thankfully lori lightfoot had a solution. "here is where i want to be starting tomorrow. may walk outside in the immediate proximity of your house. fresh air is important but you may not act like the city isn't in crisis." according to lightfoot, they are in a crisis barrels crisis. meanwhile there is another crisis in progress, people continue to die in huge numbers in chicago. over the past 12 months almost 800 chicagoans have been murdered. according to an analysis, 15 happened by people released from jail. it didn't need to happen. >> chicago police say it was just before 2:00 tuesday afternoon the victim, a 24-year-old man and recent university of chicago graduate, was killed. police say the man was walking on the sidewalk at ellis and 54th place when an armed offender got out of a dark-colored vehicle and demanded the victim's belongings and then shot him in the chest. there were actually two shootings in hyde park on tuesday. the first around noon near 54rd and harper. jamal cole writing on his fate book page, wrote that he was nearly struck. "today i thought i was

this after protests over text messages he sent chicago mayor lori lightfoot about the deaths of blackn violence. the mcdonald's chief wrote "tragic shootings in the last week both at our restaurant yesterday and with out of toledo with both the parents failed those kids," even harder to fix. critics called the texts racist. others say that the ceo has just been telling the truth. he's apologized to him and calls for him to resign. kennedy, your thoughts. >> kennedy: i am not loving it. boy. he's a real hot water and it just goes to show, anything that you send anyone is going to be made public. and i don't know. i feel like as soon as you apologize, you are setting yourself up for cancellation. i will be awfully surprised if he retains his job. >> emily: pete, "the wall street journal" wrote "the problem as he noted his text is that stating plane truths has become verboten. especially in regard to the behavior of racial and ethnic minorities like the victims in chicago. we are supposed to pretend that the high rates of violent crime and other social pathologies among low income blacks

. >> please welcome mayor lori lightfoot. >> hello everyone and thank you all for being here today braidedday for celebration and gratitude we are here to celebrate in this important milestone groundbreaking of the obama presidential center and we are faithful to the former president obama and first lady michelle obama for choosing chicago to make what i know will be a transformative investment on this historic southside of our beloved city braided it marks the next chapter in a journey began several years ago. but with many twists and turns due to the first parents dedication and hard work of many, we've arrived at this momentous day in the presidential center and complementary investments, in the surrounding neighborhoods will be bringing to life the promise of true equity and inclusion investment and development on the south side. and that's why i'm proud to be here to break ground in incredible an incredible project what will help create growth for our residents in our community and unlock their untapped potential. in the center will among other things provided brand-new museum and vis

elizabeth: watch this, chicago mayor lori lightfoot was booed offstage by union workers amid anger over chicago vaccine mandate. cops are threatening to quick over rising homicides. a judge, put out a ruling saying we'll delay mayor lightfoot's vaccine mandate, the deadline for that. they will delay the deadline for it. it was december 31st. now we have the l.a. county sheriff, alexville knave have, warning vaccine mandate could cause a shortage of cops, 20 to 30% could leave when violence is on the rise. that is scary stuff. >> people are responding. people are waking up. they feel the impact on the economy. the lack of workers. see the supply chain interrupt unv people are not stupid. we get this. we see it. these are people that worked throughout the entire thing and now they're being told they will lose their jobs. in iowa governor reynolds said people would bet unemployment. we asked biden what is plan b, what is the contingency plan? i hope they come to his senses as put the paws button on the mandate. get through the holidays. follow the science on national immunity. look at the

in chicago, mayor lori lightfoot is closing schools friday so parents can have time to vaccinate their kids if they choose to. >> it's nice to feel that our kids can now be a bit safer. >> reporter: and while a kaiser study shows two-thirds of parents are still hesitant to get their children in that age group vaccinated, the first numbers are in. nearly 300,000 kids under 12 received pfizer's child vaccine since it was authorized. and even at this hour, runners continue to cross the finish line in central park. one final note. tomorrow, the u.s. plans to lift all travel restrictions on foreign nationals if they can prove they're vaccinated. that means that tomorrow, at airports across this country, people will be reunited with family, friends, loved ones they haven't seen in more than a year and a half. >> another positive development. phil, thank you. >>> president biden getting ready to sign that massive bipartisan infrastructure bill. desk.easure finally reaching hi- the president calling it a monumental step forward. but progressive and moderate democrats are still at odds over the

the mayor lori lightfoot under fire with seven such robberies reported over the past month.ce in a big way and stop this crime pandemic themselves. they need to find a way to recruit more people on them. the mayor can only do so much. you have to make changes when things are not working out. what do you think about that, those changes? >> i'm glad my colleague is speaking out because i think it has been clear to many of us that for the past 15 months nothing has been working from the light foot administration in terms of addressing crime and violence in the city of chicago. what is clear to you and me, bill and to a vast majority of the city of chicago's residents is lori lightfoot has lost control of the city. though she likes to talk tough and say she knows who the enemy is she does absolutely nothing to put gang members and criminals in check, turning a blind eye to the damage we've seen on video and turn n turn telling us it's the retailer's fault the crime is being committed. nonsense when it comes to taking accountability and responsibility for the state of the city ri

now seen in the defunded movement, even portland, oregon you have chicago where you have mayor lori lightfootey are now out there moving to give more money to police officers because they see crime unfortunately is on the rise in their various cities. >> back to the results of this past election, i would imagine that was a vote of confidence for those police who are doing their best, and you think that's a signal to them saying we see you, keep up the good work and maybe you can help serve your officers who you said are untrained or uninformed and some who are outright not all but some you think that was a nod? >> yes i think citizens out there know that they need a law enforcement officers. they want good quality law enforcement officers. i have said on many occasions, if you have crooked police officers, police officers out here who are corrupt wanting to beat head use excessive force, get rid of those police officers. you have a lot of good men and women who just want to serve and protect their community. those are the ones the citizens voted to say we need those police officers in our com

illinois judge backing the blue and the chalice to the city of chicago's that the mandate blocking lori lightfoot'sto fire any member of the police union who does not get the covid 19 vaccination by december 30 first. firefighters face a new year firing as of now. officers who are not vaccinated on no pay status and one business owner in austin, texas pleading with voters to say yes to a new police ballot measure after multiple burglaries at his store. he says a new city policy stops officers from helping unless robbers attack him. >> they can do whatever they want, they try to attack me, i call 911, they can't do anything. >> the policy past last month limits police response times 2911 call to help alleviate staffing problems. the ballot measure asked residents with you to police police presence in the city. carley: the police department in voters hands as they fled to the polls to decide whether to replace the force with a new agency that would be responsible for, quote, comprehensive public health approach to safety is minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar blames the spiking crime on the police. >>

we saw lori lightfoot in chicago. -- >> that was nancy pelosi. they both did. >> harris: they both did. >> you have to call a spade a spade. those were wrong. but i think where we are now as we begin to move out of the pandemic there is a duality. >> why are we now? if you get vaccinated you need to wear the mask. in d.c. they're getting rid of the mask mandate. muddled messages. really creating frustration for the american people. >> harris: vaccination rates vary, too. so does this conversation. "outnumbered" is after the break. up to $60,000 or more. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time lows now's the time to do more with your home equity. veterans are calling newday at a record pace to take advantage of the newday 100 va loan. you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value to upgrade the kitchen, add a pool for the grandkids, or have the security of cash in the bank. with an average cash out amount of $60,000, you can do more. >> fox news alert. on verdict watch in the

the fraternal order of police has been locked in an ugly battle with lori lightfoot for weeks now. both sides need to hash the issue out at arbitration because the officers are unionized. they said the union is not interested in having a discussion. >> they've not done that. we offered multiple times over the two months that we attempted to bargain with them. what they are serious about is obstructing, objectfuscating an leading members astray. >>> in new york city 2300 firefighters called in sick yesterday. the mayor says there will be consequence for fire fighters who skip work to protest the vaccine mandate here. meanwhile in pittsburgh, all municipal employees must be fully vaccinated by december 22nd. >> to protect and serve, to serve and protect. >> and the first responders are the ones who were facing such an onslaught of the virus from the very beginning. >> we should point out most have been vaccinated. most people who are sworn to protect and serve our communities have gotten the vaccine. it is a minority who have not. in terms of firefighters, it's interesting because hi

this is a major below to mayor lori lightfoot and a big victory for the police union that's been locked in this bitter battle with the city over the vaccinations. the judge said that has unionized employees, police officers have a right to have their objections heard by an arbitrator before the requirement takes effect. officers would still have to report their vaccination stouts to the cities. about 71% of the department reported their status so far by last week. that's the lowest of any police department in the country. all while nearly 500 law enforcement officers have died from work-related covid since the start of the pandemic. jose? >> and steve, it's been a tough week for airline passengers with american airlines. flight cancellations in the thousands. what's going on? >> more trouble in the friendly skies. american airlines canceled more flights over the weekend, bringing its total number of cancellations since friday to more than 2,000. according to flight tracker, there were 376 canceled flights by monday afternoon. that's 13% of the airline's scheduled flights. another 375 we

the only thick that is protecting students from kim foxx and lori lightfoot's crime ridden city is thement. and we don't have -- student groups are advocating to defund or accomplish our police, that protection goes away. and so that's why we, at the chicago thinkers, a publication that i run went to talk to actual community members to see what they thought. and, as you can see, they were very unhappy with losing the police protection. somebody even said that we should deploy the national guard. that's how bad things are gotten in chicago. ainsley: the majority do want more police? >> yes. so i think hyde park residents want police. i think most chicago residents want police. i think there is a loud group of left wing students at the university of chicago and in chicago in general that want to g.e.d. get rid of them. by the way, the police force at the university of chicago that they want to abolish is actually majority black and hispanic. so the racism cries really fall on deaf ears. ainsley: democratic policies, how is that going to effect the midterm elections? >> you know, i think

and lori lightfoot, these numbers out what really alarm her. it doesn't seem to be. stuff. back to what you said, pete, about los angeles' hands off approach or whatever it may be, just deal with it, essentially, it's hard for me to separate this we will talk about this throughout the morning. it's hard for knee separate this from the kyle rittenhouse trial cnn don't be a vigilante. deaf 70s is vigilantism. outsource that outsource that how dare you protect yourself. essentially calling into question the morality or the right to self-defense. now we hear law enforcement or rather politicians in communities say, you know, just let the crime go. don't protect yourself. let the crime go. what kind of culture and society is that? what are you asking us to be? simply victims? pete: you are right. let the crime go and you are not allowed to defend yourself. rachel: sometimes the politicians are afraid to let their police officers do what they're supposed to do because they could get a situation where, you know, somebody is accidently shot and, you know, they could get a ri

newsom, french laundry restaurant, house speaker nancy pelosi had her hair done, michael hancock, lori lightfootnd on. if our panic meter should be at 10 then why did they act like they shouldn't. rachel: i will come out in defense of the president a little bit because when he walked out of the shop without the mask, he was carrying a milkshake apparently drinking it and as you know from your travels, the virus is very smart and when you are snacking and drinking it doesn't know. when you are walking from the door of the restaurant to sit down, covid is very very strong and then when you sit down to eat it stops spreading, so it's a very sophisticated virus and if you are a sophisticated person and you actually vacation in nantucket in a 30 million-dollar homes, it's really very sophisticated. will: we can fully appreciate the complexities of the virus. it takes holidays off as you pointed out. rachel: thanksgiving. will: very little vertical leap as you know, can't hop a poly plastic divider. pete: i'm still spraying my amazon packages. will: by the way, that's the one forgotten. the wrongness