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police later tracked down the suspect who had left the scene in his own vehicle. when they stopped him, they say he got out with a gun in his hand. authorities say an officer then shot the suspect critically wounding him. police have not yet identified the suspect by name, but a security official says he is also jewish. joining me now is a memphis councilman. thank you so much for being here. we rarely get to talk about what went right during one of these school shootings where nobody was injured. can you tell us what you know about exactly what happened and how this shooting went down? >> yeah. so as you reported, this is a former student of the school. this is an orthodox jewish skoal in memphis in my district, and this is an individual in his early 30s and i think it's a clear case of this is a young man that needed help instead of a gun. i think the school did great job with their protocols. the memphis police department did a great job in tracking him down and stopping him once it escalated to, you know, the
themselves or others. we need to intervene and have the government intervene and red flag laws or extreme risk protection orders allow for that system to be put in place for these people to get help and protect the community. >> is this something, councilman, that you will push for locally or do you see this being something that the state will take on? because, you know, there are several states that do have red flag laws, but tennessee is certainly not one of them. >> yeah, and look. i'm a conservative republican that understands and deeply believes in the need for the second amendment, but this is something i'll be pushing. the local tennessee legislators, this is something that we need. it's their job to sit down, to figure out the language because the language is unbelievably important to make sure that it's both effective and constitutional, and then yes. we need this in tennessee. so i would be urging all of my republican colleagues and the tennessee legislature to get to
violent incident that it was and prevented it from going further, and that ultimately this is somebody that needed help, and they had a fixation on their previous school. >> councilman, talked about the suspect needing help. i am assuming you're talking about he may have been suffering with mental illness. how do you feel about red flag laws? tennessee does not currently have them, but those would stop someone with known mental illness from being able to obtain a gun. >> great. i think that's going to be the discussion we have in the days to come, you know, is what are the systems that we could put in place to prevent something like this, and governor bill lee has called a special session of the tennessee legislature in three weeks, august 21st to discuss red flag laws they're called in some states. what he's going to call is protection orders which is very similar, and it says that if an individual has demonstrated that they are a risk to use a gun or
trial will be whether any of the evidence of this effort to obstruct the investigation by mueller would be admissible as a sort of his modus operandi. now, the councilman will not want to go there. it's powerful evidence. it's powerful evidence. demonstrates a pattern. >> now, when you see trump touring the country still unrestrained, unapologetic, and remorseful, attacking his own party and yet fully supported by most of them. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, it shows that we remain on fries will ground as a democracy. that someone who is alleged to be a serial lawbreaker, who we know seriously abused the powers of his office is nonetheless still the front runner in the gop nomination and most of the other gop candidates won't even criticize him. it shows what a strangle he hailed he has on the base of
unhoused in our streets. many who have migrated to santa monica. this gentleman had come from missouri two months before. and he had, by the way, also been arrested twice for felonies already. >> jonathan: which is a story we hear so often. very quickly ten seconds, would you do what you did again? >> i've done it a hundred times. i've never been attacked. i would probably be more careful next time and make sure i was further away from the gentleman. but, yes. i want people to be in control of their city. we have to make sure our residents, our businesses, are safe and as well as all the people who come to santa monica. i welcome everyone to our city. we're trying our best. >> jonathan: i think it is very fair to say as well that a lot of people in santa monica in the la area generally are at their wit's end with this issue and they are looking to officials, that include you, to do something about it. councilman -- >> and we have to.
area. the councilman, phil brock joins us live. councilman great to have you here. first quickly how are you doing physically. >> i'm doing fine. a stranged finger, nothing. >> jonathan: good to know. this homeless person was pulling signs off a building. you contacted him first and said, "stop doing that." then what happened? what did he do. >> actually i said can you pick those papers up and put them in a trash can. he gave me the standard homeless response, you can imagine. i walked over, picked up the trash, put it in a trash can. was turning to walk away. he confronted me and i said, i'm a santa monica city council member. i really don't want to see anyone littering on our third street promenade. it's our great shopping district. he then threw some sort of sticky liquid on my back and shoulder. threw that same liquid on my
citizens arrest. behind -- behind the police that are there and our public safety service. but we have to restore our city to a peaceful state. >> carley: the councilman believes california's drug crisis is fueling violent incidents. firefighters battling huge flames overnight in pittsburgh following multiple explosions at a power substation. it took crews hours to mobilize because the facility is located on a small island on the ohio river. fire officials forced to use ferry boats to get plant workers to safety. no injuries have been reported. power grid also not affected. a new survey revealing the average american plans to spend nearly $3,000 on a vacation. nearly half of the respondents say they are determined to travel this year with affordability being a major concern. and americans spend about four hours researching ways to stick to a budget. got to stick to that budget,
to klan rallies. this is in the history. we are not talking about his father. god bless his soul. we talking about trump himself. look, you don't use that with one of the central park brothers taken to jail. i was blessed to support him, i live in harlem, he is now my councilman. what did he say about brother youssef? i want a fair trial for trump. i want a fair trial for trump. did he want a fair trial for that black mother? no. that's racism, too. >> excuse me. i don't rush to judgment. i'm the one says everyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. you said black americans are not a priority for joe biden. that's what you said. >> that's right. >> sean: how real is your run for the presidency and what is the likelihood the green party is going to be on the ballot in all 50
black people in queens, but also the fact that he took himth to do rallies. but this is in the history. wet this is in the history. his father, god bless his soul. we're talking about abo trump himselutf. >> look, for example, the brother, yusef, you know, youth of waself., one of the central park young brothers who was taken to jail. i was blessed to support him. i live i supn harlem.y >> he's now my councilman. what did brother trump say about brother death? >> you may not have a fair trial. i want a fair trial for trump.ra i want a fair trial for trump. did he wan t fair trial for that black mother? no. that's his racis for thatm to it cuts across the board other charges beyond honest never seen here. >> i don't i don't rush to judgment. i'm the one that says everyone's innocent untilty in proven and proven guilty in a court of law. aw. you said that black americas are not a priority for joe biden. that's what you. t. >> that's right. and that's right. and how real is your run sean: r the presidency and what is the likelihood the green party