mr. bratton being there as a consultant. >> i'm actually a fan of mr. bratton and i think it would be nice to bring him in and i think we should listen to him. >> charlie: so where is it now do you think? what is the moment we're at? >> we ink we're in a moment in britain where we're looking very seriously at ourlves. we're a society which is, you know, prides itself on generally sees itself as a polite, well-ordered society not a very revolutionary society. as a matter of fact it's one society that's never had a revolution. sea this sudden eruption after 25 years of apparent calmness is has really i think made u feel a little bit insecure. >> charlie: what did you feel about being at the how is of common with the latest system response. >> wt i've learned is the kinds of things i used to talk about when i was a professor in afghanistan which had detailed policy questions, what's happening in this village, what's happened to the drug program, what's happened to the police, are almost enrely irrelevant when you get int national politics. >> charlie: that'

mr. bratton and specifically wanted him as the new head of scotland yard. at the moment which hasn't helped. >> that rumor was true then. >> that is absolutely fascinating. john, it's great to see you again. you're looking very relaxed via skype. >> we ought to do this more often. >> i wouldn't say relaxed has been the mode of the last few days, not just as a reporter but as a citizen of this country, terribly distressing. >> i'm sure it has been. we're sorry and glad things are calming down a bit. thanks for being with us. >> john burns. >> always a pleasure. >>> his party narrowly survived a recall. wisconsin governor scott walker will be here. more "morning joe" when we come back. >>> the national news media is descending on iowa this weekend which can mean only one thing. >> sarah palin is heading back to iowa. the former alaska governor announced she's taking her bus tour to the state fair, just 30 miles south of where the republican national debate will be held tonight. >> well, that's a happy coincidence. after a brief two-month pit stop, sarah palin

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 of officers and pcsos. thames valley is