central resources to help them even as crime and theft surges across the country. but the white house is pushing back saying, quote: the president delivered historic levels of funding for anticrime measures through his covid-19 rescue plan. it comes as the doj just awarded millions of new grants to fight crime but is it enough? joining us right now is the president of the national sheriff s association in fayette county the sheriff there vernon stam forth joins us from columbus. sheriff, good morning. good morning. thank you for having me. steve: on tuesday, jen psaki was asked about the crime across the country. she says that the administration is working with local law enforcement to help curb retail theft. how are they helping you? i believe that she is has confused old data with the new environment of crime we have across the country right now. she has talked about in her comment was $300 million was