suspicion of attempted murder is now walking free. i m john roberts. welcome to america reports and welcome back to you today. gillian: thank you so much. good to see you. aishah: i m aishah hasnie. sandra has the day off. the man approached a man from behind and threw a punch to his head. john: the victim slammed his head on the concrete. doctors say he has a fractured skull, broken cheekbone and a brain bleed. aishah: wow, despite the attacker s extensive criminal history, the court cut him loose after downgrading his charges to a misdemeanor. john: fox team coverage starts now, jeff paul with some incredible video of a flash mob robbery on the west coast. aishah: begin with david lee miller live in new york city. david. david: aishah, the arrest of a convicted sex offender who was caught on camera viciously beating and causing serious injury to a man in the bronx only to be released without bail has sparked outrage here in new york city. the video you are n
the house flips rather than the senate. senate are statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. aishah: so guy, first of all, is it candidate quality, is it something else, is it lack of engagement, is it what s going on with the former president, the chaos around him, what do you make of those comments, what do you think it is? good afternoon. i think mitch mcconnell is a cool customer. he is not prone to hyperbole and if you dissect each word he said in that sound bite it s hard to quibble with the veracity and the analysis of what mcconnell is putting out there. i don t think he s throwing in the towel, i think he s looking at the current situation and there are some senate races around the country where republican nominees have suspect polling support at the moment, suspect fundraising numbers, and he s just saying that s a reflection of the snapshot reality right now.
democratic runner since he entered the race. so guy, heitman emmett hyde amendment is over for him. guy: for now. we will wait another 24 hours to see what happens and wait for the general election. if it is back to being a difficult decision between a woman and her doctor and also involving taxpayers we will see. shannon: what about the issue of plagiarism? guy: you know, i feel like this is sloppy staff work in this case which is not a good look necessarily for him. i don t think it is a terrible problem except for the fact he was dogged by this issue in 1988. so it sort of brings back that memory, which i think raises questions about his preparedness to run in this race. it seems like his staff and his team have been holding back. he has not been mixing it up with journalist at all. he has been limited on that sort of thing. they are playing, it looks like defense and it s not even kick off yet. they haven t had a debate yet. so it is an odd strategy.