[000:00:00;00] WITH THESE 8% CUTS [000:00:00;29] -- A SHRUNK -- CHUNK WILL COME [000:00:08;12] OUT OF RECRUITING AND HURT [000:00:09;01] NUMBERS OVER TIME. [000:00:09;16] HOST: TIME FOR A COUPLE MORE [000:00:12;19] PHONE CALLS ON THIS TOPIC AND [000:00:13;22] THEN WE WILL THREW OPEN THE [000:00:14;25] PHONES TO OPEN FORUM ON ANY [000:00:17;10] TOPIC YOU WANT. [000:00:17;24] IT IS A BUSY DAY ON CAPITOL HILL [000:00:21;15] MORE HEARINGS TAKING PLACE. [000:00:22;05] THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE BOTH IN [000:00:25;18] AT 10:00 A.M., BUT A FEW MORE [000:00:26;09] CALLS ON THE TRUMP [000:00:27;20] ADMINISTRATION'S IMPACT ON THE [000:00:32;02] U.S. MILITARY. [000:00:32;15] GO AHEAD. [000:00:33;25] ARE YOU WITH US? [000:00:36;29] THEN WE GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. [000:00:38;19] THIS IS SARAH. [000:00:41;02] INDEPENDENT. [000:00:41;14] GO AHEAD. [000:00:41;25] CALLER: HELLO? [000:03:00;01] WE LOST AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS [000:03:07;28] I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER [000:03:09;03] DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF [000:03:12;14] JUSTICE TO PROVIDE LEGAL [000:03:17;29] PROTECTION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT [000:03:18;21] FOR OFFICERS TARGETED BY [000:03:23;05] LAWSUITS. [000:03:26;24] I KNOW ABOUT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS [000:03:27;28] BETTER THAN YOU DO. [000:03:31;23] I CAN TELL YOU. [000:03:35;29] I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF THEM. [000:03:40;05] I'VE ORDERED OTHER FEDERAL [000:03:43;16] AGENCIES TO BOOST AND I'VE ASKED [000:03:51;27] ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI TO PURSUE [000:03:57;03] THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANYONE [000:03:58;07] CONVICTED OF KILLING A POLICE [000:04:01;02] OFFICER WHICH IS VERY [000:04:02;29] APPROPRIATE. [000:04:08;27] UPON TAKING OFFICE I DECLARED A [000:04:10;04] NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON OUR [000:04:11;02] SOUTHERN BORDER AND WE REDUCE [000:04:12;06] THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL BORDER [000:04:13;27] CROSSERS RELEASED INTO THE [000:04:15;16] UNITED STATES BY 99.99%. [000:04:26;16] YOU CANNOT DO MUCH BETTER THAN [000:04:28;27] THAT. [000:04:30;28] WE HAVE REMOVED THOUSANDS OF [000:04:36;02] ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM OUR [000:04:37;00] COMMUNITIES AS PART OF THE [000:04:38;04] DEPORTATION EFFORT. [000:04:42;03] THE NATIONAL MURDER RATE HAS [000:04:43;06] PLUMMETED BY 28%. [000:04:47;00] IT IS GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF WHAT [000:04:54;28] THEY ARE DOING. [000:04:59;07] RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT. [000:05:03;26] THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WHICH [000:05:12;11] IS MOVING ALONG VERY NICELY. [000:05:16;23] GREAT SUPPORT. [000:05:17;07] A GREAT BILL. [000:05:21;14] ANY BILL EVER PUT INTO THE [000:05:22;29] HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:05:26;04] IT WILL CUT COSTS AND EXPENSES [000:05:28;11] BY $1.6 TRILLION. [000:05:33;27] THE BIGGEST CUT AND EXPENSES [000:05:39;10] NEVER. [000:05:42;13] IT WILL DO SO MANY OTHER THINGS. [000:05:46;26] RECORD BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. [000:05:52;00] COMING IN AT $15 TRILLION [000:05:52;27] ALREADY COMMITTED TO COME IN FOR [000:05:54;08] BUILDING NEW PLANTS AND [000:06:00;26] FACTORIES AIS BID APPLE IS [000:06:04;00] INVESTING 500 BILLION PLUS. [000:06:07;02] THEY ARE ALL COMING IN. [000:06:13;25] THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE LARGEST [000:06:14;28] INVESTMENT IN BORDER SECURITY IN [000:06:15;29] OUR NATIONS HISTORY WITHIN LAW [000:06:18;23] ENFORCEMENT WITH THE TOOLS TO [000:06:22;15] STOP THE INVASION. [000:06:27;09] I BUILT HUNDREDS OF MILES OF [000:06:29;17] WALL. [000:06:31;29] NOW WE WILL BUILD SOME [000:06:33;04] ADDITIONAL WALL WHERE WE FEEL WE [000:06:35;11] PROBABLY SHOULD BUILD IT AFTER [000:06:37;17] LITTLE TRIAL AND ERROR. [000:06:41;29] WE WILL END UP BUILDING MORE [000:06:47;24] THAN EVEN I BUILT AND WE BUILT A [000:06:50;14] LOT. [000:06:51;15] I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR [000:06:57;03] SUPPORT. [000:07:01;16] NOW LET'S GET THE BILL PASSED. [000:07:05;28] EVERYTHING WE DO WE WILL GIVE [000:07:11;03] OUR POLICE THE RESPECT AND [000:07:13;04] PROTECTION AND ALL THE RESOURCES [000:07:16;00] THAT YOU NEED. [000:07:20;01] THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS [000:07:22;02] EXCESS IT WAS EXCESS MILITARY [000:07:26;05] EQUIPMENT. [000:07:28;25] YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL. [000:07:34;01] IN WAREHOUSES, BILLIONS OF [000:07:34;28] DOLLARS WORTH IN WAREHOUSES ALL [000:07:36;01] OVER THE COUNTRY AND OTHER [000:07:39;15] PRESIDENTS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE [000:07:40;25] IT TO YOU. [000:07:45;27] AND HELPED OUT A LOT AND SAVED A [000:07:47;15] LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS LIVES. [000:07:51;02] I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ATTORNEY [000:07:52;12] GENERAL PAM BONDI TO SAY A FEW [000:07:54;26] WORDS. [000:07:55;23] PRESIDENT PATRICK AND THEN [000:07:58;13] WASHINGTON D.C. FOP TRUSTEE AND [000:08:06;01] VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRATERNAL [000:08:08;22] ORDER OF POLICE JILL. [000:08:12;21] THEY ARE ALL GREAT PEOPLE. [000:08:18;06] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [000:08:24;03] >> THANK YOU TO THE FRATERNAL [000:08:25;06] ORDER OF POLICE FOR BEING AN [000:08:26;24] UNWAVERING VOICE FOR AMERICA'S [000:08:27;15] LAW ENFORCEMENT. [000:08:29;10] WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NO ORDINARY [000:08:30;28] DAY IN THE LIVES OF POLICE [000:08:33;06] OFFICERS. [000:08:34;06] EACH DAY YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME [000:08:35;22] WITH COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY AS TO [000:08:39;13] WHO YOU WILL ENCOUNTER AND WHAT [000:08:40;24] HAPPENS EACH DAY. [000:08:44;10] YOU OFTEN STAND ON THE FRONT [000:08:45;23] LINES AGAINST CARTEL AND FOREIGN [000:08:50;13] TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WHILE [000:08:51;04] FIGHTING THE HORRORS OF THE [000:08:54;23] ILLEGAL DRUG AND HUMAN [000:08:56;12] TRAFFICKING. [000:08:59;13] I WAS JUST IN POLAND THIS [000:09:00;24] MORNING AND ARRIVED BACK NOT [000:09:01;28] EVEN TWO HOURS AGO. [000:09:04;25] THEY RESPECT ALL OF YOU SO MUCH. [000:09:09;23] PRESIDENT TRUMPS JUSTICE [000:09:13;13] DEPARTMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING TO [000:09:15;13] PROTECT YOU AND TO SUPPORT ALL [000:09:21;24] MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE BADGE [000:09:28;24] IN THIS COUNTRY. [000:09:33;24] WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO [000:09:34;28] ENSURING OUR LOCAL LAW [000:09:35;25] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS [000:09:38;29] TO THE RESOURCES TOOLS AND [000:09:40;01] MANPOWER THAT YOU NEED TO DO [000:09:43;25] YOUR JOB. [000:09:47;11] THAT MEANS BOOSTING RECRUITMENT [000:09:48;10] AND RETENTION. [000:09:53;03] WE WANT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST [000:09:54;14] TO JOIN YOUR RANKS JUST LIKE YOU [000:09:56;01] AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN YOUR [000:09:58;06] RANKS. [000:09:58;15] LAST MONTH WE ANNOUNCED [000:09:59;11] 150 MILLION, $157 MILLION IN [000:10:00;28] GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR LAW [000:10:04;03] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE [000:10:05;00] POLICE OFFICERS. [000:10:07;24] WE ANTICIPATE NEARLY 1200 NEW [000:10:12;26] OFFICERS WILL BE HIRED. [000:10:20;04] SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP NO [000:10:24;27] TAX ON OVERTIME. [000:10:29;00] WE HAVE ALSO MADE MILLIONS OF [000:10:31;07] DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR MENTAL [000:10:34;03] HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR [000:10:36;05] YOU AROUND THIS COUNTRY. [000:10:42;10] WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY PROSECUTING [000:10:43;10] CRIMINALS WHO INSULT LAW [000:10:44;08] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. [000:10:47;04] WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON [000:10:51;24] POLICE OFFICERS. [000:10:56;20] THEY ABOUT 138 CASES AND 33 [000:10:58;23] STATES AGAINST ASSAULTING OUR [000:11:01;26] OFFICERS. [000:11:05;05] THE DOJ WILL NO LONGER TARGET [000:11:06;18] POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH BOGUS [000:11:09;16] LAWSUITS AND BOAT INVESTIGATIONS [000:11:13;24] WE ARE DISMISSING LAWSUITS BY [000:11:18;24] DIVIDING DOJ POLICE DEPARTMENT [000:11:22;06] IN LOUISVILLE AND MORE. [000:11:26;10] WE ARE LIMITING INVESTIGATIONS [000:11:30;20] INTO PHOENIX TRENTON OKLAHOMA [000:11:34;25] CITY AND ELSEWHERE. [000:11:38;26] WE ARE ALSO ENDING CONSENT [000:11:42;29] AGREEMENT SAID TAKE CONTROL AWAY [000:11:47;08] FROM YOU. [000:11:51;12] DESTROYING MORALE AND INCREASE [000:11:53;05] VIOLENCE. [000:11:56;04] INSTEAD, WE ARE WORKING WITH [000:11:57;07] LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GIVE [000:12:01;17] YOU THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO [000:12:03;04] MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. [000:12:05;27] WE BELIEVE IN BACKING THE BLUE, [000:12:07;06] NOT JUST IN WORD BUT IN ACTION. [000:12:14;11] THE ADMINISTRATION SLANDERED YOU [000:12:15;05] CONFRONTED YOU AND [000:12:16;25] UNDERMINED YOUR SERVICE. [000:12:23;00] BUT WE STAND WITH YOU WE HONOR [000:12:24;22] YOU AND WE WILL NOT ABANDON YOU. [000:12:30;22] THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT [000:12:33;02] TRUMP. [000:12:35;24] HUNDRED% COMMITTED TO STANDING [000:12:42;22] WITH OUR EVENT. [000:12:49;28] >> MR. PRESIDENT FIRST THANK [000:12:52;08] YOU. [000:12:56;20] THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR [000:12:57;28] SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS [000:12:59;02] THE 45TH PRESIDENT BUT YOUR [000:13:00;06] SUPPORT AS A 47TH PRESIDENT IN [000:13:01;22] ALL THE YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS [000:13:05;16] BEEN A STEADFAST. [000:13:09;22] I WANT YOU TO KNOW ON BEHALF OF [000:13:13;17] THE NEW FOR US. [000:13:17;22] WITH US TODAY HAVE MEMBERS OF A [000:13:22;22] COUPLE UNIONS IN MAJOR CITIES [000:13:23;25] ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [000:13:27;26] THEY HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS [000:13:28;29] PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE WORKING WE [000:13:30;10] APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO [000:13:31;08] SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR VIEWS [000:13:32;22] WE HEATHER ON THIS. [000:13:36;01] YOU MADE A PROMISE TO US. [000:13:40;06] ADDRESSING OVER THAT WAS A [000:13:42;07] PROMISE MADE. [000:13:45;19] ONE BIG NEW BILL CERTAINLY [000:13:46;20] MAKING GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. [000:13:50;02] PRESSMAN OFFICERS, WE FIND [000:13:53;16] OURSELVES PEOPLE WORKING. [000:13:58;20] ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TAX [000:14:02;24] BRACKETS BECAUSE I'M BEING [000:14:03;22] FORCED TO WORK. [000:14:06;20] YOU ARE NOT GETTING TO KEEP THE [000:14:10;21] MONEY. [000:14:14;24] WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THAT [000:14:17;02] DEAFENING. [000:14:21;10] WE PRAY SHARING THROUGH WITH IT. [000:14:27;08] YOU ALSO MADE TO US AND PROMISES [000:14:28;27] MADE THAT WE APPRECIATE. [000:14:31;24] FIRST THE PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO [000:14:35;27] GINS CAPITAL. [000:14:40;28] THE VITAL NO ONE KNOWS IT BETTER [000:14:42;21] THAN THE PERSON WHO WILL ATTEND [000:14:43;26] POLICE DEPARTMENT. [000:14:49;17] >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. [000:14:53;22] I REPRESENT POLICE OFFICERS TO [000:14:55;23] WORK HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. [000:15:02;24] THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING [000:15:05;01] WHICH IS A CALAMITY MORE THAN [000:15:08;25] ASSIST. [000:15:13;18] AUTHORIZED OUT FOR THOUSANDS ONE [000:15:14;22] POLICE OFFICERS HEATEDLY AS OF [000:15:15;26] TODAY WE ONLY 3190 THAT WE HAVE [000:15:19;07] HERE. [000:15:22;11] THE WORST PART IS PAST FIVE [000:15:23;21] YEARS WE HAVE LOST ASKED LAYERS [000:15:31;18] AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF [000:15:32;18] LEGISLATION THAT WERE UNABLE TO [000:15:33;20] DO THEIR JOB. [000:15:35;20] INEXPLICABLE AND EVEN THEIR JOB [000:15:37;19] PROPERLY. [000:15:41;08] IT IS ALSO INSTRUCTIONS TO FIGHT [000:15:42;21] UP THESE FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS IN [000:15:43;24] THESE ERRONEOUS ALLEGATIONS OF [000:15:45;21] MYTH CONDUCT. [000:15:50;17] IT ALL MAKES FOR AN ENVIRONMENT [000:15:51;24] THAT IS HAVING LEVELS WHAT THEY [000:15:53;05] NEED TO BE. [000:15:59;14] I THINK THE NATION'S CAPITAL [000:16:00;23] THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS NOT [000:16:01;28] JUST A CITY OF 700,000 LYNETTE [000:16:03;09] BELONGS TO EVERYBODY TO BE A [000:16:04;20] PINNACLE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. [000:16:05;13] MARGARET SEE WE ALL CHERISH THAT [000:16:06;22] THE SAFETY IS THE DISTRICT OF [000:16:08;03] COLUMBIA SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN [000:16:09;17] THE HANDS THAT SUBSCRIBES TO [000:16:14;26] THESE RADICAL IDEOLOGIES THAT WE [000:16:25;00] ALL KNOW MIRACLE DATA IN THAT IT [000:16:28;16] DOES NOT WORK CITIES MORE [000:16:30;19] DANGEROUS. [000:16:31;29] I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE [000:16:33;27] AND BEAUTIFUL. [000:16:36;00] QUALIFYING OUT OF THIS MESS. [000:16:39;29] ON A THANK YOU NATION. [000:16:44;05] I MET WITH HER RECENTLY. [000:16:49;07] I FOUND HER PLAN TO SOLVE AND [000:16:50;25] TACKLE A NUMBER OF THESE [000:16:52;27] PROBLEMS. [000:16:53;08] THE 3000 POLICE OFFICERS STAND [000:16:58;16] AT THE READY TO HELP YOU MAKE [000:17:00;03] D.C. GREAT AGAIN. [000:17:03;17] HOPEFULLY WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF [000:17:04;28] THEM FIX CRIME HERE IN THE [000:17:07;05] NATIONS CAP. [000:17:07;20] >> TESTED THE DEBT THE QUALITY [000:17:12;27] OF LIFE ISY NEST [000:17:13;27] BACK TOGETHER. [000:17:19;01] THANK PORTING THESE PEOPLE THAT [000:17:20;12] HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY [000:17:22;10] ILLEGALLY BURIED LAWS THAT WE [000:17:23;29] HOLD SO SACRED. [000:17:27;12] THEY ARE TIRED OF ARREST NEVER [000:17:32;28] SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE [000:17:34;13] FIRST PLACE. [000:17:35;14] WORKERS UNIMAGINABLE TRAUMA TO [000:17:38;15] SIT AT THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART [000:17:42;10] FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT [000:17:43;10] PERSPECTIVE IS 100% AVOID NOW [000:17:47;18] WE HAVE JUDGES MURDERERS [000:17:48;17] ROBBERS, RAPISTS OF WILL OF THE [000:17:55;12] AMERICAN PEOPLE. [000:17:58;19] IT IS A DISGRACE. [000:18:03;11] IF THEY HAD A SHRED OF INTEGRITY [000:18:04;23] WHICH I ASSUME THEY DON'T IT [000:18:08;11] WOULD BE AN EXCHANGE TO WHAT [000:18:09;27] THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. [000:18:12;16] CONTINUING TOWARD US, CONTINUING [000:18:13;16] TO SUPPORT US SO WE CAN PARTNER [000:18:17;15] WITH OUR AGENCIES OUT THE [000:18:18;17] CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT BORDER. [000:18:21;13] THANK YOU AGAIN FOR>> THANK YOU VERY [000:18:23;27] MUCH. [000:18:27;00] >> WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE [000:18:28;05] DISCUSSION NOW. [000:18:31;16] I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR [000:18:33;15] BEING HERE. [000:18:36;00] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MEDIA. [000:18:40;00] YOU VERY MUCH. [000:18:45;02] UNFINISHED CREATION.