and delaware, steel town, that s what we did. that s what they did. that s what my friends did. and here s the point. the point is that they it doesn t justify maltreating the public. you have no right to do that. none. but now, what s happening is because they ve become it s become so tough across the the the the spectrum. we have actually cut down on the number of police, unrelated to anybody asking for it. the towns and cities aren t spending as much money on it. there s not as much federal money to hire police. and now, what s happening is, police are not wanting to be a cop. raise your hand, if you want to be a cop now. what do you think? huh? so, what we got to do is we ve got to give them the help they need to be better at their job. the idea that you have someone sitting on a ledge saying they re going to jump off a ledge, and you call the cop. and sending a guy or a woman who is a law-enforcement officer, has a criminal-justice degree.
survive as a business? that was one of the things that was discussed last night. another thing that was discussed at this townhall, a range of topics including defunding the police. let s take a listen. police aren t doing their job they should be held accountable, they should be fired if not doing respond. how do you respond to republican to try to paint you and your party is anti-police? they are lying. what about defunding the police. i ve never said defunding the police. he may not have said those words but he didn t come out and endorse police as the answer. he did advocate reallocating money which when we are talking money if you are taking money away from the cops who are on the beat doing the work, in essence you are defunding police but you also have to keep in mind there is no way that those statements, even though they were pretty tepid, no way they
you don t want to miss that conversation. we re also following some breaking news, pretty troubling out of denver, colorado, where police say a group of three men and one woman have been arrest on gun and drug charges. sources say they removed long guns, body armor and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. joining me is andrew blankstein, also joining me by phone is jim kavanaugh. andrew, i want to talk to you first and get the abcs, and what we know so far. sure. police aren t giving a lot of details, but they aroasted four people at the hotel which is not far from where the major league all-star baseball game is being held. despite is the reports that there was going to be a mass shooting, that the game was
we worn people if you are going into mexico to the shop that someone will try to recruit you to bring something back. as you talk about the drug crisis there s also the ongoing security crisis. just yesterday late afternoon, border patrol in the rio grande valley reporting the apprehended and active ms-13 gang member as well as the salvador national who had a rate conviction out of the state of new york. both of those men arrested and held all go texas about 30 minutes away from where we are standing right now. we will send it back to you. trace: and if they arrested two, you can imagine how many got in. sandra: now a developing story out of arizona, at least one person dead and another injured after gunmen drove around suburban phoenix apparently shooting people at random. it happened yesterday over a terrifying 90 minute deal with police arresting the suspect after his car was spotted in your surprise, arizona. police aren t arresting suspects
what we know. police aren t saying much. reporter: there are no arrests in the killings of paul and mattie murtow, members of one of south carolina s most influential legal families. paul was shot twice with a shotgun and his mother was also shot with a gun. investigators are considering the possibility paul was the target of an you attack and matty was killed by happenstance. this came days after paul attended a court hearing for a 2017 boating accident that left a 19-year-old girl dead. he was facing felony counts for boating under the influence causing death and great bodily harm. police haven t said whether the killings are related. the girl s fellly who are in a civil lawsuit released a statement saying quote, having suffered the devastating loss of their own daughter, the family prays they can find some level of peace from this tragic t loss. they would like the family and