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D.a.s, most of them soros-backed. george soros financed and backed the campaigns of most of the people i mentioned in new orleans, manhattan, l.a. chicago. the pattern is the same. crime increases and prosecutions drop because they wont prosecute people for drug possession or gun possession and you see the sheriff in l.a. he took his officer shot by gang members just last week. he took that to the federal authorities because he couldnt trust the local d.a. to prosecute it fairly. >> harris: wow,...

Mental health crisis but compounded by a criminal justice crisis and this is happening not only in l.a. we see it in manhattan and new orleans and chicago. d.a.s unwilling to enforce the law and prosecute to the full extent of the law. they have a certain philosophy and their philosophy is like our d.a. here in new orleans said i want to put the criminal justice system on a diet. he has done that by giving criminals a feast. in l.a., ive been there many times covering homeless crisis, embedding ...

Total knee replacement surgery. i have physical therapy. so at this point, i have to make the hard decision this week, do i continue to pay the $90 a week co-pay, or do i pay a bill? do i buy food? what do i do? we have those type of things. you know, i represent 700 members in illinois in the schick la chicago land area. im hearing from them and the issues theyre having. one has a spouse with expensive medicine, prescriptions, $200 a month. do you pay the $200 a month? do you cut down on the pr...

>> yesterday the big story was miley cyrus. today the big story is the fallout from miley cyrus. >> yeah. fallout, man. yeah. >> everybody has something to say about that. >> jaw dropping. >> like a worldwide jaw drop wasnt it? >> everybody. yes. when you thought it couldnt get worse. the fuzzy -- >> the foam finger. >> the foam finger came out. >> today we got an explanation. all details coming up. >> miley-gate. miley-gate. >> i like that. very nice. lets get started. we begin this half hour w...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> yesterday the big story was miley cyrus. today the big story is the fallout from miley cyrus. >> yeah. fallout, man. yeah. >> everybody has something to say about that. >> jaw dropping. >> like a worldwide jaw drop wasnt it? >> everybody. yes. when you thought it couldnt get worse. the fuzzy -- >> the foam finger. >> the foam finger came out. >> today we got an explanation. all details coming up. >> miley-...

>> very anxious. >> we get very anxious. we keep them close. >> we do. >> more and more cant live without these things thats why it is putting us in danger. >> yes, because we are talking or texting while walking. even dangerous as driving. crossing the street and texting. abcs paula faris was watching what happens. >> reporter: this car nearly hits a pedestrian. paying more attention to his mobile device than traffic. watch again. the pedestrian so distracted he even continues to text. crossing...

After a heavy rainfall that triggered flash flood warnings. trees, power lines came down in tempe. no reports of injuries. >> northwest of phoenix fire fighters are making progress against the wildfire raging in californias yosemite national park. now the fire has grown to more than 230 square miles. but it is now about 15% contained. now threatening the water supply for san francisco. abcs brandi hitt has the latest. >> reporter: one of the largest wildfires in californias history rages out of ...

Show no signs of doing that. one of the reasons that the number of americans killed in mexico is so high is that so many of us go there. this year, 20 million americans will go to mexico. thats the entire population of new york, l.a. chicago, houston, philadelphia and phoenix. and when you look at the rates based on those kind of numbers, most of the parts of mexico that the americans are going are about as safe as finland, wolf. >> interesting stuff. good report. thanks very much, chris. up n...

House. today, again, in d.c. and boston, massachusetts. san francisco, l.a. chicago and beyond. joining me now is a man who was at a rally in new jersey yesterday. he joined me now here as you expect to attend this rally today. you have spoken with family in egypt. the internet is completely shut down. you spoke to a relative and what was the conversation? >> it was my best friend and talking to me in front of his house now. he explained and described to me how everything was. the horror they ha...

>> very anxious. >> we get very anxious. we keep them close. >> we do. >> more and more cant live without these things thats why it is putting us in danger. >> yes, because we are talking or texting while walking. even dangerous as driving. crossing the street and texting. abcs paula faris was watching what happens. >> reporter: this car nearly hits a pedestrian. paying more attention to his mobile device than traffic. watch again. the pedestrian so distracted he even continues to text. crossing...