murder rape burglary robbery. it s considered the murder capital of the united states. the worst ghetto in all of the united states. after decades of terror in the big apple, rudy giuliani rode in like a white knight and took care of business. he made life better for his residents and cleaned up the streets. guess what? it worked. he tackled crime and laid out the big city blueprint for safety. enforce your laws, keep criminals in line. and above all, support your police. seems like an easy recipe for success, right? yet, somehow, 30 years later, every democratic big run city has screwed this up. the left has worked tirelessly to defund police and put criminals back on the streets. stupid ideas like eliminating cash bail have put us all at risk. you are officially on your own. nowhere is that more evident than lori lightfoot s chicago. the same lady who tried to cut her police budget by $50 million two years ago has seen a nearly 40% jump in crime in the last 12 months.
we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
new job protecting some of the very same children who survived the shooting. plus, one thing the vast majority of americans can agree upon the nation is facing a mental health crisis. so what can we done about it? we will get some answers. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. her to have you with us. we begin with growing tensions around the korean peninsula. right now, a u.s. navy aircraft carrier is reportedly moving into waters off the korean peninsula after north korea fired two more missiles thursday. seale says pyongyang conducted two missile tests in less than two weeks. the latest came after the un security council held a meeting on pyongyang s weapons program, and the beijing indirectly accused russia and china of enabling north korea. for more on these developments, we turn to who joins us live from south korea. so what is the latest on these escalating tensions on the region? well, to start off with, that un security council
did they violate the law? all the facts point to that. dana: andy mccarthy has legal analysis and david spunt is live outside federal court in virginia. hi, david. this is an interesting case because on paper it is about lying to the f.b.i. but in the actual courtroom special counsel john durham is going far beyond this case and trying to expose or uncover some riffs and problems within the f.b.i. leading up to the 2016 election and shortly there after, after donald trump became president in the early days. the man on trial is a russian national named danchenko charged with five counts of lying to the f.b.i. primarily about his work with ex british spy christopher steele on the steele dossier full of allegations about donald trump leading up to the election. long time democrat strategist charles dough lon was on the stand yesterday. he emailed danchenko information about problems within the trump campaign. danchenko took that information and put it in the steele dossier
today is actually a holiday fess vas. the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. i have got a lot of problems with you people. now, you are going to hear about it. you, krueger. my son tells me your company stinks. oh, god. and now as festivus rolls on. until you pin me, george, festivus is not over. oh, please. somebody stop this. let s rumble. katie: this year s festivus like all the others with the airing of grievances. we have a lot of problems with the way swawgd p washington was. works. the unwiths who run it the ones supposed to represent us shown time and time again they only represent themselves. reminded of this every year on festivus when senator rand paul releases a report on how the government spent your hard earned tax money throughout the year. this year washington, d.c. outdid themselves spending over $482 billion on wasteful projects like dropping $3 million to inject hamsters with steroids and watching them fight. another 2 m