pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s
presidential announcement, president biden laid out the stakes and took aim at what he calls magats republicans when i ran for presiden four years ago i said we are i a battle for the soul of america. and we still are the question we are facing i where they re in the years ahead we have more freedom o less freedom, more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answe to be. and i think you do too this is not a time to be complacent that is why i am running for reelection and with former president donald j. trump, the leading contender for the republican nomination in 2024, a rematc is an actual possibility the biden campaign will put hi policies front and center, including his agenda on th economy, just hours afte launching his reelection bid president biden spoke to union workers in washington d.c. where he focused on his record one of the first things i did as president was signed th american rescue plan, whic helped save the nation from pandemic, vaccinate millions o p
bars for killing those five. the man accused of killing his neighbors in texas is captured after a days long manhunt. we ll have the latest on his arrest in just a moment. meanwhile on capitol hill democrats might have a plan b to raise the debt ceiling, but they re going to need some help from the other side of the aisle. and also ahead new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 3rd. i m jonathan lemire and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the arrest of the man accused of killing five of his neighbors in texas last week. francisco was captured last night in the city of cut & shoot which is about 13 miles from the scene of the murders. it ends a four-day man hunt that involved more than 200 local, state, and federal officers. this is video recorded shortly after he was arrest
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.