2006. fox news alert with 47% of americans still not fully vaccinated there are concerns that labor day weekend will fuel a rise in covid cases. charles watson is live in it atlanta. the rate of infection is showing some signs that it is levelling out. with thanking with that being said, officials hope americans stay home for labor day in hopes of avoiding another covid surge the cdc asking folks who are not vaccinated to avoid travel all together. more than 160,000 new infections a day. triple-a travel will be remain
cases, this year alone. shouldn t you people be happy that we re getting back out there? be nice, if you can. did you hear about this one? not a customer. an off-duty delta flight attendant. apparently, commandeered the intercom on a flight friday night. police say he claimed he was going to take the plane down. passengers, flieght attendants rushed him, led to a scuffle. forced the plane to land in oklahoma city, instead of t atlanta. one of those passengers who helped in the chaos, joins us, now. darren janai. first of all, appreciate you, brother. thank you for stepping up and trying to keep people safe. scary thing to do. nice of you to do, good of you to do. what s your take on it? thank you, chris. appreciate you. yeah. i think we can get kind of distracted with our headphones on. and we don t realize, necessarily, what s going around us. and this was a gentleman, who was standing in the bulkhead talking to the the flight attendants.
every country big and small, when you popularize defund the police, this is what you get. b2 julie, to tomi s point, the economic result of that, the majority of the revenue is from the property value. buckhead accounts for 20% of atlanta s population, the tax revenues raised from that area alone comprise 20% of the city s budget and that s the reason why the city is refusing to allow the citizens to protect themselves to hire another police force on the basis of economics only, it s disgusting. julie: civilians are supposed to be able to rely on law enforcement, actual trained officers to protect them. quite frankly it s not just the mayor here, i was surprised to learn the former police chief was actually the one to hold police pursuits, the reason being apparently there were three deaths in one month due to
would ve yanked that back a little harder but that s the whole problem, the security guards don t even have backup and you can blame the democratic leadership for that. the san francisco mayor in 2020 actually announced a hundred and $20 million budget cuts to both the police and the sheriff s department so basically what you re giving, essentially as the criminals, all the crooks a five finger discount, go to any store you want to end the lift and leave and nobody s going to come running after you and that is the problem, once again, that we are seeing all over the country. we just talked about it atlanta and here you go in san francisco, this is a huge problem, i mean, it s just going to continue because the police officers have absolutely no power and obviously the security card doesn t have backup. emily: this is the same city where the activist district attorney was elected after having not prosecuted one day in his life, he blames the cops for the spike in crime there he litera
force, are even calling to secede from atlanta. we are living in a war zone, an incredibly dangerous spike in crime and a complete vacuum of leadership, the police in atlanta are great policemen and women who just want to do their job and they are not being allowed to do that. emily: in the latest incident of 41-year-old father of three was shot while taking a walk near his home. listen to the harrowing 911 call. help, help! hello? is this a house, apartment? i m on the street, 1211 wesley. i got shot. is the assailant don t nearby? he drove away. okay. is there any serious bleeding? yes, i am bleeding, i ve been shot. emily: for viewers,