already know the answer to is florida governor ron desantis more interested in effective governing or is he just interested in political headlines, building up his national republican political profile? thanks to some fantastic new investigative reporting in the new york times, there is overwhelming evidence that proves the latter. last summer he bragged about removing a local prosecutor from his job suggesting that he did so as part of a broader effort to protect floridians from progressive prosecutors who undermine public safety. and one problem for desantis, there was no evidence then or now that that was true in fact a closer exam nation by journalists who sifted through thousands of pages of government records trial and testimony,nat journalists who sifted through thousands of pages of government records trial and testimony, paints a portrait of a governor s office that seemed driven by a preconceived
progressive prosecutors, backed by billionaire george soros has in the past been accused by critics of being soft on crime and last year was disciplined over concealing evidence in a high-profile case. high noon for this particular prosecutor s career now seems to be fast approaching. dana: interesting, jonathan. thank you so much. i wanted to ask you about something vladimir putin said. he said russia is suspending cooperation in the nuclear treaty with the united states. what s your message to putin on that? it s a big mistake to do that. not very responsible. bill: president biden reacting to putin s decision about that withdrawal in a key nuclear treaty. watch that one, folks. simultaneous showdown the looming. the president facing growing tensions over china and russia s growing alliance that threatens to shake up the strategic landscape. just back from taiwan is
and luckily for him they had not been defunded. no word yet on why he called the police, and didn t call a social worker or a psychologist, as some on the left want us to do. not sure how many social workers you know, but they are not trained to stop robberies or shootings in progress. joining us now, former federal prosecutor, formerrer district attorney thomas hogan. i don t know where to start. let s start with the facts. is it a fact that crime is going up in some of the very districts represented by these so-called progressive prosecutors? crime is going up. specifically violent crime. you are looking at murders, taking off. you don t get much more violent than that. you are seeing a combination of this demonetization of the police, and progressive