00:00Right here, photo right here, is that what they said?
00:09So you can be up here, you can be up, you're on here, we might be up here.
00:14Wait, am I out of your shot?
00:17Cool camera, you can be up on here.
00:20So, we have a few reporters here.
00:24So, look guys, what we wanted to do here was a couple things.
00:27First of all, we're going to say come and say thank you to the National Guard folks, to the cops, for actually keeping this place safe.
00:35If you look at what's happened in Washington, D.C. in just the past nine days, we've seen a 35% reduction in violent crime.
00:42We've seen over a 50% reduction in robberies.
00:45We are seeing really substantial effects because these guys are busting their ass.
00:49So I want to come here, highlight what they're doing, say thank you in person, obviously pass out a few furthers.
00:54But most of all, just to invest in the American people, look, we don't have to live like this.
00:59We do not have to allow our cities to be taken over by violence and by disorder and by chaos.
01:04You can actually do stuff.
01:06You can actually bring law and order to communities.
01:10You've just got to have the political willpower to do it.
01:13And I think you hear these guys outside here screaming at us.
01:16Of course, these are a bunch of crazy protesters, but I'll tell you, a couple of years ago when I brought my kids here, they were being screened at by violent vagrants, and it was scaring the hell out of my kids.
01:28And one of the things that we've done already in Union Station in just nine days is we've made it a place where people can walk around safely.
01:35They can bring their kids again.
01:36They can see this beautiful monument, the architecture.
01:39They can have a meal with their friends and their loved ones because, again, we've brought some law and order back to Washington, D.C.
01:45So I want to thank Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller.
01:47I want to thank all the people.
01:49The guardsmen here and the police officers who have worked very hard.
01:52And I know that we've traded now some violent, crazy people who are screaming at kids with a few crazy liberals who are screaming at the vice president.
02:01But I think that's a very worthwhile trade to make because we want our people to be able to enjoy our beautiful cities.
02:08And the last thing I'll say is to the American people, D.C. is already safer than it was nine days ago, but we're going to make it safer still to come.
02:15This is your city.
02:17You should feel free to come and visit here, have a meal, see all these incredible monuments, and actually enjoy yourself.
02:23And that's what we're trying to make happen.
02:25And I think that if we set a standard in Washington, D.C., that political willpower can bring some common-sense law and order back to these communities,
02:33then maybe some other communities and other cities will follow suit.
02:36So it's kind of crazy.
02:37You hear these guys outside.
02:39They appear to hate the idea that Americans can enjoy their communities.
02:43They do the fact that D.C., a week ago, had a higher murder rate than Truman Act and DeBando,
02:48which the United States State Department has said you shouldn't visit because it's unsafe.
02:53We ought to be able to enjoy great American cities.
02:56That's what we're trying to do with the Trump administration.
02:59We want to thank all of our law enforcement and National Guardsmen for making it possible.
03:03We've made a lot of progress in nine days.
03:05We're going to make a whole lot more.
03:06I'll let Pete and Stephen Miller say something, and we'll take a few questions from the report.
03:10So, Mr. Secretary.
03:12Thank you, Mr. Vice President.
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