it is therefore fitting that ralph's introducer tonight is commissioner bill bratton. over the course of his long and distinguished. commissioner bratton has saved countless lives. he oversaw the nypd's transformative implementation of broken windows policing in the 1990s, which greatly contributed to the city's massive crime decline that decade. and he led a similarly dramatic transformation at the lapd during the 2000s at the federal level. commissioner has served with distinction on. the homeland security advisory council, which he now and today he is the executive chairman of the consulting firm teneo risk and the author of the profession, a memoir of community race and the arc of policing in america. i'm proud to say that commissioner bratton has had a long, fruitful relationship with the manhattan institute. his signature policing strategy grew from his intellectual partnership with the late george kelling, the renowned scholar who coauthored the 1982 article that first introduced the concept of broken windows policing to the public kelling and commissioner bratto

i'm honored to be here tonight sharing the stage with commissioner bill bratton and ms.. o'donnell family. fellow rafael

click sent honored to be here tonight sharing the stage with commissioner bill bratton and rafael mangual. it is great to see so many of our friends in the audience including mi president emeritus larry enter trustees and to celebrate the release of ralph's brilliant new book criminal injustice. this book represents a combination of years of rob's hard work. not long ago the conventional wisdom held the biggest problem with our criminale justice sysm wass that it was far too punitie and urban neighborhood stated mostti was for the police to stp being so proactive in their efforts to fight crime. ralph warned this was a dire mistake. the transform great cities was a fragile achievement in cities around the country would regret their headlong rush toward the policing and incarceration. needless to say he has been proven right. ralph is dedicated his professional life to doing everything in his power to restore public m safety, especially for our most vulnerable citizens. it is therefore fitting ralph introducer tonight commissioner bill. over the course as long distinguished career commissi

bill bratton claiming the world has turned upside down instead of trying to get people away from drugsding machines to encourage them to stay on drugs. new york city is set to raoul roll out at least three more vending machines despite the first one reportedly being ransacked within 24 hours. those are your headlines. will, over to you. >> will: thank you. >> you are welcome. >> will: now documentary spotlighting the impacts gender affirming care has it. >> study of population found that those had transitioned had suicide rates 19 times higher than population notched controls. >> pursuant blockers followed by cross sex hormones the fact they are being offered outside of clinical trials and despite the fact known long-term risk is a scandal. >> will: now the film's producer say amc theaters abruptly canceled all screenings of the documentary caving to the demands of a trans rights group. amc theaters declining to comment on the record about their decision to pull the release. our next guest tells her story in the film, laura becker de-transitioned after undergoing surgery more than five

bratton what role faith may have played in your life? i was very fortunate. i had two great parents, my man dad and bill, and dad was the best.both them born just before the depression. growing up during the depression, dad lost his mother very early age, dirt poor father, an alcoholic raised by an odd charlestown in boston and hardscrabble lives of during the depression goes into the u.s. navy 1944. at age 18 serious and the pacific on an aircraft carrier during all the kamikaze attacks attacks. i'm on on the beneficiary extraordinary parents. i grew up in a water flat in boston that we used to heat water on the stove to take baths and then get showers. so i went in the u.s. army in 1967 and i'd look at their lives and i'd always marvel that because if you ask dad about life, he would say he had a good life. and i at their lives and out of the lives that myself, vicki, have had the good fortune that we've had. and it just seemed that it was just an always a tough life, always trying to have enough money to take care of the kids, etc., and but he had this spirit about him and i think it was the spirit of that the greatest gen