he goes to lori lightfoot to find out how to file crime.w if you've been watching the news for the last ten years. chicago is a nightmare. so the reporter says every time i ask him a violent crime you say crime is down. this is to lori lightfoot. crime is not down. crime in chicago was up by 34%. she gets angry. 178% increase in carjackings in your city and lifeless response to the question, you are one of the rudest people i've ever met. the reporter says i think carjackers are rude people but here's what's happening with woke mayors, judges, prosecutors. >> dana: you have been a lifelong new yorker. what you think? >> jessica: having been here, almost 40 years. you can't call mary adams woke. you can't. if you've been listening to how he ran home. progressives know they are not happy with him. this was not the candidate they wanted. this was more of the tough on crime candidate that united minority voters and moderate democrats. liberals who are concerned about carjackings and things like rating drug stories, breaking the windows at chane

it makes me look like lori lightfoot's sidekick here.assed. >> tucker: first of all, should say it's not only i didn't inhale, but also i didn't impale, that is also frequent claim. >> yeah, sure. >> tucker: what was the reaction to your apology? what do people say when they read that? >> well, it depends. if you are woke and if you're a snowflake, then nothing is enough. hundreds of phone calls from -- it's a geography lesson of the united states. the funny thing is is that my cell phone is advertising and comes right through to me. and i answered a lot of the calls and they were quite taken aback. they said you've got your 30 seconds, tommy, knock yourself out, what part of me don't you like, what you think i should do to myself today? and it was -- it was cathartic. if got to be able to poke fun at yourself. a lot of the issues that we face here serious. the reason i'm running for congress is -- the biggest issue in this country is not the people with the masks. they are easy to spot. the real problem that with god, and if seen this a

carley, over to you. >> carley: lori lightfoot has a secret group of officers protecting her., five sergeants and a lieutenant, the democratic mayor has supported defunding police and wanted to cut the budget by 80 million dollars. overnight a chicago police officer was shot and another injured during a traffic stop, both officers are expected to be okay. journalist eve barlow is speaking out two years after she was black listed for a tweet condemning vandalism of a synagogue during the 2020 black live riots. how dare you bring the jewish nation and community into the killing of black american lives, here is what she told us earlier this morning. >> i'm someone who has regularly, consistently advocated for the jewish people and for the state of israel and this was a moment in which that collided with a huge instance in america in which anyone who said anything critical of the blm movement was seen as some kind of pariah. >> carley: even if they were right, barlow claimed editors stopped replying to his posts, despite her donation and support of black lives media. >> todd: this

the mayor of the great city of chicago, lori lightfoot. r in the conference in criminal and social justice issues following the murder of george floyd, breonna taylor, and too many others, and the demonstrations that occurred in cities throughout the country in the summer of 2020. mayor lightfoot guided our working group of mayors and police chiefs that produced strong, practical recommendations that mayors could implement to reform the police departments and work towards achieving racial justice. from day one, as mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot has made equity her north star and has made a commitment to all 77 of the city's neighborhoods. she is here to tell us a bit more about her work in communities, a great kickoff to the discussion we'll have with our federal partners later. please join me all together in welcoming chicago mayor lori lightfoot. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much, president suarez. i do want to talk to you a little bit about what we've been doing in the city of chicago to address some of th

apparently they are not racist enough to be barred from protecting someone like a mayor lori lightfootanges in this country when it comes to lawlessness and also the way we discuss police officers. we hear time and time again not enough community policing and police officers are to blame. not only do we need more officers on the street protecting average americans. we need those officers to feel supported and respected so they can do their job with support of not only the american people but most importantly the elected leaders that are supposed to advocate for them. >> todd: tomi, thank you very much. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ >> russia claims it's scaling back its assaulted. >> but nobody's buying it. >> we all should be prepared to watch for major offensive against other areas of ukraine. >> border officials are bracing for another massive surge of illegal immigration. >> probably next few days a million encounters or appear prehence's. >> house judiciary committee enters the contents of hunter biden's laptop. >> our report expose substantial relationships bet

has become a good friend very, very quickly, a sister, the mayor of the great city of chicago, lori lightfootyor lightfoot has been a leader in the conference in criminal and social justice issues, following the murder of george floyd, briana -- breonna taylor and too many others that occurred in the sum over 2020. mayor lightfoot guided our council of mayors and police chiefs to come up with ways to reform police departments and achieve racial justice. she's made equity her north star and made a commitment to all 77 of the city's neighborhoods. she's here to tell us a bit more about her work in communities, a great kickoff for the discussion we'll have with our federal partners later. please join me in welcoming chicago mayor lori lightfoot. [applause] lori: thank you so much, president suarez. i want to talk a little bit about what we've been doing in the city of chicago to address some of the long-standing disinvestment and racial inequity in our city. but i do want to start by thanking all of our federal partners for the leadership in getting through the american rescue plan as well as th

we know a couple of years ago lori lightfoot was completely behind d from the police. garland to send in atf agents because the murder rate was at a 25 year high. so there she is in the midst of this crime-ridden city. they need every cop to be outside to keep people safe in yet today were learning the shocking detail but about a hundred of them are off the beat and they are taking care of her. >> incredible the the chicago sometimes reporting she already has 25 bodyguards assigned to her as a mayor. that seems a lot as well. no reloading 65 police officers, five sergeants in the your tenant command entire unit of the chicago pd is also exclusively use assigned to her production. 90 and law enforcement officers in chicago to gua guard lori lightfoot at 660 chicago police officers or retired in 2021 alone. the crime rate is spiking. i know how in your mind you can justify that that. >> another example of rules for the not for me. in chicago we see murders every monday morning we come in to get the list of family people were murdered in different cities. it she's going t

please join me, altogether, in world king chicago, mayor lori lightfoot.d afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much, president suarez. i do want to talk to a little bit about what we've been doing in the city of chicago to address some of the long-standing disinvestment and racial inequity in our city. but i do want to start by thanking all of our federal partners, who are for the leadership in getting through the american rescue plan, as well as the bipartisan infrastructure legislation and in particular, listening to this conference and making sure that cities got direct allocations. it is going to make a world of difference, transform peoples lives, not only in cities like chicago, but we are going to be able to do something really powerful that will have generational impact on the issues in our city. as mayor suarez said, coming into my tenure as mayor almost three years ago, i really focused on equity and inclusion, because what i do in my city is that there were too many people who had been left behind. chicago is a great city, prosperous city, but

mayor lori lightfoot has skreet group of officers protecting her in addition to her body guards, made up of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant. seems they might better be deployed elsewhere. lightfoot previously wanted to cut the budget by $80 million. crime continues to spiral in the windy city. just overnight a police officer was shot and another injured in a police stop. >> carley: pushing to refund the police in the budget proposal for the next fiscal year. >> president biden: the effort is not to defund the police, it is to fund the police. when i was elected i was being beat up for protecting the police for the previous 30 years, that is what i think. >> carley: includes $17 billion for doj law enforcement, large chunk will address gun trafficking and increase regulation of the firearm industry. david webb is fox news contributor, what do you make of the numbers? >> well, the numbers are where i want to start, carley. $44 billion, just reported to the climate corps and the police, this is politics over police. biden simply clear ready to come back after left wing progr

chicago mayor lori lightfoot, no stranger to anti-police rhetoric but that's reportedly not stopping secretly using , get this , up to 65 extra police officers for added protection. nearly two years ago you remember the chicago police department quietly created a special unit to protect her home and city hall. stuart: now she's got special police protection. okay what a change. thanks very much, todd. you're all right still ahead pentagon press secretary john kirby is going to be with us, west virginia senator shelley ca piteau, and indiana senator mike braun, will cain too. .. (manny) yeah, that's what i do. (vo) with 5g ultra wideband in many more cities, you get up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost. verizon is going ultra, so your business can get more. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to

the maire, lori lightfoot, can sleep soundly thanks to her secret army of cops.y created to keep the mayor safe. she already has. this is really rich, considering lightfoot was a major advocate for cutting funding to police. >> mayor lightfoot: it is essential that the police department take accountability in the way has alienated people of color, particularly african-americans in this city. we live in a city that is traumatized by police misconduct. >> greg: why would you need some deep officers to protect someone like that? >> i'm going to shock you. i have spoken to two rather than if you get high-level people in law enforcement. and they told me what i did not expect i would be saying. and that is that the number 71 is not that unusual because you have got 24/7 operation and so it is around-the-clock and you have also got the mayor's house for security detail and city hall. so if you think about that, that is a lot of people find. -- fine. i think what she has done is terrible. her job. instead of blaming the police and sink the city of chicago is traumatized

.™ jtion jess lori lightfoot has the biggest unit in chicago. don't worry, it's for her protection. o has a big crime wave. some say crime wave even bigger than italy's. she needs to be safe. she concerned today she has got over 90 police officers in her private security detail. a unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant providing around the clock protection in addition to her regular body guard detail. hypocritical? no. i think it's no secret she tried to defund the police multiple times and people in chicago blame her for the big crime wave. so, i'm sure lots of them would love a big security unit that big. but that's wishful thinking. lori's will always be the biggest. her word, not mine. hunter's federal probe may be gaining steam but you won't hear anything about it in the press. they know that biden's family could crumble pretty soon, especially with these new revelations. we are finding out today the biden family received direct payments from china chinese oligarchs linked, you know, to the highest level of the chinese communist party. and this time they can't spin

but, our friends in chicago lori lightfoot, the big shot that she is, she is going to do this.he is going to give out free gas cards. today she announced auto plan to spend $7.5 million for a gas card lottery. that's right. up to 50 physical prepaid cards cards of $150. that's a lot. will be randomly given out to chicago residents. randomly. what could go wrong? there has never been any corruption in chicago. it's like the china of illinois. but, hey, lori has got a big heart to go with her big wallet. and democrats in washington are noticing. they are kicking around a plan to do the same thing. never pass up an opportunity to spend more money. instead of making it easier to explore an america which would lower the price of oil and gas in america, they want to just flood the market with free money again in little rebate cards. biden bucks. but the thing about free money is this it's not free. it just means more inflation. do these people think? put that aside. democrats have a track record of screwing these so-called giveaways up. like those free covid tests joe promised? do yo

. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: and if that doesn't work, we can always send lori lightfoot.is here and i feel like you might've missed a lot of the action because you have been working, but not this weekend. it is time for the elite 8. you are going to probably relax, put your feet up, and watch the games. but guess what? your spouse or your girlfriend might not be too happy about it. she's going to tell you, stop being lazy and get your to the gym. well, we have your comeback courtesy of msnbc. i can't go honey, only white supremacists work out. it will work. time for your texts. "can you imagine if a pregnant woman asked her doctor, is it a boy or girl, and the doctor said, i don't know, i'm not a biologist." "if my dog receives three rabies shots in a year and still got rabies, i would be asking some questions." paul, wisconsin "jessie, why doesn't joe send europe solar panels and electric guitars instead of our natural gas?" that is a great question. bobby, "what is wilmington going to do without joe this weekend? like the village is missing there idiot." good question.

but maybe we should send lori lightfoot instead. we saw how she handled the italians. is boss. remember, she has got the biggest blank in chicago. those were her words. meanwhile, ukrainian president zelenskyy's coming to the slow realization that his country was never going to get a seat at nato's table. >> ukraine is not a member of nato. we understand that. we have heard for years that the doors were open. but we also heard that we cannot join. it's a truth and it must be recognized. >> jesse: shortly after these remarks, poland called for a nato peace mission in ukraine. quote: protected by armed forces. sounds like a recipe to drag nato into full blown war with russia. this comes as the capital is slowly being surrounded and russia's navy is barreling down on the key ukrainian port city of odesa. satellite images show a fleet of at least 14 russian warships charging right towards the city. but the people of odesa aren't backing down. they are strapping up, barricading their streets and are ready to defend every inch of their homeland. >> do you think can you hold

also, lori lightfoot looks like a leprechaun and i will be reading some of your texts. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪a little fit just right♪ ♪and the radio up well i've seen the sunrise...♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this is the only healthcare system in the country with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers, in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical school, and where the physicians doing the world-changing research are the ones providing care. there's only one mass general brigham. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: you heard about all the people who were shot in ukraine over the weekend. but have you heard about the 26 americans who were shot in chicago over the weekend? but if you ask mayor lightfoot, shall say screw it, it's almost time for st. paddy's day. let's grab a guinness and die the river green. she's been wandering the streets of chicago looking like a leprechaun and lost her lucky charms, sporting a tr

vanessa from memphis, shouldn't lori lightfoot running around in a kilt considered cultural appropriationso much for watching. tucker carlson is up next. of ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the president of ukraine, a zelenskyy, addressed members of congress today in a long and at times moving speech. among other things, he demanded the united states shoot down russian aircraft over his country. the white house has not yet agreed to do that, but things do seem to be moving very rapidly in that direction. not long after zelenskyy's addressed, joe biden announced

lori lightfoot running around in a kilt considered cultural appropriation? you see, when you have the biggest thing in chicago, you can dress however you want. ♪ ♪ thanks so much for watching. tucker carlson is up next. of ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the president of ukraine, a zelenskyy, addressed members of congress today in a long and at times moving speech. among other things, he demanded the united states shoot down russian aircraft over his country. the white house has not yet agreed to do that, but things do seem to be moving very rapidly in that direction. not long after zelenskyy's addressed, joe biden announced the united states will send a total of at least a billion dollars of weapons to ukraine just this week. members of congress from both parties then emerged to say they don't think that's enough. watch. >> and the lethal drones, we need more of those in country as well. people talk about a no-fly zone. they can create their own if we give them the military equipment and weapons. >> but there's a lot

and i want to take a minute to recognize mayor lori lightfoot, i know you're there somewhere, mayor.you i was going to call you out, for standing up for chicago's kids and patients -- parents last week and insisting the best place for children to be educated is in the classroom. we stand with you. [applause] as mayor we need to support each other. our kids come first. before politics or party. to truly create a land of opportunity for all we need to create more schools that are targeted to teach children to succeed in an ever more disruptive world. as mayors, we know that a big part of our future is billing out hard and soft infrastructure. whether you build back better or build forward, we all need to build more. we need to build new clie montana adaptive infrastructure that lasts forever and helps everyone. from transportation to housing, we need to build for those who have been left behind. and our country is measured by how we take care of the least, the last, and the lost. for example, in miami we launched a functional zero plan on homelessness. because we whreve that everyone i

it was only two months ago, just after winter break, that chicago mayor lori lightfoot and the city'spublic school teachers called a work stoppage that turned into a lockout over whether an overwhelming number of omicron cases warranted a return to remote learning. >> the chicago public schools said no remote? >> no remote. >> so i guess no teaching was better. >> reporter: f falin johnson is a teacher at the elementary school at chicago's south side. >> i think the first day it was 15 to 20 kids. >> reporter: in the whole school? >> the whole school. >> reporter: the striking teachers started to negotiate parameters as to when schools could go remote, but within weeks, it all seemed moot. do you feel that as thee restrictions are falling all over the country, that you're fighting a losing battle? >> at times, it feels like that. >> reporter: even asthmatiasmask mandates are lif, their school has kept the mask mandate in place. the job of educating kids has gotten a lot harder, with consequences. public school staff, down more than 300,000 from pre-covid levels. jasmine taylor works i

chicago mayor lori lightfoot is no stranger to anti-police rhetoric. you just heard it.lice officers for added protection. our next guest is running for the 11th 19th lidges legislative district 911 dispatcher for the city of chicago keith horton joins us. are you surprised that her unit now that protect her is up to 65? i thought cops were terrible? >> i will tell you off, good morning, brian, i appreciate you having me here. before i say anything, this has nothing to do coming from the city of chicago me, my own time and speaking out. >> brian: understood. >> the mayor, this is not even back and forth about the mayor. what this has to do she completely defunds the police. she? not for the police at all. i mean, not only that, but we have in chicago crime soaring through the sky. it's crazy. and we have officers leaving. retirees 600 plus. hundreds. lateral transfers with officers literally leaving the city right now. most districts are depleted of resources with all defund the nonsense that she spewed on from the very beginning. now she feels what every other citizen n