our entire atf workforce has answered the call to protect and serve. this is atf's mission. we are committed, as we took an oath to protect the united states and uphold our constitution. we serve you, we serve the communities, and we serve your neighborhoods. we are here to insure that you are safe. thank you. director bowditch. >> thank you. good morning. as attorney general barr noted, our nation has made great progress against violent crime, but it still plagues way too many of our communities. and those of us in law enforcement cannot rest while any american lives in fear in their own home or certainly in their own neighborhood. the violent crime threat we face today is very diverse, it's very dangerous, and it's much too all encompassing for any one agency, be it state, local, or federal, to tackle alone. this is why the attorney general has launched operation legend. while every agency here today is represented has a different role and responsibility, fighting violent crime is a responsibility and a duty that we all share. it's one team and one fight. that's why operat

atf barr: i will ask the deputy to see if she has more information. i was looking at some of the cases and the number of the cases relate to straw purchasers who were going out and gathering guns for gangs. so i know that that is one of the areas that atf has been targeting. >> i can comment a little bit on that. theook at the patterns of tracking factors. when we recover crime guns in chicago we trace that weapon. what we find is that many of the weapons are either purchased lawfully, but also go into unlawful commerce by trafficking organizations. weaponsthe pipelines of being recovered in chicago come from other states. some come from the milwaukee area. every state has a different source, but particularly for chicago we see a lot of the trafficking patterns. we have what we call a trafficking group. we focus primarily on those in particular sourced states. when the firearms are recovered we trace them to the last known purchaser. these firearm traces give us what we call from cradle to grave. where the firearm was purchased and where it ended up.

atf responded mission, protecting our communities from violent crime. stand here today on behalf of the great men and women of atf along with my colleagues, department of justice led by attorney general bar justin, my friend and colleague from the fbi, deputy director, we thank you today to reiterate our commitment to honor the lives of the victims and families that died from firearm violence, bring to justice those who terrorize our neighborhoods. like in chicago and the traffickers who fueled the violence by illegally supplying them with guns. there is no higher mission for atf and law enforcement partners and to protect the public for violent criminals. it is the purpose of operation legend. we are in chicago, and other cities working with communities to identify, investigate and prosecute those who inflict pain and destruction by engaging in firearm violence. we do this with a promise to uphold the rule of law with fairness that reinforces the dignity of all community membe members, most particularly victims and their families. every day across the

under the atf. these cases involve u.s. corporations with i'm sure you're familiar under the alien tort statute in the u.s. for crimes that occurred abroad. the allegation in the complaint in this case is that the allegations brought by unnamed, unwarranted individuals say that there was forced child labor in that nestleand bought those cocoa beans and on occasion sent agents down to look at conditions, and as a result of that can cargo be held liable in u.s. court for things farmers did, enforcing child labor in the ivory coast. there are a lot of discrepancies with complaints in terms of the specific pleading. certainly in terms of things that happen in the ivory coast, it's not clear at all that the pleading actually links nestle and cargill to any of the places where there was allegedly forced child labor. brought 15 years ago, so long time to be in the plea stage. from district court to the ninth circuit, the ninth circuit finally allowed the claims to proceed past the pleading stage. nestle and cargill sought review f

. >> today's charges are the result of the efforts led by the atf and the concord police department working with the fdi -- fbi and dea. today's demonstrates the power. >>the gang had taken the shopping center entered into a one-stop shop for guns and drugs. >>> i am at the life news desk with the latest on kronos virus cases in san francisco. the public health director announced a 25% increase in people hospitalized in san francisco because of the coronavirus in just the past few weeks. the city is now at 10,430 cases and they are finding 61 new cases a day. 51% of those cases are people who have been identified as latin. the mayor wants people to keep working on flattening that curve. >> enough with the complaints, enough with the negativity, enough with the divisiveness. we have an opportunity to be better than that. >> a little bit of good news, testing turnaround is down to less than 1 2 days in san francisco. also today, ucsf made a big announcement, they are starting a new tracking program using cell phone data through google location history it is called covid seeker. the goal is to

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wagts the atf, fbi and concord police seized illegal drugs and 42 guns. >>> wildfire smoke may have keptresidents indoors over labor day weekend possibly preventing a future spike in covid-19 numbers. melanie woodrow dug into the data and has this report. >> officials warned of increased covid-19 risks. but large gatherings were at risk. they analyzed mobility data looking at the typical distance traveled by people labor day for each of the bay area's nine counties, the distance traveled was especially low. the lowest distance traveled was for people living in alameda county with the typical person traveling less than a quarter of a mile. the greatest distance was for people in ma ridge county with the average person driving a little more than a mile. the professor of epidemiology. >> we tried to assign it. people's lively hoods with it. i would see this as more of a collaborative benefits. >> they forecasted travel would be down 15% as compared to last year. >> obviously the cdc still recommends we don't travel at this point because of the pandemic. but you're right. there are several o

officers and agents with the atf, the fbi and concord seized illegal drugs and 42 guns.developing news with the ambush of two los angeles county sheriff's deputies over the weekend. the reward has nearly doubled for information leading to an arrest. surveillance video captured the attack. because it is disturbing, we are not showing the moment the shooter open fire on the deputies. more video shows one deputy applying a tourniquet to her partner despite having multiple gunshot wounds of her own. part of the donations have bumped the reward money to $175,000. a go fund me for the injured deputies has raised more than $400,000. >>> here at abc7 news, we are committed to building a better bay area in many ways. one of the most crucial is building a community that is fair and just for all. that's why we're dedicating this week to focusing on stories about race and social justice. and you should know that today marks the start of hispanic heritage month. a chance to celebrate the la teach over community. there is a lot to celebrate from the culture to the sense of family to t

300 arrests nationally, over 300 defendants charged, as well, so the deferment of justice and fbi, atfomponents are committed to aggressively pursuing, investigating, and prosecuting this violence, because it is unacceptable. >> martha: if you find out somebody is buying tickets and paying for hotel rooms and all of that kind of thing, criminal charges that can be brought against the person doing that, though? >> well, yeah, and we look at federal crimes committed, and federal crimes include, you know, salt and federal law enforcement officers, our sin, we have a number of arson investigations, particularly in kenosha, so that is something we look at, but the materials, and you show these videos on your show, marcia, as have others, and we see materials that are used in these riots, and it is not just a pallet of bricks magically appear on a street corner, right? somebody had to purchase those, that indicates coordinated activity, and so the fbi continues to watch video footage of what has happened in portland and other places in order to thoroughly investigate what's going on and who

the fbi and atf are assisting the portland police department, you can't do much when you have absolutelyo cooperation. >> laura: if they don't think they're going to go to jail for ten years for doing what they're doing, then they're going to keep doing it, so how does ahelu trump reelection calm things down in the united states?s? biden says it will calm g things down, how will the trump election calm things down? why won't he calm things down? >> president trump: they won't calm things down, they will take over. if biden gets and they will have won. he's a weak person, he's controlled like a puppet. it's not going to calm things down, it's going to be they will have won. they will have taken over your cities. it's a revolution, you understand that. it's a revolution and the people of this country will not stand for that. if they're not going to stand for that. the vast majority of people feel like me. every time i put "law & order" up on social media, it gets such an incredible positive response. the people of this country will not stand for it. if you say calm things down, yeah, calm

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marshals, atf and fbi.ain, not only those two groups but working with the state and local law enforcement in kenosha are able today dress the violent activity. the national guard knows how to do this. they now the crowd control techniques. they know their city, their state and to be able to operate there. so we've seen it work in a number of cases. we saw it in minneapolis as well. we encourage any other city or state having violent activity, some of these violent rioting that we see across our screens every day, if it outpaces your resources, call the federal government. we'll provide resources and get you what you need. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about something that happened in kenosha that i think would be interesting to get your take on. there's a young man, his name is -- let me get it for you. it's matthew banta. show you his mug shot here. he's considered an antifa leader, commander. he was arrested in kenosha. he's not from kenosha. he had a flame thrower and according to the "new york post" repo

those are things thatll benefit tt just the minority communities but the rest of the country atf large and we should have passed that billt. >> one minute. >> you're right, covid has exposed long existing health disparities with the latino community and we need to do more. one thing, part of this is economic related. i was supportive tpp small business program but we didn't do enough in termshe of access o capital for minority owned business. i had a bill working with the trump ministration to make record investments and financial institutions we can have a lending for women-owned businesses. on healthcare, but we need to start with is protecting aca. it is not perfect but 20 million americans got healthcare coverage. it protects three and a half million virginians including my daughter with pre-existing conditions. 400,000 healthcare coverage because of medicaid expansion. my opponent has criticized me constantly for supporting aca, both, aca inviting will be dismantled by the supreme court the second week of november. >> you. >> i have criticized you as being the deciding vote becaus

that the federal government can offer resources whether it is additional federal agents from the dea, atfnational guard, for example. in these cities unwilling to accept that help, you know, they really are hurting their police officers who are the front line and trying to defend these cities from complete anarchy and chaos. you know, it has become kind of a meme where people describe it as mostly peaceful, fiery protests. be honest, what we've seen in places like kenosha and chicago, cities we mentioned i think is complete deterioration in public safety. the only way you will get that back is with more law enforcement, not less. elizabeth: how do you think this is going to play with voters? we've been reporting this too. of course the facts are out there about what happened with the democrat national convention where democrats we, not mentioned, talked about the violent protests by that time. numerous people were killed. that was noted at the democrat convention. how will that play with voters? >> there is no doubt that donald trump is the law and order president. i think this helps him

recognized that they were not ready and the principals and the educators have a 50 point checklist that atfput together but equally important is the preparation for both virtual and remote and this testing that is going to be mandatory on a routine and randomized basis to make sure that everybody can see whether or not the virus has taken hold again in new york. and that is what l.a. is trying to do. that's what is really landmark about this agreement in new york and, frankly, that's what we should be doing in other places as well. >> yeah. i have to say i looked through the list of the randomized testing where you take 10% to 20% of the student population and adult population and make sure there's nothing in the school you have to make sure the 50-point checklist is met. when i saw the news yesterday it would be delayed by ten days and i saw the 50-point checklist and you've been working on it since april and now you have ten days to implement it. when i read it i don't see how schools open in ten days do you think realistically these schools will open in ten days. >> i think what happens