-- a shrunk -- chunk will come out of recruiting and hurt numbers over time. host: time for a couple more phone calls on this topic and then we will threw open the phones to open forum on any topic you want. it is a busy day on capitol hill , more hearings taking place. the house and senate are both in at 10:00 a.m., but a few more calls on the trump administration's impact on the u.s. military. go ahead. are you with us? then we go to north carolina. this is sarah. independent. go ahead. caller: hello?

we lost against police officers i signed an executive order directing the department of justice to provide legal protection and financial support for officers targeted by lawsuits. i know about frivolous lawsuits better than you do. i can tell you. i've had my share of them. i've ordered other federal agencies to boost and i've asked attorney general bondi to pursue the death penalty for anyone convicted of killing a police

officer which is very appropriate. upon taking office i declared a national emergency on our southern border and we reduce the number of illegal border crossers released into the united states by 99.99%. you cannot do much better than that. we have removed thousands of illegal aliens from our communities as part of the deportation effort. the national murder rate has plummeted by 28%. it is going down because of what they are doing.

resounding endorsement. the one big beautiful bill which is moving along very nicely. great support. a great bill. any bill ever put into the history of our country. it will cut costs and expenses by $1.6 trillion. the biggest cut and expenses never. it will do so many other things. record business right now. coming in at $15 trillion already committed to come in for building new plants and

factories, ais bid, apple is investing 500 billion plus. they are all coming in. this also includes the largest investment in border security in our nations history within law enforcement with the tools to stop the invasion. i built hundreds of miles of wall. now we will build some additional wall where we feel we probably should build it after little trial and error. we will end up building more than even i built and we built a lot. i want to thank you for your support.

now let's get the bill passed. everything we do, we will give our police the respect and protection and all the resources that you need. the military equipment that was excess, it was excess military equipment. you know that very well. in warehouses, billions of dollars worth in warehouses all over the country and other presidents did not want to give it to you. and helped out a lot and saved a lot of police officers lives. i would like to ask attorney general pam bondi to say a few words. president patrick and then washington, d.c. fop trustee and

vice president of the fraternal order of police jill. they are all great people. thank you very much. >> thank you to the fraternal order of police for being an unwavering voice for america's law enforcement. we all know there is no ordinary day in the lives of police officers. each day you leave your home with complete uncertainty as to who you will encounter and what happens each day. you often stand on the front lines against cartel and foreign terrorist organizations while fighting the horrors of the illegal drug and human trafficking.

i was just in poland this morning and arrived back not even two hours ago. they respect all of you so much. president trumps justice department will do everything to protect you and to support all men and women who wear the badge in this country. we are fully committed to ensuring our local law enforcement officers have access to the resources, tools and manpower that you need to do your job. that means boosting recruitment and retention. we want the best and brightest to join your ranks just like you and we want them to stay in your ranks. last month we announced

150 million, $157 million in grant money available for law enforcement agencies to hire police officers. we anticipate nearly 1200 new officers will be hired. supporting president trump, no tax on overtime. we have also made millions of dollars available for mental health and wellness programs for you around this country. we are aggressively prosecuting criminals who insult law enforcement officers. we will not tolerate attacks on police officers. they about 138 cases and 33

states against assaulting our officers. the doj will no longer target police department with bogus lawsuits and boat investigations we are dismissing lawsuits by dividing doj police department in louisville, and more. we are limiting investigations into phoenix trenton oklahoma city and elsewhere. we are also ending consent agreement said take control away from you. destroying morale and increase violence. instead, we are working with local law enforcement to give

you the tools that you need to make our streets safer. we believe in backing the blue, not just in word but in action. the administration slandered you , confronted you and undermined your service. but we stand with you, we honor you and we will not abandon you. thank you on behalf of president trump. hundred% committed to standing with our event. >> mr. president, first, thank you. thank you for not only your support of law enforcement as

the 45th president but your support as a 47th president in all the years and have always been a steadfast. i want you to know on behalf of the new for us. with us today have members of a couple unions in major cities across the country. they have some very serious problems that we are working we appreciate the opportunity to share with you some of our views we heather on this. you made a promise to us. addressing over that was a promise made. one big new bill certainly making good on that promise. pressman officers, we find ourselves people working. associated with different tax

brackets because i'm being forced to work. you are not getting to keep the money. we are proud to support that deafening. we pray sharing through with it. you also made to us and promises made that we appreciate. first the people i'd like to gins capital. the vital no one knows it better than the person who will attend police department. >> thank you for having us. i represent police officers to work here in washington, d.c.

the crisis that we are facing which is a calamity more than assist. authorized out for thousands one police officers heatedly as of today we only 3190 that we have here. the worst part is past five years we have lost asked layers and layers and layers of legislation that were unable to do their job. inexplicable and even their job properly. it is also instructions to fight up these frivolous complaints in these erroneous allegations of myth conduct. it all makes for an environment that is having levels what they need to be.

i think the nation's capital, the district of columbia is not just a city of 700,000 lynette belongs to everybody to be a pinnacle of american society. margaret see we all cherish that the safety is the district of columbia should not be left in the hands that subscribes to these radical ideologies that we all know miracle data in that it does not work cities more dangerous. i want to thank you for the safe and beautiful. qualifying out of this mess. on a thank you nation. i met with her recently. i found her plan to solve and tackle a number of these problems. the 3000 police officers stand at the ready to help you make

d.c. great again. hopefully we can solve some of them fix crime here in the nations cap. >> tested the debt that has been created in cities of the quality of life is done for safety nest back together. thank porting these people that have come to this country illegally buried laws that we hold so sacred. they are tired of arrest never should have been here in the first place. workers, unimaginable trauma to sit at the most frustrating part from a law enforcement perspective is 100% avoid now, we have judges murderers, robbers, rapists, of will of the

american people. it is a disgrace. if they had a shred of integrity which i assume they don't, it would be an exchange to what they are doing right now. continuing toward us, continuing to support us so we can partner with our agencies out the continue to carry out border. thank you again for making order >> thank you very much. >> we will have a little discussion now. i just want to thank you all for being here. thank you all very much, media. you very much. unfinished creation.