host: our first call from arkansas, democrat line, you are on with rafael mangual of the manhattan institute, also an author of a piece about who policing gets wrong and who it hurts. caller: [indiscernible] the more weapons in the street, the more crime we are going to have. i was born in the 40's. i could remember when you can leave your house and your back door open and nobody would come in your house and try to take nothing away from you. since 1940, we have come to the point where we want to live and think we can solve problems with lows we had in the 17 and six and hundreds. but that is the problem we've got. host: the topic of weapons. c-span.org -- like -- guest: this is a common point. one thing that is important to remember is we have an important history when it comes to crime-fighting this country. and one that is a history. between 1990 and the united states, the united states saw a nasa decline in homicides and we saw gun rights expanded, the number of guns in circulation increased expert initially. what that tells us is that whatever the effects these weapons may be having on

search where rafael mangual the title of his book criminal injustice. book tv has featured many politicians who are authors and who have won this year's midterms. -- appeared on book tv several times to talk about his book. >> it isn't just about, can we make sure that police officers have body cameras? it's not just about, how do we add on clauses to things like law enforcement officers bill of rights? or qualified immunity? it's not stopping their. the demands that we are seeing right now are actually dealing with structural racism. and how exactly can we deal with all of these various issues with a very real sense of sincerity and a very real sense of activation and movement? >> republican senator tim scott won reelection south carolina. appearing on book tv recently to discuss his book america, a redemption story. >> i think it's necessary for us to wrestle with some of the more foundational issues of who we are and where we are going, how we are going to get there, are we going together or not? i think the answer is we go together or not at all. i

host: our first call from arkansas, democrat line, you are on with rafael mangual of the manhattan institute, also an author of a piece about who policing gets wrong and who it hurts. caller: [indiscernible] the more weapons in the street, the more crime we are going to have. i was born in the 40's. i could remember when you can leave your house and your back door open and nobody would come in your house and try to take nothing away from you. since 1940, we have come to the point where we want to live and think we can solve problems with lows we had in the 17 and six and hundreds. but that is the problem we've got. host: the topic of weapons. c-span.org -- like -- guest: this is a common point. one thing that is important to remember is we have an important history when it comes to crime-fighting this country. and one that is a history. between 1990 and the united states, the united states saw a nasa decline in homicides and we saw gun rights expanded, the number of guns in circulation increased expert initially. what that tells us is that whatever the effects these weapons may be having on

molly: rafael mangual and alice johnson, will be long time to come of tyre nichols. griff. griff: great discussion, molly, just before release of body cam footage president biden spoke to nichols family to officer condolences as fbi remains on alert for additional unrest this weekend. meanwhile the national archives is asking all former presidents and vice presidents to recheck their records for any classified material. lucas tomlinson live from the north lawn of the white house following all of this, hey, lucas. lucas: president biden spoke to reporters in the south land before heading to camp david this weekend. >> i spoke with tyre's mother and expressed my condolences and told her that i was going to be making the case to the congress to pass a george floyd act to get this under control. i can only do so much in the executive order at federal level. i was really pleased that she called for no peaceful protests -- no violence, no movement at all. and so i, you know, i spoke with her -- i don't know, 10, 15 minutes. lucas: biden spent the past two weekends in homes in del

host: our first call from arkansas, democrat line, you are on with rafael mangual of the manhattan institutee about who policing gets wrong and who it hurts. caller: [indiscernible] the more weapons in the street, the more crime we are going to have. i was born in the 40's. i could remember when you can leave your house and your back door open and nobody would come in your house and try to take nothing away from you. since 1940, we have come to the point where we want to live and think we can solve problems with lows we had in the 17 and six and hundreds. but that is the problem we've got. host: the topic of weapons. c-span.org -- like -- guest: this is a common point. one thing that is important to remember is we have an important history when it comes to crime-fighting this country. and one that is a history. between 1990 and the united states, the united states saw a nasa decline in homicides and we saw gun rights expanded, the number of guns in circulation increased expert initially. what that tells us is that whatever the effects these weapons may be having on crime, ever opportunities