mornings here on cnn. how big a setback, michael, is that minneapolis vote for, you know, the most progressive of progressive democrats who actually want to defund police? i think it s a huge defeat for advocates of so-called police reform. if you can t get it done where george floyd was killed, where are you going to be able to get it done? it s a terrible messaging issue. it s a terrible messaging issue in so far as defunding the police. anderson, that sounds like some sort of an altruistic goal that you have for somebody else s neighborhood, not yours. and yet, i think there is merit to the idea that is being advanced. we had a case in philadelphia one year ago right now. walter wallace, 27-year-old, young african-american. history of mental health issues, wielding a knife. police arrive. they don t have tasers. gunshots fired. he s dead. this whole movement is about equipping them better to make sure that there s somebody else along for that ride who can de-escalate the situation
commentator, michael smerconish, most host of smerconish. how big a setback, michael, is that minneapolis vote for, you know, the most progressive of progressive democrats who actually want to defund police? i think it s a huge defeat for advocates of so-called police reform. if you can t get it done where george floyd was killed, where are you going to be able to get it done? it s a terrible messaging issue. it s a terrible messaging issue in so far as defunding the police. anderson, that sound like some kind of an altruistic goal that you have for somebody else s neighborhood, not yours. and yet, i think there is merit to the idea that is being advanced. we had a case in philadelphia one year ago right now. walter wallace, 27-year-old, young african-american. history of mental-health issues. wielding a knife. police arrive. they don t have tasers. gunshots fired. he s dead. this whole movement is about
administration, poppy and jim. interesting. that s what we heard from hillary clinton early on as well. to the point if you re explaining you re losing, it will be interesting to see what she officially says about this and if she does take a page and learn from hillary clinton s mess in terms of trying to answer the question. or if hill investigations turn out there was classified information shared. sarah westwood, thanks very much. ariane de vogue is giving us the latest on the judicial loss for the white house overnight. a couple questions here. how big a setback, and should we now expect an appeal directly to the supreme court? right, this all stems from that proclamation on november 9th where the president said individuals who are trying to ask for asylum can only do so at official points of entry. that was immediately challenged by the aclu and others who said, look, these people are seeking asylum. they can do it either at a point of entry or anywhere on the southern bor
the aggressive tactics. they finally seemed to be getting some of what we re talking about. and as we re making steps forward, this takes us back. and we know those involved in the violence were not protesters. so important to make that distinction. but let me get your thoughts on this. hillary clinton just spoke out o about ferguson. let me play that for you. my thoughts are once again with the people of ferguson as they mark this painful anniversary. and in light of the continuing violence that we saw last night. you know, violence has no place in our streets. and we should all be working for peace and justice there and everywhere in our country. how big a setback was last night s shooting to reform efforts in ferguson? when you sea all day it was peaceful protest and most has been peaceful. but once again we re seeing violence, gunshot, confrontation