from atlanta. >> i would love to see buckhead become its own city and as a homeowner here in the buckheadre for my daughter and everybody else. will: you know that's a basic human necessity. a basic human requirement, steve, answersly, brian, security. and what you hear from people in buckhead is they're will to pay for it willing to pay for security. back to you guys in new york. steve: it's sad that we have come to that stage though. ainsley: dangerous to go to lennox those were the premier malls. they were so safe. steve: will, thank you very much. meanwhile to the streets of new york city we go. janice dean joins us. janice, a beautiful day at the end of july. janice: absolutely spectacular. and the cold front really took away all that humidity across the northeast so we are going to enjoy a couple days of beautiful weather. beautiful conditions in new york city. let's take a look at the maps. i will show you the temps. i mean, it's 67 in new york. and it feels amazing. 59 in cincinnati. 65 in chicago. we're going to see the potential for some showers and thunderstorms for parts of th

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city will do will most certainly push the criminals away from buckhead, and everybody in buckhead loveshat idea. >> how does taking those resources away help the rest of the city? >> well atlanta has done this to themselves. we're not we're not taking anything away from them. they have done this to themselves. >> it doesn't really kind of resonate with you until you go through something yourself. >> buckhead resident eliana kovitch backs the effort to break away after she and her boyfriend, jason eades, were brutally assaulted in a parking lot last june. >> i think the sheer terror of having someone put a knife in your face and tell you profanity and say to get on your knees and beg for your life, punch you and until you're unconscious, like i dinot ask for that. >> what do you think it would take for you to feel safe right now? >> definely more of a police presence. [00:07:58] >> more police on the streets, sharkey says, would reduce crime in the short-term, but without addressing underlying issues would not stop cycles of crime over the long term. it also carries additional costs, he

buckhead residents are on it.g down on crime is linked to the agenda as well. we have a mayor who has opted not to run again, but she won't resign. it is obvious she has an agenda to destroy the beautiful community of buckhead on her way out in a full process if i may. she will let crime continue. she will let infrastructure deteriorate, and she will resolve to destroy the quality of life and our beautiful buckhead. this is buckhead and forget my property values would go basically 20 because how will i sell my house when a developer is developing condos next to me? it is absurd, marxist land grab for sure and we have to reject that, tucker. >> tucker: not just reject it but reject with maximum aggression and speed. they hate hate you, hurt you and couldn't be clear about that. are people in buckhead prepared to put up resistance for this? this is kind of central. >> yes, sir we are prepared to fight. i found this out the last 48 hours in advance of telling folks we would talk about this tonight. we have republican

we have interesting mix of cultures in buckhead.one. indeed it is color-blind and happening at buckhead. our murder rate is up in buckhead 133% since 2019. so we have two bills in the georgia legislature. i want to thank our great speaker of the georgia legislature, david ralston for his courage and leadership for allow us to right to vote for the 90 thousand legally registered voters in buckhead. or not. i think if we had the vote today it would be 70, 80, 90%. you say buckhead has been exploited in one what? >> two things, we send literally billions of dollars of taxes to city hall is truly corrupt. the articles "atlanta journal-constitution" show there are no audit controls for how our money is being spent. there has been a corrupt procurement process many years. the crime is out of control because we have no leadership, no love, no respect for our police. our police arrests are down in atlanta when our crime is through the roof. that tells you something. 300 cops have quit. i read the resignation letters. they are the saddest th

feel like we're living in a war zone. >> reporter: bill white is leading the charge to separate buckheadome an independent city with its own police force. >> we do not have a seat at the table. our voices are not heard we do not have enough police. >> reporter: retired atlanta police detecttive vincent velazquez is also a buckhead resident he attributes some of the spike to fallout after the death of ray shard brooks who was killed by atlanta police just weeks after the murder of george floyd. >> the city immediately mid a decision to fire those officers so i think the atlanta police department in particular, the officers felt not supported and they just basically sat down for a while and took a break meantime, citizens are the ones that were suffering because criminals had a flow for all. >> reporter: i can tell you right now that buckhead is not the most dangerous part of the city in fact, it's the safest part of the city. >> the state's top criminologist hasn't been immune to the fire being shot by a stray bullet outside a home depot a nearby fight at a pool party spilled out into the

that is why when we want to set up buckhead city, the buckhead city police department is going to belanta is the city too busy to hate, then what the hell happened to that police officer connect the mayor hasn't said a word about that incident, condemning the mob, neither has the person running for mayor, neither has felicia moore, the city council president. it's a disgrace, bill. we are sick and tired of it and that's why we will make buckhead city terrific again and not deal with the city of atlantis corrupt politicians. >> bill: there is a proposal from the house speaker, david ralston is his name. he won $3 million in additional law-enforcement funds to go to the city of atlanta. you can do that with the act that was passed at the end of march, that $1.9 trillion deal has $350 billion that is now set aside for cities and counties and municipalities. if you've got a piece of that money, you could do that easily, could you not? in terms of hiring police and cops? >> bill, i'm so glad you mentioned that. i want to thank the speaker, this guy is so courageous stepping out there, and

it will be only the 90,000 legally registered voters in buckhead will vote on this.ut will we be able to have recruitment and protection the answer is yes and we will do something nobody is doing in new york, chicago, portland or seattle or atlanta, we will love our police and welcomes them, pay them well, we are not going to throw them under the bus, stand with our men and women in blue and their families because we love them, they risked their lives every day and we have to show them the respect. the remaining officers who can't afford it in atlanta, arrests are down while crime is through the roof. that tells me -- the remaining officers just don't want to get fired, they don't want to get videotapes, they don't want to get prosecuted. that is going on. we will direct all that and make everybody proud. jillian: do you know if anyone who would be willing to step up to the plate and be part of that force? >> i will send you their emails. i have 100 of them already. jillian: keep us updated, thanks for joining us. >> god bless you guys. todd: you two anchoring at the

listen, i live in georgia, the community of buckhead is trying to become the city of buckhead becauseta pd being the only way to protect themselves. that is a big problem and it is not something just specific to georgia, so now we are further dividing ourselves in urban areas because people want to be safe and if the cities will keep them safe, they will keep themselves safe. it's not the america we want. it's not the america anybody wants. >> jason: larry, we've been watching videos of people streaming out of walgreens or n target and stuff like that, they just brazenly go in, grab stuff and go out. there is no consequence and they know there is no consequence.eo they don't even run anymore. they just open up the door of the vehicle and stroll away. >> surprise surprise, when you make it easier for criminals to not get caught, not be convicted, not be incarcerated, crime goes up. regarding the order made by the texas governor, he's going to be called racist but never mind the generations of hispanics that live in texas, generations of hispanics that have lived in california for years

there is a major movement today to an ex buckhead -- annex buckhead from the city of atlanta.fortunate because it provides the majority of the revenue to support the entire city parameter and boundaries. so we'll see how that goes. there's a lot of technical issues relative to schooling and relative to public services, water, electric, et cetera, that have to be overcome to be able to deannex such a large area. i know there's a lot of support and movement for that today. maria: yeah. >> and i agree. maria: it's true. we'll -- yeah. go ahead, sir. >> i was going to say, mr. nardelli. you signed a few more of those checks than i. but on the same note, you also know -- [laughter] >> the investment that's made, what's most important is what comes out of it. there's a lot of money being spent. they're proposing a lot more, trillions. why not allocate it in a manner that gives us the intended results and from a crime and city perspective we can actually do this all together and in fact build back better. maria: yeah. all right, congressman. good to see you this morning. thanks very

jillian: we had a guest on yesterday talking about the fact that buckhead they want to separate frome? that could be an issue, we have people who want to but the job is not getting done in atlanta. look at the crime surge this time versus last year, homicides up 27%, shootings of 36%. i'm so curious what people are going to say to you because they want out. >> can they? it is a city of 90,000 people. if it was capable of separating from atlanta it would be the tenth largest city in georgia. there would be a tax base to support, i will spend the morning at landmark diner, i want to talk to the citizens, the crime spike in atlanta is even higher and many think it is higher than they are reporting, i will grab a little breakfast, bacon and eggs and talk to people about what is going on in their neighborhoods and their city in georgia. are they ready to divorce themselves from atlanta. todd: have i been there before? >> has todd been here before? somebody has been here. this diner might have been frequented in the past by "fox and friends" so it could have been you. i didn't find out if

our "crime in america" series continues tomorrow valerie has the story of buckhead, georgia, a communitylice department of its own. >>> bill bratton, former police commissioner boston, new york and los angeles, talks about training changes for officers. that's tomorrow on the news on c cnbc >>> police in arizona are investigating a deadly shooting spree across three different crime scenes including a burned home where firefighters found an unidentifiable body. in tucson they believe it started with the fire and think the suspect fled the burning house, went to a nearby park and ambushed and shot two emts who were responding to a different call one of those emts reportedly died then they say he went back to the house and started shooting at fire crews and neighbors, killing one of those neighbors they've just identified him as a 44-year-old father whose 11-year-old son they say witnessed the shooting cops say the suspect then jumped back in a car, rammed a police vehicle and started shooting at an officer and that officer fired back, hitting the suspect. he's now listed in extremely criti

we are here because buckhead is looking to secede from atlanta because they feel their tax dollars areepresented in dealing with a major spike in crime and this is what people are concerned about. stuart: president biden last night in scented the democrat party is not anti-police, that is germane to what people are saying in atlanta. role tape please. >> how do you respond to republicans who try to paint you and your party is anti-police? >> lying. we have to change police conduct, rules where things are open, we have to have rules where people can determine what the background, how many times a cop has violated the rules. >> what about defunding the police? >> i never said defund the police. stuart: atlanta is seeing a rise in crime. what is the response from people in that diner to what the president has been saying? >> to leave atlanta to deal with the problem what are you supposed to do with that? somebody is saying they are lying what do you do? you are lying. he said he would absolutely, his words, shifting funding from the police. did he use the word defund? don't know. aoc is n