talking about the crime wave. give this a listen now. we have an open air mental asylum. he was arrested possibly for possession of stolen items. used to be a felony. now a misdemeanor. got out on a ticket in october and a few months later he is killing brianna right at the start. bill: you feel for the family when he talks about that comment. what he said at the beginning. we have an open air mental asylum. how do we address that now? i tell you how we address it. we should have addressed it yesterday. bill, joe biden gave a two-hour press conference and not once did he mention public safety. public safety in america is not a priority in the biden administration. that was a crime not to mention that. i hold the press negligent in not asking one question. it is impossible to not see what s going on from california
camera shopping at a store. he is homeless and had a long criminal history. most serious of crimes taking place in south carolina where he was freed on bond after a 2019 incident where he fired a flair gun into a car occupied by a man and toddler. that charge should have carried a potential 10 year prison term. also free on bond from a misdemeanor shoplifting incident in pasadena. soft on crime allowing criminals to be free to roam the streets. george gascon issued a statement following smith s arrest saying it is tragic and heartbreaking that kupfer was murdrd while she worked and a tremendous loss for her family, friend and community and county. we re working with lapd and will review the case as soon as it is presented to us. a vigil will be held later today to mark the moment she
more encounters in the year 2022 now? well, i m surprised, bill as well. it was a nearly two-hour press conference and people asked whatever they wanted including crazy questions in there. but i will say, bill, what the president s view is we need to do more. we need to fix our broken immigration system. smarter security at the border. it also means a moral approach when people come across the border. we still have issues in these countries that have been going on for a long time and see surges every couple years where people have challenging economic circumstances and they are not we haven t done enough to address the root causes. that s part of what we re focused on as well. we need to address it from many fronts. bill: criminals being arrested at the border on a weekly basis and you are well aware of that. on to crime. dana. dana: another issue that didn t come up last night but starting to show up in the top five issues voters are concerned about and look at the
take it back. make no mistake about it, the election this fall is a referendum on this all-democratic government. bill: there is his answer. final comment, josh. look, what the democrats would love to do is distract from what they are arguing. the policies have made month over month inflation 7% increases, supply chain problems, border crisis, afghanistan. those are the policies we need to focus on and reverse. dana: good to see you this morning. have a good day. bill: thank you, sir. eight minutes past the hour. back to the issue of crime specifically here in new york. we have a story now about a gun fight in new york last night leaving an 11-month-old baby girl fighting for her life this morning. in the back seat of a car when she was shot in the face by a stray bullet. bryan llenas back on the crime blotter again today. what happened, bryan? good morning. the father came out of a nearby
out the piece in the wall street journal. very good writing. we ll see if you re right in the end. dana: excellent use of grammar. bill: go back to the approval/disapproval on the issues. put it on screen. this is pretty good, right? you look at the economy and covid, foreign policy, healthcare and look where the disapproval numbers are for the white house. he conceded close to nothing on these issues yesterday. again, keep in mind how he turned that on republicans. what are they for? karl is very right. he is setting up the argument to be delivered for the next 12 months leading up to the mid-terms in november. dana: kevin mccarthy has put out a statement about what republicans are for. they are looking at some very key issues that they will say this is what we would stand for when it comes to education and parents being in charge of their children s education. on immigration, on taxes and the economy and on crime which is something that didn t even come up yesterday, bill.