'Totally false': MSNBC expert undercuts Trump before crime press conference even begins

Before Donald Trump even hit the stage in the White House briefing room to detail his plans to reportedly militarize the streets of Washington, D.C. due to a crime wave, MSNBC's Ken. Dilanian undercut the president.

With Trump late as usual, host Anna Cabrera asked Dilanian, "Talk about D.C.'s crime being down when you compare year to year? President Trump has made these outlandish claims, saying D.C. is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, not just in the US, but the world. That's clearly not accurate. Beyond D.C. comparing numbers to itself, can you set the record straight for us?"

"Yeah, that is totally false on it," he shot back. "You can Google this. Actually, there are lots of different ways to measure the most dangerous cities in the United States, but if you just look at per capita violent crime, the amounts of violence, the numbers of violent crime based on a percentage of the population, D.C. is not even in the top 25 __ it's not even close."

"And a lot of it's generally smaller and medium-sized cities that are the most dangerous," he added. "Now, look, some neighborhoods in D.C. If you stack them up as a city next to Memphis or some of these other very dangerous cities, the crime rates there are higher than in other parts. But generally, D.C. and other major American cities are not the most dangerous cities."

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