joining me, cnn political correspondent john harwood and democratic strategist joe trippi, now a seniordviser at the lincoln project. john, president biden is focusing on the spike in crime across the country, pushing for more police, more funding for their departments. what are you hearing about this clear step away from the progressive wing of his party? >> don, what it is is a clear step toward majority opinion in the country. remember, joe biden has never been for defunding the police. he was nominated over a series of more liberal candidates and of course elected president. nancy pelosi, the house speaker, does not support defunding the police, nor does chuck schumer. there is a relatively small group of progressive lawmakers who have adopted that slogan. most of the rest of the party considers it a liability. there is a significant overlap between some things that joe biden is for and some things that defund the police crowd are for. for example, he wants to, as part of his anticrime program, crack down on unlicensed gun dealers. he wants to help former felons who are free from in