And breaking tonight, a teen accused of deliberately running down and killing a retired police chief on a bicycle is now laughing about the incident and telling police hell be back on the street in 30 days. Sadly, he might be right. Standing by to talk about the dramatic rise in teen crime, Deputy District AttorneyJohn Mckinney, prosecutor Wendy Patrick and dr. Houman hemmati. But first to the chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt live with more on a suspected killer now mocking the legal system. Jonathan good evening. Reporter good evening to you, trace. The video of this hit and run is shocking as two teens laugh before mowing down 64yearold Andreas Probst a retired former police chief as he rode his bike. Look at this. And the reported response of the alleged driver after his arrest is equally shocking. 18yearold jesus aiala according to las vegas Tv Outlet Klas told police, quote, you think this Juvenile Blank is going to do some blank . Ill be out in 30 days, ill bet you. Its just a hit and run, slap on the rust. But he and his alleged passenger 16 year old jameer keys who both appeared in court for the first time yesterday will likely be tried as adults and face murder charges, according to the clark County District attorney. Meantime the teen crime epidemic appears to be a nationwide issue. In New York City presence so far this year 816 teens have been arrested for robbery compared to 451 in the same period last year. And the number of teens arrested for Felony Assault has increased to 276 from 225, according to the nypd. While colorados division of Youth Services reported that 41 of those sent to Juvenile Detention in 2022 were charged with Violent Crimes. A 35 increase over 2021. But even in a time when we see so much crime committed by so many young people, the vegas video is Breath Taking in the cruelty on display. Following video which lacks morality, it is a complete lack of conscious, i dont want any part of it. And the worst part about it in the video you hear that everything was intentional. Reporter the two teens accused in that callous killing trace will be back in court on tuesday for a bail hearing. Trace it is very hard to watch. Jonathan thank you the fox news at night Common Sense Department is a bit stunned. The Juvenile Robbery in New York City is up 80 , in fact, juvenile crime across the country is up significantly. Which is no laughing matter. Yet the young criminals are laughing. When they beat and almost killed a seattle cashier for cigarettes and candy they laughed. When they deliberately ran down and killed a former police chief riding his bike in way gus, they laughed. And when the driver who allegedly killed the police chief got caught, he laughed again, mocking the Justice System, saying he would be out in 30 days. Common sense thinks hes probably right. Theres no place to put juveniles so theyre postally sent home, many times to a single parent and inevitably they commit more crimes. Remember, these kids grew up at a time when their teachers were not allowed to discipline and the legal system opted not to discipline. They got one giant societal hall pass. We sewed now we reap and the reap will get worse. Wa do we expect the happen when stealing is legal, homework is optional and wearing shorts and a hoodie on the senate floor is considered decorum. Nobody said the fetterman effect is playing a role in crime but common sense is pretty sure that constantly lowering standards never leads to higher performance. Lets bring in John Mckinney la county Deputy District Attorney and Wendy Patrick prosecutor and author of why bad looks good. Welcome to you both. I want to play this sound for you, john, because this is the Mom Of A Dc Shooting Victim and ill get your reaction afterwards. I dont sleep good. When i get a call, of course im upset like oh, my god, who is it. You know . Im terrified. If its not handled here eventually its going to fester there. This is the results of it. Its not an issue just in our inner city. This is now all over. Trace all over. And a lot of parents, john, are asking, why is juvenile crime so much on the rise . Well, its on the rise because theres no accountability for the crime. We see socalled progressive prosecutors all over the country and when we see these progressive so called Criminal Justice reforms we see accountability and rise in crime. Its happening here in los angeles just as its happening on the east coast. So until we get serious about crime, these juveniles are going to keep mocking us and laughing at us. Trace yeah, seems like a fair assessment. We had cheryl on last night from moms for liberty and wendy, she said this. Watch. When we close schools, we basically showed kids that they dont matter, and a lot of kids really took that to heart. Also, you know, under the Obama Administration when they rolled out these Restorative Justice policies that really tied the hands of administrators and teachers and theyre not punishing kids. Reporter and these young people wendy know exactly how the law works. They know the consequences. They know exactly. The kid in vegas laughing and mocking the system they know whats going to happen to them. Trace remember the phrase you do the crime you do the time . You and i both grew up with this wisdom. Nowadays, most kids if theyre committing crimes like this are getting inspired off of social media, many are committing Copycat Crimes thats one of the reasons we know. But trace i worked in juvenile court. This is a unique population that is susceptible to positive influence. Intervention prompts rehabilitation, Catch And Release prompts recidivism. When you think of all we can do investing in their future not leaving them with a felony record, this population we can do so much with and so much about. Trace to that point, john, i want to put this up on the screen because this is the suspect in that killing of the former police chief in las vegas, his name is jesus ayala and he said the following, quoting here, were clearly bleeping some of this out, it just blank hit and run, slap on the wrist. And then afterwards, of course, he said ill be out in 30 days. And it really is basically that these kids are told. I mean, a lot of adults enlist these kids to do crimes for them. Theyre told theres not going to be penalties and turns out most of the time its right. Were raising criminals and incentivizing crime. And when i say we i dont mean all of us, those put in charge of our criminal Justice System like in los angeles da george gascon. He has light as touch policy with juveniles which means even after serious Violent Crimes like murder theyre getting two, three years. And the other thing trace it makes them attractive to older gang members, who will use them not just to carry the guns to and from crimes but to fire the guns during crimes. Trace crazy on the los angeles suspect the daily mail writes jesus has a long criminal history in the juvenile system according to a news. While key was played in the Child Welfare at eight years old they also tied the teens to three hit and run incidents on the very same day. They believe the slaying of probes. The chief former police chief, ended the spree. They were doing this all over town. Being a row involving door allows an individual to be a 1person crime spree and thats dangerous to the community. At true rehabilitation is one goal but deterrence is another. Sanctions prompt personal responsibility and community safety. Thats what we have to get back to, in combination with the kind of positive role modelment you have people that are in school, theyre living at home some of them. Theres so many opportunities for families, Faith Leaders and faculty even to put them on a different path. Trace it really is, its one of the things the Revolving Door that you touched on is a shocking thing and it kind of is amazing. Wendy, john, thank you both. We very much appreciate it. Lets bring in jason rantz, seattle talk radio host and author of the upcoming book whats Killing America and doctor Houman HemmatiBoard Certified md and ph. D. Research scientist. I want to go to you first jason, i want to put this headline from kutuv. San francisco Pilot Program people drug addiction and gift cards, this he get gift cards if they get clean up to 599 in gift cards over a 24week program. Were going to talk to the doctor about this and other stuff but jason, i want your take on whats happening up in San Francisco. Yeah, i spent a lot of time actually looking into this Contingency Management for my book and it just doesnt work. The data does not back what theyre promising. Because when were talking about this kind of scheme to get someone off of whatever their drug of choice is, usually in this case it would be meth, it doesnt actually work for the folks who are the most chronically addicted, the folks who are already out on streets whose lives have not been turned around and then when you look at the data long term its just not there. Theyre not actually staying on it. So you might have some shortterm gain for the folks who are not as deep into the addiction as the problem actually is on the streets but unfortunately thats just not the problem were dealing with, whether its in San Francisco or across california, which is where this policy is going to start to spread. Trace yeah, and i wanted to bring up the policy with you dr. Houman hemmati because your friend and a guest on this show a couple of times, john ali from santa monica was severely beaten by a homeless person and the first report came out that he was trying to film this homeless person but john ally says thats not the kay. He says he was filming an Open Air Drug Market and he got very badly hurt. Yeah, thank goodness john, i talked to him just before the show, hes starting to heal. Hes able to talk and function. But hes got a long road ahead. They broke his jaw in two different places. He was unconsiders for 30 minutes getting kicked in the head the entire time. Trace but this is rampant. He was talking about the fact that you go through some of these areas in Santa Monica Pacific palisades and its just crazy how many drug addicted Homeless People there are. And theyre doing nothing about it. Theyre handing, in santa monica where this happened to john and where i live, the City And County goes around handing out needles to people, not even old needles handing out needles to addicts doing nothing in return not forcing them to go into rehab. Not like these people you can bribe them with a few dollars to get off the drugs. When youre so badly addicted you go through withdrawals if you go cold turkey you have to go through a Detox Program or you could die. Its not so easy and theyre making the problem worse. Reporter he wrote the following, theres no accountable or consequences for those who do not abide by the law, we are in a downward spiral, the city council, talking about santa monica mayor and City Attorney are too concerned about offending those who commit crimes, the Homeless Addict who attacked me has opted for drugs in lieu of housing and thats the case all over the country jason. It is. Thats the unfortunate reality where you have everything backward, folks on the radical left telling us that the criminals are the actual victim, that the victims themselves, well, theyre just an inconvenience because at the end of the day this is all being driven by ideology. They believe on the radical left that these institutions are inherently corrupt and oppressive. So what they have to do is dismantle and rebuild it through this radical ideological lens. And they seem to be okay with what they think is shortterm consequences. But its not short term. The consequences what theyre doing for the criminal Justice System is going to be here for a very long time. You cant just walk this stuff back. Reporter lastly i want to get your take on this dr. Houman hemmati, we started with jason rantz on this because i think its interesting the way youre trying to clean this up is giving gift cards to people addicted to drugs. There has to be a better prescription out there for this. There is trace. I actually worked here at the West Los Angeles va hospital in whats called a dual Diagnosis Treatment Program for veterans that have Mental Illness and drug abuse, where they have locked Intensive Care for weeks or months at a time where they get daily therapy immediate indications adjusted, psychiatrists, Social Workers all monitoring them and helping them on a daily basis. You cant have them on the streak hand them cash and say good luck to you. That doesnt work. We have medical evidence of what works and theyre not a employing it more broadly. Trace seems preposterous it really doesment dr. Houman hemmati jason rantz thank you both. Thanks. Trace new jersey senator bob menendez and his wife have been indicted on federal bribery charges in a scheme to sell secrets to the government. Kevin corke with breaking on this. Reporter evening trace. Three counts and this is his Second Corruption indictment in ten years and tonight the new jersey democrat senator has stepped drown his role as chairman of the powerful Senate ForeignRelations Committee until at least this case is resolved. Menendez facing three counts including conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Now basically thats a charge for Public Officials who take bribes in return for official acts. Hes also being charged with allegations of bribery linked on his work on the frc, the Foreign Relations committee as well. Special agents with the fbi executed Search Warrants on the residence and Safe Deposit Box of Senator Menendez and Nadine Menendez in new jersey. When they got there they discovered approximately 500,000 of cash, stuffed into nfls in closets. Some of the cash was stuffed in the senators jacket pockets. Agents also discovered a lot of gold. Trace a lot of gold. Among the other allegations that menendez provided sensitive Government Information and took other steps that secretly aided the government of egypt, and tonight, several democrats are calling for him to resign from his job as senator, including new jerseys governor, phil murphy, as well as congressional lawmakers, Congressman Dean Phillips of minnesota and congressman andy kim from menendezs home state of new jersey about which the senator said tonight in a statement, quote, those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven guilty. I intend to continue to fight for the people of new jersey with the same success ive had for the past five decades. I am not going anywhere. Prosecutors are seeking to have menendez forfeit assets including his new jersey home. A 2019 Mercedes Benz convertible and about 566,000 in cash, gold bars, and funds from another bank account. All told, menendez and high school wife and three businessmen expected to appear in a Manhattan Court on wednesday to face the music. Trace. Trace cant wait to hear how this one comes out. Kevin corke live for us in dc, kevin thank you. Lets bring in Princeton UniversityPolitical ScientistLauren Wright. I dont know lauren, bob menendez also said this, following, quoting here, those behind this campaign simply cannot accept that a firstgeneration Latino American from Humble Beginnings could rise to be a u. S. Senator and serve with honor and distinction even worse they see me as an obstacle in the way of their broader political goals. One he cant even say the word indictment two hes kind of hiding behind his nationality, this is political double speak 101. Hes in trouble laura. Of course he is and you know a lot of people are laughing about this and on social media about how egregious the cash and the jacket with his name and the gold bars and the cars, you know, its sort of exactly what you would expect of as bad as it gets of an indictment charge, federal bribery.