we will see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. ♪ ♪ >> the prior administration dismantled the orderly and safe way that these children could make their claims. we are rebuilding that process. jillian: it is monday, r march 22nd. the biden administration backed the blame game as fox news learned illegal border crossers are being released into the u.s. without a court date. we're live in d.c. with the lack of transparency out of the white house. >> miami mayhem, overnight police break up massive crowds as spring breakers deny curfew you. .jillian: sweet victory for loy fo

layola. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ i saw the sign. ♪ it opened up my eyes. ♪ i saw the sign. .jillian: good morning, this song brings me back to my youth. i'm sure it does for you. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm carley shimkus in for todd piro. >> it's great to see you. jillian: , good morning, i'm jillian mele. closed and secure, that's how the biden administration is describing the border as fox news learns border agents are releasing illegal immigrants into the u.s. without court dates. carley: mark meredith is live in washington with the latest on this big story. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you. the biden administration faces plenty of questions about its plans for the border as the white house doubles down on

denials that things are out of control. fox learned that border agents in the rio grande valley, that they are processing some asylum seekers, then releasing them into the country without set ago court date for them to appear. officials say it's the latest sign that the border is overwhelmed and under-stand with a large increase in adults and young children crossing into the u.s. the biden administration is not calling it a crisis but the president told reporters last night he will go to the border at some point. his homeland security secretary continues to blame the previous administration for the immigration backlog. >> the prior administration dismantled the orderly and safe way these children could make their claims. we are rebuilding that process. it takes time because the entire system was dismantled. >> reporter: former president trump fired back in his own statement last night. he said they are in way over their heads and taking on water fast. the only way to end the biden

border crisis is for them to admit their total failure and adopt the effective, proven trump policies. later this week a group of senators will travel to the border to see what's going on. they are demanding the press have access to border patrol facilities to see what's going on. the administration says they're working on releasing video. griff jenkins was at the border all last week and the previous week, showing us what's going on. he will be live again later on today. his reports have shined a light on what's happening on the ground. griff's reporting is certainly exposing what's happening not only there but also what will happen here in d.c. jillian: his reporting shows everything, everything that it is allowed to show except for the areas where the media is not allowed. >> reporter: exactly. carley: the lack of transparency continues to be major problem as we await the

promised footage from inside migrant facilities. jillian: former white house advisor steven miller says the dhs secretary blatantly lied to the american people. listen. >> we have a crisis, a spiraling, massing, surging crisis, for one very simple reason. the biden administration terminated all of that to adopt a policy of catch and release. so when mayorkas says, as he did today that, the border is closed, he is lying. if you arrive at the border, illegally, 17 or younger traveling alone, you are resettled into the u.s. interior and taken to the city and destination of your choice. that is not a closed border. jillian: retired acting i.c.e. director tom homan says children are among those hurting the most from the border surge, calling out cartels and their parents. >> the criminal cartels in

mexico are back in business. there's over 15,000 children in custody of hhs whose parents chose to hire a criminal organization to smuggle their child to the united states. no one talks about that inhumanity. the secretary said that loving parents send their kids to the border. are you serious? loving parents don't put their kids in the arms of criminal organizations. jillian: after 60 days in office without a formal press conference, president biden is expected to hold one this week and face toughs questions on the border. jillian: overnight, astrazeneca reveals advanced u.s. trial data showing the covid-19 vaccine to be 79% effective. trial also finds that doses to be 100% effective against severe illness and hospitalizations. the news comes as many countries resume use of the vaccine

following concerns of blood clots. miami beach hitting a spring break breaking point overnight, the city extending a curfew as thousands continue to fill the streets. jillian: ashley strohmier joins us live with the chaos at the beach. >> reporter: it's a mess, guys. things are certainly looking like a battle on ocean avenue with police and s.w.a.t. teams trying to clear the streets. >> there is a curfew in effect from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. you are commanded to immediately disburse. >> reporter: police on atvs trying to corral the crowds and what will likely be a common occurrence for the next few weeks. city officials voted to extend the curfews and restrictions until april 12th. hordes of spring breakers have caused havoc with fist fights breaking out and property being destroyed, like this car that people were dancing on.

police were forced to use pepper pellets to break up the crowds over the weekends. new york city is battling vier s variants. the new strains pose huge questions but should not cause a fourth wave. take a listen. >> more than 50% of the infections in new york are with variants. what we don't understand is whether or not people are being reinfected with it or whether or not people who are vaccinated are getting infected with it. i don't think we'll have a fourth wave. i think we've gotten one shot in at least 70 million americans, we're talking about some form of protective immunity in 5% of the population. >> reporter: the -- 55% of the population. >> people understand the importance of a mask and i expect even though we take the mask mandate away, that people will continue to use the mask when you cannot socially

distance. common sense is going to replace mandates. >> reporter: at least six states have lifted their mask mandates. health officials say you should still wear a mask whenever possible. back to you guys. carley: that video is unbelievable. california ranks among the first states in administering covid-19 vaccine supply to vulnerable populations. a new cdc reports finds the state failed to equitably distribute vaccines in the poorest and most at risk counties. factors include a county's social vulnerability, including race, education and housing. officials say they are trying to turn it around. janice dean as new york state assemblyman ron kim call for justice at the memorial for new york nursing home covid-19 victims. take a listen. >> i know that his rein of

abuse of power will end soon. >> i am an expert in trying to find answers and accountability for their death. jillian: a new york times podcast leaked audio from 2018 reveals how far governor andrew cuomo has gone to threaten critics. >> if you were to say -- i'm going to say better than a child rapist, how of about that. jillian: the democrat's remarks comes after lackluster support in the general election. carley: today a chicago suburb is set to vote to begin reparation payments for black residents. they will vote on the first $400,000 round of payments, it would provide $25,000 for home repairs, down payments or mortgage payments. $10 million has already been committed to the effort over the

next decade. jillian: march madness now, and teams punching their tickets to the sweet 16. oregon state beat oklahoma state. oral roberts is setting florida's chance of cinderella. >> lewis for the -- the 15 seed, the upset makers are history makers. jillian: two seed houston avoids the upset to rutgers n went on a 14-2 run to come back to win. jim bayheim scored a game high of 22 points to lift the orange over west virginia. loyola getting inspiration from 101-year-old sister jean. they went on to shock illinois

on sweet 16 saturday. the power of prayer. was that a balloon made of flowers? the time is now 10 minutes after the hour. fox news confirms border patrol is releasing illegal border crossers without a court date. former cbp chief john datello says agents are likely stressed to the max. he is on deck next. jillian: a moment of guidance and kindness, a deputy helps a young man interviewing for a job to tie that tie. the story behind the viral video coming up. ♪ i got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land. ♪ and i'm burning my candle at both ends. that means expensing nothing but pizza. your expenses look good, and your books are set for the month! ...going up against this guy... and pitching your idea 100 times. no, no, no!

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>> the border is secure. the border is closed. we are encouraging families not to send their children along the dangerous journey. yet if they arrive at the

border, we have a responsibility to allow them to make their claims. jillian: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas doing damage control as the administration races to find bed space for nearly 16,000 unaccompanied minors in u.s. custody. carley: here to react, retired acting i.c.e. director, rhonda tell low. if -- ron da tello. if you come here, there's no check if you have to go back to your home country. it sounds like an open border situation. >> this is concerning. the point of being apprehended at the border, is so the government can document your arrest and set you up for an asylum claim or immigration hearing so a judge can decide whether you can stay here or not. if you add up to the idea that we're not going to put people

under daca control or a notice to appear, they'll be in the country illegally without any opportunity to see a judge if they want to claim asylum or have a judge adjudicate whether they belong in the country or not. we also have said in the early days of this administration that we're not going to do immigration enforcement unless you're a convicted criminal or a threat to public safety so you're essentially telling everybody if they make it across the line, they'll stay here indefinitely. jillian: let's take a look at this. the u.s. is looking to increase bed capacity as the number of unaccompanied minors in custody reaches close to 16,000. the quote can reads while the office of refugee resettlement worked to build up licensed bed capacity, additional capacity is urgently needed to manage enhanced covid-19 mitigation strategies and the increasing numbers of unaccompanied child referrals from dhs. that as griff jenkins confirmed yesterday, the administration has awarded this $86 million contract for hotel rooms near

the border to hold migrant family members. this contract will provide just over 1200 beds and other necessary services. families will receive health assessments including covid-19 testing but point being this would be a government contract. this would be paid for by taxpayers. what is your response to that? >> they certainly need the resources. border patrol station is no place for a family you with famg children. they have to add capacity both at the shelter and they have to have augmentation to border patrol locations because the employees there, the people that are inside there, they have to do mitigation because of the pandemic. we talked about how stressed out they must be. they knew this was going to happen. not having shelter space in anticipation of rolling back the policies and not augustmenting prior to -- augmenting prior to

making the decision to be soft at the border. the agents have to show up every day n have to do this work. giving them resources at the border and having shelter space rapidly come on, it's very difficult to do but it must be done, given the situation that we're in because there's no sign of this stopping at the border. carley: president biden said he's open to heading to the border to see what's going on there firsthand. why is that important for him to do? >> he must support the workforce. this lays at their feet. border patrol agents, i.c.e. person fell, they have to deal with the rollbacks in the policy and the wave of humanity a that it caused at that time border. you can hear from border residents, he should take time to talk to employees because they're the ones that are seeing the effect of this. carley: we'll have to wait and see if any of the policies will change. for now, things are stretched thin at the border.

thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. jillian: we don't know when he's going to go. still ahead, a disastrous day at the zoo, a dad takes his 2-year-old into the elephant enclosure. the charges facing. carley: new york parents push to get their kids back to class, their calls for the state to follow the science, coming up next. ♪ it's my life, now or never. ♪

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kristin dyroff and eric heartman and sierra araz a ari. kristin, why did you decide to join this? what has been your biggest struggle so far? do you feel like your message hasn't been heard? >> absolutely. so i'm a frontline healthcare worker, been on the front lines of this pandemic since march and i formed this group or i was one of the founding members of bring kids back new york when i realized in september that my district wasn't going to open up at all and our kids would remain virtual. we had a week's notice to scramble and find what we were going to do for our children and my husband and i both work outside the home, we're essential, and it was he very difficult for us to do our jobs properly and also make sure our children were being educated properly. we didn't think the virtual learning was working well for our young children. so i formed this group and we

were trying to advocate to get new york to open our schools. jillian: eric, i know that you and your wife both work full-time, i know you have two young boys. you've had issues with things that they've been exposed to on the school issued laptops or computers they've been able to use while virtual learning. can you talk about the issues you've had and why you think it's so important for schools to now get back into session and follow some of these updated guidelines, specifically the three feet versus six. that's a huge difference. that means you can have more kids in the classroom. >> yeah, our kids, 7 and 9, were issued school chromebooks and they have been able to do everything from play video games to avoid classes just like the other kids and our kids and other kids have been exposed to hard core porn on these computers and the school -- they're really not set up to do this kind of it and yet they seem to be -- even though our

district is scheduled to go back in person in late april, they insist on doing virtual learning on the laptops. they think that books, pencils and pens are virus carriers. to your point about the guidance, what we keep seeing, they take this guidance and then they double and triple it just to be safe. they have kind of this better safe than sorry planning policy which makes zero sense. jillian: sierra, you're a mother of two. i'm sure you've had similar circumstance toss what you're describing. i know you notice differences in how your children have been behaving since they've been out of school for so long, right? >> yes. so this is my first introduction into public school. my son is in kindergarten. he was so excited as most

kindergarteners are to get on the bus and see his friends but this year has been anything but that. my normally sweet child was defiant, not himself. he was watching himself all day. i'm working. thankfully, i'm one of the lucky parents that gets to work from home and i don't have to figure out who will stay with my son while this virtual is happening but i had to supplement his education and send him into a pod which i was lucky enough to find in february. so it's just been night and day, seeing him thrive now adding the additional two days in school versus him just being not himself. jillian: wow, devastating. and i know that so many parents are having that same issue with noticing changes in their kids with their behavior, with their mental state, with everything. how many people have joined the group? are you satisfied with any responses that you've gotten, if you've gotten any.

>> bring kids back new york was only started probably weeks ago. we have about 350 people in our facebook group which is considered small. however, that group itself has s allowed us to branch out and we have met groups from all over new york. we talk about our plans and try to get our groups to be cohesive and moving forward, also sharing information which is useful. it's surprising how little information there is out there. you don't realize what your neighboring districts are doing. it's shocking how different the districts are operating from one to the next. but reaching out to parents, we have a ton of support. i get messages every day from parents thanking up for advocacy. we write letters. we're calling our county legislators, our senators, and even we're attending all our board of education meetings. many of us were not as involved before but going through this we realize that we need to be more

involved. i'll also be running for my school board, going forward. and we are encouraging all other members of our group and the other groups within the state of new york to get more involved in our school board so we have more decision making for our children and our tax dollars. jillian: we have 10 seconds for each of you to give a final word. eric, i'll start with you. >> the heroes our kids need are right here. parents need to step up and stop outsourcing their stuff to other people who are not doing their jobs. jillian: you're the voice for your kids. >> i'm the one here speaking with you today but there are many, many, many parents across the state who are being given different guidance at the local and state level and we need somebody who is going to with us and say the science is safe to get kids back to school.

private schools have been in person since september. we're not looking to -- it's either remote or full in-person learning. jillian: thank you for joining us and sharing your stories. keep us updated on everything. carley: rite aid now apologizing for denying illegal immigrants a covid-19 vaccine. why the company is calling the denial a mistake. plus, la county's radical da says is justice overhaul is just getting started. >> our efforts to transform the aapproach that creates more crime, more victims and inequities are just beginning. carley: a fellow california da says gascone is manipulating data to serve his progressive policies. he joins us next. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough. ♪ ain't no valley low enough. ♪

jillian: welcome back. take a look at this video, miami beach hitting a spring break breaking point, overnight the city extending a curfew until april 12th as thousands continue to fill the streets. >> there is a curfew in effect from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. you're commanded to immediately and peacefully disburse. jillian: police seen breaking up crowds who refused to clear out after 8:00 p.m. they have caused havoc with fist fights, property damage. we will continue to follow that. carley: los angeles county district attorney george gascone touts his accomplishments on his 100th day in office. >> our efforts to transform the dated approach that creates more crime, more victims, and inequities are just beginning.

it is morally wrong and physically irresponsible. carley: who are his policies really helping in the victims or criminals? our next guest is the da in larry county, california. tim ward joins us now. thank you for joining us. that is the million dollar question, who are his policies really benefiting. as a da in california yourself, what's your take? >> carley, i can tell you, you've seen it. the criminals in prison right now are the ones that are celebrating. they're toasting these directives by the district attorney, gascone. they're benefiting them. i have to thank you and your colleagues for giving a voice to the families that are so tragically impacted by crime because you and your colleagues have shown far more compassion to the victims and the survivors than district attorney gastone ever has. carley: he did post a tweet t touting his accomplishments, it said he eliminated 8,127 years

of unnecessary excessive and expensive exposure to prison time, stopped seeking the death penalty in 17 cases, withdrew 77 pending motions to transfer kids to adult courts, saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, all during my first 100 days. do you see these reforms as an accomplishment? >> not at all. i think they violate a central tennet of our criminal justice system, that is victims and families and jurors who sat on the cases, where's the truth in the sentencing that those families were given years ago. they were told that the murderer of their son was going to spend a certain amount of time in prison and here we have now district attorney gascone with the swipe of a pen changing that truth and writing his own narrative. that's what's concerning for many of us around the state is it appears he's trying to create some type of self-fulfilling

prophecy in that he is manipulating by his own directives crime types, and he has that same belief in san francisco when he was there. we then can't come forward years ahead and say that crime is down in these areas because you weren't filing them. that's not an authentic way of looking at the real picture of crime on our streets. talk to law enforcement officers, the men and women in uniform across the state, they'll give you an idea of what's going on in the streets and it's not pretty. carley: crime is up in los angeles in the first two months of 2021, 267 people were shot which is a 141% increase. so he does have a violent crime problem on his hands. do you see him focusing his attention on that? how is he tackling that issue? >> quite the opposite. he just announced as well that he's going to dismantle the hard core gaming unit. so you can easily predict where

that's going to go. and the tragedy in that is the impact of that's going to be felt most severely in the minority communities, not only in la but the surrounding areas because we know and we've seen it decades now that that's the primary location that the criminal gangs they prey on minority communities. it sends a dangerous message. that's what's concerning for us, many prosecutors across the state. not just content with dictating in los angeles. he is actively supporting a new pending legislation, new bill in california that would take the crime of robbery, which as you know is stealing property by force or fear, and making that what is otherwise today a felony crime, and making it a misdemeanor crime, he potentially punishable by diverse program and no jail time. imagine that. imagine your grandmother, your aunt, gets knocked down getting

her purse stolen and that crime is a misdemeanor. his policies are dangerous for the entire state. carley: tim ward, thank you for joining us for your reasoned perspective. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. carley: thank you. jillian. jillian: now to an unbelievable story. a father faces child cruelty charges after he took his 2-year-old daughter into the elephant enclosure at the san diego zoo. >> everybody that's standing around is yelling at his guy to bring his child back, you know, and so he comes to the enclosure and he throws his child through the fence, onto the ground. jillian: police say did 25-year-old snuck the child through multiple barriers including an electric fence for a photo op. they had to scramble to safety after one of the beasts charged at them. he is expected in court next week. wow. okay, the dean of new york's community school of law is canceling herself. she is stepping down in june after referring to herself as a,

quote, slave older when taking -- holder when taking blame for a controversial proposal. she said, quote, i realized it was wrong the minute i heard myself say it and couldn't believe the word had come out of my mouth. she urged them to appoint an interim dean quickly so she can step down sooner. carley: at least 20 u.k. officers with hurt, two seriously, after protests against police turn violent. a police bill turned violent. thousands gathered in oppose a reform that would give police more power to curb street protests. the mob set at least two police vans on fire and fought with police. officer injuries include a broken arm, broken ribs and chanced lung. police blame the violence on a minority of demonstrators. today, secretary of state antony

antonyblinken heads to europe to discuss the growing threats the u.s. faces. jillian: trey yingst joins us with more. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. u.s. secretary of state anthony antonyblinken will travel todayr meetings. the topics will include cyber security, climate change and afghanistan. the state department released a statement saying, quote, the meetings in brussels reaffirm the united states commitment to our allies and european partners on our shared agenda. the meetings come after a trip last week to japan and south korea and a tense meeting with chinese officials in alaska, part of a larger foreign policy push by the biden administration that also saw secretary of defense lloyd austin traveling to afghanistan yesterday for a surprise visit. his trip took place amid ongoing peace efforts between the

taliban and afghan government as well as a planned may 1st u.s. troop withdrawal. the plans are being used by president biden to get both parties to the negotiating table. there is an ongoing theme right now when it comes to the biden administration and the foreign policy that it takes part in and we've heard from secretary austin and secretary blinken about this. they are reviewing all of the policies that were decided under the trump administration and figuring out which ones make sense for the new administration. carley, jillian. carley: trey, thank you. there was a late race upset in atlanta. >> brian blaney wins the folds of honor in a shocker. .carley: he overtook kyle larsn with just eight laps to go. larson had been in the lead for 269 laps of the atlanta motor speedway.

blaney is the sixth different winner in the past six nascar cup series races. jillian: it is about 18 minutes until the top of the hour. a fugitive accused of pointing a gun at an officer after being taken down by a k-9 cop, the intense body cam footage, that's next. plus -- >> it's going to get such -- it's going to open it up and say i'm going to help you guys out. carley: a migrant sending a message to president biden. griff jenkins is on the border, his report on the desperate situation there, coming up next,

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carley: welcome back. our very own griff jenkins gets access to a migrant tent camp in at this was that, mexico as many hope the biden administration will let them in. jillian: griff is on the ground and talks one on one with a migrant from mexico.

watch. >> reporter: jillian and carley, we're just across a pedestrian walkway and you can see the tentencampment that's been here. if you see and look along the way, you can see in the distance a biden for president 2020 flag. we actually talked to some of the migrants wearing t-shirts. they believe that president biden will help their cause. as you can see, it's right in this area that we met this woman named anna. do you want to go back -- are you trying go to the u.s.? >> yeah. we've been -- our lives are at risk. we've been to a point where we can't be living here. since we're mexicans, we have nowhere to run. >> reporter: do you believe that president biden will help you? i see biden t-shirts. biden flags. >> i think he's going to open it up and say you know what, i'm

going to help you guys out. >> reporter: he's going to help you guys out. and even though over there, president biden's saying the borders are closed, don't come, you still hold out hope? >> yeah. since i have nowhere to run, this is my only home right now. >> reporter: all right. thank you, anna. so now you get a sense for what some of these migrants are dealing with. she says she's been here a month and a few weeks. we talked to a gentleman earlier, upwards of two years. that's the situation we've got going here. jillian, carley. jillian: a lot of desperate people. rite aid apologizing after two illegal immigrants were denied the covid-19 vaccine at southern california stores. the pharmacy giant says the two women were mistakenly turned away in isolated cases after they were asked to provide a social security number. both women have been invited back to rite aid to receive their vaccinations.

a fugitive pulled a gun on a deputy and his k-9. watch. >> stop. >> no! >> put your hands when i can see it. >> drop the gun. jillian: you can clearly see a handgun in that man's hand. authorities in marion county, florida say the suspect choked the dog and bit the k-9 cop's ear. he now faces a series of charges including aggravated assault on an officer. carley: that is intense. another florida deputy is caught on camera helping a young man with his tie before an interview. watch that. >> that is cool. that's cute. carley: that is cute. a store clerk in seminole county recorded the sweet video. unfortunately the boy didn't get the job but the sheriff's office reached out to him and said to

give them a call to discuss his dreams. that's even better than helping him with the tie. jillian: every day we send our producers segment ideas. guys, i'd love to get both of them on to talk to them. i'm sending my pitch now. carley: yeah. boy, we've got to make his dreams come true. that's awesome. it's 49 minutes after the hour. gun violence in philadelphia soars with more than 100 homicides so far this year. the murder rate nationwide up 18%. jillian: so is crime spiking because of liberal policies? retired philadelphia police officer joins us to react, next. michael: this is the story of two brothers. david: my grandfather, pinchas. michael: my great-great- grandfather, rachmaiel. gigi: pinky and rocky. simi: there was an uprising in poland. david: and then the family broke apart. michael: they scattered around in different places. gigi: they worked hard. simi: and built new lives. michael: but rocky and pinky's families

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jillian: welcome back. gun crimes on the rise across

america. in philadelphia, officials are sounding the alarm as the city reports a dramatic uptick in gun violence this year, as the u.s. sees an 18% increase in homicides so far in 2021. we are still early in the year. joining me to react is retired philadelphia police officer and founder of protect our police pack, nick juries. thank you for being here. we'll the take a look at some of the numbers here, 106 shooting homicides in 2021 in philly, up 26% from 2020, 13 shootings over the weekend with two fatalities there. there have been at least 13 juveniles among homicide victims so far this year. a there was a man shot approximately 20 times throughout the body in the latest homicide. just a few days ago, a 20-year-old released in a correction alphas it in the city of philadelphia was shot while on the ground of the facility.

it makes you wonder how the bray brazen and lack of fear behavior, where is this coming in, do you sunshine. >> as of last night, the person shot 20 times, that makes 107 murders. that is the highest in the nation. we are set to break all kinds of records. a record that you do not want to break. it's because of larry krazner, there is no responsibility taken. nothing is going to happen to them. they tell police officers when had they show up at the scene, nothing you can do, uncle larry will let me go. they will attack police officers because of let him go larry's policies so what do you think that's going to do. jillian: people across america might not know who larry krazner is, he's the district attorney in philadelphia. there's been a lot of teenagers, 13 juveniles among homicide victims this year.

what do you attribute that to? is it policies? >> the police brass in philadelphia held a press conference, wondering why all the shootings and juveniles are involved. larry krazner is handling juvenile as if they're stealing a dough nut and -- donut and a can of coke. they're committing heinous acts of violence, they're going through the juvenile system because they're under 18. the records are sealed. they're being pushed out the door and if they stole a donut and going back and reoffending in the neighborhood. they're emboldened because they're not getting any kind of repercussions from their actions. so this is what we're seeing. it's no mystery. that's what's going on with the juveniles. that's why we have all these kids shots. last year, 195 kids were shot, 33 died, 229 women were shot

last year. since larry kraznr took office, there's 8500 shootings that killed or injured people, he has a 9% conviction rate. prisons are under 50% of the population. he's letting violent criminals go back onto the streets. as district attorney, your responsibility is to exhaust all means to keep violent criminals off the street. you should pay attention to the primary may 18th. george soros is going ayou cross the country and funding radical das. if you see a soros funded da, you see violent spikes in crime because of the radical policies they're putting in place. it's important that we come together. go to firekrazner.com, donate. help us take him out. jillian: we are completely out of time now. but i appreciate you joining us and certainly a lot of good

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>> the prior administration dismantled the orderly safe way these children could make their claims. we are rebuilding that process. jillian: it is monday, march

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