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In the past several weeks, the virus has spread through west africa killing more than 100 people and right now, official, trying to keep the uncurable disease contained. the nypd has business banned a special unit that used to use undercover officers to spy on militants. this is the first sign that the new commissioner william bratten is moving away from 9/11 practices. and a new study from northwest university shows casual marijuana use is linked to abnormalities in the brain. specifically in the regions responsible for motivation. researchers say the drugs cause abnormalities in the smok...

Shootings. murders and homicides may be down, but shootings are not down. kelly went from a good cop to a bad politician. >> when you listen to bratten, when you listen to his conversation with jeffrey toobin. the police commissioner that bill de blasio appointed said look, stop and frisk is an essential tool. there were over 13,000 murders in new york city. in the period after the tenure, it fell, a difference of 7,000 people. most of those lives that were saved were black and latino lives. >> you saw the report that came out, not too long ago that showed the number of people, the overwhelmin...

Stops in new york city. it amounts to less than one stop a week per patrol officer. >> reporter: his successor is william bratten who also served as the police commissioner under mayor giuliani. he has made it clear changes are on the way. you may have heard him say with increased supervision. >> training and leadership change that we'll lass be able to very quickly address the concerns about stop and frisk. >> i'm going to stay away from responding to that. >> reporter: but clearly you hope that the way your policies were carried out will stay in place. >> no, i just hope the city stays safe....

Ago. it's still a lifetime achievement award for crime. >> paul: so, who are the heroes in this story, if you will? by that i mean intellectual, but also political. who ended up, who has changed the thinking here that has caused police forces to go back to actual crime fighting and has-- have helped to blow up this social theory of the last 40 years? >> without being too parochial i would claim new york city as the seed-bed of this revolution. in the 1990's, william bratten was police commissioner under rudolph guiliani. >> paul: went on to be police chief in los angeles. >> los angeles, and s...

Ago. it's still a lifetime achievement award for crime. >> paul: so, who are the heroes in this story, if you will? by that i mean intellectual, but also political. who ended up, who has changed the thinking here that has caused police forces to go back to actual crime fighting and has-- have helped to blow up this social theory of the last 40 years? >> without being too parochial i would claim new york city as the seed-bed of this revolution. in the 1990's, william bratten was police commissioner under rudolph guiliani. >> paul: went on to be police chief in los angeles. >> los angeles, and s...