and, $493 million up for grab in the mega millions jackpot tonight. the lump sum payout more than 290 million bucks. the prize cuckoo swell to more than half a billion dollars get on it. griff over to you. griff: cop killer apprehended overnight after shoot out. the death marks the second officer killed in the line of duty this week alone. massachusetts sergeant michael chestnut killed earlier this week while responding to reports of a car crash that brings the total number of officers shot nationwide in the last week to 8 here to respond to war on cops is law enforcement panel. joe peters former law enforcement officer. new jersey state association chiefs of police. carol is a retired nypd detective and vince hill is a former nashville cop and hovis the podcast beyond the badge. thank you all for your serviced in the line of duty. the thin blue line.
a panel with four retired police officers, law enforcement officers and they talked about the culture of disrespect with regards to law enforcement officers. do you feel like parodies just like this play to continuing that narrative that we should not respect law enforcement officers whether they be ice officers or nypd cops? i think it s a very good point, griff. and one that every american ought to think about. the people that serve us in the police agencies do so overworked, underpaid, under appreciated. and they put their lives at risk every single day they go out there and even just step up to a car to check a driver s license. they never know who is sitting in that seat and what they are going to do. and to disparage the people who enforce our laws, they don t make the laws, they enforce the law us that congress has made. if you are mad at the way the laws are, get mad at congress, tell them to change the laws. don t get mad at the people who enforce the laws, they are doing th
even be something that crosses your mind. pete: may have been proposed by putin. abby: all the more reason to say no. pete: make the comparison of the mead and overwhelming defense and even the thought of it i agree it s not a good idea versus the defensive nature of what difference does it make why these four people were killed at benghazi. abby: both can be wrong. griff: also this story pete i know you will love coming to a theater near you. the surge of socialism. now, bernie sanders and the newly famous alexandria ocasio-cortez running on the socialist ticket won the primary here in new york. she, sanders and ocasio-cortez were out in wichita, kansas talking about their campaign to bring socialism to america. take a listen. people told me that kansas was a republican state doesn t look like that today. [cheers and applause] we want to be a nation
spots maybe 3 to 4 inches of rain and that s going to cause localized flooding. big storms moving through this morning. begin to clear out behind that have clearer skies. temperatures across parts of texas and oklahoma. abby: i think you felt for a brief moment what it s like to be a back street boy meeting teenage girls. rick: they saw themselves on the t vmpleght and got very excited. it wasn t for me it s because they see themselves on tv. right? yes. pete: go forth and take a selfie. yale professor urging people to harass ice employees and protect illegals. a student from the university joins us to react live next. griff: janice dean is live in somerset, new jersey for muck fest. why is this such a personal events for her? that s coming up next. abby: that is that?
this is tragic. i want to get right to the thing that has really startled me and i know it startles you. that is at this very moment last year, the number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty was 21. the total number of officers killed in all, shot and killed in the line of duty in all of 2017 was 35. today, officer kaloha marks 31. fast approaching last year s total and it s not even talking. joe, your thoughts. it s frightening. it s a see change. when i raised my hand to be a cop much less ending up at the white house i never would have imagined, griff where we would be in a position where police officers have to feel like there is a bulls eye on our back. as a former federal mafia prosecutor, it used to be that even the mafia didn t want to take on the police because of the ire and downside it brought to them. today, it s just the opposite. not only is there no respect, but officers are almost a trophy for gang