Issue but maybe not changing the policy. Mayors and police chiefs will talk about illegal guns, the focal point of the administrations response but confront members of his own party forville filing law enforcement and pushing to defund the police. Bill: from st. Paul. National journal josh will analyze the politics of it all. We begin at the white house north lawn. Mark meredith kicks off the coverage today. The white house admits that crime is on the rise nationally. Now comes the hard part. How do you stop it? later today the president will be sitting down with the attorney general as well as mayors from washington, d. C. As well as san jose, california and police leaders from memphis and chicago to address violent crime impacting communities coast to coast. Look at the situation in new york from the month of may of this year compared to last. Shootings were up 73%. Double digit increase in robbery, larceny, a state of emergency over the rise in violence in the empire state. He said
casts. more now about the 2007 surge of troops in eric with a foe cuss on the planning by the bush administration. okay, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. my name is stef, it is my great pleasure this afternoon to introduce our distinguished panel of speakers. we have ambassador edelman who has served in the department of state and the white house, and u.s. ambassador to finland, turkey, and was vice president dick cheney s deputy assistance. he has a department of defense medal for distinguished public service. from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and a distinguished service award. to my far left we have general lute, he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 25 year career in the u.s. army and he served for a total of sick years in the white house under both presidents, george w. bush, and barack obama. and in 2007 he was named to coordinate the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it was both on the joint staff in washington dc and on the united s
studies, johns hopkins university, in d.c. ambassador edelman has served in senior positions at the department of state and defense as well as the white house. he s served as u.s. ambassador to finland and turkey and was vice president dick cheney s principal deputy assistant for national security affairs. ambassador edelman has received several awards including a department of defense medal for distinguished public service, a distinguished civilian service award from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a presidential distinguished service award. then to my far left, we have general doug lute. general lute has served most recently as the united states permanent representative to the north atlantic council, a position in which he retired in 2017. previously general lute had a distinguished 35-year career in the u.s. army. he also served for a total of six years in the white house under both presidents george w. bush and barack obama. and in 2007, president bush named
positions at department of state. he served as u.s. ambassador to england. and was price he has received several awards. distinguished civilian service from the chairman of the joint chiefs of chat. to my far-left we have general douglas e. lute, he s the permanent representative of nato, a position he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 35 year in the u.s. army. he served for six years in the white house under both presidents george w. bush and obama, in 2007 president bush named him deputy national security adviser. then we have professor brett h. mcgurk, he s at stanford university before moving to stanford he served as a the global coalition to defeat isis. he helped to build and lead and natural coordination. previously mcgurk served in senior positions in bush and obama administration s,. he is left several diplomatic he led talks with russia over the syria conflict. and finally the panel of discussion will be moderated by this professor, he is henry
do you approve of the fbi s trump raid, president biden? did you know about it in advance? it would not be appropriate for us to comment on any ongoing investigation? again, we are not just going to comment on any ongoing investigations from here. again, we defer any incoming on this particular incident yesterday to the department of justice. again, i m just not going to comment on, um, any reaction to what happened yesterday, we are going to refer any incoming to the department of justice. i don t have anything more. jesse: joe biden campaigned on uniting the country. and then raided his predecessor s house with guns. and has nothing to say about that? where s the attorney general? where s the fbi director? you can t just break into a president s safe and then go silent. we need answers. biden has now divided the country in a way that can t be repaired. this is unforgivable. here is some answers we need. why did they shop the warrant to a judge involved with jeffrey ep