LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS IN TEXAS.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE
HUCKABEE JOINS US NOW.
GOVERNOR HUCKABEE, GOOD MORNING,
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND
THE TIMING OF IT?
IT COMING A DAY AFTER THIS
HORRIFIC POLICE SHOOTING --
POLICE OFFICERS, BORDER PATROL
RAN IN, RISKED THEIR LIVES TO
SAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT
SIGNING THIS ORDER THAT
ESSENTIALLY HAMSTRINGS POLICE?
>> IT’S MORE OF JOE BIDEN’S
POLITICAL THEATER.
I DON’T THINK JOE ACTUALLY
WRITES THIS STUFF.
IT’S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT HE IS
NOT ALWAYS AWARE OF WHAT HE IS
SAYING.
BUT THE TRAGEDY IS THAT YOU’RE
ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE THE
COPS THE BAD GUYS AND MAKE THE
BAD GUYS AS IF THEY DON’T EXIST.
WE HAVE A CRIME PROBLEM, NOT A
COP PROBLEM.
ARE THERE MAYBE SOME BAD COPS?
OF COURSE THERE ARE.
THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE IN EVERY
PROFESSION.
BUT OVERWHELMINGLY THE POLICE
OFFICERS OF AMERICA ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR VERY LOW
PAY.
THEY DO AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AND DANGEROUS JOB AND THEY PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THE
REST OF US.
A SIMPLE THANK YOU FROM TIME TO
TIME WOULD BE KIND OF NICE FOR
THEM.
BUT, INSTEAD, THEY GET TREATED
AS IF THEY ARE THE PROBLEM.
AND IT’S JUST WRONG.
I WISH JOE BIDEN WOULD GET UP AT
THE PODIUM, THANK THEM, SAY WE
ARE GOING TO STAND BEHIND THEM
AND TRY TO MAKE THEIR LIFE
BETTER AND ASK MOTHERS AND
FATHERS TO RAISE THEIR KIDS TO
RESPECT POLICE OFFICERS AND IF
YOU HAVE A BEEF WITH THE COP,
DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON THE STREET.
THERE IS A PROPER TIME IN PLACE
BUT WHEN HE STOPS YOU, PULLS YOU
OVER, OR ASKS FOR SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THAT’S
NOT THE TIME TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT
OR GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS.
>> Todd: SPEAKING OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THERE ARE CALLS TO
HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN EVERY
SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT BEGS THE QUESTION,
GOVERNOR, WHY ISN’T THERE SOME
ARMED OFFICER, SOMEBODY TO
PROTECT EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
>> IT’S A SIMPLE MATTER OF
MONEY.
THAT’S WHY IT ISN’T THERE
BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE SAYING WE
ARE STRUGGLING TO GET ENOUGH
TEXTBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM AND
HIGH TECHNOLOGY, THINGS THAT THE
STUDENTS ARE NEEDING AND THE
PARENTS ARE DEMANDING.
BUT, AT SOME POINT, JUST LIKE WE
DID WHEN WE DECIDED WE ARE GOING
TO PUT INTENSE SECURITY IN EVERY
AIRPORT AND EVERY PUBLIC PLACE,
EVERY STADIUM, WE WILL DO IT IN
SCHOOLS AND DO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE
DECIDE WE DON’T EVER WANT TO SEE
THESE THINGS AGAIN.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
COMPLETELY PREVENT IT STILL
CAPACITIES FOR FEEL BREAKTHROUGH
VARIOUS SECURITY LEVELS.
BUFF THE STEPS THAT WE COULD
TAKE WOULD BE WORTH TAKING.
>> Carley: YEAH.
I WAS THINKING BACK TO MY
PARENTS OF GENERATION AND
GENERATIONS BEFORE THEN.
AND THEY HAD ISSUES.
THEY HAD PROBLEMS.
WHETHER IT’S WORLD WAR II OR THE
GREAT DEPRESSION, I THINK OF
THIS GENERATION, THE FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUE IS MENTAL HEALTH AND
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH DEPRESSION
AND DRUG USE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
MAKEUP OF THESE GUNMEN THAT ARE
GOING TO SCHOOLS OR GROCERY
STORES.
IT IS TYPICALLY TEENAGE BOYS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- YOU
DIDN’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN
YOU WERE GROWING UP.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL MOST OF US
WOULD HAVE DEER RIFLES IN THE
BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND
PARKED ON THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT
AND NOBODY THOUGHT A THING OF
IT.
EVERYBODY HAD GUNS BUT NOBODY
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TURNING THEM
ON THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT
OUR SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES YOU
MENTIONED, CARLEY IS MENTAL
HEALTH.
MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT
STARTS AT HOME.
IT ALSO STARTS WHEN OUR CULTURE
AND OUR SOCIETY UNDERSTANDS WHEN
YOU SEE AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF
KIDS WHO ARE RAISED BY PEOPLE
THAT AREN’T THEIR PARENTS AND
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON’T FEEL
LIKE THEY ARE LOVED, I’M NOT
SAYING THAT EVERY PERSON WHO
COMMITS A CRIME LIKE THIS IS AN
UNWANTED, UNLOVED PERSON, BUT WE
HAVE CREATED AN INCREDIBLE
PSYCHOLOGIC MESS BY HAVING SO
MANY KIDS BEING RAISED WHERE
THEY ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHO THEY
ARE, WHAT MATTERS TO THEM,
WHETHER THEY ARE VALUABLE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU ADD TO THAT
AND MEDICATE A BUNCH OF THEM
WITH HIGH POWERED DRUGS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET.
IT’S TRAGIC.
GOD HELP US ALL FOR CREATING
THIS KIND OF CULTURE.
>> Todd: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO
LET’S END ON A HIGH NOTE.
YOUR DAUGHTER SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS EASILY WINNING THE
PRIMARY FOR ARKANSAS GOVERNOR.
YOUR THOUGHTS, DAD?
>> I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD
NUMBERS LIKE THAT MY GOSH 83
PLUS PERCENT.
PRETTY DOGGONE GOOD.
PROUD OF HER.
PROUD OF ALL MY CHILDREN BUT
SARAH IS ON THE STAGE AND
SPOTLIGHT.
SHE WILL BE A TERRIFIC GOVERNOR
NOT BECAUSE SHE IS MY DAUGHTER
BUT SHE SPENT HER LIFE GENUINELY
CARING ABOUT ISSUES.
I TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH ABOUT
SARAH SHE IS TOUGH AS A TIGER
BUT TENDER AS A MOM.
I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE HER
STRONG SUIT GOING IN AS
GOVERNOR.
>> Carley: THE APP. PELL DOESN’T
FAR FAR FROM THE TREE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON WE