police cars. a giant mob forced a cruiser backward down the freeway. lauren has more from washington. good morning, these videos are just as wild as dangerous and dumb. this was a busy intersection saturday night. take a look. oh. [bleep] [engines revving] ashley: at police cars, a crowd swarming and forcing a police car back. one officer was injured, several police cars were damaged. the police department is understaffed from officers on the street and 911 operators. just 60% of calls is answered within seconds. they had to lower minimum job requirements to fill openings. in 2020 the austin city council defunded the police by $150 million. the austin police association tweeted austin policymakers are responsible for the overall safety of citizens and visitors, looked like the wrong decision and they continue to demoralize public safety. austin was one of the safest cities, not anymore. the police budget was reinstated, but not until after officers left. they are strugg
years ahead. but russia aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war conquest is failing, russia military lost half its territory it once occupied. young, talented russians are fleeing by tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia, not just from the military, fleeing from russia itself. they see no future in their country. russia s economy is now a back water, isolated and struggling. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. mr. president, i said, he s counting on us not sticking together, counting on inability to keep nato united and counting