>> todd: a fox news alert. police under siege in new york city, a manhunt is on for a man who tried to ram nypd officers yesterday. >> carley: the car is believed to be connected to a string of robberies, the driver was able to get out of the car and escape. no injuries were reported there. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm carley shimkus. we'll keep an eye on that story. >> todd: i'm todd piro.

it is not getting better in new york city and cities throughout the country. there are stories of violence against police and citizens in the aggregate. something needs to change soon. >> carley: yeah, president biden says he wants to take on gun violence, that is not enough. >> todd: democrats blaming the violence in big cities on everything, but their own policy. >> carley: a career criminal is charged in the murder of christina yuna lee. marianne rafferty. >> marianne: continue to deflect blame in the murder of christina yuna lee in chinatown, blaming former president donald trump for using terms like china virus for the uptick in crimes. >> press sect. psaki: we've seen this because of hate-filled rhetoric around the origins of the pandemic.

that is something asian americans have been feeling. >> 25-year-old assamad nash was arraigned monday in stabbing death of lee. nash had a lengthy criminal history and was out on bail at the time. the ceo of a manhattan company spoke to us last hour, calling the situation unacceptable. >> my wife is asian, my daughter is asian, a well. i am scared when they leave the house. ceos and citizens are responsible for the success of this economy are not okay with what is happening. >> marianne: 343% rise in anti-asian crime in new york city and a spike in pepper spray sales in new york city, as well, many do not feel safe. >> carley: without a doubt. thank you. and greg gutfeld says the suspect should never have been on the streets in the first

place. >> he had dozens of arrests and was just bustod january 6, but freed on supervised release. how does that work? unless that means a cop follow thanksgiving psychoaround 24/7, i don't want to hear it, it doesn't work at all. this guy figured out how to stay arrested, murder someone, that is the bar. gangs like ms13 use this for initiation. >> carley: the suspect in lee's kill suggest due back in court tomorrow. >> todd: charged with attempted murder of -- craig greenberg's shirt was grazed by a bullet, but he was not. brown is supporter of defunding the police and worked on democratic campaign necessary kentucky. lasts summer he went missing two

weeks, his family were critical of the louisville police department. >> carley: to washington, biden administration is asking for another $30 billion for covid relief efforts. >> todd: and the gop is gearing up and divided on mask mandate. griff jenkins joins us live in the nation's capital with the latest details. >> griff: despite covid cases plummeting issue the white house says more pandemic spending please, asking congress for an additional $30 billion. >> we have sufficient fundss for the current omicron surge, our goal has been to ensure we are well prepared to stay ahead of the virus. we've been in conversations about what those needs might look like. >> griff: according to ap $18 billion would go to vaccine and treatment, 5 billion for testing, 3 billion for uninsured

and the rest for future variants. the request comes as battle over mask mandates divide the country. democratic officials are enforcing mandates and ignore their own rules. >> you have seen a lot of at least recently, democrats, officials in settings where they are not wearing masks, with young kids around. should be up to parents and guardians about whether toddlers have to wear masks, it shouldn't be up to the biden mask police. >> griff: more and more democrats head for the door. kathleen rice becoming the 30th democrat to bow out. rice saying, i will not be running for re-election to congress, i will remain focused on protecting democracy and serving my constituents throughout the rest of my term. get ready for possibly a friday night spending showdown.

group of gop senators threatening to holdup hoping to defund enforcement mandate. >> carley: and biden asking for $30 billion more to fight covid. dow want your tax dollars to go to this issue? they have not spent the $1.9 trillion that passed in march or use $30 million going to safe drug kits that never included crack pipes. >> todd: this is biden wanting to look like he's doing something when nothing is necessary, especially $30 billion at this point. we've seen democrat governors across the country lifting mask mandates and other mandates saying it is time to get back to normal. what is joe biden doing? more money for covid, does that make sense to anybody? >> carley: no, speaking of money and money being spent by

americans. inflation 7.5% increase, 12.2% increase in new car prices, 40% increase in gasoline prices, $27% in energy cost, 4.4% increase in household cost and food costs. the two greatest issues facing americans today and both fronts, president biden doesn't have a plan to fix that. >> todd: we've been traveling around the country to bring you stories we will bring in the next couple of weeks. has anybody talked to about january 6, voting rights, voting restrictions? no, they are talking about that full screen, every single thing is more expensive. crime is running rampant, not just in new york, coming to a small town near you. this is what you care about regardless whether you are republican, democrat, independent or nothing. you care about keeping your family safe and putting food on

your table, so the president, it is mind-boggling he doesn't address that. that is why david ark xewell,rod was good to say, don't spike the football, you have done nothing good. give the american people hope, i doubt he doll that in his state of the union. >> carley: 30th democrat will not run for re-election in the midterm. overnight, san francisco over whelmingly voting to recall three school board officials, frustrated parents fed up with woke politics, the school board has been prioritizing instead of educating children. one of the parents joined us yesterday to explain what it has been like to raise kids in a democrat city. >> it's a dumpster fire, honestly. the school board is focused on everything, except reopening schools. it is a nightmare. i don't know anybody that supports actions of the school.

>> carley: they will like replace them and take office. three school board officials voted out. >> todd: voted out by predominantly democrats. and in an exclusive interview with john durham's revelation, as far as hillary, no comment when confronted by the daily mail. >> did you pay to spy on the trump campaign? when will you comment on the spying allegations, did you pay to have him spyod? >> carley: great questions there. sean duffy is here to talk about all of this coming up next. ♪ (vo) what makes my heart beat? having everything i want in the place i love. jamaica. heartbeat of the world. let's go!

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>> carley: fox news exclusive. former president donald trump calling the latest revelation in john durham's probe the crime of the century. >> todd: and hillary clinton dodges question necessary this daily mail clip. brooke singman has the details. brooke. >> brooke: good morning, guys, i spoke with former president donald trump and he's calling on the justice department to release remaining records related to the original trump

russia probe. trump telling me they should declassify absolutely, especially in light of what has just happened and been revealed. may 2019, trump told bill barr to declassify record related to surveillance of his 2016 campaign. trump said this latest file suggest just the beginning, telling me, "you will see a lot of other thuf happening having to deal with what is continuation of the crime of the century." and kevin mccarthy agrees, vowing to dig deeper if republicans win back the house in november. mccarthy calling durham's investigation essential to getting to the truth and protecting our democracy. republicans want answers about the clinton campaign's answers and calling out the main-stream media. >> they spied and lied. they need accountability. talk about what is coming out

and hold these people accountable. >> i'm not surprised the networks haven't been telling the story, makes democrats and hillary clinton look bad. >> brooke: hillary clinton is caught dodging questions about the special counsel's filing. listen. >> did you pay to spy on the trump campaign? when will you comment on the spying allegations? did you pay to have him spied on? >> brooke: former secretary of state simply waving as she arrived in new york city with a film crew ahead of tomorrow's democratic convention, where she is expected to give the keynote address. >> todd: great work. sean duffy, former wisconsin congress and fox news contributor and former prosecutor. put that hat on, sean, how much trouble could hillary clinton be? >> sean: good morning. not only do you spy on candidate for president of the united states, that is a big deal.

then you spy on the president of the united states? i think she could be in real trouble here. i think look back and go, why were they doing this? i get if you spy on presidential candidate to win an election, which is outrageous, i get that. she was spying on donald trump, the president. this was effort to overthrow the president of the united states of america. i think she's in real trouble here, no doubt if she walks in, she doesn't want to answer questions to anybody. todd, we talked about this a week or two ago, she was floating her name to maybe be the democratic nominee in 2024, should democrats get to the midterm. she wants to run for president? you lie to the american people like this, you have zero credibility. this woman is done in politics. >> carley: clinton friendly media response to this filing by john durham. piece in the "washington post,"

"new york times." their perspective on this is that this internet company didn't infiltrate or hack trump's servers, they say this internet company was paid to monitor what is going on. their perspective is nothing to see here, republicans are blowing this out of proportion. what is your response to that? >> sean: i think that is right, they were paid to monitor the servers. they took information that was secret from the servers and passed to another group to analyze and make inferences donald trump was colluding with russia. the media don't want to talk about this because they are complicit in the scandal. you have the democrats, the tech industry, the doj. if michael sussmann, attorney for hillary clinton coming in with data on donald trump servers in the white house, why wouldn't the fbi go, i got to investigate michael sussmann and democrats, how did they get this

information? that is a problem. instead, the fbi is part of the scandal and continue the investigation on donald trump and the media reports it. the media is part of this whole overthrow attempt. they are not going to cover the story, i think, until we have more indictments. this is not the end, this is the beginning. when more indictments come, the press will be forced to cover this outrageous story. >> todd: obama advisor david axelrod urging biden to show humility, here is the piece from the times. the largest television audience the president is likely to enjoy this year, the temptation will be to herald his achievements and claim we've navigated the storm. mr. president, proceed with caution. will joe follow this advice or saying everything is awesome? >> sean: quote the lego movie, well done, well done. >> carley: i like that.

>> sean: the rumor on the hill, he's waiting until the state of the union, march 1, to give this massive speech and lift many mandates that have come up because of covid. wait a couple weeks and do it in march instead of right now will make a lot of people angry. he does have to show compassion and heart. people are sick of the overreach of government. give them their freedom back. we never gave it up, it is our freedom anyway. turn it back over to people. recognize the pain people are in because of inflation that joe biden caused. that would go a long way to making people look at him more favorably. it is not words, it is results you need. your policies have to help people, not hurt people. if you look in the last year of presidency, everything joe biden has touched has gone to garbage. nothing is going well for him, whether it is border, inflation,

foreign policy, energy, crime. everything he's tried to do has been a disaster. >> todd: i figure a father with as many kids to field baseball team would understand the lego reference. sean duffy. >> todd: president biden promising a forceful response to vladamir putin's threats. when asked by the press, he retreats. >> president biden: keep you informed. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president -- >> carley: walks away. >> todd: i'm informed. he won't talk about that, will he face about the major issues facing americans, inflation and crime? >> carley: that's right. joe concha is on deck coming up.

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>> carley: president biden keeping up with the habit of avoiding reporter questions on matters both foreign and domestic. here is what he said after making regards on russia and ukraine. watch. >> president biden: stand for freedom where it is at risk today will surely pay steeper price tomorrow. thank you. i'll keep you informed. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president -- >> whether or not they are deescalating. >> precursor to -- >> todd: joe concha joins us. joe, putting aside the fact he took 0.0 questions on anything, focus on topic of the press conference to begin with. this is a rare event for joe biden to do,ie, a press conference, what do you make of his priorities when he used the priority to talk about ukraine and not the daily struggle we are undergoing in the u.s. with crime, inflation and the like?

>> joe: i love two things here, a, you worked in an animal house reference with 0.0. thank you, i appreciate that. joe biden said, i will keep you informed. the way you keep people inform side by taking questions you answer and not reading off teleprompter for 11 minutes in this situation. i love the excuse i see from people on the left online defending mr. biden nota taking questions. he did a long press conference in january. things change on a day-to-day basis and the president should be held accountable. he should take questions from a few reporters before bolting the stage like he's cooper kupp. i can guarantee you during the state of the union. thank you, todd, two weeks will not broach how to fix the southern border or address the fentanyl crisis that killed 100,000 people last year issue

leading cause of death between those 18 and 49, all foreign topics and i doubt it will be addressed in the state of the union or a press conference between now and then. >> carley: i would take that bet. unforced error by mayor eric adams, who is mad at press conference he's receiving over crime and just totally played the race card. watch this. >> i'm a black man that is the mayor. my story has been interpreted by people that don't look like me. how many blacks on the editorial board? how many blacks determine how the stories are being written? everybody talks about my government being first to diversify, what is diversification in the newsroom? >> carley: the question is, do you need to be the same race as a politician to cover them fairly? >> joe: yeah, to read their story, right? looking at everything through prism of color and eric adams is so disappointing because when he

came in, there were high hopes for him and now comments remind me of one lori lightfoot, she said she would only give interviews to those work nothing journalism in chicago that are journalists of color. that is insult to asian, hispanic and yes, white journalists out there. maybe take questions from all journalists, have we thought about that? that is what we're seeing. mayor adams, again, got to quote martin luther king jr. here, judge somebody by character, not color of their skin. we see this on cnn and msnbc. >> todd: coverage he's received has been pretty darn good, he should be pretty happy. he's clearly not. msnbc chris haze getting mocked after he said trump received funds when it was the clinton campaign that received them. joe, is this story from durham

getting back under all the guys' skin, making them unable to focus and making unforced errors? >> joe: it is remarkable, when donald trump makes a claim, it gets rejected as absolute conspiracy theory. we are all old enough to remember trump and tom cotton that said covid could have come from a lab in wuhan, that was squashed online, if you shared stories about it. i am old enough to remember hunter biden and told contents of his laptop were misinformation and now they are not. we are seeing from chris hayes and others say thering is no story here whatsoever. play a game of can you imagine. say a prosecutor with credibility, so high that he respected on both sides of the aisle found donald trump's campaign spied on his democratic opponent as candidate and sitting president, do you think

the post and other news would dismiss that story? >> todd: no, they would be wall to wall. joe concha had a lot to say, appreciate it. thanks, joe. >> carley: thanks, joe. >> todd: happy birthday, joe. >> carley: oh, happy birthday. >> todd: transition to this. chris cuomo reportedly getting fired after secret sexual assault allegation was made against him. a woman at abc news claims he assaulted her in 2011. years later, cuomo attempted to keep this woman quiet as zucker's girlfriend resigned after a 30 party investigate found she, zucker and chris cuomo violated standards. >> carley: plot thickens there. janice dean has the forecast. >> janice: happy birthday, joe concha. the temperatures are warming up a bit.

>> carley: yay! >> todd: joe seback, birthday boy. >> janice: it's my birthday. faded into the sea of oblivion. we'll put that on social media, as well. so glad you were born, joe concha. current temperatures, storm system coming from the west will bring all sorts of stuff, snow, freezing rain, tornados. we will be watching this, as well as foxweather.com, download the app and get information. lights up here, the pink is dangerous ice i'm concerned with. snow forecast from the rockies up to the great lakes, could see bulls eye of 5 to eight. the ice is what i'm concerned with through friday. you need to be careful driving, things could be impossible if we have freezing rain and ice. severe storm threat happening overnight tonight into thursday and friday, we will watch this

region and tomorrow mississippi, tennessee, ohio river valley, large hail, damaging winds and tornados. severe weather outbreak anticipated here, know how you get watches and warnings. all right, we're going to get a warm-up here and love it. really cold over the last couple days. new york city, 44 today, watch what happens. watch what happens. 60 degrees on thursday, my friends and then 57. we'll take it. >> todd: we'll take that. >> janice: little bit of everything. warn folks about the snow and ice and severe weather. fox weather, by the way, will be on top of all of it. foxweather.com, get your app, it's awesome, by the way. i'm not just saying that because my friends are there, it is awesome. easy way to get the weather. keep you updated. >> carley: republicans are demanding dhs secretary mayorkis

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>> former u.s. ambassador slamming the american-born skier who decided to represent china in the olympics. haley telling real clear

politics, "you got to pick a side, you are either american or chinese and they are two very different countries, you are standing for freedom or human rights abuses," reportedly dodged questions about her citizenship. texas governor greg abbott is calling out drug cartels and china for the surge in fentanyl in his state. >> texas is doing everything we can to prevent deadly fentanyl from coming into the state. most fentanyl comes from china through mexico issue brought across the border by cartels. it is infitrating our communities. >> carley: texas is treating the deaths as poisoning, instead of overdoses, because of this, the cases can be treated as homicides. fentanyl is leading cause of death ages 18-45 in 2019. 1300 texans were killed by the

drug last year. and texas just got more resources to help build the border wall. 1700 steel wall panels are in the hands of texas governor greg abbott after being abandoned by the white house. texas officials went through the apoccasion process to take possession of them and won. officials say they will be used to continue texas border wall in the near ter >> todd: demanding answers on reports of secret migrant flights to the u.s. andy is a representative on the letter and joins us now. thank you for being here. your letter requests full accounting of how many illegals are released into each congressional district. what do you expect the numbers to show? >>-- >> todd: do we have the representative? we don't have.

>> no, we can't. >> todd: can you hear me now, representative? okay, we are having -- >> carley: technical issues. >> todd: by way of background here, we have been reporting for a number of weeks now secret migrant flights that aren't just being deposited in one town, but many towns throughout the country. we have a situation where lawmakers r curious from an accounting perspective, where are individuals going? are they being just deposited into scranton in westchester county or other districts that people should know about? >> carley: it is a financial issue that taxpayers want answers to and an issue of following the laws. it is still illegal to cross the border illegally. >> todd: we have congressman harris, sorry about the technical snafu. your letter requests full

accounting of number of individuals placed in various districts by the federal government. what do you expect the numbers to show? >> we don't know, the department of homeland security is not transparent with secret bus buses and flights. we need to know the numbers, that is what our individuals deserve to know. >> todd: as the border gets worse and worse every single day, is this administration listening to any republican proposals to improve it? >> no, they are not. they're doubling down. they're admitting hundreds of thousands of people across the border every month and sending them into the interior. this is going to put a strain on our communities and our economy. >> todd: as a doctor, many of us been accused of saying these individuals are bringing covid into the country. they are responsible for the high rise in omicron cases.

as a doctor, do you agree with that assessment? >> we don't know, the department of homeland security won't tell us what steps they are taking and we certainly know that is one of the few vaccine mandates that don't exist. >> todd: it makes no sense. new york congresswoman kathleen rice the 30th house democrat to bow out of the midterm, the stage is set for a republican takeover. you know your colleagues, congressman, as far as those 30 that are no longer running, how confident are you that republicans can flip some, if not most of them? >> well, some of the districts like kathleen rice's district is not going to be one we will win. what it indicates, democrats realize they are in the minority in washington and realize they are not going to control policy anymore thank goodness and the republicans will be in charge. >> todd: they'll be, my guess tells me, a lot of investigation

on topics we've mentioned, not the least of which are covid and the border. doctor representative, andy harris, thanks for bearing with us, we appreciate your time. arresting peaceful protesters and freezing bank account? civil liberties group is tearing into justin trudea for his retaliation against the freedom convoy. senator john kennedy summed it up perfectly, you'll hear from him next. plus -- >> this has culminated being about silences of defense. i find it egregious. >> carley: former brand -- for levi says the woke mob bullied her out of the job. we have details and much more, hi, carol. ♪

>> todd: you have not overslept, our show doesn't start for 14 minutes. full house star candace will reflect on her memories of our good friend bob saget, and talk about her brand-new movie. clay travis on the outstanding ratings of the super bowl and what we with celebrities and

masks. and president biden warning russia against invading ukraine. we'll do that shortly. nancy grace is here and douglas murray, he will join us live. i head down to the big easy and i did this last week to bring this story. life as it was and as it is now. he joins me where he grew up in the projects in new orleans. it influenced him to be success sxfl give back, you don't want to miss it. don't touch that remote and don't try to find the channel changer. back to two people who have 13 minutes left to work. >> todd: i wonder if my mom will enjoy your master p interview, she wanted me to mention to you, she loves your recent book. >> carley did not like it, she is staying silent. >> carley: i read it cover to cover, get it at bookstores

everywhere. >> todd: in ottawa, freedom convoy demonstrators demanding to know why trudea is invoking emergency power and treating truckers like a threat. >> i would call it more of a demonstration because what are we guilty of? some trucks parked illegally? okay, i'm not sure that warrants the response from the government. >> todd: emergency act allows canadian government to seize bank accounts and could force police and towing companies to drag away trucks clogging the streets of canada's capital. here is john kennedy. >> truckers are saying look, mr. prime minister, we've been through two years of pandemic restrictions. our lives have been turned upside down, our livelihoods have been threatened, our kids have lost months, maybe years from their education. you say follow the science, mr.

prime minister, let's follow the science. here is what i hear the prime minister saying to truckers. look, truckers, i'm smart, you're not. i'm educated, you're not. i drink frapucinos, you don't, so sit down and shut up. you know, the trucker's response to the prime minister, well, it is predictable, as well, they are bowing up. >> carley: the former brand president at levi, says she quit her position after being bullied by the "intolerant" woke mob. >> todd: here is cheryl casone. >> cheryl: brand president for levi, jennifer sigh is speaking out about her experience at the company. listen to this. >> this whole thing culminated in being about silences of dissent, and not holding a

viewpoint. i find it edpreejuous from levis, this brand is about rugged individualism and using your voice. >> cheryl: a mother of four was vocal about school closure necessary san francisco and said "disadvantaged kids in public schools who need for safety and routine of schools are kids that need it most," and she was clear she was speaking as a private citizen, speaking up for kids, forced out. >> todd: talks about how much of a hard-core liberal she was for much of her life. unbelievable. >> carley: and prices at the pump. >> cheryl: nothing says worry like seven-year oil prices and midterms this year. president biden is considering suspending federal gas tax for a year, the president trying to ease concerns about price spike if russia invades ukraine. >> president biden: to be clear,

if russia decides to invade, that would have consequences at home. the american people understand defending democracy and liberty is never without cost. >> cheryl: do they? vulnerable senators mark kelly of arizona and maggie hassan wants the tax suspended. again, this would be federal tax holiday, not sure $.18 when paying close to $6 in states like california, will ease your burden f. mark kelly thinks that will get him re-elected, who am i to say anything about that? >> thank you. former president donald trump says latest revelation about the clinton campaign and john durham's revelations are the crime of the century. >> carley: the findings are just as deceptive as the steele dossier.

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>> carley: another stunning abuse by 2016 campaign. the new op-ed in the "wall street journal." unpacking the latest revelation about the clinton campaign in john durham's investigation. >> todd: assistant editor for the "wall street journal" editorial page and he joins us now. great do have you on the program, sir. those trying to down play what's your response. >> >> they don't like this story. it's indefensible. i think a lot of the criticism is kind of under the fringes of the story and not to the heart of it which is a lawyer for the clinton campaign, according to the special counsel, going to the fbi and the cia with data -- i don't know what you would call it other than the result of spying on donald trump and his office, his apartment and then in the white house showing internet traffic and presenting,

aaccording to the special counsel a bogus story suggesting a connection to russia. >> carley: you are seeing the response from people who are in the media who are friendly with the clintons. and they point out that this tech company didn't hack into trump's servers. so basically they are saying nothing to see here. how do you respond to that? >> they have argued with people using the word infiltration. they weren't having fun storming the castle. they were already on the inside. you could view it in some ways as worse. as sort of a betrayal. you have this contract to provide the white house with technology services and to abuse that to, according to the allegation from the special counsel, to use that information today to to a political campaign. >> carley: working for the clintons. >> that's not defense cybil. if you actually thought it was a national security official and had to be reported to the proper

authorities the clinton campaign is not that. >> carley: no. >> there are other agencies of the government. >> todd: it is a. >> there are agencies of the government that actually ha v. a job to do and that's not it. >> carley: look at michael sussmann and say how do you have that information? >> that's what's going to be interesting. it's possible some of the tech employees or researchers involved were duped. that they thought they were actually doing a service to the country. but the fact that it's michael sussmann, according to the special counsel's report, representing the clinton campaign, and presenting this to both the fbi and the cia is. >> todd: a lot of questions still we main with regard to our intel agencies as well. you have a new opinion piece on the current state of living in los angeles. entitled the degradation of life in l.a. ebletion possibly. the voters who don't flee to

texas finally demand reform. i lived out there 8 years and loved it it's not what we are seeing right now. will these people that are currently still in california vote to continue these ridiculous ways or will they wake up. >> i think there is an awakening. the title of the piece maybe sounds depressing about did he degradation.you are finally seee limits of blue state governance, expensive, lawless, people in los angeles, they have had it with homelessness. not just the crime element but the -- seeing the human misery and the idea that so much money has been spent and people are still miserable, not getting help and i think there is a political turning. you see it on the crime issue as well. recall efforts would be l.a. and san francisco. and, of course, you have been talking about the school board recall in san francisco. i think.

>> carley: it worked. >> the politics is changing. >> todd: transcends party is your point. the key take away. >> you may have new single issue voter who say i want safe streets and schools that work. >> carley: james you are hosting the "wall street journal" at large on sunday. so, more to come from you later this week. thank you so much for joining us. >> todd: "fox & friends" starts right now. bye-bye. >> bret: vladimir putin says he is ready for talks with the u.s. and nato. >> i think clear that russia targets america and ukraine we will respond with forces. >> john durham's special counsel investigation picking up steam. >> former president trump telling fox news he believes this is the crime of the century. >> democrats blaming the spike in violence in big cities on everything but their soft on crime policies. >> mayor eric adams lashing out at the media. >> my role as mayor is being interpreted through the prism of your realities and not mine. >> in ottawa, protesters demanding to know why