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Will still get away. >> nick, anyone know why this is happening? >> reporter: well, john, its christmas time. its the holidays, so the stores are stocked. it is a market for stolen gifts. a lot of people say the penalties just arent strong enough. so here in california, if you steal goods worth up to $950 bucks, thats not a felony. thats just a misdemeanor. john. >> nick watt, thank you very much. up next, nasas mission to smash into an asteroid and push it off course. it sounds like "armagedd...

It. >> reporter: many more holes beefing up security. in california, authorities promiseing action. >> these people need to be held to account. we need to investigate these crimes, break up these crime rings and we need to make an example out of these folks. >> reporter: if oakland this weekend -- >> we will have tactical teams deployed throughout the state. >> reporter: that san francisco raid even when cops are quick to the scene -- with a mob, many will still get away. >> nick, anyone know wh...

Richard, what are we expecting now? >> reporter: the first part u.s. troops are leaving this country. nato troops, coalition partners are leaving with them. some of the coalition partners express concern. they thought that this country is not ready to be completely on its own, the afghan government and security forces arent strong enough to stand up against the taliban and need support. since the u.s. is leaving the coalition partners are leaving as well and today with the departure from bagram,...

Consequences to cyber activity, and the sanctions just arent strong enough. our economies arent tied together enough. theres no one to enforce them. russia controls 40% of the eus energy needs. so even the eu is not going to enforce these sanctions with any real -- you know, any real strong arming of the russian federation, so weve got to get much more creative. >> robert johnston, wellhave to leave it there. forget fringe, qanon is now just as popular as some major religions at least accordin...

Dishonest. >> youve gone from calling journalists scum to sleaze bags. but you also said -- >> those arent strong enough. >> trump constantly slammed cnn now but there was a time when he was not too happy with fox. >> you said that cnn treats you better than fox. now in terms of the commentators, charles krauthammer, george will, karl rove, steve hayes, rich lowry -- >> theyre terrible. >> they have ripped you. >> although rich lowry is coming along even today hes got a nice article. >> and you ...

>> but the press is very dishonest. >> youve gone from calling journalists scum to sleaze bags. but you also said -- >> those arent strong enough. >> trump constantly slammed cnn now but there was a time when he was not too happy with fox. >> you said that cnn treats you better than fox. now in terms of the commentators, charles krauthammer, george will, karl rove, steve hayes, rich lowry -- >> theyre terrible. >> they have ripped you. >> although rich lowry is coming along even today hes got a ...

Inherit. some people argue that the syrian forces simply arent strong enough. theres 250,000 people there, a large number of rebel fighters, they wont be able to take east aleppo. but what will the american public think as president trump comes into office if you have what we have today, 50 people dying a day, the chemical weapons attack you mentioned, no hospitals. president trump has said he will sort of pull us out of syria. how will that look to americans, how will that look to u.s. allies i...

Its terrible, but the presses very dishonest. ive got from calling journalists comes to sleazebags. >> those arent strong enough. >> you have to give us at adjective? >> you had in terms of the commutators, they have ripped you -- >> though rich lowery is coming along nicely, because hes getting it. he gets it. >> you hit him back in speeches, in interviews and on twitter. would you say fox is unfair in its news coverage? >> it doesnt matter. they do a story and then charles is crazed, george wi...

Sanctions. what about the people on capitol? >> reporter: theres been solid bipartisan support for making a move against russia, making it a strong message and doing it very, very quickly. there are also warnings from some on the hill who think these arent strong enough and would like to see more done. we got a bit of reaction from congressman ed royce, a california republican. heres a bit of what he said in reaction to this latest round. quote, the u.s. and our european partners must quickly ra...