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Members of Oakland 'defund police' task force push for more homicide investigators, dispatchers By Lisa Fernandez Henry Lee reports on what each side would like to see. OAKLAND, Calif. - Five Black community members, some of whom have long been critical of police, and all of whom sit on a task force to "reimagine public safety," are imploring Oakland leaders to not simply slash the police budget unless they also find solid ideas for better alternatives.  There are certain elements of policing that are important to keep the community safe, said community activist John Jones III who is fo...

Something playing really well on social media, but not quite as well locally? >> it has gotten 44 million views, which is remarkable. that's almost as many people as voted on one side of a presidential election. so he has -- and i think that he -- i think that peter hamby that wrote that piece is right in terms of how beto is running his race and that there's no pollster and there's no consultants and it's all very close to the ground. i think that is the way people should run in 2020 as well. i'm not a big believer in polls. i'm not a big believer in paid television media after my experience ...

Quite as well locally? >> it has gotten 44 million views, which is remarkable. that's almost as many people as voted on one side of a presidential election. so he has -- and i think that he -- i think that peter hamby that wrote that piece is right in terms of how beto is running his race and that there's no pollster and there's no consultants and it's all very close to the ground. i think that is the way people should run in 2020 as well. i'm not a big believer in polls. i'm not a big believer in paid television media after my experience in 2016. but he needs to prove that he can win over rep...

Congress who got the word much quicker than the white house did, probably from the calls from their constituents or the town halls that this might grant crisis was not going away, that this was -- had reached so deep into people's emotions and was resonating and so simple to understand. it wasn't complex, it was a very simple emotional issue. but i think this also points to this idea and maybe texas will remain a red state, but the whole idea that the red state, blue state map is getting redrawn because of demographic shifts. you have democrats in blue states voting for republicans. >> still, ...

You're going to engage the public and what you actually think about the access that the white house press corps is all about. >> i guess one of the big questions i keep wrestling with -- john, you've been in this business for decades. is this really new? are we in unchartered waters? sometimes journalists will overstate how unusual and unpress departmented these things are. >> yes, it is uncharted waters. it's not entirely new. in 2012 peter hamby, a former cnn correspondent wrote a piece called "did twitter kill the boys on the bus?" tafs presh into article how twitter was taking over a lot o...