how did the police respond mr. kerik? you you saw this week it was reported in the bedford stuyvesant part of brooklyn where these took place police officers have arrested i think one person in the last week. clearly cops have decided we're not going to enforce the law, at least in the way we did before these killings. is that legitimate? >> no, i honestly don't think that's legitimate. and here's why. you know how many cops are in that precinct right now? have been in that precinct over the last week, week and a half two weeks? since the assassination of these cops? that that area, that precinct has been flooded with law enforcement. the bad guys they could have gone elsewhere. taken that stat, that one stat and saying the entire police department is going to slow down or work stoppage i think it's a bit premature. >> do you think that's going on? we have heard some -- not by name but on background cops saying we're going to stop enforcing the law because we're upset with the leader. >> i don't believe it. i agree with c

mr. kerik i'll start with you. you wrote a pretty powerful wow! piece in "time" magazine this week talking about the war wanged on the homeland. i just want to read part of it. you said "if you listen to some in the media purported civil rights leader al sharpton, new york city mayor bill de blasio and others around the country over the last several weeks you're forced to believe that nearly all of america's local and state police are out to kill minorities." he went on to say "it's a lie that has the potential to rip america at its seams and cause damage for worse than any attack on our country including that on 9/11/2001." you were new york city police commissioner in 2001. isn't this a little much? >> i don't think so. because you have 700,000 police officers in this country, maybe a little more plus you have the federal law enforcement community. for that entire community to be labeled racist for people to say that they are targeting minorities they're harassing minorities and all based around two incidents, two, that had absolutely not one sh

. >> bernard kerik is a former new york city police commission. he joins me with reaction. mr. commissioner your thoughts on whether the nypd those who turned their backs were behaving disrespectfully toward the mayor. >> you know what megyn it's -- i disagree with them turning their backs. i think it wasn't the appropriate place. but i completely understand it. i think there's a place, a venue for it. i think they have a right to be as angry and upset as they are. i just personally don't think that was the right place. >> interesting. because you've been very supportive of the police. but on this you think they did the wrong thing? >> well, you know what it is? they're there to show their respect for the family, for the deceased. the problem you have here and in listening to the mayor, you know, he's basically saying the cops disrespected the family. the cops are basically saying you disrespected us as a whole. you incited people around this country to despise us, to hate us. >> uh-huh. >> you were involved in perpetuating hate and racism to the point that someone assassinated