that frowned upon? >> fall is here, football, hunting, oktoberfest, we are here, folks. >> welcome to fall. >> cool weather, yay. cheers to that, guys. thank you for watching. don't forget to dvr when you can't watch it live. here is "america reports." >> we are the union! >> them guys are greedy crooks. you are all full of [bleep], every one of 'em. every one of 'em. and we are tired of not having anything. >> you can hear these workers yelling at them. scab, they are not pleased. >> no social security, no mention, no health benefits after you give a few decades of your life to a corporation, it is not right. >> sandra: workers turning down a double digit percentage pay

increase saying it is still not enough. and car makers standing firmly, temporarily laying off workers or telling them to not show up. >> john: we will talk to travis harrison, one of thoses of uaw members on strike, what does he think the solution and where is the white house in all of this. >> sandra: cheering migrants on a packed train heading to the united states from mexico. the exclusive video from our fox team there as people continue to cross into the country illegally in bigger and bigger numbers, despite repeated claims from washington that our border is closed. hello, welcome, everyone. i'm sandra smith in new york. john, great to begin another week with you. >> john: here we go again, another five days of nonstop

news. i'm john roberts in washington. this is "america reports." and new images from the u.s. border in texas this morning showing large groups of people waiting to be processed at migrant facilities in eagle pass. border patrol sources tell us this is one of the largest mass crossings that they have witnessed there, and the nonstop flood of migrants may get even worse. >> sandra: kinney county, texas sheriff is here with his reaction. >> john: begin with bill melugin, live in mission, texas. and also now footage of another wave of migrants headed for the u.s. border. what can you tell us about that? >> well, john, i can tell you that early this morning in eagle pass, we witnessed one of the largest mass illegal crossings we have ever seen in the last two and a half years of covering our southern border. right to the video, take a look at this stunning footage. border patrol sources telling us just after midnight about 2,500 migrants crossed illegally into

eagle pass. you can see this lengthy line of them stretching from shore to shore in the river. this video perspective coming from the mexican side of the river, one of our contacts shooting this video as they essentially bum rushed eagle pass last night. and this happened right next to the port of entry where the biden administration is telling people to cross legally. they don't care, they cross illegally because little to no fear of consequences. take a look at this second perspective, the video showing what was almost essentially a stampede of people rushing down to the edge of the river just after midnight, you can see some mexican national guard soldiers kind of standing around aimlessly, not sure of how to try to stop so many people. but they went rushing into the water crossing into eagle pass. over 2,500 of them. and the drone team shot this early this morning, this is what was left over as they were being

processed. masses of single adults as well as some family units as these migrants have no fear of consequences for crossing the u.s. border illegally. they believe if they step foot on u.s. soil they will be released into the united states and not listening to biden administration messaging that the border is closed and should not come to the united states. as you mentioned, it appears a lot more of them are on the way. out of mexico, sources providing fox this footage showing a train full of migrants hooting, hollering, cheering and waving to the cameras. the train is heading straight for the u.s.-mexico border. it is heading north. once the migrants get into mexico, humanitarian visas like candy almost, allows them to travel through mexico and they go right to the u.s.-mexico border, some going to the city across from eagle pass and then you see what happens. the result last night, mass

illegal crossings and our border patrol sources are telling us more of these trains are heading north as i speak to you right now and the numbers are expected to get worse. back out here live, cbp saying as of this morning, over 20,000 migrants in federal custody, even with the mass street releases they have been doing to try to decompress. they are close to a breaking point and they feel the border has never been worse. back to you. >> john: clearly that respite we saw earlier this summer was just a brief interlude for something far worse than that. bill melugin for us, mission. bill, thank you. >> sandra: kinney county sheriff brad coe. what was reaction when you saw the train video? >> a, i've never seen that many people on a train, and b, does not surprise me. really doesn't.

>> sandra: what does it tell you considering the u.s. has put out the message apparently do not come. they are coming. >> it's obvious they are not listening. when they say do not come, they are listening to the cartels, and we'll get you in safe, they will process you and let you go. so no matter what the president -- [indiscernible] >> sandra: sheriff, we seem to be cutting out a little bit. hopefully we can reconnect you a little bit better there. i'll play a sot in the meantime, bill haggerty, republican from tennessee, placing the border crisis squarely on joe biden. >> it's complete mayhem at the border. it's a humanitarian crisis all joe biden's doing. we have apprehended under joe biden's watch over 170 different nationalities crossings the border illegally. we don't know who is in the country.

it's a huge national security crisis as well. >> sandra: do you agree with that? >> 110%. he hit the nail right on the head. >> sandra: sheriff, the biden administration is now considering forcing migrants who cross into the u.s. to illegally -- into the u.s. illegally to remain in texas while they wait out their asylum screening. is that a good idea? >> that is a horrible idea because of course you have seen how the people in new york and chicago are reacting, texas has been dealing with this for years, since this whole thing started. so, plus how do you tell people they can't go anywhere. no, it's -- this is all politics, 100% politics, wanting to force governor abbott to relinquish control of the border. >> sandra: you mentioned chicago. it is just one of a number of democrat cities who declare themselves sanctuary cities saying they welcome all. it had an announcement just in the past few days it is facing a

$540 million budget deficit now with a significant part of that attributable to the ongoing migrant crisis happening there. and this would be the latest instance of a sanctuary city, sheriff, paying a heavy financial cost for migrant arrivals there. what is your reaction to that as they are now asking for more federal help because they are drying up on resources to accommodate this number of people coming in? >> well, it strikes me odd they are asking for federal resources to accommodate this situation when governor abbott is using strictly texas funds to try to stop this flow coming into texas. as far as i know, he has not asked for a single dime from the federal government to stop it, we are doing it on our own. >> sandra: it's a huge job. can you keep doing it? >> we will do it the best of our ability. we will stand until the last man goes down.

but we are trying everything we can to stop it here at the local level. >> sandra: we appreciate your service, it's a huge task for everybody who is working on it. thank you, sir, for joining us. you are busy, we'll let you get back to work. >> thank you for listening to us. >> sandra: of course. >> it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are free after enduring something i think it would be difficult for any of us to imagine. the president has no higher priority than making sure that americans who are unjustly detained anywhere can come home. >> john: the secretary of state antony blinken reacting after five americans held prisoner in iran are now free. but president biden is under scrutiny for unfreezing $6 billion in iranian assets to make it happen. this as world leaders gather in new york city for the u.n. general assembly, which is where we find our jacqui heinrich. jacqui, familiar position there

outside the u.n. what can we expect from the president this week. >> jacqui: president biden praised the release, but he delivered a warning that americans, especially those with dual citizenship should not travel to iran. his statement reads, the u.s. state department has a long standing travel warning that states do not travel to iran due to the risk of kidnapping and the arbitrary arrest and detention of u.s. citizens. all americans should heed those words and have no expectation their release can be secured if they do not. >> isn't that in a way a acknowledgment it could encourage more hostage taking? >> that iran is run by a dangerous regime who sees increasingly sees the united states as some sort of enemy and means quite frankly that it's

not a safe place for americans to go. >> jacqui: i also asked the national security council spokesman about the timing of all of this, announcement to congress on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, transfer happening as the u.n. general assembly convenes in new york and john kirby told me essentially the dates are a coincidence. >> not tied to 9/11, not tied to the u.n. general assembly, simply tied to the hard work over months and months and months by diplomats to secure this release. we are just glad that it happened. it's a good day for the united states, good day for the families. >> how long was this in the works? >> months, many, many months. >> jacqui: the administration reiterates this was not a ransom payment, not u.s. taxpayer dollars. it is iranian money that's been unfrozen that they can now access, although strict controls how it's used, oversight

ensuring it goes to humanitarian causes. criticism remains it frees up $6 billion to use for terrorist activity and the u.n. nuclear watchdog warns iran has kicked out a third of the agency's nuclear inspectors, so that's happening as this deal is coming together. john. >> john: $6 billion that the iranians did not have access to prior to this deal. jacqui heinrich outside the u.n. thank you. >> sandra: a surprise trip for national security adviser jake sullivan to meet with a chinese counterpart, gavin newsom is planning to meet with chinese official as well. why isn't president biden? why it's taking so long to meet with xi jinping. >> john: and the ambush killing of a 30-year-old deputy. details of who they now have in

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>> sandra: hunter biden's attorneys firing back at a pair of whistleblowers in a brand-new lawsuit against the irs. it argues hunter's privacy was violated and the agents "targeted and sought to embarrass him." our panel, cassie smedley and richard fowler how hunter's

court battles will weigh on his father's election bid. any response from the irs this hour? >> i did hear from the irs only to learn as we expected the irs does not comment on pending litigation, but the irs clearly aware of this lawsuit filed in court just hours ago in federal court to be more specific. hunter biden's legal team also releasing a letter today to congress to ways and means chairman said hunter biden is owed a tax refund, they believe he overpaid too much. the first son says the two irs whistleblowers who came forward and discussed his tax matters engaged in willful unauthorized disclosure and violated the privacy act. states they in public statements violated section 6103 of the irs code by engaging in a campaign to publicly smear mr. biden. says a whistleblower is supposed to uncover government

misconduct, not the details of that employee's opinion about the alleged wrongdoing of a private person. one of shapley's attorneys who is mentioned in the lawsuit by profession not by name said this about the filing just hours ago. watch. >> we definitely are going to be intimidated by a frivolous attempt like this and hope other whistleblowers won't be intimidated either. we won't be intimidated. >> the lawsuit reads he, hunter biden has the same responsibility as any other american citizen and the irs can and should make certain he abides by the disabilities. no government agency or government agent has free reign to violate his rights simply because of who he is. this lawsuit, sandra, comes days after hunter biden was indicted on three counts involving his purchase of a gun in 2018. that may not be his only legal problem in a federal courtroom. david weiss in a court filing announced he could file taxes, or charges against hunter biden for potential tax crimes.

weiss is also the special counsel said those could come in california where hunter biden lives or potentially washington, d.c. where he used to live. sandra. >> john: kick around the political football with the panel, cassie smedley, richard fowler, so here is part of what this lawsuit against the irs says. the irs agents have targeted, sought to embarrass mr. biden via public statements to the media in which they and their representatives disclosed confidential information about a private citizen's tax matters. and abbe lowell says by the way, hunter biden is due a refund. you can say things, but abbe lowell is a good attorney who has gotten a lot of people off the hook. >> i think it's a very interesting development in the hunter biden case and goes to show what the biden white house has been saying all along. hunter biden is a private citizen.

and he's not the president of the united states, he's never put his name on the ballot, and this speaks to that. the irs he feels is doing him a disservice, he believes the irs via the whistleblowers have disclosed his private information. he has the right to sue them. and also clear based on the fact in the previous plea deal he had with the justice department he's plead guilty to tax crimes. once again, this does not speak to any wrongdoing by the president of the united states. republicans want to continue to make this connection, they have opened an impeachment inquiry to make the connection, don't have any clear evidence that speaks to the connection because hunter biden didn't pay his taxes, because he had a gun while he was under the influence of drugs, this does not speak to that that the president of the united states did anything. until the republicans can make the connection and solid to stand the disinfectant of a courtroom, they cannot claim the

president did any wrongdoing and therein lies their biggest problem. >> john: put you down with hakeem jeffries and jamie raskin. >> the democrats do have a problem in the court of public opinion. this is an inquiry and go where the facts lead them, so opening the inquiry to find out what's what. but poll after poll, cnn last week, almost seven in ten think the president was involved with hunter biden's business dealings, fox news poll nearly half say the same. and others think there was illegal involvement there. that's a problem for the president. every time hunter biden is mentioned in the media it's politically bad for joe biden because he has to talk about it or he should be getting asked about it and the voters are going to put that on the ballot as long as joe biden is on the ballot. >> john: sean hannity was asked about this. >> if i was the irs agents, i would immediately file a

countersuit. i would look for, i would lover discovery on hunter biden, love discovery. that then opens up the entire laptop. >> john: sean has an interesting angle for the story. >> sure, let a countersuit prevail, go out there and let's play this out in a federal courtroom. but let's be very clear, and i think cassie said it best, right. this is something that is in polls, this is something that shows up on the ballot for the american people, this is not something that goes to what it says in our constitution, high crimes and misdemeanors that shows up in the court and the united states senate, what the impeachment inquiry leads to. >> john: what about the idea the laptop would be fair game in discovery, where might that lead? >> this administration has worked overtime to keep it out of the public view, so that would be interesting. but yet, high crimes and misdemeanors, we don't know it's going there yet. >> why open up the impeachment

inquiry. the two impeachments the democrats opened up, 400 page report and the second time after there was an invasion of the united states capital spurred on by the president of the united states. >> broader point, i don't think the president of the united states or anyone in the administration or pushing for him to be on the ballot, despite a growing number otherwise, any time hunter biden is brought up is a bad news day. >> it's not a situation that lands in the united states senate where an impeachment trial happens where the chief justice is hearing the trying. >> john: the first trigger was the zelenskyy call. >> part of the mueller investigation, part of a 400 page document, etc., etc., etc. >> what we are seeing revealed and soon revealed about hunter biden's ties to ukraine, what his father knew about that and when did he know it might make

the zelenskyy call feel like child's play. >> let's be very clear. this investigation around this same thing started in 2018 in the united states senate and no evidence yet to be proven. >> john: all right. we have to roll. but thank you so much. obviously lots to talk about. appreciate it. and we will continue to do that, sandra, as well. >> sandra: a spirited debate there, john. you know what, richard said himself, voters will decide, right. a lot for them to take in here and the election will be the ultimate telltale sign how voters see all this. >> john: and let me tell you, too. the studio is designed for exactly that type of interaction. >> sandra: fabulous, it worked. >> john: the only thing that's missing is the ropes. >> to the family, i'm so sorry. those who wear the uniform, we are thankful for you. [applause] >> sandra: we are awaiting an

update on the los angeles sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty, authorities have taken in as a person of interest in this case. we'll have an update. >> john: day four of the united auto workers strike. un union rejecting a proposal. and we'll be joined to talk about potential solutions to the work stoppage. so you only pay for what you need. that's 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. ♪

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the long-term. >> sandra: got it. we will overcome the challenge of the noises behind you there understanding that the strike is ongoing, and the protests continue. as far as the uaw demands are concerned, 40% wage hike over four years, four-day work week, eliminating wage tiers, increasing benefits to retirees, def defined pension benefits for all workers. in line with your own request? >> absolutely, we are standing for the request and sean has a good plan in place to get what we are asking for. >> sandra: got it. so, as far as how long this is gonna last, everyone is trying to prepare for that, because we know that this has a significant impact, the longer this goes on, on the communities around you, the communities around where these strikes are happening. and ultimately it has an impact

on the entire country. this is janet yellen, the treasury secretary this morning saying it's premature to say how long this strike and how much it could impact our economy. listen. >> you have to be worried about inflation, i would think, just as it's starting to come down, supply chain disruptions are at risk here, aren't they? >> well, you know, i think it's premature to be making forecasts about what it means for the economy. it would depend very much on how long the strike lasts. the important point, i think, is that the two sides need to narrow their disagreements. >> sandra: there is some concern this will really drag on. how long do you see it taking to ultimately come to a negotiation here? >> well, the hope is the faster it can happen, obviously, the better. but i could see it going a few weeks for sure. >> sandra: and obviously this is going to have a huge impact on the local economies, but at the

national level as well. the president says he's the most pro union president ever. in fact, someone from his own party in congress, debbie dingle, she's now telling the president he should stay out of these negotiations. listen to this. >> i'm going to be very blunt. the president does not belong at the bargaining table. he has been gene sper ling got assigned to this earlier this summer. i have been talking to gene multiple times a day. the bargaining happens between the companies and the workers. >> sandra: what do you think, should the president be involved in the negotiations? >> i appreciate his support if he's on the side of the uaw but i think we should leave it to sean and the company getting a deal made. >> sandra: is the entire reason for this exactly what we read, is the reason why you believe that these additional benefits and pay should go to the workers

is because of the record profits of the companies? >> absolutely. record profits should be spread out through the employees that are helped making that profit. >> sandra: and so many of those companies have gone on the record saying they have unforeseen costs in the future they have to manage for, especially the transition to green. so, there's obviously two sides to this story. obviously inflation plays a huge part in this as well. you know, our -- what it costs for our everyday necessities has gone up significantly, consumer prices up 16, 17% over a couple of years. do you believe it is anybody's responsibility to just get those prices down instead of raising wages? >> i mean, i would agree with you on bringing the inflation down. that would help. but i don't see it coming down, so we need to all meet together somewhere to help live in this

economy. >> sandra: what is your priority of the request on the table? >> future, everything for future, all day. i got a long way to go 'til i retire. >> sandra: got it. well, obviously the country's listening and we will continue to watch where these negotiations go and we appreciate your time, sir. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> sandra: ok. john. >> john: and as that continues, coming up in the next few minutes, the los angeles county sheriff's department expected to give an update on the deputy killed in the line of duty on saturday night. authorities brought a person of interest into custody earlier today. william is live in los angeles. what do you know, what do we expect to hear? >> we should find out why did this happen in a few minutes, but the arrest early this morning, swat team deploys outside a home 30 miles northeast of los angeles. the suspect fails to come out,

they fire tear gas, he does surrender, reportedly lives in the house with his parents and two brothers. wanted in the shooting death of ryan clinkunbroomer, eight-year veteran of the sheriff's department, engaged to be married four days ago. saturday night he was stopped in a traffic light in his black and white suv. look closely, coming up on the left here, you'll see a dark gray toyota pull up alongside, briefly stop, right there, and then it's going to speed away. it was at that moment police believe the shooter fired through his passenger window killing the deputy. last night police blasted out a notice with a screen shot of that toyota, which as you can see was also found outside his home. the car precisely matching that description. the department offered $250,000 reward for information leading to arrest. again, we are told a close relative of the suspect called

police last night, hundreds attended a vigil honoring the deputy, we do not have a motive, john, but we are told he is cooperating. the sheriff, robert luna, says clinkunbroomer was probably a target because he was in law enforcement. back to you. >> john: unbelievable, william, unbelievable, and thank goodness they had the surveillance camera as well that led to the swift arrest. we will find out more information in the moments ahead as people mourn the death of ryan clinkunbroomer, 30 years old, a sheriff, engaged four days ago, this looks like the sheriff about to start the news conference. >> good morning to everybody and again, as all see as i read my notes, i sincerely thank all of

you for covering this morning so extensively as you have. you'll see that it was key for us making this arrest. so, sincere thank you from not only every man and woman who works for the los angeles county sheriff's department, but every community member here in palmdale. so i want to start off by saying 36 hours after the murder of our deputy the men and women of our department arrested him early this morning. i'm very proud -- [applause] -- very proud of the work that our men and women have done. you'll see as i lay this out their professionalism, their dedication, their discipline,

just absolutely off the charts. and shows just what an amazing department the los angeles county sheriff's department is. yesterday after 4:00 p.m. we had a press conference at that time, many of you were here, community members came forward with information which lead homicide detectives to identify the suspect and the vehicle used in the murder of deputy clinkunbroomer. early this morning our special enforcement bureau served a warrant at the suspect's residence located in the 37,600,000 block here in palmdale. deputies surrounded the residence and called out all the occupants of that residence. eventually family members did

come out, the suspect chose to barricade himself and refuse to initially come out. he barricaded himself for several hours. our special enforcement deputies, basically our swat team, were out there for several hours trying to deescalate the situation using different techniques, including using hostage negotiators. eventually they were deployed -- or they deployed chemical agents and the suspect ultimately surrendered. and i want to take a pause here for a second when i talk about how proud i am of this department after a significant tragedy that we have shared with all of you. because those special enforcement deputies took the time to try to deescalate this

and take this individual peacefully into custody when they knew that our deputy was not afforded the same opportunity. he never gave our deputy a chance. but yet our men and women gave this individual a chance to take him into custody peacefully. that's the difference between professionals and individuals out there who are targeting not only community members but more importantly law enforcement out on the street. investigators recovered numerous firearms and the vehicle of interest that was depicketed in the flyer that we put out yesterday in the press conference. i want to stress that investigators are still actively working this case. there's more information that we probably don't know at this time. every piece of evidence, everything we have will be analyzed, and i do want to

stress to our community that although we are extremely confident that we have the right person in custody, i am still asking people to come forward and give us any piece of information that they believe that they have. why? because the arrest is only one part of this. we have to get this individual prosecuted now to the full extent of the law and we need the public's continued help and support in doing that. the suspect was arrested and transported here to the palmdale sheriff's station pending further investigation. the suspect has been identified as 29-year-old kevin gatiano salazar of palmdale. i would also like to emphasize that ryan's partners, the deputies that serve this community here out of the palmdale sheriff's station, were

involved in this investigation leading to the arrest of this suspect and we believe at this time there are no other suspects involved in this incident. homicide investigators will be presenting this case to the los angeles county district attorney's office for their filing consideration. i have personally spoken to the district attorney this morning and he assures me that they will aggressively pursue this case based on the factors that you know of today. i want to take a second to thank our community members here in palmdale. you have been with us from the very beginning. and honestly, based on our pleas yesterday, we would not be here today announcing the arrest if it wasn't for courageous

community members who came forward and were so offended by what happened they had to do something about it. i thank them. i thank them. [applause] the entire antelope valley community assistance played an instrumental role in information leading to the identification of the suspect and again, we are extremely grateful. but here is the thing. the arrest, the work that still needs to be done for the prosecution is only part of this. i ask all of you specifically out here in the antelope valley to continue to support our deputies here at the palmdale station, lancaster station right next door, and really all of law enforcement. i think this taught a lot of people a lot of valuable lessons. for our deputy left this station in uniform to serve.

and he was shot and killed. why, we don't know yet, but we intend to find out. but at the end of the day he was in a marked black and white, right here in front of the station, and he was murdered, ambushed by a coward. our officers, deputies go out and serve this community every day, putting their lives on the line. so we have a lot to be thankful for that we have men and women who volunteer to do this, and families who kiss them good-bye and just pray that they come back home. and in this case, ryan's family will never see him again. excuse me. i want to thank our homicide investigators who worked

tirelessly, tirelessly to coordinate many detective division team members throughout the duration of this investigation. we told you all we left nothing on the shelf. all of our resources were entirely committed for this investigation and as i stated earlier, 36 hours later with the help of our community in collaboration with our community we have the person that we believe is responsible for the tragic murder of ryan. i also want to thank the city of palmdale, the city of lancaster, supervisor katherine barger, who has been with us from the very beginning, and as you know, offered a significant amount of the reward along with our officials from palmdale. and like i said yesterday, we had many others offering rewards. it was at $250,000, a quarter of

a million dollars, tells you how much love and respect and support we have in the community for our deputies, and we had thousands others coming in and in reserve ready to roll that out if we needed to. i also want to thank alads, and the president who is going to be speaking today, for their support from the very beginning and every local, state and federal partner who called and offered their assistance. the director wray just called me, and the governor, attorney general, it goes on and on, and i know there are many people standing behind me but i want to acknowledge fbi assistant director don elway from the fbi, who has been supportive from the very beginning. i'm going to next read a statement from the family and after that i'll turn it over to the other speakers and then i will come back up to answer any

questions you may have. before i start reading the statement, though, i want to emphasize to our partners in the media. you are partners. we would not be here announcing this arrest if it wasn't for your assistance. but i respectfully ask that you give the family privacy. they have asked for it. we have had people trying to contact them at home. they need privacy, they need time to grieve. and they are grieving. this is a statement from the family. our son ryan was a dedicated, hard working, deputy sheriff who enjoyed working here at the palmdale station. he was proud to work along the side of his partners that he considered brothers and sisters as he sacrificed daily to better the community that he served.

ryan made the ultimate sacrifice in doing so. ryan was recently engaged to the love of his life, as our firstborn son, ryan will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and the sheriff's department as a whole. please keep ryan's family, friends, and colleagues in your prayers and respect everyone's privacy during our time of mourning. thank you from the bottom of my heart, the clinkunbroomer family. thank you very much. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to the next speaker, our supervisor, who i thank a whole lot for her support. thank you. >> thank you. thank you, sheriff luna, and what i will say, what a difference a day makes. first off, i want to congratulate the sheriff's department team for apprehending

a person of interest quickly. we have the best and the brightest working and last night i had the honor of meeting some of them and i knew they were going to catch the suspect. they did the job quickly and they did the job well. this is proof positive that l.a. county has the finest men and women working not only within homicide, but the rank and file and so i want to personally thank each and every one of them. many have been covering from other stations to support their brothers and sisters. ryan's love ones in the community at large demand and now deserve answers. why was deputy clinkunbroomer murdered, who was involved. and what is their background. i am determined to obtain those questions quickly as our law enforcement partners and supporters who won't rest until

we get the answers we deserve. crimes like this, though, don't happen in a vacuum. we need to have a full picture of what motivated the murder and why this shooting transpired. i want ryan's killer to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and i'm really happy to hear that the d.a. is committed to upholding the law on the books. you have my word that i will not rest until that happens. we need to send a clear message this type of cowardly attack is not going to be tolerated, not here in the antelope valley, more in l.a. county, nowhere in california, shouldn't be anywhere in this nation. this was an attack on the law enforcement community. an attack on public safety. and attack on law abiding residents of los angeles county who believe in and support law

and order. we must send a clear message that our l.a. community is united against this and we will not stand for this. again, i commend seb, i commend the homicide investigators that worked on this, and the men and women who each and every day sacrifice so that we can be safe in our communities. thank you. >> i would like to now introduce the mayor of palmdale. >> good morning. god bless the men and women of the lasd who brought the situation to a quick conclusion. there is still a lot of things to do, they have to be done and done right. thank to the media for covering us and giving us the national attention, i've seen it on the national news, and the community, everyone here last night, after the vigil a lot of

calls came in from the community. united and finding out what happened and united in finding the suspect. thank you to everyone, and on behalf of the city of palmdale it's great that we can collectively breathe a sigh of relief that our city is safer and the entire antelope valley is safer now that this person is off the streets. thank you all very much. >> i would like to introduce our last speaker, which is alads president, rich pipin. >> thank you, sheriff luna. i would like to take an opportunity to tell all of you that every day i'm proud to be a los angeles county deputy sheriff, especially proud today. i'm proud of my partners, the men and women of this department for their professionalism, and the skill they showed. what they did here was amazing. to gather this information,

identify and locate a suspect this quickly, but perhaps most impressively, to take him into custody without any further harm to anyone, without any further loss of life. it speaks volumes to the kind of people we have here working for the sheriff's department. you will not find a department with a higher level of professionalism than the los angeles county sheriff's department. in spite of the fact we don't have some of the resources and funding that some departments do, our men and women are our greatest asset and showed that over the last couple of days. i think all of you in spite of what the critics might say should feel very comfortable knowing that you have these kind of people protecting your communities. we now wait for george gascon, the district attorney, we expect he will do what he assured sheriff luna he would do, and make sure it does not happen to another family. as for the clinkunbroomer family as you heard, they are still

mourning, we are grieving with them. thank you for the kind thoughts, condolences, please keep them in your thoughts and prayers and support them in this difficult time. thank you. [applause] >> i will now take your questions. [indiscernible] >> it's an excellent question, and i think everybody here wants to know the answer to that. the the investigation continues. i have no doubt that our homicide investigators will get to the bottom of why something that makes absolutely no sense occurred. as i stated earlier, our deputy was in uniform, in a marked black and white police vehicle right in front of the station.

why he did this i have no idea. was he targeted, i'm assuming he was. but we will -- our intent is to find out. thank you. over here, please. >> [indiscernible] >> his family's amazing. and you said it. three generations, i had the pleasure of meeting his grandfather who served, rose to the rank of captain here at the los angeles county sheriff's department. his father retired as a lieutenant several years ago. to listen to them with the pride they have not only in this department but this profession, and they were about service. and ryan was no different than

they were. and i'm really hoping that we as a community learn to appreciate how we get people who volunteer to do this job and put their lives, their physical harm and mental harm on the line every day, 24/7, even though we have people grieving i repeated this, they are still out there handling 911 calls. you have police officers and deputies doing this across the country. we share this information with them. and it gets just a little harder for a family member to say please be safe tonight, and i hope you come home. >> john: there is the los angeles county sheriff, robert luna, and the news of the arrest of 29-year-old kevin salazar in connection with the murder on saturday night of 30-year-old ryan clinkunbroomer. they got who they believe, sandra, is their man and got him quickly. >> sandra: a lot of emotion there. his family will never see him again.

those grieving are back to work today answering 911 calls. the reality of the incredible job these men and women have every single day, john. still asking people to come forward, the suspect arrested, and the ambush-style killing of that deputy was clearly described in that news conference, john. >> john: bring in civil rights attorney and fox news contributor, leo terrell. so, it was voiced by the sheriff and then again by the deputy sheriff, i believe probably was a homicide detective, that they are counting on the l.a. county district attorney george gascon to give up to his commitment to prosecute mr. salazar to the fullest extent of the law. do you believe that will happen? >> first of all, thank you for having me, i watched this horrible situation over the weekend and watched the press conference. as clear as possible, it is an embarrassment for george gascon not to be there. i'm upset by that.

where is the assistant district attorney of george gascon. they are hoping he prosecutes. i live in l.a. county. this county has been torn by crime. and you are asking me do i believe george gascon is going to do the right thing? no, that -- that union rep said i hope. you have two politicians there. where is the county board of supervisors that represents palmdale and l.a., why aren't they there? because there is not a strong support for law enforcement, john and sandra, in l.a. you know what's going on in l.a. county. if i was at that press conference i would have said sergeant, i mean, sheriff, where is george gascon? where is the assistant? where -- you know what, you cover numerous cases where people have committed crime. normally see the district attorney there talking tough or u.s. attorney talking tough. where -- where are the prosecutors? where they tell us there is going to be a day for

arraignment, we are going to work with the sheriff's department. you didn't see it. we don't have prosecution in l.a. >> sandra: you think about just the brutal nature of this, it was fully described in the news conference, he was in full uniform, driving a marked patrol car, he had just left the palmdale station, he was heading northbound on sierra highway, alone in his vehicle, stopped at the intersection and we know what happened next. he wasn't there, george gascon, i mean, how do they send a message -- this cannot happen in this country, leo. >> you are absolutely right, sandra. apologize for getting so upset about this, because i live in this county. l.a. county is a unicorn, it's weird. this district attorney has abandoned law enforcement, abandoned prosecuting criminals. we have had other officers shot and killed and the county is in turmoil, and not only the district attorney, he gets backed up with the politicians. the county board o