i do take issue with you saying that people don t believe that black families are impacted by this. i think that s very not true of how people are viewing this. i think in terms of the, again, the numbers, the police the focus of all this media interest, what about the people, black lives, again, 10,000 black lives who are killed by other civilians? the reason why the police are here is because these cities are dangerous. the fact of the matter is on camera, nancy pelosi, kamala harris, many, many leaders within the democratic party have endorsed this idea of defunding the police. and you re seeing in cities across the country that i want to interject, carrie. i hate to interrupt you again, but i didn t hear nayyera say the comment that you made, and i also want to be clear that when you re talking about the notion of what about black lives are lost in the hands of crime, i think you missed the mark nearly
unless this chinese balloon is shot down or somehow brought down, the pentagon does believe it will remain in u.s. airspace for the next few days. they will continue to watch it float across this country, and they say they will keep their options open. meanwhile, back here at the state department, the secretary of state, antony blinken, is saying he will reschedule his trip to beijing when conditions allow. what those conditions are precisely, they will not say. but it is clear, laura, that the temperature between the u.s. and china needs to come down dramatically. laura. to weigh in on this story and a lot more, i want to bring in former white house director nayyera haq, and danelle harvin. nayyera, you used to work at the state department. how do you explain this particular move by the chinese?
a professor from harvard found there was no disparate impact. what i m talking about i want to finish your point. to my point earlier, senator tim scott, who is a republican, who i very much support, he has called for police reforms. but, again, the democrats are the purists here, and they ve rejected his reforms. that s what i would say. i m sure he would be able to find people in the house who would work with him on bringing some sort of form. i m curious about the stats you referenced because in terms of their representation in police encounters. what are you say, nayyera, especially the notion of defund the police being the substantive base of the democratic party given that biden has never been for it, and he s the leader of the democrats. yeah, nobody actually ran on defund the police in this last election cycle as a major candidate or any level, and that is certainly a conversation in progressive circles but not a