1 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:04,504 >> FUNDING FOR OVERHEARD 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:05,805 WITH EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED 3 00:00:05,805 --> 00:00:08,408 IN PART BY HILLCO PARTNERS, 4 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:10,410 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 5 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:12,045 CONSULTANCY AND ITS GLOBAL 6 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:12,946 HEALTH CARE CONSULTING 7 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:14,247 BUSINESS UNIT, HILLCO 8 00:00:14,247 --> 00:00:14,948 HEALTH. 9 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:18,051 AND BY THE MATTSSON McHALE 10 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:19,652 FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF 11 00:00:19,652 --> 00:00:20,754 PUBLIC TELEVISION. 12 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,956 AND ALSO BY MFI FOUNDATION, 13 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:24,157 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF 14 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,558 LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 15 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:27,360 AND ALSO BY THE ALICE 16 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,162 KLEBERG REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, 17 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:30,463 AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 18 00:00:30,463 --> 00:00:32,465 THANK YOU. 19 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:34,267 >> I'M EVAN SMITH, HE'S THE 20 00:00:34,267 --> 00:00:35,568 59TH MAYOR OF ATLANTA, 21 00:00:35,568 --> 00:00:37,170 GEORGIA AND A RISING STAR IN 22 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:38,071 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 23 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:39,673 HE'S THE HONORABLE KASIM 24 00:00:39,673 --> 00:00:40,273 REED. 25 00:00:40,273 --> 00:01:09,302 THIS IS OVERHEARD. 26 00:01:09,302 --> 00:01:14,507 >> MR. MAYOR, WELCOME. 27 00:01:14,507 --> 00:01:15,709 >> I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 28 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:16,710 >> HONOR TO MEET YOU AND 29 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:17,811 THANKS FOR MAKING TIME TO BE 30 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:18,311 HERE. 31 00:01:18,311 --> 00:01:19,512 >> NO, THE HONOR IS MINE. 32 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:20,413 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF 33 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:22,115 THE ISSUES THAT YOU FACE AS 34 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:23,116 THE MAYOR OF ONE OF THE 35 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:24,017 BIGGEST CITIES IN THE 36 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,218 COUNTRY AND I THOUGHT WE'D 37 00:01:25,218 --> 00:01:26,219 BEGIN WITH WHAT'S ON 38 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,520 EVERYONE'S MIND AND THAT'S 39 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:27,821 GUNS. 40 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:28,221 >> YES. 41 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,422 >> AS THE MAYOR OF A CITY 42 00:01:29,422 --> 00:01:31,224 THAT HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF 43 00:01:31,224 --> 00:01:32,125 VIOLENCE OVER THE YEAR, 44 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:32,726 ALTHOUGH I NOTE THAT 45 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:35,128 FELONIES ARE AT THE LOWEST 46 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:36,730 LEVEL IN ATLANTA SINCE 1969, 47 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:37,831 YOU NONETHELESS APPRECIATE 48 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:38,932 THIS ISSUE IN A WAY THAT 49 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,734 VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO DON'T 50 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:41,735 RUN BIG CITIES DO. 51 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:42,235 >> YES. 52 00:01:42,235 --> 00:01:43,436 >> IN WASHINGTON THEY MAKE 53 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:45,138 PRONOUNCEMENTS ABOUT WHAT TO 54 00:01:45,138 --> 00:01:46,639 DO, AND YOUR ACTUALLY ON THE 55 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:47,040 GROUND. 56 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:47,841 >> I'M ON THE STREETS. 57 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:49,442 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 58 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:50,143 EXPERIENCE IN MAYOR IN 59 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:51,044 DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND 60 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:52,345 THE COMPLEXITY OF IT BEYOND 61 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,646 WHAT WE HEAR EVERYDAY IN THE 62 00:01:53,646 --> 00:01:54,047 PRESS. 63 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:56,049 >> WELL, IT'S HARD. 64 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:57,250 ATLANTA IS AT THE CENTER OF 65 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:59,753 GEORGIA, SO WE HAVE A GREAT 66 00:01:59,753 --> 00:02:00,653 RESPECT FOR THE SECOND 67 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:01,955 AMENDMENT IN ATLANTA AND IN 68 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:02,455 THE STATE. 69 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:03,656 >> A LOT OF HUNTERS IN YOUR 70 00:02:03,656 --> 00:02:04,057 STATE? 71 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:05,058 >> NO QUESTION. 72 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:05,558 >> RIGHT. 73 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:07,060 >> BUT FACT OF THE MATTER IS 74 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:08,661 THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE 75 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:10,663 LIMITS THAT WE FEEL WE ALL 76 00:02:10,663 --> 00:02:12,399 NEED TO ABIDE BY. 77 00:02:12,399 --> 00:02:14,300 AND WHEN YOU ARE MANAGING A 78 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:17,103 MAJOR AMERICAN CITY WITH THE 79 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:18,805 BUSIEST PASSENGER AIRPORT IN 80 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,507 THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO 81 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:21,708 CONSIDER A LOT OF OTHER 82 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,510 THINGS THAT PEOPLE 83 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,111 TRADITIONALLY DON'T HAVE TO 84 00:02:25,111 --> 00:02:25,612 CONSIDER. 85 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:26,212 >> RIGHT. 86 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:29,015 >> I HAVE TO DEFEND AGAINST 87 00:02:29,015 --> 00:02:31,918 FOLKS COMING IN TO OUR 88 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:33,219 AIRPORT AND ENGAGING IN 89 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:34,621 EXTREMELY VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. 90 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:36,923 I'VE GOTTEN A CALL AT 4:30 91 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,324 IN THE MORNING WHEN WE HAD A 92 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:39,726 SERIAL KILLER WHO WAS 93 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:41,428 TRAVELING THROUGH OUR 94 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:41,828 AIRPORT. 95 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:43,129 SO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IF 96 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:45,131 I HAVE A DIFFERENT FEELING 97 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:47,734 ABOUT GUNS AND GUN VIOLENCE 98 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:50,136 BECAUSE WHAT I CARE ABOUT 99 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:51,838 MORE THAN FOLKS THAT MIGHT 100 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:53,740 WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO 101 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:54,941 ASSAULT WEAPONS AND GUNS OF 102 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:57,143 THAT VARIETY, ARE THE WOMEN 103 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:59,145 AND MEN, THE 1900 POLICE 104 00:02:59,145 --> 00:03:00,647 OFFICERS THAT WORK FOR THE 105 00:03:00,647 --> 00:03:01,047 CITY. 106 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:01,548 >> RIGHT. 107 00:03:01,548 --> 00:03:03,149 >> AND MY FEELING REALLY IS 108 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:04,451 DRIVEN BY FACT THAT I DON'T 109 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:06,453 EVER WANT THEM TO ARRIVE ON 110 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:08,455 A SCENE AND BE OUT GUNNED. 111 00:03:08,455 --> 00:03:09,155 >> YEAH. 112 00:03:09,155 --> 00:03:10,457 >> SO I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW 113 00:03:10,457 --> 00:03:12,692 WE HAVE A MOMENT BECAUSE OF 114 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:14,194 NEWTOWN AND I THINK THAT WE 115 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,395 NEED TO MAKE REASONABLE 116 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:15,995 PROGRESS. 117 00:03:15,995 --> 00:03:18,298 AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE 118 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:19,499 NEED TO REMEMBER THAT RONALD 119 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:22,902 REAGAN SUPPORTED MANY OF THE 120 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:24,404 REFORMS THAT WE'RE HAVING A 121 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:25,105 CONVERSATION ABOUT. 122 00:03:25,105 --> 00:03:28,008 IN FACT, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN 123 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:29,609 THE LAST ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN 124 00:03:29,609 --> 00:03:31,511 WAS PASSED HE ACTUALLY 125 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:32,912 LOBBIED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 126 00:03:32,912 --> 00:03:35,815 ON THE 216 TO 214 VOTE FOR 127 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:36,516 PASSAGE. 128 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:37,417 >> FOR PASSAGE. 129 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:38,918 >> AND BUT FOR RONALD REAGAN 130 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:40,020 YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE 131 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:41,921 LAST ASSAULT BAN THAT 132 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:42,522 EXPIRED. 133 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,723 >> UNLESS BETWEEN THIS ISSUE 134 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:45,325 AND AMNESTY ON IMMIGRATION 135 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:47,627 AND RAISING TAXES, I CAN'T 136 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:50,130 BELIEVE RONALD REAGAN WOULD 137 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:51,231 GET ELECTED TODAY WHEN YOU 138 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:52,032 THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIMES 139 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:53,333 THAT REAGAN IS USED AS A 140 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:53,933 COMPARISON. 141 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,636 >> RONALD REAGAN, IF HE 142 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:57,637 HADN'T COME ALONG I DON'T 143 00:03:57,637 --> 00:03:58,438 THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN 144 00:03:58,438 --> 00:03:59,539 PARTY WOULD HAVE HAD THE 145 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:00,940 SURGE THAT IT DID. 146 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:03,643 SO REPUBLICANS, I THINK, 147 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:04,844 OUGHT TO RESPECT RONALD 148 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:06,646 REAGAN AND CERTAINLY LOOK AT 149 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:08,348 SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT HE 150 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,149 SUPPORTED. 151 00:04:09,149 --> 00:04:10,150 AND I THINK THAT HE 152 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:11,384 CERTAINLY SHOULD BE A 153 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:14,287 STANDARD FOR REASONABLENESS 154 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:15,188 WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE 155 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:15,789 OTHER SIDE. 156 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:16,990 >> THE INTERESTING THING 157 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:19,092 ABOUT THE POST-NEWTOWN ERA, 158 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:20,293 MAYOR, IS A HORRIBLE 159 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:21,594 INCIDENT, EVERY ONE OF THOSE 160 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:25,498 DEATHS TRAGIC, BUT BUT FOR 161 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:27,200 THOSE DEATHS WE MAY NOT BE 162 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,001 HAVING SOME CONVERSATION. 163 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:29,202 IT TOOK THAT INCIDENT TO GET 164 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:30,003 US TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING 165 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,004 THAT IN FACT HAS BEEN A 166 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:31,905 PROBLEM LONG BEFORE THAT 167 00:04:31,905 --> 00:04:32,806 INCIDENT. 168 00:04:32,806 --> 00:04:33,807 >> YOU'RE RIGHT. 169 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:35,909 SO THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW 170 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:37,811 MANY MORE HORRIFIC INCIDENTS 171 00:04:37,811 --> 00:04:38,611 HAVE TO OCCUR? 172 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:39,512 >> RIGHT. 173 00:04:39,512 --> 00:04:41,514 >> SO THE INCIDENT INVOLVING 174 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,616 GABBY GIFFORDS IN ARIZONA 175 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:45,318 DIDN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE, BUT 176 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:46,119 WE HAD -- 177 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:47,220 >> THE MOVIE THEATER 178 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:48,922 SHOOTING IN AURORA, 179 00:04:48,922 --> 00:04:49,522 COLORADO. 180 00:04:49,522 --> 00:04:50,523 >> BUT THIS INVOLVED 181 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:51,725 CHILDREN, WHICH I THINK 182 00:04:51,725 --> 00:04:52,826 SPEAKS TO THE CORE OF WHO WE 183 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:53,727 ARE. 184 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:54,728 I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE 185 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:56,730 IS UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT THAT 186 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:58,131 PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN IS 187 00:04:58,131 --> 00:04:59,532 AN ESSENTIAL AND CORE VALUE 188 00:04:59,532 --> 00:05:00,533 OF OUR SOCIETY. 189 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:01,134 >> YEAH. 190 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,036 >> SO IF 20 OF OUR KIDS ARE 191 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:07,941 SHOT REPEATEDLY AND MULTIPLE 192 00:05:07,941 --> 00:05:10,343 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION WERE 193 00:05:10,343 --> 00:05:11,678 USED IN THIS SHOOTING, THEN 194 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:12,979 WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND 195 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,381 TRY TO COME TO SOME COMMON 196 00:05:14,381 --> 00:05:14,681 GROUND. 197 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:15,682 AND THIS IS THE MOMENT. 198 00:05:15,682 --> 00:05:16,583 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 199 00:05:16,583 --> 00:05:16,883 THREE. 200 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:17,984 LET'S GET SPECIFIC AND TALK 201 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:20,387 ABOUT THE THREE PRINCIPAL 202 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:21,488 REFORMS THAT ARE BEING 203 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:22,889 DISCUSSED AND LET ME ASK YOU 204 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:25,592 TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. 205 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:26,893 FIRST OF ALL, UNIVERSAL 206 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:27,894 BACKGROUND CHECKS. 207 00:05:27,894 --> 00:05:28,895 >> NO QUESTION. 208 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:30,797 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 209 00:05:30,797 --> 00:05:32,599 OUGHT TO BE A NO BRAINER. 210 00:05:32,599 --> 00:05:33,500 AND I THINK THAT FACT THAT 211 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:35,402 OUR FRIENDS AT THE NRA ARE 212 00:05:35,402 --> 00:05:37,203 NOW OPPOSING UNIVERSAL 213 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:38,405 BACKGROUND CHECKS AFTER 214 00:05:38,405 --> 00:05:42,108 HAVING A VIDEO, MR. LA 215 00:05:42,108 --> 00:05:46,413 PIERRE SUPPORTING THEM, I 216 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:47,914 THINK IT'S ASTOUNDING AND 217 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,015 POINTS OUT THAT THEIR 218 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:50,417 POSITION IS NOT TO GIVE ANY 219 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:51,017 GROUND ON ANYTHING. 220 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,018 >> I THINK THEY WOULD SAY 221 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,620 THAT MR. MAYOR WE'LL SUPPORT 222 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:55,221 EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS, 223 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:56,122 BUT WHEN IT GETS TO PERSON 224 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:58,024 TO PERSON SALES OR I'M A DAD 225 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,225 AND I WANT TO PASS MY DAD ON 226 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:01,027 TO MY SON, THEY'RE NOT FOR 227 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:01,528 THAT. 228 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:02,629 THEY'RE NOT FOR BACKGROUND 229 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:03,830 CHECKS IN THAT CASE AND WE 230 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:05,532 DON'T WANT THERE TO BE 231 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:06,332 RECORD KEEPING THAT WOULD 232 00:06:06,332 --> 00:06:07,133 ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO 233 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:08,234 ESSENTIALLY REGISTER EVERY 234 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:08,735 FIREARM. 235 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:10,036 >> I WOULD PUSH BACK ON THAT 236 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:11,171 AND SAY TWO THINGS. 237 00:06:11,171 --> 00:06:13,173 ONE, THAT IS A DELAY TACTIC. 238 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:15,175 AND TWO, THAT GUTS THE BILL. 239 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:16,776 IT'S WHAT WE USED TO CALL A 240 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:17,977 CATFISH AMENDMENT. 241 00:06:17,977 --> 00:06:20,080 IF I CAN CONVEY IT TO MY SON 242 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,681 I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. 243 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:23,083 WHAT IS THE MENTAL STATUS OF 244 00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:23,883 OUR SON? 245 00:06:23,883 --> 00:06:27,087 THE WEAPONS IN NEWTOWN I 246 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:29,989 BELIEVE WERE FAMILY WEAPONS, 247 00:06:29,989 --> 00:06:30,790 WEAPONS THAT WERE IN A 248 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:32,292 FAMILY HOME. 249 00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:34,794 SO I THINK THAT ONE THAT IS 250 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:36,196 A DELAY TACK TAKE. 251 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:38,198 THE NRA KNOWS THAT EVERYDAY 252 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:39,399 THAT THEY DELAY SIGNIFICANT 253 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,800 ACTION THE WEAKER THE 254 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:41,901 ULTIMATE BILL IS GOING TO 255 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:44,404 BE, AND THEN TWO, THE NOTION 256 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:46,406 THAT THE BACKGROUND CHECKS 257 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:48,308 SHOULDN'T BE UNIVERSAL AND 258 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:49,909 CARRY EVERYONE IS A SCARE 259 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:51,711 TACTIC AND GOES TO THIS 260 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:53,113 NOTION THAT WE WANT TO FIND 261 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:54,414 OUT WHERE THE GUNS ARE SO 262 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:55,715 THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN GO 263 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:57,117 EVEN FURTHER AND LATER COME 264 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:58,018 AND GET THEM. 265 00:06:58,018 --> 00:06:59,019 BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I 266 00:06:59,019 --> 00:06:59,819 CARE ABOUT? 267 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:02,122 I CARE ABOUT REMOVING 268 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:03,623 ASSAULT AND ASSAULT STYLE 269 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:04,524 WEAPONS BECAUSE I JUST 270 00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:05,825 BELIEVE THAT POLICE 271 00:07:05,825 --> 00:07:06,626 SHOULDN'T ARRIVE ON THE 272 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:09,729 SCENE, WOMEN AND MEN, OUT 273 00:07:09,729 --> 00:07:10,330 GUNNED. 274 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:11,865 I BELIEVE THAT. 275 00:07:11,865 --> 00:07:12,665 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY 276 00:07:12,665 --> 00:07:14,668 NEEDS MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS, 277 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:16,169 WHICH THE NRA OUGHT TO 278 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:16,870 SUPPORT. 279 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:18,672 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO COME 280 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:19,773 OUT BLAZING YOU WILL HAVE TO 281 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:20,974 BUY SOME MORE GUNS. 282 00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:21,574 >> RIGHT. 283 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:22,676 RATHER THAN MORE MAGAZINES. 284 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:24,077 >> SO YOU WON'T HAVE 100 285 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,178 ROUND MAGAZINES, SO PERHAPS 286 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,579 YOU WILL HAVE TO GO -- 287 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:27,180 >> SO YOU HAVE ANSWERED 288 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,582 MYANY NEXT TWO QUESTIONS. 289 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:33,086 ON THE HIGH CAPACITY 290 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:33,987 MAGAZINE BAN, YOU'RE FOR 291 00:07:33,987 --> 00:07:34,287 THAT. 292 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,890 >> I'M FOR LIMITING IT TO 10 293 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:38,692 CARTRIDGES, 10 ROUND 294 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:40,293 CARTRIDGES OR LESS. 295 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:41,194 >> YOU UNDERSTAND 296 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:42,395 POLITICALLY THE UNIVERSAL 297 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:44,197 BACKGROUND CHECK MAY IN SOME 298 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:44,898 VERSION PASS. 299 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:50,103 THERE'S A BIPARTISAN 300 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:52,906 VERSION, BUT THE OTHER TWO,, 301 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:53,907 THOSE THINGS MAY HAVE 302 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:54,708 POLITICALLY VERY LITTLE 303 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:55,809 CHANCE OF PASSING. 304 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:57,110 >> WE'LL GET UP OR DOWN 305 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:57,510 VOTES. 306 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:58,611 AND THE REASON YOU'RE GOING 307 00:07:58,611 --> 00:08:02,816 TO GET THE GUN VIOLENCE BILL 308 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:03,917 IS GOING TO GO TO THE FLOOR 309 00:08:03,917 --> 00:08:04,617 OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 310 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:06,019 AND YOU WILL HAVE UP OR DOWN 311 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:07,220 VOTES AND YOU WILL HAVE REAL 312 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:08,621 ACCOUNTABILITY. 313 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:10,023 NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT 314 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:12,158 VOTE IS ONCE YOU HAVE A 315 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,260 ANOTHER TRAGEDY, YOU'RE 316 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:15,762 GOING TO HAVE A VOTE THAT'S 317 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:18,365 GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HARD 318 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:20,166 BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 319 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,368 ARE MOVING ON THIS ISSUE. 320 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:21,868 >> YEP. 321 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:22,869 >> AND WE'RE ALREADY 322 00:08:22,869 --> 00:08:23,370 SEEING -- 323 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:25,071 >> THE POLLS ARE ACTUALLY 324 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:27,674 LEADING THE POLITICIANS. 325 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:30,577 >> WE'VE NOW MOVED TO 55% OR 326 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:32,178 MORE ON ALL THREE OF THE 327 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,581 ISSUES THAT I JUST LAID OUT, 328 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:36,383 WHICH MAKES A POLITICIAN 329 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:37,484 THAT CARES ABOUT THEIR 330 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:39,185 FUTURE HAVE TO BE MORE 331 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:39,986 THOUGHTFUL. 332 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:41,688 SO DO WE GET IT ALL RIGHT 333 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:42,989 NOW? 334 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:43,490 I DON'T KNOW. 335 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:45,792 BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT 336 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:46,793 IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF 337 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,194 THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHERE 338 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:50,196 YOUR MEMBER STANDS. 339 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:52,499 AND TO HAVE A DEFINITE VOTE 340 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:53,700 SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A 341 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,403 TRAGEDY LIKE THIS IT'S 342 00:08:56,403 --> 00:09:02,108 EASILY VERIFIABLE WHERE YOUR 343 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:03,109 MEMBER STOOD AND I THINK 344 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:04,611 THAT WILL MOVE THE 345 00:09:04,611 --> 00:09:05,512 CONVERSATION AROUND GUN 346 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:06,613 VIOLENCE DRAMATICALLY. 347 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:08,314 >> LET'S TAKE BACK TO THE 348 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:08,815 ATLANTA STORY. 349 00:09:08,815 --> 00:09:10,316 AS WE SAID EARLIER, THE 350 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:11,751 LOWEST NUMBER OF FELONIES IN 351 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:12,952 2012 IN ANY YEAR IN ATLANTA 352 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:13,953 SINCE 1969. 353 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:14,554 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 354 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:15,055 >> IS THAT CORRECT? 355 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:15,455 >> YES. 356 00:09:15,455 --> 00:09:16,656 >> HOW DID YOU DO IT? 357 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:18,358 >> I DID IT BY CARING ABOUT 358 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:20,460 IT, WAKING UP EVERY SINGLE 359 00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:21,561 DAY THINKING ABOUT IT AND 360 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:22,962 PUTTING MY MONEY WHERE MY 361 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:23,763 MOUTH IS. 362 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:25,665 SO I'VE HIRED 700 POLICE 363 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:28,368 OFFICERS IN 36 MONTHS. 364 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:29,569 CRIME REDUCTION REALLY IS 365 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:31,871 NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 366 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:34,874 YOU CHOOSE WHERE YOU'RE 367 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:35,975 GOING TO PUT YOUR RESOURCES 368 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:36,776 AND I DON'T THINK THAT I 369 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,978 HAVE A MORE SACRED JOB THAN 370 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:40,980 MAKING SURE THAN IF YOU LIVE 371 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:41,881 IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA YOU 372 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:43,483 GET HOME SAFELY AND THAT IF 373 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:44,584 YOU VISIT THE CITY OF 374 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:45,985 ATLANTA YOU LEAVE SAFELY. 375 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:46,786 I DON'T THINK I HAVE A 376 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:48,188 BIGGER JOB THAN THAT. 377 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:50,190 SO WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT 378 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:51,891 I HAD TO CUT OTHER AREAS OF 379 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,394 GOVERNMENT TO FOCUS ON THIS 380 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:56,096 POOR PRIORITY. 381 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,497 AND I LIVE IT AND I BREATHE 382 00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:59,399 IT AND I WATCH IT EVERY 383 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:02,402 SINGLE DAY BECAUSE I KNOW, I 384 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:05,105 KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT 385 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,606 SOMEBODY IS GETTING HOME TO 386 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:09,209 THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE OF MY 387 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:09,509 BEHAVIOR. 388 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:10,010 >> YES. 389 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,044 >> THERE WERE 85 PEOPLE 390 00:10:11,044 --> 00:10:11,945 MURDERED IN THE CITY OF 391 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:16,549 ATLANTA IN 2012. 392 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:17,851 THERE HAVE BEEN AS MANY AS 393 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:20,053 200, 210, 220 PEOPLE 394 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:22,155 MURDERED IN THE CITY THAT I 395 00:10:22,155 --> 00:10:23,957 HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. 396 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:26,159 SO WE'VE BUILT THE BIGGEST 397 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:27,360 POLICE FORCE IN THE HISTORY 398 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,661 OF THE CITY, THE LARGEST 399 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:29,763 POLICE FORCE IN THE STATE. 400 00:10:29,763 --> 00:10:31,164 WE HAVE ADDED VIDEO 401 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:32,665 TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT IS 402 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:34,267 UNPRECEDENTED IN THE CITY OF 403 00:10:34,267 --> 00:10:39,072 ATLANTA. 404 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:40,874 WE USE ALL OF THE MODERN 405 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:42,776 TECHNIQUES INCLUDING CITY 406 00:10:42,776 --> 00:10:44,978 STATS AND THINGS THAT ARE 407 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,179 POPULAR IN CITIES AROUND THE 408 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,380 UNITED STATES AND WE WORK AT 409 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:49,082 IT WITH UNCEASING VIGILANCE 410 00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:49,983 AND DEVOTION. 411 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:50,884 >> AMAZING. 412 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:53,286 IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR -- 85 413 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:54,487 IS 85 TOO MANY. 414 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:56,189 TO THINK OF A CITY THE SIZE 415 00:10:56,189 --> 00:10:57,390 OF ATLANTA WITH THE HISTORY 416 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,793 THAT ATLANTA HAS HAD, 85 IS 417 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:03,496 REALLY AN UNBELIEVABLY LOW 418 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:03,797 NUMBER. 419 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:07,400 >> AND I ALSO BELIEVE THIS. 420 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,301 I BELIEVE IT'S GOOD 421 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:08,601 BUSINESS. 422 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:10,103 WHEN I TOOK OVER IN JANUARY 423 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:11,604 OF 2010, WE WERE IN THE 424 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,206 TEETH OF THE WORST ECONOMY 425 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:14,107 IN 80 YEARS. 426 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:16,810 SO IF WE HAD VIOLENCE 427 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:17,911 SURGING AT THE EXACT TIME 428 00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:21,815 WHEN WE WERE AT OUR WEAKEST 429 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:23,416 IT REALLY WOULD HAVE DAMAGED 430 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,417 THE BRAND THAT CREATED THE 431 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:25,418 CITY OF ATLANTA THAT PEOPLE 432 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:25,719 KNOW. 433 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,020 >> TO THAT POINT, MR. MAYOR, 434 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:28,021 AND YOU MENTIONED AND YOU 435 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:30,023 AGREE THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO 436 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:31,324 HIRE 700 NEW POLICE. 437 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:32,625 HOW DID YOU AFFORD IT? 438 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:34,027 HOW DID YOU PAY FOR IT? 439 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:35,028 >> WE DID A NUMBER OF 440 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:35,328 THINGS. 441 00:11:35,328 --> 00:11:37,030 FIRST OF ALL WE HAD A 442 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,331 BILLION AND A HALF UNFUNDED 443 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:39,532 PENSION LIABILITY THAT WAS 444 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:42,035 ABSORBING BETWEEN 15 TO 20% 445 00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,536 OF CASHIER OVER YEAR. 446 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,839 SO I DID WHAT ALL SANE 447 00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:47,540 PEOPLE WOULD DO. 448 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:48,942 IF SOMETHING IS ABSORBING 449 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:49,943 ALMOST ONE OUT OF FIVE 450 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,244 DOLLARS THAT COMES IN THE 451 00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:52,545 DOOR, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH 452 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:53,146 THAT PROBLEM. 453 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:54,347 BUT I DIDN'T DO IT BY 454 00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:55,548 BASHING OUR WORKFORCE OR 455 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,450 BASHING UNIONS. 456 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,352 I DID DOZENS OF MEETINGS 457 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:01,054 WITH EMPLOYEES WHERE I 458 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,856 EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY WAS 459 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:05,358 MOVING TOWARDS INSOLVENCY. 460 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:08,361 AND I PERSUADED THE ATLANTA 461 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:11,498 CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AND 462 00:12:11,498 --> 00:12:12,699 EVERY SINGLE UNION IN THE 463 00:12:12,699 --> 00:12:14,300 CITY TO VOTE FOR THE MOST 464 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,802 SWEEPING REFORMS FOR 465 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:16,503 PENSIONS IN THE UNITED 466 00:12:16,503 --> 00:12:17,804 STATES. 467 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:18,805 CERTAINLY AMONG THE MOST 468 00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:19,305 SWEEPING. 469 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:20,807 >> AND YOU HAD BUY IN FROM 470 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:22,409 THE UNIONS EVENTUALLY? 471 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:23,610 >> NO QUESTION. 472 00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:25,412 THOSE CHANGES YIELDED 473 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:26,813 BETWEEN 25 AND 32 MILLION A 474 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:29,315 YEAR, SO IT'S 270 MILLION 475 00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:31,317 OVER 10 YEARS. 476 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:33,520 500 MILLION OVER 30 OR THE 477 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:34,721 SAVINGS FROM THE REFORMS WE 478 00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:35,822 IMPLEMENTED AROUND OUR 479 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:36,623 PENSION. 480 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:39,025 WE TOOK THAT CASH AND THAT'S 481 00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:40,226 THE MONEY THAT WE USED TO 482 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:40,927 ADD -- 483 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:42,529 >> THE POLICE. 484 00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:43,630 >> TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL 485 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:44,330 POLICE OFFICERS. 486 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:45,532 AND WE ALSO STOPPED HAVING 487 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:46,633 TO FIRE OUR EMPLOYEES. 488 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,636 SO THE BUDGET HAS 489 00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:50,737 STABILIZED. 490 00:12:50,737 --> 00:12:51,838 WE'VE HAD THREE YEARS OF 491 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,540 BALANCED BUDGET. 492 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:55,542 OUR CREDIT RATING WAS JUST 493 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:56,343 IMPROVED. 494 00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:58,144 AND WE'VE GROWN OUR CASH 495 00:12:58,144 --> 00:13:00,246 RESERVES FROM 7.4 MILLION 496 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:02,248 WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR 36 497 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,851 MONTHS AGO TO 126 MILLION 498 00:13:04,851 --> 00:13:07,354 AUDITED BY KP AND G IN 36 499 00:13:07,354 --> 00:13:07,754 MONTHS. 500 00:13:07,754 --> 00:13:08,855 >> AFTER JUST THREE YEARS. 501 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:10,457 >> SO WE'RE GROWING CASH 502 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:12,092 FASTER THAN WE HAVE AT ANY 503 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:12,592 OTHER TIME. 504 00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:13,493 >> TWO OTHER ISSUES, 505 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,095 MR. MAYOR, THAT ARE OF 506 00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:19,199 CONSEQUENCE TO PEOPLE IN 507 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:20,000 YOUR POSITION, PEOPLE WHO 508 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,801 RUN BIG CITIES AND POVERTY. 509 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:22,602 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR 510 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:23,203 EXPERIENCE ON PUBLIC 511 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:24,204 EDUCATION ON THE ONE HAND 512 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:25,105 AND DEALING WITH THE POVERTY 513 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:26,306 ISSUE WHICH I KNOW HAS ALSO 514 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,707 BEEN ONE THAT HASN'T HAS 515 00:13:27,707 --> 00:13:28,808 DEALT WITH FOR A LONG TIME 516 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:29,309 ON THE OTHER. 517 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:30,710 >> PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN 518 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,012 TERRIBLE BECAUSE WHEN I 519 00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:33,313 BECAME MAYOR WE WERE IN THE 520 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:34,714 MIDDLE OF THE WORST CHEATING 521 00:13:34,714 --> 00:13:36,016 SCANDAL IN THE UNITED STATES 522 00:13:36,016 --> 00:13:36,716 OF AMERICA. 523 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:37,417 >> INDEED. 524 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:39,119 >> SO IT WAS AWFUL. 525 00:13:39,119 --> 00:13:41,321 THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 526 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,422 OWE THE DAY THAT WE STARTED 527 00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:43,523 REALLY GETTING THE RESULTS 528 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:44,824 OF THE CHEATING SCANDAL, 529 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:45,625 PROBABLY ONE OF THE THREE 530 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:47,027 WORST DAYS I'VE HAD IN 531 00:13:47,027 --> 00:13:47,827 OFFICE. 532 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,329 SO I HAD TO DO A NUMBER OF 533 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:49,829 THINGS. 534 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,131 FIRST, I DON'T HAVE 535 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:52,832 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 536 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:53,733 SCHOOL SYSTEM. 537 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,435 IT'S INDEPENDENT IN THE CITY 538 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:56,236 OF ATLANTA. 539 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,138 SO EVERYTHING THAT I DO I DO 540 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,140 THROUGH THE FORCE OF MY 541 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:01,341 OFFICE AND FROM THE BULLY 542 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:02,242 PULPIT. 543 00:14:02,242 --> 00:14:04,544 BUT WE HAD A CHAIR OF THE 544 00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:06,946 SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAD TO GO. 545 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:08,648 SO I HAD TO PERSUADE HIM TO 546 00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:10,350 LEAVE. 547 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:11,685 I SUPPORTED A BILL THAT GAVE 548 00:14:11,685 --> 00:14:12,786 THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 549 00:14:12,786 --> 00:14:14,187 THE POWER TO REMOVE THE 550 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:16,089 SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT WE 551 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:17,290 COULD IMPLEMENT A NUMBER OF 552 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:18,391 REFORMS. 553 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:20,193 I RECRUITED A GENTLEMAN 554 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,996 ALONG WITH PAUL BOWERS, A 555 00:14:22,996 --> 00:14:23,997 GENTLEMAN THAT HAD BEEN A 556 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:26,099 CEO OF A FORTUNE 1,000 557 00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:26,399 COMPANY. 558 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:27,300 HE HAD ALSO BEEN THE 559 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:28,702 CHANCELLOR OF HIGHER 560 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:29,502 EDUCATION FOR THE STATE. 561 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,304 HE STOPPED BEING THE CHANCER 562 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:32,105 ON A THURSDAY. 563 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:34,007 HE WAS AT APS ON A MONDAY. 564 00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:36,810 OUR SYSTEM WAS ON PROBATION. 565 00:14:36,810 --> 00:14:39,012 SO THROUGH THESE REFORMS WE 566 00:14:39,012 --> 00:14:40,613 WERE ABLE TO COME OFF OF 567 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:41,915 PROBATION. 568 00:14:41,915 --> 00:14:43,817 NOW WE HAVE TRIAGED THE 569 00:14:43,817 --> 00:14:45,518 PATIENT, DESTABILIZED THE 570 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:46,219 SYSTEM. 571 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,420 AND THE NEXT STEP I BELIEVE 572 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:48,922 IS RADICAL REFORM. 573 00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:50,223 >> WHAT DO YOU DO? 574 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,225 I KNOW YOU SAY YOU DON'T 575 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:53,226 CONTROL THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU 576 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:53,927 WILL HAVE THE INFLUENCE OVER 577 00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:54,828 THE PEOPLE WHO DO. 578 00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:57,330 >> FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING 579 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,932 TO GO AND RECRUIT A NEW 580 00:14:58,932 --> 00:15:00,133 SUPERINTENDENT LIKE YOU ALL 581 00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:01,935 WOULD RECRUIT A HEAD COACH 582 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:02,535 FOR U.T. 583 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:03,036 >> RIGHT. 584 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:03,937 >> THAT'S HOW -- 585 00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:07,340 >> ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT 586 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:08,341 MACK BROWN SHOULD BE FIRED. 587 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:09,943 >> NO. 588 00:15:09,943 --> 00:15:11,277 >> THE POINT I'M MAKING IS 589 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,278 WE HAVEN'T BEEN -- WE 590 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:13,580 HAVEN'T BEEN RECRUITING 591 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:14,280 SUPERINTENDENTS LIKE YOU 592 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,982 WOULD IF YOU WANTED A STAR. 593 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:16,483 >> RIGHT. 594 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:17,684 >> AND THE SUPERINTENDENT 595 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:19,586 THAT WE NEED IN ATLANTA IS 596 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:20,587 IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS 597 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:21,688 GOING TO APPLY. 598 00:15:21,688 --> 00:15:23,390 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS 599 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:25,392 I'M GOING TO GET ON A PLANE 600 00:15:25,392 --> 00:15:26,593 OR I'M GOING TO GO TO 601 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,294 WHATEVER COMMUNITY THAT HAS 602 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:30,096 THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT, 603 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:31,598 THAT'S PROBABLY GOT SIX OR 604 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:32,899 SEVEN YEARS LEFT IN THEIR 605 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:34,401 CAREER, AND WANTS ONE MORE 606 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:35,201 CHALLENGE. 607 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:37,103 AND I'M GOING TO GO RECRUIT 608 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:38,204 THEM WITH A VERY BIG 609 00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:38,705 CHECKBOOK. 610 00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:39,806 >> BUT AS YOU SAY, 611 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:40,907 MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE NOT IN 612 00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:41,608 CHARGE OF THE SCHOOLS. 613 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,810 >> BUT I'M PERSUASIVE. 614 00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:44,210 [LAUGHTER] 615 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:45,812 >> I SEE THAT. 616 00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:47,414 >> THE ANSWER IS EASY. 617 00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:49,916 >> YOU WILL BOTH PERSUADE A 618 00:15:49,916 --> 00:15:50,617 SUPERINTENDENT TO COME AND 619 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,218 THEN YOU WILL PERSUADE THE 620 00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:52,919 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR 621 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:53,720 HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO 622 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,421 HIRE THAT PERSON. 623 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:54,921 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 624 00:15:54,921 --> 00:15:55,822 >> YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY 625 00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:57,724 INSERTING YOURSELF, NOT THAT 626 00:15:57,724 --> 00:15:59,125 IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, YOU WILL 627 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:00,226 PUT YOURSELF INTO THE MIDDLE 628 00:16:00,226 --> 00:16:00,727 OF ALL THIS. 629 00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:01,928 >> I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY 630 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:03,329 THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. 631 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:04,531 >> HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT 632 00:16:04,531 --> 00:16:04,831 THAT? 633 00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:05,331 >> I DON'T KNOW. 634 00:16:05,331 --> 00:16:06,633 >> YOU ALSO SEEM NOT TO 635 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:06,933 CARE. 636 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:07,934 >> I CARE ABOUT THEM. 637 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:09,135 >> YOU SEEM NOT TO CARE IF 638 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,136 THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT 639 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:10,737 YOU IN THERE. 640 00:16:10,737 --> 00:16:11,771 >> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE 641 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:12,072 GOING. 642 00:16:12,072 --> 00:16:13,073 WHERE WE'RE GOING IS I'VE 643 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:14,474 GOT A WONDERFUL CORPORATE 644 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:15,675 COMMUNITY. 645 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:17,077 THEY'RE PREPARED TO STEP UP 646 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:19,379 AND PAY A DISPROPORTIONATE 647 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:20,980 SALARY TO ATTRACT SOMEBODY 648 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:21,381 SPECIAL. 649 00:16:21,381 --> 00:16:23,283 >> HIRE A STAR. 650 00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:24,884 >> WE WANT TO HIRE A STAR, 651 00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:25,685 WE WANT TO PAY THEM. 652 00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:26,986 I THINK IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO 653 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,188 HAS FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS 654 00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:29,289 LEFT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO 655 00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:30,690 DOUBLE WHAT THEY'RE EARNING 656 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,192 WHEREVER THEY ARE. 657 00:16:32,192 --> 00:16:33,193 I'M PREPARED TO DO THAT. 658 00:16:33,193 --> 00:16:35,895 >> THAT COULD BE A GOOD ADD. 659 00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:36,996 >> THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING IT 660 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,398 ALL OUT. 661 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:39,499 I'M GOING TO DOUBLE WHAT IT 662 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:40,700 IS AND THEN I THINK THE 663 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:41,701 SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO 664 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:42,202 COME ALONG. 665 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:42,902 >> THAT'S GREAT. 666 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:44,504 TELL ME ABOUT POVERTY IN THE 667 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:45,705 CITY OF ATLANTA. 668 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,807 VERY SERIOUS ISSUE TO DEAL 669 00:16:47,807 --> 00:16:48,308 WITH. 670 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:49,309 >> POVERTY WE'RE MAKING 671 00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:49,709 PROGRESS ON. 672 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,311 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN A 673 00:16:51,311 --> 00:16:52,312 CRISIS IT TAKES YOU SOME 674 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:53,713 TIME TO GET YOUR FISCAL 675 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:54,614 HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE YOU 676 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:57,117 CAN REALLY START FOCUSING ON 677 00:16:57,117 --> 00:16:58,318 CORE ISSUES, ISSUES RELATED 678 00:16:58,318 --> 00:16:59,219 TO POOR PEOPLE. 679 00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:01,821 SO WE'RE NOW AT THAT PLACE. 680 00:17:01,821 --> 00:17:02,822 THE CITY OF ATLANTA WAS ONE 681 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:05,125 OF FIVE CITIES THAT WON A 682 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,727 BLOOMBURG INNOVATION 683 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:08,328 DELIVERY GRANT. 684 00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:10,230 WE GOT A GRANT FROM MAYOR 685 00:17:10,230 --> 00:17:11,364 BLOOMBURG AND WE'RE SPENDING 686 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:12,966 ALL OF THAT TIME DEVELOPING 687 00:17:12,966 --> 00:17:15,468 BASELINE DATA FOR OUR 688 00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:16,569 POVERTY INITIATIVE. 689 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:17,570 SO FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE 690 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,072 SPECIFIC, WE JUST SENT OUT 691 00:17:19,072 --> 00:17:21,975 190 VOLUNTEERS WHO WENT OUT 692 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:24,377 AND INTERVIEWED 690 HOMELESS 693 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:26,079 PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT 694 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:27,681 EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN 695 00:17:27,681 --> 00:17:29,983 THEIR LIVES AND KNOW WHO AND 696 00:17:29,983 --> 00:17:32,786 WHERE THEY ARE. 697 00:17:32,786 --> 00:17:33,887 WE ARE MOVING VERY 698 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:35,789 AGGRESSIVELY IN HOUSING 699 00:17:35,789 --> 00:17:36,990 HOMELESS VETERANS. 700 00:17:36,990 --> 00:17:38,391 SO WHEN THE PRESIDENT ISSUED 701 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:40,093 A CHALLENGE TO CITIES ACROSS 702 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:42,295 AMERICA TO HOUSE 100 703 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:44,597 VETERANS IN 100 DAYS, WE 704 00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:46,700 HOUSED 114. 705 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:47,701 WE WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE 706 00:17:47,701 --> 00:17:48,902 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 707 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:52,105 WE HAVE NOW HOUSED 300 708 00:17:52,105 --> 00:17:53,907 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 709 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:54,207 VETERANS. 710 00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:56,710 SO IF YOU FOCUS ON 711 00:17:56,710 --> 00:17:58,211 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 712 00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:58,812 VETERANS, THERE ARE 713 00:17:58,812 --> 00:18:00,814 WRAPAROUND HOMELESS SERVICES 714 00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:01,514 FOR OUR VETERANS. 715 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:02,615 BUT IF YOU DEAL WITH THAT 716 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:03,416 POPULATION YOU'RE DEALING 717 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,819 WITH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 718 00:18:05,819 --> 00:18:06,519 CHUNK OF THE PROBLEM. 719 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:07,721 SO WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON 720 00:18:07,721 --> 00:18:09,122 RIGHT NOW ARE 1400 PEOPLE 721 00:18:09,122 --> 00:18:10,824 WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 722 00:18:10,824 --> 00:18:11,958 IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA. 723 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:13,660 WE'RE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. 724 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:16,363 WE HAVE BEST IN CLASS TALENT 725 00:18:16,363 --> 00:18:17,564 THANKS TO THE BLOOMBURG 726 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:18,365 DELIVERY GRANT. 727 00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:19,766 WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ON THE 728 00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:20,066 CHEAP. 729 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,968 WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT AND 730 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:23,069 HIRE THE MOST COMPETENT 731 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:26,573 PEOPLE IN SPACE AND FULLY 732 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:27,574 SOURCE THEM AS OPPOSED TO 733 00:18:27,574 --> 00:18:28,975 DOING IT IN A SHOESTRING 734 00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:29,876 FASHION, WHICH IS THE WAY 735 00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:31,678 THAT HOMELESSNESS IS OFTEN 736 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:31,978 DEALT WITH. 737 00:18:31,978 --> 00:18:33,680 >> THAT'S A GREAT STORY AND 738 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,081 HOPEFUL, BUT THAT'S 739 00:18:35,081 --> 00:18:35,882 PROGRAMMATIC. 740 00:18:35,882 --> 00:18:37,484 I'M TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMIC. 741 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:39,386 WHAT DO YOU DO A SYSTEMIC 742 00:18:39,386 --> 00:18:40,587 BASIS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 743 00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:41,788 GOING FORWARD SO THAT THE 744 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:42,689 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 745 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:43,690 POVERTY IN YOUR CITY BELOW 746 00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:44,891 THE POVERTY LINE GOES DOWN 747 00:18:44,891 --> 00:18:45,592 OVER TIME? 748 00:18:45,592 --> 00:18:46,493 >> I THINK THERE ARE A 749 00:18:46,493 --> 00:18:47,394 NUMBER OF THINGS. 750 00:18:47,394 --> 00:18:49,195 I THINK THAT YOU IMPROVE THE 751 00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:51,698 ARRAY OF JOBS IN YOUR CITY. 752 00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:53,600 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS 753 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,602 HAPPENING TO CITIES IS NOT 754 00:18:55,602 --> 00:18:57,303 PROBLEMS WITH RACE, BUT 755 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,505 PROBLEMS WITH CLASS. 756 00:18:58,505 --> 00:19:00,507 I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING TO A 757 00:19:00,507 --> 00:19:01,908 POINT WHERE THE ONLY PEOPLE 758 00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:02,709 THAT ARE LIVING IN CITIES 759 00:19:02,709 --> 00:19:04,110 ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD 760 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,211 TO. 761 00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:06,713 THE WAY THAT YOU FIGHT BACK 762 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:09,215 AT THAT IS TO PROVIDE AN 763 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:11,151 ARRAY OF JOBS. 764 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:12,252 THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC 765 00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:14,154 GENERATOR IN THE SOUTH IS 766 00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:15,955 HARTFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT, 767 00:19:15,955 --> 00:19:17,057 WHICH I CONTROL. 768 00:19:17,057 --> 00:19:19,559 SO SINCE JANUARY WE'VE HIRED 769 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,061 1700 PEOPLE IN EXACTLY THE 770 00:19:21,061 --> 00:19:22,162 KIND OF POSITIONS THAT 771 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:23,363 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 772 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:24,964 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M 773 00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:26,866 DOING IS TO MOVE THE CITY IN 774 00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:29,469 TO AIR CARGO IN A MAJOR WAY. 775 00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:29,969 >> YEP. 776 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:32,572 >> WELL, AIR CARGO IS NOT 777 00:19:32,572 --> 00:19:33,473 VERY PROFITABLE FOR THE 778 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:35,475 AIRPORT, BUT IT DOES CREATE 779 00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:37,777 THAT ARRAY OF JOBS THAT I'M 780 00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:38,678 TALKING ABOUT. 781 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:39,979 THE OTHER THING I'VE DONE IS 782 00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:41,481 WORKED WITH THE REPUBLICAN 783 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:42,982 GOVERNOR ON A CONSTANT BASIS 784 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:44,884 TO DEEPEN THE PORT OF 785 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:46,386 SAVANNAH SO THAT IT'S READY 786 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:49,789 FOR PANDEMIC SHIFTS IN 2014, 787 00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:51,591 2015, 2016. 788 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:53,093 THAT DOESN'T SOUND SEXY, BUT 789 00:19:53,093 --> 00:19:54,494 THE JOBS THAT COME FROM 790 00:19:54,494 --> 00:19:56,396 UNLOADING SHIPS THAT ARE 791 00:19:56,396 --> 00:19:58,098 THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE 792 00:19:58,098 --> 00:20:00,600 OLD SHIPS GENERATES THOSE 793 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,102 KIND OF WORKING CLASS JOBS. 794 00:20:02,102 --> 00:20:04,204 SO I DON'T JUST GET EXCITED 795 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:05,905 ABOUT THE 70,000 OR THE 796 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:08,208 80,000-DOLLAR JOB PLACEMENT, 797 00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:10,010 I WORK JUST AS HARD TO 798 00:20:10,010 --> 00:20:12,746 CREATE AN ARRAY OF JOBS 799 00:20:12,746 --> 00:20:14,047 ACROSS THE CATEGORIES. 800 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:15,048 THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING AS 801 00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:15,448 MAYOR. 802 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:16,750 >> MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A FEW 803 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:17,350 MINUTES LEFT. 804 00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:18,251 I'M HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT 805 00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:19,753 WORKING WITH A REPUBLICAN 806 00:20:19,753 --> 00:20:21,755 GOVERNOR, EDUCATION REFORM, 807 00:20:21,755 --> 00:20:23,456 DEALING WITH POVERTY, 808 00:20:23,456 --> 00:20:24,758 REDUCING CRIME. 809 00:20:24,758 --> 00:20:28,261 WHY ARE YOU NOT RUNNING FOR 810 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:29,963 THE SENATE SEAT? 811 00:20:29,963 --> 00:20:31,564 I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT 812 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,265 GOING TO RUN. 813 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:35,268 PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EYES ON 814 00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:37,170 YOU ZOOMING THAT OF ALL THE 815 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:39,172 DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE THEY 816 00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:39,973 THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST 817 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:40,974 CHANCE OF RISING TO THE 818 00:20:40,974 --> 00:20:41,775 OFFICE OF UNITED STATES 819 00:20:41,775 --> 00:20:42,976 SENATOR OR OF GOVERNOR, BUT 820 00:20:42,976 --> 00:20:44,277 SO FAR YOU'VE DECLINED TO DO 821 00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:44,577 THAT. 822 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,178 >> YEAH. 823 00:20:45,178 --> 00:20:46,680 I THINK FIGHTERS DON'T 824 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:47,981 BECOME CHAMPIONS WHEN THEY 825 00:20:47,981 --> 00:20:49,582 FIGHT THE WRONG FIGHT TOO 826 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:49,983 EARLY. 827 00:20:49,983 --> 00:20:51,484 >> WHY IS IT THE WRONG FIGHT 828 00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:52,686 AND WHY IS IT TOO EARLY? 829 00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:53,687 >> BECAUSE I MADE A PROMISE 830 00:20:53,687 --> 00:20:54,788 TO THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA AND 831 00:20:54,788 --> 00:20:55,989 I WANT TO FINISH THE JOB I 832 00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:59,793 HAVE AND I WANT TO MAKE 833 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:00,193 CHANGE. 834 00:21:00,193 --> 00:21:01,695 YOU KNOW THAT 36 MONTHS INTO 835 00:21:01,695 --> 00:21:02,896 AN ORGANIZATION, LEAVING 836 00:21:02,896 --> 00:21:05,098 THAT JOB THE CHANGES THAT 837 00:21:05,098 --> 00:21:06,800 YOU MADE, THAT YOU WORKED SO 838 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,702 HARD FOR, CAN EASILY BECOME 839 00:21:08,702 --> 00:21:10,403 UNRAVELED. 840 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:12,205 AND WHEN I -- AND WHEN AND 841 00:21:12,205 --> 00:21:15,809 IF I RAN FOR A MAJOR JOB, 842 00:21:15,809 --> 00:21:17,410 ONE ABOVE THE ONE I HAVE, I 843 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:20,513 WOULD DO IT WITH A RECORD. 844 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:21,314 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 845 00:21:21,314 --> 00:21:22,615 DON'T LIKE ARE INDIVIDUALS 846 00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:24,417 WHO GET OUT AND COMPETE FOR 847 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:27,020 JOBS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE 848 00:21:27,020 --> 00:21:28,922 HAVE THE TRACK RECORD THAT 849 00:21:28,922 --> 00:21:29,923 WARRANTS THAT. 850 00:21:29,923 --> 00:21:31,024 WHEN I AM FINISHED BEING 851 00:21:31,024 --> 00:21:32,425 MAYOR AFTER EIGHT YEARS, I 852 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:33,927 WILL HAVE A RECORD THAT 853 00:21:33,927 --> 00:21:35,729 PEOPLE CAN JUDGE ME BY THAT 854 00:21:35,729 --> 00:21:37,530 WILL BE WELL DOCUMENTED, AND 855 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:38,431 I THINK IT WILL BE SOMETHING 856 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:39,432 I CAN STAND ON. 857 00:21:39,432 --> 00:21:40,433 >> OF COURSE, PEOPLE SAID 858 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:43,136 THAT ABOUT -- PEOPLE SAID 859 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:44,137 THAT ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT. 860 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:45,138 THAT HE HAD NOT ACTUALLY HAD 861 00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:46,139 A RECORD TO RUN ON. 862 00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:47,741 IN FACT, HAD SIGNIFICANTLY 863 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:48,541 LESS EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE 864 00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:49,743 WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT 865 00:21:49,743 --> 00:21:50,543 THAN YOU DO NOW. 866 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,045 YOU DID 10 YEARS IN THE 867 00:21:52,045 --> 00:21:52,645 LEGISLATURE -- 868 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:53,246 >> 11. 869 00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:54,447 >> 11 YEARS IN TOTAL. 870 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:56,449 [LAUGHTER]. 871 00:21:56,449 --> 00:21:57,751 WHO'S COUNTING RIGHT? 872 00:21:57,751 --> 00:21:58,651 YOU'VE BEEN MAYOR FOR THREE 873 00:21:58,651 --> 00:21:59,252 YEARS. 874 00:21:59,252 --> 00:22:00,053 HAVE YOU ANNOUNCED FOR 875 00:22:00,053 --> 00:22:01,054 REELECTION YET? 876 00:22:01,054 --> 00:22:02,856 >> I'VE ANNOUNCED -- 877 00:22:02,856 --> 00:22:03,556 >> YOU HAVE NOT? 878 00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:05,759 >> I HAVE. 879 00:22:05,759 --> 00:22:07,060 MY ANSWER IS THAT IT'S EASY. 880 00:22:07,060 --> 00:22:08,361 I DON'T COMPARE MYSELF TO 881 00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:10,663 MICHAEL JORDAN. 882 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:11,998 >> BARACK OBAMA IS IN THIS 883 00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:12,499 CASE -- 884 00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:13,600 >> I DON'T GET OUT AND 885 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,403 FANTASIZE THAT I'M MICHAEL 886 00:22:16,403 --> 00:22:17,203 JORDAN ON THE COURT. 887 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:18,805 I THINK I'M GOOD AT WHAT I 888 00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:19,205 DO. 889 00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:19,806 I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT 890 00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:22,409 OBAMA WAS UNIQUELY TALENTED 891 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:23,710 IN A WAY THAT FEW PEOPLE 892 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:24,711 ARE. 893 00:22:24,711 --> 00:22:25,011 OBVIOUSLY. 894 00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:26,212 AND I THINK YOU MAKE A 895 00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:28,314 MISTAKE WHEN YOU START 896 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,315 TRYING TO LIVE OTHER 897 00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:30,617 PEOPLE'S STORY. 898 00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:33,820 MY LIFE STORY IS A BORING, 899 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:35,922 LONG LABORIOUS STORY OF 900 00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:37,323 BLOCKING AND TACKLING. 901 00:22:37,323 --> 00:22:39,225 I WAS FOUR YEARS IN THE 902 00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:40,927 HOUSE, I WAS SEVEN YEARS IN 903 00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:42,228 THE SENATE. 904 00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:43,930 I PLAN TO BE EIGHT YEARS AS 905 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:44,631 MAYOR. 906 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:48,435 SO THE PRESIDENT LIVED HIS 907 00:22:48,435 --> 00:22:49,736 LIFE, OTHER PEOPLE LIVE 908 00:22:49,736 --> 00:22:51,738 THEIR LIFE, I LIVE MY LIFE. 909 00:22:51,738 --> 00:22:52,639 >> OPPORTUNITY WILL COME AT 910 00:22:52,639 --> 00:22:53,640 THE END OF THOSE EIGHT YEARS 911 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,041 IF OPPORTUNITY IS MEANT TO 912 00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:55,342 COME. 913 00:22:55,342 --> 00:22:56,042 >> I THINK SO. 914 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:56,943 >> IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR 915 00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:57,844 STATE, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE 916 00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,045 THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY HAS THE 917 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,347 POTENTIAL IN THE NEXT -- THE 918 00:23:00,347 --> 00:23:01,348 FIVE TO 10 YEARS THANKS TO 919 00:23:01,348 --> 00:23:04,751 THE COALITION OF THE 920 00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:06,553 ASCENDENT TO FLIP FROM RED 921 00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:08,355 TO BLUE, THAT ARE NOT A LOT 922 00:23:08,355 --> 00:23:10,357 OF DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS FOR 923 00:23:10,357 --> 00:23:11,591 OFFICE AND IF YOU DON'T RUN 924 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:14,894 FOR THAT OFFICE, IT IS 925 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:15,895 ALMOST CERTAIN THAT 926 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:17,697 REPUBLICANS KEEP THAT SEAT. 927 00:23:17,697 --> 00:23:19,499 WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO 928 00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:21,301 DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO CHANGE 929 00:23:21,301 --> 00:23:23,603 GEORGIA FROM RED TO BLUE. 930 00:23:23,603 --> 00:23:24,804 >> I BELIEVE THAT JOHN 931 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:27,107 BARROW CAN WIN MY SEAT. 932 00:23:27,107 --> 00:23:28,708 >> COULD WIN THE U.S. SENATE 933 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:29,109 SEAT. 934 00:23:29,109 --> 00:23:30,510 THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH. 935 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:30,810 [LAUGHTER] 936 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:32,312 >> AS WE SAY, WE'LL EDIT 937 00:23:32,312 --> 00:23:33,113 THAT IN POST. 938 00:23:33,113 --> 00:23:33,513 [LAUGHTER] 939 00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:34,614 >> NO, WE WON'T. 940 00:23:34,614 --> 00:23:37,117 >> I THINK HE COULD WIN THE 941 00:23:37,117 --> 00:23:37,417 SEAT. 942 00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:38,318 AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT 943 00:23:38,318 --> 00:23:39,519 TO DO THE WORK RIGHT NOW. 944 00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,421 AND YOU'VE GOT TO PUT UP 945 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,323 GOOD CANDIDATES WHICH JOHN 946 00:23:43,323 --> 00:23:46,326 BARROW, HE TOOK OUT TO BUILD 947 00:23:46,326 --> 00:23:46,826 THE PARTY. 948 00:23:46,826 --> 00:23:48,028 >> IT'S UPHILL FOR 949 00:23:48,028 --> 00:23:48,528 DEMOCRATS. 950 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:49,929 >> IT'S TOUGH, BUT IT'S ONLY 951 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,531 UPHILL IF YOU DON'T DO THE 952 00:23:51,531 --> 00:23:51,931 WORK. 953 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,333 THE STATE OF GEORGIA WAS THE 954 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:54,434 SECOND HIGHEST PERFORMING 955 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:55,735 STATE THAT THE PRESIDENT 956 00:23:55,735 --> 00:23:56,336 DIDN'T WIN. 957 00:23:56,336 --> 00:23:57,537 SO IT WAS SECOND ONLY TO 958 00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:58,138 NORTH CAROLINA. 959 00:23:58,138 --> 00:23:59,139 THERE ARE HALF A MILLION 960 00:23:59,139 --> 00:24:00,440 UNREGISTERED BLACK PEOPLE IN 961 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:01,641 THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 962 00:24:01,641 --> 00:24:02,342 THERE ARE MORE THAN A 963 00:24:02,342 --> 00:24:03,143 QUARTER OF A MILLION 964 00:24:03,143 --> 00:24:04,744 UNREGISTERED LATINO PEOPLE 965 00:24:04,744 --> 00:24:06,146 IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 966 00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:08,448 AND IN THE 2010 ELECTION THE 967 00:24:08,448 --> 00:24:11,051 GOVERNOR BEAT THE DEMOCRATIC 968 00:24:11,051 --> 00:24:13,386 CANDIDATE BY ABOUT 225,000 969 00:24:13,386 --> 00:24:13,687 VOTES. 970 00:24:13,687 --> 00:24:15,188 SO IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S ONLY 971 00:24:15,188 --> 00:24:17,090 THERE THROUGH DOING HARD 972 00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:17,590 WORK. 973 00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:18,091 >> RIGHT. 974 00:24:18,091 --> 00:24:18,992 THE MATH ACTUALLY IS 975 00:24:18,992 --> 00:24:22,896 PLAUSIBLE. 976 00:24:22,896 --> 00:24:23,797 >> AND I BELIEVE THAT THE 977 00:24:23,797 --> 00:24:24,798 NATIONAL POLITICS WILL COME 978 00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:26,399 TO GEORGIA BECAUSE THEY HAVE 979 00:24:26,399 --> 00:24:26,800 TO. 980 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,101 IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN 981 00:24:28,101 --> 00:24:30,003 A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE 982 00:24:30,003 --> 00:24:31,304 UNITED STATES SENATE, 983 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:32,605 WHETHER IT'S IN THIS CYCLE 984 00:24:32,605 --> 00:24:34,307 OR THE NEXT, IT'S GOING TO 985 00:24:34,307 --> 00:24:36,209 HAVE TO COME TO GEORGIA. 986 00:24:36,209 --> 00:24:38,111 BUT WHAT I'VE SHARED WITH 987 00:24:38,111 --> 00:24:41,014 THE WHITE HOUSE AND WITH THE 988 00:24:41,014 --> 00:24:43,316 D AND C IS THAT YOU 989 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:45,018 SHOULDN'T COME TO MY STATE 990 00:24:45,018 --> 00:24:45,919 SMALL. 991 00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:47,320 YOU CAN'T -- I'M NOT GOING 992 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,421 TO BE INVOLVED IN 993 00:24:48,421 --> 00:24:49,923 INCREMENTAL POLITICS. 994 00:24:49,923 --> 00:24:50,523 >> YEP. 995 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:52,826 >> COME AND TALK TO ME WHEN 996 00:24:52,826 --> 00:24:54,127 YOU'RE READY TO WIN IT. 997 00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:55,729 >> GO BIG OR GO HOME. 998 00:24:55,729 --> 00:24:57,230 >> WHEN YOU'RE READY TO 999 00:24:57,230 --> 00:24:59,332 SPEND 12, 14, $16 MILLION 1000 00:24:59,332 --> 00:25:01,034 AND TO TREAT GEORGIA LIKE 1001 00:25:01,034 --> 00:25:02,235 YOU WOULD HAVE COMPETITIVE 1002 00:25:02,235 --> 00:25:03,336 STATE, I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL 1003 00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:03,737 DAY. 1004 00:25:03,737 --> 00:25:05,138 BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO DO THIS 1005 00:25:05,138 --> 00:25:07,040 TWO STEP WHERE YOU GET OUT 1006 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,641 AND GIVE YOUR BEST SHOT AND 1007 00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:10,643 THEN IF IT CATCHES, THEN 1008 00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:11,578 MAYBE WE'LL SEE. 1009 00:25:11,578 --> 00:25:12,779 I DON'T LIVE MY LIFE THAT 1010 00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:13,079 WAY. 1011 00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:14,180 I'M A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF A 1012 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:14,781 CONTROL FREAK. 1013 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:15,982 >> I LIKE THAT. 1014 00:25:15,982 --> 00:25:18,184 A GOOD PLACE TO END. 1015 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:19,486 AN HONOR TO SIT WITH YOU. 1016 00:25:19,486 --> 00:25:19,786 APPRECIATE IT. 1017 00:25:19,786 --> 00:25:20,787 >> THE PLEASURE IS MINE. 1018 00:25:20,787 --> 00:25:22,088 >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 1019 00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:23,590 >> MAYOR KASIM REED. 1020 00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:24,090 THANK YOU. 1021 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:24,591 [APPLAUSE] 1022 00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:25,892 >> WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU 1023 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:26,993 JOIN US IN THE STUDIO. 1024 00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:28,094 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 1025 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:31,798 KLRU.ORG/OVERHEARD TO FIND 1026 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:33,600 INVITATIONS TO INTERVIEWS, Q 1027 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,101 AND A'S WITH OUR AUDIENCE 1028 00:25:35,101 --> 00:25:38,905 AND GUESTS AN AND AN ARCHIVE 1029 00:25:38,905 --> 00:25:40,206 OF PAST EPISODES. 1030 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:41,408 >> THE STAND YOUR GROUND 1031 00:25:41,408 --> 00:25:42,509 MESSAGING LEADS YOU TO 1032 00:25:42,509 --> 00:25:43,309 BELIEVE THAT IN THE 1033 00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:45,111 CONVENIENT OF AN ALTERCATION 1034 00:25:45,111 --> 00:25:46,813 I CAN STAND MY GROUND AND 1035 00:25:46,813 --> 00:25:47,814 USE WHATEVER FORCE. 1036 00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:48,815 >> WITH NO PENALTY. 1037 00:25:48,815 --> 00:25:49,416 >> YEAH. 1038 00:25:49,416 --> 00:25:50,817 AND THEN I CAN GO HOME. 1039 00:25:50,817 --> 00:25:54,721 THAT MESSAGING IS -- I THINK 1040 00:25:54,721 --> 00:26:07,534 IS BAD FOR SOCIETY. 1041 00:26:07,534 --> 00:26:08,835 >> FUNDING FOR OVERHEARD 1042 00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:10,437 WITH EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED 1043 00:26:10,437 --> 00:26:12,872 IN PART BY THE MATTSSON 1044 00:26:12,872 --> 00:26:14,774 MCHALE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT 1045 00:26:14,774 --> 00:26:15,975 OF PUBLIC TELEVISION. 1046 00:26:15,975 --> 00:26:18,478 ALSO BY MFI FOUNDATION, 1047 00:26:18,478 --> 00:26:19,679 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF 1048 00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:21,181 LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 1049 00:26:21,181 --> 00:26:22,782 AND FROM THE TEXAS BOARD OF 1050 00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:24,684 LEGAL SPECIALIZATION, BOARD 1051 00:26:24,684 --> 00:26:26,786 CERTIFIED ATTORNEYS IN YOUR 1052 00:26:26,786 --> 00:26:27,887 COMMUNITY, EXPERIENCED, 1053 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:29,889 RESPECTED AND TESTED. 1054 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:31,991 ALSO BY HILLCO PARTNERS, 1055 00:26:31,991 --> 00:26:33,293 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 1056 00:26:33,293 --> 00:26:35,495 CONSULTANCY AND ITS GLOBAL 1057 00:26:35,495 --> 00:26:36,496 HEALTH CARE CONSULTING 1058 00:26:36,496 --> 00:26:37,797 BUSINESS UNIT, HILLCO 1059 00:26:37,797 --> 00:26:38,298 HEALTH. 1060 00:26:38,298 --> 00:26:40,500 AND BY THE ALICE KLEBERG 1061 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,202 REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, AND 1062 00:26:42,202 --> 00:26:42,902 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 1063 00:26:42,902 --> 00:27:06,326 THANK YOU. 1064 00:27:06,326 --> 00:27:10,330 >> THIS WEEK ON OVERHEARD, 1065 00:27:10,330 --> 00:27:11,965 ATLANTA MAYOR KASIM REED. 1066 00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:14,868 >> WHEN I CARE ABOUT MORE OF 1067 00:27:14,868 --> 00:27:16,269 THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT WANT TO 1068 00:27:16,269 --> 00:27:18,071 HAVE ACCESS TO ASSAULT 1069 00:27:18,071 --> 00:27:19,072 WEAPONS AND GUNS OF THAT 1070 00:27:19,072 --> 00:27:21,574 VARIETY ARE THE WOMEN AND 1071 00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:22,976 MEN, THE 1900 POLICE 1072 00:27:22,976 --> 00:27:24,577 OFFICERS THAT WORK FOR THE 1073 00:27:24,577 --> 00:27:24,878 CITY. 1074 00:27:24,878 --> 00:27:25,478 >> RIGHT. 1075 00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:26,980 >> AND MY FEELING REALLY IS 1076 00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:28,381 DRIVEN BY FACT THAT I DON'T 1077 00:27:28,381 --> 00:27:29,983 EVER WANT THEM TO ARRIVE ON 1078 00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:33,983 A SCENE AND BE OUT GUNNED.