[000:00:00;05] SPEECHES
[000:00:02;05] AT 10:00 A.M. FOR LEGISLATIVE
[000:00:03;17] BUSINESS WITH WORK ON A SPENDING
[000:00:04;09] PACKAGE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
[000:00:07;21] THAT INCLUDES THE STATE
[000:00:09;11] DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE
[000:00:11;24] INTERIOR, AND ENVIRONMENT, AND
[000:00:13;10] MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND
[000:00:14;26] VETERAN AFFAIRS SPENDING.
[000:00:16;12] THAT IS ON C-SPAN.
[000:00:18;14] AT 9:30 A.M., THE SENATE
[000:00:19;24] CONTINUES WORK ON THE DEFENSE
[000:00:22;24] PROGRAMS BILL.
[000:00:24;14] AT 10:15 AM ON C-SPAN3, A HOUSE
[000:00:26;29] EDUCATION COMMITTEE HOLDS A
[000:00:27;21] HEARING ON WAYS TO SAFELY REOPEN
[000:00:29;16] SCHOOLS.
[000:00:33;16] THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS
[000:00:34;17] COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE IMPACT
[000:00:35;28] OF COVID-19 ON TRADE
[000:00:37;28] MANUFACTURING, AND THE NATIONAL
[000:00:38;20] SUPPLY CHAIN.
[000:00:43;23] PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT
[000:00:45;00] EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME
[000:00:47;00] IN U.S. CITIES.
[000:00:47;21] THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED FEDERAL
[000:00:48;13] LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE SENT TO
[000:00:52;03] CITIES INCLUDING CHICAGO AND
[000:00:53;09] ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
[000:00:54;29] AT THE EVENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL
[000:00:57;17] WILLIAM BARR, ACTING HOMELAND
[000:00:58;08] SECURITY SECRETARY CHAD WOLF,
[000:00:59;09] CHRISTOPHER WRAY, AND FAMILIES
[000:01:03;11] OF CRIME VICTIMS.
[000:01:13;07] PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY
[000:01:15;18] MUCH.
[000:01:15;27] THANK YOU.
[000:01:22;09] GREAT HONOR TO BE WITH YOU
[000:01:24;14] TODAY.
[000:01:26;09] BEING HERE IS A REAL, REALLY
[000:01:28;20] IMPORTANT MOMENT, AS FAR AS I AM
[000:01:32;20] CONCERNED.
[000:01:33;11] MY FIRST DUTY AS PRESIDENT IS TO
[000:01:34;11] PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND
[000:01:38;12] TODAY, I AM TAKING ACTION TO
[000:01:39;27] FULFILL THAT SACRED OBLIGATION.
[000:01:42;15] IN RECENT WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN
[000:01:43;26] A RADICAL MOVEMENT TO DEFUND
[000:01:47;17] DISMANTLE, AND DISSOLVE OUR
[000:01:48;07] POLICE DEPARTMENTS.EXTREME
[000:01:52;20] ANTI-POLICE CRUSADE, AND
[000:01:57;03] RELENTLESSLY VILIFIED OUR LAW
[000:01:58;03] ENFORCEMENT HEROES.
[000:01:59;23] TO LOOK AT IT FROM ANY
[000:02:03;05] STANDPOINT, THE EFFORT TO SHUT
[000:02:04;26] DOWN POLICING IN THEIR OWN
[000:02:07;09] COMMUNITIES HAS LED TO A
[000:02:09;05] SHOCKING EXPLOSION OF SHOOTINGS
[000:02:11;10] KILLINGS MURDERS, AND HEINOUS
[000:02:12;14] CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
[000:02:14;08] THIS BLOODSHED MUST END.
[000:02:21;02] I AM ANNOUNCING A SURGE OF LAW
[000:02:25;11] ENFORCEMENT INTO COMMUNITIES
[000:02:27;04] PLAGUED BY CRIME.
[000:02:27;19] WE WILL WORK EVERY DAY TO
[000:02:28;22] RESTORE PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECT
[000:02:31;16] OUR NATION'S, AND BRING VIOLENT
[000:02:33;18] PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE.
[000:02:35;20] WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.
[000:02:37;09] YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING WHAT'S
[000:02:38;22] HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE
[000:02:39;10] COUNTRY.
[000:02:41;10] WE JUST STARTED THIS PROCESS,
[000:02:42;28] AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE NO CHOICE
[000:02:44;22] BUT TO GET INVOLVED.
[000:02:47;11] WITH US TODAY IS ATTORNEY
[000:02:48;00] GENERAL BILL BARR.
[000:02:49;20] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:02:52;12] ACTING DHS SECRETARY CHAD WOLF,
[000:02:53;21] THANK YOU.
[000:02:56;13] FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY
[000:02:59;20] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:03:00;06] WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO BE JOINED
[000:03:04;29] BY AMERICANS WHO HAVE TRAGICALLY
[000:03:06;16] LOST THEIR LOVED ONES TO RECENT
[000:03:08;19] VIOLENCE.
[000:03:09;00] TO EACH OF YOU, PLEASE KNOW THAT
[000:03:11;07] AMERICA GRIEVES WITH YOU, THAT
[000:03:13;02] WE PLEDGED TO HONOR THE MEMORY
[000:03:14;06] OF YOUR CHERISHED LOVED ONES BY
[000:03:17;01] FIGHTING TO BRING SAFETY INTO
[000:03:20;22] EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY.
[000:03:22;04] WE WILL BRING THAT SAFETY.
[000:03:23;23] YOU WILL SEE.
[000:03:25;03] FOR DECADES, POLITICIANS RUNNING
[000:03:26;16] MANY OF OUR NATIONS MAJOR CITIES
[000:03:29;10] HAVE PUT THE INTERESTS OF
[000:03:30;12] CRIMINALS ABOVE THE RIGHTS OF
[000:03:31;27] LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
[000:03:35;29] THE SAME POLITICIANS HAVE NOW
[000:03:38;01] EMBRACED THE FAR-LEFT MOVEMENT
[000:03:38;22] TO BREAK UP OUR POLICE
[000:03:42;11] DEPARTMENTS, CAUSING VIOLENT
[000:03:43;01] CRIME AND THEIR CITIES TO
[000:03:45;09] SPIRAL, -- IN THEIR CITIES TO
[000:03:49;02] SPIRAL SERIOUSLY OUT OF CONTROL.
[000:03:50;13] IN NEW YORK CITY, OVER 300
[000:03:51;02] PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE LAST
[000:03:53;17] MONTH ALONE.
[000:03:55;06] A 277 AT LEAST PERCENT INCREASE
[000:03:57;21] OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF A YEAR
[000:04:00;22] AGO.
[000:04:02;07] MURDERS THIS YEAR HAVE SPIKED
[000:04:05;15] 27% IN PHILADELPHIA, 94% IN
[000:04:08;09] MINNEAPOLIS, COMPARED TO THE
[000:04:09;24] SAME PERIOD IN 2019.
[000:04:13;11] PERHAPS NO CITIZENS HAVE
[000:04:13;29] SUFFERED MORE FROM THE MENACE OF
[000:04:16;26] VIOLENT CRIME THAN THE WONDERFUL
[000:04:20;25] PEOPLE OF CHICAGO, A CITY I KNOW
[000:04:21;24] VERY WELL.
[000:04:24;14] AT LEAST 414 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
[000:04:26;15] MURDERED IN THE CITY THIS YEAR.
[000:04:29;15] A ROUGHLY 50% INCREASE OVER LAST
[000:04:31;22] YEAR.
[000:04:32;23] MORE THAN 1900 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
[000:04:35;16] SHOT.
[000:04:36;16] THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT
[000:04:37;29] EVEN TO BE BELIEVED.
[000:04:40;16] YESTERDAY ALONE, 23 PEOPLE WERE
[000:04:42;02] SHOT IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING 15
[000:04:44;06] WHO WERE SHOT IN A MERCILESS
[000:04:48;03] ONSLAUGHT OF GUNFIRE OUTSIDE OF
[000:04:50;29] A FUNERAL HOME.
[000:04:51;21] 63 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE CITY
[000:04:53;05] THIS PAST WEEKEND AND AT LEAST
[000:04:55;09] 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
[000:04:57;03] OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND,
[000:04:59;15] NEARLY 80 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND
[000:05:02;05] 17 WERE KILLED.
[000:05:03;27] OVER FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND, 104
[000:05:06;11] PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND 15 WERE
[000:05:10;01] KILLED, INCLUDING FIVE YOUNG
[000:05:12;00] CHILDREN.
[000:05:14;02] AND LAST WEEKEND IN MAY SAW THE
[000:05:17;03] CITY'S DEADLIEST DAY ON RECORD.
[000:05:19;14] 18 MURDERS IN 24 HOURS.
[000:05:23;04] BEHIND EACH OF THESE HORRIFYING
[000:05:25;04] STATISTICS, A VICTIM, A FAMILY
[000:05:28;19] AND LOVED ONE, A LIFE CRUELLY
[000:05:32;11] SHATTERED, IT IS SO SAD TO SEE
[000:05:33;17] AND SO SAD TO LOOK AND SO SAD TO
[000:05:35;06] SEE HOW THESE LIVES HAVE BEEN
[000:05:36;25] JUST TORN APART.
[000:05:40;08] AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FATHER OF
[000:05:41;28] THREE WAS KILLED WHILE WALKING
[000:05:44;17] INTO A STORE TO PAY HIS CELL
[000:05:45;07] PHONE BILL.
[000:05:47;13] A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED
[000:05:49;03] WHEN A STRAY BULLET CAME THROUGH
[000:05:50;02] THE WINDOW OF HER HOME AND HIT
[000:05:51;27] HER IN THE NECK IN THE PRESENCE
[000:05:54;26] OF HER FAMILY.
[000:05:55;15] ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, A
[000:05:59;17] 14-YEAR-OLD WAS PLAYING
[000:06:00;05] BASKETBALL WITH FRIENDS IN A
[000:06:02;26] CHICAGO PARK WHEN HE WAS
[000:06:03;25] SENSELESSLY KILLED IN A MASSACRE
[000:06:07;02] THAT LEFT EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD OR
[000:06:08;20] WOUNDED.
[000:06:09;00] HIS MOTHER, CHERYL, IS HERE WITH
[000:06:13;03] US TODAY, AND CHERYL, PLEASE
[000:06:15;06] KNOW THAT ALL AMERICANS MOURN BY
[000:06:18;24] YOUR SIDE.
[000:06:19;05] WE WILL CARRY YOUR SON'S MEMORY.
[000:06:21;24] HE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN,
[000:06:23;08] CHERYL.
[000:06:23;18] CHERYL.
[000:06:24;26] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:06:26;10] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,
[000:06:27;06] CHERYL.
[000:06:29;27] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:06:30;29] IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO MEET YOU
[000:06:31;21] BEFORE.
[000:06:33;01] THIS RAMPAGE OF VIOLENCE SHOCKS
[000:06:35;15] THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR NATION,
[000:06:37;12] AND WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND
[000:06:39;03] WATCH IT HAPPEN.
[000:06:40;03] CANNOT DO THAT.
[000:06:40;17] THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO ARE
[000:06:43;11] CITIZENS OF AMERICA AND THEY
[000:06:44;16] HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS EVERY
[000:06:46;16] OTHER AMERICAN TO LIVE IN
[000:06:47;16] SAFETY DIGNITY, AND PEACE.
[000:06:50;07] NO MOTHER SHOULD EVER HAVE TO
[000:06:53;07] CRADLE HER DEAD CHILD IN
[000:06:54;16] HER ARMS SIMPLY BECAUSE
[000:06:55;25] POLITICIANS REFUSE TO DO WHAT IS
[000:06:58;11] NECESSARY TO SECURE THEIR
[000:06:59;00] NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO SECURE THEIR
[000:06:59;27] CITY.
[000:07:02;12] EVERY AMERICAN, NO MATTER THEIR
[000:07:04;24] INCOME RACE, ZIP CODE, SHOULD
[000:07:06;02] BE ABLE TO WALK THE CITY
[000:07:07;01] STREETS.
[000:07:08;14] FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND FREE FROM
[000:07:10;03] FEAR.
[000:07:11;17] FOR THIS REASON TODAY, I AM
[000:07:13;29] ANNOUNCING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
[000:07:15;03] OF JUSTICE WILL IMMEDIATELY
[000:07:16;17] SURGE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
[000:07:18;08] THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
[000:07:20;01] THE FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. MARSHALS
[000:07:26;06] SERVICE, AND HOMELAND SECURITY
[000:07:28;26] WILL TOGETHER BE SENDING
[000:07:30;07] HUNDREDS OF SKILLED LAW
[000:07:31;10] ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CHICAGO
[000:07:33;09] TO HELP DRIVE DOWN VIOLENT
[000:07:34;18] CRIME.
[000:07:38;02] AND MURDERERS AND VIOLENT
[000:07:39;02] CRIMINALS ARE BREAKING A WIDE
[000:07:39;23] RANGE OF FEDERAL LAWS.
[000:07:41;04] WE HAVE THAT.
[000:07:43;04] IT IS AS WIDE AS IT CAN BE.
[000:07:45;05] WE WILL FIND THEM, ARREST THEM
[000:07:46;18] AND PROSECUTE THEM.
[000:07:48;06] THEY WILL BE IN JAIL FOR MANY
[000:07:50;19] YEARS TO, AND WE WILL WORK WITH
[000:07:51;20] LOCAL POLICE TO IDENTIFY
[000:07:54;14] VIOLATIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL
[000:07:55;05] LAWS TO HELP ENSURE THAT
[000:07:57;18] OFFENDERS ARE CAUGHT AND JAILED
[000:07:58;28] FOR THEIR CRIMES.
[000:08:00;12] BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE
[000:08:04;23] JOB OF POLICING A NEIGHBORHOOD
[000:08:06;02] FALLS ON THE SHOULDERS OF LOCAL
[000:08:07;25] ELECTED LEADERSHIP.
[000:08:10;15] NEVER FORGET THAT.
[000:08:11;15] WHEN THEY ABDICATE THEIR DUTY
[000:08:14;04] THE RESULTS ARE CATASTROPHIC.
[000:08:16;19] AMERICANS MUST HOLD THEIR CITY
[000:08:17;10] LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE.
[000:08:19;02] THEY MUST INSIST THAT COMMUNITY
[000:08:22;01] OFFICIALS FULLY SUPPORT, FULLY
[000:08:23;21] BACK, AND FULLY FUND THEIR LOCAL
[000:08:27;02] POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
[000:08:27;25] THERE IS SIMPLY NO SUBSTITUTE
[000:08:29;09] FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
[000:08:30;01] THE STRONG BACKING OF CITY
[000:08:32;07] LEADERS.
[000:08:34;28] IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL USE
[000:08:37;09] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
[000:08:38;17] VIGOROUSLY CHARGE FEDERAL CRIMES
[000:08:40;11] AND SUPPORT THESE BESIEGED
[000:08:43;15] COMMUNITIES TO THE GREATEST
[000:08:44;18] EXTENT POSSIBLE.
[000:08:45;05] THIS WILL BE HARD, PAINSTAKING
[000:08:48;18] WORK.
[000:08:48;27] IT WILL TAKE TIME.
[000:08:51;14] THE TIDE WILL NOT RECEDE
[000:08:53;07] OVERNIGHT, BUT WE WILL MARSHAL
[000:08:54;21] ALL OF THE STRENGTH AND FOCUS
[000:08:55;26] AND DETERMINATION THAT WE CAN
[000:08:59;11] POSSIBLY DO.
[000:08:59;23] THIS IS A CRITICAL EFFORT.
[000:09:02;12] WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL ON
[000:09:03;25] STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS TO DO
[000:09:05;22] THEIR JOB AND PROTECT THEIR
[000:09:07;15] CITIZENS.
[000:09:08;24] THE OPERATION IN CHICAGO WILL BE
[000:09:09;27] DONE AS PART OF OPERATION LEGEND
[000:09:13;21] WHICH WAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED IN
[000:09:15;03] KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND VERY
[000:09:17;24] SUCCESSFULLY, I MIGHT ADD.
[000:09:18;24] IT IS NAMED AFTER A
[000:09:21;05] FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS SHOT.
[000:09:24;26] THINK OF THIS.
[000:09:25;09] WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST
[000:09:26;14] MONTH WHILE HE LAY ASLEEP IN HIS
[000:09:29;28] HOME.
[000:09:30;07] LEGENDS MOTHER GRIEVES.
[000:09:34;01] OUR HEARTS AND PAINS AND
[000:09:36;12] SOULS.
[000:09:36;21] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
[000:09:38;13] HERE.
[000:09:38;22] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:09:39;08] APPRECIATE IT.
[000:09:41;04] WE ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL TO BE
[000:09:42;05] JOINED --WILL YOU PLEASE STAND?
[000:09:46;09] PLEASE.
[000:09:49;10] AND ALSO LEGEND'S FATHER
[000:09:54;11] RAPHAEL, AND HIS GRANDPARENTS,
[000:09:55;24] ALFRED AND PAULINE.
[000:09:56;12] YES?
[000:09:59;13] YOU LOOK SO GREAT, SO GREAT.
[000:10:01;00] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:10:02;24] I APPRECIATED YOUR NICE
[000:10:03;24] STATEMENTS BEFORE, TOO.
[000:10:04;12] THANK YOU.
[000:10:06;16] LEGEND IS LOOKING DOWN.
[000:10:07;25] HE IS VERY PROUD OF YOU RIGHT
[000:10:09;27] NOW.
[000:10:10;05] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:10:10;21] TO LEGEND'S FAMILY, WE CANNOT
[000:10:15;27] EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE YOUR
[000:10:16;26] ANGUISH AND SORROW BUT WE
[000:10:18;19] SOLEMNLY PROMISE TO HONOR LEGEND
[000:10:19;29] AND WE WILL BE FIGHTING EVERY
[000:10:21;07] DAY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF
[000:10:23;01] AMERICA'S CHILDREN.
[000:10:25;27] UNDER OPERATION LEGEND, WE WILL
[000:10:28;05] ALSO SOON SEND FEDERAL LAW
[000:10:28;24] ENFORCEMENT TO OTHER CITIES THAT
[000:10:32;01] NEED HELP.
[000:10:32;23] OTHER CITIES NEED HELP.
[000:10:33;24] THEY NEED IT BADLY.
[000:10:35;04] THEY SHOULD CALL.
[000:10:36;02] THEY SHOULD WANT IT.
[000:10:37;09] THEY ARE TOO PROUD OR POLITICAL
[000:10:38;15] TO DO IT.
[000:10:39;26] ONE OF THEM IS ALBUQUERQUE, NEW
[000:10:42;13] MEXICO WHERE A 55-YEAR-OLD
[000:10:46;10] JACKIE, WAS MURDERED AS SHE WAS
[000:10:48;06] GETTING INTO HER CAR TO GO TO
[000:10:48;27] THE GYM.
[000:10:51;02] WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY HER
[000:10:53;03] HUSBAND, SAM, AND HER SONS, RAUL
[000:10:55;16] AND KEVIN BOTH NEW MEXICAN
[000:10:59;17] STATE POLICE OFFICERS.
[000:11:00;17] WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND?
[000:11:02;07] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:11:04;09] I APPRECIATE IT.
[000:11:04;23] THANK YOU.
[000:11:07;08] GREAT LOOKING FAMILY.
[000:11:07;25] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:11:10;10] TO SAM, RIVAL, AND KEVIN WE ARE
[000:11:13;17] MOVED BEYOND WORDS BY YOUR
[000:11:14;26] PRESENCE HERE TODAY.
[000:11:16;09] IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO MEET YOU.
[000:11:19;11] THIS AFTERNOON I AM ANNOUNCING
[000:11:20;25] THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL
[000:11:21;16] PROVIDE MORE THAN $61 MILLION IN
[000:11:24;28] GRANTS TO HIRE HUNDREDS OF NEW
[000:11:27;03] POLICE OFFICERS IN CITIES THAT
[000:11:28;16] ARE THE FOCUS OF OPERATION
[000:11:30;06] LEGEND.
[000:11:32;19] WE WILL NEVER DEFUND THE POLICE.
[000:11:33;19] WE WILL HIRE MORE GREAT POLICE.
[000:11:40;23] WE WANT TO MAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT
[000:11:42;10] STRONGER, NOT WEAKER.
[000:11:44;23] WHAT CITIES ARE DOING IS
[000:11:46;04] ABSOLUTE INSANITY.
[000:11:47;06] MANY OF THE SAME POLITICIANS WHO
[000:11:48;02] WANT TO SLASH RESOURCES FOR LAW
[000:11:53;07] ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALSO DECLARED
[000:11:55;08] THEIR CITIES ARE SANCTUARIES FOR
[000:11:56;28] CRIMINAL, ILLEGAL ALIENS.
[000:11:58;09] AFTER ARRESTING ILLEGAL ALIENS
[000:11:59;00] FOR CRIMES, THE POLICE ARE
[000:12:02;12] ORDERED TO RELEASE THOSE
[000:12:03;16] CRIMINALS BACK ONTO THE STREETS
[000:12:05;11] TO CONTINUE THEIR CRIME.
[000:12:09;04] MESSIER, CHICAGO POLITICIANS
[000:12:09;24] FORCED THE RELEASE OF ILLEGAL
[000:12:11;17] ALIENS CHARGED WITH CRIMES SUCH
[000:12:14;16] AS ASSAULT, ARMED ROBBERY
[000:12:16;18] STRANGULATION, AND ATTEMPTED
[000:12:17;08] MURDER.
[000:12:19;09] MY ADMINISTRATION WILL BE
[000:12:20;29] WORKING TO REMOVE DANGEROUS
[000:12:21;28] OFFENDERS FROM -- LET LOOSE BY
[000:12:25;23] THESE DEADLY POLICIES AND BY
[000:12:26;26] THESE DEADLY POLITICIANS.
[000:12:29;13] AMERICA MUST BE A SANCTUARY FOR
[000:12:32;00] LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, NOT
[000:12:32;27] CRIMINAL ALIENS.
[000:12:34;15] MY VISION FOR AMERICAN CITIES
[000:12:36;17] COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT FROM
[000:12:38;04] THE LAWLESSNESS BEING PUSHED BY
[000:12:40;25] THE EXTREME RADICAL LEFT.
[000:12:43;20] WHILE OTHERS WANT TO DEFUND,
[000:12:46;21] DEFAME, AND ABOLISH THE POLICE,
[000:12:49;01] I WANT TO SUPPORT AN HONOR OUR
[000:12:51;25] GREAT -- AND HONOR OUR GREAT
[000:12:54;24] POLICE PAID WHILE THEY WANT TO
[000:12:56;26] ELIMINATE SCHOOL CHOICE, I WANT
[000:12:57;18] TO EXPAND SCHOOL CHOICE AND
[000:13:01;06] EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA SHOULD
[000:13:02;08] HAVE THAT OPTION.
[000:13:03;29] WHILE OTHERS WANT TO DESTROY
[000:13:06;03] OPPORTUNITIES, SHUTDOWN
[000:13:06;21] BUSINESSES AND SEND OUR JOBS
[000:13:09;04] OVERSEAS WE ARE HIRING
[000:13:11;15] AMERICANS, AND WE ARE BUYING
[000:13:12;05] AMERICAN PRODUCT.
[000:13:14;05] WE WANT TO BUILD FACTORIES IN
[000:13:16;05] BALTIMORE, NOT BEIJING.
[000:13:17;06] WE WANT TO MAKE OUR PRODUCTS IN
[000:13:19;06] CHICAGO, NOT SHANGHAI.
[000:13:21;07] WE WANT THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR
[000:13:23;15] AMERICAN CHILDREN, AND I WILL
[000:13:24;17] FIGHT TO DELIVER THAT DREAM
[000:13:26;17] EVERY OUNCE, EVERY SINGLE OUNCE
[000:13:28;18] OF MY STRENGTH, I WILL BE
[000:13:30;20] FIGHTING.
[000:13:31;01] BUT OPPORTUNITY CANNOT THRIVE
[000:13:32;19] WHERE THERE IS VIOLENCE,
[000:13:38;13] PROSPERITY, WHETHER THERE'S
[000:13:39;05] BLOODSHED, AND SECURITY CANNOT
[000:13:39;26] EXIST WHERE THERE ARE VIOLENT
[000:13:41;29] CRIMINALS WHO ARE ABLE TO MAIM
[000:13:44;16] AND MURDER WITH IMPUNITY.
[000:13:47;17] THAT IS WHAT OPERATION LEGEND IS
[000:13:48;09] ALL ABOUT.
[000:13:49;29] THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO
[000:13:52;01] ANSWER THE PLEASE OF THOSE
[000:13:53;21] CRYING -- PLEAS OF THOSE CRYING
[000:13:58;08] FOR JUSTICE AND HELP.
[000:13:58;25] FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO AND
[000:14:00;10] OTHER CITIES WHERE WE WILL BE,
[000:14:02;02] HELP IS ON ITS WAY.
[000:14:03;26] I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK ATTORNEY
[000:14:04;26] GENERAL WILLIAM BARR -- SHE IS
[000:14:08;04] DOING A FANTASTIC JOB -- TO
[000:14:11;06] EXPLAIN OPERATION LEGEND IN
[000:14:13;07] GREATER DETAIL FOLLOWED BY
[000:14:13;26] ACTING SECRETARY WOLF, AND WE
[000:14:19;11] WILL HEAR FROM LOVED ONES OF
[000:14:20;01] FALLEN AMERICANS.
[000:14:20;16] I WILL ASK SAM AND JEROME POWELL
[000:14:23;17] TO THE PODIUM AND WE WOULD LOVE
[000:14:26;14] TO HEAR THEM SAY A FEW WORDS IN
[000:14:28;13] HONOR OF THEIR LOVED ONE.
[000:14:30;11] PLEASE, BILL.
[000:14:32;03] AG BARR: THANK YOU, MR.
[000:14:37;23] PRESIDENT.
[000:14:39;07] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ESPECIALLY
[000:14:43;08] THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS WHO
[000:14:44;21] HAVE COME HERE TODAY.
[000:14:46;11] THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO HOW
[000:14:47;26] GREAT THIS EFFORT IN THE NAME OF
[000:14:49;19] THEIR LOVED ONES.
[000:14:52;11] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR
[000:14:56;21] LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLEAGUES FROM
[000:14:57;14] AROUND THE COUNTRY STATE
[000:14:59;20] LOCAL, AND FEDERAL.
[000:15:00;13] AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, THE FIRST
[000:15:01;29] DUTY OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT
[000:15:06;17] THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.
[000:15:09;17] WE ARE HERE TO EXPLAIN THE
[000:15:13;28] INITIATIVES TO COMBAT RISING
[000:15:16;28] VIOLENT CRIME IN A NUMBER OF OUR
[000:15:18;03] CITIES.
[000:15:18;20] OUR GOAL IS TO HELP SAVE LIVES.
[000:15:21;28] THE PRINCIPAL DANGER TO THE
[000:15:22;21] LIVES OF OUR INNER-CITY
[000:15:26;24] COMMUNITIES IS VIOLENT CRIME.
[000:15:28;24] THE LEADING CAUSE OF THE DEATHS
[000:15:32;23] FOR YOUNG BLACK MALES IS
[000:15:33;11] HOMICIDE.
[000:15:35;25] EACH YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 7500
[000:15:40;02] BLACK AMERICANS ARE THE VICTIMS
[000:15:41;11] OF HOMICIDE.
[000:15:43;27] EVERY ONE OF THOSE LIVES MATTER.
[000:15:47;28] IN 1992, VIOLENT CRIME WAS
[000:15:52;01] NATIONWIDE, WAS DOUBLE WHAT IT
[000:15:53;17] IS TODAY.
[000:15:57;05] AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT
[000:15:59;14] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST
[000:16:00;20] TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO THIS
[000:16:01;14] KIND OF VIOLENT CRIME.
[000:16:02;20] BEFORE THAT, THE FEDERAL
[000:16:03;21] GOVERNMENT REALLY DID NOT PLAY
[000:16:04;23] THAT MUCH OF A ROLE IN IT.
[000:16:07;11] BUT WE STARTED TO ATTACK VIOLENT
[000:16:12;13] CRIME IN CONJUNCTION WITH STATE
[000:16:15;04] AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
[000:16:16;17] IT WAS AT THAT TIME, FOR
[000:16:18;29] EXAMPLE, THAT THE FBI SET UP ITS
[000:16:22;19] ANTIGANG
[000:16:26;25] TASK FORCES THROUGHOUT THE
[000:16:28;08] UNITED STATES.
[000:16:28;25] WE STARTED USING OUR STRONG
[000:16:29;15] FEDERAL LAWS TO PERMIT US TO
[000:16:32;26] TARGET THOSE WHO USE GUNS TO
[000:16:35;04] KILL OTHERS AND THOSE THAT ARE
[000:16:37;16] INVOLVED IN GANG ACTIVITY.
[000:16:41;27] OUR APPROACH WAS TO SET UP
[000:16:44;05] ANTI-VIOLENT CRIME TASKFORCES IN
[000:16:44;27] THE CITIES TO ENFORCE FEDERAL
[000:16:46;29] LAW AND TAKE THE SHOOTERS AND
[000:16:50;12] THE CHRONIC VIOLENT CRIMINALS
[000:16:51;14] OFF THE STREETS.
[000:16:55;03] WE HELP PAY FOR STATE AND LOCAL
[000:16:56;14] OFFICERS TO JOIN THESE
[000:16:57;03] TASKFORCES SO WE CAN LEVERAGE
[000:17:00;16] OUR STRENGTH AND THIS APPROACH
[000:17:02;17] WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN THE
[000:17:05;19] INTERVENING DECADES AND DRIVING
[000:17:06;11] CRIME DOWN.
[000:17:09;09] AT THE END OF THE OBAMA
[000:17:10;20] ADMINISTRATION, CRIME STARTED
[000:17:11;11] GOING BACK UP AGAIN, AND FOR THE
[000:17:14;11] FIRST 2.5 YEARS OF THIS
[000:17:15;21] ADMINISTRATION, WE WERE
[000:17:16;09] SUCCEEDING IN PUSHING IT DOWN.
[000:17:19;27] BUT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, MR.
[000:17:21;12] PRESIDENT, YOU WILL RECALL THAT
[000:17:22;12] AS WE SAW CRIME STARTING TO GO
[000:17:24;02] UP IN A FEW CITIES, YOU ASKED ME
[000:17:26;25] TO INITIATE A SURGE IN THOSE
[000:17:29;21] CITIES TO HELP OUR STATE AND
[000:17:30;20] LOCAL PARTNERS DEAL WITH IT.
[000:17:31;25] AND SO, WE DID START THIS
[000:17:34;14] PROGRAM, WHICH WE CALLED WRITTEN
[000:17:35;06] ENDLESS PURSUIT.
[000:17:36;15] -- RELENTLESS PURSUIT.
[000:17:40;18] WE HAD TO ABORT THAT EFFORT.
[000:17:44;20] SINCE THEN WE HAD THAT TERRIBLE
[000:17:46;20] EVENT IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT THEN
[000:17:47;11] WE HAD THIS EXTREME REACTION
[000:17:54;01] THAT HAS DEMONIZED POLICE AND
[000:17:56;05] CALLED FOR THE DEFUNDING OF
[000:17:56;25] POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
[000:17:58;10] AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A
[000:17:59;12] SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN VIOLENT
[000:18:02;29] CRIME IN MANY CITIES AND THIS
[000:18:05;10] RISE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE
[000:18:08;29] ATTACK ON THE POLICE FORCES AND
[000:18:10;12] THE WEAKENING OF POLICE FORCES,
[000:18:14;16] AND THE PRESIDENT HAS GONE
[000:18:16;11] THROUGH THE TERRIBLE STATISTICS.
[000:18:21;02] SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE HAVE
[000:18:25;15] INITIATED THIS PROGRAM
[000:18:27;18] OPERATION LEGEND, TO STEP UP THE
[000:18:31;18] ACTIVITY OF OUR TASKFORCES,
[000:18:35;20] ANTI-CRIME TASKFORCES, IN
[000:18:36;09] HARD-HIT CITIES BY COMMITTING
[000:18:37;00] MORE FEDERAL AGENTS AND
[000:18:39;19] SUPPORTING MORE STATE AND LOCAL
[000:18:43;19] TASK FORCE OFFICERS.
[000:18:44;13] IT IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT
[000:18:45;25] THE OPERATIONS WE ARE TALKING
[000:18:47;03] ABOUT ARE THE STANDARD
[000:18:49;21] ANTI-CRIME FIGHTING ACTIVITIES
[000:18:52;24] WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT AROUND
[000:18:53;29] THE COUNTRY FOR DECADES.
[000:18:59;23] WE WILL BE ADDING FEDERAL AGENTS
[000:19:00;15] TO THE TASK FORCES.
[000:19:01;01] THESE ARE STREET AGENTS
[000:19:03;08] INVESTIGATORS WHO WILL BE
[000:19:04;22] WORKING TO SOLVE MURDERS AND TO
[000:19:07;11] TAKE DOWN VIOLENT GANGS AND
[000:19:12;08] THEY WILL BE WORKING SHOULDER TO
[000:19:13;29] SHOULDER WITH OUR STATE AND
[000:19:14;19] LOCAL COLLEAGUES.
[000:19:15;29] THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF
[000:19:18;10] OPERATION, OBVIOUSLY.
[000:19:20;01] THAN THE TACTICAL TEAMS WERE
[000:19:23;13] USED TO DEFEND AGAINST RIOTS AND
[000:19:25;03] MOB VIOLENCE AND WE ARE GOING
[000:19:26;19] TO CONTINUE TO CONFRONT MOB
[000:19:28;17] VIOLENCE.
[000:19:31;05] AT THE OPERATIONS WE ARE
[000:19:32;15] DISCUSSING TODAY ARE VERY
[000:19:33;04] DIFFERENT.
[000:19:34;06] THEY ARE CLASSIC CRIME FIGHTING.
[000:19:37;19] WE HAVE NAMED THE OPERATION AS
[000:19:39;16] WE SAID, OPERATION LEGEND, AND
[000:19:40;29] WE STARTED ROLLING IT OUT A
[000:19:43;19] COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN KANSAS
[000:19:44;10] CITY.
[000:19:45;14] JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT
[000:19:47;24] IS POSSIBLE, THE FBI WENT IN
[000:19:49;04] VERY STRONG INTO KANSAS CITY AND
[000:19:52;03] WITHIN TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE HAD
[000:19:55;02] 200 ARRESTS.
[000:19:59;19] WE WILL BE ADDING CITIES IN THE
[000:20:00;11] WEEKS AHEAD, AND FOR NOW WE ARE
[000:20:05;21] INCLUDING, BEYOND KANSAS CITY,
[000:20:07;08] CHICAGO AND ALBUQUERQUE.
[000:20:11;25] THE FBI IS TODAY ANNOUNCING
[000:20:15;01] REWARDS FOR INFORMATION RELATED
[000:20:16;10] TO THE KILLING OF LEGEND,
[000:20:18;06] JACKIE, AND RENATO.
[000:20:22;05] WE ARE SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THOSE
[000:20:23;06] VICTIMS TODAY AND OPERATION
[000:20:27;10] LEGEND AIMS TO IMMEDIATELY HELP
[000:20:28;13] OUR POLICE AGENCIES AND LOCAL
[000:20:29;16] LEADERSHIP TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL
[000:20:31;13] VICTIMS.
[000:20:32;29] THE FBI HAS ESTABLISHED A
[000:20:34;13] HOTLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REPORT
[000:20:37;07] INFORMATION THEY MAY HAVE THAT
[000:20:39;11] MAY HELP IN SOLVING THESE
[000:20:40;00] MURDERS.
[000:20:42;03] THE HOTLINE NUMBER IS ONE 800 --
[000:20:45;11] 1-800-CALL-FBI.
[000:20:53;09] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
[000:20:54;01] WILL BE COMMITTING FBI AGENT
[000:20:59;10] DEA, ATF, U.S. MARSHALS, AND THE
[000:21:01;25] DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
[000:21:04;11] HSI TEAMS.
[000:21:06;12] TO DATE, WE HAVE SENT OVER 200
[000:21:09;01] FEDERAL AGENTS KANSAS CITY.
[000:21:11;24] WE ARE DIRECTING A COMPARABLE
[000:21:16;17] NUMBER OF AGENTS TO AUGMENT
[000:21:18;05] CHICAGO'S EXISTING TASKFORCES
[000:21:21;01] AND WE ARE PROVIDING AN
[000:21:22;05] ADDITIONAL 35 AGENTS TO
[000:21:23;03] ALBUQUERQUE.
[000:21:25;24] THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS FOR
[000:21:28;05] CHICAGO, ALBUQUERQUE, AND KANSAS
[000:21:29;13] CITY ARE HERE TODAY.
[000:21:31;09] THESE U.S. ATTORNEYS AND THE
[000:21:32;13] CHIEF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
[000:21:33;04] OFFICIALS IN EACH OF THESE
[000:21:35;00] CITIES ARE ULTIMATELY
[000:21:36;15] RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE
[000:21:37;16] FEDERAL EFFORT AND ENSURING
[000:21:42;15] PROSECUTIONS FROM THIS
[000:21:43;03] INITIATIVE ARE EFFECTIVE.
[000:21:46;03] LINKED TO THIS INCREASE IN
[000:21:47;21] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS,
[000:21:50;06] WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
[000:21:50;28] FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
[000:21:53;14] STATE AND LOCAL ENFORCEMENT
[000:21:55;07] AGENT TO PERMIT THEM TO PROVIDE
[000:21:58;17] MORE COPS, MORE MEMBERS OF OUR
[000:21:59;26] TASK FORCE.
[000:22:03;13] AS I SAID, FEDERAL AGENTS WORK
[000:22:06;14] HAND IN GLOVE WITH STATE AND
[000:22:07;04] LOCAL ENFORCE -- LAW ENFORCEMENT
[000:22:08;29] EVERY DAY.
[000:22:11;15] WE SUPPLEMENT AND PROVIDE
[000:22:13;04] SUPPORT TO LOCAL LAW
[000:22:14;00] ENFORCEMENT, BUT VIOLENT CRIME
[000:22:15;26] IS ULTIMATELY A PROBLEM THAT
[000:22:18;00] WILL BE SOLVED BY STATE AND
[000:22:19;07] LOCAL LEADERSHIP.
[000:22:20;20] -- LEADERSHIP IN THE CITIES, AS
[000:22:25;01] THE PRESIDENT SAID.
[000:22:26;00] OUR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS A
[000:22:27;09] DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMMITMENT
[000:22:29;22] TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE
[000:22:31;08] AS POLICE OFFICERS IN CHICAGO,
[000:22:34;06] ALBUQUERQUE, AND KANSAS CITY.
[000:22:37;02] YOUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THESE
[000:22:38;26] COMMUNITIES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
[000:22:41;08] SO TOO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND
[000:22:46;07] OPERATION LEGEND AS A WHOLE IS
[000:22:47;05] ALSO A COMMITMENT TO THE
[000:22:47;23] FAMILIES OF LEGEND, JACKIE, AND
[000:22:52;16] RENATO JAMES THAT THOSE NAMES
[000:22:56;15] WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
[000:22:59;04] WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL JUSTICE
[000:23:01;06] IS DELIVERED FOR YOUR LOVED
[000:23:02;16] ONES.
[000:23:02;25] THANK YOU.
[000:23:13;16] >> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR
[000:23:18;06] THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY.
[000:23:19;15] IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO DISCUSS
[000:23:21;16] THE ACTIONS TO PROTECT AND
[000:23:23;04] DEFEND THE PEACE AND THE PRETTY
[000:23:24;29] WEE VALUE IN THIS COUNTRY.
[000:23:26;00] ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR,
[000:23:29;25] PROTECTING THE HOMELAND AND
[000:23:31;18] BRINGING JUSTICE TO THOSE WHO
[000:23:32;28] THREATEN IT REMAINS AS STRONG AS
[000:23:34;02] EVER SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
[000:23:35;04] PARTNERSHIP.
[000:23:35;22] AS THE NATION'S LARGEST LAW
[000:23:36;14] ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, THE
[000:23:39;02] DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[000:23:39;24] STANDS READY AND ABLE TO COMMIT
[000:23:41;03] OUR HIGHLY SKILLED HIGHLY
[000:23:45;01] TRAINED AGENTS TO HELP RESTORE
[000:23:46;13] LAW AND ORDER.
[000:23:47;07] IN THE WAKE OF 9/11, DHS WAS
[000:23:49;25] FOUNDED SO THAT THE FEDERAL
[000:23:51;25] GOVERNMENT COULD BETTER PARTNER
[000:23:53;06] DIRECTLY WITH STATES AND LOCAL
[000:23:53;27] LAW-ENFORCEMENT.
[000:23:55;27] AS DHS SUPPORTS THIS CRITICAL
[000:23:57;18] EFFORT LED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
[000:24:00;01] JUSTICE, HOMELAND SECURITY
[000:24:00;20] INVESTIGATIVE AGENTS WILL
[000:24:03;01] LEVERAGE THEIR NETWORKS, THEIR
[000:24:05;01] ASSETS AND THEIR EXPERTISE TO
[000:24:07;10] ENERGIZE CRIMINAL
[000:24:07;25] INVESTIGATIONS.
[000:24:10;02] HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS
[000:24:11;21] MISSION IS TO INVESTIGATE SOME
[000:24:12;21] OF THE MOST VIOLENT CRIMINALS
[000:24:14;17] SPECIFICALLY THOSE INVOLVING
[000:24:15;07] TRANSNATIONAL GANGS AND
[000:24:17;13] NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING.
[000:24:19;06] LET ME TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO
[000:24:20;20] CLEARLY MAKE A DISTINCTION AS
[000:24:23;06] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID ABOUT
[000:24:23;27] WHAT IS OCCURRING IN PORTLAND
[000:24:25;17] VERSUS THE IMPORTANT ACTION WE
[000:24:26;23] ARE ANNOUNCING HERE TODAY.
[000:24:28;17] IN PORTLAND, WE SEE ALMOST TWO
[000:24:30;22] MONTHS OF COORDINATED VIOLENT
[000:24:32;08] ATTACKS BY AND PRESSES AGAINST
[000:24:36;11] THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE AND
[000:24:37;25] OFFICIALS SWORN TO PROTECT IT.
[000:24:38;16] IN CHICAGO, WE SEE AN
[000:24:40;22] UNPRECEDENTED RISE IN CRIME
[000:24:41;22] AGAINST FELLOW CITIZENS.
[000:24:44;14] THE DHS MISSION IN PORTLAND IS
[000:24:45;06] TO PROTECT FEDERAL PROPERTY AND
[000:24:47;03] OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
[000:24:48;17] IN CHICAGO, THE MISSION IS TO
[000:24:51;01] PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM VIOLENT
[000:24:51;23] CRIME ON THE STREETS.
[000:24:53;20] LEADERS OF THESE GREAT CITIES
[000:24:55;07] SHOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THE
[000:24:55;27] STATUS QUO.
[000:24:56;09] THEY SHOULD AND WITH AMERICA.
[000:24:58;10] THEY SHOULD KID AND -- CONDEMN
[000:25:02;02] THESE VIOLENT ATTACKS AND WORK
[000:25:03;07] WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND
[000:25:04;22] PRESIDENT TO BRING ABOUT LAW AND
[000:25:05;14] ORDER.
[000:25:05;23] I KNOW EVERYONE ENDING HERE
[000:25:08;07] TODAY, EVERY HOMELAND SECURITY
[000:25:09;14] INVESTIGATION AGENT ASSIGNED TO
[000:25:10;09] OPERATION LEGEND, AND EVERY
[000:25:13;12] REASONABLE AMERICAN, AGREES WITH
[000:25:15;01] THE BASIC PREMISE THAT EVERY
[000:25:15;21] FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHOULD BE SAFE AT
[000:25:18;10] NIGHT TO SLEEP IN THEIR BED.
[000:25:21;10] THE DEPARTMENT GRIEVES WITH ALL
[000:25:23;18] THE FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
[000:25:26;10] EXCRUCIATING AND HEART-WRENCHING
[000:25:27;02] STORIES OF LOSS.
[000:25:30;04] WE AS A DEPARTMENT STAND
[000:25:31;12] RESOLUTE, COMMITTED TO WORKING
[000:25:32;17] TOGETHER ACROSS THE FEDERAL
[000:25:34;05] GOVERNMENT AND WITH OUR STAY IN
[000:25:36;13] THE, ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO
[000:25:37;13] KEEP THAT PROMISE.
[000:25:39;06] AGAIN, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[000:25:41;06] THE DEPARTMENT IS GRATEFUL FOR
[000:25:43;15] YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR
[000:25:44;17] LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS WE
[000:25:45;16] CONTINUE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
[000:25:46;16] PURITY OF ALL AMERICANS.
[000:25:48;09] THANK YOU.
[000:25:48;20] PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU.
[000:25:51;12] DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS
[000:25:52;13] PLEASE?
[000:25:53;13] YOU ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART
[000:25:55;25] OF IT.
[000:25:56;14] GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
[000:25:57;14] >> THE REAL MEASURE OF SUCCESS
[000:26:07;04] OF INITIATIVES LIKE OPERATION
[000:26:08;21] LEGEND IS THE ABILITY OF
[000:26:10;06] COMMUNITIES TO FEEL SAFE.
[000:26:13;23] IT IS NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
[000:26:15;06] ARRESTS.
[000:26:15;16] IT IS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF KIDS
[000:26:17;10] TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OUTSIDE OF
[000:26:18;14] THEIR HOMES, ABOUT FAMILIES TO
[000:26:20;15] BE ABLE TO WALK TO AND FROM WORK
[000:26:25;04] , AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
[000:26:26;11] OPERATION IS DESIGNED TO DO, AND
[000:26:29;07] IT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT
[000:26:31;00] SURGE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES.
[000:26:35;01] TO ACHIEVE SAFETY AND THE
[000:26:38;14] CONFIDENCE THAT THE AMERICAN
[000:26:39;15] PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THAT THEY
[000:26:40;18] CAN LIVE SAFE IN THEIR
[000:26:42;05] COMMUNITIES.
[000:26:42;17] THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[000:26:43;06] PRES. TRUMP: PLEASE.
[000:26:45;15] PLEASE.
[000:26:45;25] PLEASE.
[000:26:53;12] >> I WANT TO START UP BY
[000:26:57;12] THANKING YOU.
[000:26:57;25] I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD BE IN
[000:26:59;01] THE SAME ROOM WITH THE MOST
[000:27:00;01] POWERFUL PERSON ON EARTH.
[000:27:02;15] THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[000:27:04;29] THANK YOU.
[000:27:06;17] I WOULD LIKE TO JUST VERY
[000:27:08;26] BRIEFLY MAKE A FEW COMMENTS
[000:27:09;28] ABOUT MY WIFE, THE WAY SHE WAS.
[000:27:13;19] JACKIE WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON
[000:27:15;18] THAT LOVED TO GO TO THE GYM.
[000:27:20;00] THAT WAS ONE OF HER BIG THINGS.
[000:27:22;22] SHE ALSO LIKE TO SEND OUT
[000:27:25;03] PRAYERS ON A DAILY BASIS TO
[000:27:26;09] PEOPLE.
[000:27:27;24] SHE WOULD PICK VERSES FROM THE
[000:27:31;06] BIBLE, PRAYERS SHE CAME ACROSS,
[000:27:33;08] AND SHE WOULD EITHER EMAIL THOSE
[000:27:35;08] PRAYERS OR TWEAK THEM TO SOME OF
[000:27:36;16] HER FRIENDS IN ALBUQUERQUE.
[000:27:40;00] THAT ALL ENDED ON NOVEMBER 19.
[000:27:45;09] AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SHE WAS
[000:27:47;16] ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO
[000:27:48;14] GO TO THE GYM OTHERWISE SHE
[000:27:50;16] WOULD NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE
[000:27:51;07] DAY.
[000:27:53;03] WE WOULD USUALLY GET UP AROUND
[000:27:53;24] 4:30 TO 4:45.
[000:27:57;12] SHE GOT UP, I GOT UP, I WENT
[000:27:59;18] DOWNSTAIRS, I GOT MY CUP OF
[000:28:00;19] COFFEE.
[000:28:03;05] SHE CAME DOWN AND SHE SAYS
[000:28:04;23] WELL YOU KNOW, I WILL SEE YOU
[000:28:06;09] IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
[000:28:07;09] THAT IS HOW LONG SHE WOULD SPEND
[000:28:08;01] AT THE GYM.
[000:28:11;12] I HEARD THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN,
[000:28:13;24] AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALMOST
[000:28:15;23] IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, I HEARD
[000:28:17;22] THE HORN ON THE CAR, SO I WENT
[000:28:19;29] OUT THERE, AND I THOUGHT MAY BE,
[000:28:24;16] YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHE FORGOT HER
[000:28:25;07] GYM CARD OR SOMETHING AND WANTS
[000:28:27;25] ME TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE IT
[000:28:28;26] BACK TO HER.
[000:28:31;16] WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, THE
[000:28:34;00] GARAGE DOOR WAS OPEN, THERE WAS
[000:28:35;01] A VEHICLE BEHIND HERS, BLOCKING
[000:28:37;02] HER.
[000:28:40;23] AND I STILL DID NOT SNAP.
[000:28:42;09] I THOUGHT MAYBE THE GUY THAT
[000:28:43;07] DELIVERS THE PAPER, USUALLY
[000:28:46;24] AROUND THAT TIME OF DAY, CAME TO
[000:28:48;08] BACK UP THE CAR.
[000:28:50;26] THEN I NOTICED THAT THAT WAS NOT
[000:28:53;14] SO.
[000:28:54;28] SOMEBODY HAD SHOT AND KILLED HER
[000:28:56;15] THERE.
[000:28:56;29] I SAW A PERSON WALK AROUND THE
[000:29:01;29] PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE
[000:29:04;11] THAT WAS BEHIND HER AND GET ON
[000:29:06;16] AND TAKE OFF LIKE CRAZY.
[000:29:11;03] TO THIS DAY, I CANNOT FORGET
[000:29:12;23] THAT.
[000:29:15;05] EVERY TIME I GO TO BED, EVERY
[000:29:16;18] TIME I GO OUT INTO THE DRIVEWAY,
[000:29:20;05] THAT MEMORY COMES BACK, AND IT
[000:29:20;26] HAUNTS ME.
[000:29:23;13] AND JACKIE, MY WIFE, DID NOT
[000:29:25;20] DESERVE TO BE KILLED THAT WAY.
[000:29:26;25] NOBODY DOES, YOU KNOW.
[000:29:29;08] OF COURSE, IN ALBUQUERQUE, AS
[000:29:31;18] YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, THOSE OF
[000:29:33;18] YOU AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE A
[000:29:34;18] REPUTATION FOR BEING ONE OF THE
[000:29:35;19] MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE
[000:29:38;11] COUNTRY, ACTUALLY.
[000:29:42;12] FIRST-PLACE, SECOND PLACE, AND
[000:29:44;27] THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GOING
[000:29:46;28] AWAY.
[000:29:47;07] IT HAS BEEN EIGHT MONTHS SINCE
[000:29:48;08] MY WIFE DIED, AND THERE HAS BEEN
[000:29:52;19] NO ARRESTS AT ALL.
[000:29:53;28] NOBODY HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE
[000:29:54;20] CRIME.
[000:29:56;21] THERE ARE OTHER VICTIMS IN
[000:29:57;21] ALBUQUERQUE THAT ARE IN THE SAME
[000:29:59;22] BOAT.
[000:30:01;22] THE JOURNAL REPORTED A COUPLE OF
[000:30:04;12] MONTHS AGO THAT THE RATE OF
[000:30:08;27] SOLVING HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE
[000:30:12;11] WAS LESS THAN 50%.
[000:30:12;28] YOU KNOW, AND THAT IN ITSELF
[000:30:16;11] TELLS YOU A BIG STORY AS TO
[000:30:17;10] WHERE WE ARE AT, HOW WE NEED
[000:30:21;05] DESPERATELY SOME HELP TO GET
[000:30:21;25] AFTER THE CRIME RATES WE HAVE
[000:30:23;21] GOING ON THERE.
[000:30:26;08] I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT
[000:30:28;17] THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING INTO
[000:30:30;08] THIS AND I WELCOME THAT.
[000:30:34;07] AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I
[000:30:35;18] CAN DO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
[000:30:36;08] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[000:30:37;10] PRES. TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY
[000:30:39;24] MUCH.
[000:30:40;09] WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING A
[000:30:41;27] SPECIAL EFFORT TO THAT WHEN WE
[000:30:44;10] GO IN.
[000:30:44;19] WE HAVE VERY TALENTED PEOPLE
[000:30:45;29] GOING IN.
[000:30:46;10] WE WILL KEEP A VERY SPECIAL
[000:30:48;19] EFFORT FOR JACKIE.
[000:30:50;09] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:30:52;11] SHARON, PLEASE.
[000:30:53;24] THANK YOU.
[000:31:00;16] >> THANK YOU.
[000:31:02;24] I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS.
[000:31:03;15] GOOD AFTERNOON.
[000:31:05;27] I AM SURE RON POWELL -- SHARONE
[000:31:11;29] POWELL.
[000:31:13;18] OPERATION LEGEND IS NOT TO
[000:31:18;00] HARASS.
[000:31:18;10] IT IS NOT TO HARM.
[000:31:19;05] IT IS NOT TO HURT.
[000:31:21;00] IT IS TO HELP INVESTIGATE
[000:31:21;20] UNSOLVED MURDERS.
[000:31:24;22] IN WHICH ONE OF THOSE HAPPEN TO
[000:31:27;03] BE OUR INNOCENT FOR GOLD SON.
[000:31:28;24] -- FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON.
[000:31:32;03] WE WANT JUSTICE FOR OUR SON AND
[000:31:34;26] OTHERS.
[000:31:35;06] WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND IN OUR
[000:31:37;07] COMMUNITIES AND SPEAK UP TO HELP
[000:31:37;29] THIS OPERATION BE SUCCESSFUL.
[000:31:40;00] MY ONE AND ONLY CHILD WHO FOUGHT
[000:31:44;10] THROUGH OPEN-HEART SURGERY AT
[000:31:45;09] FOUR MONTHS IS GONE DUE TO
[000:31:48;10] SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE.
[000:31:50;02] CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR
[000:31:51;03] FUTURE AND OUR FOUR-YEAR-OLD
[000:31:54;04] SON DID NOT MAKE IT TO
[000:31:56;15] KINDERGARTEN.
[000:31:56;28] I STAND HERE TODAY AS A MOTHER
[000:31:59;14] STANDING AGAINST VIOLENCE FOR MY
[000:32:01;10] SON.
[000:32:03;11] MY FAMILY AND I SUPPORT
[000:32:03;29] OPERATION LEGEND, AND WE
[000:32:06;21] STRONGLY WANT OUR COMMUNITY AND
[000:32:08;13] EVERYONE ELSE BEHIND US.
[000:32:09;26] THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS.
[000:32:12;14] I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS.
[000:32:14;13] ONE THING ABOUT LEGEND, HE WAS
[000:32:20;24] EXCITING.
[000:32:21;05] HE LOVED BASKETBALL.
[000:32:22;18] HE WAS A BALL OF JOY.
[000:32:25;19] AND I WANT HIS LEGACY TO LIVE
[000:32:28;01] ON.
[000:32:28;09] AND I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO
[000:32:29;10] FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE AND ALSO
[000:32:33;00] GIVE JUSTICE FOR MY SON AND
[000:32:34;24] OTHERS.
[000:32:35;04] WITH THIS OPERATION, I WANT IT
[000:32:39;02] TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
[000:32:39;17] IF EVERY COMMUNITY CAN REACH OUT
[000:32:42;05] TO THAT HIGH LINE, IF YOU KNOW
[000:32:44;07] ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY
[000:32:45;07] MURDER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
[000:32:46;10] AND ALSO TO KEEP CARRYING ON HIS
[000:32:49;27] LEGACY.
[000:32:50;07] THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
[000:32:51;27] I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
[000:32:52;15] THANK YOU.
[000:32:52;26] PRES. TRUMP: LEGEND AND JACKIE
[000:32:56;08] ARE LOOKING DOWN RIGHT NOW I YOU
[000:32:57;06] AND VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD.
[000:32:58;28] THANK YOU BOTH.
[000:33:00;28] THANK YOUR FAMILIES FOR BEING
[000:33:02;09] HERE.
[000:33:02;18] THANK YOU.
[000:33:04;00] TO EVERY FAMILY, I AM VERY PROUD
[000:33:06;15] TO STAND WITH YOU IN THIS
[000:33:08;10] STRUGGLE.
[000:33:09;01] I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH THE
[000:33:10;17] HEROES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
[000:33:12;04] THEY ARE TRUE HEROES.
[000:33:13;15] THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[000:33:15;14] WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
[000:33:17;06] I AM PROUD TO FIGHT BY YOUR SIDE
[000:33:18;22] TO DELIVER A BETTER FUTURE FOR
[000:33:20;16] THE CITIZENS OF EVERY RACE,
[000:33:22;08] COLOR, RELIGION, AND CREED.
[000:33:24;10] AS SOON AS THE CITIES AND STATES
[000:33:26;21] CALLED TO ASK FOR HELP, ON A
[000:33:28;21] VERY LARGE BASIS, WE WILL BE
[000:33:30;22] THERE WITH FULL FORESTS AND STOP
[000:33:32;00] THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION VERY
[000:33:34;25] QUICKLY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE
[000:33:36;03] ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS
[000:33:37;02] GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
[000:33:40;20] MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, THANK YOU
[000:33:41;12] VERY MUCH.
[000:33:42;21] CHAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:33:43;21] DO A GOOD JOB.
[000:33:44;23] I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL.
[000:33:46;21] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[000:33:48;05] THANK YOU.
[000:33:48;23] SEE YOU LATER.
[000:33:49;06] THANK YOU.
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[000:36:01;14] ON C-SPAN3 THE HOUSE EDUCATION
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[000:36:04;23] WAYS TO SAFELY REOPEN SCHOOLS.
[000:36:08;15] AT 2:00 P.M., THE HOUSE WAYS AND
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[000:36:11;04] IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TRADE
[000:36:14;17] MANUFACTURING, AND THE NATIONAL
[000:36:15;09] SUPPLY CHAIN.
[000:36:18;18] PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE AN UPDATE
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