Controversial i. C. E. Raids set to start president obama called hem off on twitter after the request of democrats i have delayed the illegal immigration removal process for two weeks to see if the democrats and republicans can get together and work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problem at southern border if not deportation starts. Both houses of congress are set to take up spending bill this is week to deal with issues at the border unclear as of yet whether theyll meet the president new twoweek deadline but for now House Speaker nancy pelosi pleased those raids were canceled heres what she posted on twitter this afternoon. Mr. President delay is welcome. Time is needed for comprehensive immigration reform. Families belong together. The raids would have targeted about 2,000 families in ten cities including denver, atlanta, houston and los angeles. California is a socalled sanctuary state so limited cooperation with i. C. E. Agents here, right now a handful of activist with
five-year-old girl who was now in recovery now this tragedy jon comes on heels of another involving child 17-year-old boy was shots and in this case killed on wednesday in a different part of the city. jon. jon: cb cotton. cb, thanks. the number of people living on streets of los angeles kongtses to rise despite california s spending billions to fight homelessness. the l.a. homeless services authority estimates an increase of 10% of homeless in the city last year. new l.a. mayor karen bass says more than 14,000 people have been moved off the streets since she took office in december. christina coleman live in los angeles with more for us. christina. reporter: hi, jon. yeah billions of dollars have been spent on this homelessness crisis in this area. but this problem just keeps getting worse. take a look at these numbers. new numbers from the los angeles homeless services authority show there s a 9% rise over last
hotel and motels for housing and gavin musome is well aware of this huge problem he called it a disgrace but he insist he s doing more than any previous administration to address this issue. i have a 15.3 billion dollar homeless program and when i got here half a billion dollars and state of california was not involved in the homeless issue we got involved. and again this is a huge problem there s no easy solution including just throwing money at it. again a lot of homeless people struggling with addiction mental illness, of course, trying to have or afford housing in in area this incredibly expensive city. jon. jon: christina coleman from los angeles. thanks christina. new revelations and new denials a the hunter biden irs whistle-blower speaks with fox news. but what i am frustrated about is we were hengdering when we were conducting this investigation, and i think that that really hid the true scope
controversial not just limited to to oregon. in nevada the las vegas are review journal is reporting hat state s board of pardons will consider commuting the sentences of all the inmates on death row in that state in a meeting on tuesday. jon? jon: christina coleman, thanks. some students attending manhattan s prestigious new school want an a for the fall semester, and they re upping a campus occupying a campus building to get their demands met. we ll tell you why and how the school is responding. that s next. abc, easy as 1, 2, 3 at booking.com, finding perfect isn t rocket science. kitchen? sorted. hot tub, why not? and of course, puppy-friendly. we don t like to say perfect, but it s pretty perfect. booking.com, booking.yeah.
this case, obviously. matt finn live in moscow, idaho. thanks. well, a debate over the death penalty brewing in oregon after the state s governor announced the commutation of death sentences for all 17 inmates awaiting execution there. instead, they will serve life in prison without the the possibility of parole. the decision not sitting well with the families of some of the murder victims. christina coleman live in our west coast bureau with more on that. christina. reporter: jon, oregon s democratic governor, kate brown, called the death penalty dysfunctional and immoral, and with just a few weeks left in office, she used her executive clemency powers to commute the sentences of 17 inmates on death row to life in prison without parole. the governor also noted that she has continued the state s moratorium on executions since she took office back in 2015. she said, quote: i have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should not be in the