WEBVTT 00:02.902 --> 00:04.504 >> FUNDING FOR OVERHEARD 00:04.504 --> 00:05.805 WITH EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED 00:05.805 --> 00:08.408 IN PART BY HILLCO PARTNERS, 00:08.408 --> 00:10.410 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 00:10.410 --> 00:12.045 CONSULTANCY AND ITS GLOBAL 00:12.045 --> 00:12.946 HEALTH CARE CONSULTING 00:12.946 --> 00:14.247 BUSINESS UNIT, HILLCO 00:14.247 --> 00:14.948 HEALTH. 00:14.948 --> 00:18.051 AND BY THE MATTSSON McHALE 00:18.051 --> 00:19.652 FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF 00:19.652 --> 00:20.754 PUBLIC TELEVISION. 00:20.754 --> 00:22.956 AND ALSO BY MFI FOUNDATION, 00:22.956 --> 00:24.157 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF 00:24.157 --> 00:25.558 LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 00:25.558 --> 00:27.360 AND ALSO BY THE ALICE 00:27.360 --> 00:29.162 KLEBERG REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, 00:29.162 --> 00:30.463 AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:30.463 --> 00:32.465 THANK YOU. 00:32.465 --> 00:34.267 >> I'M EVAN SMITH, HE'S THE 00:34.267 --> 00:35.568 59TH MAYOR OF ATLANTA, 00:35.568 --> 00:37.170 GEORGIA AND A RISING STAR IN 00:37.170 --> 00:38.071 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 00:38.071 --> 00:39.673 HE'S THE HONORABLE KASIM 00:39.673 --> 00:40.273 REED. 00:40.273 --> 01:09.302 THIS IS OVERHEARD. 01:09.302 --> 01:14.507 >> MR. MAYOR, WELCOME. 01:14.507 --> 01:15.709 >> I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 01:15.709 --> 01:16.710 >> HONOR TO MEET YOU AND 01:16.710 --> 01:17.811 THANKS FOR MAKING TIME TO BE 01:17.811 --> 01:18.311 HERE. 01:18.311 --> 01:19.512 >> NO, THE HONOR IS MINE. 01:19.512 --> 01:20.413 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF 01:20.413 --> 01:22.115 THE ISSUES THAT YOU FACE AS 01:22.115 --> 01:23.116 THE MAYOR OF ONE OF THE 01:23.116 --> 01:24.017 BIGGEST CITIES IN THE 01:24.017 --> 01:25.218 COUNTRY AND I THOUGHT WE'D 01:25.218 --> 01:26.219 BEGIN WITH WHAT'S ON 01:26.219 --> 01:27.520 EVERYONE'S MIND AND THAT'S 01:27.520 --> 01:27.821 GUNS. 01:27.821 --> 01:28.221 >> YES. 01:28.221 --> 01:29.422 >> AS THE MAYOR OF A CITY 01:29.422 --> 01:31.224 THAT HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF 01:31.224 --> 01:32.125 VIOLENCE OVER THE YEAR, 01:32.125 --> 01:32.726 ALTHOUGH I NOTE THAT 01:32.726 --> 01:35.128 FELONIES ARE AT THE LOWEST 01:35.128 --> 01:36.730 LEVEL IN ATLANTA SINCE 1969, 01:36.730 --> 01:37.831 YOU NONETHELESS APPRECIATE 01:37.831 --> 01:38.932 THIS ISSUE IN A WAY THAT 01:38.932 --> 01:40.734 VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO DON'T 01:40.734 --> 01:41.735 RUN BIG CITIES DO. 01:41.735 --> 01:42.235 >> YES. 01:42.235 --> 01:43.436 >> IN WASHINGTON THEY MAKE 01:43.436 --> 01:45.138 PRONOUNCEMENTS ABOUT WHAT TO 01:45.138 --> 01:46.639 DO, AND YOUR ACTUALLY ON THE 01:46.639 --> 01:47.040 GROUND. 01:47.040 --> 01:47.841 >> I'M ON THE STREETS. 01:47.841 --> 01:49.442 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR 01:49.442 --> 01:50.143 EXPERIENCE IN MAYOR IN 01:50.143 --> 01:51.044 DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND 01:51.044 --> 01:52.345 THE COMPLEXITY OF IT BEYOND 01:52.345 --> 01:53.646 WHAT WE HEAR EVERYDAY IN THE 01:53.646 --> 01:54.047 PRESS. 01:54.047 --> 01:56.049 >> WELL, IT'S HARD. 01:56.049 --> 01:57.250 ATLANTA IS AT THE CENTER OF 01:57.250 --> 01:59.753 GEORGIA, SO WE HAVE A GREAT 01:59.753 --> 02:00.653 RESPECT FOR THE SECOND 02:00.653 --> 02:01.955 AMENDMENT IN ATLANTA AND IN 02:01.955 --> 02:02.455 THE STATE. 02:02.455 --> 02:03.656 >> A LOT OF HUNTERS IN YOUR 02:03.656 --> 02:04.057 STATE? 02:04.057 --> 02:05.058 >> NO QUESTION. 02:05.058 --> 02:05.558 >> RIGHT. 02:05.558 --> 02:07.060 >> BUT FACT OF THE MATTER IS 02:07.060 --> 02:08.661 THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE 02:08.661 --> 02:10.663 LIMITS THAT WE FEEL WE ALL 02:10.663 --> 02:12.399 NEED TO ABIDE BY. 02:12.399 --> 02:14.300 AND WHEN YOU ARE MANAGING A 02:14.300 --> 02:17.103 MAJOR AMERICAN CITY WITH THE 02:17.103 --> 02:18.805 BUSIEST PASSENGER AIRPORT IN 02:18.805 --> 02:20.507 THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO 02:20.507 --> 02:21.708 CONSIDER A LOT OF OTHER 02:21.708 --> 02:23.510 THINGS THAT PEOPLE 02:23.510 --> 02:25.111 TRADITIONALLY DON'T HAVE TO 02:25.111 --> 02:25.612 CONSIDER. 02:25.612 --> 02:26.212 >> RIGHT. 02:26.212 --> 02:29.015 >> I HAVE TO DEFEND AGAINST 02:29.015 --> 02:31.918 FOLKS COMING IN TO OUR 02:31.918 --> 02:33.219 AIRPORT AND ENGAGING IN 02:33.219 --> 02:34.621 EXTREMELY VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. 02:34.621 --> 02:36.923 I'VE GOTTEN A CALL AT 4:30 02:36.923 --> 02:38.324 IN THE MORNING WHEN WE HAD A 02:38.324 --> 02:39.726 SERIAL KILLER WHO WAS 02:39.726 --> 02:41.428 TRAVELING THROUGH OUR 02:41.428 --> 02:41.828 AIRPORT. 02:41.828 --> 02:43.129 SO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME IF 02:43.129 --> 02:45.131 I HAVE A DIFFERENT FEELING 02:45.131 --> 02:47.734 ABOUT GUNS AND GUN VIOLENCE 02:47.734 --> 02:50.136 BECAUSE WHAT I CARE ABOUT 02:50.136 --> 02:51.838 MORE THAN FOLKS THAT MIGHT 02:51.838 --> 02:53.740 WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO 02:53.740 --> 02:54.941 ASSAULT WEAPONS AND GUNS OF 02:54.941 --> 02:57.143 THAT VARIETY, ARE THE WOMEN 02:57.143 --> 02:59.145 AND MEN, THE 1900 POLICE 02:59.145 --> 03:00.647 OFFICERS THAT WORK FOR THE 03:00.647 --> 03:01.047 CITY. 03:01.047 --> 03:01.548 >> RIGHT. 03:01.548 --> 03:03.149 >> AND MY FEELING REALLY IS 03:03.149 --> 03:04.451 DRIVEN BY FACT THAT I DON'T 03:04.451 --> 03:06.453 EVER WANT THEM TO ARRIVE ON 03:06.453 --> 03:08.455 A SCENE AND BE OUT GUNNED. 03:08.455 --> 03:09.155 >> YEAH. 03:09.155 --> 03:10.457 >> SO I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW 03:10.457 --> 03:12.692 WE HAVE A MOMENT BECAUSE OF 03:12.692 --> 03:14.194 NEWTOWN AND I THINK THAT WE 03:14.194 --> 03:15.395 NEED TO MAKE REASONABLE 03:15.395 --> 03:15.995 PROGRESS. 03:15.995 --> 03:18.298 AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE 03:18.298 --> 03:19.499 NEED TO REMEMBER THAT RONALD 03:19.499 --> 03:22.902 REAGAN SUPPORTED MANY OF THE 03:22.902 --> 03:24.404 REFORMS THAT WE'RE HAVING A 03:24.404 --> 03:25.105 CONVERSATION ABOUT. 03:25.105 --> 03:28.008 IN FACT, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN 03:28.008 --> 03:29.609 THE LAST ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN 03:29.609 --> 03:31.511 WAS PASSED HE ACTUALLY 03:31.511 --> 03:32.912 LOBBIED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 03:32.912 --> 03:35.815 ON THE 216 TO 214 VOTE FOR 03:35.815 --> 03:36.516 PASSAGE. 03:36.516 --> 03:37.417 >> FOR PASSAGE. 03:37.417 --> 03:38.918 >> AND BUT FOR RONALD REAGAN 03:38.918 --> 03:40.020 YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE 03:40.020 --> 03:41.921 LAST ASSAULT BAN THAT 03:41.921 --> 03:42.522 EXPIRED. 03:42.522 --> 03:43.723 >> UNLESS BETWEEN THIS ISSUE 03:43.723 --> 03:45.325 AND AMNESTY ON IMMIGRATION 03:45.325 --> 03:47.627 AND RAISING TAXES, I CAN'T 03:47.627 --> 03:50.130 BELIEVE RONALD REAGAN WOULD 03:50.130 --> 03:51.231 GET ELECTED TODAY WHEN YOU 03:51.231 --> 03:52.032 THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIMES 03:52.032 --> 03:53.333 THAT REAGAN IS USED AS A 03:53.333 --> 03:53.933 COMPARISON. 03:53.933 --> 03:56.636 >> RONALD REAGAN, IF HE 03:56.636 --> 03:57.637 HADN'T COME ALONG I DON'T 03:57.637 --> 03:58.438 THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN 03:58.438 --> 03:59.539 PARTY WOULD HAVE HAD THE 03:59.539 --> 04:00.940 SURGE THAT IT DID. 04:00.940 --> 04:03.643 SO REPUBLICANS, I THINK, 04:03.643 --> 04:04.844 OUGHT TO RESPECT RONALD 04:04.844 --> 04:06.646 REAGAN AND CERTAINLY LOOK AT 04:06.646 --> 04:08.348 SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT HE 04:08.348 --> 04:09.149 SUPPORTED. 04:09.149 --> 04:10.150 AND I THINK THAT HE 04:10.150 --> 04:11.384 CERTAINLY SHOULD BE A 04:11.384 --> 04:14.287 STANDARD FOR REASONABLENESS 04:14.287 --> 04:15.188 WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE 04:15.188 --> 04:15.789 OTHER SIDE. 04:15.789 --> 04:16.990 >> THE INTERESTING THING 04:16.990 --> 04:19.092 ABOUT THE POST-NEWTOWN ERA, 04:19.092 --> 04:20.293 MAYOR, IS A HORRIBLE 04:20.293 --> 04:21.594 INCIDENT, EVERY ONE OF THOSE 04:21.594 --> 04:25.498 DEATHS TRAGIC, BUT BUT FOR 04:25.498 --> 04:27.200 THOSE DEATHS WE MAY NOT BE 04:27.200 --> 04:28.001 HAVING SOME CONVERSATION. 04:28.001 --> 04:29.202 IT TOOK THAT INCIDENT TO GET 04:29.202 --> 04:30.003 US TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING 04:30.003 --> 04:31.004 THAT IN FACT HAS BEEN A 04:31.004 --> 04:31.905 PROBLEM LONG BEFORE THAT 04:31.905 --> 04:32.806 INCIDENT. 04:32.806 --> 04:33.807 >> YOU'RE RIGHT. 04:33.807 --> 04:35.909 SO THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW 04:35.909 --> 04:37.811 MANY MORE HORRIFIC INCIDENTS 04:37.811 --> 04:38.611 HAVE TO OCCUR? 04:38.611 --> 04:39.512 >> RIGHT. 04:39.512 --> 04:41.514 >> SO THE INCIDENT INVOLVING 04:41.514 --> 04:43.616 GABBY GIFFORDS IN ARIZONA 04:43.616 --> 04:45.318 DIDN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE, BUT 04:45.318 --> 04:46.119 WE HAD -- 04:46.119 --> 04:47.220 >> THE MOVIE THEATER 04:47.220 --> 04:48.922 SHOOTING IN AURORA, 04:48.922 --> 04:49.522 COLORADO. 04:49.522 --> 04:50.523 >> BUT THIS INVOLVED 04:50.523 --> 04:51.725 CHILDREN, WHICH I THINK 04:51.725 --> 04:52.826 SPEAKS TO THE CORE OF WHO WE 04:52.826 --> 04:53.727 ARE. 04:53.727 --> 04:54.728 I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE 04:54.728 --> 04:56.730 IS UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT THAT 04:56.730 --> 04:58.131 PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN IS 04:58.131 --> 04:59.532 AN ESSENTIAL AND CORE VALUE 04:59.532 --> 05:00.533 OF OUR SOCIETY. 05:00.533 --> 05:01.134 >> YEAH. 05:01.134 --> 05:03.036 >> SO IF 20 OF OUR KIDS ARE 05:03.036 --> 05:07.941 SHOT REPEATEDLY AND MULTIPLE 05:07.941 --> 05:10.343 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION WERE 05:10.343 --> 05:11.678 USED IN THIS SHOOTING, THEN 05:11.678 --> 05:12.979 WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT AND 05:12.979 --> 05:14.381 TRY TO COME TO SOME COMMON 05:14.381 --> 05:14.681 GROUND. 05:14.681 --> 05:15.682 AND THIS IS THE MOMENT. 05:15.682 --> 05:16.583 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 05:16.583 --> 05:16.883 THREE. 05:16.883 --> 05:17.984 LET'S GET SPECIFIC AND TALK 05:17.984 --> 05:20.387 ABOUT THE THREE PRINCIPAL 05:20.387 --> 05:21.488 REFORMS THAT ARE BEING 05:21.488 --> 05:22.889 DISCUSSED AND LET ME ASK YOU 05:22.889 --> 05:25.592 TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. 05:25.592 --> 05:26.893 FIRST OF ALL, UNIVERSAL 05:26.893 --> 05:27.894 BACKGROUND CHECKS. 05:27.894 --> 05:28.895 >> NO QUESTION. 05:28.895 --> 05:30.797 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 05:30.797 --> 05:32.599 OUGHT TO BE A NO BRAINER. 05:32.599 --> 05:33.500 AND I THINK THAT FACT THAT 05:33.500 --> 05:35.402 OUR FRIENDS AT THE NRA ARE 05:35.402 --> 05:37.203 NOW OPPOSING UNIVERSAL 05:37.203 --> 05:38.405 BACKGROUND CHECKS AFTER 05:38.405 --> 05:42.108 HAVING A VIDEO, MR. LA 05:42.108 --> 05:46.413 PIERRE SUPPORTING THEM, I 05:46.413 --> 05:47.914 THINK IT'S ASTOUNDING AND 05:47.914 --> 05:49.015 POINTS OUT THAT THEIR 05:49.015 --> 05:50.417 POSITION IS NOT TO GIVE ANY 05:50.417 --> 05:51.017 GROUND ON ANYTHING. 05:51.017 --> 05:52.018 >> I THINK THEY WOULD SAY 05:52.018 --> 05:53.620 THAT MR. MAYOR WE'LL SUPPORT 05:53.620 --> 05:55.221 EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS, 05:55.221 --> 05:56.122 BUT WHEN IT GETS TO PERSON 05:56.122 --> 05:58.024 TO PERSON SALES OR I'M A DAD 05:58.024 --> 05:59.225 AND I WANT TO PASS MY DAD ON 05:59.225 --> 06:01.027 TO MY SON, THEY'RE NOT FOR 06:01.027 --> 06:01.528 THAT. 06:01.528 --> 06:02.629 THEY'RE NOT FOR BACKGROUND 06:02.629 --> 06:03.830 CHECKS IN THAT CASE AND WE 06:03.830 --> 06:05.532 DON'T WANT THERE TO BE 06:05.532 --> 06:06.332 RECORD KEEPING THAT WOULD 06:06.332 --> 06:07.133 ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO 06:07.133 --> 06:08.234 ESSENTIALLY REGISTER EVERY 06:08.234 --> 06:08.735 FIREARM. 06:08.735 --> 06:10.036 >> I WOULD PUSH BACK ON THAT 06:10.036 --> 06:11.171 AND SAY TWO THINGS. 06:11.171 --> 06:13.173 ONE, THAT IS A DELAY TACTIC. 06:13.173 --> 06:15.175 AND TWO, THAT GUTS THE BILL. 06:15.175 --> 06:16.776 IT'S WHAT WE USED TO CALL A 06:16.776 --> 06:17.977 CATFISH AMENDMENT. 06:17.977 --> 06:20.080 IF I CAN CONVEY IT TO MY SON 06:20.080 --> 06:21.681 I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. 06:21.681 --> 06:23.083 WHAT IS THE MENTAL STATUS OF 06:23.083 --> 06:23.883 OUR SON? 06:23.883 --> 06:27.087 THE WEAPONS IN NEWTOWN I 06:27.087 --> 06:29.989 BELIEVE WERE FAMILY WEAPONS, 06:29.989 --> 06:30.790 WEAPONS THAT WERE IN A 06:30.790 --> 06:32.292 FAMILY HOME. 06:32.292 --> 06:34.794 SO I THINK THAT ONE THAT IS 06:34.794 --> 06:36.196 A DELAY TACK TAKE. 06:36.196 --> 06:38.198 THE NRA KNOWS THAT EVERYDAY 06:38.198 --> 06:39.399 THAT THEY DELAY SIGNIFICANT 06:39.399 --> 06:40.800 ACTION THE WEAKER THE 06:40.800 --> 06:41.901 ULTIMATE BILL IS GOING TO 06:41.901 --> 06:44.404 BE, AND THEN TWO, THE NOTION 06:44.404 --> 06:46.406 THAT THE BACKGROUND CHECKS 06:46.406 --> 06:48.308 SHOULDN'T BE UNIVERSAL AND 06:48.308 --> 06:49.909 CARRY EVERYONE IS A SCARE 06:49.909 --> 06:51.711 TACTIC AND GOES TO THIS 06:51.711 --> 06:53.113 NOTION THAT WE WANT TO FIND 06:53.113 --> 06:54.414 OUT WHERE THE GUNS ARE SO 06:54.414 --> 06:55.715 THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN GO 06:55.715 --> 06:57.117 EVEN FURTHER AND LATER COME 06:57.117 --> 06:58.018 AND GET THEM. 06:58.018 --> 06:59.019 BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I 06:59.019 --> 06:59.819 CARE ABOUT? 06:59.819 --> 07:02.122 I CARE ABOUT REMOVING 07:02.122 --> 07:03.623 ASSAULT AND ASSAULT STYLE 07:03.623 --> 07:04.524 WEAPONS BECAUSE I JUST 07:04.524 --> 07:05.825 BELIEVE THAT POLICE 07:05.825 --> 07:06.626 SHOULDN'T ARRIVE ON THE 07:06.626 --> 07:09.729 SCENE, WOMEN AND MEN, OUT 07:09.729 --> 07:10.330 GUNNED. 07:10.330 --> 07:11.865 I BELIEVE THAT. 07:11.865 --> 07:12.665 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY 07:12.665 --> 07:14.668 NEEDS MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS, 07:14.668 --> 07:16.169 WHICH THE NRA OUGHT TO 07:16.169 --> 07:16.870 SUPPORT. 07:16.870 --> 07:18.672 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO COME 07:18.672 --> 07:19.773 OUT BLAZING YOU WILL HAVE TO 07:19.773 --> 07:20.974 BUY SOME MORE GUNS. 07:20.974 --> 07:21.574 >> RIGHT. 07:21.574 --> 07:22.676 RATHER THAN MORE MAGAZINES. 07:22.676 --> 07:24.077 >> SO YOU WON'T HAVE 100 07:24.077 --> 07:25.178 ROUND MAGAZINES, SO PERHAPS 07:25.178 --> 07:26.579 YOU WILL HAVE TO GO -- 07:26.579 --> 07:27.180 >> SO YOU HAVE ANSWERED 07:27.180 --> 07:29.582 MYANY NEXT TWO QUESTIONS. 07:29.582 --> 07:33.086 ON THE HIGH CAPACITY 07:33.086 --> 07:33.987 MAGAZINE BAN, YOU'RE FOR 07:33.987 --> 07:34.287 THAT. 07:34.287 --> 07:36.890 >> I'M FOR LIMITING IT TO 10 07:36.890 --> 07:38.692 CARTRIDGES, 10 ROUND 07:38.692 --> 07:40.293 CARTRIDGES OR LESS. 07:40.293 --> 07:41.194 >> YOU UNDERSTAND 07:41.194 --> 07:42.395 POLITICALLY THE UNIVERSAL 07:42.395 --> 07:44.197 BACKGROUND CHECK MAY IN SOME 07:44.197 --> 07:44.898 VERSION PASS. 07:44.898 --> 07:50.103 THERE'S A BIPARTISAN 07:50.103 --> 07:52.906 VERSION, BUT THE OTHER TWO,, 07:52.906 --> 07:53.907 THOSE THINGS MAY HAVE 07:53.907 --> 07:54.708 POLITICALLY VERY LITTLE 07:54.708 --> 07:55.809 CHANCE OF PASSING. 07:55.809 --> 07:57.110 >> WE'LL GET UP OR DOWN 07:57.110 --> 07:57.510 VOTES. 07:57.510 --> 07:58.611 AND THE REASON YOU'RE GOING 07:58.611 --> 08:02.816 TO GET THE GUN VIOLENCE BILL 08:02.816 --> 08:03.917 IS GOING TO GO TO THE FLOOR 08:03.917 --> 08:04.617 OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE 08:04.617 --> 08:06.019 AND YOU WILL HAVE UP OR DOWN 08:06.019 --> 08:07.220 VOTES AND YOU WILL HAVE REAL 08:07.220 --> 08:08.621 ACCOUNTABILITY. 08:08.621 --> 08:10.023 NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT 08:10.023 --> 08:12.158 VOTE IS ONCE YOU HAVE A 08:12.158 --> 08:14.260 ANOTHER TRAGEDY, YOU'RE 08:14.260 --> 08:15.762 GOING TO HAVE A VOTE THAT'S 08:15.762 --> 08:18.365 GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HARD 08:18.365 --> 08:20.166 BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 08:20.166 --> 08:21.368 ARE MOVING ON THIS ISSUE. 08:21.368 --> 08:21.868 >> YEP. 08:21.868 --> 08:22.869 >> AND WE'RE ALREADY 08:22.869 --> 08:23.370 SEEING -- 08:23.370 --> 08:25.071 >> THE POLLS ARE ACTUALLY 08:25.071 --> 08:27.674 LEADING THE POLITICIANS. 08:27.674 --> 08:30.577 >> WE'VE NOW MOVED TO 55% OR 08:30.577 --> 08:32.178 MORE ON ALL THREE OF THE 08:32.178 --> 08:34.581 ISSUES THAT I JUST LAID OUT, 08:34.581 --> 08:36.383 WHICH MAKES A POLITICIAN 08:36.383 --> 08:37.484 THAT CARES ABOUT THEIR 08:37.484 --> 08:39.185 FUTURE HAVE TO BE MORE 08:39.185 --> 08:39.986 THOUGHTFUL. 08:39.986 --> 08:41.688 SO DO WE GET IT ALL RIGHT 08:41.688 --> 08:42.989 NOW? 08:42.989 --> 08:43.490 I DON'T KNOW. 08:43.490 --> 08:45.792 BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT 08:45.792 --> 08:46.793 IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF 08:46.793 --> 08:48.194 THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHERE 08:48.194 --> 08:50.196 YOUR MEMBER STANDS. 08:50.196 --> 08:52.499 AND TO HAVE A DEFINITE VOTE 08:52.499 --> 08:53.700 SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A 08:53.700 --> 08:56.403 TRAGEDY LIKE THIS IT'S 08:56.403 --> 09:02.108 EASILY VERIFIABLE WHERE YOUR 09:02.108 --> 09:03.109 MEMBER STOOD AND I THINK 09:03.109 --> 09:04.611 THAT WILL MOVE THE 09:04.611 --> 09:05.512 CONVERSATION AROUND GUN 09:05.512 --> 09:06.613 VIOLENCE DRAMATICALLY. 09:06.613 --> 09:08.314 >> LET'S TAKE BACK TO THE 09:08.314 --> 09:08.815 ATLANTA STORY. 09:08.815 --> 09:10.316 AS WE SAID EARLIER, THE 09:10.316 --> 09:11.751 LOWEST NUMBER OF FELONIES IN 09:11.751 --> 09:12.952 2012 IN ANY YEAR IN ATLANTA 09:12.952 --> 09:13.953 SINCE 1969. 09:13.953 --> 09:14.554 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 09:14.554 --> 09:15.055 >> IS THAT CORRECT? 09:15.055 --> 09:15.455 >> YES. 09:15.455 --> 09:16.656 >> HOW DID YOU DO IT? 09:16.656 --> 09:18.358 >> I DID IT BY CARING ABOUT 09:18.358 --> 09:20.460 IT, WAKING UP EVERY SINGLE 09:20.460 --> 09:21.561 DAY THINKING ABOUT IT AND 09:21.561 --> 09:22.962 PUTTING MY MONEY WHERE MY 09:22.962 --> 09:23.763 MOUTH IS. 09:23.763 --> 09:25.665 SO I'VE HIRED 700 POLICE 09:25.665 --> 09:28.368 OFFICERS IN 36 MONTHS. 09:28.368 --> 09:29.569 CRIME REDUCTION REALLY IS 09:29.569 --> 09:31.871 NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 09:31.871 --> 09:34.874 YOU CHOOSE WHERE YOU'RE 09:34.874 --> 09:35.975 GOING TO PUT YOUR RESOURCES 09:35.975 --> 09:36.776 AND I DON'T THINK THAT I 09:36.776 --> 09:38.978 HAVE A MORE SACRED JOB THAN 09:38.978 --> 09:40.980 MAKING SURE THAN IF YOU LIVE 09:40.980 --> 09:41.881 IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA YOU 09:41.881 --> 09:43.483 GET HOME SAFELY AND THAT IF 09:43.483 --> 09:44.584 YOU VISIT THE CITY OF 09:44.584 --> 09:45.985 ATLANTA YOU LEAVE SAFELY. 09:45.985 --> 09:46.786 I DON'T THINK I HAVE A 09:46.786 --> 09:48.188 BIGGER JOB THAN THAT. 09:48.188 --> 09:50.190 SO WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT 09:50.190 --> 09:51.891 I HAD TO CUT OTHER AREAS OF 09:51.891 --> 09:54.394 GOVERNMENT TO FOCUS ON THIS 09:54.394 --> 09:56.096 POOR PRIORITY. 09:56.096 --> 09:57.497 AND I LIVE IT AND I BREATHE 09:57.497 --> 09:59.399 IT AND I WATCH IT EVERY 09:59.399 --> 10:02.402 SINGLE DAY BECAUSE I KNOW, I 10:02.402 --> 10:05.105 KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT 10:05.105 --> 10:06.606 SOMEBODY IS GETTING HOME TO 10:06.606 --> 10:09.209 THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE OF MY 10:09.209 --> 10:09.509 BEHAVIOR. 10:09.509 --> 10:10.010 >> YES. 10:10.010 --> 10:11.044 >> THERE WERE 85 PEOPLE 10:11.044 --> 10:11.945 MURDERED IN THE CITY OF 10:11.945 --> 10:16.549 ATLANTA IN 2012. 10:16.549 --> 10:17.851 THERE HAVE BEEN AS MANY AS 10:17.851 --> 10:20.053 200, 210, 220 PEOPLE 10:20.053 --> 10:22.155 MURDERED IN THE CITY THAT I 10:22.155 --> 10:23.957 HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. 10:23.957 --> 10:26.159 SO WE'VE BUILT THE BIGGEST 10:26.159 --> 10:27.360 POLICE FORCE IN THE HISTORY 10:27.360 --> 10:28.661 OF THE CITY, THE LARGEST 10:28.661 --> 10:29.763 POLICE FORCE IN THE STATE. 10:29.763 --> 10:31.164 WE HAVE ADDED VIDEO 10:31.164 --> 10:32.665 TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT IS 10:32.665 --> 10:34.267 UNPRECEDENTED IN THE CITY OF 10:34.267 --> 10:39.072 ATLANTA. 10:39.072 --> 10:40.874 WE USE ALL OF THE MODERN 10:40.874 --> 10:42.776 TECHNIQUES INCLUDING CITY 10:42.776 --> 10:44.978 STATS AND THINGS THAT ARE 10:44.978 --> 10:46.179 POPULAR IN CITIES AROUND THE 10:46.179 --> 10:47.380 UNITED STATES AND WE WORK AT 10:47.380 --> 10:49.082 IT WITH UNCEASING VIGILANCE 10:49.082 --> 10:49.983 AND DEVOTION. 10:49.983 --> 10:50.884 >> AMAZING. 10:50.884 --> 10:53.286 IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR -- 85 10:53.286 --> 10:54.487 IS 85 TOO MANY. 10:54.487 --> 10:56.189 TO THINK OF A CITY THE SIZE 10:56.189 --> 10:57.390 OF ATLANTA WITH THE HISTORY 10:57.390 --> 10:59.793 THAT ATLANTA HAS HAD, 85 IS 10:59.793 --> 11:03.496 REALLY AN UNBELIEVABLY LOW 11:03.496 --> 11:03.797 NUMBER. 11:03.797 --> 11:07.400 >> AND I ALSO BELIEVE THIS. 11:07.400 --> 11:08.301 I BELIEVE IT'S GOOD 11:08.301 --> 11:08.601 BUSINESS. 11:08.601 --> 11:10.103 WHEN I TOOK OVER IN JANUARY 11:10.103 --> 11:11.604 OF 2010, WE WERE IN THE 11:11.604 --> 11:13.206 TEETH OF THE WORST ECONOMY 11:13.206 --> 11:14.107 IN 80 YEARS. 11:14.107 --> 11:16.810 SO IF WE HAD VIOLENCE 11:16.810 --> 11:17.911 SURGING AT THE EXACT TIME 11:17.911 --> 11:21.815 WHEN WE WERE AT OUR WEAKEST 11:21.815 --> 11:23.416 IT REALLY WOULD HAVE DAMAGED 11:23.416 --> 11:24.417 THE BRAND THAT CREATED THE 11:24.417 --> 11:25.418 CITY OF ATLANTA THAT PEOPLE 11:25.418 --> 11:25.719 KNOW. 11:25.719 --> 11:27.020 >> TO THAT POINT, MR. MAYOR, 11:27.020 --> 11:28.021 AND YOU MENTIONED AND YOU 11:28.021 --> 11:30.023 AGREE THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO 11:30.023 --> 11:31.324 HIRE 700 NEW POLICE. 11:31.324 --> 11:32.625 HOW DID YOU AFFORD IT? 11:32.625 --> 11:34.027 HOW DID YOU PAY FOR IT? 11:34.027 --> 11:35.028 >> WE DID A NUMBER OF 11:35.028 --> 11:35.328 THINGS. 11:35.328 --> 11:37.030 FIRST OF ALL WE HAD A 11:37.030 --> 11:38.331 BILLION AND A HALF UNFUNDED 11:38.331 --> 11:39.532 PENSION LIABILITY THAT WAS 11:39.532 --> 11:42.035 ABSORBING BETWEEN 15 TO 20% 11:42.035 --> 11:43.536 OF CASHIER OVER YEAR. 11:43.536 --> 11:45.839 SO I DID WHAT ALL SANE 11:45.839 --> 11:47.540 PEOPLE WOULD DO. 11:47.540 --> 11:48.942 IF SOMETHING IS ABSORBING 11:48.942 --> 11:49.943 ALMOST ONE OUT OF FIVE 11:49.943 --> 11:51.244 DOLLARS THAT COMES IN THE 11:51.244 --> 11:52.545 DOOR, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH 11:52.545 --> 11:53.146 THAT PROBLEM. 11:53.146 --> 11:54.347 BUT I DIDN'T DO IT BY 11:54.347 --> 11:55.548 BASHING OUR WORKFORCE OR 11:55.548 --> 11:57.450 BASHING UNIONS. 11:57.450 --> 11:59.352 I DID DOZENS OF MEETINGS 11:59.352 --> 12:01.054 WITH EMPLOYEES WHERE I 12:01.054 --> 12:02.856 EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY WAS 12:02.856 --> 12:05.358 MOVING TOWARDS INSOLVENCY. 12:05.358 --> 12:08.361 AND I PERSUADED THE ATLANTA 12:08.361 --> 12:11.498 CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AND 12:11.498 --> 12:12.699 EVERY SINGLE UNION IN THE 12:12.699 --> 12:14.300 CITY TO VOTE FOR THE MOST 12:14.300 --> 12:15.802 SWEEPING REFORMS FOR 12:15.802 --> 12:16.503 PENSIONS IN THE UNITED 12:16.503 --> 12:17.804 STATES. 12:17.804 --> 12:18.805 CERTAINLY AMONG THE MOST 12:18.805 --> 12:19.305 SWEEPING. 12:19.305 --> 12:20.807 >> AND YOU HAD BUY IN FROM 12:20.807 --> 12:22.409 THE UNIONS EVENTUALLY? 12:22.409 --> 12:23.610 >> NO QUESTION. 12:23.610 --> 12:25.412 THOSE CHANGES YIELDED 12:25.412 --> 12:26.813 BETWEEN 25 AND 32 MILLION A 12:26.813 --> 12:29.315 YEAR, SO IT'S 270 MILLION 12:29.315 --> 12:31.317 OVER 10 YEARS. 12:31.317 --> 12:33.520 500 MILLION OVER 30 OR THE 12:33.520 --> 12:34.721 SAVINGS FROM THE REFORMS WE 12:34.721 --> 12:35.822 IMPLEMENTED AROUND OUR 12:35.822 --> 12:36.623 PENSION. 12:36.623 --> 12:39.025 WE TOOK THAT CASH AND THAT'S 12:39.025 --> 12:40.226 THE MONEY THAT WE USED TO 12:40.226 --> 12:40.927 ADD -- 12:40.927 --> 12:42.529 >> THE POLICE. 12:42.529 --> 12:43.630 >> TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL 12:43.630 --> 12:44.330 POLICE OFFICERS. 12:44.330 --> 12:45.532 AND WE ALSO STOPPED HAVING 12:45.532 --> 12:46.633 TO FIRE OUR EMPLOYEES. 12:46.633 --> 12:49.636 SO THE BUDGET HAS 12:49.636 --> 12:50.737 STABILIZED. 12:50.737 --> 12:51.838 WE'VE HAD THREE YEARS OF 12:51.838 --> 12:53.540 BALANCED BUDGET. 12:53.540 --> 12:55.542 OUR CREDIT RATING WAS JUST 12:55.542 --> 12:56.343 IMPROVED. 12:56.343 --> 12:58.144 AND WE'VE GROWN OUR CASH 12:58.144 --> 13:00.246 RESERVES FROM 7.4 MILLION 13:00.246 --> 13:02.248 WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR 36 13:02.248 --> 13:04.851 MONTHS AGO TO 126 MILLION 13:04.851 --> 13:07.354 AUDITED BY KP AND G IN 36 13:07.354 --> 13:07.754 MONTHS. 13:07.754 --> 13:08.855 >> AFTER JUST THREE YEARS. 13:08.855 --> 13:10.457 >> SO WE'RE GROWING CASH 13:10.457 --> 13:12.092 FASTER THAN WE HAVE AT ANY 13:12.092 --> 13:12.592 OTHER TIME. 13:12.592 --> 13:13.493 >> TWO OTHER ISSUES, 13:13.493 --> 13:15.095 MR. MAYOR, THAT ARE OF 13:15.095 --> 13:19.199 CONSEQUENCE TO PEOPLE IN 13:19.199 --> 13:20.000 YOUR POSITION, PEOPLE WHO 13:20.000 --> 13:21.801 RUN BIG CITIES AND POVERTY. 13:21.801 --> 13:22.602 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR 13:22.602 --> 13:23.203 EXPERIENCE ON PUBLIC 13:23.203 --> 13:24.204 EDUCATION ON THE ONE HAND 13:24.204 --> 13:25.105 AND DEALING WITH THE POVERTY 13:25.105 --> 13:26.306 ISSUE WHICH I KNOW HAS ALSO 13:26.306 --> 13:27.707 BEEN ONE THAT HASN'T HAS 13:27.707 --> 13:28.808 DEALT WITH FOR A LONG TIME 13:28.808 --> 13:29.309 ON THE OTHER. 13:29.309 --> 13:30.710 >> PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN 13:30.710 --> 13:32.012 TERRIBLE BECAUSE WHEN I 13:32.012 --> 13:33.313 BECAME MAYOR WE WERE IN THE 13:33.313 --> 13:34.714 MIDDLE OF THE WORST CHEATING 13:34.714 --> 13:36.016 SCANDAL IN THE UNITED STATES 13:36.016 --> 13:36.716 OF AMERICA. 13:36.716 --> 13:37.417 >> INDEED. 13:37.417 --> 13:39.119 >> SO IT WAS AWFUL. 13:39.119 --> 13:41.321 THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 13:41.321 --> 13:42.422 OWE THE DAY THAT WE STARTED 13:42.422 --> 13:43.523 REALLY GETTING THE RESULTS 13:43.523 --> 13:44.824 OF THE CHEATING SCANDAL, 13:44.824 --> 13:45.625 PROBABLY ONE OF THE THREE 13:45.625 --> 13:47.027 WORST DAYS I'VE HAD IN 13:47.027 --> 13:47.827 OFFICE. 13:47.827 --> 13:49.329 SO I HAD TO DO A NUMBER OF 13:49.329 --> 13:49.829 THINGS. 13:49.829 --> 13:51.131 FIRST, I DON'T HAVE 13:51.131 --> 13:52.832 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 13:52.832 --> 13:53.733 SCHOOL SYSTEM. 13:53.733 --> 13:55.435 IT'S INDEPENDENT IN THE CITY 13:55.435 --> 13:56.236 OF ATLANTA. 13:56.236 --> 13:58.138 SO EVERYTHING THAT I DO I DO 13:58.138 --> 14:00.140 THROUGH THE FORCE OF MY 14:00.140 --> 14:01.341 OFFICE AND FROM THE BULLY 14:01.341 --> 14:02.242 PULPIT. 14:02.242 --> 14:04.544 BUT WE HAD A CHAIR OF THE 14:04.544 --> 14:06.946 SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAD TO GO. 14:06.946 --> 14:08.648 SO I HAD TO PERSUADE HIM TO 14:08.648 --> 14:10.350 LEAVE. 14:10.350 --> 14:11.685 I SUPPORTED A BILL THAT GAVE 14:11.685 --> 14:12.786 THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 14:12.786 --> 14:14.187 THE POWER TO REMOVE THE 14:14.187 --> 14:16.089 SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT WE 14:16.089 --> 14:17.290 COULD IMPLEMENT A NUMBER OF 14:17.290 --> 14:18.391 REFORMS. 14:18.391 --> 14:20.193 I RECRUITED A GENTLEMAN 14:20.193 --> 14:22.996 ALONG WITH PAUL BOWERS, A 14:22.996 --> 14:23.997 GENTLEMAN THAT HAD BEEN A 14:23.997 --> 14:26.099 CEO OF A FORTUNE 1,000 14:26.099 --> 14:26.399 COMPANY. 14:26.399 --> 14:27.300 HE HAD ALSO BEEN THE 14:27.300 --> 14:28.702 CHANCELLOR OF HIGHER 14:28.702 --> 14:29.502 EDUCATION FOR THE STATE. 14:29.502 --> 14:31.304 HE STOPPED BEING THE CHANCER 14:31.304 --> 14:32.105 ON A THURSDAY. 14:32.105 --> 14:34.007 HE WAS AT APS ON A MONDAY. 14:34.007 --> 14:36.810 OUR SYSTEM WAS ON PROBATION. 14:36.810 --> 14:39.012 SO THROUGH THESE REFORMS WE 14:39.012 --> 14:40.613 WERE ABLE TO COME OFF OF 14:40.613 --> 14:41.915 PROBATION. 14:41.915 --> 14:43.817 NOW WE HAVE TRIAGED THE 14:43.817 --> 14:45.518 PATIENT, DESTABILIZED THE 14:45.518 --> 14:46.219 SYSTEM. 14:46.219 --> 14:47.420 AND THE NEXT STEP I BELIEVE 14:47.420 --> 14:48.922 IS RADICAL REFORM. 14:48.922 --> 14:50.223 >> WHAT DO YOU DO? 14:50.223 --> 14:52.225 I KNOW YOU SAY YOU DON'T 14:52.225 --> 14:53.226 CONTROL THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU 14:53.226 --> 14:53.927 WILL HAVE THE INFLUENCE OVER 14:53.927 --> 14:54.828 THE PEOPLE WHO DO. 14:54.828 --> 14:57.330 >> FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING 14:57.330 --> 14:58.932 TO GO AND RECRUIT A NEW 14:58.932 --> 15:00.133 SUPERINTENDENT LIKE YOU ALL 15:00.133 --> 15:01.935 WOULD RECRUIT A HEAD COACH 15:01.935 --> 15:02.535 FOR U.T. 15:02.535 --> 15:03.036 >> RIGHT. 15:03.036 --> 15:03.937 >> THAT'S HOW -- 15:03.937 --> 15:07.340 >> ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT 15:07.340 --> 15:08.341 MACK BROWN SHOULD BE FIRED. 15:08.341 --> 15:09.943 >> NO. 15:09.943 --> 15:11.277 >> THE POINT I'M MAKING IS 15:11.277 --> 15:12.278 WE HAVEN'T BEEN -- WE 15:12.278 --> 15:13.580 HAVEN'T BEEN RECRUITING 15:13.580 --> 15:14.280 SUPERINTENDENTS LIKE YOU 15:14.280 --> 15:15.982 WOULD IF YOU WANTED A STAR. 15:15.982 --> 15:16.483 >> RIGHT. 15:16.483 --> 15:17.684 >> AND THE SUPERINTENDENT 15:17.684 --> 15:19.586 THAT WE NEED IN ATLANTA IS 15:19.586 --> 15:20.587 IS NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS 15:20.587 --> 15:21.688 GOING TO APPLY. 15:21.688 --> 15:23.390 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS 15:23.390 --> 15:25.392 I'M GOING TO GET ON A PLANE 15:25.392 --> 15:26.593 OR I'M GOING TO GO TO 15:26.593 --> 15:28.294 WHATEVER COMMUNITY THAT HAS 15:28.294 --> 15:30.096 THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT, 15:30.096 --> 15:31.598 THAT'S PROBABLY GOT SIX OR 15:31.598 --> 15:32.899 SEVEN YEARS LEFT IN THEIR 15:32.899 --> 15:34.401 CAREER, AND WANTS ONE MORE 15:34.401 --> 15:35.201 CHALLENGE. 15:35.201 --> 15:37.103 AND I'M GOING TO GO RECRUIT 15:37.103 --> 15:38.204 THEM WITH A VERY BIG 15:38.204 --> 15:38.705 CHECKBOOK. 15:38.705 --> 15:39.806 >> BUT AS YOU SAY, 15:39.806 --> 15:40.907 MR. MAYOR, YOU'RE NOT IN 15:40.907 --> 15:41.608 CHARGE OF THE SCHOOLS. 15:41.608 --> 15:43.810 >> BUT I'M PERSUASIVE. 15:43.810 --> 15:44.210 [LAUGHTER] 15:44.210 --> 15:45.812 >> I SEE THAT. 15:45.812 --> 15:47.414 >> THE ANSWER IS EASY. 15:47.414 --> 15:49.916 >> YOU WILL BOTH PERSUADE A 15:49.916 --> 15:50.617 SUPERINTENDENT TO COME AND 15:50.617 --> 15:52.218 THEN YOU WILL PERSUADE THE 15:52.218 --> 15:52.919 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR 15:52.919 --> 15:53.720 HIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO 15:53.720 --> 15:54.421 HIRE THAT PERSON. 15:54.421 --> 15:54.921 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 15:54.921 --> 15:55.822 >> YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY 15:55.822 --> 15:57.724 INSERTING YOURSELF, NOT THAT 15:57.724 --> 15:59.125 IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, YOU WILL 15:59.125 --> 16:00.226 PUT YOURSELF INTO THE MIDDLE 16:00.226 --> 16:00.727 OF ALL THIS. 16:00.727 --> 16:01.928 >> I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY 16:01.928 --> 16:03.329 THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. 16:03.329 --> 16:04.531 >> HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT 16:04.531 --> 16:04.831 THAT? 16:04.831 --> 16:05.331 >> I DON'T KNOW. 16:05.331 --> 16:06.633 >> YOU ALSO SEEM NOT TO 16:06.633 --> 16:06.933 CARE. 16:06.933 --> 16:07.934 >> I CARE ABOUT THEM. 16:07.934 --> 16:09.135 >> YOU SEEM NOT TO CARE IF 16:09.135 --> 16:10.136 THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT 16:10.136 --> 16:10.737 YOU IN THERE. 16:10.737 --> 16:11.771 >> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE 16:11.771 --> 16:12.072 GOING. 16:12.072 --> 16:13.073 WHERE WE'RE GOING IS I'VE 16:13.073 --> 16:14.474 GOT A WONDERFUL CORPORATE 16:14.474 --> 16:15.675 COMMUNITY. 16:15.675 --> 16:17.077 THEY'RE PREPARED TO STEP UP 16:17.077 --> 16:19.379 AND PAY A DISPROPORTIONATE 16:19.379 --> 16:20.980 SALARY TO ATTRACT SOMEBODY 16:20.980 --> 16:21.381 SPECIAL. 16:21.381 --> 16:23.283 >> HIRE A STAR. 16:23.283 --> 16:24.884 >> WE WANT TO HIRE A STAR, 16:24.884 --> 16:25.685 WE WANT TO PAY THEM. 16:25.685 --> 16:26.986 I THINK IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO 16:26.986 --> 16:28.188 HAS FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS 16:28.188 --> 16:29.289 LEFT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO 16:29.289 --> 16:30.690 DOUBLE WHAT THEY'RE EARNING 16:30.690 --> 16:32.192 WHEREVER THEY ARE. 16:32.192 --> 16:33.193 I'M PREPARED TO DO THAT. 16:33.193 --> 16:35.895 >> THAT COULD BE A GOOD ADD. 16:35.895 --> 16:36.996 >> THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING IT 16:36.996 --> 16:38.398 ALL OUT. 16:38.398 --> 16:39.499 I'M GOING TO DOUBLE WHAT IT 16:39.499 --> 16:40.700 IS AND THEN I THINK THE 16:40.700 --> 16:41.701 SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO 16:41.701 --> 16:42.202 COME ALONG. 16:42.202 --> 16:42.902 >> THAT'S GREAT. 16:42.902 --> 16:44.504 TELL ME ABOUT POVERTY IN THE 16:44.504 --> 16:45.705 CITY OF ATLANTA. 16:45.705 --> 16:47.807 VERY SERIOUS ISSUE TO DEAL 16:47.807 --> 16:48.308 WITH. 16:48.308 --> 16:49.309 >> POVERTY WE'RE MAKING 16:49.309 --> 16:49.709 PROGRESS ON. 16:49.709 --> 16:51.311 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN A 16:51.311 --> 16:52.312 CRISIS IT TAKES YOU SOME 16:52.312 --> 16:53.713 TIME TO GET YOUR FISCAL 16:53.713 --> 16:54.614 HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE YOU 16:54.614 --> 16:57.117 CAN REALLY START FOCUSING ON 16:57.117 --> 16:58.318 CORE ISSUES, ISSUES RELATED 16:58.318 --> 16:59.219 TO POOR PEOPLE. 16:59.219 --> 17:01.821 SO WE'RE NOW AT THAT PLACE. 17:01.821 --> 17:02.822 THE CITY OF ATLANTA WAS ONE 17:02.822 --> 17:05.125 OF FIVE CITIES THAT WON A 17:05.125 --> 17:07.727 BLOOMBURG INNOVATION 17:07.727 --> 17:08.328 DELIVERY GRANT. 17:08.328 --> 17:10.230 WE GOT A GRANT FROM MAYOR 17:10.230 --> 17:11.364 BLOOMBURG AND WE'RE SPENDING 17:11.364 --> 17:12.966 ALL OF THAT TIME DEVELOPING 17:12.966 --> 17:15.468 BASELINE DATA FOR OUR 17:15.468 --> 17:16.569 POVERTY INITIATIVE. 17:16.569 --> 17:17.570 SO FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE 17:17.570 --> 17:19.072 SPECIFIC, WE JUST SENT OUT 17:19.072 --> 17:21.975 190 VOLUNTEERS WHO WENT OUT 17:21.975 --> 17:24.377 AND INTERVIEWED 690 HOMELESS 17:24.377 --> 17:26.079 PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT 17:26.079 --> 17:27.681 EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN 17:27.681 --> 17:29.983 THEIR LIVES AND KNOW WHO AND 17:29.983 --> 17:32.786 WHERE THEY ARE. 17:32.786 --> 17:33.887 WE ARE MOVING VERY 17:33.887 --> 17:35.789 AGGRESSIVELY IN HOUSING 17:35.789 --> 17:36.990 HOMELESS VETERANS. 17:36.990 --> 17:38.391 SO WHEN THE PRESIDENT ISSUED 17:38.391 --> 17:40.093 A CHALLENGE TO CITIES ACROSS 17:40.093 --> 17:42.295 AMERICA TO HOUSE 100 17:42.295 --> 17:44.597 VETERANS IN 100 DAYS, WE 17:44.597 --> 17:46.700 HOUSED 114. 17:46.700 --> 17:47.701 WE WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE 17:47.701 --> 17:48.902 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 17:48.902 --> 17:52.105 WE HAVE NOW HOUSED 300 17:52.105 --> 17:53.907 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 17:53.907 --> 17:54.207 VETERANS. 17:54.207 --> 17:56.710 SO IF YOU FOCUS ON 17:56.710 --> 17:58.211 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 17:58.211 --> 17:58.812 VETERANS, THERE ARE 17:58.812 --> 18:00.814 WRAPAROUND HOMELESS SERVICES 18:00.814 --> 18:01.514 FOR OUR VETERANS. 18:01.514 --> 18:02.615 BUT IF YOU DEAL WITH THAT 18:02.615 --> 18:03.416 POPULATION YOU'RE DEALING 18:03.416 --> 18:05.819 WITH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 18:05.819 --> 18:06.519 CHUNK OF THE PROBLEM. 18:06.519 --> 18:07.721 SO WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON 18:07.721 --> 18:09.122 RIGHT NOW ARE 1400 PEOPLE 18:09.122 --> 18:10.824 WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS 18:10.824 --> 18:11.958 IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA. 18:11.958 --> 18:13.660 WE'RE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. 18:13.660 --> 18:16.363 WE HAVE BEST IN CLASS TALENT 18:16.363 --> 18:17.564 THANKS TO THE BLOOMBURG 18:17.564 --> 18:18.365 DELIVERY GRANT. 18:18.365 --> 18:19.766 WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ON THE 18:19.766 --> 18:20.066 CHEAP. 18:20.066 --> 18:21.968 WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT AND 18:21.968 --> 18:23.069 HIRE THE MOST COMPETENT 18:23.069 --> 18:26.573 PEOPLE IN SPACE AND FULLY 18:26.573 --> 18:27.574 SOURCE THEM AS OPPOSED TO 18:27.574 --> 18:28.975 DOING IT IN A SHOESTRING 18:28.975 --> 18:29.876 FASHION, WHICH IS THE WAY 18:29.876 --> 18:31.678 THAT HOMELESSNESS IS OFTEN 18:31.678 --> 18:31.978 DEALT WITH. 18:31.978 --> 18:33.680 >> THAT'S A GREAT STORY AND 18:33.680 --> 18:35.081 HOPEFUL, BUT THAT'S 18:35.081 --> 18:35.882 PROGRAMMATIC. 18:35.882 --> 18:37.484 I'M TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMIC. 18:37.484 --> 18:39.386 WHAT DO YOU DO A SYSTEMIC 18:39.386 --> 18:40.587 BASIS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 18:40.587 --> 18:41.788 GOING FORWARD SO THAT THE 18:41.788 --> 18:42.689 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 18:42.689 --> 18:43.690 POVERTY IN YOUR CITY BELOW 18:43.690 --> 18:44.891 THE POVERTY LINE GOES DOWN 18:44.891 --> 18:45.592 OVER TIME? 18:45.592 --> 18:46.493 >> I THINK THERE ARE A 18:46.493 --> 18:47.394 NUMBER OF THINGS. 18:47.394 --> 18:49.195 I THINK THAT YOU IMPROVE THE 18:49.195 --> 18:51.698 ARRAY OF JOBS IN YOUR CITY. 18:51.698 --> 18:53.600 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS 18:53.600 --> 18:55.602 HAPPENING TO CITIES IS NOT 18:55.602 --> 18:57.303 PROBLEMS WITH RACE, BUT 18:57.303 --> 18:58.505 PROBLEMS WITH CLASS. 18:58.505 --> 19:00.507 I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING TO A 19:00.507 --> 19:01.908 POINT WHERE THE ONLY PEOPLE 19:01.908 --> 19:02.709 THAT ARE LIVING IN CITIES 19:02.709 --> 19:04.110 ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD 19:04.110 --> 19:05.211 TO. 19:05.211 --> 19:06.713 THE WAY THAT YOU FIGHT BACK 19:06.713 --> 19:09.215 AT THAT IS TO PROVIDE AN 19:09.215 --> 19:11.151 ARRAY OF JOBS. 19:11.151 --> 19:12.252 THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC 19:12.252 --> 19:14.154 GENERATOR IN THE SOUTH IS 19:14.154 --> 19:15.955 HARTFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT, 19:15.955 --> 19:17.057 WHICH I CONTROL. 19:17.057 --> 19:19.559 SO SINCE JANUARY WE'VE HIRED 19:19.559 --> 19:21.061 1700 PEOPLE IN EXACTLY THE 19:21.061 --> 19:22.162 KIND OF POSITIONS THAT 19:22.162 --> 19:23.363 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 19:23.363 --> 19:24.964 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M 19:24.964 --> 19:26.866 DOING IS TO MOVE THE CITY IN 19:26.866 --> 19:29.469 TO AIR CARGO IN A MAJOR WAY. 19:29.469 --> 19:29.969 >> YEP. 19:29.969 --> 19:32.572 >> WELL, AIR CARGO IS NOT 19:32.572 --> 19:33.473 VERY PROFITABLE FOR THE 19:33.473 --> 19:35.475 AIRPORT, BUT IT DOES CREATE 19:35.475 --> 19:37.777 THAT ARRAY OF JOBS THAT I'M 19:37.777 --> 19:38.678 TALKING ABOUT. 19:38.678 --> 19:39.979 THE OTHER THING I'VE DONE IS 19:39.979 --> 19:41.481 WORKED WITH THE REPUBLICAN 19:41.481 --> 19:42.982 GOVERNOR ON A CONSTANT BASIS 19:42.982 --> 19:44.884 TO DEEPEN THE PORT OF 19:44.884 --> 19:46.386 SAVANNAH SO THAT IT'S READY 19:46.386 --> 19:49.789 FOR PANDEMIC SHIFTS IN 2014, 19:49.789 --> 19:51.591 2015, 2016. 19:51.591 --> 19:53.093 THAT DOESN'T SOUND SEXY, BUT 19:53.093 --> 19:54.494 THE JOBS THAT COME FROM 19:54.494 --> 19:56.396 UNLOADING SHIPS THAT ARE 19:56.396 --> 19:58.098 THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE 19:58.098 --> 20:00.600 OLD SHIPS GENERATES THOSE 20:00.600 --> 20:02.102 KIND OF WORKING CLASS JOBS. 20:02.102 --> 20:04.204 SO I DON'T JUST GET EXCITED 20:04.204 --> 20:05.905 ABOUT THE 70,000 OR THE 20:05.905 --> 20:08.208 80,000-DOLLAR JOB PLACEMENT, 20:08.208 --> 20:10.010 I WORK JUST AS HARD TO 20:10.010 --> 20:12.746 CREATE AN ARRAY OF JOBS 20:12.746 --> 20:14.047 ACROSS THE CATEGORIES. 20:14.047 --> 20:15.048 THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING AS 20:15.048 --> 20:15.448 MAYOR. 20:15.448 --> 20:16.750 >> MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A FEW 20:16.750 --> 20:17.350 MINUTES LEFT. 20:17.350 --> 20:18.251 I'M HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT 20:18.251 --> 20:19.753 WORKING WITH A REPUBLICAN 20:19.753 --> 20:21.755 GOVERNOR, EDUCATION REFORM, 20:21.755 --> 20:23.456 DEALING WITH POVERTY, 20:23.456 --> 20:24.758 REDUCING CRIME. 20:24.758 --> 20:28.261 WHY ARE YOU NOT RUNNING FOR 20:28.261 --> 20:29.963 THE SENATE SEAT? 20:29.963 --> 20:31.564 I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT 20:31.564 --> 20:32.265 GOING TO RUN. 20:32.265 --> 20:35.268 PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EYES ON 20:35.268 --> 20:37.170 YOU ZOOMING THAT OF ALL THE 20:37.170 --> 20:39.172 DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE THEY 20:39.172 --> 20:39.973 THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST 20:39.973 --> 20:40.974 CHANCE OF RISING TO THE 20:40.974 --> 20:41.775 OFFICE OF UNITED STATES 20:41.775 --> 20:42.976 SENATOR OR OF GOVERNOR, BUT 20:42.976 --> 20:44.277 SO FAR YOU'VE DECLINED TO DO 20:44.277 --> 20:44.577 THAT. 20:44.577 --> 20:45.178 >> YEAH. 20:45.178 --> 20:46.680 I THINK FIGHTERS DON'T 20:46.680 --> 20:47.981 BECOME CHAMPIONS WHEN THEY 20:47.981 --> 20:49.582 FIGHT THE WRONG FIGHT TOO 20:49.582 --> 20:49.983 EARLY. 20:49.983 --> 20:51.484 >> WHY IS IT THE WRONG FIGHT 20:51.484 --> 20:52.686 AND WHY IS IT TOO EARLY? 20:52.686 --> 20:53.687 >> BECAUSE I MADE A PROMISE 20:53.687 --> 20:54.788 TO THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA AND 20:54.788 --> 20:55.989 I WANT TO FINISH THE JOB I 20:55.989 --> 20:59.793 HAVE AND I WANT TO MAKE 20:59.793 --> 21:00.193 CHANGE. 21:00.193 --> 21:01.695 YOU KNOW THAT 36 MONTHS INTO 21:01.695 --> 21:02.896 AN ORGANIZATION, LEAVING 21:02.896 --> 21:05.098 THAT JOB THE CHANGES THAT 21:05.098 --> 21:06.800 YOU MADE, THAT YOU WORKED SO 21:06.800 --> 21:08.702 HARD FOR, CAN EASILY BECOME 21:08.702 --> 21:10.403 UNRAVELED. 21:10.403 --> 21:12.205 AND WHEN I -- AND WHEN AND 21:12.205 --> 21:15.809 IF I RAN FOR A MAJOR JOB, 21:15.809 --> 21:17.410 ONE ABOVE THE ONE I HAVE, I 21:17.410 --> 21:20.513 WOULD DO IT WITH A RECORD. 21:20.513 --> 21:21.314 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 21:21.314 --> 21:22.615 DON'T LIKE ARE INDIVIDUALS 21:22.615 --> 21:24.417 WHO GET OUT AND COMPETE FOR 21:24.417 --> 21:27.020 JOBS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE 21:27.020 --> 21:28.922 HAVE THE TRACK RECORD THAT 21:28.922 --> 21:29.923 WARRANTS THAT. 21:29.923 --> 21:31.024 WHEN I AM FINISHED BEING 21:31.024 --> 21:32.425 MAYOR AFTER EIGHT YEARS, I 21:32.425 --> 21:33.927 WILL HAVE A RECORD THAT 21:33.927 --> 21:35.729 PEOPLE CAN JUDGE ME BY THAT 21:35.729 --> 21:37.530 WILL BE WELL DOCUMENTED, AND 21:37.530 --> 21:38.431 I THINK IT WILL BE SOMETHING 21:38.431 --> 21:39.432 I CAN STAND ON. 21:39.432 --> 21:40.433 >> OF COURSE, PEOPLE SAID 21:40.433 --> 21:43.136 THAT ABOUT -- PEOPLE SAID 21:43.136 --> 21:44.137 THAT ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT. 21:44.137 --> 21:45.138 THAT HE HAD NOT ACTUALLY HAD 21:45.138 --> 21:46.139 A RECORD TO RUN ON. 21:46.139 --> 21:47.741 IN FACT, HAD SIGNIFICANTLY 21:47.741 --> 21:48.541 LESS EXPERIENCE IN OFFICE 21:48.541 --> 21:49.743 WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT 21:49.743 --> 21:50.543 THAN YOU DO NOW. 21:50.543 --> 21:52.045 YOU DID 10 YEARS IN THE 21:52.045 --> 21:52.645 LEGISLATURE -- 21:52.645 --> 21:53.246 >> 11. 21:53.246 --> 21:54.447 >> 11 YEARS IN TOTAL. 21:54.447 --> 21:56.449 [LAUGHTER]. 21:56.449 --> 21:57.751 WHO'S COUNTING RIGHT? 21:57.751 --> 21:58.651 YOU'VE BEEN MAYOR FOR THREE 21:58.651 --> 21:59.252 YEARS. 21:59.252 --> 22:00.053 HAVE YOU ANNOUNCED FOR 22:00.053 --> 22:01.054 REELECTION YET? 22:01.054 --> 22:02.856 >> I'VE ANNOUNCED -- 22:02.856 --> 22:03.556 >> YOU HAVE NOT? 22:03.556 --> 22:05.759 >> I HAVE. 22:05.759 --> 22:07.060 MY ANSWER IS THAT IT'S EASY. 22:07.060 --> 22:08.361 I DON'T COMPARE MYSELF TO 22:08.361 --> 22:10.663 MICHAEL JORDAN. 22:10.663 --> 22:11.998 >> BARACK OBAMA IS IN THIS 22:11.998 --> 22:12.499 CASE -- 22:12.499 --> 22:13.600 >> I DON'T GET OUT AND 22:13.600 --> 22:16.403 FANTASIZE THAT I'M MICHAEL 22:16.403 --> 22:17.203 JORDAN ON THE COURT. 22:17.203 --> 22:18.805 I THINK I'M GOOD AT WHAT I 22:18.805 --> 22:19.205 DO. 22:19.205 --> 22:19.806 I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT 22:19.806 --> 22:22.409 OBAMA WAS UNIQUELY TALENTED 22:22.409 --> 22:23.710 IN A WAY THAT FEW PEOPLE 22:23.710 --> 22:24.711 ARE. 22:24.711 --> 22:25.011 OBVIOUSLY. 22:25.011 --> 22:26.212 AND I THINK YOU MAKE A 22:26.212 --> 22:28.314 MISTAKE WHEN YOU START 22:28.314 --> 22:29.315 TRYING TO LIVE OTHER 22:29.315 --> 22:30.617 PEOPLE'S STORY. 22:30.617 --> 22:33.820 MY LIFE STORY IS A BORING, 22:33.820 --> 22:35.922 LONG LABORIOUS STORY OF 22:35.922 --> 22:37.323 BLOCKING AND TACKLING. 22:37.323 --> 22:39.225 I WAS FOUR YEARS IN THE 22:39.225 --> 22:40.927 HOUSE, I WAS SEVEN YEARS IN 22:40.927 --> 22:42.228 THE SENATE. 22:42.228 --> 22:43.930 I PLAN TO BE EIGHT YEARS AS 22:43.930 --> 22:44.631 MAYOR. 22:44.631 --> 22:48.435 SO THE PRESIDENT LIVED HIS 22:48.435 --> 22:49.736 LIFE, OTHER PEOPLE LIVE 22:49.736 --> 22:51.738 THEIR LIFE, I LIVE MY LIFE. 22:51.738 --> 22:52.639 >> OPPORTUNITY WILL COME AT 22:52.639 --> 22:53.640 THE END OF THOSE EIGHT YEARS 22:53.640 --> 22:55.041 IF OPPORTUNITY IS MEANT TO 22:55.041 --> 22:55.342 COME. 22:55.342 --> 22:56.042 >> I THINK SO. 22:56.042 --> 22:56.943 >> IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR 22:56.943 --> 22:57.844 STATE, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE 22:57.844 --> 22:59.045 THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY HAS THE 22:59.045 --> 23:00.347 POTENTIAL IN THE NEXT -- THE 23:00.347 --> 23:01.348 FIVE TO 10 YEARS THANKS TO 23:01.348 --> 23:04.751 THE COALITION OF THE 23:04.751 --> 23:06.553 ASCENDENT TO FLIP FROM RED 23:06.553 --> 23:08.355 TO BLUE, THAT ARE NOT A LOT 23:08.355 --> 23:10.357 OF DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS FOR 23:10.357 --> 23:11.591 OFFICE AND IF YOU DON'T RUN 23:11.591 --> 23:14.894 FOR THAT OFFICE, IT IS 23:14.894 --> 23:15.895 ALMOST CERTAIN THAT 23:15.895 --> 23:17.697 REPUBLICANS KEEP THAT SEAT. 23:17.697 --> 23:19.499 WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO 23:19.499 --> 23:21.301 DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO CHANGE 23:21.301 --> 23:23.603 GEORGIA FROM RED TO BLUE. 23:23.603 --> 23:24.804 >> I BELIEVE THAT JOHN 23:24.804 --> 23:27.107 BARROW CAN WIN MY SEAT. 23:27.107 --> 23:28.708 >> COULD WIN THE U.S. SENATE 23:28.708 --> 23:29.109 SEAT. 23:29.109 --> 23:30.510 THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH. 23:30.510 --> 23:30.810 [LAUGHTER] 23:30.810 --> 23:32.312 >> AS WE SAY, WE'LL EDIT 23:32.312 --> 23:33.113 THAT IN POST. 23:33.113 --> 23:33.513 [LAUGHTER] 23:33.513 --> 23:34.614 >> NO, WE WON'T. 23:34.614 --> 23:37.117 >> I THINK HE COULD WIN THE 23:37.117 --> 23:37.417 SEAT. 23:37.417 --> 23:38.318 AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT 23:38.318 --> 23:39.519 TO DO THE WORK RIGHT NOW. 23:39.519 --> 23:41.421 AND YOU'VE GOT TO PUT UP 23:41.421 --> 23:43.323 GOOD CANDIDATES WHICH JOHN 23:43.323 --> 23:46.326 BARROW, HE TOOK OUT TO BUILD 23:46.326 --> 23:46.826 THE PARTY. 23:46.826 --> 23:48.028 >> IT'S UPHILL FOR 23:48.028 --> 23:48.528 DEMOCRATS. 23:48.528 --> 23:49.929 >> IT'S TOUGH, BUT IT'S ONLY 23:49.929 --> 23:51.531 UPHILL IF YOU DON'T DO THE 23:51.531 --> 23:51.931 WORK. 23:51.931 --> 23:53.333 THE STATE OF GEORGIA WAS THE 23:53.333 --> 23:54.434 SECOND HIGHEST PERFORMING 23:54.434 --> 23:55.735 STATE THAT THE PRESIDENT 23:55.735 --> 23:56.336 DIDN'T WIN. 23:56.336 --> 23:57.537 SO IT WAS SECOND ONLY TO 23:57.537 --> 23:58.138 NORTH CAROLINA. 23:58.138 --> 23:59.139 THERE ARE HALF A MILLION 23:59.139 --> 24:00.440 UNREGISTERED BLACK PEOPLE IN 24:00.440 --> 24:01.641 THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 24:01.641 --> 24:02.342 THERE ARE MORE THAN A 24:02.342 --> 24:03.143 QUARTER OF A MILLION 24:03.143 --> 24:04.744 UNREGISTERED LATINO PEOPLE 24:04.744 --> 24:06.146 IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 24:06.146 --> 24:08.448 AND IN THE 2010 ELECTION THE 24:08.448 --> 24:11.051 GOVERNOR BEAT THE DEMOCRATIC 24:11.051 --> 24:13.386 CANDIDATE BY ABOUT 225,000 24:13.386 --> 24:13.687 VOTES. 24:13.687 --> 24:15.188 SO IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S ONLY 24:15.188 --> 24:17.090 THERE THROUGH DOING HARD 24:17.090 --> 24:17.590 WORK. 24:17.590 --> 24:18.091 >> RIGHT. 24:18.091 --> 24:18.992 THE MATH ACTUALLY IS 24:18.992 --> 24:22.896 PLAUSIBLE. 24:22.896 --> 24:23.797 >> AND I BELIEVE THAT THE 24:23.797 --> 24:24.798 NATIONAL POLITICS WILL COME 24:24.798 --> 24:26.399 TO GEORGIA BECAUSE THEY HAVE 24:26.399 --> 24:26.800 TO. 24:26.800 --> 24:28.101 IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN 24:28.101 --> 24:30.003 A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE 24:30.003 --> 24:31.304 UNITED STATES SENATE, 24:31.304 --> 24:32.605 WHETHER IT'S IN THIS CYCLE 24:32.605 --> 24:34.307 OR THE NEXT, IT'S GOING TO 24:34.307 --> 24:36.209 HAVE TO COME TO GEORGIA. 24:36.209 --> 24:38.111 BUT WHAT I'VE SHARED WITH 24:38.111 --> 24:41.014 THE WHITE HOUSE AND WITH THE 24:41.014 --> 24:43.316 D AND C IS THAT YOU 24:43.316 --> 24:45.018 SHOULDN'T COME TO MY STATE 24:45.018 --> 24:45.919 SMALL. 24:45.919 --> 24:47.320 YOU CAN'T -- I'M NOT GOING 24:47.320 --> 24:48.421 TO BE INVOLVED IN 24:48.421 --> 24:49.923 INCREMENTAL POLITICS. 24:49.923 --> 24:50.523 >> YEP. 24:50.523 --> 24:52.826 >> COME AND TALK TO ME WHEN 24:52.826 --> 24:54.127 YOU'RE READY TO WIN IT. 24:54.127 --> 24:55.729 >> GO BIG OR GO HOME. 24:55.729 --> 24:57.230 >> WHEN YOU'RE READY TO 24:57.230 --> 24:59.332 SPEND 12, 14, $16 MILLION 24:59.332 --> 25:01.034 AND TO TREAT GEORGIA LIKE 25:01.034 --> 25:02.235 YOU WOULD HAVE COMPETITIVE 25:02.235 --> 25:03.336 STATE, I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL 25:03.336 --> 25:03.737 DAY. 25:03.737 --> 25:05.138 BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO DO THIS 25:05.138 --> 25:07.040 TWO STEP WHERE YOU GET OUT 25:07.040 --> 25:08.641 AND GIVE YOUR BEST SHOT AND 25:08.641 --> 25:10.643 THEN IF IT CATCHES, THEN 25:10.643 --> 25:11.578 MAYBE WE'LL SEE. 25:11.578 --> 25:12.779 I DON'T LIVE MY LIFE THAT 25:12.779 --> 25:13.079 WAY. 25:13.079 --> 25:14.180 I'M A LITTLE TOO MUCH OF A 25:14.180 --> 25:14.781 CONTROL FREAK. 25:14.781 --> 25:15.982 >> I LIKE THAT. 25:15.982 --> 25:18.184 A GOOD PLACE TO END. 25:18.184 --> 25:19.486 AN HONOR TO SIT WITH YOU. 25:19.486 --> 25:19.786 APPRECIATE IT. 25:19.786 --> 25:20.787 >> THE PLEASURE IS MINE. 25:20.787 --> 25:22.088 >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 25:22.088 --> 25:23.590 >> MAYOR KASIM REED. 25:23.590 --> 25:24.090 THANK YOU. 25:24.090 --> 25:24.591 [APPLAUSE] 25:24.591 --> 25:25.892 >> WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU 25:25.892 --> 25:26.993 JOIN US IN THE STUDIO. 25:26.993 --> 25:28.094 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 25:28.094 --> 25:31.798 KLRU.ORG/OVERHEARD TO FIND 25:31.798 --> 25:33.600 INVITATIONS TO INTERVIEWS, Q 25:33.600 --> 25:35.101 AND A'S WITH OUR AUDIENCE 25:35.101 --> 25:38.905 AND GUESTS AN AND AN ARCHIVE 25:38.905 --> 25:40.206 OF PAST EPISODES. 25:40.206 --> 25:41.408 >> THE STAND YOUR GROUND 25:41.408 --> 25:42.509 MESSAGING LEADS YOU TO 25:42.509 --> 25:43.309 BELIEVE THAT IN THE 25:43.309 --> 25:45.111 CONVENIENT OF AN ALTERCATION 25:45.111 --> 25:46.813 I CAN STAND MY GROUND AND 25:46.813 --> 25:47.814 USE WHATEVER FORCE. 25:47.814 --> 25:48.815 >> WITH NO PENALTY. 25:48.815 --> 25:49.416 >> YEAH. 25:49.416 --> 25:50.817 AND THEN I CAN GO HOME. 25:50.817 --> 25:54.721 THAT MESSAGING IS -- I THINK 25:54.721 --> 26:07.534 IS BAD FOR SOCIETY. 26:07.534 --> 26:08.835 >> FUNDING FOR OVERHEARD 26:08.835 --> 26:10.437 WITH EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED 26:10.437 --> 26:12.872 IN PART BY THE MATTSSON 26:12.872 --> 26:14.774 MCHALE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT 26:14.774 --> 26:15.975 OF PUBLIC TELEVISION. 26:15.975 --> 26:18.478 ALSO BY MFI FOUNDATION, 26:18.478 --> 26:19.679 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF 26:19.679 --> 26:21.181 LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 26:21.181 --> 26:22.782 AND FROM THE TEXAS BOARD OF 26:22.782 --> 26:24.684 LEGAL SPECIALIZATION, BOARD 26:24.684 --> 26:26.786 CERTIFIED ATTORNEYS IN YOUR 26:26.786 --> 26:27.887 COMMUNITY, EXPERIENCED, 26:27.887 --> 26:29.889 RESPECTED AND TESTED. 26:29.889 --> 26:31.991 ALSO BY HILLCO PARTNERS, 26:31.991 --> 26:33.293 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 26:33.293 --> 26:35.495 CONSULTANCY AND ITS GLOBAL 26:35.495 --> 26:36.496 HEALTH CARE CONSULTING 26:36.496 --> 26:37.797 BUSINESS UNIT, HILLCO 26:37.797 --> 26:38.298 HEALTH. 26:38.298 --> 26:40.500 AND BY THE ALICE KLEBERG 26:40.500 --> 26:42.202 REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, AND 26:42.202 --> 26:42.902 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 26:42.902 --> 27:06.326 THANK YOU. 27:06.326 --> 27:10.330 >> THIS WEEK ON OVERHEARD, 27:10.330 --> 27:11.965 ATLANTA MAYOR KASIM REED. 27:11.965 --> 27:14.868 >> WHEN I CARE ABOUT MORE OF 27:14.868 --> 27:16.269 THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT WANT TO 27:16.269 --> 27:18.071 HAVE ACCESS TO ASSAULT 27:18.071 --> 27:19.072 WEAPONS AND GUNS OF THAT 27:19.072 --> 27:21.574 VARIETY ARE THE WOMEN AND 27:21.574 --> 27:22.976 MEN, THE 1900 POLICE 27:22.976 --> 27:24.577 OFFICERS THAT WORK FOR THE 27:24.577 --> 27:24.878 CITY. 27:24.878 --> 27:25.478 >> RIGHT. 27:25.478 --> 27:26.980 >> AND MY FEELING REALLY IS 27:26.980 --> 27:28.381 DRIVEN BY FACT THAT I DON'T 27:28.381 --> 27:29.983 EVER WANT THEM TO ARRIVE ON 27:29.983 --> 27:33.983 A SCENE AND BE OUT GUNNED.