gillian: days after the plan to ban gas powered vehicles. they face the threat of rolling blackouts. john: first, fox news alert on the killing of eliza fletcher in memphis. the suspect now ordered held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and a number of other murder-related charges. john roberts in washington, and good wednesday to you. gillian: great to be with you after the labor day weekend. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. ex-con cleotha abston is in court the second time for allegedly kidnapping and murdering the mother of two friday. john: it shows him cleaning his suv outside an apartment complex three hours after fletcher was abducted. the suspect, no stranger to police. gillian: not at all. criminal record back to when he was 11 years old. fox news digital confirms he was charged with rape at 14, and at 16, kidnapped an memphis lawyer at gunpoint. john: former homicide detective pat dias joins us, but first, jonathan is live outside the
that they are sacrificing public safety. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. good to spend more time with you today. gillian: problems in portland and the plea from the mayor. but first the west coast with the energy crisis playing out from california all the way to capitol hill. this is a fox news alert. john: begin with the golden state losing more of its shine. critics say the far left vision of a progressive paradise in california is turning into a democratic dystopic for everyone else. gillian: forget about california dreaming, but california steaming. many of those with power are told to crank up the thermostats to 78 degrees sweating it out to save energy. john: and turns out electric cars don t work very well without electricity. the state that just last week set a deadline to ban gas powered cars new teeters on the brink of an energyist disaster. gillian: warning it could become the nation s problem one day. hillary vaughn. didn t californ
is to blame. full scale criminal enterprise in homeless camps and they don t have the power to stop it. rich: dan springer is live in seattle with more. unfortunately, portland, a beautiful city has been turned into the set the walking dead show, and minus the zombies, of course. but this city has 100 homeless en campments, and inside are the remains of stolen cars. people who live and work nearby tell us they have seen stolen vehicles brought into the homeless camps on a tow truck and in a few days they are completely stripped and it goes on out in the open. the car owners pain is the impound lot s gain. we spoke with the owner on the north side, he s taken in on average six stolen vehicles every day, and he can spot the ones coming from the tent city chop shops a mile away.