welcome to the big weekend show . the big story tonight we are just hours away from ringing in the new year, here is live earth camp, millions of americans and cities coast-to-coast are gearing up to kiss 2023 goodbye and say hello to 2024. of course people still need to be safe, security is top of mind. for law enforcement have the ball drop in time times square. protests continue to loom over the festivities in new york city mayor eric adams is putting those groups on notice to beha behave. we have witnessed a small number of people trying to embed themselves in protest and bringing about protest. this is a city where we clear a and there s no room for breaking laws. you break the law you will have to deal with the new york city police department. fox news correspondent tv cotton is live in times square, chile but beautiful night, happy new year. we are less than five hours from ringing in the new year on the east coast and our people as far as the eye can see, the
welcome to the big weekend show . the big story tonight we are just hours away from ringing in the new year, here is live earth camp, millions of americans and cities coast-to-coast are gearing up to kiss 2023 goodbye and say hello to 2024. of course people still need to be safe, security is top of mind. for law enforcement have the ball drop in time times square. protests continue to loom over the festivities in new york city mayor eric adams is putting those groups on notice to be behave. we have witnessed a small number of people trying to embed themselves in protest and bringing about protest. this is a city where we clear a and there s no room for breaking laws. you break the law you will have to deal with the new york city police department. fox news correspondent tv cotton is live in times square, chile but beautiful night, happy new year. we are less than five hours from ringing in the new year on the east coast and our people as far as the eye can see, the c
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
sure what the king of late night is up to but we do know he s not riding roller coasters at six flags because they have a height requirement. i love you greg, don t ban me from the show. as for our country, where the hell are we? after indicting a president for the first time in our 246 year history, that s right america s 246, same age as dianne feinstein. like a lot of you, i watched trump fly home today after getting indicted and i have to be honest i found the whole thing disturbing but i will admit after two years of biden it was refreshing to see the president make it up the airplane steps in one try. now the good news for the country is they didn t handcuff trump so we were spared the banana republic image of a president handcuffs. alvin bragg was in a really tough spot on that one after all he if he handcuffs a president next thing you know he d have to start handcuffing robbers and rapists and murderers. come on, bragg. come on, man. no, no, under alvin bragg s woke