. >> the idea that bill bratton is coming over. i'm not coming over as an invasion force. i'm coming over to share information. that's what policing is all about. >> reporter: bratton says american law enforcement has dealt with gangs and mob violence for decades, experience he believes will prove invaluable for police in the u.k. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: in stone county, arkansas, authorities have made what they say is their biggest bust in about 20 years. sheriff's deputies seized at least 30,000 marijuana plants, potentially worth millions of dollars on the street. the pot plantation was spotted in a routine fly-over by the national guard. a bus crash disrupted traffic for hours. as many as 25 people were hurt when the greyhound bus flipped on its side en route from philadelphia to pittsburgh. later, will higher wages in china mean higher prices for shoppers here at home? that story is next. >> mitchell: vice president biden begins an overseas trip next week that will take him to three far eastern countri

. >>> > reporord here on "world news" last night that one of america's top cops, bill bratton, is now preparing to head to britain. prime minister cameron has asked the former police chief of new york and los angeles for help overseas after a week of violence in london. tonight, our one-on-one interview with bill bratton, as we asked could he one day be head of scotland yard. you got the call, honored to get it? >> honored, privileged. >> reporter: already a proven name in this country, in new york and boston, now, after a week of riots and revolt in london, british prime minister david cameron has asked bratton to come to london for advice. if the prime minister said, we'd like you to run for scotland yard, would you be interested? >> it's a moot point. the british home secretary is purposely restricted that to british citizens. >> if they did clear the way, would you be interested? >> i never close any doors before it's opened. >> clearly intrigued by the role, bratton makes it clear that, for now, he's been asked about issues that he's tackled in this country, as well the images co

you mentioned bill bratton.on has mentioned his name this time during that public debate, or the parliament debate yesterday, wanting to get his specific expertise, because cameron and the government believe that this organized criminal gang who are really fueling the riot and looting and bratton for his part released that statement saying that he does have a lot about criminal gangs and if asked would be honored and pleased to try to help out. bratton has to be very diplomatic here, because just a couple of weeks back there was a rile when cameron again in parliament suggested that bratton should be considered to run scotland yard. to be the chief commissioner. you remember the reaction was pretty negative. especially coming from the british home secretary who said specifically that will not happen, because it's just not appropriate for a non-british citizen to head the police. >> do you think maybe the events of the past couple of weeks might have changed that attitude? >> reporter: i think there has been some

bill bratton actually released a statement today saying he would be honored and pleased to give whathep. >> shepard: the prime minister is talking about what he considers to be some of the social causes. the root of all of. this he absolutely dismissed out of hand that this is because of britain's economic problems. he put a lot of the blame, in fact, on what he called dysfunctional families. listen. >> this is not about policy. it's t. is about culture. a culture that glorifies violence that shows disrespect to authority and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibility. >> yeah. >> in too many cases the parents of these children, if they are still around, don't care where their children are or who they are with, let alone what they are doing. >> the prime minister also talked about the role that social media like facebook, twitter, and blackberry messenger have played in allowing these rioters to communicate with each other and to gather in one place, he said he may give the police authority to shut down those methods of communication for anybody who is believed to

confirm tonight after a week of raging fires, riots, looting in the streets of london and beyond, bill bratton, former chief of police in new york and l.a. and boston has been asked by the british prime minister to come on board as a consultant to work with the british government to control this kind of out of control mob violence. >>> meanwhile there's some uplifting news tonight from the ashes of this week. a lot of regular folks, friends, neighbors are taking a stand for their own streets. nbc's jim maceda has our report tonight from london. >> reporter: it was not a week for the proud or patriotic here. >> i don't know why people do this. >> reporter: moments of senseless violence, hatred and desperation shocked the nation and those beyond. now the cleanup has started, but so has the fight back. >> we will do whatever it takes to restore law and order and to rebuild our communities. >> reporter: there's defiance in the streets, vigilante groups seeks and turks defending their communities. police raids on alleged rioters have led to at least 1,700 arrests, the courts are in overdrive. the f

that might be somebody, bill bratton -- alisyn: so you think bill bratton might go over there and takeleadership position? >> the i wouldn't be surprised. i think if he were asked, i think he would graciously do it. bill's a true professional, and while the culture needs to remain british culture, there are things that bill can add to the policing in the u.k. that would absolutely be of a great benefit. alisyn: one of the things i thought was interesting you said in terms of a difference in philosophy between here and london is that here we believe, the police here believe that you can't reason with the rioters and the looters. so what do you do? >> the time for reasoning is after you've controlled them. and you know, what happens if, in fact, you don't control them, last night in birmingham the police were not in control of a neighborhood, and so the citizenry came out to protect their own property. three of them were mowed down and killed in, by a hit and run driver. it is never a good idea to have citizens assume the responsibilities of police to protect their own property. it has t

we're discussing how we can go further getting to grips with gangs with people like bill bratton, former commissioner in new york and los angeles. there were people who thought that it shop windows were smashed it was ok to steal. these people will have to face the full consequences of their actions. in the past few days, we have seen a range of emotions sweep this country. anger, fear, frustration, despair, sadness, and a determined resolve that we will not let a violent few beat us. we saw this result in the people who gathered in clumps -- in clapham and manchester with brooms. we saw it with hundreds of people who stood guard outside the southhall temple, protecting it from vandalism. for the people who obey the rules and are the majority in our country, i say the fight back has begun. we will protect you. if you had your livelihood and property damage, we will protect you. we are on your side. for the lawless minority of criminals who have taken what they can get, we will track you down, we will find you, we will charge you, we will punish you. you will pay for what you have done. w

for capturing everybody involved in the rights they're even asking for help from across the pond bill bratton was the former police chief in new york city and los angeles is known for his tough on crime approach when it comes to gang violence and our brian has now actually started helping out london get an interview on n.p.r. he explained why he thinks social media plays a role in the growing occurrence of rights. facilitated media good news for us at this juncture is it still a nation stage in the sense of similar to how those more together being beach total social media police have the ability to monitor their use it for early on identification that something is happening. well despite what he and many others may think i like crime has actually been on the decrease in the us or to the f.b.i.'s preliminary annual uniform crime report from two thousand and ten violent crime went down by five point five percent in the year before property crime went down two point eight percent all while the use of social media increased and you can take other factors into consideration here as well things lik

police chief bill bratton to try and contain these things and talk about shutting down social media. maybe being used by the hooligans or protesters, however you define it. really unprecedented in terms of where the u.k. is. what's your sense of the mood at this hour? >> well i mean, we're in a lull now. hideous riots. you've seen pictures of burning buildings on the fronts of newspapers. everyone's saying, how did this happen? how did the country, an affluent western capital turn into a place effectively lawless? the people are saying, were the police strong enough? do we need to bring in outside advisers? should they be allowed to use water cannons and plastic bullets? the riots had perfect shields and batons and traditionally in british life, the police officers have been more community based than a strong arm and the debate now has become, should that continue? do we have to change that? >> i want to play, we've got some tape of the people on the street, and their assessment of what's behind this. i'd like, ravi, to are you to listen and give reaction. >> got no future. they've g

in fact, it is bill bratton the former police commissioner who said you cannot arrest your way out of this problem. and there's another path simply to blame others, blame the parents blame the so-called underclass, blame the police. we've certainly seen a lot of that in the last few days haven't we? our police force already being undermined by cuts in officers and an unseemly attempt by government to take credit for operational decisions that went right and blame the police for those that didn't work out. so wrong. and the approach of blaming others, so simple and yet so simplistic. instant and simple judgments in response to these sorts of events bring bad solutions. of course the public says we want quick action. but a new policy a day knee-jerk gimmicks not thought through, they won't serve the problem. and let's be honest about the politician's instinct in this, a appointed new advisor we allow your old prejudices but that won't meet the public's demand for lasting solutions. we've heard it all in the last few days, water cannons supercops, a daily knock at the door for gangs and

bill bratton, will they pick bill bratton. >> i love cueing up the steal in london.learn, mika? >> there is now proof. >> proof of what? >> men can indeed multitask. >> really? >> if it is at a game and they're catching a ball and holding a baby. why can't they clean

and in los angeles, you know, bill bratton, the police commissioner out there, i mean, just got skeweredl rights groups just, you know, just hit the roof. so, i think, look, i think new york is unique. i think they do have a unique background given the -- given 9/11. they certainly have a deep relationship with the cia. the cia trained a police detective at the farm, you know, which is -- i mean, that's an unprecedented thing. so, it's -- they have that. they have 9/11. they have a lot of money. they have a low crime rate. these sorts of things are uniquely new york. >> matt, were there any instances you were given where the demographics unit, where the intelligence that are gathered have actually prevented some sort of terrorist attack? a specific example of where it had worked? >> well, we know that the intelligence division has had successes. you know, the herald square plt ahead of the republican convention is a perfect example. it didn't show the depth of the program, but, i mean, they used an undercover officer living in brooklyn and hanging out and they used an informant who befor

but i'm sure there'll be many things i'll be able to discuss with bill bratton shortly. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. the prime minister talked about not wanting a -- [inaudible] and i don't think any of us want that. but there is a division of view about whether we have sufficient policing available to deal with this. i praise the way the police in my constituency have helped to avoid this -- [inaudible] but perhaps the prime minister be he's right that there are absolutely sufficient police would agree to insure that we have a regular report parliament telling us how many police are available and how many of them are riot trained so we can know the real facts. >> i would welcome that because the point is the police availability figure today is only 12% of police officers on the beat at any one time. now, she likely is a valued member of parliament. let me just repeat what sarah thornton of thames valley said. what i haven't done at all is reduce the number of officers who do the patrol funks. so we haven't cut those numbers at all. we have not cut the numbers o