tell me. the shotgun that i secured in my vehicle on the scene. okay. [no sound] marked as exhibit 4. see if you recognize this particular item. that would be the shotgun i secured. at this time we move exhibit 4 into evidence. no objection. submitted. may i have sergeant green show the firearm to the jury. make sure not to point it at anybody, please. you know how to engage that firearm? okay. all right. sergeant green, i ll show you one other document before we move on to some other matters. all right, your honor i move to admit state s exhibit 2 without objection. no objection. i will show you this exhibit and see if you recognize this document. yes, that would be the chain of custody for the shotgun. is there a signature on that document? it is. what does this mean to the jury? i originally took position of the weapon and turned it over to investigators. may i publish this exhibit, your honor? yes. did you you turned the shotgun over
The United Nations warns of the dangerous impact of synthetic drugs on illicit drug markets worldwide, highlighting the need for action against drug trafficking rings.
the program. is the drug addiction problems i m sure you saw it on the campaign trail. now in the governor s office is that one of the most difficult problems you re facing? it is a tremendously difficult challenge. it is going to take an all hands on deck approach to address it. we lose 15 people every day to drug overdose. prior to being elected governor, i served as attorney general and as attorney general we arrested over 8,000 drug dealers, shut down major drug trafficking rings. i m the first to tell you we cannot arrest our way out of this crisis. a strong law enforcement response needs to be present. i want to add more police to the situation. but we have to make sure that there are real resources for treatment particularly as we ve seen this migration from heroin to fentanyl and now to tranq, which is even more potent claiming more lives. it is one of the reasons why as
as aggressively as we do other types of crimes, and it s long past time for that to change. i know part of your insight is informed by being a federal prosecutor like myself, and the idea you think there s a need for a preprioritization of things, opposed to focusing so much maybe on drug trafficking rings, you think the priority should be on drug trafficking. is that right? we certainly need some kind of shift. heroine and fentanyl have killed a lot of people in my community too, and we have to go after that. but i think you know there is still a lot of excess dollars in capacity when it comes to prosecuting non-violent drug crime in america as a result of the war on drugs. and the nra, in particular, has always battled the atf s budget and their capabilities. and that s just a fact. uk look at it today and the dea gets three or four bucks for every dollar the atf agents get. the atf agents i worked with were some of the finest police i
of the largest drug trafficking rings in the world. these were american citizens and as you say, it s already war. melissa: that shoot-out, the cartel outmaneuvered the government soldiers. harris: all right, we will update you on this and have a full report and guests at 1:00 as well. the justice department has all morning for the anonymous white house official writing a book about the trump administration. could that author be prosecuted? plus, president trump is urging his supporters to vote red in the critical state elections today. what tonight s results might tell us about 2020. a chance to send to the radical a message. you will vote to reject the democrats extremism, socialism, and corruption!