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How can this be a good thing to defund the police? are you glad your party some of them are pulling back? >> people are moving away from the defund the police rhetoric. it hasn't been helpful to the conversation. you talked about policy. we need to discuss the 21 states many led by republican state leather that are making it easier for americans to carry guns. there are 5 million allocated to the build back better bill, another policy that republicans refuse to pass that the president is trying to address the community violence intervention programs. also 53 million dollars already allocated t...

New york, where he will talk about community intervention programs. so he's trying to address both sides of this issue here. and we're told the president will talk about what he calls smart policing, and say that, you know, that cops need better tools to do their jobs, and they need to, and that it's important to emphasize things like these community intervention programs but obviously as you noted he's going to a place that is really dealing with rising crime, and gun violence, something that americans across the country particularly are feeling, the white house officials say that this is lar...

So it's good that you're back with us, mara. mr. memoli, i'll start with you there. welcome back to new york. the white house sharing some details about this gun violence reduction strategy as it's being called. it's going to be a big part of messaging heading into the mid-term elections. mike, what do we know about what the president plans to say today? >> reporter: well, craig, there are really three pillars to the president's crime strategy that he's eager to talk about here in new york today. first is what you mentioned, not just increase in funding for police but really doing everything t...

They need people who are in the department who can deal with the crisis that the police are going through as well, dealing with their crises, dealing with their mental stage and how they're handling things. they need social workers engaging with them. i lay it all out. it works. you can see these community intervention programs, they reduce crime. significantly reduce crime. that's a big piece of it. >> is any of it related to political pressure from republicans saying that democrats are soft on crime, that you know, you guys are careening to the left. >> when i first got elected, i was being ...

Crisis that the police are going through as well, dealing with their crises, dealing with their mental state and how they're handling things. they need social workers engaged with them. i lay it all out and it all works. you see these community intervention programs, they work. they actually reduce crime. they significantly reduce crime. so that's a big piece of it. >> just a follow-up, is any of it related to political pressure from republicans saying that democrats are soft on crime, that you guys are careening to the left? >> isn't it fascinating, when i first got elected i was being beat u...