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offenders off the hook not bothering to lock up violent criminals people it like charles lindsay and allege gang member who was facing four felony counts for grand larceny in december after robbing high end manhattan stores. so instead of prosecuting the case bragg agreed to let lindsay go if he went to some diversion program. lindsay reportedly never showed up. but while back on the street, he showed up to a play ground with a loaded pistol and robbed a 14-year-old. then there's -- the case of mary sanders she took part in the 2018 murder of and sanders helgd up a 35-year-old army veteran and father of two down to the ground while her brother stabbed him to deaths. under al vying bragg administration she was given a plea deal down graigd her charges to second-degree assault and, of course, she was let off on time served. got to remember this one from

last summer. a 16-year-old boy caught on cram beating a cop over the head -- at a subway station in harlem. this was just a month after he if been arrested for possession of pistol and a cross bow. bragg office once again released the suspect without bail before transferring the case to a juvenile court. then we have the case of serial thief lorenzo mclucas arrested for the 129th time this time shoplifting at a target. democrats like to say no one is above the law. but it's clear they only mean that when they're targeting their political opponent. because when it comes to protecting and serving the law-abiding citizens of new york, their priorities are clearly somewhere else. so we hit the streets of new york and ask new yorkers their opinion on the current situation with crime as well as the diements indictment of donald trump. watch. >> how safe is new york city? >> oh, god gone down tubes.

getting any better? >> no. no unfortunately. it >> comes in, can't go out the door. >> it's new york. you know every city has some crime, you have to be aware. you always have to pay attention. but i think it is still safer than it once was. dges just other day couple of weeks ago they don't like his father -- >> are you serious? >> yeah getting bads here. depends on areas you know, and just how you move and where you go. certain times of the day -- >> new york is definitely not what it used to be and you feel the impact even in what used to be very safe neighborhoods. lawrence: decided to charge donald trump do you think it is beginning to make new york safer? >> absolutely not. >> i don't know why they focus on donald trump when they should be focusing on the crime the here. you know because crime is very bad. >> not going to change like because donald trump is in -- in jail. >> you do something wrong

regardless of your wealth or your position you should be held accountable. >> leaders in new york city it care more about going after political opponent than issues in the city. >> everybody is making a scene like he might go to jail but at the end of the day we really got to focus on new york like -- the people. >> here now a mother who son lost her life in new york city linda claire and jennifer harrison founder of victims right new york. it ladies thanks so much for joining the program. jennifer i want to start with you -- it just seems like there's a lot going on in new york city. that we could be spending our time on why isn't the d.a. more interested in the victims? >> well from day one, alvin bragg announce that he would not prosecute even the most violent of criminals almost immediately after he took office, and distributed the now infamous day one memo to police officer lost their lives is 19-year-old girl shot and killed while working at

a burger king in harlem downgraded 52% of felonies has a had 50% conviction rate and completely incompetence and to be honest with you we knew this was going to happen. we warn of it during the campaign and we were the first to call for his removal from office as a victim advocacy group, when he issued that memo. >> linda when you hear the district attorney says you know, no one is above the law. he comes out so forceful, he now has a security detail protected him because he's held now as big hero for justice. but you lost your son -- was he a hero then? >> no. and when i look at the people who took my son's life, they are the very people that you're referring to in the statistics because they are career criminals. and he's basically revolving door and no one is safe in new york until these people are behind bars. and clearly, the reform programs

are not working. >> yeah. jennifer, do you think the new yorkers are buying this? because that's any question, i know it is a very progressive city. but we seen fruits of this little experiment and things aren't getting better, so do you think they're cheering him along the way? >> i don't. i think there are select few that you know of the progressives maybe 188,000 people out of 2 million voters in new york that did vote for him. but look things have not gotten any beaters. they've only gotten progressively pun intended worse. released woman mary sanders that parted in the brutal murder of the united states veteran, so in alvin bragg's new york you can literally get away with murder and criminals are absolutely above the law. people are sick of it. i have vicinities call megaon a daily basis because he refuses to prosecute violent and excuse discovery reform, a policy he

supports by the way and that he doesn't have enough resources to make sure new yorkers don't get killed by taking very violent people off the streets but he has resources to prosecute a form or president on charges that everyone else decided he couldn't be prosecuted for. i think people have had enough. >> yeah linda did you ever hear from the d.a.'s office like did they ever call you walk you through charges that -- that they ever let you know what was going on? >> well, in that sense no. ada emily did meet with me and go over a few things but at the end of the day the reason i came forward was because the d.a.'s office was refusing to move forward on these charges. and that is the root of the problem and i am so sorry to district attorney bragg that he had to see what he saw growing up in harlem white, police brutality. i'm sorry for that. but that does not replace that

my child and every other new yorker deserves to be safe and we cannot make up for what happened to him. my son was gay. the gay pride movement began in new york city because of police brutality. we have to move forward and sthoild people accountable whether it's a former presidents or presidents as well as the average person because people are not safe in new york right now. and who wants to go to new york when you're not safe? lawrence: no one does. that's the -- that is the answer to that. ladies thanks so much for joining the program. thawnch thank you for the opportunity ppg >> bring in former analyst author of the trial of the industry. jared thanks for joining the program. i wonder with alvin bragg you were on legal size as well you were intelligent. do cops respect this guy? because he only makes their job harder. i mean, can you imagine

arresting a perp and then seeing hill right back on the street two hours later? >> yeah every cop i know who works in his jurisdiction in manhattan has that story of going out doing good faith work and seeing it undone an hour later and, of course, that does a lot to your incentive to continue to do your job these cops set a record for felony arrests city wide in new york going back 20 something years. the men and women of the nypd are out there working and it was just remark whbl you consider the environment. and yet they are housed within an entire system it's not just bragg. you know he's the one we're seeing now it is come to the floor. but it is the city council it is albany there's a rafter of measures put in place realistic to undo measures that were written by the defense bar. nobody on the law enforcement side had any inputs and, of course, results speak for themselves what would you expect? >> exactly right. greg, your excellent journalist

but legal mind. i'm not understanding what the case is here, though. if the feds who they don't pass up on a case they love -- love to go after the political opponents as well. if they passed on the case what is his case? >> you know, we have not seen the indictment but based on leaks mostly from the district attorney's office we have a pretty good idea, and frankly, it is the most novel if not bizarre convoluted legal theory i've or heard of. i wrote that was seems to be based on the coupling of two charges one is a misdemeanor falsifying a business record and supercharging it in to a felony but sort of boots strapping a federal campaign finance violation. you know, first of all he's a local prosecutor. he can only charge under state laws.

so you know i'm not sure this is going to survive judicial scrutiny. there are other problems that, you know, the statute of limitations was two years on the felony alleged five years. so we're well passed the statute of limitations on top of that, bragg would have to show the trump was personally involved in altering business records, and that he knew and understood these complex campaign finance laws which nobody comprehends i don't see lawrence how he gets there. >> you have feds that pass this greg just laid out the theory and what you can do as a legal prosecutor. and a state prosecutor -- paul, is this him trying to make a name for himself? is this going to revive his name what's the end goal here? >> i think in your prior segment

you saw what new yorkers feel about this i live in manhattan i know what atmosphere is and bragg ultimate goal is to get reelected that's why he's going forward with this i'm not sure with a big national coordinated thing this is a new york thing but if i can stick to it tell something that greg just said what i want to know is how can we know so much about indictment another network is reporting that there are 34 counts of falsification of business records in this indictment. now that's just a network doing their jobs they have no culpability why is that known? that's a real felon i-in under new york penal law to disclose details of a grand jury investigation. where is the attorney general to look into why this leak went to cnn as we've seen in the past -- in a venue that is favorable to the prosecution. you know when donald trump comes to make his motion to change venue, this is only going to support that.

because the entire jury pool here is hearing before the indictment comes out about 34 counts of very specific number. that leak investigation it that sort of leak investigation has been kungted in this state in the past i want to know where donald trump doesn't seem to merit the same protection of his presumption of innocence. >> you have a whole prosecutor in that office that res design and then wrote a book about it just insane. gentlemen thanks so much for joining me tonight so with former president prepared to turn himself in on tuesday first time alvin bragg and left will have ever appeared to actually care about law and order. >> millions of americans have been waiting for this day for years. >> i can't think of an artifact a mug shot that's going to be circulating around the world in the kind of way that this one of donald trump is. >> you will read reap what you sew. >> this is good news for everybody. the judge that presided over that case where the trump family was found guilty --

is the same judge presiding over donald trump's 30 counts. >> they are so excited. i want to bring in former new york congressman it lee and new york congresswoman claudia, thanks so much for joining me. lee i want to go to you first. what do you make of all of the glee to all of the democrats enemy say they don't want the criminal justice system to be politicized also big reformers last time i check even if this was true this is a nonviolent offense. so what where is all of the peerist in the democratic party? >> i see alvin bragg in each of those people in each of those clips that you just played. alvin bragg before he was even sworn into office he was saying that he was going to be personally supervising this prosecution, this investigation of donald trump. he didn't even know what charges

were. he didn't know what facts were going to be. all he cared about was taking down president trump. and these people in the media -- they don't need to wait to see what an indictment says they don't care about the great legal analysis that you just heard from greg jared with statutes of limitation ask them what they think about the fact that -- by the way, i don't know if any county district attorney anywhere in the state of new york has ever charged the federal campaign finance violation these people don't care. but unfortunately for them a lot of independent minded americans see right through it this is a political prosecution. >> congresswoman i did a monologue laying out his connection to george soros now he's saying i never gave money to him and color for change they gave one million dollars to him. the number one contributor color for change is george soros 3.9 million to him and then his son gave 10,000 to alvin bragg and

his son's wife gave 10,000 dollars so i'm not buying that there's no soros connection to this d.a.. are you? >> it's absurd look most of the people george soros doesn't know most he's funding he started going around country funding district attorneys so we could get people like alvin bragg in office who would misrepresent our law, would be involved in malicious prosecution which is exactly what he's done with trump. what he did to jose alba remember the bodega owner unfairly when he was -- acting in defense. and so that's just nonsense look at. we've got a justice system that needs to be preserved and lee ran for governor and said his first act would have been to actually fire alvin bragg which governor has power to do. and kathy has the power to do that and she's busy trying to

budget legislature didn't get their budget in on time and one of the big issues because lee raised this issue was the problem of crime and it is not just new york city. it is the whole state because this is albany it talking, and they are fighting over the bail reform laws. the raise age laws and as he traveled the state running for governor realizing that crime is everywhere. my district has a lot of crime. we've never seen the kind of crime we have. rochester new york right outside my district has among heist crime rates in the northeast. this is happening all over new york and it is directly the result of leftist albany democrats, leftist like alvin bragg remain in office welcome solve a lot of problems and save a lot of people in new york if we could post somebody decent in that d.a.'s office. lawrence: they don't when they make policies it spreads the criminals move, they go and they take over one territory and done they go to next and they don't care about consequence or care about justice only whether they're targeting their political opponents and it's very shameful.

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lawrence: welcome back to cross country, the country still reeling from a mass shooting that took place earlier this week in nashville, tennessee where 28-year-old suspect opened fire at a private christian academy killing three young children and three adults. the tragedy renew nationwide debate about what she should do as the country to prevent this from happening. so cross country went to nashville and spoke with members of the community there to see what they believe is the best way forward. watch. >> it breaks all of our heart what happened in nashville. >> absolutely. >> what do you think needs to change? >> first of all i think we need to have more compassion for each other. but, maybe teachers should be carrying -- >> the problem is not a gun problem. the problem is a people problem

and we really need to address mental health in our country. you know you're noticing that sheeters are they're younger and younger each and every time. >> as a teacher it is building connection and bopgdz with students but i think that, you know, we don't know what we don't know and so i think a big piece of it is like giving that love and support at the school. it is not about guns. it is about the, the state of everyone's mental health. >> they're going to have better security at schools because this ain't going to stop. >> as teachers we have to develop relationships which i feel is so important to get to know kids and make them feel comfortable coming to school. >> i don't think it is all just mental health. i think that -- we have gotten rid of god in our country. >> what is something is that everyone agrees on to solve this issue? >> we need to take care of our kids emotions feelings and make sure they're healthy. >> joining me now to discuss active shooter instructor alex cokier in new york post columnist author of the book

stolen youth kara. thanks so much for joining me -- kara i want to go if you first because it seem like it is this typical back and forth antigun -- what do you think needs to happen because -- you know you're involved in politics but you'res also a mom so what's your solution to this? >> well, first of all security of schools has to be a par mount national priority. locking doors making sure nobody can get in all of that has to take absolute priority right now that is an easy solution that we should have done a long time ago makes no sense that office build vaccination tight security and schools do not. second there's in band-aid solution. there's no magic law that will stop shootings anyone who says there is is lying democrats have house and senate until recently and didn't take any action on that magic law they're now proposing and, of course, we need to find common ground and not just after shootings. we have to find common values leak we used to have that wall

street journal poll that came out earlier in week on the decline of patriotism religion, community, should be a wakeup call. we have to talk to our children about values that matter and that's the first step in finding common ground again. >> yeah. alex, the law enforcement in nashville did an incredible job responding to the threat direct threat what they did. they didn't barricade themselves they charged and even though gunfire was coming at them, from a security stand point what can we do better there was no reserve officer there. there was not a resource officer there as well. >> yes lawrence. you know from an active shootser, you know, training standpoint you try to avoid the shooter at all cost if possible if not you deny and last resort is defend and it can't just be one or two heros it is everybody going in to attack that suspect. even if you're unarmed you know no matter and how many weapons he's got enough people jump on

him or her -- it will take out that threat. >> yeah. you heard officers on the scene -- continue to say on that body camera footage let's go. let go. carol, you know, one thing that annoys me about this is we protect all of our jewelry stores, politicians -- even our studios we -- we have good security there. but we don't do same thing for our kids and i keep hearing money, money, money -- are there lives not worth more? >> right. my dentist office has better securities than most schools that makes no sense. we absolutely have the money you know fire the diversity equity and inclusion officers that we've hired throughout the country and replace them with security guards. look, you know other something we get into the conversation about whether teachers should carry or somebody at the school should carry forget about actually carrying how about science up at schools saying you'll be met with force if you

try to harm any students i've seen these kinds of signs at private schools they probably mean it and they have people that carry but even if you don't, step one is making the shooter afraid. this shootser wanted to go elsewhere but saw that they have more security than the schools. so that she went to the school make it heart disease for shooters to get in and hard to harm anybody. >> i want to see this manifesto alex -- that i think that is a tool for law enforcement to prevent this from ever happening again don't you think so? >> i do. i did want to put points out to you lawrence number one banning guns will take weapons away from law-abiding citizens trying to protect themselves from evil. and max prisons have no weapons allowed yet weapons are snuck in and people are still stab and killed. lawrence i've been training kids ages 14 to 18 years of age for last two decades on how to shoot weapons and how to secure those weapons safely and shoot them and those kids are now, you know, now current cops they're current soldiers and serving our

country so you can't just ban guns. we need pipeline, and to solve the problem you want to know is put programs not just in high school but starting down in kindergarten and all move them all the way up and -- more organize society and a better nation overall. >> carol, alex thank you so much for doing the program we have to do betters for our kids so as nashville residents were thinking about what can be done to prevent school shootings in america one man in alabama has been hard at work coming up with a solution of his own. it is called rabbit access safe room might be coming to a classroom in your community in the near future. take a look. >> a sense of desperation plagues america after the school shooting in nashville. we've heard the sail arguments but few working solutions. until now -- meet kevin thomas a father and grandfather in alabama. he developed the rapid access safe room a shelter that's been complimented as part of a pilot program in alabama coldman city schools. >> provided a solution that goes

past the political noise and could save lives day one. what is that solution? >> i access safe room provides safe haven in time of need. we hope it never gets used. but it's there incase. safe room installed as a white board into corner of the classroom expands in seconds into a secure shelter to protect dozens of children and adults. >> what inspired you to do this? >> my wife called me after watching the news -- for the last week it on the value shooting and she said we have to do something. sergeant steven gun is a school resource officer and sees the values in adopting as much technology. >> why do you need time active for those that aren't in law enforcement explain the time issue. >> you go into the school you're looking for the active shooter right then. if you see that's deployed as you're going you know shooter is not there and they're safe.

we're able to go in and if you see this thing like you said you see it deployed -- we know that classroom is secure. and we can move forward. all involve hope the safe room never gets used but if it does they believe it can save lives. so we put it to the test. >> got a teacher here -- >> keep going. there you go. [sound of gunfire] i heard it. slam -- >> that's sound of safety. what's the the price tag? 50,000 installed now and we're working with our suppliers to bring those prices down even more. that was the price on the first two, obviously, volume goes up price comes down. at current price installing a safe room in every u.s. public and private school would cost around $7 billion. but kevin says it is worth it for families nationwide. including his wife and his daughter. do you think this is the solution? this product? >> i think this is a solutions

to get people talking. the root of the problem is going to take a while. so -- in that whilelet protect those children and those teachers. >> i think anything that is going to help my children have a better fighting chance is a good thing. >> what do you say to this? too much money -- too much money for this device. >> i don't know how anybody could put a price on a child. l >> wow. so up next college students calling for triggering warnings on their curriculum. don't go anywhere.

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lawrence: welcome back to cross country so we have yet another example of the left wing lunacy taking over college campuses the student government at cornell university just voted to require trigger warnings for, quote, traumatic content in its classrooms. the move comes as new data shows a majority of the u.s. adults believe a four-year college education is no longer worth the cost. here to reangt fox news contributor geno polls show 42% say yes it is worth the cost and

56% say no. do you agree with this? >> i mean, at this point i'm not seeing it being worth a cost for many people especially when you see that that's beginning on college campuses especially the generation in which it is creating which is a fragile generation that cannot be resilient and truth of the matter is when you think about the things that are being taught on our college campuses especially when we are looking at particular schools who choose to say that the word america is offensive. we just saw that this week actually. where they're saying hey we're going ban certain terms -- those kinds of things i think really brings about -- a consideration that people aren't really learning much anymore. and the truth of the matter is, you know, we grew up in eras where folks had to tack to each're and friends with people who disagree with us and if you say something i disagree with you if you voted for a person i

don't like we can't be friends and how can you grow as a individual if you don't understand and have the ability to communicate with people who think drchghtly than you. that's a problem. and i think for a lot of students that they're seeing that. especially -- >> you know what i think when you have parents, i mean, my parents were no bs, all of the time. i mean they couldn't survive in my household with my mother or father and i know momma jones seem so sweet but that's a new momma jones back in the day she was laying down the law i think some of these kids are going in to the university being coddled and that's just not going survive real world. >> it won't, and you think about our parents grew up in the 60s and eras that they are a civil rights. where people black white and then different join together they united to fight for justice. and they also listened to people who had -- opposing view points. i grew up personally on a south side of chicago extremely poor

lights and gas and momma addicted to crack kroin and you have to really, really be able to fight where are way through and if i didn't have the ability to see -- and hear from people with different view point i could not be on this television station or rather network talking to you right now. i think that beauty of college is the exchange of ideas to hear view point that you can never agree with in some cases but yet understand them. which puts you in a place that you can work in fields that people are going to have different things to say that you be like oh -- never thought about that i disagree. but i can communicate with you better because i understand you. and that's a problem right now. i think for a lot of youth in the previous generation to me they're coming up on us rather they don't have ability to do those kind of things that's where we see people getting canceled and them banning traditions as americans. >> no curiosity thank you for joining the program. >> thank you for having me our video of the week is up next

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>> why do you think san francisco is so often along with chicago the avatar for that kind of chaos? >> well i think there are a number of reasons and i think you know the former president you know put a target on our back at one point, and used it as an example for a lot of things that were allegedly going wrong in the country. >> allegedly going wrong between constant looting robbery and homeless crisis liberal city of san francisco has had such a rough fall from grace. that even liberal superstar jon stewart is desperate for answers in our video of the week stewart tried to get accountsibility but all she's capable of is blaming donald trump. here now deputy managing editor author of the new book keira days of so keira, i mean, sometimes you have to take the

l -- san francisco is once great city. i mean just admit that things are just going wrong. >> well, to admit that things are going wrong would have -- would, you know, mean them admitting that they're doing things wrong. i mean, there hasn't been a republican in charge in this state anywhere -- almost anywhere in 15 years, you know it's been a very long time since we've seen i'm exaggerating a little bit but it's been a very long time since san francisco has seen republican leadership it's been a long time since l.a. has seen republican leadership. democrats lead every big city almost in this nation. there's no one else to blame. we have a supermajority in california. we have a democrat supermajority there's literally no one else to blame but democrats. and so her, her failure to take responsibility is not shocking but it's the only play they have left because people, voters gave

them full power saying here, here you go. no republican in sight go for it do whatever you want and they still couldn't make it work in san francisco. lawrence: you know -- i'm always curious like is there a place for moderate voice in san francisco or any of the liberal cities in california? because like dallas, you know, it's a republican state. you know, we'll get a democrat as a mayor there. but they're not going to defund police or anything like that because they realize voters aren't going to vote for them. >> right. because even still if you're a texan you're an american. like even democrat texans love being american. but it's something totally different here in california. if you're a democrat it -- comes along with this attitude that there's something fundamentally wrong with the united states so there's this attitude of well we've got -- it is a critical race theory attitude right we have a break down the system from within and then rebuild it in our image san

francisco is a perfect example of what happens to a city when democrats get to break down everything traditional and rebuild it in their image, and now we see that their image is monstrous. >> whew with that's a word -- i pray for better days for san francisco. i used to love visiting, but i tell you -- it is worst than skid row keira thanks so much for joining. >> thanks lawrence. >> cross country investigation to jack daniels whiskey. we'll explain, next.

>> so a community in tennessee is stuck in a fight against jack dajs as worsening whiskey fungus continues to grow throughout their town and distillery refuses to make changes to prevent surroundings from decomposing. i went to mulberry tennessee to check thing out for myself. watch. >> according to the epa, this site is the polluter -- >> it is called whiskey fungus that thrives off ethanol from whiskey facility. fungus attaches to everything in the town and apart from being an

eyesore is hurting bidses in the area. patrick and kristy run a bed and breakfast next to the house and tell me how fungus has been ravaging their property. >> that is whiskey fungus that continues to build and build and cake and cake. until the treat -- >> like it is a very low deaths for your plants, your trees, and your environment. how many trees have y'all lost? >> so we're probably at 15 at this point. >> 10 to 15 a year at this rate how long before all of these trees are gone? >> current rate i would say we've got more than two to four years at the most. >> jack daniels says this type of floral is not uncommon around distillery and may not like how it looks but based on information available the fungus is not harmful to individuals or their property. but it is not just jack daniels that's pushing back against those speaking out. patrick and kristy own community

seems to be turning on anyone raising concerns. >> you guys have experienced threats now -- >> yes. >> as a result of you speaking out -- yeah. >> like why? whrnch you start holding people accountable they don't like that too much. >> full of people who work at the jack daniels distillery. what we've been told is they've been told that we're threatening somehow to tear down jack daniels that's 832 million profit a year company i want you to put filtration on a building. but they've taken that and it's -- it's been almost cultish in the reaction. >> as for filtration of ethanol fumes jack daniels says that air filtration technology solution is, quote, easy to say but not possible to do. without significantly adversely affecting taste and quality of jack daniels or any other age whiskey. with no other option in sight the file a lawsuit seeking relief i spoke to their attorney jason -- >> jack daniels has an obligation when they build a

facility to find out what the county's building regulations are -- zoning regulations are -- and in this case, they just went in and began building these structures without any side plan approval and without any building permit approval. >> is there any dispute about the damage that's being done to the environment? because i -- you know, i visited -- i see all of this black stuff. trees don't look like that. they're not not supposed to be that way and plants that are dying so we know for hundreds of years that ethel alcohol causes fungus to grow and food for fungus with a moon shine or distillery you have the concern and density of what's growing there it is on everything so i don't think it is possible for jack daniels to say this isn't caused by their facility. it is just too well known that that's what causes it. >> tracy and warren bought a

gnome lincoln county and since daniels built one in december vowngsding area has already begun to decay. >> what has been the result of this plant being right here? >> they the wildlife we always had a bunch of it around here. deer, but now it's like enhance because their habitat is ruined. if people in charge -- would listen what would you tell them if they're watching this show what would you tell them? >> i would tell the epa to get down here. because what's going to happen here is going to be an violatorral disaster i would tell jack daniels if you are all that you claim to be and you care about your neighbors, then get out herein put a filtration on here. really what is that amount of money going to do to them? >> and incredible investigation i love jack daniels these people seem like nice people and they don't want money and not suing jack but the county.

all they want is for them still to this day is just to put up filters so they can have their community back. i think if we give both people i'll even host it -- i'll moderate it. together we can come up with a great solution for this. that's all we got on that more cross country after a quick break.

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