it could have been less to a judge to decide but d.a. gasconpower to transfer the case to juvenile court. and as a result he was released as he reached the age of 25. gascon has long argued those commit crimes, even violent ones as juveniles should not be tried as adults but should be given help to rehabilitate themselves. gascon released a statement in the wake saying in part we are disappointed to learn he has not availed himself of the support he so clearly needs. grateful no physical harm came to anyone and are committed to holding him accountable as an adult in this case. but gascon critics deputy d.a. who was on the case had the d.a. is wrong and how he handled this. >> i could pretty well tell you one 100% this lenz thing would've been successful would've been sent to adult court would have served out his sentence pre- >> d.a. gascon calls is facing a recall effort with l.a. county registrar currently verifying campaign signatures to see if there are enough to get the recall vote on a ballot later this year, liz for. >> thank you so much

d.a. called this callous. that gasconould know prosecutors feel a moral duty to attend these hearings. liz? elizabeth: great reporting. william la jeunesse, thank you so much. welcome to the show security expert and former nypd officer, bill stanton. bill, your reaction to this? don't victims families need to know this? those criminals can attack them especially if they testified in court against them. crime is up while arrests are down in l.a. what is going on here? >> this is to me, to me this is the l.a. d.a. being an actual advocate for the criminal, for the perpetrator and it is revictimmizing the families and victims that these criminals imparted on them, whether it was rape, homicide, stalking. not contacting these victims is an act of victimization in my opinion. elizabeth: you know local officials in l.a. including deputy d.a. john hatami, he said we all have a right to public safety. when you have crime, that is what prevents you from having freedom. we have 7-eleven telling stores in l.a., shut down. we have a

you have inmates in jail in celebrating the radical d.a. gascon. this is not happening in a vacuum.in a place where the democratic party is anti-victim and pro-criminal. we live in lawless new york city. if you don't believe me. come visit. >> what i have seen so many times in the justice system when judges say my hands or tied. because of this sentencing and policy. the whole point of the import of the victim impact statements that account for that gray area. this can sway me to make a decision and the best interest of justice regardless of policy. that acknowledges the horrific nature of criminal violent behavior and the need for compassion. it allows people to have the space to be heard. >> so much to start with. i want to hit the statistics about democrat led cities and how dangerous it is in many of them. i want to hit that hard. my friend lost someone he loved so much. his baby brother in chicago. we saw 55 people get shot in one weekend. that's what we learned. a few days later we learned the number was 70. it's exhausting to think we won't be honoast about the rise in violen

he asked for a new sentence last year and could have been left to a judge to decide but d.a. gascone case to juvenile court and as a result, the man was released as he reached the age of 25. gascon has long argued that those who commit crimes, even violent ones as juveniles should not be tried as adults but given help to rehabilitate themselves. he released a statement in the wake of the rearrest of the man saying we're disappointed to learn that this defendant has not availed himself of the support he so clearly needs. grateful that no physical harm came to anyone and are committed to holding him accountable as an adult in this case. but gascon's critics, among them a deputy d.a. who was on the man's hearing say the d.a. was simply wrong in his handling of this case. >> i can pretty well tell you 100% this transfer hearing would have been successful and the man would have been sent back to adult court and would have served out his 50 to life sentence. >> the d.a. gascon is facing a recall effort with the registrar verifying campaign signatures to see if there are enough to get the

he asked for a new sentence last year, it could have been left to a judge to decide by d.a. gasconcourt directly and as a result he was released as he reached the age of 25. gascon has long argued, those who commit crimes, even violent ones as juveniles, should not be tried as adults but given help to rehabilitate themselves. and he released statement saying we are disappoint he has not availed himself of the support he needs. grateful no physical harm came to anyone and are committed to holding him accountable as an adult in this case. about you gascon's critics, among them a deputy d.a. on the case, says the d.a. was wrong in how he handled this. >> i can pretty well tell you 100%, this transfer hearing would have been successful and andrew catchew would have been sent back to adult court and served out his sentence. >> d.a. gascon is facing a recall effort with the l.a. county registrar, verifying campaign signatures to see if there are enough to get the recall vote on a ballot later this year. john. >> john: jonathan hunt in los angeles with the latest on that case that has a l

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. ♪ ♪ >> griff: tomorrow marks the deadline for the gascon campaign recall to boot out los angeles d.acon. the petition with the necessary number of signatures with 560,000 people backing the effort. it comes as 37 l.a. county cities have issued a vote of no confidence against him. joining me now, tim, i want to quickly get to you. so you have the correct number of signatures. where do we go from here? >> yeah, so on wednesday, this wednesday we will submit well over 565,000 signatures required. we believe we have enough cushion built in to validate enough of those and qualify the recall. at that point, the registrar has 30 days to count everything. if it qualifies, it will go on a ballot and it could be on the ballot as early as november or special election shortly after. >> griff: you are looking at signs here, victims matter and we can show you violent crimes, homicides, shooting victims all sense gascon was sworn in. you see the percentages. we spoke to the parents of fallen officer joseph santana killed by the criminal and gascon let the criminal walk. and his policy, listen here.

d.a. in the unit says that's rubbish. gasconices as if he is protecting victims rights. he is not. he is abandoning victim's rights and thinks a band-aid of some type of service like counseling will make up for his refusal to protect their rights. >> i do not feel like -- we're not attorneys, we're just a family. now we have to take on the role of law enforcement. >> this family a brother and sister were sexually assault years ago but gascon stopped their prosecutor from attending the rapist's parole hearing. >> the responsibility is in our court to protect society and that's simply not how it is supposed to work. >> it doesn't sound like he is the type of man who would be paroled but he is an actor and sociopath. >> 37 cities have voted no confidence in the d.a. who is facing a possible recall. with itier's mayor says he is fed up with miss demeanor crimes in his city going unprosecuted because of gascon. >> 700 misdemeanor arrests and quality of life arrests, drugs, under the influence. trespassing, you name it. that the curre

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d.a. george gascon will be recalled in november. they have had the signatures to do it. phia d.a. and cook county prosecutors under fire as crime surges in their cities. political analyst understands all too well this issue. my heart is with you. i know your baby brother, christian, was murdered gun violence a month ago, the funeral is tomorrow. always prayers and your perspective on this is fresh and spot on and we can't wait to hear it. we showed a picture of christian. >> well, harris, i'm going to be honest, this is quite a difficult experience to say the least for me and my family to be fighting in the name of justice for my baby brother, christian, to be burying him tomorrow. my 18-year-old brother. i've cried so many tears my eyes hurt and i just think i've gotten to the point where i can mention his name and not bust out in tears but i recognize what has happened in this city of chicago. we just had over the weekend fourth of july weekend over 70 people shot. you know what people are saying here in chicago? well, at least it was only 70. what? are you serious? wha

d.a. george gascon. that means when you're rapist is up for parole you might be the last person to know.re the feminists? they refused to take the field. speaking of, the white house just announced new title ix rules which would sweep gender identity into the law's and strengthen protections for those who face determination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. who is this meant to protect? take a guess. >> i find it funny. that is what i'm getting teed up above the most. you are beating little girls. i didn't intend to do that. this was the first competition that i have been to that i actually wanted to win. not going to go there and be like, go easy on them because they are kids. >> try to focus on my swimming, what i need to do to get ready for my races and i try to block out everything else. >> greg: of course when female athletes complained about losing their spot to someone wearing a jockstrap and has a lung capacity of a blue whale, they are called transphobic. enjoy your second, third, fourth place trophies, girls. never mind that when she competed on the men's team she

d.a. george gascon, over 700,000 signatures on the petition to initiate a recall for him as bell.r thought it would happen in. yet in other states there doesn't seem to be any progress. >> well that's because a lot of people are being misled by the mainstream media about what is the root cause. they will talk about things like public discourse and firearms but in reality it is fringe progressive ideas about law in the penal system. someone who worked believe it or not in the l.a. district attorney's office i will tell you when you do not hold violent criminals or repeat offenders, if you don't detain them, you don't punish them, you're going to embolden criminals and that's why we're getting anarchy and madness around the country. jackie: the criminals are being emboldened and there are no consequences for these actions. ford o'connell, good to see you, thank you. >> thank you, jackie. jackie: we'll be right back. ♪ if you used shipgo this whole thing wouldn't be a thing. yeah, dad! i don't want to deal with this. oh, you brought your luggage to the airport. that's adorable. with

it's hard to imagine the far left los angeles district attorney george gascon could further alienate victims of crime or the deputy d.awho worked under him, but guess what, gascon now says the d.a.'s office will be shutting down all services to crime victims regarding the parole of criminals, including convicted killers. the service is called the life unit, staff or prosecutors who keep track of parole hearings so they can notify victims and try to keep bad people behind bars. but gascon's office says, quoting her, "while a victim has a right to be notified, they also have a right not to be contacted." the office goes on to say that notifying dems can be triggering. l.a. county sheriff alex illinois this is "not notify next of kin or victims because it would trigger them is the dumbest thing i've ever heard. i think triggering would mean encountering your loved ones killer on the street thinking they were in jail forever." and here's deputy d.a. john mckinney. watch. >> it's cruel because it leaves victims not only without representation at these hearings, but no notice that the hearing is even taking place. this is a

d.a. george gascon has just announced he's disbanding a part of that office that notifies crime victims whenthem are up for parole. we welcome a concern about crime is already so high in l.a. that starbucks is now closing several stores there and 7-eleven locations in the area were recently forced to close because of security concerns after a string of fatal robberies read sadly, the, well, crime wave that is now happening in city after city, you know, has gotten so out of hand -- well, in atlanta it is so bad that the neighborhood in atlanta known as buckhead, they want to succeed and form their own city. by the way, i broadcast four years, i don't blame them. our friends lj, lawrence jones, will have a full report this weekend on his show. that is saturday night at 10:00 p.m. he joins me along with leo 2.0 terrell. you are in los angeles. first let's go to gascon. so here are the people that are victims of crime, they're not going to be notified when they are for parole so they can sneak them out the door and not get any heat for it. >> exactly. let me tell you right now, gascon is facing

we are talking to gascon's d.a.ants him out of office. >> carley: calling in the national guard after thousands of illegal immigrants flood the city. >> we continue to be very focused on having the federal government do its part and take the lead in addressing what we see as a growing humanitarian crisis. >> carley: wait until you hear how border states are responding. a live report coming up next. ♪ ♪ >> carley: washington, d.c., mayor muriel bowser begging the right else to deploy the national guard to deal with, oh, flood of illegal immigrants bus from arizona to texas. spain went this comes after promoting the nation's capital as a sanctuary city. she wants it both ways. ashley strohmier will following the story overnight. >> mayor muriel bowser saying that the national guard needs to deal with the surge indefinitely. >> so i've asked where the deployment of the guard as long as we need the guard to deal with the humanitarian crisis that we expect to escalate. >> carley: congressman chip roy with this message to

gascon like alvin bragg in manhattan in recent recall in san francisco, former d.a. chesa boudin, they come under fire for their soft on crime policies. facts don't lie. gascon took office, shootings are up almost 55% leading to increase in homicide, 29% in robbery. only up 17%, la's deputy d.a. said recall effort has something to do with politics and only public safety. >> i'm a democrat and many individuals who support the recall are democrats. the crime rate is skyrocketing under george gascon. innocent individuals are being killed. many of the individuals are people of color. children are being hurt, a large amount of cash and grab burglaries, a large amount of robberies. people are scared, concerned for their safety. kennedy: are some of these cities waking up to their own failures? one of the things i love about california is the recall mechanism and george gascon is like this is putting a thumb in the eye of the democratic process, really politics. is it just politics? >> no and one of the other things gascon pointed out in his line, is a republican driven reca

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d.a. george gascon not giving up on california's three strikes law and taking the fight to the u.s. -- thean appeals court decided he could not refuse to charge three-strike cases which can drastically increase a prison sentence for a repeat offender. jonathan hunt live in l.a. runs down the story for us today. where are we going? good morning. >> good morning. george gascon says this is a quote fight for fairness and rationality in prosecution and he is taking that fight all the way to the california supreme court. gascon has long claimed he has the power to simply ignore california's three strikes law. under which defendants with one prior felony conviction, subject to sentences more than two times longer and defendants with two or more prior felony convictions typically face sentences of 25 years to life in state prison. gascon says those policies are draconian and challenging the appeals court ruling that he must charge felons according to the state's three-strike law his office argued these policies increase repeat rates and little to do deterrent effect and keep people in prison long

tomorrow marks the deadline for the gascon campaign to oust los angeles d.a. george gascon.ign joined us on "fox & friends" earlier. take a listener. >> he is saying all of my policies are worth it. and the locals of life is worth it and we can't just look at these few bad instances we have to push forward. it's beyond belief. this is a completely failed social experiment. >> the recall effort comes as 37 cities in los angeles county has issued votes of no confidence against gascon and his soft on crime policies. and then minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar getting a lot of boos when she got to the stage at a somali music festival saturday night. listen to this. [boos] >> later posting just 14 seconds of her appearance at the concert on twitter cutting off the video before the booing started. those are your headlines. we will toss it out to janice dean. hi, janice. >> hello, good morning. beautiful day in new york city. let's take a look at the maps. do have potential for thunderstorms later on today. the temperatures here in new york are not bad. 75, 74 in chicago. 77 in kan

d.a. speak with the petition to recall gascon has received, there it is on your screen, more than 700,000natures, carley. >> carley: crime has caused starbucks to close across the country due to safety concerns. six of those doors are in seattle where crime is running rampant. our next guest owns a barbershop near one of those closing starbucks location, which he says will hurt the business not to mention he's been a victim of crime in that area as well. joining us is the owner of matthew humphrey, so sorry what is going on in seattle when it comes to crime. what was the reaction when you found out starbucks locations are closing and how will that affect your business? >> good morning, thank you. you know, it is going to hurt in several ways, first we are coming out of post-pandemic showdowns and restrictions -- shutdowns and restrictions and just when you have hope, there is a house a block away fm us in the neighborhood growing and transforming right before our very eyes and we just had light rail that came in. we are excited to be back in business. and also we own a salon product store

d.a.'s like bragg in your city gascon in our city. they just removed the d.a.iewers are unaware that's a tough tough prison on rikers island. he's been in the country about 30 years. here will have the d.a. who was allowed criminals within 24 hours to walk on last. >> exactly. what's up with that? you let career criminals get out on $5 bail. you had a bail of 250k for a 30-year hardworking man in the community who is just sitting by the way on his own property trying to run a business. it's not like you went out and try to instigate a fight in the middle of the street. i mean i'm telling you will come up bail, this is an epidemic of these radical cities. did you know nla two weeks ago to police officers were murdered by a career criminal who was arrested in march of 2020 because our radical d.a. left this guy out on the street. he dropped two charges. he should've been in jail for three years. two cops are dead there because they let him out 20 days serving jail. i mean it has to end. people in your city come our city, by the way why would anyone want to move f

d.a. for its policies. >> mr. gascon is not really respecting our system of justice. open and transparent. what he has said over and over again is that shorter sentences will reduce crime. well, first of all, there is no actual science or data behind this. >> todd: for a bipartisan group collecting 717,000 signatures to recall gascon, which is 150,000 above the required amount. >> carley: a nail-biter in november, fox news poll link with democrat senator raphael warnock up by four points over republican herschel walker. this is key for determining control of the upper house next year. stacey abrams is trailing behind by 40 points with incumbent republican brian camp. meanwhile in battleground pennsylvania, check this out. dr. oz in a top race between john federman who holds 11-point lead in the senate race. and they lack enthusiasm from election day. i "washington post" warning that latino voters in nevada are increasingly switching to the g.o.p. and the trend could soon hurt democrats nationwide. henry olson says "it is usually a bad idea to bet against the house and

d.a. george gascon set to deliver a massive petition to get the measurable on the november ballot. recall campaign shae saying quote the shear magnitude of time and investment required to get to this point shows how strong the public desire is to remove george gascon from office. officials say they collected over 566,000 signatures as of yesterday. the l.a. county registrar will now determine if they have met the 10% threshold to trigger a recall vote. new polling data signaling more trouble for president biden. his approval rating down to 36%. the lowest recorded by monmouth university since he took office. in the very same poll just 10% of americans believe the u.s. is headed in the right direction. nearly half saying they are struggling financially in biden's economy. tesla ceo elon musk mocking twitter's current leadership by independent they people. paul revere fact check over his famous phrase the british or coming. billionaire respond to meme socrates yeah they are going way too far in squashing dissent be opinions musk's bid currently stalled over his concern about the numb

d.a. like george gascon, it's a recipe for disaster -- neil: but a lot about this, sergeant, and maybe youthis, the move is to take some deputies off the street. but if you're replacing them with unarmed watchers or whatever you're saying -- and i assume these deputies were armed who were in place -- that's a prescription for trouble. >> oh, absolutely. i can tell you with 137% increase, it's going to be a 237% increase. it's not fair to the law-abiding citizens that live in that area. and my advice to businesses, tourists, go somewhere else because you will be a victim of crime. neil: how do residents feel, sergeant? i'm sorry, a bit of a delay here, i'm iewdly interrupting. but i could imagining the residents are a little anxious about this. >> well, yeah, absolutely. anyone -- everyone wants to live in an environment that's prix of crime -- free of crime. and when they know that their deputies will be taken off patrol and you'll have foot beats of unarmed ambassadors, crime is going to go through the roof. burglaries, robberies, they should right now be at their city hall talking to the

d.a. george gascon declined to move the juvenile case to adult court.e after awarding the american-born skier eileen who ditch the united states to compete for china in the beijing olympics breakthrough athlete of the year. >> i want to thank my grandma that taught me boundaries are meant to be broken. thank you. >> she won two gold medals for china in 2022 winter olympics. >> brian: unbelievable. we train her and she uses our coaches and facility and when it's time to compete and make money, she gets paid to go compete for china. the chinese send his son. >> ainsley: we gave her an award? >> brian: we gave her an sp award. china, they have to pay them more, i guess. thank you, carl e. outrage is. >> ainsley: a fox news alert 100-degree weather in some places on the east coast under possible tornado alert. >> massive storm hitting massachusetts. alabama crazy lightning and winds up to 80 miles an hour. >> brian: all right, more to say about whether because we have janice dean with fox weather forecast. >> and it'd thought. i will be on the show coming s

d.a. george gascon over his new gun control laws. measures will stop the deadly epidemic of gun violence. it comes as gascon facing growing outrage over his soft on crime policies, releasing criminals who have gone on to commit more violent crimes this convicted murder, releases six years into 50 year sentence, already back behind bars on drug and gun charges. ruben report host, former l.a. resident, dave ruben is here to react. dave, thank you so much for being here. >> you call me proud new floridian. pete: i said how it florida. you said? >> never leaving. buried in the everglades. pete: you don't miss it one bit. >> exactly because of those two guys, policies, newsom, gascon, garcetti in l.a., everything they have done up in san francisco, if you want to be around homelessness, if you want crime everywhere, want defunded police, catch-and-release criminals, the list goes on and on, go to california. don't forget the high taxes you pay and services don't simply work. you move to florida where there is a sense that freedom exists,

the d.a., the progressive gascon, his office told the prosecutors in this area on tuesday that long held was a quote from the d.a.'s office. after consulting with expert. we do not believe this is a trauma informed approach. contacting victimization and their next of kin can be triggering. especially if they do not welcome the intrusion. >> pete: the policy was that if you have been affected by crime in los angeles, or if that county, if someone -- the person who committed that crime was up for their parole hearing, the family or next of kin would be notified. it may be difficult that that is happening, but most people would want to know if the perpetrator was facing the opportunity to get out. >> ainsley: be free. right. >> pete: gascon is saying it triggers the families and it takes up staff that we don't have. >> ainsley: i will tell you what's happening. he doesn't want you to know or the public to know when he is letting out. >> pete: that's the reality. >> ainsley: they can be pretty bad carl's letting out on the street. >> brian: according to this email the d.a. feels it's not app

statement says he must charge felons according to the law, gascon's office says these policies increase recidivism rates, have no repeat effects and the d.ae are many among his own deputy district attorneys say gascon is simply out of touch with the reality of crime in los angeles. >> basically george gascon's policies have told many criminals they are not going to be held accountable for their actions. >> gascon continues to face potential recoil, with campaigners getting 17,000 voter signatures in support of the move, just 566,000 have to be found invalid to trigger a recall vote. 5% sample of those signatures checked by the l.a. county registrar found 78% to be valid. that would be just enough to put the campaign over the threshold, so now the registrar have until august 17 to check every one of the signatures and what is a high-stakes waiting game for george gascon peer to jonathan hunt, thank you. questions remain about the whereabouts of the missing texas mother. they are cooperating and they don't have a person of interest because they don't of a crime. casey stegall has the latest from texas. >> good evening, it's been ten days si

he says 10 to 20% of the union members, of the d.a., have left because of gascon's defendant-centeredicies and worked with many people who lost loved ones to violence and this policy change could lead to them missing parole hearings. >> every single one of them had the additional burden of the obligation to the person who has been lost, just to be their voice in these post conviction proceedings and to miss something like that, to not know about it, not only are you not participating, but more importantly, i think a lot of these victim's families are going to feel like they've let down those victims and i think that's the crushing thing. >> despite swift criticism over the policy change, progressive democrat stands by the move. in a statement his office notes that it is understaffed and the d.a.'s working in the parole unit are needed to prosecute cases and they also said, quote, while a victim has a right to be notified, they have a right not to be contacted. lawyers in the parole unit have been using paralegals and investigation resource toss contact victims and next of kin who have

gascon's kari. he appointed him on d.a. of san francisco and supports him in l.a. county.upport proposition 57 that reduced categories of crime to non-violent offenses including assault on a police officer, non-violent offense. rape of an intoxicated victim. serial arson, non-violent offense. gavin newsom hasn't criticized any of the policies because he supports him. he would have to look in the mirror and say i was wrong. he can't do that. >> bill: you're right, larry. thank you for coming in. we'll see how this goes. thank you for your time. larry elder in l.a. thanks. >> my pleasure. >> dana: ukrainian first lady is in washington to support a human rights award and address lawmakers on capitol hill. more on that just ahead. president biden's dwindling popularity prompting major speculation on which democrats could potentially replace him in 2024. talk to the former senior advisor of someone who might be on the short list. >> the white house functions like an assisted living facility. it is no longer funny and it is no longer fair to us in america. we deserve a president

gascon on referendum. they are beginning impeachment proceedings on the d.a. in philadelphia.n't getting his money's worth. in new york city we now have alvin bragg managed to make himself through his handling of this case and other measures central to the new york state governors race in november. >> dana: you talk about the bodega owners who are banding together and figuring out a way to protect themselves. from 2018 to 2020 this is nationwide overall increases in assault reported to the f.b.i. up 42%. grocery stores 63%. convenience stores 75% and they did something interesting. they reached to an entity you wouldn't expect. >> the nra. a larger trend. convenience stores are low hanging fruit for some criminals. they one of the few cash businesses left and often a business that's available only or commonly to new immigrants in the country. they operate on a very slim profit margin. they don't make a lot of money. security systems aren't very good. sometimes cameras don't work. so to a lot of the criminal class they look like an easy day at the office. what you are seeing no

gascon's rico effort. and announces they will proceed with a poor review of the submitted signatures against the d.a. what is behind this is this is a continuing thing with george gascon. from the moment he was elected and came into office, his position has been that basically, he wants to tilt the system. he wants to code defense attorneys and no prosecutors involved in these proceedings and in court generally. so we came in and had a ton of directives. those directive started off by stating, "we can't charge anybody with a prior felony." and if you use a gun, we can allege it. if it is a murderer in the course of a, we can't allege it. the whole design is he believes that nobody should have a prison sentence longer than 15 years where it is not reevaluated. the problem is is that, under the law if you allege the special circumstances, these strikes, et cetera, he is unable to do that. soul of this back down to in a life sentence an individual is entitled to a parole hearing. so what george gascon has done, the first day he came into office and said, "listen, we have been going to court on these cou

gascon, he face as second recall for going weak on crime. people are saying if you out of the sheriff you have oust this guy too. >> they have to get rid of the d.aprosecuting anybody. what memo that sends to officers on every street in america that the district attorney will not actually press charges. why will the officers go out to arrest people? it's a waste of time. it is paperwork. it doesn't go anywhere. lar county, people of los angeles, get your house in order. time for the d.a. to go because he will not keep your city streets safe in that city. elizabeth: congressman, talk about what is going on in the new york city. united bodegas spokesman, former new york american date, mateo, he is calling for murder charges to be dropped. they were filed against bodega store clerk jose alba. he was arrested and charged with murder. he fatally and stabbed in self-defense he says a career criminal arrested 27 times who tried to attack him. the far left, manhattan d.a., alvin bragg, pushed for bail for half a million dollars for mr. alba. that was cut down to 5000. congressman, you and i know this. we talked about this, new york passed bail reform in