from los angeles county. a single victim of crime, nobody here locally was going to tell him, hey, great job, boss. thanks for what you're doing. not a single one, because it's been an absolute failure on all counts from the d.a. they're in disarray. they're leaving by the, you know, by the droves from the organization and he's trying to replace the d.a.s with public defenders and the whole crowd is against law enforcement to begin with. >> tucker: that's just one of the saddest things i've seen in a long time but the fact you're still sheriff suggests maybe it'll change. i help to will. sheriff, thank you very much. >> you got it. >> tucker: so if may have -- so you may have come to a conclusion that julian assange stole information from the u.s. government. that's not true. he's a journalist. he embarrassed people who made a lot of unforgivable mistakes. they threw him in a maximum security prison where he's been for more than two years. he's been effectively incarcerate ford much longer than that. there's

this time in los angeles county.bc bay area's sergio quintana is tracking the appearance of this new variant and the u.s. response. >> reporter: five states are now reporting cases, including one in minnesota, one in colorado, five in new york, one in hawaii, and tonight los angeles county is reporting california's second case. governors across the country urging calm about the cases detected in their states. >> she is experiencing mild symptoms and is isolating at home. >> it's not surprising that it showed up. >> we do anticipate there will be more cases. but now the extent that they are mild, we'll address them. >> reporter: these new cases come as president joe biden announced new efforts to contain the omicron variant and the delta variant. as expected, the white house is calling for tighter testing requirements for all international travelers coming to the united states, including u.s. citizens returning home. >> we're going fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion. >> reporter: in an

ringback minute news conference kicked off towards gas cons one, you're in office as a los angeles county district attorney. but instead of celebrating, he received some start questioning by reporters los angeles times reporting on his so called anniversary party and how things went wrong. the media report states rather than celebrating gas con, instead spent much of his time sparring with her porters and trying to counter questions about criticism levied by those seeking to recall him. and went on to say gas constant saying there was no link between his policies and what he called the inaccurate perception that crime is rising in eli county on burglaries have gone down, murders and carthage have escalated in the past year. homicides have increased 46 percent. will car thefts are up by 53 percent compared to 2019. and those who are looking to recall gas con, are not happy about his policies on crime. a video shows a mother outraged about her son's murder and how gas con has pushed for offenders to receive easier sentences, including doing away with the death penalty altogether regardless

except that far left los angeles county district attorney's telling county employees they must use it gloating again you are here by directed to register in the system designated by the county. the das letter goes on to note that failure to comply could get you fired and all of this comes just a month after a "new york times" article warned that china is using its companies to collect genetic data from around the globe to build the world's largest bio database. he says he is baffled by the county board of supervisors but vetting process saying they either failed to discover this information or they discovered it and chose to ignore it. >> tucker: my jaws open. trace gallagher, thank you for that story. appreciate it. there is a crime wave going on in this country that has no precedent. widespread looting completely out of control. help organize this looting is, watch. >> 'tis the season for thieves to ransack stores, grab as much as they can carry and resell the stolen loot online. from chicago to los angeles from high-end retailers to neighborhood pharmacies, young adults are overwhe

from los angeles county. a single victim, nobody here locally, great job, things were what you're doing, not a single one because it has been an absolute failure on all counts. they are in disarray, leaving by the drugs from the organization and is trying to replace the das with public defenders and the whole crowd is against law enforcement to begin with. >> one of the saddest things i've seen in the long time but suggests it would change. if you're only listening with one ear, you may come to conclusion after hearing people yell about at that julian assange somehow hacked government computers to hurt our country. that's not true. julian assange is a journalist who printed information just like "the new york times" does but embarrass people who made a lot of unforgivable mistakes so they kept him in a maximum security prison where he's been for more than a few years, technically incarcerated for much longer than that for there's been a big development in that case. his brother joins a straight ahead. plus, o

carley: the head of the union representing 1000 profiteers in los angeles county is blasting george gaskinremaining silent as suspect walk free after committing brazen smash and grab burglaries. here to discuss, vice president of the association of los angeles deputy district attorney, eric saidall. we have video the looting taking place across the country, the police officers we've spoken to say they are making arrests but these criminals are out the very next day. wife that happening? >> our law enforcement has done a great job in terms of catching people. right now we have district attorney who has shown no leadership whatsoever in trying to prevent the crime surge that is sweeping los angeles for the past year. not only has he not done anything, he has encouraged criminals to act lawless by promoting an agenda that shows no accountability for committing crime in los angeles. on top of that, he also decided he would not pass or fail in any nonviolent nonserious crime. the smash and grabs fit into that category. jillian: and to further your point think of this tweet george gaskin posted

the district attorney of los angeles county is expressing pride in judicial reform measures. critics say those are measures are leading to spike in crime levels. chief correspondent jonathan hunt has details. >> we have made incredible progress, even in this unprecedented times. >> the los angeles county d.a. has been in office for exactly one year. a year that has been marked by a surge in violent crime. the murder of a high profile philanthropist in her beverly hills home last week just one of a burst of killing that has seen the murder rate rise by almost 45% so far in 2021 over the same time period in 2020. armed robberies, while down in the early part of the year, have also recently shot up. but the district attorney called today's press conference to announce he would be, quote: outlining a accomplishments during his first year in office. >> i am proud of our entire team in the l.a. county district attorney's office. we cannot prosecute our way out of social inequalities, income inequalities, the unhoused, the desperation that we have. the. >> the reasons for the crime

. >> the los angeles county d.a. has been in office for exactly one year.at has been marked by a surge in violent crime. the murder of a high-profile philanthropist in her beverly hills home one in a burst of killings that seen the homicide rate rise by 50% so far in 2021 over the same time period in 2020. according to the l.a. county sheriff's department. armed robberies while down in the early part of the year have recently shot up thanks to smash and grab attacks on stores and disturbing incidents of residents being followed home and robbed and assaulted on their doorstep. it struck the tone deaf that the lead prosecutor would announce his press conference as an opportunity for outlining accomplishments during his first year in office. now the reason for the crime surge are complex and can't be placed entirely at one person's door but some other district attorneys in southern california suggest gascon's policies ending cash bail for certain offenses and ending the charging of joouf nils as adults and never seeking the death penalty have emboldened crimin

we even have a flood watch in los angeles county. we've seen rain after rain, hours of rain in los angeles county causing lots of problems at the airport there. the good news is we'll see it lessen overnight and we'll be better off in terms of the rainfall in los angeles tomorrow. we'll still see snow falling in feet in some spots in the west. in terms of your holiday hub impacts, we're looking at some slowdowns in charlotte, los angeles, phoenix. this is weather-wise. friday, towards new year's eve, we'll expand those to major impacts in some hubs. >> weather-wise, not to mention the covid sickouts cancelling flights across the nation. michelle, thank you very much. >>> ahead, five killings in nine days. after years of decline, lethal force by the los angeles police department is on the rise once again. >>> president biden is about to meet with vladimir putin for the second time this month. can they find a way to reduce tensions around russia's military buildup at the ukrainian border? >>> but first, the jury found ghislaine maxwell

there is a new effort underway tonight to recall los angeles county district attorney george. g another weekend of brazen burglar lays adding to the cities surging crime waves. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. >> good evening prayer the new effort to recall los angeles d.a. george needs to be approved by the registrar of voters. that is the easy part. i recall organize have a hundred 60 days to collect 580,000 signatures of registered voters and that is a heavy left. just a few months ago, never to recall gascon didn't come close to getting enough signatures. but recall supporters think the tide is turning and they may have a point. last month in san francisco, never to recall far left district attorney jason did get enough signatures to force a recall election in june. and even in deep blue california, as you just talked about, shannon, rising crime is a major issue. and not lunches suspension grab burglaries of high-end stores but also the shocking rise of violent crimes including fatal shooting last week of jacqueline inside her beverly hills home. a well-known philan

los angeles county following the next day, with a confirmed omicron case of a fully vaccinated, infected person, who just returned to l.a. county, after travel to south africa via london before thanksgiving. hawaii, colorado and minnesota have also reported omicron cases. these patients reported mild symptoms. one case of a colorado woman who had recently returned from southern africa. she was vaccinated, but had not received a booster. >>> a minnesota manifested positive for the omicron variant received a booster in early november. and whose only recent travel was the anime convention in new york city. >> what covid is doing is it is learning. it is adapting. >> reporter: the director for the cdc says it will take weeks, at least, before we know if omicron causes more serious illness, or if it can evade our protections. >> if you are older or immunosuppressed or you live with someone who is, you are going to want to be more careful. indoor spaces, i think everyone should be masked. >>> and while the world braces for what omicron may do, the delta variant remains the dominant strain in t

listen to what the assistant sheriff of los angeles county is explain about zero cash policy.y suspects in general are released. watch. >> the zero bail policy currently in effect in los angeles county it was initiated at the beginning of covid to try to create a little extra space in the jails and we still have it going on. some of the suspects we've arrested we've been able to get bail enhancements but, if there is no record of a recent arrest and, just a simple burglary charge, generally someone will be released with a citation to appear at a later date. elizabeth: generally will be released. your final word, ford. >> video and data don't lie. brian: emac. bottom line, prosecutors particularly in blue-run cities don't get tough it will only continue t will lead to more bloodshed, more loss of life, more poverty. elizabeth: ford o'connell, thanks for joining us. come back soon. still to come this hour are we heading into a new cold war? reports from u.s. intelligence that russia plans to invade ukraine in early 2022, as president biden is scheduled to speak to russian premie

the steepest rise is in los angeles county which has reported at least 6500 new cases every day for the last week. that includes over 9,000 infections on tuesday alone. but that increase has not yet translated into a comparable rise in hospitalizations. which remain a fraction of what they were at this time last year. it is also unclear how many of those recent hospitalizations are due to omicron or the still present delta variant as the cdc revised its earlier counts. and cdc director rochelle wallinski goes on to clarify why they shortened the covid isolation guidelines. >> many of those cases are mildly symptomatic, if not asymptomatic and among those who have vaccinated and what will people do when people need to get back to work. >> so from what you're saying it sounds like this decision had just as much to do as it did with the science? >> well, so it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. >> well that guidance relaxes more colleges across the country are reinstating virtual learning before students return from the holiday break at a fear of

now to los angeles county where police are searching for three suspects armed with hammers. the men are suspected of three smash and grab robberies at tmobile stores. it all happened yesterday. the concern this morning is that there could be a 4th robbery in the works. >>> and happening today in southern california, the attorney general holding a press conference on organized retail theft with law enforcement, retailers and online market places. we will stream that press conference live on cbsn bay area. >>> starting tomorrow california is reinstating its mask mandate. this as state health officials see a increase in covid cases. the bay area is doing better because of high vaccination rates. the state is also recommending anyone coming in to the state be tested with in three to five days of traveling. >>> in a study of the pfizer pill said it protects against severe disease. last month they asked the fda to authorize the pill. it'll strengthen the application that could mean that americans infected the virus may have access to it with in weeks. >>> a new study is showing ho

the los angeles county fire department says it evacuated 22 people in the area along with a few dogs. yeah there's southern california getting a dose of rain and the thing was southern california. when you get south of point conception they don't have think about what big rivers are. there are down there to carry away the water. we've got sacramento. we've got the russian river. we got the napa river. we've got the haro. we've got all these drainage systems in place because of because of years and years of climate we've had more rain, so we have more ways to get rid of water. los angeles. they don't got the l. a river, which is concrete. you know, there's just not that many ways. so when the kids are not used to big rain events, and so when they get a rain event with a high rainfall rate, they have problems and that's what you saw in malibu today. for us. we had temperatures generally in the fifties. little warmer than yesterday by a couple of degrees. it was 55. what was it for the liver mark, and it was 56% of the two of the warmer spots. tomorrow is pretty similar, maybe a degree c

in california, the first case was in san francisco, the second announced today in los angeles county.hank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. the discovery comes as president biden announces new steps to prevent the spread. morgan norwood has more. anime convention after a fully vaccinated and boosted minnesota man who recently attended the conference just before thanksgiving contracted omicron and is experiencing mild symptoms. the new jersey health department and new york's governor now urging the nearly 53,000 people who attended that conference to get tested immediately. >> we do anticipate there will be more cases. this does not cause for alarm. morgan: meanwhile, the president length down a sweeping push to get more americans protected, including a tool were the public can message their zip code to find the nearest booster shot location. biden also announcing free at home rapid tests with reimbursement for americans with private insurance, saying 50 million will go to the uninsured or those with medicaid. when it comes to travel, the new rule requiring people to fly into the u.s.

lake county, illinois and los angeles county. these studies demonstrate the test-to-stay works to keep unvaccinated children in school safely. in order for test-to-stay to be implemented safely and correctly, some key prevention measures need to be included. in both studies, masks were worn consistently and correctly. close contacts of a positive case were monitored for symptoms, and stayed home if they became ill. and those who did not develop symptoms had regular testing. test-to-stay is a practice to keep our children in school. and cdc is updating materials to help schools and parents know how to implement this promising and now proven practice. along with our multi-layered prevention strategy that will help keep our children in the classroom safely. importantly, vaccination is another critical piece in our multi-layer prevention strategies to protect our children from covid-19. i'd like to take another moment to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated. just yesterday cdc's advisory committee on immunization practi

new york and florida both smashing their single day highs this week with los angeles county alone nearlyotching 10,000 cases in a day one california hospital treating patients in hallways and parking lots again. >> we are here i the triage tent in the parking lot at saint mary medical center due to the covid surge ingoong right now. >> reporter: an insatiable deman for tests has driven up the eye-popping numbers. log jams have crescendoed during the holidays in miami on christmas day the flow in and out of this vaccination site is being monitored by police with lines of cars spill out on to the main road going down several miles until finally ending here all of these people desperate for a test what time this morning did you get here >> 8:00 in the morning. >> just to make sure i don't have anything to give my family. >> reporter: a sobering indication this latest wave is not just a milder version of past surges this is the penn state icu a year after the arrival of vaccines. >> right now it's very stressful. the hospitals are full a lot of the very sick ones are the unvaccinated populat

within the past 90 minutes, we learned a case of the omicron variant has now been detected in los angeles county. that patient had recently returned from south africa, and is fully vaccinated. they are said to be improving with no medical care. a small number of close contacts have all tested negative. the first case in the united states was detected yesterday in san francisco. five new cases have also now been confirmed in new york state, as well as cases in colorado and minnesota. >>> now to eastern contra costa county, as there are some areas of concern as vaccination levels have trailed other areas. that could be problematic if a aggressive variant spread quickly. many experts think omicron won't do much damage in areas with higher vaccination rates. >> the way to control this as vaccination, that is it. >> it's not going away. we will have this virus circulating for years. how much it circulates depends on the overall community vaccination level. >> for more information on the vaccine, or how to find your booster shot, you can check out our guide on kpix.com. >>> a man convicted of violent

cases including phupb in minnesota, one in colorado, five in new york, one in hawaii, and los angeles county is reporting california's second case. and cases around the country urging calm. >> she is experiencing mild symptoms and isolating at home. >> not surprising it showed up. >> we will anticipate more cases. >> this comes as joe biden announces tighter testing requirements for all international travelers coming to the united states, including u.s. citizens returning home. >> we will fight this variant with science and speed. >> president biden is ordering private insurers to cover home antigen testing kits. the current protocol for people who do test positive with the at-home kits is to get a more accurate test at a lab, but in rural areas that's not always possible so marin county set up an online register for people to register results from home. >> to properly isolate and quarantine, that could offer point of resources. >> the online reporting platform has been online and available since september. >>> 4:34 right now. the federal government will not shutdown. congress passing a bill

lake county illinois and los angeles county.hese studies demonstrate that it works to keep unvaccinated children in schools safely. in order for test to stay to be implemented, safely and correctly, some key prevention measures need to be included. in both studies, masks were worn consistently and correctly. close contact of a positive case were monitored for symptoms and stayed home if they became ill and those that did not develop symptoms had bigger testing. test to stay is an encouraging practice to keep children in school and the cdc is updating materials to help schools and parents know how to implement this practice. along with our multilayer protection strategy to keep children in the classroom safely. importantly, vaccination is another critical piece and our multilayer protection strategies to protect our children from covid-19. i would like to take another moment to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated. yesterday, the cdc advisory committee on immunization practices met to discuss new safety data followi

you know, it is a beautiful county of los angeles is unrecognizable. and i don't see that, you know, light heartedly, i say that with a lot of angst. it saddens millions of us. we want l county child viola county again. and when we have people like george gas gone at the helm of the, of the, of the law enforcement in a legal community. and it's, it's, it's turn out to be an absolute disaster. and people are dying in the streets because of his policies. well, and that's the thing, but you actually think here everybody here is of the mayor. they hear of maybe their own city councilman, they might know of. but do you expect that the average residence in l a. r actually connecting the rise in crime because it's repeated criminals committing them to the district attorney's office in gaskin you know, i think they do. and i think sometimes we take for granted the, the, you know, what the average person knows or what they can digest because of their dizziness of their lives. but i think one thing that the pandemic prove is that i gave everybody civic engagement

in california, the first case was in san francisco, the second announced today in los angeles county.or joining us. i'm ama daetz. the discovery comes as president biden announces new steps to prevent the spread. morgan norwood has more. anime convention after a fully vaccinated and boosted minnesota man who recently attended the conference just before thanksgiving contracted omicron and is experiencing mild symptoms. the new jersey health department and new york's governor now urging the nearly 53,000 people who attended that conference to get tested immediately. >> we do anticipate there will be more cases. this does not cause for alarm. morgan: meanwhile, the president length down a sweeping push to get more americans protected, including a tool were the public can message their zip code to find the nearest booster shot location. biden also announcing free at home rapid tests with reimbursement for americans with private insurance, saying 50 million will go to the uninsured or those with medicaid. when it comes to travel, the new rule requiring people to fly into the u.s. to be tes

>> reporter: hundreds of cars in los angeles county snaking their way to a testing site. in georgia, this church offering tests before christmas eve service after months of promoting the vaccine. >> i would say, "do you want to save your life? you want to save the life of others?" >> reporter: with the omicron variant already dominant, the biden administration announcing it will lift its travel ban on eight african nations. the u.s. now averaging 176,000 cases a day. los angeles had just 3,000 on tuesday. today, 10,000. >> we could be looking at case numbers we have never seen before. well over 20,000 cases a day by the end of the year. >> reporter: and new york is enduring the most rapid spread. shattering its daily infection record again with 44,000 cases, up 53% in 48 hours. >> this is not the same situation we had in march of 2020, or even last winter's surge. we've had more testing and we've had more opportunities, but also we know that hospitalizations are continuing to rise. >> reporter: and with omicron crippling staffing, new york now shortening the isolation per

this morning, los angeles county is reporting the area's first person infected with the omicron variant. doctors say the patient's symptoms are improving without medical care. the individual is fully vaccinated and recently returned from south africa, where the variant was first detected. also overnight, hawaii's health department reported its first case of omicron, saying the patient sun vaccinated and moderate symptoms. but this person has no travel history. in returned from new york city after attending an anime convention. the 53,000 people who attended the convention were required to have at least one vaccine shot. >> we anticipate more cases. this is not cause for alarm. >> reporter: scientists are racing to study the severity of the new variant. new data from researchers in south africa shows reinfections are three times more likely with omicron than with earlier variants. but doctors believe the current vaccines should prevent severe illness. the white house is encouraging the 100 million americans still eligible for a booster shot to get one. and beginning monday, new travel re

been reported in 3 california counties, one in san francisco. 5 in alameda and another in los angeles county live in the newsroom. i'm telling second reporting kron 4 news taylor, thank you. >> tonight the centers for disease control and prevention says that the vaccination rate of american children ages 5 to 11 is slower than it was for older american children. the cdc says just one month after becoming eligible only 16% of kids ages 5 to 11 have received their first dose of a covid-19 vaccine. that's a lower rate for older kids. that's because back in june, just one month after kids ages 12 to 15 became eligible to receive the vaccine about 27% of that age group had received their first dose of the vaccine. a new study tonight says that certain disorders could actually prevent folks from contracting the covid-19 virus. researchers at queen mary university of london found that folks suffering from allergies along with topic diseases had a lower risk of contracting covid-19 scientists studied some 16,000 folks over 9 months and found that people with allergies and other diseases, including a

. >> 9,000 new covid cases and seven virus related deaths have been reported in los angeles county. l.a. county announcing 8891 new cases sunday and that's compared with nearly 12,000 saturday. officials warn that the latest figures might not be complete because of reporting delays over the holiday weekend. the new figure represents a significant increase from the case count last monday. also in southern california, more covid woes for cruise industry. a covid outbreak has forced a holland america cruise ship in mexico to return to san diego. the ship arrived where 21 crew members tested positive for the virus. mexican authorities did not allow passengers to disembark and sent the ship back to san diego. a new group of passengers boarded last night as it prepared to set sail again for another seven day trip to mexico. some say despite the scare, they're feeling fine. >> no concerns. i am careful, and we are fully vaccinated. >> holland america says mask wearing and routine disinfecting are required aboard all ships. patrons and staff are required to be fully vaccinated and must provi

ama: and here we are learning about this new case in los angeles county.ated. kristen: they've --dion: they flew back. l.a. county's health officer says the patient is in self-isolation with their symptoms improving without medical care. the patient's known close contacts have all tested negative. the first case was detected in san francisco just yesterday. the person who also just traveled from south africa. ama: president on -- president biden unveiled new plans to fight omicron and covid-19. the requirement of a negative covid test for inbound international travelers within 24 hours of departure for the u.s. also, a campaign will be launched to encourage booster shots for eligible americans as well as vaccines for kids ages 5-11. it also includes making in-home rapid tests free of charge. the u.s. will export 200 million more vaccine doses to high-risk countries in the next 100 days. dion:

a good party and regressive prosecutors gathered to celebrate the one year anniversary of los angeles county district attorney george guess gone. now this is one year of him being an office, any aggressive a radical agenda of criminal justice for form that he had implemented within the city. however, their champagne toes were cut short run, those pesky reporters started to asking about the rapid growth and violent crimes that have happened under your guys gone. so we're going to bring you the latest and why the 2nd recall vote for an elected official could actually be in the near future as a result. and the most expensive pay for play high i've ever heard of is actually now coming to life 5 years after the deal was made. and between one of the largest most popular technology companies here in the united states, in a world a super power. so we're going to tell you why apple ceo tim cloak, actually decided to strike a deal with the chinese government for a tune of $275000000.00 in parents on both coast and in between are absolutely furious with educators. so in the west we have children who ar

rachel: the los angeles's apartment ramping up controls to prevent further highest, la assistant countyriff bruce chase joins us now. the robbery unfolded just last night, two suspect in custody. how long will they remain in custody? >> likely not very long. a good chance they could be released this morning. todd: reported theft in los angeles as of november 13th, a little over 7000 robberies, a little under 11,000 burglaries, the la police department, la city, la county is broader, traffic will take you two hours to get across go a county. has you covered in light of this insanity we are seeing? >> the sheriff department has 23 patrol station spread throughout the county and we provide police services to 42 of the 88 independent cities the contract with us, 150 communities, it provides police services to 3 million of the 10 million folks in la county, and a lot of equipment. >> the smash and grab, polluting the took place, all of these seem so brazen. some are during the day and seem coordinated and this is a jewelry store. i'm sure they walked away with a ton of money. why would they

end to the statewide policy that ended last year, but some counties kept it in place like los angeles countypast the recent surge of violence there. eight events will happen across the city tonight, all listed on your screen. the times range from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. all events are free and open to every one. if you missed yours, town nights will happen again, next friday. >>> trending this morning, if your heart is two sizes two small and you can't stand christmas, we found the perfect holiday getaway for you. >> it's a cave in boulder, utah. it's modeled after the home of dr. seuss's "how the grinch stole christmas." >> it's 5,700 square feet, and it's includes an organ, which is interesting, a coffee maker, two bedrooms, two baths and a kitchen stocked with the grinch's favorite, and it has who pudding -- >> it's not beast. it's -- >> what is that? >> what the grinch eats. >> it's a take on roast beef. you have until december 23rd to rent this. look at the shoes -- >> i hate christmas. >> oh, i love it. >> stop it. i'm getting scared. >> me, too. >> you have saw the movie -- well, proba

but it's the first time ever that los angeles county and all nine counties surrounding san francisco bay have lost populations in the same year. critics blame california's high cost of living . state officials blame the pandemic and a declining birth rate. in san jose. the defense rested its case this afternoon in the federal fraud trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes, meaning the case is now with the jury. ktvu evan sernoffsky has been following the trial since the very beginning, and he was there for the final day of arguments. the fate of elizabeth holmes now rests in the hands of the eight men and four women on the jury in the federal fraud case against her attorneys wrapped up two days of closing arguments friday. bringing it close to the three month trial. the case spurred widespread attention putting homes in the eye of a media hurricane she helped cultivate while ceo of her failed blood testing company theranos, the defense has brought up many areas in which the jurors couldn't conclude reasonable doubt. defense attorney kevin downey concluded his case first. he poked h

. >>> a big surge of cases reported in los angeles county. health leaders say daily cases soared above 16,000 yesterday alone, one of the highest dailies we've seen during the pandemic. health leaders are urging people to rethink their new years plans to combat that surge. >>> a south bay couple hoping to say i do on new year's day is now saying we can't because of covid. this is the save the date card kristen coleman and charles matthews sent to 200 friends in family. they got engaged back in 2019 and have had to cancel their wedding plans twice because of covid. they have once again decided to postpone their wedding date which was scheduled for new year's day. they didn't want their ceremony to become a super spreader event. the bride herself just survived covid. >> i got it. i literally almost died. so in that sense, making this decision, putting other people's lives in our hands was not something that i wanted to do. so that was the best decision. >> dozens of wedding guests sent cancellations. not to be deterred, the couple already is wo

that presser, he had all of his woke das from around the nation but not a single da from los angeles countyngle victim of crime, nobody locally was going to tell him great job, thanks for what you are doing, not a single one because it has been an absolute failure on all counts from the da. >> the line that eliciting such reaction, gascon sank my dad used to say when you wrestle with a pig you both get muddy and the pig likes it. >> a smash and grab crisis spreading to atlanta where the owners of luxury boutique say they've lost more than 100,$000 in merchandise. watch this. joining me on the owners of the consignment boutique, managing partner at rcr consignment in atlanta in los angeles. good morning to you both. this is your business, this is your stuff. what goes through your head when you see these people just stealing it? >> my god, like you just lost everything, what you worked for like i've been in business almost eight years and this is the second time this occurred, what are the police going to do. everything goes in your head lighthouses merchandise going to be recovered, who's g

. >> los angeles county da george gascon under fire for comparing sheriff alex villanueva to a pig. >> my dad used to say when you wrestle with a pig you both get mighty and the pig likes it. todd: district attorney, jonathan, he wasn't trying to do the cops are pigs thing, are you buying it? >> know. that slur is unbecoming of the office of the district attorney, it is discriminatory. calling the mother of the murdered child uneducated, the same called myself and any other prosecutor who disagreed with him an internal terrorist. and to burn the city down, but police officers are barbarians. this is what you get with the district attorney who has never tried one case. he reverts to name-calling and reverts to calling people names. there is a large group of george soros elected das standing behind george gascon and they laughed and chuckled, referred to the sheriff as a pig, on the part of those elected das. they were guns down in a 24-hour period. and and that is not a laughing matter. and surviving family members. that is and a laughing matter. >> it is so bad, one detective says don

the crisis with los angeles county sheriff, thank you for coming back.they're is a lot going on ou there in california. an op-ed therefore is this, the all too common response to thes crimes has been called for more policing and attacks on progressive reforms these knee-jerk reactions are shortsighted. multiple people running into a store and grabbing items report of similar crimes go back years one of the prosecutors out ther in california is the subject of a recall at this point, but he says they go after progressive policies is just knee-jerk, wha do you say? >> there's nothing knee-jerk about a. this person just does not get it . he has a responsibility, if you want to do reform, that's great. nobody argues about reforming any, but when you're sliding into common sense, the fact tha we have an i have been 90 to percent increase in homicides i two years, i had a 60 percent increase in rent grand theft auto. every person i kept says the ticket walks out they are out o jail before they are done writing a report for this perso has a knee-jerk reaction i

. >> reporter: los angeles county public health is reporting a rise in the number of confirmed daily cases in the past week. on tuesday there were about 1100 positive test cases but by the weekend, on saturday and sunday both seeing more than 3500 positive covid cases and on sunday that number may even be a bit low because of the lag in weekend reporting. so within just a week's time frame we're seeing the tripling of numbers. in california overall the positivity rate is still under 3%, which is relatively low compared to some other states, but california health officials did notice a rise in covid positive cases in the days following the thanksgiving holiday into early december, and that's why the state implemented new policies beginning december 15th to last for a month before the policies are revisited. there are three important things there. one is that everyone is required to wear masks indoors across the state. two is that people are required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter a megaevent. that's defined as 1,000 people indoors or 10,000 people outdoors. f

in california, for example, you know, los angeles county is going by cases as we started this conversation. that's their metric. in northern california, they're going by hospitalizations and deaths. how is it that you try to convince people that you should all be on the same page? >> yeah, this is a feature of or democracy. states do things differently. sometimes it works out well. other times it's maddening. we have to show people what is important. cases matter, too. no reason to let infections run wild. we have to keep focused on what matters most. >> dr. jha, good information. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> it's clearly not enough. president biden emphasizing his effort to make covid tests more available as americans grow frustrated with long lines and lack of access. joe concha, tom bevan on the president's pandemic response next. veteran homeowners, need a financial boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time

. >> with people being more aware and seeing the crime wave that has taken place in los angeles county, we all want something done. we are tired of this and truthfully in the last 30 years i have been in law enforcement we've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: the fate of crimes in california resulted in a handful of arrests with many being released to 20 bail policies. todd: dan bondgino ripping democrats. >> either really dumb are liars. most are generally liars. when it comes to aoc and president biden i'm not sure, she may actually believe that if this is happening. i will give her -- i'm not sure. like most politicians really good liars, i'm not sure she's bright enough to figure out if what is happening is happening. todd: california's crime crisis getting so bad, gavin newsom calling out local officials who failed to prosecute shoplifters. the biden administration finally reinstating from bureau remain in mexico policy and we are seeing all too predictable outcome. >> new laws. carley: brandon judd says only when he is preventing biden from creating an all-out catastrop

in los angeles county history. >> his agenda is to empower criminals to do what they want to do by notng their crimes. >> opponents have filed a recall petition. they have five months to collect 580,000 signatures to force a recall election. >> harris: is that forced apology from the criminal supposed to come with regret? mercedes schlapp and brad woodhouse. great to see you both. mercedes, i'll start with you. i was sort of being facetious that the d.a. in l.a. want the criminals to apologize. what is that? it is talking people out of accountability. >> true. look, i will tell you at american conservative union and when i worked at the trump white house, we worked closely on criminal justice reform issues. but i have to tell you, the first priority is always public safety. secondly, you want to be able to match the crime to the consequence. and when you are saying a slap on the wrist and it will just be -- you will be able to give an apology that won't be good enough. you need to find the right balance with juveniles in particular where there would be consequences of jail time that wo

of the year this robbery taking place in los angeles county overnight, police say these crimes are likely coordinated and fueled by soft on crime policy. bruce chase joined us earlier. >> police take calculated risks and when they feel the risks are middle and consequences may be minimal they are willing to take a chance. they are traumatizing and terrorizing shoppers in our communities. >> reporter: los angeles police say a dozen suspects were released because of low bail policies but the white house is covid is to blame. >> when a huge group of criminals organize themselves and wants to lose a store, cvs, nordstrom and home depot do you think it is because of the pandemic? >> i think a root cause a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes. >> reporter: retailers are asking anyone willing to help them. >> the retail industry raising and saying you will work with anyone and everyone to help find solutions to put a end to the crime spree in california. carley: 314 police shot in the line of duty this year. in the record with 58 officers shot and killed and a staggering increasing ammo style

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uprising which last spring lobbied successfully to get schools to reopen this last fall in los angeles county i can tell you that this makes no sense, this is going to hurt children. is going to be detrimental to them academically, socioeconomically, medically, not referring to covid but studies that have been published showing you have tremendously higher rates of diabetes and obesity in children, there was a study in kaiser permanente that led to a ton of medical records, anxiety and depression that was talked about, enormous spikes in suicide and then we need to talk about the learning loss that occurs. kids have missed an entire year of school already and those kids who can't afford to pay for private tutors which is about 98% of them are the ones who really suffer, the one whose parents can afford private education, tutors etc. are fine. then we look at the lunacy of the concept of locking down schools, children are the ones who are the least likely to become severely infected die. we know this. it is a foot fact. in march of 2020 we didn't know would get infected the most, with that or

volkow, in los angeles county, there was a 52% increase in accidental drug overdose deaths, and a 136.4% increase in the number of fentanyl related death rates during the first ten months of the pandemic compared to the same period in 2019. this alarming uptick of deaths is disproportionately affecting people of color. how can improving research with fentanyl related substances help us address the opioid overdose crisis and combat drug overdose deaths within highly populated urban areas, particularly among people of color? >> first of all, i think that we resonate completely with you about the social determinance of health, because they pertain very much about why you're seeing such a dramatic increase in overdose mortality in the covid pandemic and why it's affecting some populations more than others. understanding the processes and the challenges that people that are homeless, for example, is crucial for providing solutions. without it, people that don't have a place to sleep cannot sustain treatment, nor can they actually when they go to shelters, get exposed to others taking drugs. s

and burglaries has received a lot of attention those types of crime are actually down in los angeles county. through october, robberies were down 12% from the same period in 2020 burglary down 9%. those figure does not include the recent rash of robberies at the mall like the one behind me. retail supporters believe crime is growing concern for voters who they hope will now hold the district attorney responsible. a spokesman for the d.a. referred us to the gascon campaign office for comment on the recall we have not yet heard back from that office. bret? >> bret: jonathan hunt in los angeles. jonathan, thank you. up next, why cnn fired anchor chris cuomo after defending him for months. ♪ don't just put on a light show—be the light show. make your nights anything but silent. and ride in a sleigh that really slays. because in a cadillac, tradition is yours to define. so visit a cadillac showroom, and start celebrating today. ♪ ♪ i was just blown away by how much my 23andme reports taught me about my health. and that's why i knew how meaningful this gift would be for my family. this season giv