Intro >> AND THAT WAS 7 NEWS ANCHOR LEAH LANDO REPORTING THERE. JOINING ME NOW ARE OR TO SUPPORTERS OF ALERT SYSTEM, REVEREND DENISE WALDEN. GLENN IS HERE WITH THE SHE'S WITH URBAN CHRISTIAN MINATURE MINISTRIES AND ANTHONY DAVIS, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHO HELPED INITIATE THIS PUSH. THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND DON T L START HERE WITH YOU WANT IF YOU COULD JUST SORT OF MAKE Why Ebony Alert is needed THE CASE TO VIEWERS. WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF IT THERE. BUT WHY IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS? NEED IT PEOPLE? I'M NOT GOOD NEWS. >> THIS IS NEEDED BECAUSE OUR LIVES ARE AT STAKE, RIGHT? OUR CHILDREN LIVES ARE AT STAKE. THEY'RE GOING MISSING AT DISPROPORTIONATE LEVELS. AND THAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT LIKE LITERALLY EVERY OTHER DAY. YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK, CHILD IS MISSING. WHERE'S THE LETTER? SOUND? THE ALARM? A BABY IS MISSING, BUT YOU SEE NOTHING. WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE ON OUR OWN. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE EBONY ALERT IS SO IMPORTANT. YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT RIVER DIDI'S YOU MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE GOING ON FACEBOOK AND THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK. BUT HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS? >> ACTUAL SYSTEM WRITES THAT THERE THERE IS A MEANS BY WHICH YOU CAN SHARE THIS Importance of Ebony Alert INFORMATION MORE BROADLY, RATHER THAN JUST RELYING ON SOMETHING LIKE FACEBOOK, I MEAN, IS VITAL. MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH RIGHT? MY COMMUNITY CAN MOVE AND WE CAN MOVE AT THE PACE. WE CAN MOVE THAT. BUT WHEN IT BECOMES A SYSTEM THAT'S TIED INTO GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ALL OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY CAN ALSO SOUND THE ALARM. THERE'S WAYS THAT THEY CAN MOVING GET INFORMATION THAT WE CAN NOT. >> AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS. SO IT'S LITERALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHILD'S LIFE OR DEATH IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING FOUND OR NOT FOUND A BY THE TIME THEY'RE UNFORTUNATELY AND JALEN CASES SUCH A SAD REMINDER OF THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU YOU THINK WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN AND WE HEARD THAT IN IN LEE IS WANT TO ASK BOTH OF YOU IF YOU CAN WHAT SOME WOULD SEE OUT THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY OF THESE ALERTS IF THERE ARE TOO MANY. >> CASES REVENUE. ALL START WITH YOU. HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT CONCERN THE WORRY THAT WE HAVE AMBER ALERTS AND WE HAVE SILVER ALERTS AND FEATHER ALERTS IN SOME STATES ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ADDRESS THAT THAT CONCERNED THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY ALERTS, BUT THERE ARE MANY ALERTS FOR RECENT. AND I WOULD ASK HOW MANY IS TOO MANY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFE AND THE LIFE OF A TILED, RIGHT? LIKE AT WHAT POINT DO YOU PUT A NUMBER? HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY? >> WHAT'S TO ME? ALERTS AROUND WHAT COULD SAVE A BABY'S LIFE? WHEN I SAY BABY, I ANY I DON'T THINK THERE CAN BE TO ME THAT. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IN THE OPERATE FOR A REASON. AND UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING FACTORS THAT ARE CAUSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN. >> WHAT WOULD YOU ADD TO THAT Ebony Alert IN ADDRESSING THAT CONCERN? SOMEONE WHO'S WATCHING MIGHT HAVE I WOULD ADD. TOO MANY ALERTS. HOW MANY HAVE YOU GOTTEN THIS YEAR FROM AMBER FROM SILVER? HOW MANY ALERTS HAVE YOU HAD? AND THERE'S BEEN CHILDREN GOING MISSING EVERY DAY AFTER DAY. MY PHONE HAS AROUND ONE TIME THIS YEAR WITH AN AMBER ALERT IN THERE. SO MANY. THINGS IN PLACE OWN A CAR WAS IF THEY WERE MISSING FOR 48 HOURS KNOW WHEN A CHILD IS MISSING, WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE NOW BECAUSE IF WE WAIT, 48 HOURS, IF WE WAIT TO SEE IF THERE WAS A KIND THAT TOOK OR WE DON'T GET AN ALERT, THIS CHILD CAN BE DATED. AND WE HAVE TO JUST BE AS AS BLUNT AS POSSIBLE. THIS CHILD CAN BE. DID THE EBONY ALERT WILL HELP FIND MISSING CHILDREN. THE EBONY ALERT WILL HELP FIND IMMEDIATELY TRY REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES. HAD WE ALERT. J LO PROBABLY BE HERE TODAY. I WE HAVE ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT. BOTH OF YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN HERE REALLY QUICKLY. JUST LOGISTICALLY, HOW DO YOU SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD? OBVIOUSLY, AS A STATE LAW NEEDED? >> YES, YOU HOPEFUL? >> VERY HOPEFUL. I'M I'M SITTING IN. EXPECT TO SEE RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH THE COLD. SO WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE PAIRED UP WITH. SENATOR KENNEDY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH APRIL BASKING AND END THE WHO'S WHO'S RIGHT. AND TO GET THIS THING GOING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT HAPPEN THE WAY WE SEE IT GOING. >> AS WE SEE COMMUNITY RALLYING BEHIND AN TO LEAST US. YES, THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH SIR. REALLY APPRECIATE DON DAVIS AND REVEREND