pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
today. opening statements were supposed to start at 1:30 so far though, neither side has spoken and no reason has been given for the now hour and a half delay while we are waiting, we have just learned judge davis has authorized a special master to investigate fox s handling of discovery. we re going to explain in a moment this trial, when it does eventually start again, is not being televised. and nor can it be photographed one person was already kicked out of the courtroom for a snap, which the judge has said was deleted. don t worry though, we ve got our own reporters inside the courtroom updating us with the details. how exactly is this trial going to go? well, at least there s this. the judge ruled from the start that the election was not stolen and that fox was wrong to report that it was. in fact, he said it was crystal clear his words that the statements put out by the network and its hosts were false. now it is up to dominion to prove that there was actual malice beh
about republicans looking into his corrupt son hunter. the public isn t going to pay attention to that, they want these guys to do something. the only thing they could do is make up things about my family, it s not going to go very far. jeanine: but in reality there is bipartisan support to look into the slimy first sodden. 61% support an investigation. then there s that giant chinese spy balloon we just learned some startling new details. the spy craft contained multiple antennas that were capable of collecting communications. but apparently biden thinks it s no harm, no foul. have relations now between the u.s. and china taken a big hit no. no. how do you know? i know, i talked to them. i talked to xi jinping before and talks with other people, i didn t talk to them during this. jeanine: president biden downplaying his document to scandal the only way he knows how, by throwing his staff under the bus. dave informed me not to speak of this issue and to anyway
she was a message light i this dark world. that is what she was about, sh was just a cup of love and i am like, who saw thi coming a beautiful young student gunned down. things like that just didn happen there why? who? who would want to do this? i thought i had my man. her fiance was a police officer. anyone knew how to do thi and get away with it, wouldn t it be him? then someone told polic what he saw. he told me he saw a femal that was about 5:10, she pulls off and takes off at the complex. what did she know she said i m in fear of m life the story starts to unravel. a secret tape why are you whispering? you know why. because somebody s listening. a secret lover he wanted her to come bac to him and she didn t. and a secret reveal as we re getting ready to finish up, someone hands me note who killed denita you ve told me some thing you d only admit to a priest and you can t tell me this las little piece of the puzzle. why? t
are threats on my life and i know we are in danger, i know we are. it is a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. it became a destination for the rat pack, and sinatra. and it ended in a case of murder, the wealthy heir to this legendary hotel, dead. he was my father. he is the only father that i ever knew. now, police said that she was next, someone in the shadows wanted her. my suspicion is growing and growing by the minute. so who is behind? those plenty of suspects. and plenty of motives. anger, jealousy, greed. someone had 10 million reasons to kill. look back, and say oh my god. i couldn t believe what i saw. you are not gonna believe it either because in this day, there is a final, terrorizing twist. [inaudible] hello, and welcome to dateline, ben novak junior was a successful entrepreneur and the wealthy son of a famous miami businessman then he was bound and bludgeoned to death in and knew your coat got tell room. who wanted