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Same time last year, and over the course of one week in august alone 23 robberies. police say they followed a similar pattern. they finessed the victim, looking for an easy target, someone intoxicated, alone, looking at their cell phone at times, but these incidents as shocking as the video may be, aren't happening in a vacuum. it's within the context of the police department saying they need more officers. over the summer, the police chief said it's hard to even keep the slots they've filled. >> because our staffing needs have not been properly addressed over many years, it has result instead...

Downtown minneapolis, compared to last year. from july 1st, police received 6,000 priority one 911 calls, including sexual assaults and robberies where they didn't have an officer available to respond. >> because the staffing needs have not been addressed over many years, it has resulted in our current resources to be strained to capacity. and quite frankly, we're hemmaging. >> the police chief pushed to add 20 officers by 2025. but the mayor said it's not doable. an online threat forcing officials to cancel classes today. more than 8,800 students attend the public schools. three students in...

A robberies are up almost 5 in downtown minneapolis, compared to last year. from july 1st of last year, to june 30th of this year, police received 6,000 priority 911 calls, including sexual assau assaults, shootings and robberies, where they didn't have an officer immediately able to respond. >> because our staffing needs have not been met for many years, and frankly, we're hemorrha hemorrhaging. >> the police chief pushed to add 400 officers by the year 2025. but the mayor says it's not doable because of the budget. >> an online threat forcing schools in oklahoma to cancel classes today. they...

That's the kind of party i think has to -- the democrats have to create. >> it's sort of a little bit like i heard four years ago when republicans were doing an autopsy after they lost the election in 2012. but is senator bernie sanders right? does it start at the top and come down and if so, how do you do that? >> first, let me just say i'm not sure why the chair of either national political party asking for staff resignations is news because it's a pretty routine practice. it is important for each chair to be able to, you know, shuffle the footprint and make sure that they analyze their staf...