make sure they ve reached everyone affect by this terrible some the, the fox weather newsroom actually reporting eight fatalities nation wild in severe weather outbreak with two fatalities here in wynn. i want to show you what s behind me, this is the first united methodist church, the bell tower, unfortunately, take off this church, and what you see in front is the roof of a phloem across the street. of a home across the street. affecting hundreds, if not thousands of structures here. again, two fatalities reported with dozens being sent to area hospitals. we sawen convoys of workers and ambulances doing hair best, still fighting the storms, by the way. i spoke with a woman just as she merged from her home to survey the damage taking her first look around. ache a listen. windy and then i got in the basement. i heard, like, a loud washing machine or a loud roar like that and hen it was over. reporter: you re stepping out and seeing your up town like this. [inaudible]
legislature is so desperate to keep people from leaving the state that they re threatening them with an exit tax if they do. now, shockingly, left wing governor gavin newsom oppose this has cash grab but we figured out why, because governor hair gel has bigger aspirations. we know we have a big battle coming which is why we ll help lead the fight to make sure we elect leaders in 2024 who believe in democracy. our country is having an existential battle on who we are and who we re willing to become. it s not an exaggeration. that s the truth. what s happening in those red states is not who we are. it s unamerican. it s undemocratic. laura: right, gav and your closing of churches and schools and businesses for more than a year is just what our founders would have done. it was pluralistic of you to chase the people off the beaches. his tour made late last month made no mention of fixing the border or standing up to china. nope, because he s got no answers there it s ball sto
in the world. and yet 2020 was also the year the democrats nominated by their free choice an elderly white man from a slave state who once eulogized a klan recruiter. the anti-white party picks the white guy. how does that happen? pretty simple. democrats care about power. power derives from winning. when you lose, you don t have power. bernie sanders couldn t win. b sanders terrified the donor class. from a fund-raising perspective, that turned out to be a wise choice. by the end of that cycles democrats spent $400 million just for mark zuckerberg. that does not even include the tens of billions in free media coverage as slick and dishonest as any paid ad. unlike paid ads, is not regulated by campaign finance law. so if you add all of that up, the democratic party dropped more in that presidential year than the entire annual gdp of most african countries. all to dislodge donald trump from the white house. nothing like that has ever happened. can they do it again? that s the
that s a fact. that s not a.i. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. today s house oversight hearing looking at the chaotic withdrawal of kabul and the way it was handled that allowed u.s. military equipment to fall into the hands of the taliban, destabilizing the entire region and resulting in the deaths of 13 u.s. service members and hundreds of americans left behind. a separate hearing on afghanistan yesterday taking direct aim at previous denials of the chaos by the white house. denials like this. and so for all this talk of chaos, i didn t see it. not from my perch. at one point during the evacuation there was an aircraft taking off full of people americans and afghans alike every 48 mission and not one mission was missed. i don t buy whole argument of chaos, i m sorry. administration continues to downplay what happened is an insult to the service members sitting here and throughout the united states of america. one doesn t have to see the horrific images or footage
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