is not being made everywhere. we are seeing crime overall, retail theft overall up across the country and especially in new york city, los angeles, and even dallas. john: prosecuting shoplifting, what a novel concept. dan, thank you. israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid. the problem was and has been and remains hamas. the question is whether they are willing to resume this effort. john: big news out of israel, suggesting they are open to a temporary ceasefire with hamas in order to free more than 100 people still held hostage. no word on whether the terrorist group will return to the negotiating table. sandra: and while fierce battles rage up and down the gaza strip, the u.s. is urging israel for a more targeted approach to spare civilian lives. netanyahu says the idf will keep on with its operation to eliminate the terrorist group. john: so begins hour two, john roberts in washington. good to be back with you again, sandr
back to that checklist, it s when cops, community and prosecutors work together. and that s federal, state and local level trying to deal with the challenges we face in securing our society. at the same time, having a just police system, justice system that allows people to make mistakes and not have that completely destroy their life for the rest of their time on earth. jon: it s one thing to allow judges and maybe prosecutors to have some discretion, but if you announce that you re just not going to prosecute armed robbery anymore, aren t you just invoting more armed robbery? inviting more armed robbery? we saw that with the new da coming into boston where the announcement was no prosecuting shoplifting. so people were saying you can t do this, the da says this is legal. that s not what the da is saying, not what the da can say. it s is still a crime. if you want to change it, legislative changes. the da decides not to prosecute
grady trimble has more. charles, theft and burglary are up across the city of chicago and it s becoming a growing problem here on the magnificent mile. in the latest incident caught on security camera, you can see a hooded susrespect push past a female employee at this store. the robber and another suspect rush into the store, snatch up as many designer purses as possible and rush out. amid the rising crime, major retailers like macy s, gap and disney have closed stores on michigan avenue. critics place part of the blame on kim fox. her office stopped prosecuting shoplifting as a felony as the stolen items are less than $1,000. in a response, there s concerns about crime and the impact it can have on safety. we continue to prosecute retail
so the last time we had a democrat in the us who controlling federal policy regard to the criminal justice, we had the lowest crime rate recorded basically in history. okay? so the notion that somehow democrats tucker: wait, wait. no, no. i m not making a generalization. that is bill clinton no, no. barack obama, actually. tucker: oh, barack obama. yeah. tucker: because bill clinton was a racist for enforcing the law and hiring all the new cops and getting tough on crime. that is the democratic view of bill clinton. i don t want to argue about obama. that was a different party. that was a year and a half ago. that was prehistory. the revolution is in progress. i want to talk about now. right now you have prominent democrats running against prosecuting shoplifting and resisting arrest and drug dealing. and hopping the border. o rourke is against arresting people for breaking immigration laws. what do you think of that? are you okay with that? what i think, this is a