etc. john: what biden is saying today and new reaction from ukraine as additional forces arrive along the border. and senator barrasso with view on capitol hill. sandra: and the l.a. county sheriff says another example of the far left soft on crime policies making it easier for bad guys to get away with sad crimes. the sheriff will join us the next half the hour.
attorney alvin bragg has to say to his critics. we roll own into hour two here, america reports. john: good to be with you another hour, i m john roberts in washington. similar circumstances on the west coast, the top prosecutor is accused of putting criminals ahead of the people they victimize. the man just out of the blue decided to murder a young woman in the middle of an upscale store in l.a. the expected killer has a decade long criminal history that spans both coasts. sandra: and new at 2:00, l.a. county sheriff says another example of criminals thriving thanks to a district attorney who makes committing crimes easy. so to the l.a. county sheriff in a moment. villanueva on that. but john, you look at what is happening right now, and in l.a., stats show 94% jump in homicides in l.a. county. over just a two-year span.
smith s bail, meantime, set this time at $2 million. sandra. sandra: jonathan thank you. john: 11-month-old baby, one of the latest victims of the new york city crime wave. searching for the gunman who shot the baby as he chased another man in the bronx neighborhood. a stray bullet hit her in the face. she is reportedly in critical but stable condition, she was in a car. howard safer joins us now. let me ask you about the latest horrible incident in new york city, former commissioner. can you hear me all right? i think we i think we seem to have a problem with our connection, with howard. we will attempt to get it back, but sandra, in the meantime we have more on this as we try to reestablish with howard safer, including the l.a. county
pushed in front of the subway train by a homeless man, brianna kupfer stabbed in los angeles and another beaten and killed in los angeles. something has to be done, not sure what it is. sandra: i was surprised not to hear more questions of crime in the news conference with the president. we ll ask alex villenueva, los angeles county sheriff, and looking forward to what he has to say. president biden, the first press conference of the year the white house is trying t clean up the president s remarks, specifically on russia, small incursion by moscow into ukraine would be tolerated by the u.s.? and they are saying what? peter doocy was in the room and
i don t know if there s any right answer, but we have to come up with the best answer. number one concern that we have to have is protecting women s sports. john: thank you again for joining us today, appreciate it. we ll get you back soon. all right. sandra: coming up, the l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva will join us. he says brianna kupfer s slaying, the ucla grad student killed in broad daylight is a result of soft on crime policies. he will join us after the break. y for what you need, and we gotta do it fast. [limu emu squawks] woo! new personal record, limu! only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. three times the electorlytes and half the sugar.