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How do you respond to that? >> for as long as i have been alive america has fallen into the habit of accepting the unacceptable. we do it on health care, accepting we're on the only country in the developed world we don't have national health care and living with the fact because it's been this way for quite a while that we're going to have crumbling roads. we accept it on guns as though there's nothing to be done. we are the only country where this happens all the time in the way that it does. also there's nothing that can be done. of course bad things will still happen but if that were reall...

Into into california where it would be illegal to possess. . >> mary, jump in here. >> sure. i agree with a lot of what i heard from pete, of course. increasing penalties is not going to prevent these acts of violence. it's time for counter domestic terrorism to be part of our national counterterrorism strategy. since 9/11, tremendous resources have been pushed to combatting islamic terrorism. we have not fully integrated that sort of counterterrorism program of prevention, using online undercover personas, sting operations. things that are controversial, but these are criminal law enforcement...

Don't see it in the same way you guys are describing it, which is a real threat? >> i think it fits into an overall pattern of dialing back what little resources was devoted to this issue. you know, in 2018, we had the preeminent counterterrorism program for state and local law enforcement defunded. it was called the state and local anti-terrorism training. this was the only training that federal government was offering to state and local law enforcement to educate them on domestic terrorist threats. we also had grant funding to three organizations that were devoted to countering violent white...

Bulk of those 35,000 who have not been furloughed able to get it done? >> they will do their best to get it done. but no, we are not as safe with 5,000 of them on furlough, not working. that would be saying that we never need them in the first place. they have those analyst positions and those other important translated positions because they need them. sending 5,000 of them home makes us weaker. >> harris: for my notes, i know that those dozens of anonymous agency officials are also saying that they are unably subpoenas and pay informants to deliver critical information. that's why i asked wh...

He lives there. does he realize he's the president and has been for nine months. is there anything the trump administration has proposed that would make us much tougher or much smarter if that's necessary? i'll leave that the law enforcement experts. the budget they proposed cut count counterterrorism program. local his wipolice will tell yo is their biggest nightmare. someone will rent a truck and drive into a crowd. what can we do to be tougher and smarter? correct me if i'm wrong, has he proposed anything that would be much tougher or much stronger? >> when you look at this from a law enfor...