Entering gothom city. Individuals committing countless acts of crime. Dont have to worry about consequences. Sandra in chicago, crime victims speaking out at a Field Hearing there and they say its about to get even worse as far as crime after one week under the states no cash bail law. John residents say they have had enough, speaking out at this fiery Town Hall Meeting last night. Listen here. Im hear to find and i cant ask questions . Thats not part of the format, we asked people in advance for questions. Prevention quick, its both. How do you stop crime . I have a request as a citizen prepared question [indiscernible] you are losing the room. Sandra you are losing the room. America reports starts hour two with the crime crisis. Hitting our cities and streets across america. Sandra smith in new york. John good to be with you, too, sandra. Seen it happen in other places and they repeat it. Cant figure that out. John roberts in washington. Latest chicago attack on video in an upscale neighborhood called bucktown, two men follow a man down an alley before beat withing him senseless and robbing him in broad daylight. Sandra the next guest said there will be no charges and consequences under the new bail law, fail and hes a democrat. Chicago Alderman Raymond lopez joins us announcement the video goes on for quite some time. Ive watched it several times, its obviously a street camera, it shows the approach of those two men, they enter the alley where the 33yearold man is walking about with his bags, appears to be eating something, and he does not see anything coming. Alderman, he is struck from behind, dragged to the ground, beaten senselessly, dragged over to the garbage cans, he is screaming for his life. And we know chicago, bucktown, a nice considered a nice neighborhood for as long as i can remember. I mean is any place safe anymore, what is your reaction to the video. I dont think there is anywhere off limits to crime in chicago anymore. Innocent people are hunted down like prey in the city of chicago and thats what happened to this young man, walking home, going about his business, eating when these two individuals viciously attacked him and the screams, the cries for help unanswered. And we see this pattern repeat time and time again, just in lincoln park, 18 robberies in one day where even a 78yearold Community Leader was savagely robbed and beaten simply for whatever was in his pockets. As we see the new law ending cash bail, ending the pretrial detainable offenses list grow, things like robbery, burglary, arson, assault, even threatening elected officials like myself, do not warrant held on bond anymore in the state of illinois. And criminals are taking note, they are emboldened and the deafening cry is not heard by the politicians demanding change. They only sit back as you saw and try to stick to the script, even when the public refuses to participate. Sandra do you have any update, by the way, on that young man . We see in the video he was able that the criminals walked away from him after stealing his bag and beating him up. Do you have any update on him, specifically . We have no specific update, but we are hoping for his speedy recovery and we look forward to him speaking out. His story is compelling and resonates with so many in the same predicament. That and other crime spurred this Town Hall Meeting late last night. People got together in a room, not the hearing, but the town hall last night. The hearing happened this morning in chicago. But they gathered at this Town Hall Meeting to say we have to do something. Well, we know elections have consequences and i highlight you are a democrat, its a democratled city. You offer a unique perspective. Can you put democrats in leadership in the city if crimes like that go unpunished . Well, i think definitely elections do have consequences and the voters are starting to stand up and take notice and realize that when you put people who are socialists or Ultra Progressives in office, everyone in the town hall was, a tone deaf leadership doesnt care and too busy to try to find root causes as opposed to finding root criminals in the midst. And common sense requires us to stand up and push back on the criminality in the neighborhoods to Start Holding people and parents accountable because often times these are 12, 13, 14yearolds who are engaging in this behavior. Such as the armed carjacking that is so rampant in the city of chicago and its unfortunate as we saw today where the Judiciary Committee came to chicago, not one single democrat chose to participate and make their voices heard or to hear from those most impacted like the hero, carlos yanes, a Police Officer responding to a routine traffic stop and ella frenchs partner who was killed, he was nearly killed and his other partner, joshua, saved his life and prevented further mass casualties in the area. Sandra you mentioned the hearing, not a single democrat showed up. This is giano caldwell. My Brother Christian had the potential to do well in life. I still remember the day he begged me to take him on a college tour out of state when he was just 16 years old. And we went. But christian will never have the opportunity to go to college or to get married or to have kids or to build a career. And so many other youth in chicago have experienced the same reality. Sandra incredibly sad story and giano speaks up and out about the situation there. Ill finish with this question to you and thank you so much for coming on, alderman. But, do you sense that there will be change in that city . I mean, considering what people are going through, and the mass exodus of people and companies who say they can no longer live there, or work there, what is going to happen . I think that we are seeing people vote with their feet, they are moving, they are leaving if they can but also have nearly twothirds of our city who cannot do that, who must stay here, and they are the victims of the violence that we see so often and particularly black and brown communities, and they have had enough because no one talks about them. They are often talked about for the progressive agenda, for the extreme liberal agenda that says they care, but their policies, particularly when it comes to Police Reform and Criminal Justice reform, in my opinion, are very racist because often times the victims of the most heinous crimes by the Repeat Offenders are those same black and brown residents that the white liberals claim to care about but truly dont. Sandra wow, that is a huge statement. Love to have you back again soon. Thank you so much. John and stunning new data out of oakland, california, where police have reported more than 10,000 cars stolen this year alone. 10,000. Thats about 40 every day, and Business Owners say they have had enough of the rampant crime and slow police response. Hundreds of businesses locking their doors today in protest. Brandnew Nationwide Survey shows businesses last 112 billion last year through retail theft. Senior National Correspondent william has more from the west coast newsroom. Bring us up to speed on the protest in oakland and will city leaders take notice . They should, but they could not even start the presser on time because people could not find a safe place to park their car. The first person who spoke said something you rarely here, john. As a proud progressive, it pained her to admit their policies were not working, that the social contract they pay taxes, property tax, business tax and the city would provide public safety, not working. In fact, 65 in a poll there identify as progressive want to increase the police force. So 100 shop and Restaurant Owners today closed down because residents are too afraid to leave their homes and that means these merchants cant make a living. Without basic safety theres no business. Without basic safety theres no community. Without safety theres no city. Without basic safety, theres only chaos. So Violent Crime in the city is up 20 this year, robbery up 30 , car theft, 50 . So, i want you to watch this video, a recent carjacking attempt, a man is going to just try to get in his car when two gun toting thieves in hoodies take his keys and his wallet as youll see, and then two local men are going to see whats happening and they emerge with bats to step in to help. And they are going to smash out the car windows of that getaway car. Its not about the Small Business getting angry and upset because you want to take action, and because we have been promised many, many times, many, Many Political promises, but what about the delivery. Protestors met outside an iconic oakland restaurant, show, and its closing after 38 years because of crime. This is my city, i love oakland. And i cannot leave anywhere, but i cannot do business in oakland. So, critics at city hall called the protest an unproductive publicity stunt, but the mayor says she understands. You know, my home was broken into and they saw my son inside the home, they just kept going. It has traumatized my son. I get that, i understand that. So the state made 300 million available to help cities fight retail theft, john. But oakland missed the application deadline because they said they had no one available to apply for the grant, in fact i heard today that when these guys go down to get a Business Permit at city hall, theres nobody there, its not safe downtown. Back to you. You know, Giano Cald Well said it at the hearing, america is becoming gotham city. Where is batman when you need him. Sandra a live look at eagle pass, texas as the surge of migrants continues at the southern border and Hitting Hundreds of miles away. New york post releasing new pictures showing migrants sleeping on the floor and even in chairs at the roosevelt hotel, now operating at a Relief Center as the big apple struggles to keep up with the unflux. Nate foy is outside the hotel in new york. Whats the scene there right now . Well, sandra, what was once the van derbar inside, completely unrecognizable. Instead of waiters and waitresses serving food and cocktails, migrants are sleeping on the floor of the bar, or former bar as the migrant crisis worsens in new york city. You see the migrants here, and the situation could get worse quickly because 13,000 single adult migrants are supposed to be sent here to reapply for housing which is something that now will happen every 30 days rather than 60 days. New york city is also dishing out over 1. 3 billion in Taxpayer Money to house migrants over the next three years. Mayor eric adams extended the citys contract with local hotels, and democrat queens councilman Robert Holden tells fox the city is overpaying for a problem it cant afford. I think its a mistake. We did this during the pandemic where we paid five times the price of masks and other medical equipment, and we are doing it again because of the emergency that President Biden has thrust upon new york city with the migrant crisis. These are nobid contracts. Meanwhile, sandra, a win for Staten Island residents. Judge ruled the city cannot convert a former Private School into a shelter. One less option for the mayor. Kathy hochul is sending 150 Additional National guard personnel and 50 million to help migrants get work permits. Back out here live, sandra, City Officials are in court today, again challenging the citys right to shelter mandate. Mayor adams expressly says the city cant fulfill the obligations of that policy with over 60,000 migrants currently in the citys care. Back to you. Sandra nate foy live at the roosevelt hotel. Nate, thank you. John. John sandra, is this a new low in u. S. China relations . As relations deteriorate between the two countries, china now demanding the d. C. Zoo give their pandas back. Sandra plus the white house now contending with a string of bad poll numbers but the team is making sure he doesnt fall . Mark pen is here to break it down for us right after the break. Limu emu doug what do we always say, son . Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance. So you only pay for what you need. Thats my boy. Now you get out there, and you make us proud, huh . Bye, uncle limu. Stay off the freeways only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Im patriotic kenny. And, hi, im amanda. My scooter broke down. I went into a depression. how do you feel about that . pretty sad. I posted it to show that kennys not always happy. Within 24 hours people had donated over 5,000. 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John White House Press secretary Karine Jeanpierre playing down the recent string of bad numbers for President Biden. New poll from abc news and the Washington Post shows former President Trump leading President Biden among all respondents 51 to 42 in a hypothetical general election rematch. But the Washington Post already saying oh, take this with a big Grain Of Salt because its probably an outlier. Lets bring in mark pen, stagwell ceo and former Clinton Adviser and pollster. Mark, its true that polls are snapshots in time, but the fact that the Washington Post is saying pay no attention to this one really is quite extraordinary. Yeah, thats pretty peculiar. Normally when you analyze a poll, if you think there is something wrong with the demographics or whatever, you correct, or do more interviews when you get something is that way. You dont publish it and say but we dont believe it because it gives us a finding that we dont believe. Look, you know, polls are a snapshot in time but they do reflect what voters think and this is a tough time for President Biden and the polls. John in terms of what voters think and whether or not this poll is an outlier, lets go through some of the other numbers. Bidens handling on the economy, approve 30 , disapprove 64 . Biden on immigration, approve 23 , 62 . Now, arguably those numbers are significantly worse than a poll that was taken back in february, but take a look at this number. When asked about the state of the economy, 25 of people had a positive view of it, 74 had a negative view of it. That is literally identical to numbers that this same poll got back in february. So, is it an outlier or did bidens numbers just get significantly worse on other topics . Well, look, i think several things. Our polls on the harris poll and harris are showing trump up by 4 or 5. Other polls are showing by 1. You know, polls are imprecise win a few points but i dont think theres any question that the polls are showing a trend in favor of trump, against biden, and they are showing that people are upset about economy, immigration, crime, generally whether or not their Living Standard is Getting Better or worse, and that there are a lot of voters out there who are unhappy with every day issues, which is why its often surprising to me how little time the politicians spend on those issues that are really driving the voters. John all right, another story out there in axios we thought was interesting. Axios headline, scoop, biden teams dont let him trip mission. Apparently the white house and the Biden Campaign are going to some pretty lengthy measure to say make sure he improves his balance and doesnt have any more episodes like falling up the stairs on Air Force One or when he tripped over the sandbag at that commencement ceremony. Well, look. Obviously something they should do. I would have added to this, no pictures on the beach, you know. I dont think that the summer endless pictures of the beach were particularly helpful to the president , and obviously obviously, look, with an 80yearold falls, one of the most hazardous things. I fell myself about a month ago. So i think its great hes getting the protection. I do think they have to improve some of the way that they are depicting him because he did not come off this summer as more vigorous, which is something hes going to need to do in this election campaign. John some people might say the Biden Campaign needs a mike dever person, he was Ronald Reag