mayor johnston? mr. johnston: i'm happy to start the response. we obviously believe there is a federal system that has federal obligations and state and local obligations. we think, as mayor wu said, that our officers are uniquely prepared, trained and ready to enforce local law and keep our cities safe. we want to focus on that. we do not have the capacity for our law enforcement to be doing federal immigration enforcement. but we want to be partners in making sure we're pulling violent criminals off the street. we do that how to. we'll keep doing it. we think the capacity for the federal government to focus on -- mr. lynch: what i'm trying to point out is this. the current president of the united states, donald trump, rode into office on this issue. on this issue. he put people in fear. i'm in a state that's 2400 miles from the border. we're going to spend $1.5 billion on providing services and housing and everything to people who are in our state unlawfully. he got into office on that issue. so the costs to democracy are massive. it is now thr

johnston: thank you, congressman. i do just want to say, mayor turner hosted me in houston when i first became mayor. so that's a powerful statement for you. thank you -- from you. thank you for acknowledging it. we don't ask someone's status when we first contact them because it's not relevant to whatever charges we may be pursuing. they may list their country of origin on a document that we ask for, it does not indicate their immigration status. they could have legal status but be from another country. mr. jack: mayor johnson of chicago, do you see a benefit in asking someone charged of a crime whether or not they are a citizen of our country. mr. johnson: the benefit of community safety is trust between local residents and law enforcement and that relationship is critical to driving violence down. under my leadership, violence has gone down in the city of chicago. mr. jack: if i can ask, you have ever disciplined, fired or arrested law enforcement officers or correction officers if they notified i.c.e. or other fed

okay mayor johnston.hen an illegal alien rapes a woman do you believe you're on the right side of history yes or no? some charge and prosecute them for. >> yes or no you say to go to jail didn't you? if i'm harboring illegal aliens mayor johnson? questioner could conjure up your question please. >> what illegal alien rapes a woman do you believe you're on the right side of history? could you clarify that question quite all right mayor wu yesterday "no rape is obvious he and horrible. >> why are you letting gravis back on the strait of boston? upset is not true this now is happening in boston. >> when illegal alien lesson, a lesson under age could you pat yourself on the back for being compassionate? mayor adams? >> it is despicable for. >> mayor johnson question comes and prosecute folks who commit crimes like that. >> you can put the monastery premier johnson question. >> we arrest violent remodels wu we investigate rest and prosecute progress you do not sound confident today. would your city honor and i

denver's mayor mike johnston says the opposite has happened. crime rate actually fell. it didn't increase. is that correct? that is correct. ca crime is down in denver. we have a >> homicides down 17%. >> republicans say sanctuary policies, protect criminals and undermine the president's priorities. sanctuary cities make us all safe and public safety nightmare. colorado congresswoman lauren boebert pressed mayor johnston about a policy that she says hinders local police cooperation with federal authorities. when there's not a warrent, we wouldn't have a reason to coordinate because you don't know if they're illegal because you are unable to coordinate until there's a warrant. so that's why this ordinance needs to be repealed. new york city mayor eric adams has previously said he's willing to work with ice. new york city will always comply with city, state and federal laws. adams denied that his cooperation is an attempt to avoid federal corruption charges. no quid pro quo. >> and i did nothing wrong. >> now, some republican lawmakers and the president have suggested cut

denver's mayor mike johnston says the opposite has happened. crime rate actually fell. it didn't increase. is that correct? that is correct. ca crime is down in denver. we have a >> homicides down 17%. >> republicans say sanctuary policies, protect criminals and undermine the president's priorities. sanctuary cities make us all safe under a public safety nightmare. colorado congresswoman lauren boebert pressed mayor johnston about a policy that she says hinders local police cooperation with federal authorities. when there's not a warrant, we wouldn't have a reason to coordinate because you don't know if they're illegal because you are unable to coordinate until there's a warrant. so that's why this ordinance needs to be repealed. new york city mayor eric adams has previously said he's willing to work with ice. new york city will always comply with city, state and federal laws. adams denied that his cooperation is an attempt to avoid federal corruption charges. no quid pro quo. >> and i did nothing wrong. >> now, some republican lawmakers and the president have suggested

mayor johnston.hen an illegal alien rapes a woman, do you believe you're on the right side of history? >> i will charge and prosecute -- >> you said you would go to jail, didn't you? for harboring illegal aliens, mayor johnson. >> could you repeat your question. >> do you believing you're on the right side of history? >> could you clarify that -- >> mayor wu, yes or no? >> no. rape is, obviously, horrible. >> why are you letting rapists back on the street streets of -- >> that is not true. >> when an illegal alien no rests an underage a -- molests an underage kid, do you pat yourself on the back? mayor adams? >> it's despicable -- >> mayor johnston? >> i prosecute people who -- >> mayor johnson? >> we -- >> mayor wu? >> we investigate, arrest and prosecute. >> you guys don't sound very confident today. would your city honor an i.c.e. detainer on an illegal alien who rapes kids if one was issued today, mayor adams? yes or no? >> in accordance with law, we will honor detainers. >> mayor johnson? >> --

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denver's mayor mike johnston says the opposite has crime rate actually fell. it didn't increase. is that correct? that is correct. ca crime is down in denver. we have a >> homicides down 17%. >> republicans say sanctuary policies, protect criminals and undermine the president's priorities. sanctuary cities make us all safe and public safety nightmare. colorado congresswoman lauren boebert pressed mayor johnston about a policy that she says hinders local police cooperation with federal authorities. when there's not a warrant, we wouldn't have a reason to coordinate because you don't know if they're illegal because you are unable to coordinate until there's a warrant. so that's why this ordinance needs to be repealed. new york city mayor eric adams has previously said he's willing to work with ice. new york city will always comply with city, state and federal laws. adams denied that his cooperation is an attempt to avoid federal corruption charges. no quid pro quo. >> and i did nothing wrong. >> now, some republican lawmakers and the president have suggested cutting off federal fun

chairman pleased to introduce brandon johnston. mayor of the greatest city in the world, namely chicago. a city built by generations of immigrants, people like my parents and myself. mayor johnson was raised in elgin, illinois at which i'm proud to represent in congress the mayor was one of 10 children born to andrew and wilma jean johnson. his parents inspired him to become a teacher in the chicago public schools and later to run for office. mayor johnson won his first race for cook county commissioner in 2018 later became mayor of chicago in 2023. mayor johnson has dedicated his life to public service. i am pleased to welcome my fellow illinois and united states house of representatives and to the oversight committee welcome. >> a note rep recognize represented presley from massachusetts introduce her next witness. >> think it mr. chairman proud to introduce mayor michelle doge gentry welcome and for everyone the first woman, person of color to be elected mayor in the city of boston. for a decade of the privilege of working along

denver may you johnston, i'm a colorado native, also latino, grandson of immigrant from mexico and i also serve for 12 years in the army, colorado army national guard and denver metro area for another ten years as a police officer for. and unfortunately as a denver metro area police officer i have seen firsthand how public safety in colorado and in denver is plummeting. when i started my law enforcement career, colorado was ranked 31st in the nation for crime rate. we were ranked third in the nation last year. denver six years ago in 2019, they didn't even make the stop 50 most dangerous states, ebbing cause me, dangerous cities in the country list. this year in 2024, 2025 ranks denver as tenth most dangerous city in the country. denver has twice the homicide rate as san francisco. we've lost more than 7,000 coloradans to illegal overdose with a significant percentage coming from illegal drugs like fentanyl and we know from intelligence that almost all of that fentanyl is being trafficked by illegal transnational criminal organizations the jalisco cartel and the sinaloa cartel. we ha

>> harris: let's get to denver, congressman jim jordan and denver mayor, mike johnston had a space exchangeby denver authorities in the parking lot of the jail. please watch this. >> you won't do it that way. >> i have seen the video and reached out to i.c.e. and offered to sit down and coordinate on strategies if we need to make adjustments on releases, we will do that. this is the first time 1226 releases that we will take action. >> i read your written testimony last night, four and a half pages and you use the word safe, safer, or safety 13 times. talking about my job to protect the safety of the people of people in denver and we prioritize making sure everyone is safe. that is a life. >> harris: a look, they let that tba member out, not holding him at the detention center until i showed up that they let him out in the parking lot and he assaulted a cop in the parking lot. that is what they were going back and forth with. the 21, i don't think they see their citizens as people. what is this? >> lisa: sanctuary city protect undocumented citizens over their own citizens. that is what sanc

let's keep it with mike johnston johnston, the mayor of denver. >> listen, i happen to be a little familiar but this. you may not know this coach about prior working for the u.s. border patrol, i worked for a little over five years with the department of corrections. so i was involved in many inmate and prisoner exchanges or transfers to other locations. so i know about this. and this is not the way you do it. you detained that individual. and it is actually called page to train, page 2 by immigration, the second page of detainer. so what they would do is i.c.e. officials would show up at the facility. you would have this individual detained and if you don't have him in the cell, you can remove him and put him in a holding cell. while he has in a holding cell, the other agency would show up through the trapdoor, handcuffed him, remove him and take custody of him. that is the way you are supposed to do it and that is how i.c.e. has done it. for 20 years ago when i was involved in the department of corrections. for these individuals to say this is proper procedure or they felt comfortable thi

may johnston? yes or no? >> comprehensive -- cover hands of reform -- >> yes or no? >> breaks the law should be held accountable. >> this is why you have 6% of polling because you suck at answering questions. >> will: president trump you last night answered all questions, laid out for an hour to have his vision for restoring the american dream. as he laid his way into the chamber last night, there was an image of what democratic congresswoman holding up the sign behind him. the sign read, this is not normal. to that, my next guest treated the following, he said "what is not normal? is that the lady behind you ain't teal in her posture? "joining me now the president of a barstool sports, what's up david, how are you? >> i am good how are you? >> will: i am good, i don't think it is normal. i think everything happening in america now is not normal. everybody can acknowledge that. is that good or is that bad? for many voters they were ready to break the way things were normally done in washington, d.c. >> i would agree with that guy that is why trump was elected. people

kerry johnston, you can find a lot more information on our website, just, i'll just say with the news continues here of to people in the, a weekly look at the world's tough business stories. how do you see that the relationship of china developing over the course of the trumpet to this ration from global markets and economies? the big question here is the, in still a safe haven costing to understand how it affects the lives. counting the cost on al jazeera origin t t. a country that lives in breeds football. like know what's in the full length of the world to local floods or just t v or the fort speak to the local culture that produces some of the greatest players on the football global stage. but a deepening economic crisis and the government decision to change their status or putting this historic model under threat. if they what we have a method here. so, leaving off buckler to do it in a boy, you click on this list, see one list of see or send us. that'd be so the know can a guy and a guy on went on, he got to me 1st in the 35 and those presidents, heavier me, late plans to turn t

the associated c o, as the form is c, i a analysts large johnston's hold is the key of what last long, without the cash flow from washington. lensky was refusing to listen to what was it just for donald trump and check it had been said to him by the secretary of the treasury bus dawson scott gossip and had been reiterated to him in a meeting of the munich with the secretary of state. rubio and vice president j. d pounds. and then it also been repeated again by the national security advisor. michael was so on on all of these, you know, the united states is delivering the same message. and the last cases was adamant in that he was refusing to even entertain the prospect of negotiations with the russians. he wanted to change the terms of the deal. the deal he wanted was okay, he had signed, but he's going to have to have a guaranteed security commitment from the united states. well, united states is unable into off with that. well, we started trying to bring it into the war. this is going to bring it into the war . green ukraine cannot sustain military operations. by the, by itself, they

unfortunately, if johnston globally, competition is wasted with no regard for humans from the environment. taking all most important asset, walter and exporting it for a lot of money there are merican who are going to go without water simply so we can export our water as grass to feed cows halfway across the world. i can't help but wonder if anybody thinking about the future of this country. where is the water disappearing to river is at risk. the global war surprises unveiled stuffs, march 21st, on the w. this is the w and use life from the land. the french president says the trump administration has turned the world on his head and addressed to the nation. the memo of my clause says he once to believe the united states as on site, that once france and you are to be ready to defend themselves. the ways holds intelligence sharing with case it could have it. ukraine's ability to target the russian forces and is moped use of to washington post old military a to the country breeland's private. as the declares greenland is out of trump details.

members and jim jordan and blue city mayor denver mayor mike johnston had this little back-and-forth.>> this gang member who allegedly stole a car, menaced people and assaulted people give us a 48 hour heads up. is not right? >> i do know about the detainer request. we provided a notification of release. >> what kind of notes if you give ice when you released him? >> are not sure. [simultaneous talking] >> one hour notice and he released him five days ago. >> you were the mayor of newport beach. can you imagine helping and assisting some of these criminal illegal immigrants to avoid ice? >> not at all. those mayors today embarrass themselves. what they really showed was they forgot what the first role of being the mayor is which is to protect your community. the video that was referenced there is showing a venezuelan gang member being released on to the street because the sanctuary city policy in denver is said they wouldn't cooperate with ice so you could have transfer that person safely inside the jail to ice. instead he got out. they chased him down and he assaulted a nice officer.

and denver mayor mike johnston spent over million bucks. see if that money swell spent.uthorities confirming there were no significant gaps or carbon monoxide leaks at the home of gene hackman. that assessment coming after expanded search of the house. hackman and his wife were found dead inside that home last week. officials believe the two had died several days before being found. still a mystery there. pope francis resting well overnight after sleeping with ventilation mask. the pope had no further respiratory episodes overnight. doctors say he is stable. the vatican says his outlook is complex and prognosis remains guarded as a pope spends a third week in the hospital after he was admitted for double pneumonia. today italian cardinal preside over the ash wednesday service as the pope recovers. today marks the first day of lent. and ginn stefani and chris pratt are the latest celebrities to invite christians to join them in the -- in prayer on the hallow app. hallow partner and investor mark wahlberger sat down with benjamin hall about why he is so open about his fait

you have the boston mayor michelle wu chicago mayor brandon johns and johnston and new york city mayorc adams. >> brian: they expect it, know it. i'm sure they will be loaded to try to defend themselves. american people want criminals off the streets. they want to give ice access to get those criminals off the streets. they are going to paint it as they're trying to arrest my kitchen personnel and they are going after people that have been there for 20 years. when they are way down on the priority list with tom homan. and i think that -- i either bring tom homan or run clips of tom homan say where is he wrong right here? is that true that you would not give up this venezuelan gang member who just went on killing a rampage over the weekends? >> steve: one of the things apparently the four mayors are getting lawyered up and redacting documents and stuff like that. getting ready for this house oversight committee hearing on monday where james comer is going to preside. what the four mayors are trying to avoid was the spectacle of the ivy league presidents who sat on capitol hill and defen

as for denver mayor mike johnston, he said last year he was willing to go to jail to prevent trump'sect. we'll see how he and the other mayors handle this grilling that is set to continue for the next couple of hours, stuart. stuart: keep on it, nate. see you later. last night president trump reiterated his plan to impose if reciprocal tariffs, and that would be on april the 2nd. >> this system is not fair to the united states and never was, and so on april 2nd -- i wanted to make it april 1st, but i didn't -- [laughter] want to be accused of april fools' day. april 2nd, reciprocal tariffs kick in. and whatever they tariff us, other countries, we will tariff them. it's reciprocal, back and forth. [applause] whatever they tax us, we will tax them. take in trillions and trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before. stuart: okay. we've already got some tariffs already imposed. more coming april the 2nd. is that inflation their? >> the tariffs we have right now are going to boost price inflation. they've already pushed the price of steel higher by 30 since the -- 3

and that happened after a heated exchange between congressman jim jordan and denver's mayor mike johnston after an illegal migrant was accused of assaulting i.c.e. agents last week. take a look. this is the illegal migrant who is also a suspended tren de aragua gang member. eight denver county jail released him to the streets last friday, forcing i.c.e. agents to arrest him in public where he later is accused of assaulting officers. those are necessary because sanctuary laws limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. in boston i.c.e. agents arrested this illegal i migrant from guatemala last month. he was set free after being charged with the aggravated rape of a child. border czar tom homan criticized boston's police commissioner, drawing this response from mayor michelle wu today. >> let's talk about tom homan. shame on him for lying about my city, for having the nerve to insult our police commissioner who is overseen the safest boston has been in anyone's lifetime. bring him here under oath and let's ask him some questions. >> sandra, john, rig

as for denver mayor mike johnston, one of the four mayors on capitol hill today, he said late last yearnt president trump's planned deportation efforts. we will see how he and the other mayors handle the intense grilling on capitol hill. >> we will. watching for that. nate foy, live in york city, thank you. >> president trump: we are bringing in our hostages from gaza. and my first she gushed her we achieve one of the most groundbreaking peace agreements in generations, the abraham accords. the panama canal was built by americans for americans, not for others. but others could use it. but it was built a tremendous cost of american blood and tragically. we didn't give it to china, we give it to panama. we are taking it back. i'm also working tirelessly to and the savage conflict in ukraine. millions of ukrainians and russians have been lean and sleek killed or wounded in this horrific and brutal conflict. >> could be realtime updates all of those stories he ripped off right there in that speech. touting foreign policy, hammering hamas, china, russia diao she ukraine, all of that is on th

. >> mayor mike johnston urged lawmakers to consider his position as migrants reached denver daily. > you love illegal aliens more than you love your fellow countrymen? >> i love all the residents of the city and county. >> the trump administration is suing chicago over its sanctuary policy and conservatives claim more accountability is needed. >> we've had enough. america is fed up with this betrayal of oath and you'll be held accountable. >> new york mayor eric adams says while federal funds are drying up, migrants will still get help in his city. >> i have an obligation and responsibility for every new yorker to receive the services and care that they deserve. >> mayor adams also denied accusations he is now cooperating with the trump administration on some immigration matters because federal prosecutors are trying to drop a corruption probe against him. mayor adams said, quote: there is no quid pro quo, and that was not enough for democrats. bret, they want mayor adams to resign now. bret? >> bret: mark meredith live on the hill. thanks. up next as congress holds a hearing on anti

here is mayor mike johnston being confronted by jim jordan yesterday. >> did you release him into thets? did you release him to ice? >> what we do is release him from our county jail and coordinate with ice on relies time and release date so ice can pick him up from that location. >> pick him up where on the parking lot. >> they are on the facility parking lot. >> this happened in the parking lot. >> i know, sir. i reviewed the video. i looked at it and talked to the sheriff. >> one of the ice officers got assaulted, didn't he? he had to tase the guy, didn't he? >> would you like me to answer. >> i would like you to answer did they tase him. >> six officers multiple tasers. >> if you keep him in the facility, and they come in the facility and get him, does it take six officers? probably takes two, doesn't it say hey, what, this is what we are going to do. you come in and bring two officers in and you turn him over there why not do it that way? >> we have a city ordinance. >> do you know why you don't do it that way. >> we have a city ordinance. >> you are a sanctuary city. this is the

. >> up front now, the democratic mayor of denver, mike johnston, you saw him there testifying in thering today in that exchange with congresswoman mace. so, mayor johnson, just, you know, you were there all day. did anything productive come out of the hearing? >> i mean. >> i think we got. >> the chance to. clarify some misperceptions. i think this was not a crisis. >> that. >> we created or. >> we chose. >> this was. >> a humanitarian crisis. >> that landed. >> in our cities because. >> there hasn't been federal immigration. policy change. and so we. >> responded to that. >> i think we made clear some some things that are false. >> we do. >> follow federal law. we right now are cooperating. >> on the detention and pursuit of violent criminals all the time. >> i think. >> what we're. >> not doing is we're not going. >> to do i.s.i.s. >> job for them. we're not. >> going to use. >> our denver police officers to. chase down grandmothers. >> out of church pews. >> that have been in the city. >> for. 20 years. >> and so i think. >> there was some. >> clarification about what our cities d

mayor eric adams, chicago mayor brandon johnson, boston mayor michelle wu, and denver mayor mike johnston all appearing today before the house oversight and government reform committee. lawmakers grilling the city leaders about their level of cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. cnn's omar jimenez is here following this for us. omar, what's the latest? >> yeah. >> so these. >> are all mayors of. >> so-called sanctuary. >> cities, even though. >> there's. >> not necessarily a single definition of. >> a. >> sanctuary city. >> but generally they're. >> jurisdictions that might. >> limit local. >> law enforcement cooperation with. >> federal law. >> enforcement in. >> certain circumstances. >> overall, these mayors have talked about honoring. ice coordination when warrants. >> are. >> issued. >> but not necessarily, for example, keeping someone who is arrested. >> in. >> local custody. past their. >> release date because of an ice detainer. again, a detainer, not a warrant. as the denver mayor explained at one point during an. exchange with congressman jim jordan that said, all o

listen to how denver mayor mike johnston responded in his opening statement. >> when those busses kept a city not to hate each other, but to help each other, not to turn on each other, but to turn to each other. it wasn't perfect, and it required sacrifice from all of us, but in the end, denver came out stronger and closer than we were before. >> we must not let mischaracterizations and fearmongering obscure the reality that chicago's crime rates are trending down. we still have a long way to go, but sensationalizing tragedy in the name of political expediency is not governing. it's grandstanding. >> beautiful. >> and you heard from chicago's mayor there at the end. getting back to denver's mayor, what mike johnson was talking about was, of course, a texas mayor, greg abbott's effort to take migrants that had come over the border into texas and then put them on busses and ship them to these big cities that were run by democratic mayors all across the country. and that's how his city dealt with them. now, so far, we're just now getting into the question and answer period of this hearing

and that happened after a heated exchange between congressman jim jordan and denver's mayor mike johnstoni.c.e. agents last week. take a look. this is the illegal migrant who is also a suspended tren de aragua gang member. eight denver county jail released him to the streets last friday, forcing i.c.e. agents to arrest him in public where he later is accused of assaulting officers. those are necessary because sanctuary laws limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. in boston i.c.e. agents arrested this illegal i migrant from guatemala last month. he was set free after being charged with the aggravated rape of a child. border

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you that opportunity set represented of clay higgins of louisiana, a comment pointedly directed at johnstoneviously said he would stand up for the city's immigration policies even if it meant arrest. several mayors before this house oversight talking about immigration policies as it plays out in the city. the exchange with the denver mayor took place represented jim jordan as well, talking about the process of immigrations arresting a suspected venezuelan gang member in denver. >> what we do is we release them from a county jail and we coordinate with ice on that release timing date so that ice can come and pick him up from that location. >> pick him up where come a parking lot? guess what happened in the parking lot? >> i know, i've reviewed the video. >> the ice officer got assaulted, didn't he? he had to tase, the guy, didn't he? >> i know that there were six officers with multiple tasers. >> if you keep him in the facility, does it take six officers? probably takes two. >> we've been doing these, 1226 times. so i reached out to ice after i saw the video, i've coordinated with their team