in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
called for more censorship and killing people by not censoring more views the covid misinformation, the opposite is true by alternative scientific and policy views, the public was denied a full debate over side effects and covid origins and other important issues. todd: brooke singman joins us live with the latest. good morning, the republicans demanding answers from the biden administration after the energy department reportedly admitted covid-19 originated in a chinese lab. the wall street journal with the exclusive report, the print don t make the new intelligence. a spokesperson for the energy department responding to the report to fox news saying the department continues with careful in objective work of intelligence professionals and investigating the origins of covid-19 as the president directed to. despite the energy department findings, top national security advisor spokesman james feldman said there is no definitive answer on the origins of covid-19. there
in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony.
election which indicates an uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot for soft-on-crime policies and she was sworn in. ashley: marianne rafferty joins us live from los angeles with more, good morning, marianne. good morning ashley and todd appeared set to elect a new mayor as rising crime in the windy city s taking center stage and seven early morning armed robberies who in several different locations adding to a record crying surgeon in chicago since lori lightfoot took over four years ago. mergers are up 39%, robberies 13%, theft of 37% and vehicle theft a whopping 139%. that is according to chicago police department todd/ set to elect a new mayor statistics and incumbent mayor lightfoot as rising crime in the in windy city taking center stage third place in the latest polls while her top two apartments have surged further ahead. paul vallas 33% followed by brandon johnson and 20% in