president who will not get line wine, better with age but only worse, he lost his fastball, if he had one, in the end we have a rematch very few want, trump and biden, this is a good candidacy it will remind voters there is another option perhaps we will get some traction. but in the end if is a losing effort. >> joe concha thank you for joining us on a sunday night, and you for spending part of your sunday with us, hope with you a great week ahead. you can find us on the trey gowdy podcast, good night from south carolin and this is a fox news alert. i'm anita vogel in new york. israeli troops are at this hour

on the ground in gaza. israel confirms the next stage of its war is underway with a relentless round of attacks from the ground air and sea. as the death toll sky rockets, prime minister netanyahu vows as the battle has just begun and iran warns israel has crossed a red line. a lot of major developments in the mideast over the past 24 hours. let's go now live to fox news correspondent jonathan hunt. he is in the he is in jerusalem on the ground. jonathan, good to see you. you say it's been relatively quiet overnight, but could this be the calm before another storm of assaults on gaza? well, it's a really interesting question, anita. and the short answer is, yes, it could be the other possibility here is that there is a lot of discussion going on between the various groups with other mediator nations such as egypt and qatar as well, about those hostages. now, that is certainly what the families of the 239 hostages being held in

gaza would like to think that perhaps there is a relative calm here because there may be movement on those hostages. frankly, we do not know. and frankly, it could just be that the idf, the israeli defense forces, are taking a pause, having had an extremely busy last 48 hours, some 450 airstrikes on various hamas targets and israeli troops going in on the ground. they've moved in along the along the beach, which is the western side of gaza. they have held that position and indeed, they have now raised an israeli flag in side gaza. that is the first time the israeli flag has flown in gaza since 2005. anita yeah, i heard you mention that in an earlier report. and i wonder what kind of a morale booster is that to the troops there, the fact that there is now an israeli flag on the ground there in that gaza territory?

well, i think symbolically it's a morale booster for the troops . i don't think anybody believes that the israeli flags are going to fly over gaza in the long term. israel withdrew from gaza, closed down all the settlements amid a great deal of opposition from israeli settlers. in 2005. we were there at the time. it was a very emotional withdrawal from gaza, but it was a very necessary one because it was simply too costly, both financially and in terms of human life for the israelis to stay there. so they do not want to occupy gaza once again. they don't want to be there any longer than they have to be, but they have to be there long enough, they say, to complete, fully eradicate hamas. anita, and you mentioned those hostages, jonathan, 239 hostages, 40 people still missing. i can only imagine the pressure that must be on prime

minister netanyahu to do something to get those hostages out. yes, such difficult decisions he is faced with difficult actions. whatever order he chooses. obviously the families really want their loved ones home. they are desperate for any information at all that they can get about the hostages who are being held there. they met with prime minister netanyahu over the weekend or they told him in no uncertain terms. that has to be the priority, getting the hostages home. and they say that they support the idea of what is called everyone for everyone. in other words, israel would release all palestinian prisoners. they hold. and we believe that's somewhere in the region of 6000. in return for those 239 hostages. that's a very difficult step for prime minister netanyahu to take. and that is why he did not commit to anything like that. anita and are you hearing anything on the ground, jonathan? are your sources saying anything about

any negotiations, actions that are underway to try to get some of the hostages out, if not all of them? well, i think the negotiations are going on at all times. as i mentioned, qatar and egypt, both of those nations are involved with this. the us is doing what it can as well. president biden has been talking to prime minister netanyahu over the weekend about what they can do to get those hostages out. meantime, you have those israeli forces in side gaza now obviously fighting and destroying hamas is an aim, but also getting any information they can on the local of those hostages so that they can, if possible, launch any necessary rescue operations . but the short answer is discussions about the hostages are happening every minute of every day. anita yeah, i'm sure that they are. jonathan, i also heard you discuss with a guest that you had earlier this

evening about the israelis really taking their time now with this expand ground operation and that this is not a matter of days or weeks. this is a matter of months or even years. what are you hearing about how long this expanded ground operation could take? i think it's anybody's guess how long it will take. certainly the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who doesn't know how long will be needed or the idf themselves don't know how long it will be necessary to be inside gaza. they know that they have an aim, and that is the eradication, as i said, of hamas. but how long that will take, frankly, nobody knows. but what the prime minister and the defense minister and the head of the idf have all said, it will they will be there as long as they need to be until they have ensured that they have taken out every hamas

fighter and hamas is degraded to an extent that it can never exist as an organized group. and a potential terror attacker against israel again. so the short answer, anita, it will take as long as it takes. yeah and that could certainly be a long time. i want to ask you about a report that crossed the wires just a couple of hours ago quoting syrian state tv saying that there had been an israeli airstrike on two army posts in deraa, syria. what do you know about israel targeting syria? yeah, yeah, we got a word from the idf that this had happened just about six hours ago. we got that information from the idf. what they tell us, anita, is that there was some sort of launch, we believe, a rocket launch from eastern syria and that they respond ended the rockets by the way, didn't do any damage, landed in open ground, but they then responded by taking out

what they said were mig arbitrary targets in eastern syria. and it's worth pointing out as well, that is in the same general area where us, f-16 and f-15 fighters struck over the weekend against what we were told were iran backed groups and the ammunition cache days that they have there. so this is all happening within the same general area of syria. and both the israelis and the us believe that those are groups operating there, which are funded and organized by iran. anita okay, thank you for that. and also, jonathan, i wanted to ask you about you had an interview with a woman whose mother was killed and her husband and her two children are being held hostage. and she sounded so resolute. and you mentioned that we can't imagine in the united states what people are going through there

in israel. i know you've spent a lot of time over the years reporting from israel. just describe the mood of the people, if you can. well i think it's it was summed up by hadassah calderon, the woman you mentioned, whose two children and husband are being held somewhere in gaza. the overwhelming feeling here is that hamas has to be crushed, that this was the most brutal attack anybody could ever have imagined. and most people obviously couldn't imagine such a thing ever happening, but that the israeli defense forces now have to do everything in their power as prime minister netanyahu himself said, this is, quote, in his words, do or die. he said that this is nothing less than israel's second war for independence and they have to win. and that is the overwhelming feeling that i've come across. you know, anita, i've talked over so many years to so many people here, many of whom believe that the

that there should be a two state solution to the palestinian-israeli conflict. and that is the only way you get to a final solution fashion here. but even those people now are saying that has to go on the back burner for the moment right. right now, job number one is destroying an organization. hamas that wants nothing other than to destroy israel. so israel has to win this political solutions for the moment have to go on the back burner. i think that's the overwhelming mood here in israel, anita and we've certainly read about the people of israel and the politicians putting politics aside to unite as a country. three, to further that goal of eradicating hamas. but you also mentioned in your reporting that there are some cracks of support for benjamin netanyahu. can you explain that a little bit more? yeah, that's a good way of putting it, anita. there are some cracks. obviously, the country is

standing for square behind the idf, four square behind the idea enunciated by prime minister netanyahu that hamas has to be destroyed. but but obviously, there are a lot of questions and they are beginning to bubble towards the surface. now, three weeks on from those attacks about the intelligence failures that allowed so many hamas fighters to come through across the border from gaza on that terrible morning of october the 7th and carry out those horrific attacks. clearly, we're talking about intelligence agencies, which have always been regarded as some of the best, most efficient, most ruthless in the world. but they dropped the ball here very clearly. they dropped the ball. somebody has to take responsibility for that. prime minister netanyahu says said in a tweet earlier over the weekend that wasn't his fault. he put the blame on shin bet and others in the

intelligence services. he then quickly tweeted again, i was wrong to say that. and we all need to act together. but those kind of questions are going to come to the surface. ultimately. a lot of israelis, i think, will say the buck stops with you, mr. prime minister, but for the moment, those real questions, the real hard questions are not being answered by the politician is by the intelligence forces, because they have so much else to do right now. but certainly be those political divisions will come to the fore. the further we go forward. and it is going to be there are going to be very hard questions asked by israelis about what was happening in the run up to october the 7th, what the politicians and the intelligence services were doing so wrong that they missed that the planning of this attack. and remember, this attack was planned for months, probably even years. so and there was a lot of training going on. how did they miss all the signs? frankly, knowing the

intelligence services as i do here, it beggars belief that they could be so uninformed and all of those questions are going to need some answers in the coming months. anita oh, yes, i can imagine there will be quite an investigation into those questions. jonathan, i want to ask you also about the sense of support from the us among the citizens in israel at and also what do they make of all of the protest? s all of the anti-israel protest taking place across the country? well, yeah. first to your point about us support, i think for the most part they are very grateful for the support that that president biden has offered from the united states. they're very grateful that he came here in the wake of the october seventh attacks and was made such a great show of us support. but they understand that he is also putting some pressure on israel for a pause

to get humanitarian aid into gaza that's a little more controversial. eshel, as you can imagine here, a lot of israelis think that they just need to keep going in any pause , as the israeli government has said would only benefit hamas as for the protests that we have seen around the world, the pro-palestinian protests, the anti-israel protests, i think they are saddened by those. a lot of israelis, they understand, though, that there is a question of free speech. but clearly some of those protests have crossed the line and have gone from declarations , as in support of the palestinians, to actually anti-semitic declarations. and that obviously saddens and disturbs everybody in israel and throughout the jewish community around the world. anita yeah, i'm sure it does. jonathan we're looking we have a live picture on the screen of gaza. it is 814 in the morning

there in that region. what is your sense of things right now and what is your feeling about what might be to come today? well, it's difficult to say because obviously the military, the israeli military very wants to do to this operation, according to its timetable. anita, we i think a lot of people thought that we were going to see a kind of shock and awe approach to this, that at some point when the when the go ahead for the ground troops to move in was given, we would see hundreds of tanks and thousands of troops rolling across the border. that's clearly not the way the idf wants to do this. for now, they're sending in troops bit by bit in a piecemeal fashion, but a clearly a very planned and organized fashion. their moving into parts of the northern gaza strip. they're taking that territory. they are holding that territory. they are being backed by airstrikes and they are working very strategically to identify the

hamas targets and to hopefully identify where the hostages are. and then they will take the next steps. but i think anyone who purports to know what is coming next is not really telling the truth here. all we know is that this ground war will continue, but it seems to be building gradually. and as prime minister netanyahu has said, it is going to be very difficult. it is going to last a very long time. anita yeah, no doubt about that, jonathan. i have about another minute and a half left before i have to let you go. i just wondered if you had any final thoughts. again, i know you've been to israel, so many times and i am sure this time is just so different. yeah it is completely and utterly different. anita you know, i've been coming here for something like 21 or so years now. many of my visits here have had to do with conflict. you know, i was here in 2005 for the

withdrawal of israel and israeli settlements from gaza in 2006 when this young soldier , gilad shalit, was kidnaped and taken into gaza. we were there then when israeli troops went in and interestingly, of course, then they tried everything they could to find gilad shalit. they never did. it took them five years until they could do a deal with palestinian prisoners to get gilad shalit back. but every all of those times are so different to what we are seeing now. this is an entire different conflict, a much, much bigger conflict, a much more violent conflict, a much more existential conflict for israel. anita, this is as prime minister netanyahu has said, this is a fight, as he sees it, for the very survival of this country. and very clearly, the israeli military is going to do everything in its power to destroy hamas. and i think one of the big questions is what what will gaza look like at the end of this? we have seen so

much destruction there already. they are going to have to destroy much more of gaza, if you like, in their eyes, to save gaza from hamas. so it's an open question as to what that strip of land will look like and what those 2.3 million palestinians who live there will have to go back to in terms of their homes. so many of them already destroyed. anita yeah, it is unbelievable. jonathan hunt, thank you so much for your time this evening . great to be with you. great job reporting. stay safe and we'll be back to you as the news warrants. i'm anita vogel. we are going to take you now back to fox news sunday, back to fox news sunday, already in progress. dude? dog food in the fridge? it's not dog food.

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shannon: are special in-depth look on crime in america here in the nation's capitol district residents are facing the highest homicide rate in 20 years. 225 so far this year up 34% from the same time last year. dominating the headlines the shock of another mass shooting in lewiston maine on wednesday but 18 people killed ranging in age from 14 -- 76. leaving behind a devastated community. after to date manhunt of self-inflicted gunshot friday nights. behind me here the capitol or flags or flight are flying at f and sunset tomorrow and a memory of those lost. maine had been with a few sites in america with the low number of homicides 29 and the entire state in 2022. compare that with new york city there been more than since the

murder since the beginning of this year meanwhile three years into the progressive of backlashes building from critics and victims of other crimes. cb cotton spoke to one family who said they have paid the ultimate price. >> and jackie in her family were enjoying a night and that her manhattan home when a suspect tried to force his way into her home. police sources say was often aggressive towards jackie because of her barking dog her daughter vividly remembers the night he tried to get into her mom's apartment. >> mom came out the broken arm and my boyfriend came out with a blood coming out of his head progress she and other loved ones speaking out but hiding their identity. from then on jackie's brother said he knew this could happen but. >> i knew of my heart something could happen. i knew it. because in new york there's justice for nobody >> jacket was

out walking her dog with a friend went all three were shot and killed. gun down according to police. >> the system failed us >> new york system which saw sweeping build reform in 2020 eliminating cash bail pretrial detention for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felony cases for the progressive lawmakers arguing no one should be behind bars well rating tomorrow just because they cannot pay bail. after the home break-in in april jackie had faith the criminal justice system would protect her war was arrested and arraigned on salt and burglary charges. a judge setting about $5000 cash. >> 10% that's 500. and that is crazy. >> i feel like the judge failed. >> gave an opportunity to finish his job pickwick has been three amendments to the seas to bail at lawson's 2020 most recent change condition from near governor kathy hochul after striking a deal to give judges more leeway when setting bail to

get a defendant to return to court. how dangerous someone may be to the community is not up for consideration. >> this is crazy. nobody is safe a pickwick severl states progressive lawmakers who have advocated for bill reform did not respond to our request for comments. jackie's family knows how they feel progressive judge could have saved her life. >> i need to change it immediately. people like that are not meant to be let out. >> the new york system failed her progress in new york cb cotton fox news. suspect it more was arrested by u.s. marshals is now facing murder charges. joining me out to talk about what happens after suspects are arrested former prosecutor also the author of rogue prosecutors. former d.c. police detective defense attorney good to have you with us this morning. this is one of those issues people become frustrated when

others tension here in d.c. between prosecutors and sometimes not on the same page let me read you something from the prison policy initiative is at this wrong to blame progressive policies they say claims that recent changes in crime for the river bail reform, changes to police budget or progressive prosecutors are simply not supported by the evidence but. >> they are wrong. it is supported by the evidence. the 30 studies of the highest murder rates in this country 27 run by democrats 14 baht for prosecutors 60% of homicides across this country. all of their policies at 2300 20 das in the country 74 are bought and paid for all their policies are anti- victim. crime is exploded in the city with these bought and paid for rogue prosecutors this is a fact pickwick seat what you are referring as campaign donations or other groups you say are connected that led us to bear some wherewe are some of the peg elected. you have been on all sides of this let me ask you here in d.c. there's a real frustration there

is a headline from the "washington post" d.c. u.s. attorney declined to prosecute 67% of those arrested were they quote retired federal homicide prosecutor in the district said this. i would get angry when i would see defendants in homicide cases in front of me he led previous gun possession charges that a prosecutor previously dismissed. some cases are going to be challenging gas but that is your job. do your job don't dismiss it because the evidence is not everything you wanted to be or think it should be. >> without a doubt crime here in the district of columbia has wells throughout the country is up. and it is because of progressive das around the country. the criminals are winning. law-abiding citizens in this country do not stand a chance it seems we have more concerns about the rights of the criminal then we are about the rights of law-abiding citizens. so something has to be done.

we look at the district of columbia. you look at the fact you cannot even drive your car without being worried about being carjacked. you think about the homicide that have taken place here. all we have to do is turn the television on look at the smash and grab and wondered what is the law doing to protect law-abiding citizens? >> we are at a crossroads were going to have to do something than the carmel justice system. >> a lot of people point to recent reforms and say they are helpful people who this is the program the criminal justice reforms is spent reforming itself across the country it's a real progressives with drug courts and family justice centers in 2016 i started barking with prosecutors but yes

reform is good but their forms they talk about none are newer to the benefit of the victims that is why in cities like philadelphia to have larry krasner, george gas code and others in l.a. crime has exploded cities like san diego you do not have a crime explosion you have a real prosecutor that's the difference. you enjoy your public safety privilege by voting for d.a. democrat or republican slot order or you don't get a progressive and it becomes. shannon: m department say it's hard to keep and recruit new prosecutors because they are so overwhelmed by the decisions theihave to make and the worklo. >> they are absolutely are. when we look at the system there is a problem within the system. how poor people are treated in the system versus that of a people who have money. especially when you look at cash bail which is something that is out here and being debated. i do not look at it as the soros

from that perspective that is the political aspect. criminal justice system should be independent of the political aspect and we have to look at what is going on on the ground here >> type is not partisan victims do not worry about party affiliation either they just want justice. thank you both your work in this area and for being with us this morning. >> sinks are having us. shannon: big city mayor recently made just for switching political parties. we are going to bring in at dallas mayor eric johnson next to his support for law enforcement help motivate his decision to leave the democrat party and brazen armed robberies caught on camera. it's a serious issue in cities across the country including chicago. we will take you there next explain why some say criminals are feeling so emboldened. type your first trivia question. what are the top four most common felony crimes i this she■s a hero moment. even today, only a quarter of stem graduates are women.

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that's despite staggering statistics coming out of america's third-largest city, chicago vehicle theft up to 68% compared to the same point last year. more than 23000 reported incidents. up 25% more than 8000 cases. murderous goodness they are down 11.% on top of this all the shocking video trashing the windy city iconic downtown. garrett tenney reports on the fallout. >> crowds of teenagers taking over parts of downtown have faced roa relatively little consequences for jumping on cars, breaking windows and stealing from stores. while crews of armed criminals are targeting neighborhoods they have long been viewed as safe curing out strings of robberies and carjackings on unsuspected

victims. police heavily made a few rest in cook county progressive prosecutors have filed even fewer charges. >> that is how bold they have become. they have no fear of any accountability >> retired police lieutenant said progressive policies at all levels of chicago government mayor brandon johnson is a cook county state attorney kim a fox arm bolding criminals and making it harder for cops to stop them. >> another just going to get a slap on the wrist. was going to going to probably c public safety. demonizing children is wrong. >> mayor johnson initially defended the takeovers of silly decisions that young people make comments new top cop is promising moving forward officers will take a much more aggressive approach. >> when you see these individuals are endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists we cannot have that. we ar our response to that has o

have a level of aggression. >> whatever you're going to view in the near term, nothing? works richard was on his way home from dinner with his brother last month. >> 's wedding for the light to turn the next thing i knew i was on the ground on my back. >> he was jumped beaten and robbed by a group dressed in all black. >> i don't feel safe in the city anymore >> brandon johnson was elected on a plan root causes and social programs in the cities poorest neighborhoods. those are long-term solutions. to address the crime happening now. in chicago i am garrett tenney fox news. crux of their big city delsea mayor there eric johnson had made headlines last month he announced he would leap democratic party become a republican for johnson a local supporter of law enforcement as opposed to defendi defend the pe movement said democrat party is looking to protect the criminal element over law-abiding

citizens for joining us now dallas mayor eric johnson welcome to "fox news sunday." good morning thank you. >> riedel above your op-ed in the wall street journal you explain the change of a party you said many of our cities are in disarray. mayor's and other local elected officials have failed to make public safety a priority or to exercise fiscal restraints. most are proud democrats who view cities as laboratories for liberalism. what your argument of how that's impacting safety and crime? works it all starts at the top in the city. the mayor along with the police chief have to set the tone and have to set the policy to keep a residenthe residence of their cy safe. the bucket does stop at the level of the mayor and the police chief. what i have seen across the country too often i think it democrats, primarily is what i'm talking about because they control most of the biggest cities. seventy-five the top 100 cities in the country around by

democrats. the problem has become democrats were not willing to say violent crime is not a problem in their city. it's a problem the the connectio something about. too many times violent crime is been attributed to factors outside of the control of the mayor or the police chief. it is societal. it's the education system. it is coded, it is the economy. the reality is those things are always present were always weight of economic ups and downs we are always going to have challenges our education system is always had its challenges. we have not had as a level of homicides and other forms of violent crimes are having right now. and it dallas i dug in pretty firmly against the whole idea of defending the police and i said were going to do things differently here and we have had different results. shannon: you had successes in dallas when your fellow dallas city councilmember said this.

a lot of successes he's talked about dousman the safest larger cities in america is because a policies passed by a majority democrat city council. does he have a point there this is not about party politics? >> i am so glad my counsel came along eventually to agree with me and some the policies we are all democrats at the time. i have swisher parties within the past five weeks or so. but the reality is this. it was always a challenge there were reasons why we had a lot of disagreements for there's a lot of coverage for a long time of the arguments the debates that happened around dallas city hall around how we need to respond to requests request to defend the . there were amendments offered by that city council when defend the police started prey take money away from the police department symbolically for no real policy reason given to non-

used have nothing to do with keeping a city safe the middle of a crime spiked. eventually after i went out and then pretty hard they change their tune the reality is that sought to pick on the del city council and talk about leadership at the top and talk about the mayors and the police chief of the country. need to be treating the violent crime problem like something that is within our control. we need to hire more police officers and do more things were doing here in dallas like hot spospot policing is working for. we are promoting the republican mayor's association. the dallas morning news and it editorial called a bad move. i want to give you a chance to respond to them. risk antagonizing colleagues partnered to pass the policy touts as successes were talking about that.

a game of us versus them that might gain him currency with national republicans but here in dallas he is only hurting his ability to be an effective leader, your response? >> they did not have an issue when my predecessors spoke at the democratic convention during his first term as mayor. norm of them promised me being a problem with the democratics for the past five years all the sudden i suppose it is an issue i'm part of the republican mayors association. i just started to try to help all the public affairs in the country come together for us to make sure we are doing everything we can too have fiscally conservative leaders at that level. we need that and need a law and order. many people are going to propose safety in our cities. and again it democrats have controlled the major cities for several decades at least 75 of the top 100. it is a lot of top 300 or so cities in the country that really have democratic leadership you are seeing what you're seeing across the country

in large part because law and order is not taken serious enough. it is interesting to me like defining the police or non- prosecuting crimes are all these other ideas of bold an in the criminal element demoralizes your police department i can only come from one side of the political aisle. it's not honest we don't all embrace this. not everyone embraces anything and every party but the ideas are only coming from your side of the eye-opener they're only taking root on your side of the aisle. there we been implemented by folks who have a d behind her name that's why had to leave the democratic party does not represent my values at all when it comes to on order. khakis are important conversations committees have to be having regardless of party. dallas mayor click adams thank you. in a dangerous drug cocktail is wreaking havoc on the streets of major city linked to major health concerns for this getting

addicted will ge just introduceu to the first response in a frontline of the epidemic in philly bracing videos like this on social media retail stores being targeted by scores of thieves is causing many business owners to close up shop and just leave it. places like san francisco leaving residents fewer options for food and prescriptions. for vital needs that leads us to our next quiz. over the top five cities affected by organized retail crime last year? is your city on blendjets halloween sale is back from the dead. take advantage of spine chilling savings. blendjet 2 gives you monstrous power for a delicious smoothie, shake, or frappé anytime, anywhere. cleaning blendjet 2 is scary easy. just blend water with a drop of soap. recharge quickly with any usb port. boo-gie on over to blendjet.com and order yours today.

shannon: welcome back to the "fox news sunday" specialty state of crime in america by debbie answer to our quiz a question where the top five cities affected by organized retail crime last year? the answer according to the national retail federation number one los angeles.

number two, san francisco and oakland. number three houston, number four new york city and number five was seattle. san francisco announced a cracked on a retail theft at last a month after receiving a 17 million-dollar grant from the state of california to combat the crime spirit social media videos have exposed the rampant stealing from businesses in the city which has been trying to shake the negative image crime is brought in recent years fox's senior correspondent claudia reports from san francisco how the thefts are thought causing business owners to flee. >> homelessness, open air drug use rampant car break-ins and smash and grabs. crime is not just tarnishing san francisco's image is driving people obey it. small business owners like david lee closest taco shop after repeated robberies and unthinkable conditions on the street pick a fight do not want to walk by these people and think are they alive? i just walked by it is not okay.

after a while it could take a humanist toll on your pregnancy joins scores of other downtown restaurants, whole foods, starbucks, and big retailers it pulling out from offering the largest mall was one of the few remaining stores here american eagle suing the mall's owner for ignoring problems like assault and robbery letting the place of all a part. it's a downward spiral due to partly years of soft on crime leadership partly determined work from home policies because a 30% office vacancy rate two. devastated the city's economy by. >> we are seeing hotels not having business travelers they are not as many office meetings. this cities not in the same tax revenue from those businesses pay transit agencies do not have the customers and so there is a lot of negative ripple effects. >> there are positive signs, fleet week at other large

gatherings have been problem free. ikea has opened in a troubled part of town and new management has pledged to revive the big downtown mall. but residents say until stated leaders cracked out on crime and clean up the streets the exodus will continue making it unlikely the city by the bay will regain its glittering reputation anytime soon. and san francisco claudia callan fox news. >> u.s. drug enforcement administration issued an alert this year about a sharp increase in the trafficking offense and don't mix with animal tranquilizer. the use of the addictive cocktail has become rampant in philadelphia. fox news correspondent alexis mcadams is there she fell the heroes helping out on the streets trying to save lives. >> a filling kensington neighborhood is one of the largest open air drug markets in the country. the new zombie drug leading users knocked out lying unconscious on the street progress you got tense, people shooting up. that's horrible.

precious like no big deal. i don't worry about the cops they don't care progress according to the city at 90% of philadelphia illicit drug supply is laced with the animal tranquilizer zeidler zine. that deadly mix known on the street as a garrett tenney. >> is is more addictive. the crime stats show kensington with highest drug rates very little seems to be happening to stop it. when it is just getting worse. self-described progressive prosecutor d8 literate crescent was impeached last year for dereliction of duty but he remains in office after his impeachment trial was indefinitely postponed. may not zombie like a drug gaining national attention. the publican candidate for president says kensington is an example of third world poverty y right here in america. >> is to help out kensington hospital offers wound care out on the streets. it leaves behind large wounds

and severe sores like these. some leading to amputation. >> i don't to be tight just enough does it hurt? >> is a nurse practitioner treating thousands of users. greg sorry it is cold it might stating pick up to that you and your team being here, with these people die? >> there getting infections, the getting abscesses are getting this cellulitis summer getting septic and once i get septic the going to die projects users tell me it's a withdrawal that makes it so hard to get clean. >> it is horrible it really is. it's really a bad. i'm pretty much makes me do almost anything. >> alexis reporting for us in philly right now were joined by law enforcement panel give us real perspective for secret service chaka moreno also the author of terrorists on the border and in our country. and the mayor also a former police chief i know there are no

simple explanations for this crime or how to solve it. let's talk about police forces had been decimated or having a hard time recruiting and retaining people. the international association of chief of police had to some of these top issues difficulty recruiting qualified candidates 70% reported that. police departments to few view candidates applying 65% also the fact they had to eliminate certain services and units 25% of the departments tell us this is very real world problems. >> it is difficult to recruit police officers. it is also a reality the current candidates are not as interested in working overtime or excepting the dangacceptingthe dangers of. that is not the issue. the fact of the matter is that

crime has fallen precipitously since 1991 and hit 2019 and had a spike. what's the greatest correlation and the increase in crime? it is when you have drug use and sales at high levels it was crack cocaine in the '90s announced fentanyl here in our current time. so these other correlations are not valid with tal on toxoid crs going up. criminals do not look to see with the prosecution policies are in the jurisdiction you're going to commit a crime. they know statistically there's very little chance you'r are goo be arrested. shannon: what about that. we have those allowing drug usage and providing centers that will have nurses and people to revive you should you have an accidental overdose raid that has been the answer in some cities residents from areas say it's making things worse.

what have the option cities are trying what is actually working? >> not only have we seen a law enforcement meadville and eyes over all we have seen in the abandonment by the democratic party of law and order. therefore we have lost all deterrence whether you are talking about enforcing and prosecuting crimes in major cities or what we are seeing a kurt down at the southwest border increasing the flow of fentanyl that is killing hundreds of thousands of americans. the problem here is that democrats grossly overreacted and catered to two radical groups and black liv in black ld nt five. turned their backs on the men and women of law enforcement across this country. all 800,000 of them. we had mass resignations mass retirements those lives being placed at greater risk are now more tempted when it comes to doing the job.

you've been up police chief you been and uniform. this is about the policies of a particular party and that the democratic city 64% will i was there the last time it was that low was 1956. it came back to inglewood. the greatest correlation we saw to our crime rates was employment figures. unemployment 17 and half%. instructor 4.7% pre-pandemic and crime in the history of the city we are talking real world correlation. it is not related to politics progress clearly it will have to have the two of you agree to

disagree i wish we had more time we've got to leave it there please come back soon thank you both for your time. up next will take it back to the middle east for a breaking new with cirkul, your water is deliciously flavored at the turn of a dial, with zero sugar and zero calories. and cirkul has over 40 flavors, so your water can be as unique as you are. try cirkul. your water, your way. now with even more flavors. available at walmart or drinkcirkul.com.

shannon: we return now to our top story, the conflict in the middle east. israel has been trading fire in the north, releasing video showing the idf striking hezbollah targets saturday night. fox news senior affairs correspondent greg palkot is at the israel-lebanon border. >> reporter: yeah, as the ground war in gaza by the israeli military intensifies, clashes between israel and the iranian-backed, lebanon-based hezbollah militants grouse as well. we can tell you firsthand there's been ferocious firing from artillery drones, jet fighters into lebanon at hezbollah launch sites this weekend after the militant groups have missiles and rockets raining down on northern israel, some intercepted, some landed with no casualties. so far this is not a full scale second-front war, but the dead deadly skirmishishes -- skirmishes have tied up tens of thousands of troops, seven israeli soldiers have been killed as well as fifty

hezbollah fighters plus civilian casualties prompting evacuations on both sides of the border. the proxy forces of iran are hitting at two u.s. military bases in iraq and syria. 321 service members have been -- 21 service members have been injured as unrest builds throughout the region. in the west bank too, 3 pal stints were kill overnight by israeli security forces. finally, shannon, the u.s. is now telling american citizens in lebanon to leave, and two u.s. navy aircraft carrier groupses are stationed in the nearby mediterranean just in case it gets worse up here. back to you. shannon: that's it for today. we'll keep digging into these problems domestically and abroad. i'm shannon bream. have have a great week. we'll se