Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour, oh, canada. The Standing Ovation that created scandal for our neighbors to the north. How a roomful of canadian lawmakers got a standing o for a ukrainian veteran who fought for the wrong side in world war ii. After he was found out he fought with the nazis, there was an apology from Justin Trudeau. Look at this video, a night in center city, philadelphia. Shocking images of lawlessness, prompting for ing more question basic safety in the cities in the united states. And leading this hour, yes, the election music. You know i love it. A critical night in the republican president ial race. Only seven will be allowed on the stage in this second debate instead of eight in the first round. Asa hutchinson, the one not making the cut tonight. Sorry, governor. The dominant candidate also will not be on stage, donald trump. Though that is voluntarily. Instead, hes going to michigan with a message for union workers, oddly hes chose on the do so at
mob. it is disturbing. i was over in the garden state mall across the river yesterday and i asked somebody at a major retailer a big chain, i m not going to say the name. i said do you guys have a shoplifting problem? every day somebody steals stuff. we know exactly who it is. we will see them walk in and they give us that look and walk right now. and no one cares. they know no one cares. talking about big box retailers. if they don t have a chance against. this what are the odds that a mom and pop can survive in this environment. when you read about gump s. gump s has been there 1 # 6 years. it s a gorgeous store. and it s traditional store. in that they are only open 11 to 5:00. close on sundays so the looters can spend time with their families. it s a nice touch. when you hear that it breaks your heart. steve: speaking of breaks your heart. also in san francisco, the federal government is telling people you work in the nancy pelosi federal office building, don t come to work, re
you covered. amazon prime day deals. ring doorbell, 45% off. amazon fire tablets, 45% off. now to target. there s a lot of different things. we re seeing kitchen ware, save up to $50. floor $50. floor care up to 40% off. and then if you look over at best buy deals, you can save up to $200 on different versions of the macbook pro. $600 on different versions of windows laptops. the thing to remember here, ana is this is coming at a time when we have seen consumer spending so down. we know that cnbc s own survey shows within the last six months 80% of consumers say they have scaled back on things deemed nonessential. this is something that big box retailers like best buy, home depot, target and walmart have warned about this trend of cautious consumer spending. it s not exactly helping their own bottom line.
if the cart has bypassed cash register security systems so the thief can t leave the store. tech like this can prove extremely valuable to big box retailers all the way down to small business owners with an increasing number of these bold, sometimes stunning crimes, being caught on camera around the country. we ve seen the videos. the n.r.f. is calling on congress for help. a house judiciary subcommittee, in fact, holding a hearing on this very topic just yesterday discussing ways to tackle this growing problem, a problem, by the way, that costs businesses nearly $100 billion in losses for 2021. that s the most recent data they have. dana? dana: and then we all end up paying for that. really interesting, thank you so much. thanks, dana. dana: fox news alert. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas about to get raked over the coals today on capitol hill over his handling of the border crisis. house republicans are accusing the secretary of playing a
seeing is something somewhat inevitable. the eruption of retail large box retailers in general has been happening for a decade, particularly the perfect storm we ve seen over the last three or four years. you had covid and you had supply chain issues. the incredible growth of amazon and online shopping changes of immediacy of shopping . um i think all of those factors plus a somewhat behind the track e commerce platform for bed bath made this a somewhat foreseeable outcome. mm hmm. gosh but it did seem to be one of the dominant, you know, retailers out there for a very long time, and it s been incredible ride, right? but uh, like you said, you re these big box kind of items stores. i mean, it seems like it s following the wayside of just like a toys r us or a circuit city. um even though these are very unique stores, i mean, they don t have huge competition in terms of a store that you know,