please. absolutely not, absolutely not. john: ah, absolutely not but the numbers tell a different story. have a look here. the president has held 23 news conferences since he took office and this time in his presidency, president trump had held 41, and obama had held 53. so, what gives with 23? sandra: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour on this monday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and great to have you back. john: maybe channelling michael jordan with 23. joe concha has a theory. why hold a news conference when tiktok influencers can do the work for you. we ll talk to him how in the world the white house is spinning the press access as a good thing and the army of influencers pushing the president s lies. but first sandra: chaos on chicago streets after hundreds of rowdy teens flooded the downtown area over the weekend. police responding to reports of gunshots and scenes of juveniles smashing cars, blocking traffic and fighting i
thousands in merchandise. the sole employee locked himself in a bathroom and survived unharmed. a street takeover in south central, 500 teens watching drivers doing donuts in the street when the mob decided to take over the arco. they are part of the criminal code. in december, ended with seven injured and the death of a 24-year-old woman when a driver lost control of his camaro and crushed the woman against a light pole. police say the street racing mobs, they attract, they are difficult to control. these guys will tell you, street racing task force back here and they see it every weekend, people are getting ran over, hit, attacked, assaulted and we are waiting for like where is the police report and they never come forward. it s kind of sick in the way that this culture is that s kind of what they do, like i
guess, they go by street takeover usually begins with an instagram post noting an intersection and in hours as they tag each other on instagram, suddenly hundreds at one location, police are outnumbered and police nearby are a potential target. john: back on the east coast, teens who want to hang out at one of new jersey s largest malls will soon need supervision. all due to an increase in bad behavior. lydia hu is live in the north carolina newsroom with the latest on this story. this is happening at the garden state plaza mall in paramus, new jersey. it houses hundreds of stores, neiman marcus, nordstrom and macy s, a destination for many including scores of teens who act unruly and disrupt business. take a look at the video posted to tiktok showing dozens and dozens of young people in the