and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. passengers inside the car say neily told him he didn t care if he went back to jail, before a former marine put him in a choke hold. anxiety is at an all-time high in new york following violence on the subways. aoc and eric adams are turning on each other. todd: alexandria hoff with what comes next. good morning. liquid the conversation includes criticism over the way homelessness is treated or not treated in cities. protest erupted last night and continued following the death of jordan neely from alvin bragg to file charges against a 24-year-old marine veteran who put neely in a choke hold after he was acting erratically. here is eric adams. we are investigating, let s let the da conduct his investigation with law enforcement officials. to interfere with that is not the right thing to do, i will allow them to do their job and determine what happen here. we cannot sa
victims of violent crime in manhattan field hearing is still happening. it started about two hours ago and ongoing with many witnesses now stepping up and telling the horrifying stories of both the crime that they ve experienced in the city but also the shut-out that they ve experienced by alvin bragg s office. lawmakers there directly hearing from victims impacted. a bodega worker charged with murder for defending himself. a friend of his had to step in for him today because jose alba fears for retaliation if he speaks up. his mom, whose son was murdered, also on the list the next person is madeleine, her son, a military veteran, a victim s right advocate and more heart rending stories of pain and suffering across the board. those are a few of the people speaking today. the chairman of the judiciary, jim jordan. our waft necessarys today have felt the effects of crime up close and personal. they ve been victimized by a justice system that cares more about political corre
mccarthy spoke. in front of the same individuals about where the debt talks are going. let s just say nowhere. connell mcshane has more. the speaker made reference from that appearance from ronald reagan. he said we have an unsustainable level of debt in this country and he will not support raising the debt ceiling unless something is done about it. spoker mccarthy made a speech to a number of professional financialists in new york. he said there will be a bill that will raise the debt for one year. in exchange for raising it, the speaker has demands. he said federal spending will be rolled back to 22 levels. unused covid money clawed back and he wants americans to work in order to receive federal benefits. mccarthy in his speech going after president biden for refusing to negotiate. make no mistake, the longer president biden waits to be sensible to find an agreement, the more likely it becomes that this administration will bumble in to the first default in our nation s
not demonnize the youth, and instead suggests finding more places for them is spend time. fired up on this, we ll be joined live coming up. i truly believe they were there to kill me. so faced with this, i did what i knew i had to do to save my life. i stabbed that man in self-defense. but when the police came, even though i was injured myself, i was placed under arrest. it was hard to believe what my son looked like. face was beaten, open and shut case. and bragg is moving the case along with no solution, offering deal after deal. he dismissed, completely dismissed gang assault and murder indictments against two of the defendants clearly on video participating in the brutal savage slaughter of my son. john: this busy monday, hearing correctly from new york city crime victims as they wrap up investigations into alvin bragg of dereliction of duty. sandra, the band is back together again. sandra: fiery field hearing wrapping up moments ago a block away from bragg s of
third trip to palestine. the president noticeably missing. i get all congested. why are not getting the same air. real problem is going to be 5, 10 years from now. chicago voters head to the polls. plagued by rampant crime and homelessness may give lightfoot the boot. she has literally made chicago known for nothing but violent crime. desantis is now upping the ante in his fight against disney signing a bill to strip the company of self-governing status. they re finally going to pay their fair share of taxes and pay all the debts. wake me up before you go-go don t leave me hanging like a yo-yo wake me up before you go go. [cheers and applause] brian: one of the most patriotic places in the country ponte vedra, florida. about 40 miles from the georgia border. [cheers] brian: now you have the other half right here. it s hard to know. i don t know, who is louder those guys or you guys? [cheers] brian: they flooded to the kitchen. thank you all for c