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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 ....
shawn. army sergeant daniel perry says he fired that day in self-defense. he claims that the protesters surrounded his car while he was driving through downtown austin and basically ran into a black lives matter protest. his lawyers argue that he had the legal right to open fire after one of those demonstrators raised an ak-47 and pointed it right toward him, so he feared for his life. christina coleman has the very latest. christina? reporter: hi, eric. texas governor greg abbott says he has requested the state s board of pardons and parole to expedite its review of this this case after army sergeant daniel perry was convicted of murder for killing air force veteran garrett foster, a black lives matter protester. it was an emotional day in court after the verdict came down on friday. members of foster s family could be seen crying and hugging the attorneys that they worked with. some eyewitnesses strongly kiss piewpted perry s claims in this case. they testify that f ....
i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this fr ....
on so many innocent people. hello. welcome to what is the last edition of outside source. but it s no different to all the ones that have gone before. we re going to have a detailed rundown of some of the biggest stories of the day. and we ll start in russia, because a court in moscow has ordered that a us journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. americanjournalist is american journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. american journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. the journalist in question is evan gershkovich. he works for the wall streetjournal. russia s security service the fsb it says the journalist was acting on us instructions. and that he had collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of a russian defence enterprise. the wall streetjournal denies he has done anything wrong. we ve heard from the kremlin too. translation: this is - the prerogative of the fsb. you already had a statement about this fr ....
a fiber freelancer. former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. we re standing by for that, and we ll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. the governor among those who will speak their plus russia has now arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. even draskovic, a reporter for the wall street journal, detained in a small town east of moscow, the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter, the kremlin says. he was caught red handed, refuses to offer any details their track record on this kind of thing. begs a lot of questions. we re going to have details ahead. we begi ....