[000:00:02;235] -- A SHRUNK -- CHUNK WILL COME [000:00:09;676] OUT OF RECRUITING AND HURT [000:00:10;310] NUMBERS OVER TIME. [000:00:10;810] HOST: TIME FOR A COUPLE MORE [000:00:13;913] PHONE CALLS ON THIS TOPIC AND [000:00:15;015] THEN WE WILL THREW OPEN THE [000:00:16;116] PHONES TO OPEN FORUM ON ANY [000:00:18;585] TOPIC YOU WANT. [000:00:19;052] IT IS A BUSY DAY ON CAPITOL HILL [000:00:21;921] , MORE HEARINGS TAKING PLACE. [000:00:23;423] THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE BOTH IN [000:00:26;860] AT 10:00 A.M., BUT A FEW MORE [000:00:27;560] CALLS ON THE TRUMP [000:00:28;928] ADMINISTRATION'S IMPACT ON THE [000:00:33;333] U.S. MILITARY. [000:00:33;767] GO AHEAD. [000:00:35;101] ARE YOU WITH US? [000:00:38;238] THEN WE GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. [000:00:39;906] THIS IS SARAH. [000:00:42;342] INDEPENDENT. [000:00:42;742] GO AHEAD. [000:00:43;109] CALLER: HELLO? [000:03:01;314] WE LOST AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS [000:03:09;189] I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER [000:03:10;356] DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF [000:03:13;726] JUSTICE TO PROVIDE LEGAL [000:03:19;232] PROTECTION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT [000:03:19;966] FOR OFFICERS TARGETED BY [000:03:24;437] LAWSUITS. [000:03:28;074] I KNOW ABOUT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS [000:03:29;209] BETTER THAN YOU DO. [000:03:33;046] I CAN TELL YOU. [000:03:37;250] I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF THEM. [000:03:41;421] I'VE ORDERED OTHER FEDERAL [000:03:44;791] AGENCIES TO BOOST AND I'VE ASKED [000:03:53;166] ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI TO PURSUE [000:03:58;371] THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANYONE [000:03:59;505] CONVICTED OF KILLING A POLICE [000:04:02;342] OFFICER WHICH IS VERY [000:04:04;244] APPROPRIATE. [000:04:10;183] UPON TAKING OFFICE I DECLARED A [000:04:11;417] NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON OUR [000:04:12;318] SOUTHERN BORDER AND WE REDUCE [000:04:13;453] THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL BORDER [000:04:15;154] CROSSERS RELEASED INTO THE [000:04:16;789] UNITED STATES BY 99.99%. [000:04:27;800] YOU CANNOT DO MUCH BETTER THAN [000:04:30;169] THAT. [000:04:32;205] WE HAVE REMOVED THOUSANDS OF [000:04:37;343] ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM OUR [000:04:38;278] COMMUNITIES AS PART OF THE [000:04:39;412] DEPORTATION EFFORT. [000:04:43;383] THE NATIONAL MURDER RATE HAS [000:04:44;484] PLUMMETED BY 28%. [000:04:48;254] IT IS GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF WHAT [000:04:56;195] THEY ARE DOING. [000:05:00;500] RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT. [000:05:05;138] THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WHICH [000:05:13;646] IS MOVING ALONG VERY NICELY. [000:05:18;051] GREAT SUPPORT. [000:05:18;484] A GREAT BILL. [000:05:22;722] ANY BILL EVER PUT INTO THE [000:05:24;223] HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [000:05:27;393] IT WILL CUT COSTS AND EXPENSES [000:05:29;629] BY $1.6 TRILLION. [000:05:35;168] THE BIGGEST CUT AND EXPENSES [000:05:40;606] NEVER. [000:05:43;710] IT WILL DO SO MANY OTHER THINGS. [000:05:48;147] RECORD BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. [000:05:53;252] COMING IN AT $15 TRILLION [000:05:54;153] ALREADY COMMITTED TO COME IN FOR [000:05:55;521] BUILDING NEW PLANTS AND [000:06:02;128] FACTORIES, AIS BID, APPLE IS [000:06:05;264] INVESTING 500 BILLION PLUS. [000:06:08;334] THEY ARE ALL COMING IN. [000:06:15;108] THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE LARGEST [000:06:16;209] INVESTMENT IN BORDER SECURITY IN [000:06:17;243] OUR NATIONS HISTORY WITHIN LAW [000:06:20;046] ENFORCEMENT WITH THE TOOLS TO [000:06:23;783] STOP THE INVASION. [000:06:28;554] I BUILT HUNDREDS OF MILES OF [000:06:30;823] WALL. [000:06:33;226] NOW WE WILL BUILD SOME [000:06:34;394] ADDITIONAL WALL WHERE WE FEEL WE [000:06:36;629] PROBABLY SHOULD BUILD IT AFTER [000:06:38;831] LITTLE TRIAL AND ERROR. [000:06:43;236] WE WILL END UP BUILDING MORE [000:06:49;075] THAN EVEN I BUILT AND WE BUILT A [000:06:51;744] LOT. [000:06:52;779] I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR [000:06:58;384] SUPPORT. [000:07:02;789] NOW LET'S GET THE BILL PASSED. [000:07:07;193] EVERYTHING WE DO, WE WILL GIVE [000:07:12;365] OUR POLICE THE RESPECT AND [000:07:14;400] PROTECTION AND ALL THE RESOURCES [000:07:17;270] THAT YOU NEED. [000:07:21;307] THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS [000:07:23;342] EXCESS, IT WAS EXCESS MILITARY [000:07:27;447] EQUIPMENT. [000:07:30;116] YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL. [000:07:35;288] IN WAREHOUSES, BILLIONS OF [000:07:36;189] DOLLARS WORTH IN WAREHOUSES ALL [000:07:37;290] OVER THE COUNTRY AND OTHER [000:07:40;760] PRESIDENTS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE [000:07:42;094] IT TO YOU. [000:07:47;166] AND HELPED OUT A LOT AND SAVED A [000:07:48;768] LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS LIVES. [000:07:52;338] I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ATTORNEY [000:07:53;673] GENERAL PAM BONDI TO SAY A FEW [000:07:56;142] WORDS. [000:07:57;043] PRESIDENT PATRICK AND THEN [000:07:59;712] WASHINGTON, D.C. FOP TRUSTEE AND [000:08:07;286] VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRATERNAL [000:08:09;989] ORDER OF POLICE JILL. [000:08:13;960] THEY ARE ALL GREAT PEOPLE. [000:08:19;465] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [000:08:25;371] >> THANK YOU TO THE FRATERNAL [000:08:26;472] ORDER OF POLICE FOR BEING AN [000:08:28;074] UNWAVERING VOICE FOR AMERICA'S [000:08:28;774] LAW ENFORCEMENT. [000:08:30;610] WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NO ORDINARY [000:08:32;211] DAY IN THE LIVES OF POLICE [000:08:34;480] OFFICERS. [000:08:35;481] EACH DAY YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME [000:08:37;016] WITH COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY AS TO [000:08:40;686] WHO YOU WILL ENCOUNTER AND WHAT [000:08:42;054] HAPPENS EACH DAY. [000:08:45;591] YOU OFTEN STAND ON THE FRONT [000:08:47;026] LINES AGAINST CARTEL AND FOREIGN [000:08:51;697] TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WHILE [000:08:52;398] FIGHTING THE HORRORS OF THE [000:08:56;035] ILLEGAL DRUG AND HUMAN [000:08:57;670] TRAFFICKING. [000:09:00;706] I WAS JUST IN POLAND THIS [000:09:02;074] MORNING AND ARRIVED BACK NOT [000:09:03;209] EVEN TWO HOURS AGO. [000:09:06;112] THEY RESPECT ALL OF YOU SO MUCH. [000:09:11;050] PRESIDENT TRUMPS JUSTICE [000:09:14;687] DEPARTMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING TO [000:09:16;689] PROTECT YOU AND TO SUPPORT ALL [000:09:23;062] MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE BADGE [000:09:30;069] IN THIS COUNTRY. [000:09:35;074] WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO [000:09:36;208] ENSURING OUR LOCAL LAW [000:09:37;109] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS [000:09:40;246] TO THE RESOURCES, TOOLS AND [000:09:41;314] MANPOWER THAT YOU NEED TO DO [000:09:45;117] YOUR JOB. [000:09:48;621] THAT MEANS BOOSTING RECRUITMENT [000:09:49;589] AND RETENTION. [000:09:54;360] WE WANT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST [000:09:55;728] TO JOIN YOUR RANKS JUST LIKE YOU [000:09:57;296] AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN YOUR [000:09:59;465] RANKS. [000:09:59;765] LAST MONTH WE ANNOUNCED [000:10:00;633] 150 MILLION, $157 MILLION IN [000:10:02;201] GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR LAW [000:10:05;371] ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE [000:10:06;272] POLICE OFFICERS. [000:10:09;075] WE ANTICIPATE NEARLY 1200 NEW [000:10:14;146] OFFICERS WILL BE HIRED. [000:10:21;387] SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP, NO [000:10:26;158] TAX ON OVERTIME. [000:10:30;262] WE HAVE ALSO MADE MILLIONS OF [000:10:32;498] DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR MENTAL [000:10:35;368] HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR [000:10:37;436] YOU AROUND THIS COUNTRY. [000:10:43;609] WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY PROSECUTING [000:10:44;610] CRIMINALS WHO INSULT LAW [000:10:45;544] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. [000:10:48;414] WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON [000:10:53;052] POLICE OFFICERS. [000:10:57;923] THEY ABOUT 138 CASES AND 33 [000:11:00;026] STATES AGAINST ASSAULTING OUR [000:11:03;129] OFFICERS. [000:11:06;432] THE DOJ WILL NO LONGER TARGET [000:11:07;867] POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH BOGUS [000:11:10;803] LAWSUITS AND BOAT INVESTIGATIONS [000:11:15;074] WE ARE DISMISSING LAWSUITS BY [000:11:20;079] DIVIDING DOJ POLICE DEPARTMENT [000:11:23;482] IN LOUISVILLE, AND MORE. [000:11:27;586] WE ARE LIMITING INVESTIGATIONS [000:11:31;924] INTO PHOENIX TRENTON OKLAHOMA [000:11:36;095] CITY AND ELSEWHERE. [000:11:40;132] WE ARE ALSO ENDING CONSENT [000:11:44;236] AGREEMENT SAID TAKE CONTROL AWAY [000:11:48;541] FROM YOU. [000:11:52;678] DESTROYING MORALE AND INCREASE [000:11:54;447] VIOLENCE. [000:11:57;416] INSTEAD, WE ARE WORKING WITH [000:11:58;517] LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GIVE [000:12:02;822] YOU THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO [000:12:04;390] MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. [000:12:07;159] WE BELIEVE IN BACKING THE BLUE, [000:12:08;461] NOT JUST IN WORD BUT IN ACTION. [000:12:15;634] THE ADMINISTRATION SLANDERED YOU [000:12:16;402] , CONFRONTED YOU AND [000:12:18;104] UNDERMINED YOUR SERVICE. [000:12:24;276] BUT WE STAND WITH YOU, WE HONOR [000:12:26;011] YOU AND WE WILL NOT ABANDON YOU. [000:12:32;017] THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT [000:12:34;320] TRUMP. [000:12:37;056] HUNDRED% COMMITTED TO STANDING [000:12:43;996] WITH OUR EVENT. [000:12:51;203] >> MR. PRESIDENT, FIRST, THANK [000:12:53;539] YOU. [000:12:57;943] THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR [000:12:59;211] SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS [000:13:00;346] THE 45TH PRESIDENT BUT YOUR [000:13:01;480] SUPPORT AS A 47TH PRESIDENT IN [000:13:03;015] ALL THE YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS [000:13:06;786] BEEN A STEADFAST. [000:13:10;990] I WANT YOU TO KNOW ON BEHALF OF [000:13:14;827] THE NEW FOR US. [000:13:18;998] WITH US TODAY HAVE MEMBERS OF A [000:13:24;003] COUPLE UNIONS IN MAJOR CITIES [000:13:25;104] ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [000:13:29;141] THEY HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS [000:13:30;242] PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE WORKING WE [000:13:31;610] APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO [000:13:32;545] SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR VIEWS [000:13:34;013] WE HEATHER ON THIS. [000:13:37;316] YOU MADE A PROMISE TO US. [000:13:41;453] ADDRESSING OVER THAT WAS A [000:13:43;489] PROMISE MADE. [000:13:46;892] ONE BIG NEW BILL CERTAINLY [000:13:47;927] MAKING GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. [000:13:51;330] PRESSMAN OFFICERS, WE FIND [000:13:54;800] OURSELVES PEOPLE WORKING. [000:13:59;939] ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TAX [000:14:04;076] BRACKETS BECAUSE I'M BEING [000:14:05;010] FORCED TO WORK. [000:14:07;947] YOU ARE NOT GETTING TO KEEP THE [000:14:11;984] MONEY. [000:14:16;055] WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THAT [000:14:18;324] DEAFENING. [000:14:22;595] WE PRAY SHARING THROUGH WITH IT. [000:14:28;534] YOU ALSO MADE TO US AND PROMISES [000:14:30;169] MADE THAT WE APPRECIATE. [000:14:33;072] FIRST THE PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO [000:14:37;176] GINS CAPITAL. [000:14:42;214] THE VITAL NO ONE KNOWS IT BETTER [000:14:43;983] THAN THE PERSON WHO WILL ATTEND [000:14:45;150] POLICE DEPARTMENT. [000:14:50;823] >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. [000:14:54;994] I REPRESENT POLICE OFFICERS TO [000:14:57;029] WORK HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. [000:15:04;069] THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING [000:15:06;305] WHICH IS A CALAMITY MORE THAN [000:15:10;109] ASSIST. [000:15:14;880] AUTHORIZED OUT FOR THOUSANDS ONE [000:15:16;015] POLICE OFFICERS HEATEDLY AS OF [000:15:17;149] TODAY WE ONLY 3190 THAT WE HAVE [000:15:20;486] HERE. [000:15:23;622] THE WORST PART IS PAST FIVE [000:15:24;957] YEARS WE HAVE LOST ASKED LAYERS [000:15:32;865] AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF [000:15:33;866] LEGISLATION THAT WERE UNABLE TO [000:15:34;934] DO THEIR JOB. [000:15:36;936] INEXPLICABLE AND EVEN THEIR JOB [000:15:38;904] PROPERLY. [000:15:42;541] IT IS ALSO INSTRUCTIONS TO FIGHT [000:15:43;976] UP THESE FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS IN [000:15:45;077] THESE ERRONEOUS ALLEGATIONS OF [000:15:46;979] MYTH CONDUCT. [000:15:51;850] IT ALL MAKES FOR AN ENVIRONMENT [000:15:53;052] THAT IS HAVING LEVELS WHAT THEY [000:15:54;420] NEED TO BE. [000:16:00;726] I THINK THE NATION'S CAPITAL, [000:16:02;027] THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IS NOT [000:16:03;195] JUST A CITY OF 700,000 LYNETTE [000:16:04;563] BELONGS TO EVERYBODY TO BE A [000:16:05;931] PINNACLE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. [000:16:06;699] MARGARET SEE WE ALL CHERISH THAT [000:16:08;000] THE SAFETY IS THE DISTRICT OF [000:16:09;368] COLUMBIA SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN [000:16:10;836] THE HANDS THAT SUBSCRIBES TO [000:16:16;141] THESE RADICAL IDEOLOGIES THAT WE [000:16:26;251] ALL KNOW MIRACLE DATA IN THAT IT [000:16:29;788] DOES NOT WORK CITIES MORE [000:16:31;890] DANGEROUS. [000:16:33;225] I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE [000:16:35;160] AND BEAUTIFUL. [000:16:37;262] QUALIFYING OUT OF THIS MESS. [000:16:41;233] ON A THANK YOU NATION. [000:16:45;437] I MET WITH HER RECENTLY. [000:16:50;509] I FOUND HER PLAN TO SOLVE AND [000:16:52;111] TACKLE A NUMBER OF THESE [000:16:54;179] PROBLEMS. [000:16:54;546] THE 3000 POLICE OFFICERS STAND [000:16:59;785] AT THE READY TO HELP YOU MAKE [000:17:01;353] D.C. GREAT AGAIN. [000:17:04;823] HOPEFULLY WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF [000:17:06;191] THEM FIX CRIME HERE IN THE [000:17:08;427] NATIONS CAP. [000:17:08;927] >> TESTED THE DEBT THAT HAS BEEN [000:17:13;999] CREATED IN CITIES OF THE QUALITY [000:17:18;504] OF LIFE IS DONE FOR SAFETY NEST [000:17:22;374] BACK TOGETHER. [000:17:27;513] THANK PORTING THESE PEOPLE THAT [000:17:28;881] HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY [000:17:30;816] ILLEGALLY BURIED LAWS THAT WE [000:17:32;451] HOLD SO SACRED. [000:17:35;888] THEY ARE TIRED OF ARREST NEVER [000:17:41;393] SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE [000:17:42;895] FIRST PLACE. [000:17:43;929] WORKERS, UNIMAGINABLE TRAUMA TO [000:17:46;965] SIT AT THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART [000:17:50;803] FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT [000:17:51;804] PERSPECTIVE IS 100% AVOID NOW, [000:17:56;075] WE HAVE JUDGES MURDERERS, [000:17:57;042] ROBBERS, RAPISTS, OF WILL OF THE [000:18:03;882] AMERICAN PEOPLE. [000:18:07;119] IT IS A DISGRACE. [000:18:11;857] IF THEY HAD A SHRED OF INTEGRITY [000:18:13;258] WHICH I ASSUME THEY DON'T, IT [000:18:16;829] WOULD BE AN EXCHANGE TO WHAT [000:18:18;363] THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. [000:18:20;999] CONTINUING TOWARD US, CONTINUING [000:18:22;000] TO SUPPORT US SO WE CAN PARTNER [000:18:25;971] WITH OUR AGENCIES OUT THE [000:18:27;039] CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT BORDER. [000:18:29;908] THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING ORDER [000:18:33;879] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [000:18:38;283] >> WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE [000:18:39;451] DISCUSSION NOW. [000:18:42;821] I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR [000:18:44;790] BEING HERE. [000:18:47;292] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, MEDIA. [000:18:51;263] YOU VERY MUCH. [000:18:56;335] UNFINISHED CREATION.