often because other services have failed in many ways. bill: why did you write the book? i really wanted to provide a beacon of hope. leadership lessons were learned. we re at the precipice of being able to move forward as a country and as a profession but there were a lot of tough lessons over the last two years and certainly things i learned over my lifetime i wanted to share with others having been in the police service for almost 30 years. it is a great opportunity to talk about leadership lessons, breaking barriers, racial reconciliation and how we move forward. bill: good luck, chief. carmen best, black and blue. martha: breaking now on capitol hill president biden is behind closed doors there huddling with house democrats. his trillion dollar agenda is on the brink. multi-trillion agenda is on the brink.
we need something a little bit more than just an envelope. legislative text is one mechanism of us getting there. we are open to other mechanisms. passing this alone i do not think is a positive climate message and environmental social justice. we want to see the legislative text and assuming we re fine with that we ll go both bills. my understanding the framework is very general so let s turn it into legislative text. 90% of the text is already written as the speaker said it should be very quick and do it anywhere from 2 to 7 days and be able to get it done. bill: not easy stuff. peter doocy live in rome. hello, bill. all this fuss is about a framework. house and senate can t vote on a framework. they need a bill. the president thinks the ideas he is laying out in the meeting
diversity within all our organizations. but as you know, policing has been in the crosshairs especially over the last year with all of the demonstrations and the issues around race and racism and certainly those issues are valid and should be addressed. but at the same time the defunding movement in many ways makes people so demoraleized. when officers left lay the blame mostly at the city council for not supporting them through budget and other avenues. bill: you are saying when they don t get the money they don t get the support and probably right about that. one plus one equals two. it is not a money issue. they are talking about cutting positions and jobs. how do you feel supported when, in fact, there is a movement to not have people working in the field? officers who are on the front lines know there is a need for the services they provide.