we have new developments in that shooting of a black 16 year old boy in kansas city, missouri. kansas city star is now reporting that ralph charles is out of the hospital and recovering at home. the team was shot on thursday after police say he went to the wrong house to pick up. his younger brother s witness said that you are was quote very alert but was bleeding from the left side of his head and his right arm while waiting for the ambulance. authorities say the homeowner who cnn has just learned is a white man in his eighties actually shot the team twice. police released the shooter after only two hours in custody without charging it. that move, sparking outrage across the city , with protesters marching over the weekend demanding justice. cnn s camilla bernal has been tracking all of these developments. camila bring us up to speed. what s the latest? hey boris. so we know that ralph is responsive that he is making good progress. the kansas city star talking to his father,
there is a lot to discuss. with our cnn political commentators. we have scott jennings, karen finney, and senior political analyst, bonnet brownstein. great to have you here. let s start with the senate debate. the john fetterman and mehmet oz that just happened tonight. and of course, crime came up. it has been a big issue in that race. let s hear their exchange. i m the only person on the stage right now that has been successful about pushing back against gun violence and being the community more safe. all he has done is just put a plan on his website in the last 24 hours. he has no experience. he has never made any attempt to try to address crime. the eternal order of police, from braddock, this meltdown he represented, endorse me, because what he is saying it s not true. violent skyrocketed in braddock. the town wasn t in good shape when he got there. it got worse when he. okay, john. i know you are chomping at the bit. i thought this was an important exchange bec
finney and ron brownstein. great to have you guys here. let s start with the senate debate, the john fetterman and mehmet oz debate that just happened tonight, and of course crime came up. it s been a big issue in that race. so let s hear their exchange. i m the only person on this stage right now that has is successful about pushing back against gun violence and being the community more safe. all he has done is just put a plan up on his website in the last 24 hours. he has no experience. he has never made any attempt to try to address crime. the fraternal order of police from braddock, the small town he represent, endorsed me. they supported me because what he is saying is not true. violence skyrocketed in braddock. i mean the town wasn t in good shape when he got there. it got worse when he was there. okay, scott, have at it. i know you re chomping at the bit. i thought this was an important exchange. it s become one of the central issues in the campaign, and it s
last couple of hours happened as the u.n. security council met in new york over north korea s firing over japan the first time. we re monitoring all of this for response from the west. in our other top story tonight, less than five weeks ahead of the midterm elections, terrible news for president biden and the democratic party. if you are looking at gas prices. as opec plus oil ministers say they will sharply cut production. this comes as the u.s. is dealing with a new surge in gasoline prices across the country coupled with skyrocketing inflation and soaring interest rates. white house correspondent peter doocy has our report live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. president biden doesn t have any control over what opec does. he asks them to increase production. they decided to decrease it. and now gas prices back home may start rising at a terrible time for him politically. but, as international politics get tricky, the president has a surprisin
ammunition here for both bragg and his critics brags office keeps noting that this year 2023 so far, crime is down. and if you look at the numbers that is true, at least for most categories, murder down, rape down, robbery down. we do have an increase in felony assault. now brags, critics say, hold on. let s not just talk about the first few months of this year. let s look at what happened last year, 2022 compared to 2021. they re well, they have some data in their favor. murder was down, but rape, robbery, felonious assault. other categories were up, so a mixed bag mixed back as you said, how much of these different shifts can be attributable to the district attorney? so the short answer is that we don t know. for sure. crime data is notoriously complicated. we can t even figure out why crime increased or decreased decades after the fact let alone you know, the year of um, anyone who points to one guy? whether it s the governor, the mayor of the sheriff, the d a. probably doesn t know