but seattle mayor jenny durkan's called it a "summer of love."er a year of violins, the mayor is desperate for more cops on the streets and she's not the only one. washington, d.c., muriel bowser also wants more officers after high-profile shootingsho in her city. >> right now, 200 short where we were last time -- what i'm saying is that's where we are. i got -- absolutely. >> joining us now, fox news contributor leo terrel, dallas police,, tomi lahren. to what do you attribute and i will start it with the sergeant, what do you attribute the turnaround, do you think these democrats who believe in the summer of love, or defunding police just now realized that is not right, got to put police back in the street or is his politics before 2022. >> it's all politics before 2022. this is the reality of where we are right now.mo a tremendous amount of balance this city, faced with unprecedented hardship dealing with the levels ofhi violins. we've seen 16% increase in the murder rate. bottoms. line is they are playig politics with police officers and we a

. >> dana: seattle's mayor jenny durkan is not alone.ities are regretting defunding the police as crime rises, and mayoral candidate eric adams is calling out congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and other progressives who have led the land cutting police budget. >> i'm running against a movement. all across the country, socialists are mobilizing. they realize that if i'm successful we are going to start the process of regaining control of our city. >> dana: remember c.h.o.p.? now it's the center of violence. >> greg: a carnival of joy. yeah, she's an idiot. just putting it out there. not even going to have a condition on that, she deserves the wrath of khan, and i don't even know what that means. i know geraldo has strong feelings about eric adams. i want to love this guy, i want to believe that eric adams israel, right? because he sang on the right things. he is saying if this doesn't stop the whole country going down. >> geraldo: why do you doubt it? >> greg: i'm going to get to that. we were sold joe the moderate. that he is basica

the delinquent mayor of seattle jenny durkan never even bothered to reach out to the victims family until horace lorenzo anderson sr. appeared on this show. joe biden made no mention of last summer's 574 violent riots during the dnc, not one word. kamala harris, not only did she not condemn them, she was busy promoting a bail fund to help the writers get out of jail quicker on twitter. other democrats, they either said nothing or downplay the violence and in some cases even actively supporting violence. where is this commission as you watch this. >> done by a commission, not a mob in the middle of >> it's what they do. >> that's a myth that is being spread only in washington, d.c. >> they are not going to stop this election day and they are not going to stop after election day and that should be, everyone should take note of that on both levels, they aren't going to let up and they should not. >> it is not generally speaking unruly, fires have been started. >> there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as their unrest in our lives and unfortunately there's plenty to go around. >>

but get the potluck dinner the mayor jenny durkan is begging for the city to rebuilds it police departmentolice all last summer and boasted about the city's chop zone that look the life of our national treasurist. we had the father of anderson jr. that was a heart breaking interview. inhe died in the summer of love and we covered it on the program. the media mob ignored and they barely covered the mugging of former senator barbara boxer. in oakland. and across the bay in san francisco, now thieves in it broad daylight ransacking every store. more recently, cds as thefts plagued that city and they don't arrest as long as you don't steal $1,000 worth of material. defund and no bail doesn't work. it's a disaster for democrats. they own it. it's their policy. they supported it. the important to note defund police movement and officials had no problem using your tax dollars to hire their oown security services. here with reaction louisiana senator john kennedy. senator, i just hand it to you. this to me, this is basic simple louisiana common sense. >> i think it is. i don't know why this is. if

seattle mayor jenny durkan who last year boasted about the city's autonomous chop zone remember thatd far left violence is now being forced to confront reality and calling on the city to rebuild its police department, duh. amid a wave of exits after six separate shootings rocked the seattle metro area over the weekend. well, what do you know? when there is less police, there is more crime. more cray as. more senseless human suffering and more denigration. who could have seen this coming? who could have seen failed to protect people failed to protect property and basic principles of safety life gets worse for everyone except the criminal. a bad economy, inflation, the homelessness crisis. crime, violence, put everyone at risk. with more desperation, the evil among us have larger pool of the vulnerable to exploit. and that's exactly what's happening in too many american cities. the good news is while politicians tend to not care, we do. later, an activist who helps to bring justice for the forgotten and exploited joins us with an inspiring report. but here's another thing. it's all fue

seattle mayor jenny durkan is calling for more police after six shootings rocked the weekend.ia hu has the latest. reporter: david, seattle police staff something at a all-time low and shootings are at a all-time high. number of shootings left five people dead and five more injured. one homicide was a drive-by shooting. the police said there has been an in100% increase in drive-by shootings in seattle. last year, 26 people were murdered, a 20-year high and this year the city is on pace to meet or exceed that the number of people shot is up 61% this year. the violence is happening as the police department continues to shrink. 250 officers left the department in the last 17 months. there are 115 fewer patrol officers and 38 fewer detectives than one year ago. the city council cut the police budget by 18%, well under the 50 mers that activists were demanding. a majority of the council members pledged. lack of support of city hall has cops leaving in record numbers. >> losing these number of officers when city leaders talk about cutting a department by 50%, you will lose employees

. >> the mayor jenny durkan calling for more poor police. >> we cannot continue losing police officers to want to hire police officers, they want to jump on the bandwagon. >> eric adams may be the democrat but don't expect him to be attending any fundraising events. >> i'm running against socialists. they realize we are going to start gaining control of our city. [cheers and applause] >> nascar driver joey logano he and his wife are expecting their third child. >> get set, go. [cheers and applause] ♪ joy in the morning ♪ ♪ my mind free. rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends." it's 7:00 eastern time. and that was a shot of louisville, kentucky beautiful morning. steve: sun is coming up. rachel: good morning to both of you thanks for letting me fill in for ainsley. brian: steve signed off on it on the last minute. did you the weekend. did you 8 hours over the weekend. doing all five days and doing this weekend coming up? rachel: i am. my husband came in yesterday just to kind of visit me and give like boost me up and keep me going. brian: face time wasn't working? rachel: no. it was fun