building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. what you see today is us giving back to our community. the police department was make this a happy holiday season for people in oakland. collecting toys for kids and the community as he talks to abc 7 about the recently implemented crime plan and its effectiveness in the last few months of the year. oakland saw a spike in gun violence this year that prompted chief to implement a new crime plan in september and according to crime stats it made working. they spoke with chief about the new numbers and what to expect heading into the new year. and a new city mayor with city council. reporter: for the first time ever the city of oakland s hosting toys for the town holiday event. as a kid growing up in oakland, my family sometimes was in need of gifts. we go to places a get gifts
harder. the reason why i think another reason why it is in the different colors is nowadays they re putting everything into pill form. street dealers have pill presses and one of the most scariest things and i think it is why it is probably affecting our college students over here in florida a lot now is one of the colors coming in is orange, and that s one of the most used drugs with college students is adderall. staying up longer, study longer, and that s one of the most common used drugs. if you have a pill coming in, in the chloroformolor form and it easier to make it into a pill form and that s very scary. of the united states saw a spike in deaths during the pandemic. according to the cdc from may 2020 through april 2021, more than 100,000 people of all ages died from drug overdoses in the
to serve, that will be a question. is biden capable of serving another term? that ll be a question. but the 2022 election is going to be about congress and we ll see how that shakes out. if i may stick to trump, because that s what really matters right now. after that fbi raid in mar a lago we saw a spike, and we are still seeing a spike of threats, very real threats being made on fbi offices and fbi agents. totally inappropriate, totally inappropriate. well, if that s inappropriate, why did you, lindsey graham, go on to fox news and say, you know what, if trump is prosecuted for mishandling classified information, you can expect riots on the streets of the united states? why did you say that? number one, i don t want riots, from black lives matter or anybody else. i said it because, i travel the world and i understand what happens when people lose respect for the rule of law. and you don t want me to talk about it, but i am going to talk about it.
and the question, is trump fit to serve, that will be a question. is biden capable of serving another term? that ll be a question. but the 2022 election is going to be about congress and we ll see how that shakes out. if i may stick to trump, because that s what really matters right now. after that fbi raid in mar a lago we saw a spike, and we are still seeing a spike of threats, very real threats being made on fbi offices and fbi agents. totally inappropriate, totally inappropriate. well, if that s inappropriate, why did you, lindsey graham, go on to fox news and say, you know what, if trump is prosecuted for mishandling classified information, you can expect riots on the streets of the united states? why did you say that? number one, i don t want riots, from black lives matter or anybody else. i said it because, i travel the world and i understand what happens when people lose respect for the rule of law. and you don t want me to talk about it, but i am going to talk about it.
no place. none, never, period. reporter: biden defending rank and file agents after the aeg saw a spike in threats after searching former president trump s home. sickening to see the new attacks on the fbi. threatening the life of law enforcement agents and their familys for simply doing their j job. i m opposed to defunding the police and i m also opposed to defunding the fbi. you have worked hard all your life reporter: and the president also going after lindsey graham for suggesting that there would be, quote, riots in the streets if trump is prosecuted while hillary clinton wasn t for her use of a private server as secretary of state. the idea that you turn on a television and see senior senators and congressmen saying if such and such happens, there will be blood in the street.