kerlikowske, thank you for being here and answering questions. african-americans are disproportionately are arrested and jailed based on your department's policies and the reagan administration policies. what are you guys doing or do you intend to do to change that problem? in addition, as you mentioned, prescription drugs have become a problem. would you say that, being that americans have a problem with prescription drug abuse, that the afghan war and the war on terrorism is enforced or reinforced with our drug use? in other words, are we supporting terrorists by over using drugs? guest: i think you brought up two good points. one is that there has been a disparity in sentencing regarding powder cocaine and crack cocaine. the administration is clearly on the record about removing that disparity when it comes to sentencing. as a former police chief, i certainly support that because i think that the disparity in sentencing was unfair and cause significant harm in relations, particularly with law enforcement that needs the support of the community

so i'd like to ask director kerlikowske and chief davis to get your thoughts on what are some of the challenges of getting the information that you how are we overcoming those as a government? i'll start with you, chief davis. >> thanks. when we discuss the issue oo sharing information, clearly from our perspective of the major cities chiefs, it's about relationships. you know, in terms of sharing information, criminal information, across platforms, be it state, local, whatever the case may be, we have had partners in the past. we've seen the fbi and others that have brick-and-mortar presence in our communities, and we have relationships with them. dhs, you know, has been around for coming up on a decade. we're still in the process of establishing those relationships. but make no mistake, there's been a huge amount of effort and a lot of success that's transpired over the last several years, as we have begun to create fusion centers and other mechanisms whereby local law enforcement can get together and begin to have a face-to-face contact with our state and federal partners. so that