safe. i won t allow the teachers union to politicize the surge or pandemic in general. people are nervous, they re scared, i get that. the thing to do is to lean into the facts and the science and not abandon them in a panic. joining me now is nbc news correspondent meghan fitzgerald in chicago, nbc news senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle, and dr. natalie azar from the nyu langone school. we ve seen restaurants, stores, manufacturing companies that are dealing with massive amounts of cases, reinstating mask policies at some of these places to tamp down on it. then there s the police shortages, the fire shortages, the hospital shortages. this is a i don t want to even say involuntary shutdown for a lot of the industry in this country but that s
with rise in violent crimes they are also struggling with staff shortages, where there are some of the highest crime rates. coast-to-coast police shortages are police cities and businesses more vulnerable to organized and random rise in crime. police in new york city are on the hunt for two people who were begging for money. then attacked and stabbed a 41-year-old man who was coming out of a cvs store in midtown manhattan. after the man declined to give them cash, one of the attackers threw liquid in his face before pulling a knife. the nypd releasing this video in hopes that one would identify the attackers. in los angeles police were able to make an arrest in a fatal shooting of a taco bell worker who was gunned down in a fight when someone tried to pass a fake $20 bill. we ve identified who we believe is responsible for this senseless piece of violence. the victim was a 41-year-old father who was working with alongside his son when he was shot and killed.
without a license, all of their licenses were taken away. one woman taken off a plane she was prosecuted fined $40,000 for going maskless. when we see them in a restaurant, maybe jen psaki laughs it off. sorry. but they are prosecuting fellow americans for doing the best they can or making the same innocent mistake. harris: i wanted to chime on this. chris cuomo is on that list. your tax dollars are not paying for him but he was on that list. emily: maybe they are. point well taken, harris. just ahead, police shortages in some major cities could get worse thanks to controversial vaccine mandates. now the city of chicago is reportedly threatening to fine and fire officers who don t comply. that s next.
example the number of full-time officers dropped by 23000 nationally. and the decline continues today. how are these departments dealing with these officer shortages? well they are hoping a money is enough to entice folks but some are offering bonuses for new recruits. and then you ve got police department s like the atlanta police department they re offering bonuses for people to stay on board. they have to get creative as they face these police shortages. charles watson in atlanta, thank you. eric. corrupting overnight near city turns out two dozen people were arrested, eight police officers injured. as police if a stock with a rowdy crowd who were protesting a 10:00 p.m. curfew at a major greenwich village park and manhattan. that imposed bite mayor bill de blasio to try to cut down on crime. lauren blanchard has the