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>> john: many democrats are pushing to defund the police as crime spikes coast to coast, even the white house says cutting police departments has had severe consequences. >> gun violence is a huge reason for the surge in crime, underfunding for police departments and additional resources, something the president has advocated for consistently through the course of his career, that's something we know we need to take action on. >> john: joe gamaldi serves as the national vice president for the fraternal order of police. joe, good to see you. your wardrobe is a little muted today, compared to ot...

Press secretary said yesterday when asked about it. >> gun violence is a huge reason for the surge in crime. under funding of some police departments and their need for additional resources, something the president advocated for consistently through the course of his career is something we know we need to take action on. >> dana: more resources for police departments i think would probably always be welcome. do you think it will help and also the thing that i wonder about is you have with the progressive prosecutors, that's not a money issue, that's a policy issue. >> when i was police commiss...

Brian: no wonder he's not handling fit well. he has crime in the cities across the country and prosecutors who won't prosecute. >> what do you attribute rise in crime? >> gun violence is a large reason for the surge in crime. underfunding police departments. that's something we need to take action on. brian: your party took it away. but i don't want to digress. new york city's mayor is already taking action. >> first we must allow judges to take dangerousness into account. new york is the only state in the country that does not allow a judge to detain a defendant who pose pane immediate threat...

But so sad to see another officer has passed away. >> sandra: it is. thank you. >> john: bret baier, anchor of "special report," and the chickens have come home to roost, and jen psaki admitted that was a part of seeing crime spike. >> after a year in office people do not feel safe in the country. what do you attribute the rise in crime. >> gun violence is a huge reason for the surge in crime, under funding for the police departments and something the president has advocated for over the course of his career, we know we need to take action on. >> john: a lot of leaning by the president's elect...

>> ok. on crime to follow up on what ed was asking about, would you agree the most important job for any president is to keep americans safe? >> i would agree. >> you said the president never satisfied if people don't feel safe. does he know after a year in office people did not feel safe in this country? >> well, peter, i think if we look at the facts here we have seen a surge of crime over the last two years, would you agree with that? >> what are you attributing the rise in crime? >> we should be responsible how we are reporting to the public what the roles are, what the reason for the surg...