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You referencing bunnies. audrey whippel, thank you, appreciate it. george george gascon has new challenger hoping to oust the progressive da, who just announced the bid to become next top da. >> ashley: ruled public nuisance, business owners could be forced to wait two months for it to happen, one of those business owners joins us next. so much more now? other companies are charging you more and more for less and less. and we hate that! thats why force factor has partnered with walmart to provid...

The widow of a police corporal gunned down at a motel has filed a $25 million claim against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, saying he was to blame for the slaying by a gang member who should have been in jail.

>> what we need is to know that we are safe in our school buildings. i can speak with confidence when i say we do not feel safe at school. >> no. while some temple university students in philadelphia have become the latest victim of the crime crisis. it did not seem to sway voters who elected number of progressive district attorneys in this weeks elections. lauren green has more. good evening. >> good evening, trace. robbed at gun point in an early morning home invasion. its part of the surge in...

Is journalism, because theyre sticking with that, theyre in jail tonight for contempt of court. the ceo of the consulting firm digital strategy has been watching this closely and joins us to assess. thank you so much for coming on. weve had katherine on the show. not a wacko at all. shes a sober, sincere, smart person. how could she be in jail for exercising her first amendment right? >> katherine and her research partner greg are in jail tonight for refusing to disclose the voting technology co...

Okay, rachel, i minister with you -- rabbis here! we have is here. i dont if you are just, saying but i would love to get your -- >> -- >> pick up on what she was talking about. the los angeles mayor race, and what happened in san francisco with the recall of the progressive prosecutor, the progressive da. whether that is a harbinger of things to come for democrats writ large in november. >> i think that a lot of this is being read wrongly by -- i think when you look at the fact that congresswom...

In these primaries that they still like donald trump, but are maybe ready to move on. maybe ready to go for a candidate they think that might have a better chance of winning. more practical republican voters. then you have some of that are crossover depending on the race. i think thats what we are seeing in mississippi, is going with a trend that we have seen in a lot of the other primaries throughout the country. trump is still at the good hold on the party, but not a total hold depends on the ...

Movement like, david was suggesting when you look at some of the broader progressive das in this country whether be philadelphia or elsewhere? >> i think that there should be, san franciscos 90%, its 77% republic, its not 70%. its overwhelmingly democrat. there are no republicans in san francisco. so, this election was with democrat policing themselves. and i think that in an occurring way, steve was talking about the republican primary >> -- theyre not replacing themselves. they want their cand...

Alert, the people of san francisco have spoken, chesa boudin will no longer be their da after a decisive recall vote. 61% of the votes counted so far are in favor of removing boudin from office. the associated press calling the race just after midnight eastern time and boudin conceded shortly after that. listen. >> people are angry. theyre frustrated. and i want to be very clear about what happened tonight. the right wing billionaires outspent us 3-1. they exploited an environment in which peopl...

Incident. wait -- the da there is and murray xu burt, a tough on crime form robe look and who left the party during trumps presidency. shes now an independent. that has not stopped her from blaming democrats for a rise in the murder rate. just listen to her on fox in january criticizing progressive das like alice george gascón and san franciscos chase aberdeen. >> if they want to dismantle the system, they try to talk tough, its really just a show. when you actually follow them through with tho...

Plan to do, he does acknowledge that his office has to follow state sentencing guidelines. on friday the new police commissioner reportedly sending an e-mail to the entire department. she believes that these changes will put officers at risk and critics agree. >> what you have here is a da whos just abusing his power right now saying hes going to pick and choose what crimes he wants to enforce. >> reporter: reverend al sharpton says the da and the police commissioner just need to talk. >> well, ...