. >> maura barrett on the ground in chicago, it sounds windy which means it sounds cold. i hope you warm up here in a minute. thank you, maura. >>> let's go down to sam brock where we have a different type of staffing and shortage issue and that is in hospitals and the issue of hospitalizations. you're in dade county there, sam. the case count is sky rocketed. tell us about hospitalizations specifically the staffing issue. >> it's a numbers game right now, chuck. if enough people get sick, it will put a strain on the overall system period. let's run through some of those numbers because we've seen a real stratification here in florida. the biggest percentage increase in the country 670% jump in in infections in just the last two weeks. hospitalizations are up 264%. so, competitively lower. deaths in florida are down 40%. numbers, of course, do tend to lag here. but that fuller. icture is that omicron right now is presenting less severely than delta. this has put an immense strain just because of volume to the people on the front runs who have essentially been running a ma

. >> rivera and his injured police partner as 27 year-old wilbert maura mora is undergoing surgery ands still fighting for his life. new york's governor made a statement following the shooting calling for stricter national gun laws and help from washington. >> we have to do more to fight the scourge of illegal guns on our >> rivera and where the 4th and 5th officers shot in new york city just this month alone. rivera was the first new york police officer killed in the line of duty. so far this year. >> and as the crime crisis shows, no sign of easing president biden once again putting distance between his administration and progressive calls for defunding law enforcement. after speaking with mayors across the country this week, republicans plan to can come up with something by november as murder rates are nearing a 25 year high. but the president plans to take a mostly hands-off approach. >> yes, cops do everything including the psychologist and social workers. guess what he needs? i colleges and so court social workers. >> my job. >> and of course, here in the bay area, san francisco

for maura, i'm joined by a josh smith is a senior, corresponded with the reuters news agency in sol. josh, we keep hearing about these tests and south korea and japan and the u. s. have been quick to voice their concern. do we need to be concerned? so all of these missiles have been smaller than the really large intercontinental ballistic missiles that got a lot of attention back in 2017 when dark retested them. those are the ones that could reach as far as the united states. but one thing the analysts have increasingly pointed out in the officials here and sold in japan, as you mentioned, have said, is that these missiles that north korea has developed lately are increasingly capable. and they are the types that could be potentially used in the case of war ever breaks out. and so for people that are down here, potentially in a firing line, made all of these tensions, it is something that is very concerning. and military analysts and officials like say that not prayers making real progress in increasing the capabilities they're not for show show. they're not purely a propaganda tool.

in addition to -- we had heard that they were donating the organs of officer maura.d five lives with his organs. they donated his liver, his heart, his pancreas, both kidneys. somebody today is waking up with a heart of a hero. >> brian: that's why people need help now. more than $330,000 have been raised so far for the families of the slain nypd officers. to donate, go to foxandfriends.com. >> ainsley: fund the first. if you scroll down, you can see the picks and you can donate it or share it on the social media. i talked to a police officer yesterday. he said they were having a meeting this morning for all of the people that were there. the officers that were there at the house when the two friends were shot. also, for helping the families because the police officers, they have -- i don't know if it was the post -- ptsd, but they have experienced so much and they have seen their friends being shot in front of them and being killed. they had a meeting to make sure they're okay mentally. >> brian: but that officer who spoke at the microphone, he came in and he killed

maura saved five lives by donating his heart, kidneys, pancreas and liver but meanwhile opposition is against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg soft on crime policies. listen to this. >> alvin bragg come until they roll back the policies and to correct what is wrong with the bail reform law, we will continue to see lawlessness. >> i blame that directly on district attorney bragg. his policies benefit nobody. >> carley: and governor kathy hochul is putting bragg on notice. she tells "the new york post" editorial board she knows full well the powers the governor has and she will have a conversation with bragg "to make sure we are all in alignment." next week president biden heading to the big apple to meet with eric adams and ways to fight gun violence, carly, todd. >> todd: they don't want to wait a week but demanding action and answers right now. our next guest did something about it. take a listen. >> there is no reason why the these two officers had to die appear they were babies. >> i stay up at night and try to figure out who's fault is this? time to take back our city. >> w

were shot in the line of duty in harlem friday apright and why pd officers, jason rivera and wilbert maura, we're responding to a domestic disturbance call involving a mother and her son. 47 year-old was sean mcneil. >> and an apartment here on 100 and 35th street. that's when police say mcneil swung open the bedroom door and started firing with this gun air 11 was over the tragic scene as officers blocked off several streets to rush to of their own to harlem officer rivera who joined the force in november of 2020. >> lost his life. he was just 22 officer morrow who is 27 and has been with the nypd for 4 years remains in critical condition. >> an emotional mayor and police commissioner hours after the harlem shooting denouncing the ambush style shooting and attacks against officers. >> i am not sure what word if any, will carry the weight of this moment and what we're feeling. we have 4 times this month rushed to the scene of nypd officers shot by violent criminals in possession of deadly illegal guns for police officers have been shot in just as many days in new york city and 5 altogether

were shot in the line of duty in harlem friday right and why pd officers, jason rivera and wilbert maura, we're responding to a domestic disturbance call involving a mother and her son. 47 year-old was sean mcneil and an apartment here on 100 and 35th street. that's when police say mcneil swung open the bedroom door and started firing with this gun air 11 was over. the tragic scene as officers blocked off several streets to rush to of their own to harlem officer rivera who joined the force in november of 2020. >> lost his life. he was just 22 officer morrow. who is 27 and has been with the nypd for 4 years remains in critical condition. an emotional mayor and police commissioner hours after the harlem shooting denouncing the ambush style shooting and attacks against officers. >> i am not sure what word if any, will carry the weight of this moment and what we're feeling. we have 4 times this month rushed to the scene of nypd officers shot by violent criminals in possession of deadly illegal guns for police officers have been shot in just as many days in new york city and 5 altogether. thi

. >> rivera and his injured police partner as 27 year-old wilbert maura moore has undergone surgery stillighting for his life tonight, new york's governor made a statement following the shooting and she's calling for stricter national gun laws and also asking for help from washington. >> we have to do more to fight the scourge of illegal guns on our >> rivera and more are now the 4th and 5th officer shot in new york city just this month. rivera is the first nypd officer killed in the line of duty this year. >> and as the crime crisis shows, no sign of slowing down. president biden once again putting distance between his administration and the calls for defunding law enforce ent. after speaking with mayors across the country this week, republicans pen plan to make him come up with something by november as murder rates are nearing a 25 year high. but the president plans to take mostly hands off approach. >> yes, cops do everything including the psychologists and social workers. guess what he needs? i colleges and so court social workers. >> i mean, my job. >> and of course, here in the bay

wilbert mora was shot after being called to an apartment by a woman who needed help with her adult son, maura'sartner. twenty year old rookie officer jason rivera was also killed a third officer shot the suspect who also died from his injuries. >> i'm marianne rafferty. now back to the ingraham angle after a three week delay, border patrol just announced that its officers arrested nearlyce one hundred and seventy nine thousand illegals in decemberr. now that's up one hundred and 42% since last december 2020, i which of course is back and we had some sane immigration policies under trumpci and instead of sending them all back to mexico, the biodome frustration has taken a very different approach as fox's own bill melugin witness in brownsville, texas earlier today. these are all single adult men o . they were just dropped off on an ice bus here. as you can see, dozens of them. they're just leaving this ngo directly across the street here. you can see these manila folders they're holding. these are the travel documents they received from the ngo there are no families. there areth no children in t

rivera's 27 year old partner officer wilbert maura was also killed.re are some signs of a potential diplomatic solution to tensions between russia and ukraine. the russian army is continuing military drills near ukraine's border, including tanks, armored vehicles and artillery and russia has laid out a series of demands it says will improve security in europe. including ensuring that ukraine is never allowed to join nato. moscow now says it will take its time studying the written response to those demands from the u. s. that was delivered yesterday. they made clear to us that they need a little time to study them . so from where we're standing, the ball is in their court. but we are ready for talks bilaterally. nato russia oh sce whenever they are ready. russia will attend a diplomatic meeting in berlin two weeks from now, where representatives from russia, ukraine, france and germany will discuss a potential agreement for d escalation. still ahead tonight. for many, it was a lifeline during the pandemic, but now they are being asked to give their cov

>> so, i want to say first that officer maura, the second officer killed was a john jay graduate andour new d.a. is committed to working with law enforcement to get the guns off the street and to hold people accountable, who are using these guns. we have models of success. what the brooklyn d.a. erik gonzalez has done in order to look at the source of the guns and where it's happening and look at the source of the violence and preventing it and putting resources around those who we know are, as mayor lightfoot talked about, looking at those who are at risk of being lured into these gangs, the violence interruption does work. that the' why president biden has committed federal funding to work with community-based violence interrupters. this does work. what we've got to remember is it takes the partnership of everyone. it takes the partnership of law enforcement, it takes the partnership of prosecutors and communities to tackle this long term. we don't want to put a band aid on it and deal with the emergency of today. we have to deal with the root cause analysis of why this is happenin