will remain in place until moscow reverses the actions that triggered them. jon: they have killed more than 10,000 people since 2014. heather: breaking now on a texas voter identification law where the federal judge tossing it out yet again, rejecting the changes signed by texas governor abbott this summer which are backed by the trump administration. joining us now, kent zimmerman and jesse weber. thank you both for joining us. let s talk about the changes. they allowed people who lacked a required i.d. to cast a ballot if they sign an affidavit and then they had anything that showed an address, pay stub, bank statement, utility bill. this judge said it s still dickerman is tory basically. why do you think she came to that determination?
increased gang violence is a large part of that, but superintendent mccarthy says that his department only do so much without state lawmakers passing stricter laws against illegal guns. even with the best policing in the world without better laws that keep illegal guns off the streets and out of the hands of the dangerous criminals who carry them, we will continue to have an uphill battle. reporter: so overall crime is down, but police are not calling this a success. they are saying it is progress and it is something they are hoping to continue moving into next year. heather: garrett tenny, thank you. trace: his career was nearly destroyed after he was discovered knocking out his fiancee. coming up, we ll look at scandals that defined 2014. heather: and a brand new fox news poll asks people how they would rate 2014, and wait until you hear what they said and why.
it comes from the government which increases our deficit and obviously our debt. that does affect it. a lot of programs like that. for instance we have about 50 new laws that have gone into place, or excuse me, 50 new tax that is have gone into place this year, starting january 1st. that includes this little thing called obamacare which will also negatively impact the economy in a big way. so there are a lot of new things that will come into play that weren t there in 2013, that are going to negatively impact the economy in 2014. heather: one other new thing that we haven t really mentioned the past couple days is the minimum wage hike. the minimum wage, it will rise in 13 states this week. as many as 11 states and washington, d.c. they re supposedly going to consider increases. how is that going to affect, jobs, businesses? well, it is going to hurt a lot of small businesses. you know, people think, let s get people more money. it has to come from somewhere. money just doesn t get p
graham attend an enlistment ceremony for soldiers. the president says the war will be over by late 2014. heather: today s 4th of july celebrations in boston will be the city s largest gathering since the marathon terror attack in april. they are ramping up security all across the city. the marathon bombers originally considered independence day for the attack. it usually attracts a crowd of 500,000. police presence will be heady and some officers will be uncover. thrg there will be come-sniffing dogs and bag checks and a text
gregg: what happens when you apply 214-pound of dine night to a building. take a look. dino might tdine it never gets old, does it? the old city hall in el paso, texas a thing of the past after years of debate led to the demolition of the 34-year-old building. it s set to be replaced by a aaa baseball park, that sound better. the inaugural season set to begin in 2014. heather: some shocking allegations from the defending nascar champion brad keslowski claiming that nascar officials have it out for his team. both he and his teammates could you say they flunked the pre raisin specs at the nra500 saturday night. the defending sprint company