adam gelb is the founder, president and ceo of the council on criminal justice, whicha nonprofit thinkcusing on criminal justice reform. and thaddeus johnson is a senior resear fellow for council on criminal justice, who studies policing, crime, control and governance equity. thank you both so much for joining me. adam, let's start with you. walk us through some of the main findings of this report.[0.0s] adam: the headlines here are that we have a significant decrease in homicide, 9%. it would be his to work if it stays that way throughout the year. and then a significant increase in motor vehicle theft. the rest of the crimes are pretty flat trending downwards, somewhat slightly. and we do still see, unfortunately, elevated levels of homicide and violent crimes in particular. and with respect to auto theft, doubling of the rate of auto theft today compared to two -- compared to 2019. ali: what are the factors behind that? adam: this is one of the most interesting things about what's what's happenedver the last couple of years. it takes three things to to have a crime. you've got motiv