I'll take "Stopping the Killing" for a thousand, Alex

Mayor Street will be on TV tonight. You can see it on WHYY-TV Channel 12 or listen to the speech on 91FM. You can also catch it live via the web here. At 7pm he'll deliver a 5-minute speech on the city's murder epidemic, getting you back to Jeopardy in time to hear the contestant's witty anecdotes. During the speech, according to the Daily News:

Street will review his administration's efforts against drug dealers in a program that has cost millions of dollars in police overtime.

And he'll describe the evolving successor programs that aim to improve policing, increase community engagement, better coordinate social services to at-risk youth, and reduce the number of guns on the streets.

In addition to that:

Street will urge the state General Assembly to adopt stronger gun-control laws and to give the city authority to adopt some laws on its own.

The mayor is also expected to announce an aggressive public- service campaign using political and sports figures in stark television and radio spots.

Aside from the flashy new PSA's (starring, perhaps, Beanie Siegel?), it sounds like more of the same to me. What do you think?

Meanwhile, an avowed Michael Nutter foe is softening a little due to what the as-yet-only-official candidate has to say about this issue.