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With peter doocy and jen psaki. >> so, i can say this. it is absolutely unacceptable when gun crimes are taking lives and families dont feel safe going to the park or local schools. when thieves fuel impunity stealing from retailers. we applaud the mayor making sure that theres more police presence in the city to protect americans. so if youre a mayor, this is what we say. theres a crime problem in your community, we think you should step up and do something about it. just as many mayors are alr...

Empathy. on top of that, everything is fashionalized at the moment. its time for people to be accountable. >> martha: thanks very much. we appreciate you coming in. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> martha: joining me now, former los angeles police chief and new york city commissioner bill bratton. hes a global ceo advisory firm. great to have you with us today, chief. im curious what goes through your mind when you listen to the san francisco mayor and shes talking about cracking down on crime...

>> tucker: i love to see. because san francisco is not just a playground for antifa and trustafarians. actual people live there. they have jobs and families and it is a city. so you think were going to see this london breed transformation and other places? >> im not sure. and with a hold her accountable. it is notable that it was the poor people living in the neighborhood with the open drug markets really exist that pressured her to shut down and d d hection. when interviewed people today, every...

Clearly you have the progressive leaders who are political servants, not public servants, and they are not looking out for the real victims. they are just not doing it. they divert. you listen to lightfoot. she points blame. out in philadelphia you see what is happening. their murder rate is surging and the district attorney says there is no crime problem. and how do we let these so-called political servants continue down this path? theyre not being challenged. >> harris: you brought up the dist...

Criminal justice reform is, particularly against the former mayor of a philadelphia just attacked the current progressive district attorneyrt for dismissg a homicide. now you have mayor breed in san francisco who is very forward to the left from a general american perspective, but she came out very strong today, using an explicit at which you saw there. pushing back hard against the radical left and the policies that have led to this widespread criminality.l so i do think, obviously, theyre a bu...

So you think were going to see this london breed transformation and other places? >> im not sure. and with a hold her accountable. it is notable that it was the poor people living in the neighborhood with the open drug markets really exist that pressured her to shut down and take action. when interviewed people today, everybody said they knew it was in the works. they can believe how long it was taking. we still have an open drug scene in front of the city hall in san francisco. that needs to be...

This very show, the woman moments ago who said a gun was held at my head the whole time. because we might be frightened and we might want to survive a situation with a criminal that makes us mushy? >> he is shameful. he is an embarrassment. the chief law enforcement officer in that county. i wonder how many family members has he sat across and said its just mushy, we dont have a crime problem? what about that mothers son? what does he say to her? i have talked to family members, victims of homic...

Whats going on. watch. >> would you consider one of the reasons in the range prosecutors that are cutting people who are accused of many criminal offenses loose too quickly? >> im not as i wasnt yesterday going to give an assessment for every motivation or reason for crime in different communities across the country. what i noted that you see in data is that theres been an increase in crime since the start of the pandemic. >> martha: your response to that, sir. >> the pandemic is an influence bu...

Local coverage is important. we are in the midst of i think a big backlash against progressive criminal justice reform is, particularly against the former mayor of philadelphia just attacked the current progressive district attorney for dismissing a homicide. now you have mayor breed in san francisco who is very forward to the left from a general american perspective, but she came out very strong today, using an explicit at which you saw there. pushing back hard against the radical left and the ...

>> sandra: rapid smash and grab theft hitting cities across the country. the white house press secretary jen psaki was pressed and she would not place blame on progressive policies or prosecutorss. will voters place blame on democratic politicians when elections roll around? lets bring in bret baier. that is a good question, will there be political consequences for ignoring this? >> bret: well see where this stands in 10 or 11 months. this issue, crime, safety crosses party lines and really affe...