define, argue, or solved. it s just attention seeking and i don t even think we should talk about it. we should be more focused on the fact that, you know what i learned this morning? the million dollar man is still on tv. i had never seen it before. i will .1 thing out, bill hemmer. your hair, steve austin? twins. you were born in the wrong era. the producers out there, bill hemmer is the new million dollar man. let s make it happen, let s get it together. [laughter] julie: love it. and more focused on that. bill: on the olympics, i don t care how many people around the world are going to pay attention to athletes taking a knee before the national anthem or during it. julie: or turn their back. bill: no chinese athlete is going to turn their back on the chinese flag. no russian athlete is going to turn their back on putin. they would not dare. but that s the beauty, the ugly beauty sometimes, of what it is to be an american citizen.
people. when those folks are arrested, we see those car break-ins go down significantly. maybe so, but critics argue the same people are always arrested. they want to hire 400 more officers and beef up control patrolaround tourist areas pay y are relying on highly visible ambassadors to answer questions and provide a sense of safety for locals and tourists alike. most of the city attractions are open but some experts say it could be 2024 by the time the tourist industry fully rebounds and by the time that the visitors feel they and their car are safe. julie? julie: claudia cowan, thank you. bill? bill: the house now voting overwhelmingly in support of what is called the allies act. that bill should speed up the visa process for afghan interpreters who served for years alongside american forces. lawmakers on both parties saying they deserve our protection.
bill: again, lucas, thank you. you look for answers on that. julie: soaring crime to tell you about in chicago, more of it, anyway. it has a democratic state attorney in cook county under fire. the city police superintendent says kim foxx is too lenient and releases suspects onto the street too soon. this comes with merrick garland visiting the windy city state. david spunt is live in chicago for us this morning. good morning, david. hi, julie. good morning to you. the attorney general merrick garland is in his hometown of chicago with a plan he hopes will work to curb violence. it s a problem not only in chicago but many of the big cities across the country, and small cities, as we mention. it s not going to be easy. let s look at these statistics in chicago from the last 48 hours. they are very significant. yesterday someone was killed. was a night alone, three people were killed, including a
take a listen to what they had to say about how common this is. it s nightly. the same thing happened last night. we had six undocumented migrants in the vehicle. every day. this is exactly why texas governor greg abbott launched operation lone star, surging hundreds of state troopers down here to the border because these pursuits are so common. if they were in down here, a lot of these folks would just get away. texas state troopers telling me since the lodge of operation lone star they ve been involved in vehicle pursuits all along the border. we ascended back to you. julie: thank you very much, bill. bill: thank you, julie. 10:31, the end of an era in cleveland. the start of a new era, as well. the cleveland indians changing their name officially to the guardians. made the big reveal on twitter, and a video narrated by tom hanks. this is part of it, i do believe we have it.
change the name to the guardians, we just think it s better. [laughter] could have done that for about $17.86 production. but the time we live in, it has to be this dramatic thing like it s going to change lives. someone this morning is going to set up and be like, guardians? i can get out of bed now. willy wonka and the chocolate factory, everyone jumps up and starts dancing out of the bed. bill: i want an everlasting gobstopper. what happens to the athletes? will they take a knee? what do you anticipate? this bothers me. when colin kaepernick took the knee and it was such a controversy, it s our conversation and we started talking about police brutality and what s going on in our neighborhood, it was a strong message. controversial. i supported it. now it is starting to look like a lot of attention seeking and doing it for liberal sponsors, and trying to get attention. when you ask what it s about, they use creative terms like systemic racism, which you can t