sandra: all new at 2:00, calling all officers. los angeles mayor karen bass is making good on her campaign promise. looking to recruit hundreds are month police officers in an effort to rebuild the city s reputation in the face of rising crime. john: she says it s long overdue, after the lapd lost nearly 1,000 officers, many pinning it on defund the police and soft on crime policies. sandra: welcome back, john, halfway there. john: halfway there, halfway to friday. the long slow slide into the weekend from here. john roberts in washington. the democratic mayor already warning some in her party may see her proposal as a betrayal, specifically those who have supported defunding the police. but others say safety should be everyone s priority. i remember, and i m old enough to remember where it did not matter if you were a democrat or republican, your safety was one that every party cared about. sandra: right to matt, covering the story closely. matt, there s a millio
unveils his debt limit plan and the white house accuses him of dangerous economic hostage taking. we have katie pavlich and robert wolf standing by. first to peter doocy on the north lawn. hi, peter. president biden and speaker mccarthy are not talking to each other. they re taking at each other. we ve been hearing for weeks at the white house that president biden s idea about the debt ceiling is simple. just raise it. republicans did it during trump. just do it again. as speaker mccarthy has a three-point plan that he announced minutes ago. i m proud to announce that we are introducing the limit save grow act of 2023. first, we limit government spending. our proposals also repeal biden s army of 87,000 irs agents. now, that will save taxpayers $70 billion finally. we will grow the economy so we are less dependent on china. white house officials are not commenting yet on a report that tax revenues on tax day this week were less than expected, which could bring the deb
i must say, might have doubled the height but did not narrow the bars. toddler does not have to crime, just squeeze in. sandra: they are still pretty narrow. john: i could not get between them. sandra: two hours flew by, john, as we head into the latter half of the week. i m sandra smith. john: i m john roberts. we ll see you tomorrow. the story thanks, john and sandra. i m jilgillian turner in for maa maccallum. wesley hunt joins us as alvin bragg s lawsuit against jim jordan heads to court. plus, chairman of the house select committee on china. congressman mike gallagher joins us on the plan to war game out a response to beijing. first, president biden speaking in maryland now where he s laying in to house republicans and what he calls their maga economic vision. this comes as speaker mccarthy