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with law enforcement leaders and mayors where he highlighted cities and states that have committed to use $10 billion from the american rescue plan to reduce crime and hire more police officers. president biden is also challenging other communities to tap into the billions of unspent covid relief funds to help pay for more crime prevention. our look at more now from jeremy diamond at the white house. what do we expect to hear from the president today? reporter: yeah, that s right, victor and alisyn. president biden expected here to highlight these $10 billion of funds from the american rescue plan. that s that covid relief bill that was authorized to be used for public safety measures as well. this is $10 billion that has been committed to public safety funding, 6 1/2 billion of which according to the white house has been spent in the last year by states and local communities, and this is part of a broader attempt by the white house to talk about how they have been tryi
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