stopped. these are our kids. >> reporter: the kids are the stakes. now, as for how common it is that those charged with a violent offense or gun related offense are released pretrial they make up about 70% of the current electronic monitoring population, 3% of them accused for murder. in 2016 that first number was around 20% with less than 1% accused of murder. that's the dynamic the police superintendent is arguing is contributing to lawlessness. are these people then going out and recommitting offenses? it happens, but it doesn't seem to be the main driver of the surge in violence we've seen last year into this year, anderson. >> omar jimenez, i appreciate it. thanks. big news in britney spears' long fight to end her father's control over her life. she's been battling in court t c with emotionalhm pleas.