here's the beverly hills police chief. >> the beverly hills community let me reassure you this is one protected and patrolled cities in the world. crimes of any kind will not be tolerated here. let this be a message to anyone thinking of committing a crime in beverly hills, you will be caught and brought to justice. >> the family asked justice be served but in california that's a tall order and the suspect in the killing is a prime example, 29-year-old maynard has been a career criminal his entire adult life and yet he continues to walk free. in june of 2010 he was charged with robbery and struck a plea deal for a lesser offense, successfully he was arrested for assault. prosecutors dropped the case for insufficient evidence, two years later the da's office again declined to prosecute a burglary case, two years after that maynard was finally convicted of felony robbery and sentenced to 5 years. he served four and when he got out he was immediately arrested for felony robbery and under the 3 strikes law he should have been sentenced to 9 years and would still be in prison. instead he g

beverly hills, california. >> beverly hills emergency. >> reporter: careful what you wish for. >> someone killed my parents! it's still the case that has the power to shock. >> it's beverly hills. it's the movie business. it's kids killing their parents. >> reporter: what possessed those two handsome young men. who had been given, everything. >> a porsche or a rolex. they got pretty much what they wanted. >> reporter: why did they give back murder. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> a sensational murder trial. >> reporter: theirs was the case to usher in wall-to-wall tv coverage. even before o.j. >> i was just firing as i went into the room, i just started firing. >> reporter: the kind of horror you couldn't stop watching. >> what was in front of you? >> my parents. >> reporter: tonight you'll hear the real story, told by the investigators. >> his face was disfigured from the shotgun blast that he took to the back of the head. >> reporter: by the young men themselves. >> they weren't real. wax. >> reporter: the real-life details of the defense that shocked america. >> uhm, we would be

>> more than my entire decades on the street. >> reporter: the problem isn't unique to beverly hills. thanksgiving a los angeles nordstrom was targeted. a group of thieves ran in as the store was still open. customers still shopping. >> very disturbing. because now i'm reluctant to come to nordstrom or even the mall, for that matter, to come and make my purchases. >> reporter: and on black friday, thieves raiding this home depot, making off with sledgehammers, bolt cutters, hammers, and crowbars. tools authorities say were likely to be used for future crime. and while california may be the epicenter for this rash of robberies the past year and a half or so, they seem to be happening everywhere. like outside of chicago. and in cary, north carolina. >> everything i have, i put into this store. for people to just come in here and take from me? they're not just taking from me, they're taking from my children. i'm a single mom. this is how i support my kids. they're taking from my employees. they're making us feel unsafe. >> reporter: private security firms have been inundated with busines

here's the beverly hills police chief.or the beverly hills community, let me reassure you this is one of the most protracted and patrolled cities in the world. crime will not be tolerated here. let this be a message to anyone thinking of meeting a crime in beverly hills, you will be caught and brought to justice. >> the family have also asked that justice be served but in california that it's a tall order and the suspect in the killing is a prime example. 29-year-old ariel mainer has been a career criminal his entire adult life and yet he continued to walk free. in june of 2010 he was charged with robbery and struck a plea deal for a lesser offense. six months later he was arrested for assault. prosecutors drop to the case for insufficient evidence. two years later the d.a.'s office again denied to prosecute a burglary case. two years after that he was finally convicted of felony robbery and sentenced to five years. he served four and when he got out he was almost immediately arrested again for felony robbery. under califo

margaret. >> carter evans in beverly hills. tonight, with eare looking into one of the causes of america's housing crunch. the nationwide shortage of available homes is being driven in part by a labor shortage. industry experts say more than 2 million new workers will be need to over the next three years to meet the demand. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> so right now they're running te wire through the house. >> reporter: developer joe atalla builds houses like this three-bedroom, two and a half bath near boise. >> the good news is threes guys are showing up. >> yeah, these guys are on the job, exactly. >> reporter: because that's not true for everybody. >> it's not. >> reporter: america's builders face twin supply chain crises, a shortage of materials and labor. all trades. >> all the way through, you know, tile and sheetrock and roofing, all of those things. >> electrical. >> reporter: plumbing. exactly. >> reporter: the industry says it now has up to 430,000 open construction jobs and will need another 61,000 newes every m

terry, thank you. >>> we turn now to the awful case out of beverly hills tonight. the wife of a famous and well-rfted music executive was murdered in their home. the couple mentored performers for decades. and here's abc's will carr. >> reporter: tonight, a shocking murder in beverly hills. jacqueline avant, the wife of legendary music executive clarence avant, killed overnight in their home. >> the motives in this case are still unknown and we are investigating all possible motives. >> reporter: around 2:30 a.m., police receiving a phone call about a shooting near the avant's residence. when officers arrived, the suspects were gone. they found 81-year-old jacqueline with a gunshot wound. she later died at the hospital. clarence avant is a grammy-winning executive. he was just inducted into the rock & roll of hall of fame. called the godfather of black music, he was known for his mentorship. he's the founder of two record labels, launching the careers of artists like bill withers famous for the songs like "lean on me" and "ain't no sunshine." he and his wife were m

the beverly hills police department is swearing in five new officers .olice out. it's just this is a place that you trust and you feel safe , and it adds, is a new level of concern, part of the new police chief mark steyn. brooks response to a recent rise in what police call follow home robberies, multiple armed street robberies and smash and grab burglaries. rodeo drive. i think there's a bit of like celebration, too. down on the street. but i think you also have to be careful. just as with any street, you know, especially now. last month, the storefront windows of louie baton and saks fifth avenue were smashed in during attempted burglaries, where police say multiple suspects traveling in several vehicles drove up to the stores and used a sledgehammer to break the front windows. you can't walk into pretty much any store without there being some security there. they're not checking vaccinations. they're just trying to make sure nothing happens. the beverly hills pd also plans to double the number of patrols from two security firms currently works with i

robberies are terrorizing stores on one of america's most exclusive addresses, rodeo drive in beverly hills. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: for the past year or so, the spot made famous by movies like "pretty woman" and "clueless" has become one of the most secure places on the planet, bristling with 2,000 security cameras and constant patrols by police and private security firms, and it's not to stop window-shoppers. kathy is the president of the rodeo drive committee. the number of smash and grabs this year -- >> is more than my entire decades on the streets. >> reporter: it's a crime wave raising questions about california's zero-bail policy which currently allows for the immediate release of suspects for non-violent felonies and misdemeanors, in part to avoid overcrowding in jails and address racial and economic inequalities in the bail system. the police department announcing that it arrested a group in connection to a slew of thefts. >> of the 14 arrests that have been made, all the suspects taken into custody are out of custody, either as a result of one juvenile or the other

it's going to beverly hills early hills, the best side.he street creating havoc and crime everywhere. brian: so they have 11 incidents they arrested 14 people. everybody was out because california is zero bail rule. those people arrested they took an estimated $338,000, in los angeles in 2,020, it went up to 7,386, both numbers are bad, which is flat out, this is a business, it turns out in california, they say organized crime syndicates have been paying gangs to ran sack luxury stores and steal thousands of dollars worth of goods and pay them a flat rate and then these goods pop-up on tag sales or swap meets with the actual tags on them for discount rates so it's 100% profit everywhere. this is a business destroying businesses. steve: well then the department of justice should go after all of those people involved in that business, it's obviously racketeering if there's somebody pulling the strings and sending people out to do it. do it that way rather than the shoplifting mandate, which, as we know, people can be charged but they are imm

if they are buying guns in beverly hills, are we reaching a point where the rich and famous are under is that why the governor and some mayors are attempting to walk back their defund the police bail reform nonsense? the rich people are getting hit so we need to talk about it? does that mean anything will change? >> i just ran for governor. one of my issues was crime. people ask what will it take. a rise in crime and in homelessness and poor quality of public education. people are leaving california. you name it. i said it will take somebody who is homeless to relieve himself on your front lawn in hancock park or beverly hills. then they will bring back exxon sense. -- common sense. we are almost there. >> pete: you gave a lot of people hope some day there could be sanity in the land of the insane in california. thank you very much. appreciate your time. tomorrow, it's new year's eve which means for normal people it's a night of fun. dr. fauci is trying to get americans to stay away from each other as the ball drops. we will tell you what he said. plus give you details on fox's all-am

she was shot and killed yesterday in her beverly hills home and what may have been a home invasion.Ée the suspect, don't buy does aariel maynor also accidentally shot himself. his previous felony convictions for assault, felony -- and grand theft. they do not believe there other suspects. ama: new developments as a man, seen kicking and elderly man out of walker return to court. our reporter brings us an update. >> the words restorative justice have been weaponize to silence a victim of hate. reporter: the outrage and passion exhibited by those who gathered outside the hall justice for what they say is the way 84-year-old attack has been handled by the district attorney's office. abc 7 first broke the story being viciously kicked out of it seated walker -- he suffered a blood clot which require drilling into his school -- skull. according to court documents, the perpetrator spent seven months in jail and was released on mental health diversion. a victim service advocate claims the victim wanted it for his perpetrator, something his family says is not true. >> when they wanted to rea

it happened in the truesdale neighborhood of beverly hills at 2:30 wednesday morning. just one hour later police responded to another shooting at a home in nearby hollywood. >> he was in the house and collecting property and then after that somehow discharged a weapon and apparently shot himself in the foot. >> reporter: this video appears to show maynor with an injured foot being wheeled away from the hollywood home. >> somewhere in the night we had an astute watch commander at hollywood that was starting to put two and two together and reached out to beverly hills and there were some similarities. >> reporter: like surveillance video of the getaway vehicle seen heading toward hollywood and an ar-15 style rifle found at the second scene. the detectives believe was used to kill jacqueline avant. today the family of the philanthropist and former runway model expressed gratitude to law enforcement and said "now let justice be served." police say maynor had an extensive criminal record and he is out on parole. detectives haven't had a chance to speak with him since he is

beverly hills is fighting back. matt gutman has the story.ng out and smashing and grabbing, they've installed these concrete barriers. those shop windows behind me are bulletproof glass and all of these crime waves we're seeing are historic a spike, but not only in theft, but also in violence. cities across america are being rocked by those smash-and-grab robberies. in los angeles, thieves have been raiding retailers, storming this nordstrom's. even a home depot stealing sledgehammers, bolt cutters, hammers, crowbars, tools authorities say were meant to be used for future crime. beverly hills' iconic shopping mecca rodeo drive another choice target. >> you're on the most iconic street in the world. people come to dine, shop, have a good time and this is where criminals know where they can go and commit crimes. >> so the number of smash and grabs and thefts this year -- >> this year is more than my entire decades on the street. >> reporter: rodeo drive now bristles with security cameras. there are barriers, bulletproof glass and constant patro

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and no at 5:30, a home ininvestigation in beverly hills turns deadly. police are vetting the break- in, that has left a pioneering music executive's wife dead. jeff has more details on the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: an 81-year-old woman is dead after a shooting during an apparently home invasion in beverly hills. police have identified the victim as jacqueline avond, the wife of pioneering music executive clarence avons. >> the motives in this case are still unknown. we will not speculate on anything that's out there, t not. g if this was a reporter: the police chief says a security guard was present when the crime happened, but was not hurt. >> i don't think it's a random attack, but i can't speculate on that right now. >> reporter: the violence of the crime is shocking to neighbors. >> i used to see her all the time walking on hillcrest, and we always used to say hello. such a nice lady, an old-timer, you know. >> reporter: avon, known as the grandfather of black music was a grammy honored artist. the company had been married for 54 years. sh

. >> reporter: beverly hills police have arrested the man they say shot and killed 81- year-old jaclyn ewald, the wife of legendary music executive clarence ewald. the chief identified the suspect is 29-year-old ariel mainer of los angeles, seen here in a recent mug shot from the california department of corrections. >> is on parole. >> reporter: they were shot during a home invasion early wednesday morning, shortly after, l.a. police responded to an armed home burglaries 6 miles away, where they found mainer in the yard. this video shows him wheeled away from the hollywood home. they also found in ar 15 style rifle on the steam. >> it appears he was in the house and collecting property. after that, they discharged the weapon and shot themselves in the foot. her back they determine maynor was a suspect in the avant shooting and believe he acted alone. >> i know there are questions of this is random are targeted. >> reporter: jacqueline avant was a philanthropist. they talked about her legacy today. >> she was the pillar for that family. >> this was not just a random killing. this was -

beverly hills police chief joins us now.tely. i mean more officers is very important. we've doubled the number of private security and i have great technical systems here to catch criminals and that's the thing. we're catching the criminals and the problem is we're catching them over and over again, and they're being released very quickly without bail, and they're not staying in prison, so we just continue to deal with the same people again and again. brian: how long has this been the case and why do the numbers seem to be rising now? >> well i think this is a confluence of about 10 years of laws and policymaking starting with prop 47 and then ab-109 and prop-57, which essentially de criminalized many of the crimes in california. they also allowed more prisoners to be released back into california streets, and then with bail reform and exacerbated by covid, you have more criminal s on the streets and essentially, the california voters were sold goods that these laws would reduce the criminal population in jails but the money

i'm going to pick up my wife and my little daughters and moved to beverly hills california -- beverlycalifornia? i don't see us on rodeo drive. john gray is very persuasive. the truth is as i step back from it and talk to my wife is an equal partner in the decision, we realize how many chances in your life will you have where it is a counterparty like blackstone that you know really well for you trust, business you know, but with massive opportunity, and without skill set, and those things don't come together that often, so eventually i decided we would cap be the beverly hillbillies and move. david: blackstone bought the publicly traded company for $29 billion. some people thought it was a high price. you come into manage the debt and so forth. you moved your six young daughters to california?\ and then the great recession comes and all of a sudden the debt from the leveraged buyout seem to be burdensome. were you worried the deal was not going to work and you might go bankrupt? chris: i slept like a baby. i slept for two hours, woke up crying, look for another two hours, woke up cry

. >> and the mystery surrounding the fatal shooting of a music legend's wife inside their beverly hills home. >>> back, now, with the dramatic rescue of two men dangling in the air for more than an hour. they were trapped between the fifth and seventh floors before emergency crews arrived. both men are okay other than aches and pains. >>> the deadly shoot oflg a well-known philanthropist may have been a targeted attack. police say she was gunned down inside the couple's home. the police chief read a statement from the family. >> jacqueline was an amazing woman, life, mother, philanthropist and a 55-year resident of beverly hills, who made an immeasurable positive contribution and impact on the arts community. >> police called it a possible home invasion. there was a security guard on the property at the time. >>> the woman's tennis association has suspended all tournament notice china, out of concern for the safety of peng shuai. >>> united airlines just made aviation history, becoming the first airline to operate a commercial flight using 100% sustainable fuel. the plane flew 100 passe

philanthropist jacqueline avant was shot and killed today during a beverly hills home invasion.s married to music legend clarence avant for 54 years. police say he was home at the time. clarence avant is known as the "godfather of black music." h that's what he was called when he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in october. former president obama called him one of his favorite people. jacqueline avant was 81 years old. up next, our series "unifying america," and a story that's sure to warm your heart. your he. [steve] we met online about 10 years ago. so i got hearing aids. my vision was not as good as it used to be, got a change in prescription. but the thing missing was my memory. i saw a prevagen commercial and i thought, "that makes sense." i just didn't have to work so hard to remember things. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. better skin from your body wash? i just didn't have to work so hard to remember things. try olay body wash with skincare super ingredient collagen! olay body wash hydrates to improve skin 3x better, from dry and dull to firm and

the avant family and the smash and grab and home invasion that happened in beverly hills.are getting to is we pay attention to that. tyrus, we've been paying attention to this all along. i don't know why george soros money gets more attention than the people that are hurt. >> we talk about the elite society. they think they have to do everything for us and though know the right way and they also like to make these fantasies that every criminal is just a struggling artist or a man looking for bread to feed his family and it's not. there are bad people on this planet and it just doesn't fit with their wokeism. >> harris: we need the good guys, the cops to round them up. nice to see you. omicron is now in the united states. we knew it would be here. it has been on the north american continent for a week. president biden says vaccines and boosters can help but not all his administration is doing to fight the virus. more on those measures and what americans feel about them next. rachel campos-duffy and sean duffy have a brand-new book out. they know all about an all american ch

gina is based in beverly hills where she owns a salon, owned a salon. and she, like a lot of people, in southern california became more politically involved during the pandemic. she attended anti-masking events where she connected with other people who were very upset about the lockdowns. and about where shook shuns. she had gotten into conspiratorial thinking through pizzagate and started listening to, i think, more radical podcasts. and on january 6th she believe that the president had called her to be there. that the election was stolen and that it was her responsibility and that of others to be there that day to support him and do what he asked. >> yeah. the key part of the belief -- just a follow-up on that. and i want to ask ryan this. i do get the suspicion as i go through ryan's reporting of these cases, that if you had administered a perfect lie detector test, a magical one that could truly divine whether a person is lying, and said, was the election stolen and is joe biden -- did ounce trump defeat joe biden? i think they would say, yes, now t

kodak, alaska, hit 67 today, warmer in kodak than beverly hills.peaking of beverly hills, the los angeles area picks up big rains today, two to four inches of rain. big bear up in the mountains could see two to four feet of some snow. but my eyes tonight, for the big weather story will be on the deep south into the tennessee valley, that chance for tornadoes again tonight. and even if you don't get tornadoes, straight-line winds will be out there and it could happen again new year's eve for that same area, major. >> garrett: what you're watching tonight, lonnie quinn. thank you so much. now to the covid surge and the alarming spike in hospitalizations among children. nationwide, the number of children in the hospital with covid is up 74% in the last month. today, the world health organization warned that the combination of the delta and omicron variants could create a tsunami-- that's a quote-- of new infections. cbs' nikki battiste reports from new york, which just shattered a record for daily cases. >> reporter: as omicron cases skyrocket, more k

. >>> the arrest in the deadly shooting of a music legend's wife at their beverly hills home >>> nfl star antonio brown suspended. the league saying he wasn't honest about his vaccination status. >>> the race to deliver for the holidays our exclusive inside amazon's new state-of-the-art air hub. >>> and bet your bottom dollar she's going to shine tonight. the 12-year-old star of nbc's musical "annie live". >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. the drum beat for booster shots for over 100 million eligible americans grows louder tonight as more omicron cases emerge here in the u.s. and around the world the latest u.s. cases include colorado, minnesota and new york but health officials reminding us it is still the dominant delta variant driving a rise in new covid infections with signs more americans are rolling up their sleeves, president biden rolling out a series of new strategies today to combat the covid spread and meet the still unspecified omicron threat including an expanded booster campaign family vaccination clinics, free at home testing and new tes

the 80-year-old woman lived in beverly hills.s like 47 and 57. maybe they are rethinking their assumptions this is california, who knows. stuart: one last question, is there a recall effort for the district attorney in los angeles? >> there sis. the first one failed because the signatures were not gathered in time. it is difficult to recall. you have to hire people. you have a certain period of time in which to get the signatures. there is second effort, i think more professionally run. hopefully this time it will happen. stuart: larry, thank you very much for coming back on the show. we hope to see you on a regular basis. good luck in los angeles. good luck indeed. >> you nowhere to find me. stuart: i do, actually, yes i do. more on california. the rise in crime despite that, governor gavin newsom is leaving the state. wait a minute. he is on a book tour? lauren: yeah. he has a kid's book out about dyslexia which he suffers from, the book tour, gets better, takes him to new york, another city fraught with crime. and he is sellin

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> next tonight here, a suspect now under arrest for the deadly shooting of jacqueline avant in beverly hillse wife of famed music executive clarence avant. police say she was shot and killed in their home. authorities now arresting 29-year-old aariel maynor after he allegedly broke into another home. they say he accidentally shot himself in the foot with an ar-15, believed to be the same rifle used to kill jacqueline avant. >>> when we come back here tonight, we remember a very popular sitcom star. sitcom star. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible... ...with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar... in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neop

kodak, alaska, hit 67 today, warmer in kodak than beverly hills.g of beverly hills, the los angeles area picks up big rains today, two to four inches of rain. big bear up in the mountains could see two to four feet of some snow. but my eyes tonight, for the big weather story will be on the deep south into the tennessee valley, that chance for tornadoes again tonight. and even if you don't get tornadoes, straight-line winds will be out there and it could happen again new year's eve for that same area, major. >> garrett: what you're watching tonight, lonnie quinn. thank you so much. the white house said president biden and vladimir putin will speak tomorrow. the call was requested by putin. jan good evening. >> reporter: so the white house says it doesn't know why president biden requested the call, but thinks it is important for president biden to engage with him one-on-one, especially when they're now upwards of 100,000 russian troops gathered around the ukrainian border. a senior administration official is calling this a moment of crisis saying it

. >>> police in beverly hills say the shooting of a prominent philanthropist may have been a targeted attack. jacqueline a havenavant was of a music executive recently inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. abc's will karr has those details. >> reporter: a shocking murder, jacqueline avant you can t, the av affiliate nt killed in her home. >> the motives in this case are sell unknown, and we are investigating all possible motives. >> reporter: police receiving a phone call about a shooting near the avant's residence. when officers arrived, they say the suspects were gone. they found the 81 year old with a gunshot wound. clarence avant is a grammy-winning executive and was just inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame. called the godfather of black music, he was known for his mentorship. he's the founder of two record labels. launching the careers of artists like bill withers, famous for the songs "lean on me" and "ain't no sunshine." he and his wife were married for 54 years and have two children. authorities say they are not ruling anything out as they search for motive, it

quick break. >> a murder mystery in beverly hills.live in los angeles with what we know so far. >> john, police don't have a motive or any details. the deadly home invasion happened around 2:30 wednesday morning in beverly hills. a private security guard was at the hospital at the time. the guard and clarence avant were not injured but his wife was pronounced dead at the hospital and it's unclear if anything was stolen. >> this type of crime in beverly hills is extremely rare. in this case, just so unfortunate for someone i've life to be taken that was a wonderful part of this community and gave so much back to everybody else. it's horrific. >> this tragedy has shaken up the entertainment industry. avant was just inducted into the black and -- rock and roll hall of fame. again, no word on any suspects or motive on this investigation. john, back to you. >> john: terrible tragedy. christina coleman in los angeles. thank you. sandra, that brings it to a close for us. >> sandra: heck of a couple hours. i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm j

the chief of police revealed it in beverly hills. tuesday tuesday of this week. todd: welcome to the show. steve: detailed how the beverly hills police department has hired a private security firm to patrol the area that is involved. apparently the police can't do it. ainsley: he was fired upon, that security guard and he wasn't able to fire back apparently. todd: to your point, steve, what's fascinating about this is beverly hills is a rather large land area. they don't have the largest police department. i'm gathering that's why they have hired individuals to canvas because they can't have somebody in all of these neighborhoods. the folks there do pay the taxes to make it happen. unbelievable we are in this situation where everybody needs private security and only the rich can really afford it. ainsley: tyler perry can afford to find that killer i'm glad he is pouring in resources. steve: they were married 54 years. ainsley: two children a son and daughter. brian: carley shimkus 17 minutes after the hour. you have other news. carle

, tragically, we learned the life of the legendary music producer was murdered in the couple's beverly hills home. beautiful neighborhood. a day later, mayor garcetti announced he was cracking down on criminals. the timing seems a little bit too neat and tidy, doesn't it? liberal elites like to oppose broken windows policing, the same that worked in new york city that's been undone. they love it in the name of social justice. but what happens when they are windows getting broken? what happens when crime and chaos hopped their fence and walk right through their front door? these are the consequences of no consequences. gavin newsom, eric garcetti, fundamentally unserious. the genie is out of the bottle. there's nothing they can do to put it back in. they have made their lawless beds, the rest of us, we are left to sleep with one eye open. here to respond to him victor davis hanson, senior feller don mike fellow of hoover institution thank you so much for being here. when you look at the about-face that's not really an about-face, but it turns out that they are responsible for some voters, wha

the murder of a high-profile philanthropist in her beverly hills home one in a burst of killings thathomicide 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 criminals. >> these individuals are rampant and because -- look, because these d.a.s, the woke d.a.s are not prosecuting theft, everybody on the street knows, all th

>> bret: jonathan hunt in beverly hills. jonathan, thank you. testimony has concluded in the trial of the actor accused of staging a racist attack against himself. closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the trial of zowlt. correspondent matt fin live in chicago has been following this from the beginning. good evening, matt. >> good evening, bret. jowlgt spent two days on the stand and i asked how he felt he simply put his fist up in the air. on the stand today smollett testified he still has a scar under his eyes and a permanent bruise under the other eye from the alleged attack. prosecutor dan webben pushed back and asked smollett if he was able to watch back his interview on good morning america a short while after the incident implies smollett's face looked fine. he shot back he had good holiday hair, makeup and lighting. also in court today a tense moment. jussie smollett intrund special prosecutor daniel webb reading verbatim message had the "n" word in it he asked him to spell the "n" word allowed out of respect for african-americans i

beverly hills detectives have assumed responsibility for both cases. us to believe there's no further threats to public safety. the evidence thus far shows that one suspect was involved in the crime and the motive is under investigation. maynor will be booked when medic cleared by doctor. our focus has transitioned from find ago suspect to a continuing investigation that will leave to a successful prosecution. i would like to thank the personnel from lapd hollywood and i'd like to thank my staff who has been working tirelessly to assure the arrest of this suspect. mrs. avant's death is an incredible loss for our community -- >> martha: we learned that have a suspect in custody for jacqueline avant. 29 ariel maynor is a suspected burglar on their premises. apparently shot himself as well in that event and is now in custody. we'll continue to keep a close eye on that story and let you know if there's more developments there. so the fate of roe v. wade is now in the hands of the nine justices of the supreme court. lawmakers are already prepared to make th

they even now have a rash of follow home invasion robberies in beverly hills, downtown l.a. most neighborhoods, west l.a. god forbid should you go shopping and you go home and you are an older or single woman and they follow you home and go to our house. one woman was killed recently. >> harris: look what the chicago mayor said. she busts the protocols for covid and we know her from blaming the businesses in her city. so it is not just about the left and the right coast. the center part of the country is feeling this, too. from kansas city all over the place. i've talked with the mayor there. not defund, harris, we'll reallocate the money. you have homicides popping. in chicago she blamed the businesses. you haven't done enough to protect your own business. >> it's all about the language. the complaint by the sheriff, jen psaki said we're having these discussions and reallocate and do this. that can take all the time in the world and absolutely nothing happens. which perhaps is the point. so when you've got the sheriffs wanting assistance, a lot of rhetoric, a lot of noise,

you used to say, okay, i'm in beverly hills, these type of things went happen.estaurant. things happened in hancock park. so as a retailer, it's not only about protecting my brand but the people that work for me. i can't ask someone the work for me to protect the diamond ring when they have weapons. so it's a tough climate and difficult to navigate and find out where is the best place to open and how do we open and still stay safe. >> neil: i hope you're okay and safe. thanks, elle. keep us posted. a lot of people are saying they hope that you reopen. be well, be safe. >> thank you so much. >> neil: incredible, right? a san diego county district attorney. i heard about this summer and i heard about others recite that almost line and verse the same story. what's going on? last year at this time we would see sporadic incidents. now it's more frequent. there's no help. there's no effort to help these folks out. what is happening? >> yeah, neil. it's really terrible to watch the images on television. to see the lack of accountability. what has happened is unfortunat