under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
track. it s a vast sprawling system and it s constantly moving. so what you re seeing now is they re going to inject an additional 1,200 cops into the system. that s for omni presence, that can reduce crime just because they are there but it will make people feel safer if they see more cops. these cops don t exist, okay? in defund the police they took 1,200 cops out of the nypd, the department isn t getting bigger, it s getting smaller, the retirement numbers are high so that s going to have to be accomplished through overtime. that s that officer where he or she is working the sixth or seventh day and four hours overtime on this end of the rush hour or that end of the rush hour. we will see if it helps and that perception because at the end of the day this is about how people feel. always appreciate it. thank you, my friend. appalling andunacceptable, that is how the education secretary describes the nation s
retirement numbers and staffing shortages, does this plan meet the moment? joining us now to discuss this is spokeswoman for the national police association sergeant betsy brantner smith. and ashville police department chief david zac and former detroit police chief james craig. good morning to everyone. good morning, ainsley. good morning. ainsley: sergeant smith, i will start with you. why do you say he misses the point? well, he is talking about gun violence and stopping that by going after gun dealers. that s not the problem that we have. and it s great that he is going to provide more money, covid money to get more community policing programs out there. we have got to hire police to fight crime not to do more community policing. we have been doing community policing since i was in high school since the 1970s. we need officers to be not vilified. we need police officers to be assisted in this fight against
continues to complain about and low recruitment and high retirement numbers. who will tackle it off? the race is heavy on democrats. registered democrats outnumber republicans 7-1 in this city. top four candidates have addressed how they would handle crime. andrew yang last night pitching his plan that would include plain clothes officers, a new crime unit he would want to put in place. everyone, dana and bill, seems to be tuned into the fact that crime will be the key to get them into city hall. back to you. bill: want to bring in ted williams and andy mccarthy. wow, how do you justify allowing hundreds to just go free? hi, bill. it is hard to wrap your head around this. there is no justification.
pretty much against them they are not getting support from management and politicians being disrespected and demonized and every day through the mass media. it s a very, very difficult time to be a police officer and makes you understand why the retirement numbers are as high as they are. brian: you don t do it to get rich. eric adams is now leading the race in new york because 46% of the people say they are voting because the person who gets this job will be good attack ling crime. eric adams has a law enforcement background. you are not a fan, why? i m not certain he has the gravitas for a big, big job where you have 350,000 employees