas burns clean, they are not for that anymore. And when it comes to vouchers for inner city kids who can go to these elite charter schools, he is getting rid of vouchers. Some reason try to qualify its unfair. Ainsley they dont need federal funding. Steve just like the teachers union. Just like the mayor in new york city got rid of vouchers. Who does it hurt . Hits kids in inner cities subpar schools have a chance to go to better schools. He needs somebody right across from him at 77 years old are you a member of the squad . Because, if not, goodbye radical left support. And are you like Bernie Sanders, a socialist . Because, if not goodbye bernie bros. You cant keep insulting the people like Bernie Sanders and the squad and pretend to go along with them or, worse, go along with them. Then we are going to be heading down a path that america has never been down before. Steve do you know who is going to ask him if he is a member of the squad . Donald trump at the debates. Brian lets hope. Ainsley remember when bernie was saying when he was running last time he said i want socialism . We were all like, what . Socialism . Dont you know what countries, communism, socialism, dont you know what those countries look like. Half the country was on board with it or at least a fourth if not more. Then joe biden a few weeks ago was asked do you want to Defund Police . What . Are they crazy . Defund our police . Then there wont be la Law Enforcement officers to combat crime. Now here we are two weeks later and changing his tune. Steve a clear difference. There are some in the Democratic Party who want to defund the police. Donald trump has made it clear he is the law and order president. He says that everyday. He would give police more money if it were up to him. 6 15 on this very busy thursday. Thank you very much for joining us. Mezzanine level with the headlines some news from hollywood. Carley thats right. Starting here with a fox news alert. Actress rivera presumed dead after going boating with her son on california lake. Police found her 4yearold child sleeping alone on the boat north of los angeles. The child telling police they went swimming but his mom never returned. Rivera is believed to have drowned. We will have a live report on the search later this hour. More than 3 Million People in the United States have now tested positive for covid19. The u. S. Also passing 132,000 deaths. It comes as the country sets a single day record with more than 62,000 new cases on wednesday. This as the cdc is set to release new safety guidelines for reopening schools next week. President trump also threatening to cut funds if schools do not reopen this fall. Today the Supreme Court is expected to decide who can see President Trumps tax returns and financial records. The justices are expected to rule on two subpoenas one from house democrats, the other from manhattans d. A. s office. The push comes after President Trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen told congress the president s Financial Statements were routinely altered. President trumps lawyers argue he would he should receive immunity while in office. The ivy league has become the First Division one conference to cancel fall sports. The leagues executive director will take a wait and see approach before deciding on winter and spring seasons. Stanford athletics also taking a big hit the university cutting 11 sports teams to help recover from losses during the pandemic. Football is not on that list. But, still, concerning news if you are a College Football or sports fan, guys. Brian or player. Ainsley yes. Totally. Brian happen to be in a nonrevenue sport you are in trouble. Thats another residue. Ainsley if you are a fencer supposed to go to stanford your sport is done away with. Brian soccer, gymnastics. Things like that. 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