MAYOR
MAYOR OF
MAYOR OF DENTON THERE, AND SHELLEY LUTHER, THE SALON OWNER
WHO GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION
FOR DEFINING GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S
ORDER TO CLOSE HER BUSINESS
DURING THE HEIGHT OF ALL THE
SHUTDOWNS.
SHUTDOWNS. THAT ELECTION IS SEPTEMBER 29.
WHOEVER WINS THAT ELECTION IS
GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR
FIRST GUEST. LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK LEADS THE
STATE SENATE, AND HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE LAWN LAST WEEK TO WIN HIS
DONALD TRUMP ACCEPTING THE
RENOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT FOR
A SECOND TERM, BUT THE THREAT
OF THAT HURRICANE, THAT BROUGHT
HIM HOME EARLY, AND HE JOINED
US FROM HIS HOME THIS MORNING
IN HOUSTON.
IN HOUSTON. GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
>> WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE CIVIL UNREST.
YOU BUCKED THE NRA AFTER
HISPANICS WERE TARGETED IN AND
REACHED OUT TO,1ov BLACK CHURCH
TOOK THE PRESIDENT DID NOT TALK
ABOUT THE CIVIL UNREST AND PAIN
AND FEAR SO MANY BLACK
AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.
IS THAT A MISTAKE?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK HE
OVERLOOKED IT, ACTUALLY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT HE HAD
DURING THE CONVENTION LAST
WEEK, THEY WERE ALL
EXTRAORDINARY, SO I THINK HE'S
CLEARLY REACHING OUT TO THE
BLACK VOTE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. I
STATES. I THINK HE'S GOING TO DO VERY
WELL WITH IT, MORE THAN LAST
TIME, AND THAT WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT IF HE PICKS UP
THREE OR FOUR MORE POINTS.
I THINK HE TALKED ABOUT LAW AND
ORDER, HE TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
FOR ALL.
FOR ALL. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, THAT
IMPACTED MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS
WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM, SO I
THINK THE RHETORIC IS NOT
NEARLY AS IMPORTANT,
SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ISSUE, AS
TO WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY DONE FOR
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, TOTALLY SUPPORTING THE
BLACK HISTORIC COLLEGES THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, THE
INNOVATIONS THAT TIM SCOTT
CREATED, AND LOWERING THE
UNEMPLOYMENT OF BLACK
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. HE DID MORE IN 3 YEARS THEN
BARACK OBAMA, A BLACK
PRESIDENT, DID FOR BLACK
AMERICA IN 8 YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S THE STORY.
THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY,
JASON, IS NO ONE WANTS TO SEE
ANYONE SHOT UNDER ARREST THAT
DOES NOT NEED TO BE SHOT, AS
CLEARLY HAS BEEN THE CASE AND
POTENTIALLY SEVERAL OF THESE
POLICE SHOOTINGS OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
SEVERAL YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE CANNOT
HAVE MOB VIOLENCE.
EVERY TYPE, FIRST OF ALL
THERE'S A LOT OF RUSH TO
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT. REMEMBER, LeBRON JAMES AND
OTHERS WENT ON THE NBA COURT
AND SAID HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT
FROM FERGUSON.
FROM FERGUSON. WHEN ERIC HOLDER, BARACK OBAMA'S
AG, SAID THAT WAS NOT THE
TRUTH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT BEFORE
EVERYONE RUSHES TO JUDGMENT ON
ANY OF THESE CASES, THAT WE GET
THE FULL EVIDENCE , BUT WE WANT
TO HAVE SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL,
AT THE SAME SO WE WANT TO
SUPPORT OUR POLICE BECAUSE THEY
ARE BEING UNFAIRLY --
>> LET ME ASK ABOUT THAT,
GOVERNOR PICK POLICE REFORM.
THAT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR.
WHAT KIND OF LEGISLATION COULD
YOU GET BEHIND IN JANUARY WHEN
THE LEGISLATURE RECONVENES?
THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
OF SO MANY OF OUR BLACK TEXAN
FRIENDS?
FRIENDS?
FRIENDS? >> WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. LAST SESSION, THE SESSION
BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
IN DALLAS, ONE OF THE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WE PASSED WAS THAT
NOW, PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET A
DRIVERS LICENSE AND STUDENTS
GETTING THEIR DRIVER'S ED LEARN
HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU GET PULLED OVER,
JASON, YOU START GETTING IN A
FIGHT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER,
THAT PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO
LEAD TO A GOOD OUTCOME.
I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS, BUT IF
YOU START RUNNING FROM THE
POLICE BECAUSE YOU GOTTA PUT
YOURSELF IN THE POSITION OF THE
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. THEY ARE LAW-ENFORCEMENT, HAVE
A GUN ON THEIR HAND, A TASER,
AND YOU GET IN A FIGHT WITH
THEM?
THEM?
THEM? THEY, THEY TAKE THAT AS YOU'RE
NOT AFRAID OF ME, YOU MAY TRY
TO GET MY GUNNER TASER, AND YOU
MAY KILL ME.
THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO
IS WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS IDEA
THAT EVERY TIME POLICE TRIED TO
HANDCUFF YOU OR STOP YOU OR
TALK TO YOU, THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO TURN IT INTO A FIGHT BECAUSE
IT COULD LEAD TO A BAD OUTCOME.
THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE SOME OF
THE ACTION THAT THE POLICE .
AFTER THAT YOU DON'T
MISUNDERSTAND ME.
MISUNDERSTAND ME. BUT WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS IDEA
IN THE COUNTRY YOU'RE GOING TO
FIGHT AGAINST POLICE AND RUN
FROM THEM ALL THE TIME.
SECONDLY, WE NEED TRAINING, SO
WE NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY, NOT
TO FUND THE LEASE LIKE AUSTIN
DID.
DID.
DID. TRAIN HOW TO DE-ESCALATE THE
SITUATIONS SO WE DON'T END UP
IN A SHOOTING, BUT YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A BAD OUTCOME WHEN YOU
ATTACK ANYONE, AND THAT'S PART
OF THIS, BUT THAT DOES NOT
EXCUSE ANY ACTION BY A HANDFUL
OF POLICE IN AMERICA BECAUSE,
AGAIN, THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF POLICE ARE THERE TO
PROTECT YOU, THEY ARE GOING TO
WORK WITH YOU, AND THEY WANT TO
HELP YOU, AND GOD BLESS THEM
THAT WE HAVE THEM.
>> RIGHT NOW.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT, LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THE SESSION.
WE'RE A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR
MONTHS AWAY FROM THE SESSION.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IT TO
PHYSICALLY LOOK LIKE YOU PUT
ARE WE GOING TO PLEXIGLAS
DIVIDERS?
DIVIDERS?
DIVIDERS? THE SENATE IS SPREAD OUT MORE
THAN THE HOUSE, BUT WHAT IS IT
GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
>> WE WANT IT TO LOOK AS NORMAL
AS POSSIBLE.
AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, OUR COVID NUMBERS
HAVE COME DOWN DRAMATICALLY IN
THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS AT THE 10
POINT WORD NOW UNDER 5000 ICU
COVID PATIENTS ARE DONE AT SOME
HOSPITAL 60%.
HOSPITAL 60%. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
DECLINE BY SMART SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WEARING MASKS WHERE
YOU THINK YOU SHOULD, AND IF WE
CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WE CAN BE
CLOSE TO A NORMAL SESSION THAT
WE WILL HAVE THE PLEXIGLAS TO
DIVIDE AND SOME OF OUR HEARING
ROOMS TO SURVIVE SENATOR SO
THEY ARE NOT TALKING FACE TO
FACE AS MUCH.
WE WILL A PROTOCOL PUT IN FOR