Improvement, murder, down 15%. mayor adams a former police captain says the city alone can t fight the crime wave. we want to do our job but we need help on the federal level and arming our federal entities. new york is not the only major city with surge in crime rate. philadelphia, washington, d.c. and chicago are also fighting the same battle shannon? shannon: david lee miller in new york, thank you. new york mayor eric adams is apologizing tonight after video emerged showing him uttering a racial slur referring to white police officers as, quote: crackers. the video was shot in 2019. adam said he was responding to someone else using the comment but says it was inappropriate. a spokesman for the police benevolent association says it is also spoken to adams about the video and that a few seconds of video will not define their relationship. celebrity lawyer michael avenatti has been convicted of charges he cheated the the adult