strohmier in for carley shimkus. todd: i am griff jenkins and for todd piro. entered in the chaos but it will smash the windows out of two police cars and sell fireworks towards the officers. at one point a giant mob with the cruiser down a freeway. lauren blanchard has more from washington, good morning, laura. good morning, griff. this is wild and dangerous and dumb. this was saturday. [bleep],! [tire squealing] ashley: so in between the street racing, spinning and forcing a patrol car and one officer injured and several police cars damage. here is the problem they are understaffed from officers on the street to 911 operators. in october just 66% of calls answered within 15 seconds. the actual standard is 90%. they also have to lower minimum job requirements just to fill an unprecedented number of job openings. one councilwoman reported being on hold for 28 minutes saturday night to report the street racing. in 2020 the allston state council voted to slash the polic
between china and u.s. officials. we re not looking for a cold war. can the u.s. counter rising global threats? i ll speak to congressman michael mccaul of foreign affairs and mike turner of intelligence plus u.n. ambassador linda thomas green fiel field will join us. ohio residents on edge after a train derailment releases dangerous toxins into their community. we need help. are our leaders doing enough to help and prevent the next crash? ohio democratic senator sharrod brown joins me next. former president trump gets his first official challenger for the gop presidential nomination. if you re tired of losing, put your trust in a new generation. who is next? hello, i m pamela brown in washington where the state of our union is trying to keep your friends close and you know the rest. tensions between the u.s. and china on high this morning after a blunt meeting between the two nations top diplomats, the first since the u.s. shot down a suspected chinese spy
moscow where putin spent this morning trying to justify his war in ukraine to the russian people. you know, keir, for his part, president biden seemed to speak directly to the russian people, saying putin chose this war. the west was never planning to attack russia, but my understanding is russian tv didn t air biden s speech. so what did the russian people hear from their president? reporter: for president putin, it was an uncompromising and at times, hard to comprehend speech, chris. he used the word, war, a number of times and folks who pay close attention will know that s usual for putin. he calls the invasion of ukraine his special military operation and described this as a war with the west. a war for russia s survival. suppose you could say in that one respect, one word, there was agreement between president biden and putin. the word war. and i suppose you could also say some agreement that this is more now than a conflict over territory. it s a conflict over ideas.
performance, if you think about it. but like sam bankman-fried, it looked like a scam. so the tens of billions you re sending, is not charity, zelensky explained, this money, zelensky said, is, quote, an investment. ooh, an investment. what exactly are the terms of this 77. now that we re talking finance? when do we get our dividend checks? zelensky didn t specify that, but at one point in the speech he provided a-point. are the tens of billions of dollars you re sending me with no audit and no concrete proof of what i m actually doing with it, will all that money be enough, zelensky asked rhetorically. answer? not really. not really. he-he-he. more pitches for more investments in ukraine is the return. give me more money so i can demand more money. that s what zelensky promised us last night. under certain circumstances that might actually be fine, if nothing else zelensky is quite an audacious young entrepreneur with the kind of pluck and fast talking shamelessness where yo
secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and we re awaiting news. former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. brian: you heard it was serious and he ended unjust passing away. abe who was japan s longest serving member left office in 2020 due to his health issues not political issues. the suspected gunman was immediately taken into custody. we don t know much about the gunman except he was 40-something years old and seems to be a hand made gun. you don t hear a lot about violence in japan. and shinzo abe still taking part in the political process was campaigning for somebody when he was struck. this is stunning news because simultaneously t