the money. why shouldn t saudi arabia help hungary and bulgaria? it s interesting. bobby ghosh, thank you so much. we are following a lot of new this is morning, let s get to it. insight into the mind of alleged cop killer, shannon miles. he deserves it book thrown at him plus the death penalty. let s hope it s not race related. i don t think anyone is promoting violence against police officers. ben carson is giving trump a run for the money. the pediatric surgeon is running neck and neck. the appeal may be their lack of experience. they are furious at the republican establishment. a new batch of e-mails. hillary clinton doesn t want us to know what she s doing. i thought it was surprising
deaths by gun fire for police officers rose 56% in this country. so, there is a reason i think looking at the 24 officer that is have died this year already, there is a reason for police officers to suggest that badge they wear on their chest can also be a target for some people. we saw that all too well with the texas officer darren goforth gunned down at the texas gas station and the suspected gunman in court for the first time yesterday, shannon miles. prosecutors saying that, you know, he emptied, basically, around 15 shots to deputy goforth. back to this and the manhunt going on here. want to bring you in, matthew horace, former atf executive, as far as how we can make some gains here knowing that, again, very rural area. also, surrounded by a body of water there, known as the chain of lakes.
all this happened miles down the road from where miles lives and where he allegedly shot officer goforth. we ve learned that prosecutors have issued a subpoena for an area mental health hospital for the records of shannon miles. this comes as one of shannon miles attorneys tells us that one of the first things they will do is order up a psychological evaluation of the murder suspect who faces the death pen it alty in this case. we want to shift gears now to politics. new polls show a shakeup when it comes to the front runners of both parties. now a lot could change in the next five months, but it seems as though donald trump has a little bit of competition. indeed he does. in fact, trump has lost his lead in the state of iowa, according to a new monmouth university poll. he s now tied with ben carson at 23%. trump had been leading the field
the biggest question is why. new orleans police department took martin savidge along for a ride and i want to warn you, if you re going to watch this, some viewers might find some of the video a little disturbing. i m rich ahitching a ride we nopd looking for trouble. what do you think is in your precinct the worst crime area now? in new orleans, the blood-spattered bad old days are making a comeback. here, two men are gunned down, murdered. so we know murder has gone up this year. why? if i had to answer i would probably be a wealthy man. reporter: while violent crime overall has dipped, in the last year homicides in the big easy have jumped 22% from historic lows. but it s not just new orleans. in atlanta, murders are up 12% over last year. chicago is up 20%. dallas up 23%.
messages for deputy goforth, even a teddy bear with a purple heart as well. now we re learning more about the man who s charged with capital murder and more about his criminal past and also his history of mental illness. from prosecutors we heard in 2012 he was deemed incompetent to stand trial in a case in which there was an altercation with another homeless man, shannon miles, 30 years old was homeless at the time as well. and it was an altercation over a remote control. it escalated and it turns out that miles ended up spending about six months in a mental institution, and then deemed competent but by that time authorities say that they couldn t find the other homeless man, so that case went nowhere, and then here we are in 2015, and this man facing capital murder charges in the case of