davis refused. in fact davis not only refused but expanded his authority to include some of the deep state -- the gulf state forces. johnson arrives and immediately takes command of what is a terrible strategic position. but we won't go into all of that. that is two or three talks in is and of itself probably. but johnson finds out he has a scattered number of forces, scattered from basically the virginia, tennessee, kentucky board to the mississippi river and into arkansas. his only chance -- he feels his only way to successfully defend this vast stretch of territory is to run a bluff on the federals who are assembling their own armies. in 1861 of course kentucky remains neutral. kentucky is trying very hard to stay out of war. the governor mcgolfen is a prosecessionist confederate. most of the legislature are pro unionist, often recently elected in the special election held that surge. so to most of the people on both sides, lincoln famously says to lose kentucky might be to lose the whole game. t

davis refused. he not only refused but expanded his authority to include some of the gulf state forces. johnson arrives and immediately takes command of what is a terrible strategic position that is two or three talks in and of itself. a scattered number of forces, 40000 men in the mississippi river and into arkansas. his only chance he feels his only way to successfully defend the vast stretch of territories to run a bluff on the federal who are their own armies. in 1861 kentucky remains neutral. kentucky is trying very hard to stay out of the war. the governor is a pro confederate. most of the h legislature to most of the people on both sides to lose kentucky might be to lose the whole game. most of on both sides they expect kentucky to tilt one way or the other. another man referred a little bit about or is mentioned here, john c fremont issues emergency orders among every orders he issues are and emancipation proclamation. he is going torg free the slave. and kentucky to use this as a justificat

davis refused. in fact davis not only refused but expanded his authority to include some of the gulf state forces. johnson arrives and immediately takes command of what is a terrible strategic position. we won't go into all of that. that's two or three talks in and of itself probably. but johnson finds out that he has a scattered number of forces. a handful of troops. 40 south thousand men scattered along 4000 miles of frontier from basically the cumberland gap at the virginia, tennessee, kentucky border all the way to the mississippi river and into arkansas. his only chance -- he feels his only way to successfully defend this vast stretch of territory a stew renee bluff on the federals, who were assembling their own armies. now in 1861, of course to kentucky remains neutral. kentucky is trying very hard to stay out of the war. the governor, mcgovern, is procession. most of the legislator slater's pro unionist. often recently elected in a special election held that summer. to most of the people on b

people are assuming you're going to be a davis. somebody asked me why i don't dress up like him. >> he still holds onto artifacts from his great great grandfather, a book he signed, a letter he sent, a chair he sat in. is there more resonance with something you own than something in a public square somewhere? >> to me, yes, absolutely. because it's handed down. this chair has reverence to me. a confederate monument or statue when those folks put that up had reverence to them. >> how do you balance or reconcile or wrestle with the dual narratives around jefferson davis? one we heard is the first president of the confederacy, on the other hand, the 52 years of his life before the civil war? >> i don't know i reconcile them as much as i try to bring them together to have a complete understanding. when we put that years of his life in total perspective is it what we want to remember or do do we want to have an understanding of the entire 80 years of his life? >> but that four years pretty big, right? >> but he loved the country in the

we are troy davis. >> the court ordered execution of troy anthony davis has been carried out. the time of date is 11:08 p.m. at the time the witnesses will come out to give their firsthand account. amy: again prison official sharing the news that troy anthony davis was executed at 11:08. that was the time of death. i'm standing with -- >> wesley boyd. this has been a transfer si of justice and america ought to be ashamed with yourself and god help america. if you and i are in america, please don't come to georgia. don't buy think georgia pecans or peaches or any trading with georgia. the whole world, don't buy anything with georgia. god bless america and god bless troy davis. amy: in july 2014 israel launched a massive all the on gaza ultimately killing more than 2200 palestinians. the majority civilians including more than 500 children. appear izzie gun boat killed children on a beach. democracy now!'s shariff abdel kouddous was in gaza where he spoke with the boys' families. >> i met with the mother of muhammad the 11 yearly who was killed. she said he loved the sea and has

it was a burst of anger directed at jefferson davis south davis was even more of what was back? russian cuckoo crowd world? [laughter] and anybody else in the confederacy at that time. lee would be respectful, things aren't exactly looking as we hoped they would and i think it would be prudent if you considered starting to evacuate less important things of the confederacy, it would have been not get your rear end in here and get ready to get out of town on short notice kind of warning. i'm sorry, i didn't get -- i couldn't hear it. >> [inaudible question] >> it is not me making it cut off. >> he believed that lee made it clear before they abandon richmond and petersburg of the cause was lost so his argument was that any loss of life as you look at the beginning of the spring 65 as a loss of life so while you say he did the honorable thing and surrendered, how would you respond to someone like no one who said his own words, he said it was up and continue to fight even what you said, it doesn't make sense there's another offensive gambit according to noland and even your own words

davis celebrating another hit. he sat for this interview i'm showing you as part of our summit series, reflecting on insights from people at the summits of their fields. i'm interested in hearing about gill scott heron. >> you will not be able to plug in, turn on, and cop out. the revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised. it will be no reruns, brothers. the revolution will be live. >> the revolution will be live. gill scott heron was years ahead of main stream culture on everything from challenging corporate media to capitalism. he is a singer and poet of the '70s as essentially the first rapper. >> gill scott heron was the first rapertest i was ever involved with. biting, cutting edge. dazzling in person. would not make the sacrifice to participate and broaden his musical appeal without -- it was synonymous with him that it would interfere with really that word, cutting edge and biting, but so talented. and one of the earliest greatest rappers ever. >> i love that idea of him

amy: today, and and heavier conversation with angela davis. plus biden mumia abu jamal remembering desmond tutu who visited him on death row thing called for his release. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. global coronavirus cases hit a record high monday as the omicron variant continued to spread at an unprecedented pace. worldwide, countries reported nearly a millionnd-a-half positive coronavirus tests in just 24 hours, with the rate of new infections rising rapidly in southern africa, europe, north america, and elsewhere. france ordered new public health measures monday, including a requirement people show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants and other public places. but french officials abandoned a stopped short of a new lockdown and abandoned a push for vaccine workplace mandate. british prime minister boris johnson said he will not introduce new covid-19 restrictions in england in december despite a record 114,000 new cases reported on christmas day.

who ultimately gave her the stability and the love that she craved, tell us about beyond nancy davis. >> she was the product of a bad match between a very ambitious actress in a car salesman who very shortly after her birth would go there separately. and very shortly after that she leaves the little baby and francis in the care of relatives, and the next six years in her life she yearned with absent mother and as her son's mom told me and as other people pointed out to me, it casts a shadow on her spirit that never really leaves her, it is one of the reasons she was so complex. she believed that how successful they were, there was always a trapdoor in life, it any minute the bottom could all fall out and certainly that is underscored two months after they get to the white house where she almost loses her husband to an intestine bullet. she wasn't somebody who shared a lot about herself, her own children didn't know all of that much about her childhood or really the insecurity and the instability affects and the scar tissue, it really left her with, she would also bristle somebody sug

we're back with cynthia nixon and kristin davis. now, both of you have had many romantic interests over the course of the series. cynthia, i understand you have a favorite one, a story that you would like to share. >> i like the one that got away, really. >> stephen: i have a hint about what this is, and i have a hint for you, too. >> i can't wait! >> there was an episode where the famous phrase, "he's just not that into you, "was coined, where miranda learns that, you know, if guys don't seem that interested, you know, they're just not that into you, give up. so miranda dated a guy who then was trying to leave quickly after the date. and she said, "it's fine, you're not that into me, it's fine." and he blurted out, "i have diarrhea and i have to leave." we were all sitting around on the set the other day, and somehow one of the writers who was a writer on the old show said that, actually, stephen colbert was almost cast in that part. and i have to say the guy who did it was great. nothing against him. he was fantastic -- >> stephen

are relying on technology today to go back in time and bring us together to better understand nancy davis ragan, the daughter, the actress, the partner, the mother, first lady and caregiver and before we go into the book and talk about several topics to ensure that inspired you to take this on and how to do go about it and why did you start the book. >> first of all, thank you so much for having me and i look forward to when we can be on the patio at the reagan library where i spent so many wonderful hours defrosting from the frigidity of the research room in the echo library and i started it, will it was actually book was not my idea printed and it was specifically in my editor that on the book it was a one oy dearest friends and my editor at time magazine and so she came to me in the late summer or early fall of 2016, just a few months after missus reagan died and she said will you know, we would love to have a big biography of her. and there was just something about this idea and i remember the day of her funeral and i was driving around doing errands and listening to it on c-span radi

you took an incredibly deep dive into nancy davis' childhood. her larger-than-life, are largely absent during critical years, her father who had no role in her life and the stepfather, doctor davis who gave her stability and love she craved. tell us about nancy davis. >> you are right, she's the product of a bad match swing a very ambitious actress and car salesman who very shortly after her birth, go their separate ways. her mother shortly after that leaves the baby named and francis robbins in the care of relatives for the next six years of her life, she yearned for this absent mother. as her son told me, as other people pointed out to me, it cast a shadow on her spirit, and insecurity but never really leaves her, it's one reason she was so complex. she believed no matter how successful they were, there was always a trapdoor in life, any minute the bottom could all fall out and certainly that's underscore two months after they get to the white house where she almost loses her husband to an assassin's bullet. she wasn't really somebody who shar

what does that look like for angela davis? what does the abolitionist future look like? well, i've always linked evolution with socialism. so i would say that in imagining the future, it cannot be a capital, this future. it cannot be a future that is based on the exploitation of others. and this future would be one in which the necessities of life are not commodified and which one's capacity to live. a fruitful life is not dependent on one's capacity to pay for those services. so, you know, the, the point that i'm making is that we have to go further than these 2 discrete institutions that we have to think about really reorganizing our entire world. and i think that the, the, the danger of, of positing evolution has a narrow strategy that only addresses particular individuals is, is. ringback is one that will prevent us from understanding that this is about revolution. this is about, this is about environmental justice. this is about workers' rights. this is the, this is about eradicating gender violence. you know, this is about making education free for everyone. and so

. >>> up next, there is something brewing at uc davis, and it is all for college credit. the northern california college students that ar ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> a class at uc davis has students learning more about their coffee. reporter jason mark shows us what is brewing on campus. >>> there is a certain blend to any college campus, and uc davis is no different. >> there is no good surface to smack it. make a mix of young minds. >> iced americano. >> i drink a lot of coffee. >> reporter: with a thirst for something more than knowledge. >> ice, please. >> it keeps me awake. >> sometimes it gives me the energy i need. >> reporter: the campus coffeehouse provides the backdrop to study the perfect poor. >> what goes into coffee? a lot. actually. >> no. no. i don't, i just buy it and drink it. >> reporter: right across the street -- >> i never knew a classic this existed at davis. >> reporter: since the sciences lab building. >> there'

angela davis. thank you so much for joining me. not for thank you for inviting me. everybody bet is our show up front. we'll be back with talk to, i'll just see. oh, are you a while to warm? is we listen, design is are making serious efforts in order to in t m to stop the trend of those. here we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories on how to see the 20th centuries 1st, genocide thought to have set the blueprint for the holocaust is too often overlooked. the sand will come in very everything. but for some reason, the sand refused to bury these people. they want this story to be taught over a century on the injustice still echoes down the generation and the path to reparation is nelson, easy. one, namibia, the price of genocide, people and power on al jazeera ah covered 19 infections and death search in the u. s. in europe as the oma kron variance is found to be 5 times more likely to re infect people. ah lot hasn't think of this as you see that live from the also coming up. the un human rights council will investigate the abuses committed by all si

said it and i am confident you could not distinguish between quotes from confederates like jefferson davis and today's woke left. but why bother? one of these charlatans, amen named henry -- a man named henry rogers, who calls himself hebrew max candy entitled his book on american history stamped from the beginning, verbatim quotes from jefferson davis. after last week's elections, it has dawned on a few sane liberals that making common cause with geoff davis and john calhoun may not be a recipe for success. i have to confess i chuckled at how cnn has covered critical race theory. it reminds me of the old joke about lawyers making weak and contradictory arguments in the alternative could he does not -- in the alternative purity is not my dog. he didn't bite you. you kicked him first. with article race theory, the left says it does not exist. it is not taught in schools. you are racist for trying to take it out of schools. [applause] but we still see all around us the left's assault on our institutions, which is an assault on our declaration and our constitution. when they accuse america of

this week in upfront special with angela angela davis. thank you so much for joining me on up front. the past couple of years have revealed to many americans and much of the rest of the world. what people of color have long known, the u. s. criminal legal system is racist and attempts at incremental reform have failed. you and others have called for the abolition of police. why? well, we've known for a very long time that the structure of racism. it's such that it invades virtually all of the existing institutions in society. and especially the penal institutions and law enforcement institutions . one cannot study the history of the police without also studying the history of racism. and so i would say that since the aftermath of slavery, a, people have been aware of the role that police play and producing and reproducing racism. and you know, but i think that over the years we focus largely on addressing specific cases. and we called for justice for specific individuals and we called for specific police offices to be brought to justice.

you are on with victor davis hanson. >> caller: thank you very much. i'm a conservative by nature, social moderate, survivor of childhood trauma and a product of overcrowded and underserved education. fifty-eight and still working on educating myself. if you have an understanding of mortgage-backed assets being traded on wall street and the effect on home prices across america. thank you very much, god bless you. i don't know you but i love you. >> host: anything to comment? >> guest: whether we talk about the mortgage-backed assets or unsustainable scenario where we have an annual inflation rate of 6% and may be people are suggesting that at the end of the year could be seven or even eight and get the interest rates for mortgage loans are one or 2% what we are doing is encouraging people to buy houses that are overpriced and the supply versus the demand out of the synchronization. it is for the prices that are not affordable but because of the interest rate, they are buying into it, which is okay because some of them are 30 year loans with 2.8% but wh

daifts davis -- mr. davis: the right to vote, something they worked hard to get the right to do, is being undermined. that's unthinkable. let's pass this amendment to ensure only citizens are voting in our elections and prevent states from putting noncitizens at risk of intentionally or unintentionally breaking the law and illegally voting in our elections. we will offer this solution as a motion to recommit. if we adopt the motion to recommit we will instruct the committee on oversight and reform to consider an amendment to ensure states remove noncitizens from their voter rolls as part of a regular comprehensive list maintenance program. i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. davis: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i now yield one minute to the gentleman

. >> host: well, it was in 2004 that victor davis hanson was first on this program. since that time he's written an additional seven books, so we invited him back to speak about those. his most recent book is called "the dying citizen," and, dr. hanson, in this book you write that, quote, history is not static. civilizations experience descents, detours and regressions and abrupt implosion. can you give us a sense of how you view our current situation? historically? >> guest: well, yeah. a lot of barometers or maybe indices of what makes a civilization successful i'm very worried about because they're all predicated -- i guess i would clarify that by saying constitutional governments, sizable middle class. it has to be larger in aggregate than the wealthy and the poor combined. and we're starting to see, we've seen for 12 years until 2017 a steady erosion in the income, 1.7 trillion in student department largely accrued by the middle class, the age of home ownership falling, the age of marriage, age when people get married lengthening, first child born, the demograph

so that's what i mean by culturally, i suppose. >> host: and victor davis >> host: and victor davis hanson is joining us from his farm in zell mark california -- selma, california, which is where and tell us about the area. >> guest: well, it's almost the geographical center of california. i'm about 180 miles from san francisco and 180 miles from los angeles. the closest town is fresno which is about a million people now, greater fresno. it's about 18 miles away, and then i'm -- my town that the i identify as selma used to be the 6,000, it's the about 25,000. it was, fresno county is the rich arest agricultural county in the united states, and i wrote about that in fields without dreams my last talk with you guys in the '90s. but during globalization project, farms had to be vertically integrated to survive. and because so much of s it was now export and imported find coming in, and so -- food coming in, and so to be efficient in the global sense, you needed a scale, large scale economy. and that meant you had to be the integrated with at least a thousand but preferly 2-3,000 acres and int

stephen miller and karen davis are here tonight and do they agree with kamala on her biggest failure this year. biden's plan to force electric cars on all of us has a huge upside for china. author robert wright explains how the ccc benefits from climate alarmism. 21 10 laura and raymond into tick-tock stars but also brought is completely unhinged and discredited media. benjamin: victor davis and explains the world we would be living and if they believed everything they told us this year. president biden is trying a different tactic when it comes to covid. instead of just scaring us to death he's also urging column. >> omicron is a source of concern but it should not be a source of panic. jason: apparently he missed the last team meeting. he and his stop covid advisor are not on the same page, they are using totally different play books. >> for the unvaccinated you are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm. >> if someone in your family isn't vaccinated should you ask them not to show up? >> yes, i would d

jeff davis sends earl van dorn to unite the two forces. and so this is going to set up the battle of pearidge, thank you very much. doing a lot better than that last word. this is samuel curtis, to give short shrift of the battles, and i apologize that. the federalists were under the command of curtis, on the screen here, and van dorn ordered mccullough and prices forces, about 16,000 total, which included 1,000 indians under the command of albert pike, confederate organized indians to unite for a counter offensive. for his part federal commander curtis took up a defensive position along sugar creek with about 10,000 federals, so 16,000 versus 10,000, from a confederate standpoint up might think they had pretty good odds. van dorn did not wish to attack the federals in their strong position along this creek. you can't see it very well. i can't either. it's down here at the bottom of the screen. this blue which you see and that line you see is sugar creek. so anyway, van dorn proceeds to try to outflank them and tried to attack curtis from

victor davis hanson joins us for a look back on this last year. hi, i'm steve and i live in austin, texas. i work as a personal assistant to the owner of a large manufacturing firm. i've got anywhere from 10 to 50 projects going at any given time. i absolutely have to be sharp. let me tell ya, i was struggling with my memory. it was going downhill. my friend recommended that i try prevagen and over time, it made a very significant difference in my memory and in my cognitive ability. i started to feel a much better sense of well-being. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ ♪ >> jason: 2021 brought us a free britney, a space for billionaires, and it turned laura and raymond into tiktok stars, but it also brought us completely unhinged and discredited media. if we had listened to them instead of doing our own research and questioning those in charge, things would be really different. here's just a few examples of what they tried to get us to believe this year. >> critical race theory. it's a bogeyman. it's not even taught in most k-12 schools

wendy davis and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. senator davis, i'm wondering what your impressions were after hearing aurpt arguments today? >> you know, anderson, when -- when the hearing began, i went into it feeling like we probably were going to learn that a majority of the justices were leaning toward upholding that 15-week ban. but otherwise, leaving the protections of roe in place. and i have to say after listening to the arguments today, i am much more concerned that roe is actually going to be completely gutted with a return to state law directing what will happen for women's reproductive freedom going forward. >> and, jeff, i mean, do you agree with senator davis on that? >> boy, i sure do. anderson, i have been to a lot of supreme court arguments, i have listened to a lot of supreme court arguments. i have never heard one where the stakes were clearer and the tension was greater. even though i wasn't -- you know, i could only listen by audio because the courtroom is still closed, largely because of covid. you know, every

davis for any questions he may have. >> rep. davis: thank you for being here today. the article by the new york times saving history with sandbags, climate change threatens the smithsonian. the author includes the image of a 100 year floodplain. it looks like the balcony outside of my office and my colleague on the committee mr. butterfield's office if this is correct and this happens, we may have some waterfront property off of that. i would like unanimous consent to enter this article into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. how likely do you think it is that we will experience flooding as shown in that image? >> what you mentioned, that is considered a 100 year floodplain . it is a regulatory flood level that was determined many decades ago. that would likely happen. rep. davis: does this portray what is expected as a worst-case scenario or do we expect worst flooding in the national mall? >> no, it is not the worst case. this area that is depicted is not regulatory flood level that we as a nation determined. the program determined the regulatory in te

, c davis arrives with his division and turns the tide for the union. his half is defeated as a side note i cannot resist putting this picture appear as we go through it these are veterans, and american indians that are up there pikes indian brigade did participate in the fight in the war years did not fight well and conventional tactics basically they came up and ran off however, they did return later after the fight was over and retrieved. >> you didn't laugh for that one did you. meanwhile he spoke with the left-wing there is mccullough with the left and price with the right on the morning of march 7, 1862 van dorn's column struck the 24th missouri near alcorn tavern the federals russian reinforcements van dorn is slow to deploy the federals are allowed to deploy in their own positions but nevertheless the confederates hit them on the flanks and they collapse the union line sending them back, samuel curtis the union commander is not done even though van dorn scores a success at the tavern the next day samuel curtis has that right there, i need not ev

wade has been for the last few decades in this country. >> wendy davis, jeffrey toobin, appreciate it. thank you. the fight over reproductive rights is flaring again on the hill. so is the battle over gun control. both political obviously lightning rods. colliding at one point yesterday in a passionate speech in the senate. we're back with the lawmaker who delivered it next. ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your day. hey, it's ryan reynolds, owner of mint mobile with a holiday offer

a few days ago, davis showed one of elliot pour its team members short video clips of people that she's now being asked to identify in photos of the test is intended to reveal how long super recognizers memory skills last davis and pour it are happy with the results the super recognizers team leader sees the work with the university as vital because we're operating in an area of a place where that is pretty much undefined and as you know, experimental, it's almost piloting. um, all the forces from around the world are looking our models. in the case of alice grass, the body of her suspected killer was found a few days after the discovery of her body. the 41 year old was found in the woods. he hanged himself, apparently for fear of being captured the police are convinced that he would have been convicted. the evidence found at the crime scene was too damning, like traces of his dna on the teenager shoes and a cigarette stub. but the tip that led the police to the body in the 1st place came from the super recognizers. while the super cannot unit in the future, i think will expand or acros

a few days ago, davis showed one of elliot ports, team members, short video clips of people that she's now be asked to identify in photos. the test is intended to reveal how long super recognizers memory skills last davis and pour it are happy with the results. the super recognizers team leader sees the work with the university as vital because we're operating in an area of a place where that is pretty much undefined. and as you know, the experimental, it's almost piloting um, all the forces from around the world are looking our models. in the case of alice grass, the body of her suspected killer was found a few days after the discovery of her body. the 41 year old was found in the woods. he hanged himself. apparently for fear of being captured. the police are convinced that he would have been convicted. the evidence found at the crime scene was too dami. mike traces of his dna on the teenager shoes and a cigarette stub. but the tip that led the police to the body in the 1st place came from the super recognizers. well, the super economics unit in the future i think, will expand or acro

i mean, no doubt jefferson davis trusts him up until this point. we have a problem again up in northern mississippi. the missourians, who crossed the river, are now under the command of -- the same guy that was at -- van doren's supposed to go up there and unite with, him take over, and they are jointly going to attack the rail junction of car, through mississippi. remember the battle of shiloh? -- the offensive, which goes up, is in conjunction with robert e. lee's anti-trump campaign and bragged 62 kentucky campaign. so, van dorn is, some would argue, the fourth leg of this offensive. here he goes. the first thing that van doren does is march past car thief. i know that doesn't make sense, but he marches to the northern side, acting like he's going to go through middle tennessee, into western kentucky. he is not doing that. he turns back around and attracts cars from the north. he is slow getting into position and you hear this over and over. on october 3rd, the union army is allowed to consolidate and is awaiting his arrival. a gap, i don't know

police say davis was shot dead by a passenger in this black toyota rav four. it's rear passenger window apparently shot out devastated because i just. somebody was trying to help out . sarah rothman says police told her the victim had died while apparently protecting her acura mdx from being broken into the fact that he was just. trying to be a good person, be a good neighbor, and then the people were violent and took his life. it's just it's very, very upsetting. chief armstrong says police are busy investigating the homicides and roving caravans that have been targeting marijuana dispensaries and firing shots at officers. they're being met with gunfire, and so in order to safely address this we had to actually deploy are specially trained officers to be prepared to address these armed caravans. we will continue to do that. now. the police chief today also think mayor libby shafir trying to bolster the force by potentially finding ways to fund at least one more police academy . now the top cop says