now. auto thefts across the u.s. were up 11% in 2020 with a vehicle stolen every 36 seconds. the problem got even worse last year. as for all those out in the open chop shots in portland. we asked the mayor s office to respond and so far they have declined. shannon? shannon: dan springer, thank you very much. one republican senator is threatening to block the nominations of justice department nominees if the biden administration does not provide legal support for u.s. marshals were attacked by demonstrators in 2020. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie has the story from capitol hill. i m not aware of the specifics of it, jackie, i m happy to check with our counsel s office. tonight the white house is looking into fox reporting that the department of justice is failing to defend its own federal agents. after they ceived the portland federal courthouse from violent protesters in 2020. it comes as senator tom cotton thrend threatens to block all
was recovered from the scene. portland is experiencing an epidemic of auto thefts almost 10,000 last year. police know where the cars are but they are essentially powerless to do anything about it correspondent dan springer tells us why tonight. driving through portland, oregon is like a tour of auto graveyards. last three months were all records for stolen vehicles. 2021 set a 2 -year high with 9750 cars and trucks taken. increasingly ending up in tent city open air chop shots one next to acme stonch. our ski council and mayor are idiots. just straight up idiots. they don t seem to care. there are 100 different homeless encampments in portland. nearly all allowed to stay and grow during the covid pandemic. this boat repair shop is near delta park a sprawling homeless magnet. i have a car partly pulled apart and then come back the
laws following the killing of george floyd. five of them limited pursuits. there is no justice. may be justice for the lawbreakers but not for the people who were trying to do the right thing every day. prosecutors say the man who stole his car and is still free is wanted for five auto thefts in just the last year and is charged with a host of crimes including assault with a deadly weapon. at some who support the new law think cops are confused when they say they are handcuffed on pursuits. we think who is saying that is misinformed and needs clarity from the ag s office. as it turns out those officers who squad cars were getting rammed could have pursued the suspect because the d.a. charge felony assault but that just proves the confusion surrounding the law. two new bills have been introduced to give cops more leeway. both face an uphill battle. shannon. shannon: dan springer, thank you very much, dan.
comes as john j. college of criminal justice is now being called the ground zero for woke das seems like all the woke das came through there. smash and grab videos. former west chester county rob. this comes out. what do you think is significant people should take away from this about the louie i have son store. what does it represent to you. brian, all weekend i was at my daughter s basketball games and this is all the parents were talking about. people were coming up to me and what it says is they realize now that crime, and soft on crime politicians like kathy hinojosa here in new york and others, that it effects not just over there. meaning in the city or someone else s neighborhood. but it effects everywhere. right? you can have burglaries in your own homes. auto thefts in your driveway. and if you go to the mall, which is the mall i go to, that one the west chester, you don t suspect it but it s happening. and people are worried, you know they are finally waking up in