in chicago, brandon johnson was elected mayor in a major victory for progressives. johnson, a black teachers union organizer, defeated conservative democrat paul vallas, a champion of charter schools who ran on a law-and-order platform despite massive amounts of money being poured into the vallas campaign. johnson spoke last night after his victory was announced, calling chicago a union town and vowing to support working people. >> the truth is the people have always worked for chicago. whether you wake up early to open the doors of your businesses or teach middle school or wear a badge to protect our streets or nurse patients in need or provide childcare services, you have always worked for this city. and now chicago will begin to work for its people, all the people. amy: in another election in wisconsin, progressive judge janet protasiewicz won the special election for the state's supreme court, flipping wisconsin's highest court after 15 years of a conservative majority. protasiewicz's victory gives the court the votes it needs to restore abortion rights, which we

brandon johnson, same question to you. because of concerns of your close ties to the ctu, you have said you will respect boundaries, but will that work? how do you plan to work with but not for the ctu? >> i will be the mayor of the city of chicago and i will be the mayor of every single resident in the city of strict cargo. just like i have served as an elected official in cook county as a commissioner. elected unions have helped support my candidacy. i am grateful to have the support of crossing guards, teachers assistance, these are people who make the city of chicago run. i have a fiduciary responsibility to make sure that the interests of all taxpayers, which includes the workers, that is balanced and maintained. i have done it as a cook county commissioner. the bottom line is this, you need somebody who believes in workers, who has the lived experience of families. my desire to make sure our public schools are the best is based on the fact that i rely on public schools. i do not know the last mayor who -- may bj burn

brandon johnson is an open racist. he supports defunding the police and one of the most dangerous cities on the continent. now we are learning that brandon johnson is also opposed to educating children. here he was in 2018 explaining that when he taught students he didn't like giving homework or bad grades. >> what it taught me though, was pushing to eliminate some of the standardization of our public schools. my student sometimes would get frustrated. i didn't offer any test prep. many of my other colleagues were doing it at the time. i was pushing our administration to move away from that. to be quite frank with you i didn't issue a lot of homework for students. that was my own way of rebelling against the structure. i don't think i ever gave a kid an f. i don't know how a student sits in front of you and fails. i know some professors may find that slightly troubling. >> by not teaching the students he was, quote, rebelling against the system. they tried this in south africa and you know it they got? illiteracy and a

i can't believe they elected brandon johnson. it. >> he's going to take his marching order from the unions and i'd expect and recommend every person who believes in law and order in chicago, get out of chicago, go to florida and somewhere else and thingives -- did race have anything to do with this win? >> the biggest issue is the progressive power of chicago democrats. you would expect after lori lightfoot decimated chicago, they would go to somebody that believes in law and order. paul valis supported by the union and the politics of socialism is basically color behind and they want to basically destroy what is traditional about america. stu, every civilized society has law enforcement and this guy doesn't believe in law enforcement and they're going to destroy chicago. stuart: i'll change the subject but i want to talk about the bragg and watch this, leo. >> they're going to run into legal problems because the indictment doesn't say what that second crime is, which is completely inex-pickable to me. >> in -- inexplicable to me

johnson. brandon: invest in our community gardens, urban farms, and move on our new green technology deal that we put forward. many of you might be aware that diane high school, that was on the list to close, i was on the hunger strike to keep it open. part of that hunger strike was about making sure that high school embraced this very idea. making sure we are investing in community-based organizations or urban farms, community gardens, and the education system. to prepare for the agricultural economy that is available for us. sasha: stephanie on the far north side asks "what sets great cities apart from good cities is access to safe, high quality public transportation. i have been commuting on train for more than 20 years and it has never been as unreliable and poorly managed as it is now. my office is 11 miles from my house and it takes me over an hour to get there. when did you last ride the train and how are you going to turn the cta around?" paul: i rode the train today. i am not a regular user.

brandon johnson has picked up that mantle while paul vallas got his start under former mayor richard looking to draw support from people who remember his work as head of the chicago public schools, but also somebody vowing to be tough on crime. chicago along with most major cities has yet to see a return to the crime and public safety levels that existed before the pandemic and both paul vallas and brandon johnson are offering two very different solutions. geoff: let's talk more about that. crime was a major issue in the first mayoral election in february. what issues are driving or animating this runoff race? guest: paul vallas says the biggest issue is the need to get more chicago police officers on the city streets. he has vowed to do that as quickly and efficiently as possible. rendon johnson sees what ails chicago as a more complicated problem and is promising a more holistic approach by funding anti-violence efforts, reopening public mental health clinics that have been closed for more than a decade in chicago and embracing a policy known as treatment, not trauma, which seeks t

well, brandon johnson is eager to work on the already existing liberal immigration and sanctuary cityicies, even though there's been serious pushback. johnson's campaign website says he will ensure law enforcement does not cooperate with i.c.e. to arrest, detain or deport our migrant neighbors. he also promises to make all chicago public schools sanctuaries for all children. johnson says progressive chicago should be a model for the rest of the country. >> let's take this bold progressive movement around these united states of america. chicago, we can show the country, we can show the world, what's possible when we stand on our values as one people. we can reject the false choices that have been presented to us for so long. >> where are they going to get the money to do that? they've got to pay for that obama library that's going to be $500 million. check out this. it's a headline in chicago. brandon johnson stakes claim as most progressive chicago mayor in a generation. power panel now. fox news contributors, part of our family here. good to see you. >> good morning. >> charlie, i'll

juan: brandon johnson. absolutely. is a battle within the democratic party between progressives and the more conservative and centrist forces in the party. we will see now who is being able to reach the masses of the voter and turn them out and today's election. amy: we want to thank you, juan, for that briefing. we will ask you about what happens tomorrow. coming up, finland joins nato. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "shelter" by vic mensa, chance the rapper, and wyclef jean. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. finland has probably joined nato today in a move that doubles nato's border. russia and finland share in 800 mile border. they joined a week after turkey's parliament voted to ratify its membership. turkey and hungary have yet to approve sweden as a member of nato but the turkish president has rejected sweden secession to nato after accusing it of harboring kurdish dissidents he considers terrorist and what extradited. finland and's we hav

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brandon johnson is black.is hoping that he will win the wards on the south on the west side that voted to put lightfoot in first place in the first round of voting. he hopes that combining those votes with progressive votes from progressive latino and white voters will be enough to where get hiover 50 percent, real whereas paul vallas is really hoping to capitalize on people in the black community who do want to see more police officers on their street, because, of course, we know that those neighborhoods are among the most violent in chicago. but, again, two very different approaches, as exacerbated by the fact that this whole sort of race has sort of pitted a white man against a black man, really for the first time, again, since 1983. geoff: heather, what, if anything, will the outcome of this race tell us about what democrats are seeking in terms of leadership? heather: well, whatever the result is, it will be used as sort of one of the first examples of what could happen in 20 the 2024 elections. when you'

tonight we believe every vote should be counted, i called brandon johnson and told him i expect him to be the next mayor of chicago. >> former mayor lori lightfoot applauding johnson's win saying, i congratulate brandon johnson on his hard-fought runoff victory. i will continue to root for the city i call home and work toward more equity and fairness. johnson will focus on issues like defunding the police. he plans to raise taxes on businesses. while crime goes up, 117 murders and the city reporting 7000 thefts of motor vehicles, up staggering 133% from last year. with newly elected progressive mayor, it could be more of the same for the windy city. >> todd: never underestimate the power of the teacher unions, they won for brandon johnson, they got what they wanted, we'll see what happened. thank you. circuit judge janet defeating republican-backed former -- see on the state's high court. this flips the court from conservative majority, the court will be run by conservative justices for the next two years. the court will now decide on the abortion ban. >> ashley: democrat trishia cotha

brandon johnson stands to be worse than her.see one out of 20 black students can't do math at their grade level. violent crime up 62%. overall crime up. almost every category of crime up. we have a guy here who is talking about preventative measures to prevent people from committing crime, which is admirable. that's great. that's not the only thing. there's people who will not capitulate to taking on policy that would prevent them from committing crime. they're going to commit crime no matter what. what do do with those folks that can't be rehabilitated? you have to lock them away. some cases you have to throw away the key. brandon johnson is not the person that would want to do that. my baby brother christian is kicking in the grave right now. there's so many victims of violent crime that are doing the same what the hell were you thinking, chicago? i don't understand. you got crime that is being committed all over the economy of chicago. not the south side and west side where it historically has been. but in downtown. our busin

do you think brandon johnson will per better than lori lightfoot.it murders so far this year. >> chicago has been on a steady increase, being the murder capital of the united states for 11 years running. and i know that there are many challenges and while i wish brandon johnson well because i want my mayor to be successful,s because i want our city to be successful, i do have some serious concerns because he is so married to the left of left political ideology that a says that police need to be defunded, that you need more social programs, a that you need to focus on root cause as opposed to holding people accountable, those things don't bode well, unless he's willing to listen to voices like mine and others, more in the middle, focused on common sense solutions to addressing unchecked violence we see in every neighborhood throughout the city of chicago. maria: he's talking about root causes. i didn't hear a word about bail reform and holding people to consequences required. total crime in chicago up 46% year-to-date. as of april 2nd. what do you ex

the traditional turnout in chicago dropping 35% so i wouldn't count brandon johnson out yet.hose business interests i wouldn't be shopping the campaign course yet. stuart: do you think this might be a time chicago retreats from identity politics. lori lightfoot got in on the strength of being black gay female, are we over that in chicago? >> i don't think so. even if alice wins, the victory will be narrow. brandon johnson and the closing days of this campaign framed the race as white wealth versus black labor. as long as they are dominant identity politics will be certainly part of the landscape. stuart: no win for chicago that i can see. thanks for being with us, appreciate it. new york city mayor eric adams issued a warning to protesters ahead of trump's arraignment. brian kilmeade is on the show taking that on next. ♪ without fingersticks. see how exercise affects your glucose, making it easier to spend more time in range and lower your a1c. manage your diabetes with confidence. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel

that's who carried brandon o johnson to victory. tary i don't know a betteris commentary on what the situation is in chicago. in that. well, he appealed to race hate>> and that's what got him elected. he appeale electedd to race hate as openly as any southern democrat in the nineteen fifties. >> so that's just true.. well, i appreciate. . nt tgo ahead. yeah, well, i just want to say one thing that is important and you talk about thi as on yor program a lot. it was a racially basedtion. election. but you know who really put bu jon over the topdo kno >>s leftists, rich white women as of course. >> o of course, that's the acces right there. dan kroft, you know, it works on happy private equity wives. you met them. great to see you tonight. thank you. thanks, tucker. so there's been a pretty amazing plot twist in the stabbing death of cash app creator in san francisco. go we got that story completely wrong. t that sryturns out the perpetrs not a random homeless man. we're going to have the latest a update on that sad story next. >> amon

. >> i voted for brandon johnson.ience as a teacher and as a public servant is important to me in leading the city. neil: and that was the ultimate sentiment expressed by voters. brandon johnson of the progressive in this race, some say even more progressive than the mayor he is replacing, lori lightfoot. that is in the eye of the beholder i guess. not the guy promising to crack down on crime. the fallout with jeff flock in chicago right now. hey, jeff. >> reporter: kind of points up, neil, the dichotomy in the democratic party. the moderates, ones pretty far left. today the left has won and brandon johnson will be the new mayor. i tell you, when you talk about crime it is everywhere. i'm on michigan avenue. this is what they call the magnificent mile. everywhere you see, you spend around, look, store fronts that have you know, businesses gone out of business because driven out largely because of crime. even some criminal folks on the street right now. brandon johnson, take a look at him. 40 years old. he you know, ju

your thought about brandon johnson's victory. >> i definitely agree, brandon is left of left, if thereter explanation where his politics lie. he has made defunding the police a priority, he has stated the election was a power struggle between black labor and white wealth and used the race card at every turn. what concerns me, crime still remains the number one issue in the city of chicago and if you have a mayor who doesn't see a value in replacing -- filling the 1600 vacant police officer positions and redirecting the money for phrases like treatment not trauma, and root causes without addressing the criminals here and now, it's only going to exacerbate criminals in chicago. >> john: johnson described in 2020 defunding an actual real political goal. he has since backed off on that, but often you can tell what is in somebody's heart by looking at the first thing that they say. however, he and you have allude today this, wants to get to the root causes of crime, he described this morning in the following way. listen here. >> there's a direct correlation between youth employment and viol

if brandon johnson wins it could get worse. came in for him, al sharpton came in for him. all agreeing let's go brandon and he won. the people of chicago looked at what was happening in their city -- >> i did not catch that. >> very funny. >> i caught it immediately and loved it. >> let's go brandon. >> just slid it in there. bought and paid for by the teachers unit be i don't, he defended every single school closure, he defended the teachers union when they strike after they finally got back in school. defund the police guy. electorate new this. relatively low turnout election and the hard left won. they are on the march right now. republicans, conservatives need to understand, the left is on the march, they are winning elections, it's not even just their moderates and conservatives need to figure out what it takes to win, there is a lot of stuff out there that we're talking about. we need to get serious. >> will cane and i got deep into this. what is happening is, people are trying to guess what those people in harm's way rea

you heard brandon johnson. there we are, following major election results overnight and two important places. chicago has picked a new progressive mayor. we're going to speak to brandon johnson live in a moment as he is preparing to take on the city's crime problem and monumental power shift in wisconsin is projecting that liberals will take control of the state supreme court. could have huge implications for abortion rights and future elections. china threatening to retaliate it's house speaker kevin mccarthy gets ready to meet with taiwan's president today, right here in the united states, but we're going to start with the former president after he is lashing out after he became the first ex president ever and u. s history to be charged with a crime or resident gave a primetime speech at mar-a-lago last night, just several hours after he was in a courtroom before a judge. here in new york city. last night, he blasted the district attorney, the judge and even the judges family. trump insisting the entire case

this particular guy, brandon johnson, supported defunding the place.n the city of chicago. this guy would be proser worse than lori lightfoot nobody could believe that is possible. he is supported by bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, activists who said he would be the right guy for the job. chicago, i pray, i beg, do not elect this man to be the next mayor of chicago, brandon johnson. there is literally only one candidate who seemingly and i say cautiously optimistic because we all had high hopes for the new york mayor, mayor adams come with mixed results but this is the only guy who seems like he is talking with a little bit of sense and that is where we need to be. no more allowing criminals to run the city of chicago and with brandon johnson, that is exactly what we would get, him lockstep with kim fox who he has praised. neil: we'll watch very closely t could be a tight race. hard to say. but they're voting right now. we'll see what happens. thank you very much, good seeing you again my friend. >> thank you for having me, neil, always. neil: all

brandon johnson wants to increase jackets. they then take that money invested into social services to train and adjust the root causes of crime. dinner dinner at the campaign he has been plagued by his previous support for the d from the police movement. which is now trying to walk b back. >> in 2020 you said defunding the failed system of incarceration of policing was not just admirable, but necessary. >> i am not going to defend the police. >> now you're saying you're not gonna take a penny away. >> >> and davis hare were granted many within the police. >> paul is made public safety of the focal point of this campaign from the start and play hired more officers if elected. this past week he said he's also been piling on questions of johnson's ability to manage to bid multibillion dollar budget after revelations he owed the city more than $10,000 in unpaid water bills traffic tickets and fines. some of them dating back as far >> he makes a pensionable salary is so obviously being economist commissioner. and he also gets anywh

does morale improve under brandon johnson? seeing is we have low morale the fact that johnson won the mayoral race probably does not add to it especially since the police fop were heavily in favor of ballast. there will be a lot of mending of the bridge, remains to be seen but a tough job to convince the police department that he is in support of them. ashley: no doubt. i want to change gears to the story, protesters of the state university of albany in new york, try to shut down a free-speech event on ian haworth. one demonstrator went as far as destroying an event attendee's bible. watch this. i will get your comment. [chanting] ashley: i thought the tolerant left is just a misnomer, there's no tolerance on the left. if you a spouse or have another point of view they will shut you down. in this case ripping up a bible. it is disgusting is the word i would use, what say you? >> i would use the same word. the fact that we live in america where we are supposed to be able to practice freedom of religion and have freedom of speec

voters are heading to the pool between cook commissioner brandon johnson informant ceo paul vallas.g the final weeks of this campaign. garrett is live in chicago with the very latest high garrett. >> today were going to see a lot chicago is heading politically with brandon johnson have a candidate who is even more because of the current mayor lori lightfoot. he previously supported the defunct police movement implants attack of the city's rampant crime by spending more on social services. and to pay for that, he plans to raise taxes to the tune of $800 million. johnson is not facing criticism of the reports that until this weekend, he owed the city more than $10,000 in unpaid water both traffic tickets and fines. dating back almost nine years. the teachers union organizer who makes more than a hundred and $75,000 a year is trying to spend that into a positive. >> here's another movie and asked the question -- is the mayor of chicago brandon johnson so good at arranging payment plans that he will be good enough to become the mayor of the city of chicago to do with the structure of de

. >> kayleigh: brandon johnson, who is worse than lori lightfoot.fell out of my chair when i read lori lightfoot, first mayor not re-elected, said, i know people reek havoc and need to be off the street. okay, where were you for four years, you were mayor and only 12% of crime had an arrest ashgsz tached to the end. you are not a commentator, you caused this problem, lori lightfoot. >> harris: emily. >> emily: not a full pivot, don't forget after that feral mob, as they reeked havoc -- >> harris: people got shot. >> emily: she said there were just a few with poor intentions, i refuse to use your language, mayhem. johnson still will not call it what it is, black on black crime, horrible rates. recently they said it has been called the new low for chicago. two teenage boys smashed into a truck in a stolen car. theft meanwhile against the backdrop risen 25%, overall crime up 47%. after that mob, they were mostly misdemeanors, i don't have time to go through all of them. >> harris: let me follow-up with one thing, you put this better than anybody i know

so, tonight, even though of course we believe every vote should be counted i called brandon johnson and told him i absolutely expect him to be the next mayor of chicago. >> former mayor, lori lightfoot applauding johnson's win, i congrat johnson on his victory this evening, i will continue to root for the city i call home and work toward equity and fairness in every neighborhood. johnson intends to focus on issues like defunding the police and public schools. >> the former teacher battled lightfoot during the 2019 strike and plans to raise taxes on businesses all while crime goes up 117 murders so far this year. more than 2000 robberies, the city reporting more than motor vehicles up a staggering 133% from this time last year. and with a annually elited progressive mayor, it could be more of the same for the windy city, todd, ashley. >> that sound you hear is the calls at the u haul office, phones ringing off the hook. >>> democrat backed circuit judge janet protasiewicz defeated dan kelly for a seat on the state's high court flipping the court from its conservative. this vote comes jus

his name brandon johnson. oh, boy, randi weingarten was a fan, bernie sanders, al sharpton. the people of chicago. a narrow majority but it counts, he laid out a strategy for making the city safer. >> a city that is safer for everyone. by investing in what actually works to prevent crime. that means youth. , mental health centers, ensuring law enforcement has resources to solve and prevent crimes. >> a couple problem, johnson has play the defund police game. high talked about it. that is what he is about. cops in the city don't trust him. the police union warned if he was election -- elected thousands of officers might leave the force, either quitting or retiring early. but windy city is not only place facing headwinds. in san francisco, a beloved tech executive father of two stabbed to death on the street last night. bob lee founded cash app and worked for other start up, elon musk weighing in tweeting: >> he tagged, the mayor, of san francisco. on that question. the insanity does not end there not on one coast. not in midwest or left coast but in texas. austin, a leader of

brandon johnson comments were from 2020, it was a campaign policy issue for him.d for the future of policing in chicago. >> no, no, not at all. like i said, we hope it is just campaign rhetoric and hope once he's in office and realizes importance of the police department and funding the department, hopefully something will change. the problem is, we don't hold out a lot of hope right now, just based on the things he said and the actions of the chicago teacher's union toward the chicago police department, it doesn't look good. >> ashley: here is five more ways that the mayor johnson will do, raise taxes, illegal immigrants with vote, protect abortion rights. the one fund social workers, instead of cops. i heard another network talking about how they need to send people that can deal with the mental health crisis with the domestic violence calls. i don't think people realize domestic violence calls are one of the most dangerous calls a police officer can go to. if a police officer can't deal with it, why do they think social worker can deal with it? money is going t

now chicago's mayor-elect brandon johnson is defending the rioters. >> sandra: warning critics

. >> dana: democrats think it was just teens being teens, mayor brandon johnson condemning what happened but says it is not constructive to demonize youth and the outgoing mayor lori lightfoot said this. >> there are lots of opportunities to redirect young people to safe spaces. here is the thing, the mass majority of young people came downtown because it was great weather and an opportunity to enjoy the city, that is entirely appropriate. there were a few that came with different intention and they have and will be dealt with. i will not use your language, which i think is wrong, to say it is mayhem. >> dana: chicago chaos as crime makes more chaos in new york city and republicans holding a hearing that features victims of liberal policies. >> all types of criminal elements free to do what they want, when they want, however they want to whomever they want with no consequences, no deterrence. >> do you believe the criminals who murdered your son received justice? >> absolutely not. there should be no plea deals for murder. >> do you feel your family was treated appropriately in the crimi

brandon johnson is the teachers union guy.here are 55 schools were not a single student is proficient in math or reading. you might think parents would vote for change but no. he doesn't want school choice whether it is vouchers or not, he's a progressive, tax the rich, no change. what are the parents thinking, putting this guy in office? this past week in chicago is rocked by teen unrest, thousands of kids made downtown a no go area, windows smashed, tourists wonder what america had become and what did the new mayor saying? don't demonize youth who have been starved of opportunities in their own communities. who starved them of opportunities? failing public schools? suppose we shouldn't be too surprised after the 22020 riots, johnson suggested looting, looting tax dollars. the 24 election, chicago's failure should be a national issue, surely an opportunity for republicans, parents in chicago may double down on educational failure but across the country the gop is taking on the teachers union and winning, chicago is a good exa

brandon johnson, the newly elected mayor is a little left and i think the reason why brandon johnsonhat race i because of the teachers union i chicago. and is really smart people will tell you, joe biden cares about the unions. >> he desperate he is a union guy, not a car guy. >> is curious to me, somebody brought up johnson. at a time when 63 percent of people in chicago do not feel safe and the city, nbc is reporting that brandon johnson, we know he's more progressive than loy lightfoot. biden chose the area, so we wen more or less, there for the far left policies and make it our nominating. >> if you go to church among people in the pews. he is preaching far left politics because he's got to flex to that site of the party. >> i know why they chose chicago . this curious thing that you can do among democrats who otherwis are trying to make sense of the fact that somehow they've got stuck with biden and harris. >> the other harris. >> the popular here is that we all love. >> believed that barack obama i not michelle obama are in parts of the democratic party. i think they're going t

two candidates to try and win over in this case, it seems it may have been the difference for brandon johnson. but now he has the tough task of actually leading chicago, including folks in the police union who voted for valid take a listen to johnson's message there. yeah. i value you and i want to hear from you. i want to work with you. and i'll be the mayor for youtube. yeah, i got you when you expand this nationally. this is really a battle of two. democratic ideology is one of them progressive, one of the moderate. so of course, it's big for chicago. but you've got to think there's a lot of democrats across the country looking at this races are looking very closely to see. you know. what does it mean? especially after what happened in los angeles? the other race that i'm obsessed with from last night we had two remarkable moments last night was what happened in wisconsin and that highly consequential supreme court contest. or janet produce a wits can walk away victorious and what this means. four wisconsin and just, you know, a state that has long been this republican, you know, fortress

supply. >>> the city of chicago went to the polls on tuesday and elected a vocal progressive, brandon johnson, as their new mayor. nbc news projects that johnson, a former teacher and cook county commissioner will defeat paul vallas in a runoff vallas ran ahead of johnson and mayor lori lightfoot in the initial round of voting in february but fell to johnson who ran on addressing racial and economic disparities >>> the biden administration has announced another $2.6 billion worth of security assistance for ukraine. it includes $500 million of ammunition, vehicles and other equipment drawn from u.s. stockpiles the remaining $2.1 billion will be used to buy air defense missiles, artillery and tank ammunition, mortar systems and anti-armor systems antony blinken says it will allow ukraine to bravely defend itself >>> an update was given on the reporter who was arrested in russia on spying allegations the editor in chief told the paper's staff that lawyers for gershkovich visited him for the first time on tuesday. tucker added that gershkovich is in good health and gfl for the sup grfgrateful for

left mayor elect brandon johnson just won't stop defending violent teenagers and rioting.med the city's downtown streets last weekend, took over businesses, apartment building entry ways, breaking windows, smashing cars, beating pedestrians. mayor elect johnson called for the teenagers to be protected rather than punished. >> look, demonizing children is wrong. they are young. sometimes they make silly decisions. they do. so we have to make sure we're investing to make sure young people know they're supported. >> harris: three people got shot. what is he talking about silly decisions? fox news political analyst gianno caldwell challenging the mayor. with him pass filing the riot chicago will have a summer of hell with an empty suit mayor who will allow crime flails to control the streets. that quote from his op-ed. he is in "focus" now. gianno, finish your thoughts because you know those streets best. >> you know, this incoming mayor is going into the belly of the violent crime beast offering cookies and milk. showing people he is not up for this job that he will take on.

brandon johnson. in no way do i condone the destructive activity. no place in our city.ht? however, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have been scarred of opportunities in their own communities. i understand it was downtown chicago. what did you think of that answer? >> downtown chicago and refused to condemn the looting that happened on saturday in millennial park. i'm concerned about new mayor. he sounds squishy on crime. we understand there are root causes to some of this violence but still, you can't have gangs of young people taking over your park, terrorizeing tourists to the extent the chicago p.d. had to escort the tourists back to their hotel. you had 15 were arrested but chicago has a violent fabric to it, bill. 15 people were murdered in chicago since friday. we had jim jordan having his hearings in new york city, with all respect and new york is my hometown, but jim jordan might have looked at chicago where the violence indicators are twice as severe as they are in new york. but if you can't condemn violence, if you can't condemn looting, then what

. >> chicago's next mayor, brandon johnson, acknowledging the city's crime crisis after he was declareder in yesterday's runoff. johnson was backed by progressives like bernie sanders, pushing for more social programs. his moderate opponent, paul vallas, was backed by a police union, and called for a crackdown on rising crime. we bring in martha mccallum. look at the numbers here. just homicide and robbery, both up 15%. total crime up 46%. and they decided they didn't want lori lightfoot as mayor anymore in chicago, and went with somebody even more progressive. >> it's kind of a stunning outcome. i think a lot of people thought when lori lightfoot lost her race that it would mean there would be a movement toward somebody who was tougher on crime, someone who was more aggressive on education. i mean, chicago is in really tough spot. you have in the chicago public school system 1 out of 20 black students can do math at the grade level. 1 out of 20. so those students are so underserved by the public school system in chicago. now, he is from the education system, brandon johnson. as a teach

now chicago's mayor-elect brandon johnson is defending the rioters. >> sandra: warning critics to not demonnize the youth, and instead suggests finding more places for them is spend time. fired up on this, we'll be joined live coming up. >> i truly believe they were there to kill me. so faced with this, i did what i knew i had to do to save my life. i stabbed that man in self-defense. but when the police came, even though i was injured myself, i was placed under arrest. >> it was hard to believe what my son looked like. face was beaten, open and shut case. and bragg is moving the case along with no solution, offering deal after deal. >> he dismissed, completely dismissed gang assault and murder indictments against two of the defendants clearly on video participating in the brutal savage slaughter of my son. >> john: this busy monday, hearing correctly from new york city crime victims as they wrap up investigations into alvin bragg of dereliction of duty. sandra, the band is back together again. >> sandra: fiery field hearing wrapping up moments ago a block away from bragg's office. se

these are five of the brandon johnson is now promising to transform chicago. funding social workers instead of cops. raising taxes, letting illegal immigrants vote in schoolboard elections, protecting abortion rights and misjudge ring and official records. it's one of those things where you look at this send you think the city is going further and further left. your thoughts. >> that certainly doesn't focus on some of the major things tha need to be addressed in this city and specifically to be in my membership is the vacancies that are currently at the cpd. he has given no plan or subject about what is going to do for the 1700 plus vacancies. by assumption is that this just going to get cut up the budget altogether. >> it is the same when you look at chicago. you look at los angeles and you look at san francisco and philadelphia and i can go down the list. that is the same. they cannot get a handle on the crime. when you think there would be this kind of common consensus but it just never comes around did. >> it certainly doesn't but her we are. we have anoth

night we did to get out th vote rally, i said that -- you were defining policing mayor elect, brandon johnson thank you for being with us. just ahead, republicans ar tapping into right-wing anger. they are brewing up nothing bu bigotry. that is next in this week' gotcha first, my colleague jessic layton with today's other to news stories >> in sudan, heavy fighting fo control of the country continues after u.s. force evacuated embassy personne from the capital there hundreds of civilians have bee killed, including at least one american president biden has called for an immediate cease fire betwee rival groups bed bath & beyond filed fo chapter 11 bankruptcy today, after a year full of job cut and store closures the retailer has seen sale slump in recent years, as it faced increasing competition from online giants like amazon that investigator said california's disneyland ar trying to figure out wha caused a 45 foot tal animatronic dragon to burs into flames last night hundreds of parkers had to b evacuated from that area several disneyland cast member were treated for smoke inhalation, and th

now, some, like democratic chicago mayor elect brandon johnson say the closures in the wendy city arearger trend. you can see on the map, there are 12 stores in which walmart will close locations this year and 20 stores in total, take a listen. >> it could be that walmart has been doing around the country, it's certainly some reflection of the way that business is shifting and changing throughout the country. >> but we spoke with local business analysts who say the closures here in chicago reflect the local economic environment, which includes rising crime and high taxes. watch. >> property taxes can be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars for businesses and we also have one of the most cumbersome regulatory environments in the city of chicago. >> we're seeing mixed reaction from residents that are walking by. some say they're happy to see the major retailer close up half of the stores they have here in chicago. for other residents in the lakeview community here, it means one less option. one less source for affordable necessities and food, something many desperately ne

we had an election were brandon johnson won. we need to start telling those people who are committing crimes in those areas and i know they may feel their safety is being endangered. however, just like the civil rights movement where people's lives are in danger and why they spoke up, we need to do that now. we cannot depend on the government with these progressives running these locations across the country. >> brandon lopez, let's stay in chicago and talk about this. on this very program since 2009 i said names of people in your city shot and killed, names people never hear of and never will hear from or hear about because the government cannot politicize it. we only hear about the cases that can be used for political reasons. i will be honest. you know, there is something really wrong with that. i thought every life is supposed to matter? >> every life should matter to anyone who is elected in office regardless if they are democrat or republican. i said on your show specifically public safety should not be a partisan issue. w

i have region sp reached out to brandon johnson i actually told him to talk to him once he becomes mayor in chicago so hopefully he will reach out and may watch this particular interview and time bring all key player to the table to make chicago safe for everybody because back in 2021, they were over 1800 car jackers in 2022 about 1600 car jax right now in 2023 to date there's been over 300 carjackings in chicago so we need the people in chicago need a lot of help right now. >> and you said you doangts want to take credit but you do feel like you contributed to reduction in crime. how did you do it? >> well, my representatives special unity of train individuals we know how to intercept in order to stop by mediating conflict so far we've mediated 40 on the front end where we save people's lives it is not a big number but a solid number and all of our work is based on science we have a time line that we implement when we start the program. we trace and track everything we do. so out of 100 people we working with right now, 30% of the individuals are working a job right now. another 35% of

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and that is why a lot of peopl voted for brandon johnson. >> let me play mr. ons around toughness and more police officers and what has been proven ove and over again is that that is not a recipe for absolut success. and our mission in my platform has been very clear. we get at the immediate dynami of public safety but we also set up long term solutions. and that is everything fro economic development affordable housing but we also have to provid health care. and that includes mental healt care >> we know that lori lightfoot was a very polarizing figure does this new incoming mayor have allies in the community the business community those supported -- >> he is working on the. and there was a couple o letters center today fro business organizations some of the largest ones sayin they will work with him. but very different views he wants to find 100 million dollars worth of taxes for these mental and socia services so that is going to be difficult to man with th business community >> we shall see, the t finalist, thank you very much. up next, cities across the co

brandon johnson aches the opposite sides on both of those issues.e police, and brandon johnson encoursed that position. he's since walked it back, but people think he's certainly not in favor of hiring more police officers and really tackling the cream issue. and then with schools, as you mentioned, he's a union organizer himself, and everyone expects that he'll do the bidding of the teachers' union if he's elected mayor. so there's a very, very clear choice between these candidates. paul: kim, this could have national implications because when lori lightfoot was defeated in the primary, that is one of the reasons that -- she was defeated large wily on crime, her criminal record -- that had some implications for president biden when he decided not to veto an override of a washington, d.c. crime law. so if paul vallas wins here, that could send a message to the democrats on schools, crime and taxes. >> yeah. they are already very nervous on all of those issues, and seeing one of the cities and one of the country's biggest cities put someone in office

look at this chart of people who voted for brandon johnson. it corresponds with areas ravaged by violence. if that doesn't make sense to you, it shouldn't. i don't want anything to happen in anybody this easter weekend. but bloodshed in chicago will continue. when it gets bad enough it will change their voting behavior. it's just not bad enough yet. meanwhile the left wants to create more crime and chaos. here is a canadian lawmaker openly criminalizing free speech. >> enable the attorney general to create a degree * 2i plus within 100 meters of the property of any offensive threats, offensive remarks, protest, disturbance and hate propaganda within the criminal code. >> political pri political pris. sooner or later the crises will be at your front door. joining us is the president of the fraternal order of police. here is brandon johnson talking about his grand plan. >> why is crime so bad? >> well, first of all, unfortunately for too long, the people of chicago and quite frankly people all over the country have been given a false choice on h