we should be creating critical thinkers, not what am i feeling today. any way you can deliver that? sure, i ll take it for you. door dash. i don t take responsibility if this is inaccurate. it made it. lawrence: so what you see right now is first mayor in about 40 years of chicago dancing her way out of office. the people of chicago celebrating this morning. ainsley: first time in 40 years a mayor lost a re-election. lori lightfoot is out, there will be a runoff between paul vallas and brandon johnson. brian: she is gone, through, she s done a terrible job. ainsley: goodbye to you and dancing. lawrence: i am gloating this, mo. ainsley: you re excited. lawrence: i am, all these kids i ve interviewed, out of here. ainsley: gianno caldwell s brother. lawrence: yes. so long, lori lightfoot, made history as first openly gay woman in the city. paul vallas, former head of chicago public schools on top with 34% followed by brandon johnson, former publi
traversed the nation before our military shot it down. after china said it is still thinking about arming russia in its war on ukraine. the list is so long. i m harris faulkner. the action against china fully on display. a china select committee held its first hearing in prime time yesterday. just because this congress is divided we cannot afford to waste the next two years. our policy over the next ten years will set the stage for the next 100. we can now allow the ccp to prevail. earlier yesterday democrats called for accountability. democrats calling for it from both china and the biden administration. there is a considerable dispute as to whether covid came from a wet market or came from the lab. the reason for this dispute is that china was absolutely opaque. they failed to cooperate. they failed to come clean. state department has done almost nothing to tell the world how china s responsible not maybe for the virus but certainly for their failure to cooperate afte
of insane liberal crime policies. i guess folks got tired of living in a crime-ridden nightmare where you constantly have to dodge gunfire inside your own home. maybe businesses didn t like their stuff being looted in a smash-and-grab. we know her atrocious track record, murder, robbery, theft. it seems obvious to everybody why she lost. but she is blaming it on sexism and racism. i think she did a bang-up job. i m grateful that we work together to remove a record number of guns off of our streets, reduced homicides, and started making real progress of public safety. we fought the right fights, and we put the city on a better path. in the end, you don t always win every battle. but you never regret taking on the powerful and bringing in the light. jesse: if you are worried about her future, don t, lori has other skills to fall back on. all right come against my better judgment, i will go to you first, jessica. [laughter] tell us what this means for the democratic part
will: did for everyone but you. ainsley: great to be at work. pete: tomorrow is april 18th. it is just finishing their taxes. ainsley: so is everyone else. so stressful. pete: bank statement. ainsley: are yours in? have you completed yours? pete: yes, i need an extension. will: i need extension. it is in my inbox. i need do digital signatures. pete: how about you? ainsley: all mine are finished. done. which is a good feeling. all right, it is 6:01 on the east coast. the house judiciary committee is in new york city this morning to hold a field hearing on violent crime. will: crime victims will testify about the direct impact alvin bragg s policies have had on their lives. alexandria hoff joins us in washington with more. d.a. bragg is calling this is a political stunt which is a term we have heard republicans describe his prosecution of former president trump. spent thousands ton that while declining to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year up from 828
please. absolutely not, absolutely not. john: ah, absolutely not but the numbers tell a different story. have a look here. the president has held 23 news conferences since he took office and this time in his presidency, president trump had held 41, and obama had held 53. so, what gives with 23? sandra: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour on this monday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and great to have you back. john: maybe channelling michael jordan with 23. joe concha has a theory. why hold a news conference when tiktok influencers can do the work for you. we ll talk to him how in the world the white house is spinning the press access as a good thing and the army of influencers pushing the president s lies. but first sandra: chaos on chicago streets after hundreds of rowdy teens flooded the downtown area over the weekend. police responding to reports of gunshots and scenes of juveniles smashing cars, blocking traffic and fighting i