anybody to find somebody better qualified for this job. director mueller has, throughout his lifetime, been a dedicated and respected and heroic public servant. he, after college, volunteered to serve as a marine in vietnam, where he was wounded in combat. he attended law school and then devoted most of his career to serving as a federal prosecutor, with the exception of brief stints in private practice, he served as united states attorney in two districts in massachusetts and in northern california. he served in many other positions in the department, after he lost his position as the head of the criminal division when president clinton was elected in 1992, he briefly went into private practice and then he went back at an entry-level position, as a homicide prosecutor, trying to help with the violent crime problem in the district of columbia in the early 1990s. he then rose once again through the ranks and ultimately was confirmed, i believe unanimously, as fbi director and protected
on. care to comment on that? well, of course i do. it just seems the president is so out of touch. he makes enemies where there are friends waiting to be made. both police chiefs want to meet the president and make sure we have the resources and stop violent crime. we need a commander in chief that wants to work hand in hand with us and not against us. there is a way to solve the violent crime problem in america, and it s not by cutting homeland security grants, taking our resources away and then condemning us. that kind of theory of governing, the governing of oppressing and intimidating is not going to work in america. the president is wrong about that. and i hope he sees fit to change course. all right, we re going to change course here a little bit. i want to talk to you about health care.
it s about the tragedy that happened in a community. put a full court press together with law enforcement components and trying to be respectful that we don t jeopardize any part of an investigation. or a potential prosecution. or create debate among both sides. just using this issue. bret: i fully understand that, rich. i guess my point is how can the authorities stop someone who perhaps has no indication of trouble in the past? that is the real challenge. the challenge for law enforcement, not just here but everywhere. we need more community approach. we need everyone working together on this issue to identify people that, identify where the criminals are purchasing fire arms. to identify where violent crimes are taking place and the guns are used. to identify criminals that are putting the guns in the hands of criminals. you know it s about crimes gun and crime problem, violent crime problem. in order to solve this we all need to work together. all federal agencies, local
today s reporter roulette. here we go. jojahn, straight to you in miami where newt gingrich is interest to hold a big event there. last night he had a bit of a weaker showing. what is his tacamp saying about that today? the first observation i have to make is the candidate looking a little tired here in south florida. a long slug down from jacksonville after the debate. now here? south florida, pu now here in florida, pushing for the hispanic vote. he s wishing certain questions had been asked in certain ways. meanwhile, the speaker, as i said, reaching out to the latino voters here in south florida, really making a big play over h support of his portion of the dream act that will allow military who are immigrants to go on to become american citizens. hoping that plays very well with the immigrant community here in south florida. as we move into the weekend, newt gingrich is planning just a flurry of activity across this state to try to drum up support. because, frankly,