IN THE THEATERS, BACK OVER TO
YOU.
>> GOT IT.
CNBCS DOM CHU, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE NATIONAL
CRISIS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
AN ISSUE THAT IS INCREASINGLY
PLAYING INTO A NUMBER OF MAYORAL
RACES.
POLITICAL COREPORTS LAST YEAR
THEY MAY HAVE HITCHED TO SLOGANS
LIKE DE-FUND THE POLICE.
THIS YEAR, THEY ARE RUNNING ON
PLATFORMS TO PUT OFFICERS BACK
ON THE STREETS.
LETS BRING IN NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT FOR THE ATLANTIC.
GRAHAM WOOD, WOES RECENT PIECE
DETAILS HOW HE RECENTLY FELL
VICTIM TO AMERICAS CRIME WAVE.
A MERE 11 MINUTES AFTER
RETURNING TO THE STATES.
SO LETS START RIGHT THERE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I WAS COMING BACK FROM
CANADA, WHICH DOESNT HAVE A LOT
OF GUN VIOLENCE, NEVER HAS.
AND, YEAH, 11 MINUTES AFTER I
CROSSED THE BORDER, I HAD TO
STOP.
I WAS TRAVELING WITH FAMILY.
THERE WAS A BABY IN THE CAR.
DIRTY TYPE,.
CRYING, I LOOKED AROUND FOR A
PLACE TO STOP.
I FOUND A WELL-LIT GAS STAKES,
JUST CLOSED.
AND MAYBE A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER
I STOPPED, I NOTICED A PERSON
COMING TOWARDS THE CAR.
A PERSON WHO THEN DUCKED BEHIND
THE GAS STATION, CAME BACK WITH
A MASK, NOT JUST A COVID MASK
BUT A STICK-UP MASK AND HAD A
GUN IN HIS HAND.
WE GOT OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS
WE COULD.
HE HIT THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE WE
HIT THE JACKPOT WE DIDNT WANT
TO HIT.
IT DIDNT TAKE MUCH TIME AT ALL.
IT FELT LIKE THE CRIME WAVE WAS
KIND OF WAITING FOR ME.
>> A FASCINATING PIECE ON SO
MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
IT WASNT REALLY NOTHING IDEA
LODGICAL ABOUT IT.
THERE WERE TIMES WHERE YOU WERE
WONDERING WHETHER THE GUY MAY
HAVE SLOWED DOWN AND GIVEN YOU A
CHANCE TO GET BACK IF YOUR CAR,
BECAUSE HE WASNT SURE IF YOU
HAD A GUN OR NOT.
BUT JUST THE IDEA OF GETTING
BACK IN THE UNITED STATES 11
MINUTES LATER, YOU ARE GETTING
HIT WITH THIS CRIME WEVE.
IT CERTAINLY IS INDICATIVE OF
HOW MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN
THIS COUNTRY OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR-AND-A-HALF.
>> IT WAS INIFYING RA FALLS NIAG
YORK.
THESE ARE RUST BEST E BELT
CITIES, INCREASE IN CRIMES,
MURDER RATES AND PEOPLE CARRYING
GUNS AROUND.
IT TURNS UP THAT A
RECENTLY-CLOSED GAS STATION IN A
BAD NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMEONE MIGHT
HEAR A CRYING BABY AND THINK
THERE IS A VICTIM.
AND ARE YOU RIGHT, I ACTUALLY
DONT THOUGH WHAT THE EFFECT WAS
OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT I MIGHT
HAVE HAD A GUN.
I WAS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE.
I WENT TOWARD THE PASSENGERS
SIDE.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HESITATED.
MAYBE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT I WOULD
COME ONE A GUN ON MY OWN.
EIGHTH DIFFERENT WORLD THAT
AMERICANS LIVE IN COMPARED TO
SAY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BORDER, WHERE GUPS ARE LESS
COMMON VIOLENCE IS LESS COMMON,
THINGS LIKE THAT DONT HAPPEN
VERY MUCH.
>> ITS JONATHAN LEMIRE, YOU
JUST RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE
GUANTONOMO BAY AND BIDEN
TRANSFERRED AND BRINGING THE
TOTAL DOWN TO JUST OVER THREE
DOZEN OR SO.
TELL US WHAT YOU SAW THERE.
ITS NOT A PLACE THAT MANY
AMERICANS, JOURNALISTS, GET TO
VISIT.
GIVE US YOUR REPORTING, WHAT IS
THE SITUATION AND WHAT ITSELF
THE FUTURE?
>> Reporter: ITS INTERESTING,
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PASSED
OUT ONE, BIDEN TRANSFERRED OUT
ONE PERSON.
SO THEYRE EVEN ON THAT COUNT.
BUT WHATS HAPPENING IS THEYRE
APPROACHING AN END GAME.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING
THE BETTER PART OF 20 YEARS FOR
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE
JUSTICE OR SOMETHING TO COME OUT
OF THOSE COMMISSIONS THAT TELLS
US THAT JUSTICE IS BEING SERVED.
WHAT I SAW THERE WAS THE
SECOND-TO-LAST STEP IN THE
COMMISSION FOR A PAKISTANI
NATIONAL WHO IS PROBABLY GOING
TO GET OUT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE GOVERNMENT SAID WE WILL CUT
A DEAL WITH YOU BECAUSE WHAT WE
WANT TO AVOID MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE IS AN INQUIRY INTO THE
TORTURE PRACTICES, THE ENHANCED
INTERROGATION AND KHAN SAID, IN
EFFECT, ILL CUT A DEAL.
LET ME OUT A BIT EARLIER.
IN RETURN, IM NOT GOING TO CALL
WITNESSES TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT
BE FORCED TO SAY WHAT THEY DID
TO ME.
>> ALL RIGHT.