absolutely mortified had it been the other way. i mean, i still would love. i d have him back in a heartbeat but, yes, it could so have gone the other way. the new anti youth violence initiative is taking place in places and at times where young people congregate, often after school and college. they ve looked at the data and identified 57 hotspots. this is predictive policing. this is precision policing. this is understanding where we re going to get the best effect when we put our officers on patrol, where we know that harm has happened in the past, and therefore we ve got an opportunity to prevent the harm happening in the future. we re talking about, often, people carrying knives. young people carrying knives, it s a really big focus of ours. we see real tragedies. it s only one strike each. despite the weather, sarah s had the chance to talk about her experiences during the patrol. she s agreed to be the face of the new campaign. i still get very upset about it. but i can t change
in shootings in the city during the month of april. we re looking at the same pathway in the month of may. we have precision policing on the dangerous people carrying and using guns. we have to keep them off the streets. that s the work. joe is here with a question for you. mr. mayor, thank you for coming and talking today. we have, of course, a national crisis. we have, right now, democrats trying to get republicans to agree on an issue 85% of americans support, universal background checks. what i d love for you to explain to everybody across america that s watching right now is how this is a national problem. it is not a state problem. you can pass all the laws you want, the gun safety laws you want in new york city, but talk about the stream of illegal weapons that are bought in other states that have more lax laws regarding gun safety, have more lax laws regarding background
that s part of the formula as well. but the root of the problem is guns, violence, inequality, poverty, all that. poverty, inequality, but also more community outreach. i mean, things like that, it seems i was speaking to what is his name a public advocate. williams. he talked about how you need to reach out to the community. there needs to be more community involvement, community outreach when it comes to this type of thing if we re going to work on crime, if we re going to work on combatting crime in this city, it s not just about making sure someone is not armed, right? absolutely. the average new yorker wants to make sure that we get to the root of the problem, but they also want to make sure the police are there in their neighborhood. on foot patrol, that precision policing, what the mayor is talking about, i think, is very important. 7% of the crime 17% of the crime is committed by folks that are very violent and carry weapons, and they want to focus on that that 7%
policing is an infringement on the rights of people. it is not. our intonation is immediately having a plan closed antigun unit two do precision policing going after gangs. 2022 is looking like 2021 201 peered on new year s day on new york city, nypd officer was shot in the head while he was in his car off duty between shifts. investigators do not believe he was the target and we are told that he is now recovering after a successful surgery. thank you. dana: tens of thousands of russian troops amassed on the ukrainian-russian border. president biden spoke yesterday with his ukrainian counterpart reportedly telling them the u.s. will respond decisively if russia invades again as it did in 2014. florida republican congressman in the region last month. he knows a lot about this and joins us now good i will play