i want to thank you for all of that, for telling me about your pain and grief, and your love. the episode is called, you are not alone, it comes out tomorrow on apple podcast, where you listen pod house, the news continues, i wanted headed over to jake tapper at sea and end tonight. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper. we are just one week away from the critical midterm elections, one week, and in this final stretch of these races, one key issue for voters is now surging to the front of the pack of issues, according to polls, and that issue is crime, tonight we re gonna try to explain why this issue seems to be resonating with so many voters, and will investigate whether the perception of rising crime matches reality. let s begin by examining this through the lens of one particular high-profile assault. david depape, the man accused of attacking paul pelosi last week, he entered a not guilty plea to all state charges during his initial court appearance, according to his o
right. and oklahoma is hardly alone, the major city cities chief association says in the first six months of this year, robberies and aggravated assaults increased in cities of more than 500,000 people. but this is where statistics can often be used to make whatever point you want to make. the major city chiefs association says murders are down in aggregate in the 70 urban areas they looked at. but for 30 of those 70, murders are up. and those include atlanta, there are big races in georgia right now, and denver, big races in colorado. milwaukee, governor and senate seats on the line in wisconsin. when crime rates go up, local prosecutors pushing criminal justice reform policies, they often get blamed. is that fair? it s usually a lot more complicated than that. take boston, where the district attorney stopped prosecuting nonviolent offenses. what happened there? violent crime decreased, by 15%