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effectiveness, atf has very limited inspection resources, the president s fiscal 2022 budget requests resources to add inspection positions in every field division. the effectiveness of the enforcement program depends on the ability to identify and focus on those dealers that pose the greatest risk to public safety. starting today, atf will make clear to investigators in every field of vision that as they prioritize inspections they must consider the extent to which firearms sold by dealer are later used in criminal activity. third, we will improve information sharing with state, local, tribal and territorial partners to help bring more intelligence and law enforcement resources to bear as well as with the public to increase our own accountability. atf has a point of contact in every field of vision to receive information from mayors, police chiefs and other local leaders about firearms dealers they believe are acting unlawfully and starting next month, atf will begin s ....
we have got carley shimkus. john: but first, president biden set to lay out a plan for gun control as crime rates rise in the debate rages over police reform. i am john roberts, and this is america reports. sandra: agreed to be with you on this wednesday newsday. thanks for having me. i am gillian turner and four sandra smith today, south their plan is to invest in communities and keeping quotes down that cops on the beach. a lot of big cities are having a really tough time recruiting officers, and now departing the four syndromes, so republicans say that the president is ignoring the underlying problem, which is rising and ty cobb sentiments. only going to attack law-abiding citizens, why doesn t the president just start by recanting the fund of the police? john: all of this as we are reminded of the daily dangers that they face. a 19 year veteran of the force was killed in a shoot-out wednesday. he was targeted because he wore a police uniform and a badge, ....
different. the congress is different. there was a different atmosphere in the country at the time. and it took the movement of folks in the community to get us to this point. i don t think the president could have gotten us there, one of them was make sure we have consent decrees in cities to monitor police departments. speaking of, i talked to you about it this summer on my podcast about newark being under consent decree. to make changes to policing since tend of the obama administration. what did that require? tell us, what did you think of that? consent decree is necessary. the department of justice, the obama administration, when i came into office, they had already begun an investigation and decide that they needed the consent decree for the police department. we had to work with the justice department. the first thing that worked, we didn t push it away. we were not aggressive saying we didn t want this. we embraced it and said let s work together and believed ....
policing changes since the end of the obama administration. what did that require? tell us, what did you think of that? consent decree is necessary. what happened is the department of justice, the obama administration, when i came into office, they had already begun an investigation and decided that newark needed to be under consent decree police department. an tease are things that have been happening around the country and needs to continue. so we had to work with the justice department. we didn t the first thing that worked is we didn t push it away. we weren t aggressive in saying we didn t want this consent decree. we embraced it and said let s work together and believed that we needed it. that was the first step. we began to change policies and practices by bringing the community and changing use of force policy. changing policies around stop and frisk, changing policies around de-escalation. all of those things are important. we have new policies, over a doze ....
coming to head hours from now in capitol hill. democrats sweeping election reform legislation is on track to hit yet another gop filibuster road block. now the major question for democrats is could they get joe manchin on board with the legislation as it currently stands to show they are united. some democrats are hoping it could help make their case that filibuster reform is needed now in a senate where many of them argue minority rights have become minority rule. also today, president biden s ongoing infrastructure negotiation team will be on capitol hill to discuss the proposal being drafted now by a bipartisan group of 20 senators, 10 democrats, 10 republicans, but there are still major hold ups. both sides far apart on how to pay for their version, nearly $600 billion in new spending on infrastructure. manu raju is on capitol hill. so manu, first start on the voting rights bill. it abin t going to get 60 votes 10 republicans to come along but will it get 50, in ....