host: jeff asher joins us. he is the cofounder of ah datalytics. here to talk about the rise in crime in the country. welcome to the program. guest: thank you for having me. host: tell us about your company. what do you look at specifically? guest: we started about two years ago. we work within the terminal justice sector, doing data analytics for organizations that need help. a lot of police departments, criminal justice agencies, prosecutor offices that have no experience with doing data, doing analytics. either starting off from the ground floor, learning what your data infrastructure looks like, earning about the types of data you want to be collecting, and ultimately building the tools that allow you to collect and analyze data in a way that leads to better policies. host: what is the type of data you get from police departments across the country? guest: it depends. anything from traffic stops, traffic tickets, crime incidents, to use of force, misconduct complaints, all the way up to management-type topics, like evaluating overtime usage and

jeff asher? guest: that is an excellent question. you don't have data now, and we will get some data from the fbi in september when they release their official the to stakes, that it is not something that is particularly well-capped, so we don't have a good understanding of how many murders each year our domestic-related. domestic violence is one of the items i would point to as a logical explanation for why murder is up. basically, abusers and domestic violence victims are together and people cannot get away from each other. it was possible that was one explanation, but we don't have a ton of evidence to support it or refute it. you probably will not get hard evidence for a little while, if ever. host: a follow on that from dave who tweets, could you ask the guest for stats on violent crime against family members versus the public at large? guest: that is a great question. it would be something i would love to be able to answer, but we probably will not ever get that level of detail. it is unfortunately not something we do a great j

we talked about this yesterday with analyst jeff asher, homicide rates through may of this year. portland, oregon, up 82%. tucson, up 76%. minneapolis, los angeles, 30 5%. philadelphia, 28%. again, your thoughts on the biden anti-crime plan. (202) 748-8000, if you support that. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose. for law enforcement officials, we would love to hear from you. (202) 748-8002. here is some of what president biden had to say yesterday at the white house. [video clip] >> crime historically rises during the summer and as we emerge from this pandemic, with the come -- the country opening back up again, the additional summer spike may even be more pronounced than it usually is. for folks at home, here's what you need to know. i have been at this a long time and there are things that we know that work to reduce gun violence and violent crime and things we don't know about. things we know about. background checks for purchasing a firearm are important. a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. no one needs a weapon that can fire 30, 40, 50, up to 100 rounds. unless y

jeff asher? guest: that is an excellent question. have data now, and we will get some data from the fbi in september when they release their official the to stakes, that it is not something that is particularly well-capped, so we don't have a good understanding of how many murders each year our domestic-related. domestic violence is one of the items i would point to as a logical explanation for why murder is up. basically, abusers and domestic violence victims are together and people cannot get away from each other. it was possible that was one explanation, but we don't have a ton of evidence to support it or refute it. you probably will not get hard evidence for a little while, if ever. host: a follow on that from dave who tweets, could you ask the guest for stats on violent crime against family members versus the public at large? guest: that is a great question. it would be something i would love to be able to answer, but we probably will not ever get that level of detail. it is unfortunately not something we do a great job of trac

host: jeff asher joins us. he is the cofounder of ah datalytics.ere to talk about the rise in crime in the country. welcome to the program. guest: thank you for having me. host: tell us about your company. what do you look at specifically? guest: we started about two years ago. we work within the terminal justice sector, doing data analytics for organizations that need help. a lot of police departments, criminal justice agencies, prosecutor offices that have no experience with doing data, doing analytics. either starting off from the ground floor, learning what your data infrastructure looks like, earning about the types of data you want to be collecting,

host: jeff asher, cofounder of the company ah datalytics. thank you for joining us this morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: that is it for today's "washington journal." we will keep you posted on any coverage plans for the president, his comments on the crime increased. that is set for this afternoon. the president this morning speaking at the funeral of john warner. we take you live now to the u.s. house. they are coming in for morning speeches. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., june 23, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable jimmy gomez to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between the part

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we talked about this yesterday with analyst jeff asher, homicide rates through may of this year.tland, oregon, up 82%. tucson, up 76%. minneapolis, los angeles, 30 5%. philadelphia, 28%. again, your thoughts on the biden anti-crime plan. (202) 748-8000, if you support that. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose. for law enforcement officials, we would love to hear from you. (202) 748-8002. here is some of what president biden had to say yesterday at the white house. [video clip] >> crime historically rises during the summer and as we emerge from this pandemic, with the come -- the country opening back up again, the additional summer spike may even be more pronounced than it usually is. for folks at home, here's what you need to know. i have been at this a long time and there are things that we know that work to reduce gun violence and violent crime and things we don't know about. things we know about. background checks for purchasing a firearm are important. a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. no one needs a weapon that can fire 30, 40, 50, up to 100 rounds. unless you t