JEDEDIAH: WE ARE BACK WITH
QUICK HEADLINES.
COLIN KAEPERNICK SLAMMING 4th
OF JULY CELEBRATIONS, HE TWEETED
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
DEHUMANIZED, TERRORIZED BY
AMERICA FOR CENTURIES AND ARE
EXPECTED TO JOIN YOUR
COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WHILE YOUEN YOU ENSLAVED OUR
ANCESTORS.
THE ATLANTA BRAVES STAYING
SILENT ON WHETHER THEY WILL
CHANGE THEIR NAME.
THE TEAM SAID IT IS COMMITTED TO
HONORING THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY BUT DID NOT MENTION
REBRANDING.
IT COMES ONE DAY AFTER THE
CLEVELAND INDIANS ANNOUNCED THEY
ARE REVIEWING THEIR NAME.
GRIFF?
GRIFF: THANKS, JED.
ALL RIGHT, VIOLENCE ROCKING
PORTLAND OVERNIGHT, POLICE
DECLARING A RIOT YET AGAIN AS
THE CITY SEES ITS 38th
STRAIGHT DAY OF UNREST.
BORDER PATROL NOW CALLED IN TO
ASSIST.
HERE WITH AN UPDATE IS ACTING
CBP COMMISSIONER MARK MORGAN.
GOOD MORNING, MR. COMMISSIONER.
THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK YOU HAD
TO DECLARE A RIOT IN PORTLAND.
WHAT’S GOING ON THERE?
>> WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, GRIFF.
THESE ARE NOT PROTESTERS.
THESE ARE CRIMINALS WHO GOT
TOGETHER AND ORGANIZED AND
PLANNED AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT
WEAPONS.
THEY BROUGHT SHIELDS.
THEY BROUGHT FROZEN WATER
BOTTLES, ROCKS, LASERS, WEAPONS
WITH THE INTENT TO DESTROY A
FEDERAL BUILDING AND HARM LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND I’VE
SAID IT BEFORE.
I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR IDEA
LOGIC BELIEFS ARE YOUR,
POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
VIOLENCE, WE SHOULD ALL BE
UNITED IS WRONG AND I CAN TELL
YOU FOR ONE, I’M GLAD THIS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF
LAW AND ORDER AND THAT IT’S A
CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
WHAT WE SAW IN PORTLAND LAST
NIGHT WAS CRIMINAL AND WE STOOD
STRONG WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
TO RESIST THAT.
GRIFF: MR. COMMISSIONER, THE
PRESIDENT WARNED THAT THIS
ELEMENT, THERE ARE PARTS OF
THESE GROUPS THAT ARE
TERRORISTS, PERHAPS, THAT
THEY’RE LITERALLY TRYING TO DO
PURE HARM, SIS ISN’T ABOUT ACHE
-- THIS ISN’T ABOUT MAKING A
STATEMENT YOU HAVE NEWS TO SHARE
WITH US NOW ABOUT THE ARRESTS ON
FRIDAY AND THE ATTACK ON THE
HATFIELD FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, GRIFF.
EARLY THIS MORNING, I JUST GOT
THE SITUATION REPORT A FEW
MINUTES AGO, ONE OF THE
CRIMINALS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
TRYING TO ASSAULT ONE OF THE CBP
EMPLOYEES WHILE HE WAS BEING
ARRESTED, THE REPORT RIGHT NOW
IS TELLING US THAT A PIPE BOMB,
A FUSED INCENDIARY DEVICE AND
MACHETE WAS DISCOVERED DURING
THE SEARCH THINK ABOUT THAT,
GRIFF.
THINK ABOUT THE DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES FROM THE CRIMINAL
ACTIONS.
I HOPE YOUR LISTENERS SEE THE
VIDEO.
THERE’S A VIDEO WHERE A WOMAN IS
OVERHEARD CONFRONTING ONE OF THE
AGENTS THERE AND SHE REFERS TO
IT AS, HEY, I KNOW THIS GAME.
I’M ON A CITY SIDEWALK.
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO SHE
GOES FURTHER AND SAYS WHY DON’T
YOU GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM,
WHITE BOY.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS, GRIFF.
IT’S A GAME TO THEM.
IT’S A DEADLY GAME.
THIS IS ABOUT LAW AND ORDER.
WE MUST BE UNITED.
WHERE ARE THE LOCAL POLITICAL
LEADERS, GRIFF, STANDING UP,
SAYING THIS IS WRONG, THESE
INDIVIDUALS SHOULD CEASE AND
DESIST AND BE ARRESTED.
WHERE ARE THEY.
GRIFF: IT’S QUITE TROUBLING
THAT A PIPE BOMB ALLEGEDLY WAS
FOUND ALONG WITH AN INCENDIARY
DEVICE AND MACHETE.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW WITH THAT
INDIVIDUAL AND THOSE YOU’RE
ARRESTING IN PORTLAND?
>> THIS REALLY IS A WHOLE OF
GOVERNMENT APPROACH.
WE HAVE UNITED STATES MARSHALLS,
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE,
I.C.E., HSI SENT AGENTS AND THE
FBI COMMITTED A LOT OF RESOURCES
TO MAKE SURE THESE INDIVIDUALS
ARE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED TO
THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW FOR
THE CRIMINALS THAT THEY ARE.
WE ARE DOING DISSERVICE TO
PEACEFUL, LAWFUL PROTESTERS WHEN
WE CALL THESE INDIVIDUALS
PROTESTERS.
THEY’RE NOT.
THEY’RE CRIMINAL THUGS WITH AN
AGENDA.
GRIFF: JUST WITH 30 SECONDS TO
GO, MR. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU SEE
THIS BEING NOW A -- YOU’LL HAVE
TO SEES CRAIGSLIST THE FORCE
THAT -- ESCALATE THE FORCE
YOU’RE ALREADY DEPLOYING?
>> WE’RE GOING TO ESCALATE TO
THE USE OF FORCE THAT’S NEEDED
TO REPEL THESE CRIMINALS AND
APPREHEND THEM AND PROSECUTE
THEM.
I CAN TELL YOU, I’VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
THIS PRESIDENT IS 100% BEHIND
US.
I’M GLAD WE HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT UNDERSTANDS
THE IMPORTANCE OF LAW AND ORDER.
WE’RE NOT WALKING AWAY FROM OUR
FEDERAL FACILITIES LIKE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS HAVE IN SOME
COMMUNITIES.
WE’RE STAYING.
GRIFF: MR. COMMISSIONER, THANKS
FOR BEING HERE.
MARK MORGAN, ACTING COMMISSIONER
OF THE CBP.
THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN