there are solutions here, but the solution, frankly, is to rebuild the entire thing from the ground up. that will take time, that will take patience, and that will take money, and far too many people are not willing to commit those things. because of the almighty dollar. you know britney, getting rid of something like the scorpion unit, by the way, they are not exclusive to memphis. every city, every major city has the saturation units where they go and they swarm specific areas of a community. oftentimes black and brown communities, right, that is where they re located. that is just a bandage on a hemorrhaging wound here. i have had this conversation today. i think change came very quickly and there was consequence for what happened in memphis, because there was a female chief of police. a woman of color who actually was at a room of a big huge bureaucracy like your police department that said, this is not going to happen on my watch. there s going to be accountability, is a part of
point because it s actually ten federal agents. two from five different federal agenciesment and to borrow ted s phrase is this really just a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound? because these federal agents are only going to be around for the next 60 days. what happens over the next two months once they are gone? do they have the right training? do they have the right supervision? more importantly greta and ted, does baltimore police law enforcement have the right support from the political leaders like the state attorney, like the mayor to be able to run that city safely and acceptably for the community at large? i don t know who has the authority i don t think the governor can. that leadership is just it s so awful it s so disgraceful and actually cruel to these people in these communities who are trying to educate their kids and want their kids to have a life and what they have done for years and years is just terrible. it is, greta. and you like you said, there are a lot of g
use other help. that s a really good point because it s actually ten federal agents. two from five different federal agenciesment and to borrow ted s phrase is this really just a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound? because these federal agents are only going to be around for the next 60 days. what happens over the next two months once they are gone? do they have the right training? do they have the right supervision? more importantly, greta and ted, does baltimore police law enforcement have the right support from the political leaders like the state attorney, like the mayor to be able to run that city safely and acceptably for the community at large? i don t know who has the authority i don t think the governor can. that leadership is just it s so awful, it s so disgraceful and actually cruel to these people in these communities who are trying to educate their kids and want their kids to have a life and what they have done for years and years is just terrible. it is, greta. and
where you have bad actors. for far too long they were allowed to do whatever they wanted. we are not going to tolerate that and whatever political pushback we get, we ll deal with that. alexis, great to see you i guess respond to arne duncan who seemed to leave the door open, and the statement today from the education department they gestured that maybe there would be something for the corinthian students who were holding debt. it s really a band aid on a gaping, hemorrhaging wound at this point. the alarms have been sounding for a decade. about their malfeasance, their fraud. the department of education has acknowledged it existed. they facilitated a sale to a debt collector. secretary duncan mentioned on your show he called them young people. many of these are adults, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, veterans, not just young people, and they are folks who are trying to get a better
we continue to be very concerned with these issues, we met with some of these young people and we re going to look at the situation, to see what the right thing is to do. that s a nonanswer, but your answer is you are looking into whether we are looking at of this very very closely, and talked to young people who have been negatively impacted. it s not about individuals, but for far too long they were allowed to do whatever they wanted 37 we are not going to tolerate that, and whatever political push back we get, we accept it. alexis, great to see you i guess respond to arne duncan who seemed to leave the door open, maybe there was going to be something for all these corinthian students who are holding debt? it s really a band aid on a gaping, hemorrhaging wound at this point. the alarms have been sounding for a decade.