shannon: we begin with aisha hockney live in new york times square following the events of this weekend. good afternoon to you both. bill de blasio in new york city often blames the crime surge on the pandemic, sandy crime rates would go down once they reopened. it s been five weeks and take a look at these dramatic numbers from over the weekend. 19 shootings, 23 victims, all of that gunfire including that marine and times square. video of him being taken away on a stretcher. he s in stable condition. they reporting a 173% jump in robberies, 201% spike in felony assaults, and 800% increase in hate crimes. bill de blasio now throwing
more officers at the problem. listen. we cannot let it have a negative effect. its mission critical to get this right. we are going to make a clear to everyone. they will see these issues be addressed. he said we will flood times square with officers and we are already seeing that, more than a hundred and 20 uniform officers in times square right now. shannon: aisha hockney. thank you so much. john: let s bring in the former nypd lieutenant, you heard them mention it just a second ago. let s play with bill de blasio about more police on the streets in times square. listen here. we are going to flood the zone and times square with additional officers to make sure the situation is resolved once
fox nation host. looking forward to all of that, president biden forced to address the issue, these democratic led cities, the president said to devote time, we can discuss how his administration plans to tackle this crisis, which has turned deadly for many police. hello and welcome, i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. i m trace gallagher, according to the officer down memorial page, 45 officers have been killed in the line of duty this year with a number of police officers shot or stabbed to death increasing more than 40% compared to this time last year. sandra: some brutal statistics, new yorkers tomorrow and the city s primary election for mayor, crime is becoming a hot-button issue for voters. aisha hockney is standing by in the streets of new york city. she has more.
to elect a more moderate mayor that s more supportive of policing and more tough on crime. we shall see if their plan will work. aisha hockney, thank you. the rising rate of crime. people ask themselves when they head to the voting booth, do you feel safe walking down the street? a lot of these attacks are happening in broad daylight. it s scary for many and how do you attract the best of the brightest back to the city? so many companies are doing this. if you don t feel safe! the city needs that income. you just go back a year and you think how much has changed, a year ago, electing a former new york police captain as the mayor of the city. you would think the odds would be long and now they re very good.
imagine. outraged parent storming out of the board of education and some are calling for the board members to step down. aisha hockney is on that story, what is happening here? good morning to you, bill, this is all kinds of ironic and didn t want to offend anyone with their plans, last month, the school board members, from new jersey got a lot of backlash from parents for renaming columbus day. so in an effort to make up for that, they voted to change the name of every single holiday. we are talking christmas, thanksgiving, hanukkah and they will be a generic day off on the calendar. in his statement, we agreed that the change would be inclusive and equitable, but didn t go over so welcome a video from thursday s school board meeting shows angry parents yelling, storming out in the school board said this will not have any impact on the curriculum but a