hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
improve under johnson, who has several conflicting comments on whether he is defunding the city of police. we know the city of chicago rebuked this call to defund this bit. this system of incarceration and policing, this is real political gold. i never said we ll take money from police. the 150 million was not redirecting the funds from police? directing dollars to make sure we hire and promote 200 more detectiveses, to make sure we are implements laws on the books like red flag laws, i never said i would cut the police budget. ashley: here is lauren with more. new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn into a job with no small task, figure out how to stop crime? his city and learn to work with police and his constituents even though he was part of calls to defund police. he says his policies go after root causes of crime. chicago police report murder is slightly down from this time last year, but still in the hundreds and motor vehicle thefts up 130%. just y
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hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy news day for us. fox network and its highest rated anchor tucker carlson sever ties. this will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. plus waiting on the word go. the president s team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would be 2024 campaign. an announcement video taped. campaign manager chosen. top advisers settled. a green light from joe biden to turn the re-elect on? still not assured. and a world tour for ron desantis, the florida governor trying to look the part of commander-in-chief in japan while playing coy about if or when he will challenge donald trump. more on the president s coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven
expected to launch his bid for re-election sometime tomorrow thchl comes despite dismal concern over his age. the president wandering off and looking confused seem to have had an impact on some voters. new poll finds 70% think president biden should not run again, compared to 26% who said he should. 48% said age is the factor. even the left-wing media says president biden needs to address the elephant in the room. this piece calling on him to take voter concerns about age seriously. a candidate shouldn t president that advanced age isn t an issue. mr. biden is 80 now, oldest american to serve as president and supporters including strategist david axelrod have expressed concern his age will be barrier to a valuable second term. if mr. biden runs again, questions will persist about his age until he does more for voters that he is up to the job. harris, there has been reporting from politico, friends have expressed serious concerns. they interviewed 130 democrats from across the