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>> ma'am? >> okay, mayor pete, that's it for your answer, correct? all right. >> so we're going to go to -- >> okay. we have the mic going to the next person. >> i want to give a very specific recommendation that you might be able to embrace. a great example is that -- i'm an elected official representing the district who happens to be the district in which this tragedy occurred. and i find it hard to believe and sad -- it's hard for me to step up here and take the mic. i think one of the problems that we're experiencing here today is

Hasn't run for national office, hasn't run for senator or house before to be handling going into such a crucial debate in miami. >> okay, dan, let's listen in to what's happening now. >> any racist is at the desk. put them at the desk he can, make them do paperwork. honey, i love your hair. make them the ones out there on the streets. >> thank you, ma'am. thank you. may i respond to that for just a second? >> yes, mayor, you can respond. >> let me respond to that. you might stay around while i'm responding. you can go back to your seat, okay. first of all, thank you for that. and i appreciate ...

Has been unable to accomplish, hoping that that honesty plays well with voters who have a lot of questions about what's going on right now in south bend. >> sure, an acknowledgment of we need help. it also appears the people in the audience are looking for this mayor to take a more leadership role and it seemed as though really commend earring this town hall would be the naacp president who we couldn't see, but could hear his voice, he was in the drivers seat of where this was going. there were two opportunities for the mayor to step up and he deferred to the police chief. that's not going ove...

You dealt with an officer involved shooting in sacramento. that is your district. you were invited on to talk about something else. you can relate to what's happening here. when we hear mayor pete buttiegieg who says, you know, i want to hear from you, audience, about how i can empower you to be part of the process, do you believe that this is helpful at this juncture in this town hall setting, that this is what people want to hear about how he can be empowered and part of the process down the line of reform? or were they looking for some immediacy from this mayor about addressing their hurt a...

I understand that. we are here to have tough conversations but i want everyone here at least to be empowered, and i want to make sure voices are heard. i will stop talking. our moderator will ask some questions and then we will move to audience questions after that. again, i thank you for being here and everyone here to respectfully participate in the conversation. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor pete, for giving us the overview. i want to ask that we be respectful to this process. we have a lot of information and content to share. and so as we respect you from this area, please respect us as...