the question if trump ends up being the nominee and biden, those are two big ifs. the real question in that election will be are you better off than you were four years ago? for the vast majority of americans as your poll shows the answer to that question is no. john: you brought up jimmy carter and that phrase sure worked with reagan. he used it in the debate. john: great to see you. stores in southern have lost more than a million dollars to flash mob-style robberies in recent weeks. last weekend masked robbers made off with more than $3 hundred thousand items from a los angeles in order stromas. l.a. s democratic mayor is forming a task force to crack down on crime and keep customers safe. critics say progressive bail policies could put the bad guys right back on the streets. jeff paul is live in los angeles. no reaction to crime like forming a task force.
shoes. apparently the main targets. in all police believe the thieves took off with goods worth up to $1 hundred thousand. they used bear spray to deter anyone who came near them and escaped in cars whose license plates had been removed. the mayor said they must be held accountable. lapd will work to not only find those responsible for this incident but to prevent these attacks on retailers from happening in the future. these kinds of robberies have happened at other malls recently. in glendale a store was hit with $3 hundred thousand merchandise taken. a group of thieves burst into a jewelry store in irvine running off with $9 hundred thousand worth of goods. the lapd acknowledged in a statement over the weekend these kind of robberies leaves communities feeling unsafe and
is it. crime continues. a mob of thieves ransacked a designer clothing store making off with an estimated $3 hundred thousand worth of merchandise in broad daylight. 30 people walked into the store at the mall. in less than a minute the mob had snatched all the clothes and handbags they could carry. it was captured on video showing them running to the mall to waiting cars. bill: that s no fear right there. broad daylight. everybody has a phone and camera. no fear. video games, chatrooms and social media sites. kids spend a lot of time communicating online. so do the predators. now new data shows the number of children targeted on these platforms has increased dramatically. cb cotton in studio with more. what did you find out? talking about this really comes at a crucial time. homeland security investigations just announced this week a first
vertically or horizontally with a flying range of 120 miles. it is expected to cost around $3 hundred thousand and they are taking orders for the vehicle. the ceo is joining me now. jim, thank you for joining me today. it looks and sounds an awful lot like what we used to watch in the 80s on the cartoon network the jettisons. can you talk to me about the similarities? sure. so thanks for hosting me. the idea actually comes from science fiction. my father was very big into science fiction and gave it to me and big into science fiction. so we took inspiration mainly from different writers and also took inspiration from different movies especially from back to the future.
what we try to do now is recreate driving on a street and taking off on one of the urban streets, which is possible with our car today. gillian: how did you come up with the $3 hundred thousand price tag? will you make any money on these cars once you are able to sell them commercially? i imagine it is very expensive to build one of these. yes, this is so the long-term vision we wanted to make it affordable and common place and nothing preventing it. the design of the car is such we can go to mass manufacturing production. we can deliver it at a cost close to something like toy ota corolla. initially in the beginning it is a very high cost so fortunately or unfortunately we have to make a high price tag but we are hard working at starting mass manufacturing and trying to get the price down to make it affordable for everybody. the whole idea is make people s commute easier and save people time.