across America. Jimmy fail. I have a lot of discussion about the issues facing our
country.
Aftermath of this in a shooting
in of all the tax is joining us
now on the line, a former
attorney general under 2
American presidents, the
best-selling author of one
thing after another memoirs of
an attorney general.
>> Bill Barr is back on the
show. Hello Sir.
>> Hi Jamie good to be back
with you is it true that you
only agreed to come on the show
because you heard it was a
guest host today.
>> Kid but haha.
I was I was
told you were
bamboozled you’re a tough kid,
I I can’t well I enjoyed our
last conversation so much.
>> It’s a big deal to have you
back especially today because
you know one of the things I
consider you to be an expert in
amongst all the other things
you wrote about in your book in
and we certainly joked about
enjoy the last time you
were on as I think you’re
fantastic in perspective and we
so badly in need of some in
this The question I wanted to
ask right off
the bat is in your book one
thing after another you wrote a
lot about how your family’s
dinner table discussions were a
little bit of a free for all.
But you had a you know a
healthy involved, you know
parental situation. Do you
think on some level the
disintegration of the nuclear
family is one of the common
links were seen in the
shootings.
>> Yes, I do I mean I think
there’s a lot of solid
G that.
>> That has taken root in our
society and.
>> It leads to some very
disturbed. People we’re not go
there mentally.
You know has deep grudges and
in the you know we’re going to
see more and more each instead
it goes to show you that that
we all have a stake. The health
of our society health of our
society you know this
us what is a breakdown of staff
I guess he’s.
Psychotic people will of show I
saw you know so she’ll
cause harm
to others.
>> You know I agree and
something was saying off the
top of the show is I feel a lot
of people don’t realize that
when you are raising a kid.
You know you’re investing in
that kid and that solid
upbringing not only on behalf
of that kid but on behalf of
other kids and I feel like so
many parents are just derelict
in
that duty and we certainly have
seen a breakdown and as far as
the mental health thing is
concerned I don’t think anyone
can argue you know there’s
arguments to be made on both
sides of legislation okay
people have their positions.
But I think the common ground
is is has to be mental health
how I mean we just does not a
person doing this that same is
there.
>> No I so that means.
Maybe in the legal
sense, the morally responsible
there’s obviously a schools
that teach people.
>> looking at more and more the
best bet. The more we have
a breakdown. Hopefully the more
drugs fail or. So fresh
and so over the past
decade, judge. It may be
arguments get this OK well,
you know what I can come down
allow that eventually
the chickens are going to come
home to host of in the country
of 350 million people there are
going to be this fits like
this. And it’s very dark
a case, you know stop. Yeah,
I’m there to help them to cause
damage.
>> Well I think that’s the
biggest challenge is there’s a
lot of people this morning
that are you know lashing out
for some type of legislative
reform. But I think history has
shown us that you you really
sad, it’s sad as it is you
can’t legislate away. People’s
intentions.
>> But it is is there a way to
slow down their bad intentions
is there if you if you had to
offer a 20,000 foot view fix in
this moment. What would you
prescribe.
>> Well unfortunately, on the
stage with the only thing it’s
actually
going to potentially prevent
and a potentially have an
measures around the
schools, especially. Well, I’m
actually
schools too harden them to make
it much more difficult for
someone to play King with
keep shooting that will
require you know better when
the measures not happy with the
doors open more people will
come in but also police
officers
on site. It’s unfortunate that
you know wasn’t too long ago we
didn’t have adequate security
anyone could walk up to the
gate. And now 20 years on the
hard years later we have been
can secure it of course, I’m
afraid
the top and then office
buildings will never happen
that we do I’m afraid but the
point we have to have it its
schools to me this most
precious resource.
New school, a young children
have to take care of.
>> Yeah, you know the calls
we’ve taken so far agree with
you on that if you’re just
joining Former tenor general
bill Barr is back on the show.
After a series of successful
low level extortion attempts we
were able to get back.
>> Hey man we’ve got to do
we’ve got to do you know you’re
not the A G anymore so we felt
like we were playing football.
I mean if you’re just you’re
still in the gig we might have
you know play a little more
defense but the point is it
works. You’re here yet
you’re the author of one thing
after another a best-seller
memoirs of an
attorney general. You know is
another thing that went on at
the school yesterday which was
a member of the border Patrol’s
elite tactical unit. Ultimately
shot you know the shooter.
And you know read Society of
this and he certainly needed to
go.
The question I want to ask
about that is there was there
was a CNN commentator yesterday
and I really want to get
sidetracked. But they were
yelling about you know how we
need to we actually need to
relax border enforcement in
this town right now because
there’s a heavy Latino
population it will make it a
little bit harder.
You know for people to
willingly comply with these
investigations and I’m not
asking you to comment on CNN
but what I am asking is it is
the border itself though
actually playing a role in
these situations and that
security is lax and drugs are
coming in, is this a town time
to be more vigilant at our
border given what we’re seeing
within the confines of the
country.
>> Are you know absolutely but
I think the store and I’m not
sure it is a matches this
particular. Episode
other than it was the Grateful
Dead that number forecast which
is great, you know they should
You know was there to salvage
the situation but the story
that really points to that
is sick. Harrison you alleged
conspiracy. I think it would be
the border.
It is politically taken over by
the cartels making a lot of
money over bringing people and
that’s not just Latin the
changes people from all over
the world, including the Middle
East.
And other places all kinds of
coming when gang
members too. Organizations that come to a home invasions to. You know us to
tell us the sights on so.
You have the chickens again
will come home to lose there’s
a limit to how much of this we
can going to be a lot of
Americans killed. Their lives
taken from them by some of the
classes crossing the border.
Watching everyone who comes
across that way but you don’t
police the border. You
know indications of all the bad
elements to come home.
>> You see you know and that’s
a point I would make is that I
what I say a lot.
You know the most
oversimplification the border
issue is if you look at it like
it’s the front door of your
house. None of us leave the
front door of our house open
maybe there was a time when you
could growing up.
But we know where far past that
point now when we don’t lock
the door at night because we’re
racist we locked the door
because we’re not crazy and we
want to keep tabs on who’s
coming
and going. So it’s it’s it’s my
hope that in a moment like this
where people are you know
crying out for more security
and more protection.
We actually invest in some of
those you know they use a term
like common sense gun law which
I think is a very loose
generalization design to score
political points. But I do
think there is such a thing as
common sense border security
that we don’t actually have and
that’s you know one of my
greatest frustrations in this
moment. Let me ask you one of
the things I got you on the
line now because the last time
we spoke you know we were
talking about your book the
book is one thing after another
and we had discussed Donald
Trump and his character and
you had basically said at the
end of the day no one could
convince you that anyone was of
lower moral standing than
Hillary Clinton and we had a
pretty good left foot which is
just one of the funniest things
in the book full of funny
things.
>> But since we last spoke
we’ve got more approved by the
way that Hillary Clinton
herself was involved in getting
that Russian ball rolling are
you surprised a general Barr.
Not yeah you’re not shocked
like in Casablanca to find
gambling in this establishment.
>> Well you know, I mean the
whole
smells I could do the trick
from again 30 trips to the FBI
jumps on. And they not
only continue to heal action
but inexplicably continued
after Trump was elected in an
effort to bring them down.
And it was a great injustice to
the president.
>> Hopefully you know hopefully
to be some accountability there
we’ve been following this
trial. As you’d imagine there
is a huge amount of interest in
this in the media I don’t know
for whatever reason.
>> There’s not a lot of effort
that it’s it’s quite stunning,
you know she was on the other
foot, you know this will be
front page needs every day 24 7
thing.
>> Forget Last does
bill Barr barbecue on Memorial
Day and how rowdy do you get
like is it is it basically
having a Scotch and a are you
playing the bagpipes to the
neighbors called the cops.
>> No it’s I don’t play the
bagpipes because I don’t know
yet. We don’t have a look and
she did stand by. It
let’s take this from our we can all get behind that another winning appearance you have
survived.
>> Go easy on your publicist
for subjecting the you this but
I really appreciate your time