Police has to happen. we need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets because we are trying to save lives. steve: so, colonel, there you have got one of the most prominent freshman voices in congress cori bush from missouri saying defund the police. how big a gift is that for republicans? well, it s a huge gift. but the thing we also should understand representative cori bush is the person who led a violent marches in st. louis that resulted in the life of david dorn being lost. and also this past week we saw patty and mark mccloskey being pardoned for the charges brought against them. it was cori bush who was leading the marches against patty and mark mccloskey there at their homes not once but twice. now she is a member of the united states congress and sitting on the house judiciary committee call for more violence, obviously. call for defunding of the police. so when you look at the left and
The people who give to her campaign who like the defund message, the ones who are contributing to her campaign are actually paying for this. the campaign is covering this it s accounted for 1/3 of her campaign expenses during the second quarter. and in st. louis where she is from, the city she represents, they cut 4 million from their police budget. she called that historic. they eliminated almost 100 police officers, 98 to be exact. where did the money go? some went to affordable housing, assistance for homeless and crime victim support services and that includes funeral services for the crime victims. well, guess what? maybe st. louis if they had 100 more police officers, they wouldn t have more funerals. brian: wait a second they have 29% more increase in homicides. 16% rise in major city murders across the country in the 22 major cities. that s the fact of the matter what s happening in america right now. and the face of the party, the voice of the party says defund the police. you
$174,000 a year. so where is all the money coming from for that? if i were kevin mccarthy, i would send her the biggest bouquet in washington, d.c. because that particular soundbite will be clipped and used by every republican running for congress in 2022 because, you know, when you look at the swing districts, there is no issue that is higher for the republicans than defund the police. brian: and it should be. steve: nothing worse for democrats than defund the police. there you have got cori bush from st. louis say suck it up, defunding the police has to happen. you will see that 1 million times starting now. brian: is that the most tortured logic you have ever heard in your life. i want to survive so i have security. i don t want you to have security. my people don t matter the people i represent don t matter you watching at home don t matter she matters pause she has things to do. what social safety net is any good if you don t have security to guard it? ainsley: what s also interes
Israeli politics, and what did you read in the landscape? never count netanyahu out. he is a master in israeli politics, but he seems to be out. after 12 consecutive years. they seem to have a coalition coming together, a broad coalition with one goal. that s the thing. you ve got a it sounds redeck st. louis say, you have a center, left ring coalition with arab involvement. it sounds inclusive. will it be workable in real life? they might be united but will they agree on much else? they disagree on a lot.
Acquittal of former police officer jason stockily, charged with murdering anthony lamar smith, a black driver. it i want to bring in scott cohn, on the scene in st. louis. scott, what s the situation jie see boarded up windows behind you. no violence right now, but business owner are wary? yeah. let me set the scene for you, ali. this is a neighborhood called del mar loop. we were here over the weekend. you can see the painted windows over here, those were windows boarded up after protests over the weekend. this year, this is new. this is something within the last hour or so they ve put up. preemptively, because what is expected here about three or four hours from now is another demonstration, and we ve had this, this pattern for the last three nights, where there have been peaceful protests during the day. soon after night falls, when the peaceful protesters go away, that s when the violence breaks out. look at the scene from here in the del mar loop on saturday night about two doze