warrants against murderers, rapists, terrorists. i would challenge any congress person that votes for this to stand with the police officer -- >> dana: running out of time. here's bill hemmer. >> bill: nice to see you. thank you. i'm bill hemmer on a monday. at the moment, president trump meeting with law enforcement officials at the white house. this comes as major cities look to defund their own police department after the death of george floyd in nationwide protests. the last hour, the white house saying the president is appalled by the defund movement. we might hear more about that in a moment. meanwhile also this hour, there's a public viewing underway for floyd underway right now in his hometown of houston. joe biden is there. the last hour, the police officer accused of murdering floyd by kneeling on his neck making his first appearance in court. mike tobin is there.

ted williams and andy mccarthy stand by with analysis. first, aishah hasnie here in new york city where the mayor is vowing to cut funding to the nypd. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. that's right. the mayor is facing pressure from many different groups including this one here. this is calling for an elected and independent civilian complaint review board to look into police abuses. but we've seen plenty of signs today protesters carrying them, saying fund community, not cops. resources, not police forces. the mayor has said that he will essentially move part of the nypd's $6 billion budget over to youth that initiatives and social services. he was asked by reporters how much money are you talking about? he wouldn't say. some protesters say the mayor's plan is not enough. they're pointing to a segregated school system in new york city.

they want more money for education. the mayor taking time to squash rumors swirling last night about a shakeup in the top brass of the nypd. listen to this. >> false. untrue. i don't know who is planting these rumors. they're wrong. we have a commissioner and a chief of department doing their job and doing it well in very tough circumstances. they also understand that we need to make more change in the nypd. >> now, details on defunding the nypd, that is still not been worked out. should be worked out in the next couple weeks along with the city council at least before the budget deadline, which happens in july, bill. >> bill: thanks, aishah hasnie. new york city there. thanks for that. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin appearing in court for the first time just last hour. mike tobin is watching that. he's back live in minneapolis. what happened today, mike? >> and derek chauvin, the former

minneapolis police officer sitting on the neck of george floyd long after he stopped breathing made his initial court appearance today. it was made by security videoed link from the level 5 maximum security prison, oak park height where chauvin was moved with safety and virus concerns. bail was set at $1.25 million without conditions. a million with conditions like no access to firearms and no contact with the floyd family. no plea was entered on the second degree murder charge that chauvin faces, this comes a day after nine of 13 members of the minneapolis city council support not only defunding but debanding the minneapolis police department. >> our commitment is to end our toxic relationship with the minneapolis police department, to end policing as we know it and to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe. >> we need a full-on cultural

shift in how they function. am i for abolishing the police department? no, i'm not. >> the council members say they don't have a plan for how you move forward after you do away with the police department. one suggested a counselling model. one suggested a public health model trial -- treat violence like a contagious. bill? >> mike, so far no other action on the other officers? >> no, not yet. >> bill: the next two men here have decades of experience in the criminal justice system. ted williams, former d.c. detective and andrew mccarthy, former district attorney. good morning to you. ted, defunding can mean different things to different cities. what to you think it adds up to ultimately? >> well, ultimately ends up

hurting the citizens. bill, this is clearly and overreaction to the death of mr. george floyd. look, i'm saddened that this man died. but we cannot throw the baby out with the bath water. this is what they're doing when you're talking about defunding. you're hurting citizens in that neighborhood. look, this is when defunding should take place. whenever there's no more crime in america, then that is when i want police departments defunded. that will never happen as long as -- >> bill: you said it's an overreaction, ted? >> absolutely it is. >> bill: clearly has momentum. andy, could minneapolis defund the police and if so legally as my understanding listening to the judge earlier today that the state would come in? would they get involved? >> yeah, bill, you know, there's

a lot of things i'd love to say would never happen. we've seen these kinds of things where in temperate things get proposed in hot moments and people get carried away and the next thing you know you have a disaster on your hands. i don't want to say this couldn't happen. i have to say i completely agree with ted about who would be the biggest victim of this. obviously the state would have to come in or somebody would have to come in. the thing is, there are reforms that you could make that would address the moment that we have. we should have a conversation about immunity. have a conversation about police unions and the difficulty of the rules of getting rid of bad cops or people that shouldn't be cops. all of that stuff should be on the table. what i'd be worried about, even if you don't defund the police, i don't wand the police out on the street feeling they can't do that job. that's what i'm more worried

about. >> bill: a difficult line to walk, when you're on the beat. ted, i think you can understand that as well. what the white house said last hours, they're considering proposals to address police brutality. i don't know what they are. here in new york city, they're talking about banning the choke hold and opening officer's personnel records, ted. do you think that goes very far? >> well, it goes somewhat far. i just don't think you should open up anybody's personnel records. i think that that is certainly something that should be held private. banning choke holds, i have no problem with that. and then there's other things that they can enact in training. do more training. but look, who are you going to call on? ghost busters to protect the community? if you defund or you disband? when i heard the world disband, i'm going have you lost your mind? law enforcement is a necessary in communities. we have crooks out here. we have people out here who are

trying to harm other people. we need law enforcement. >> bill: to that end, andy, there's a political equation to be judged on this, too. ted is being facetious about ghostbusters. the question is, who you going to call if you don't have them? >> it's not only that, bill, to underscore what ted just said. you know, the wealthier communities can make alternative arrangements, they can plan, get private security. the places where we have crime where crime is a real problem are these very communities that there are overrepresented in terms of victimization of crime. they're the ones that will suffer from the police not being present. you can see that happening already. we can't -- you know, we can't forget the last week has happened. look what happened when the police stood down in most places. smoking wreckage all over the country. >> bill: there's a lot of pressure on a lot of leaders,

ted. you think about the minneapolis mayor. he was really leading the charge against chauvin from the early moments. he got booed out of his yard that said he wouldn't support this, ted. >> that's the sad commentary. the public is somewhat confused. there's so many different angles that they want their political leaders to go in but they're not willing to accept the fact that we need law enforcement. as much as the community needs law enforcement, law enforcement needs to be there to protect the community. they're to serve and protect. >> bill: thanks, gentlemen. we'll see which way this unfolds. okay? thank you. right now at the white house, this is happening. president trump meeting with law enforcement at the white house. we're told the pool has been called in. that means we'll have headlines

in a moment. also i'll talk with the former senior adviser to president obama. valorie jarrett is here live on calls to defund the police and calls for reform. we'll talk to her about that we're tracking protests across the nation and take you live to houston, texas. i mentioned the george floyd hometown. thousands paying their final respects at his public viewing at this hour. ♪ dad, i'm scared. ♪ it's only human to care for those we love. and also help light their way. it's why last year chevron invested over $10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. ♪ that liberty mutual customizes your insurance, i just love hitting the open road and telling people so you only pay for what you need!

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stories that we're watching. the fbi investigating a possible link between the deadly ambush on a california sheriff deputy in sanity cruz saturday and the shooting death of a federal officer in oakland last month. officials say the ambush happened while deputies were responding to a call about a suspicious van. the suspect, stephen kareo. he's in custody. the feds say the suspect in oakland was driving this white van. they're not clear if it's the same way involved in saturday's ambush. in virginia, a white police officer facing assault and battery charges after video appeared to show him using a stun gun on a black man without provocation. that's the charge. a warning. the video is graphic. it comes from northern virginia. you can see the african american man hear an ambulance. the officers said they were trying to convince him to go to a detox center. another officer arrives. he uses a stun gun on the guy. gets on on the of him and fire

as stun gun into his neck. the police -- that cop facing up to three years in prison. from the state of missouri now. a st. louis man now charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a retired police captain. the city's prosecutor said that david dorn died while trying to protect his friend's pawn shop last tuesday. police say the suspect can be seen on video and he's one of several people that stole televisions from the store. it happened during a violence night in st. louis where four other police officers were shot. >> this is a powerful day. day 100 of the coronavirus crisis and it is the day that we start to liberate ourselves from this disease, the day that we move forward. phase one of the restart begins today. >> bill: so a big day in new york beginning to slowly reopen. emphasis on slowly. after three months of a lock

down. the mayor thinks as many as 400,000 will come back to week in the first phase of reopening, this is grand central terminal this morning. david lee miller live. good afternoon. >> bill, new york city is back in business at least sort of as we just heard from the mayor. this marks the beginning of phase one of the city's reopening. what that means is that wholesalers, construction and manufacturing as well as curb side retail can get underway. the next phase is going to include the reopening of offices and regular outside dining that won't happen for at least two weeks. the mayor says count on early july. the fourth phase will permit theaters and other forms of entertainment, this depends on the city meeting a number of thresholds that show the virus is not spreading.

there's concern that recent looting could prevent some businesses from reopening as planned. there's a worry that the street protests could spread the infection. governor cuomo is urging testing. as things reopen, the subway system will be increasingly crucial. starting today, it resumes regular service. governor cuomo that rode the subway said the system is face. face masks must be worn and free hand sanitizer will be available. this afternoon cuomo tried to re-assure new yorkers. >> if it wasn't safe, i would ask anyone to go on the subway. i make the decisions. for me, i assume that i'm making the decision for myself and my children. >> now, the mta, the agency in charge of the subway says that social distancing isn't going to be possible. consider this.

before the pandemic, more than five million people a day rode the subway. for many new yorkers, the idea of social distancing on the train means not standing on someone else's foot. >> bill: we have a ways to go, right? including plywood up and down the avenues. david lee miller, thank you. nice to see you in manhattan. as i mentioned, the president is meeting with law enforcement officials at the white house. we'll bring you news as we get it. joe biden weighs in on the growing calls to defund the police. president obama's former senior adviser is valorie jarrett. i'll talk to her live about that and more next.

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>> bill: so here we go. we'll have in tape played back.

president trump meeting with law enforcements. >> he said 99% of police in america are great people. there are some bad apples. we're watching that in a moments. we'll play that for you when it becomes available. meantime, joe biden's campaign clarifying that he does not support defunding the police. he hears and shares the deep grief of those calling fought for change and is driven to ensure justice is done and we put a stop to this terrible pain. he supports the need for reform including funding for public schools, summer programs and mental health and substance abuse treatment separate from funding for police so officers can focus on the job of policing. my next guest worked with joe biden in the white house. valorie jarrett, the author of "finding my voice." congratulations on the book. thanks for being with us here today. >> thank you, bill.

good afternoon to you. >> bill: you think joe biden was wise to issue that statement on behalf of his campaign? >> yeah, and i think what the he was saying, what i believe, is that every year the city council should sit down with the mayor and allocate resources depending on the need. in every democracy, we rely on law enforcement to keep us safe. they take an oath to swear and serve and protect us and that is important. we also have to make sure it's done in a fair and equitable way. for example, bill, to some degree, police forces need more money, more money or recruit mend and training and ensuring that they have a police form that is prepared to ready and serve and protect. you might also say that sometimes we ask our police officers to do work that could be best handled by social workers or educators. so we should look at this and say are we tailoring the

solutions to the challenges we face. >> you can see the reaction in minneapolis and the tortured death of george floyd not withstanding. are those cities going too far? overreacting. >> i think what they called for in minneapolis is a real look at the structure of how law enforcement is conducted and giving themselves a year to figure out what would take its place if you were to look at a structural reform there it's premature to say they're overreacting. they're saying we have a problem and we need to address it. that should be done in concert with the community. that's what president obama called for last week. he asked the mayors to look at your use of force and determine with the community whether they should be changes. already we've seen some cities and states make changes to ban the choke hold. that's not a practice that police should use. then we have to train police for how to deescalate.

this is a complicated piece of business a microcosm of society. i'm heartened to see so many americans of all races, all ages in all 50 states pouring out and saying we can do better. >> bill: a few more things here. back to president obama's statement from last week. would you agree largely if you cut back on the police force it will affect minorities the most in their neighborhoods? >> when you say cut back, what does that mean? for example, i'm a big supporter of community policing. police know the folks in the community, get out of their cars. people don't just see them when there's a crisis, a part of the fabric of the community. so when you say pull back, i think again it's not about more money or less money. it's about strategically using the resources that we have, the public dollars, in a way that will keep communities safe and strengthen that bond of trust so the residents are safe and the police officers are safe, too. >> bill: a lot of the policing in the community, it's been going on for decades. i know a lot of people support

it and shown positive outcomes in cities all across america. with regard to your former boss or present boss, president obama, how often is he in contact with joe biden? >> i don't know how often they chat. i assume regularly. >> bill: once a week? >> i don't want to make up a number. they're in regular touch obviously. after eight years of working together, not only do they have a professional relationship but really good friends. and president obama has endorsed him and intends to campaign for him. i would describe it as regular contact. >> bill: one more questions there. would you say he has been giving him ongoing advice during this campaign? would you go that far? >> as we move to the general election for sure. before that, president obama was open to chatting with any of the candidates who sought his advice. part of being a senior states person and part of believe that a guy look at my younger brother is a senior statesman, that's

who he is. he saw in the primary it was his job to offer advice to every one. now the general election, he's endorsed joe biden and will offer him advice and counsel. >> bill: and chicago is the town that you love. i know you're in new york now. but there is some numbers over the weekend that are just stunning. 36 people shot, five of them fatalities. last week 85 shot in chicago over memorial weekend. 24 fatalities. these people, they don't get protests. they don't get attention. they barely get headlines. are the leaders in the town that you love failing these people who live in those communities? >> look, i think society has failed them. i'm a big supporter of mayor lightfoot. she ran on a campaign of equality and the kinds of challenges that we have in chicago, my hometown and i do

love it's, bill, it's deep. it's all about education and opportunity and ending discrimination and expanding the reach of our young people so that they have other alternatives than using guns. we have far too many guns on the streets of chicago and every big city around the united states. over 32,000 people die from gun violence -- >> bill: you're right. you'd admit that that story has been going on for too long. >> it has been going on too long. what we have to do is invest in our young people and make sure the trajectory of their lives is markedly better. that's why president obama launched my brother's keeper several years ago with support from several of your colleagues here to say what can we do to ensure that young people get the equal opportunity to excel and achieve their dreams. >> bill: thanks, valley jarrett. a lot to talk about. not nearly enough time today. hope you come back. best of luck on the book.

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>> bill: so again, the president meeting at the white house with law enforcement officers. we'll get that to you a moment. the pool is still inside. momentarily we'll have that for you from washington. meanwhile from chicago, business owners in that city finally starting to reopen their doors after being forced to close because of the pandemic and then the protests and grady tremble records on the latest in the windy city. grady? >> businesses in chicago with hit with the one-two punch. they had to close for the coronavirus and then the looting happened. a lot of places like these here boarded up. now they're getting comfortable reopening again.

as you can see, they still have the plywood up. they are open. all of the protests this weekend in chicago were peaceful. there were large numbers, but there was no looting over the weekend. so they're pleased to reopen. they have outdoor dining again here in the city. what we're seeing is some businesses started to open and others got comfortable after this weekend. they're reopening now. one business owner i talked to said that will help his business with the domino effect. >> once all of the other businesses around us reopen as well, it will just provide a lot more foot traffic in the neighborhood. we get a lot of business just from walk-by traffic. >> this restaurant over here had an interesting story. they put up plywood when they knew they had to close for the coronavirus. they started taking it down to get ready to reopen. then the looting happened and they had to put it back up again. you can see they have their tables out, ready to reopen tomorrow. so progress in the windy city.

bill? >> bill: need some customers, right? thank you, grady. the amazon founder jeff bezos said he would be happy to lose customers to people that don't like him supporting blacks lives matter. charles payne, i mess you. one of these days we'll see each other in person again. if you logged on to amazon, you'd see the statement over black lives matter what do you think of the corporate position staked out by amazon, charles? >> first of all, bill, listen a lot of companies are writing checks, making statements. it's a cool hip thing to do. so to a degree, i'm not surprised. i looked at amazon. while they have a fair amount of blacks folks working for them, very few make it to managers. if jeff bezos wants to put his money where his mouth is, he

probably should be providing more internal opportunities for his workers rather than -- >> bill: that's interesting. i'll give you an idea. where is the support for amazon on behalf of the companies that were burned down in the rioting and the looting in minneapolis and manhattan? where is his support? >> there's none. >> bill: i looked for it and couldn't find it. did you? >> no, i did not find it. again, there's these topics that dominate social media, that dominate the traditional media, mainstream media. if there's a woke position to be on. it's a farce. i didn't know what a ceo did in their private lives. but that ship has sailed. we're in an esg part of divesting. environmental social governance. zeroing on where the companies

put their money. it's about being politically correct and it's taken over the investing world, whether you like it or not. >> bill: how about the minority members of the communities in minneapolis that were crying in front of the tv camera watching their businesses burn? that would be a pretty good move for amazon, don't you think? good p.r. >> it would be an amazing move for them. since other accused of putting so many of those small businesses out of business theres the first place, it's a gold ten opportunity to show real sympathy for people out there working really hard. i'm not saying they're mutually exclusive. you can be for black lives matter, police strong and small businesses. jeff bezos had a company revolting against him and in case of emergency, it's a break left. you have a way to get out of it. so i find it to be a little disingenuous. >> bill: what i find to be

troubling, charles, have you seen manhattan? people don't get a true sense of this. i live around ninth street. i work around 47th, 48th street. it's a two-mile drive. you can go down fifth avenue, up sixth avenue, down seventh afor two miles. you see stores that are 90% covered in plywood. i haven't seen that much timber since i was in the state of oregon. it's a sad state. have you seen saks fifth avenue? the wire that drapes the side of the building. the dogs on patrol. saks says you're not going to take our store. it won't happen here. i think for people who have been trying to follow this news on a daily basis, if you come to new york and take a look at the city and what it's turned into, i mean it will sink your heart, charles.

>> no, it will. it will. it's -- the small businesses that are two blocks away from saks that depend on that flow and how much they have sacrificed to open the businesses. you know, governor pritzer just said be generous. are you kidding me? they allow the looting and now telling insurance companies to be generous? telling the federal government to forks over cash? you can't have it both ways. it's unfair. the whole country is going through a learning curve and maybe we'll come out of this everyone looking in the mirror more a couldn't ability, more responsibility and moving on from here. >> two miles of plywood. can't get that image out of your head. thanks, charles payne from fox news. public viewing for george floyd is underway in houston. that's where he was raised and grew up. joe biden met with floyd's family and providing a video message for his funeral service tomorrow.

alicia acuna is live right now in texas. alicia? >> hi, bill. reverend al sharpton confirmed the meeting with a photo that he tweeted that we can show you here showing joe biden meeting with the floyd family. as you mentioned, he did record a video that is supposed to be played at the funeral tomorrow. we want to take you back to earlier today. a moment when 46-year-old george floyd's casket arrived here at the fountain of praise church. his family's church. floyd was born in north carolina, killed in minneapolis. houston is where he went to high school and became a local football star. a look inside the church where members of the public are required to wear masks and have temperatures taken on entry all in line with coronavirus. 15 people are allowed inside at a time. the line to get in started bidding this morning. folks standing in the houston heat. forecasters say this is the hottest day of the year so far.

earlier greg abbott came to pay his respects. >> this is the most horrific tragedy i have ever personally endured. george floyd is going to change the arc of the future of the united states. george floyd has not died in vain. >> we're so thankful and sorry about the death of george floyd. we're thankful about the fact that america and the world is now listening. >> tomorrow the man whose murder launched a global movement against racism and police tactics will be laid to rest. tomorrow it's for his family and friends. i talked to a woman named patrice. i asked her why she's here. show says she's the mother of a 2-year-old black boy. when he looks back on history and she wants to have an answer to the question, mom, what did you do? bill? >> alicia acuna in houston.

thanks. >> issues that we ask police to do, mental health issues, policing in schools and all the rest that perhaps we can shuffle some of that money around. those are local decisions. >> bill: leader pelosi on defunding the police. right now the president meeting with law enforcement at the white house. bill barr is there, the vice president is there. how does this issue play out the next five months? it's a great question for mo and mark on a monday. they are next. ♪ limu emu & doug [ siren ] give me your hand! i can save you... lots of money with liberty mutual! we customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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in there. jared kushner. there are according to our report here a sheriff from illinois, a police chief from illinois, another from florida and possibly one from washington d.c. about six law enforcement reps in total and the rest are administration officials. kayleigh mcenanyearlier today, in fact last hour, said the was was a pauled by movement to defund the police. let's bring in mo here, folkser spokesman for hillary clinton 2008. and marc thiessen, a former speechwriter. let's take what time we can h e here. how does this go? is this just an overreaction for the time being? what is your sense? >> you know how joe biden said police ought to shoot somebody in the leg?

the democrats are shooting themselves in the foot, this is an insane approach to the 2020 election. if joe biden and the democrats run on defunding the police and the president runs on law and order, democrats lose. how does this play with suburban woman after 2018 when they gave them the majority and they need them in 2020? suburban women are not going to go for defunding the place. >> bill: a fair point. let's go to your partner. mo, what do you think about the point he's making? >> joe biden just put out a statement saying he opposed the movement to defund the police. i think the images that we saw, not just with george floyd's tragic death but with some of the police activity during the

protests is has led to a natural conversation about how do we reform our police system. that is a legitimate conversation. are there ways to direct more funding to community programs that could address the underlying challenges in these communities. are there ways to deal with police brutality like ending choke holds and such and make demilitarizing some police departments. those are completely legitimate conversations. i don't think you'll see this mad rush as led by the top of the ticket towards calls to defund the policing department. >> bill: what do you think, marc? what mo is suggesting is there opportunity is make american society better as a result? >> i think joe biden is right to do that but job will end up like the mayor of minneapolis when they said do you support funding the police? he said no. they booed him off the rally,

this is the depends of the woke democratic establishment that will press him on this. this is destructive for the democratic party. reforming the police, i agree. everybody agrees with reforming the police. defunding the police? it's a 1090 issue. it's a minority issue. mo is right. that's what democrats need to do, but their base won't be satisfied with reforming the police. >> bill: the mayor in minneapolis is one of the more vocal people that came forward after the death of george floyd. he went out last night and got booed out of his own yard because he wasn't doing what they favored him to do. >> and he was on the air saying he opposed defunding police. i think there's a lot of raw emotion out there in communities. i think we would all be remiss to dismiss it by trying to fall into our partisan corners. there's a very real need for

police departments to protect and serve our communities. there's a very real need to reform those police departments. i think what the congressional black caucus and congressional democrats put forward today with legislation to start dealing with the police brutality issues is a good first step. i hope to see some republicans get on board with that. a lot of issues are as mark said 90/10. rather than push everyone into these corners that don't necessarily exist, let's find those common ground areas and this seems to be a no-brainer. >> bill: real quick on this, marc. was joe biden's campaign smart to say we don't support this defund movement? yes or no. >> absolutely. suicidal for him not to. the question is what does the pressure from the ground up come from? is he going to maintain that position or cave the way he caved on public funding of abortions and other thingses. the reality is the democratic

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>> bill: law enforcement officers are meeting with the president based on the account with the reports on the inside. about half a dozen law enforcement officers have gathered there the white house. we will see but i had to say about that. as his flock eastern time. a lot of say about the effort to define police. here we go, that shatters up. let's listen now to the president. >> president trump: thank you very much. it is an honor to have some of the true leaders in our country of law enforcement. that is what they have done, they've enforce the laws. they have done a fantastic job of it. you have among the best numbers

we have ever had in terms of recorded history, certainly. this has been a very strong year for less crime. let's put it that way. there's a reason for this crime. that's because we have greater law enforcement. i'm very proud of them. there won't be defending. they won't be dismantling of our police. and they are not going to be any disbanding of our police. our police have been letting us live in peace. we want to make sure we don't have any bad actors in there. sometimes you will see some horrible things like we witnessed recently. i say 99.9%. let's go with 99% of them are great, great people. they have done jobs that are record-setting, record-setting. so our crime statistics are at a level they haven't been at. i want to go around the room and just ask each one of the folks to say hello and tell a little

bit about themselves and the success they've had. and we are going to go and have our meeting as to where we go from here. okay? thank you. please. speak to mr. president, thank you for allowing us the company. thank you for hosting this meeting. ability to be able to talk about some very important things to law enforcement. this last year is very trying for law enforcement. in the last year, the last few months, we have dealt with covid. we've lost 117 officers across this country who been exposed to covid. i thank you for recognizing there's not a single thing in the law enforcement profession we are trying to bring hope to our communities, this pandemic that we did not receive some great assistance from your administration. thank you for that support. we are dealing with another crisis now that is pushing us to our limits. i don't know a law enforcement officer across this country who is not appalled by the incident

that occurred in minneapolis. at one incident certainly doesn't reflect on the 8,000 many women that go to work to make their communities better. thank you for the chance to have dialogue. in looking at us as a profession. we recognize it's time for us to have some good deep discussion and look within and find ways to improve the criminal justice system. i stand here to tell you that we want to see the table and how that discussion. >> president trump: thank you, patrick. ashley, please. >> first and foremost, we have to ensure before we can collaborate and make progress on areas and criminal justice arena, we have to make sure we have space to do that and law and order control and we appreciate you focusing on what is important. that people have the ability to express their opinion and protest in a peaceful way. they cannot have a tax on enforcement.

looting. this will dismantle what we have built for so long. in florida, we are at a 48-year crime rating low. it is people like you that have supported law enforcement. i believe in any administration at any criminal justice system in anything. we can always make improvements. and i admire that you're willing to dig cannot have have these conversations and do that. i think that moving forward, the idea that we would ever dismantle our police administration coming from not only as the attorney general of the great state of florida at the federal prosecutor or at the judge for over a decade, but as a wife of a law enforcement officer, i see with these men and women do for our communities. they rush in to save us when other people rushed out. they deliver babies. they charge and when someone is hyped up and beat his wife and his kids and rescue them.

we expect great things. we have to support them. we have to ensure that they are safe. at the same time, we must be committed to improving our system. i admire that about you, president trump. >> president trump: thank you very much, actually. you are doing a great job in florida. please. >> thank you, mr. president and staff. the white house for hosting this meeting. i am the national chairman of trustees for the police. i'm also here today as a sergeant. working the streets during this time of crisis in our nation. the reason i am so happy to be here today to represent the rank and file is because, number one, it is important for everybody to know that there is not one law enforcement officer in the country that i have spoken to with friends and colleagues from