Benjamin netanyahu hits back today at a top democratic calls for new elections in israel for a good evening i am Christina Coleman and for jon scott and this is a box report. Top white house officials insist it is up to the israeli people to decide if there will be new elections as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says some of the Majority Leader Chuck Schumer call for new leadership in israel was inappropriate. The Prime Minister also sticking to his pledge to wipe out the Hamas Terror Organization but Lucas Thompson is live at the white house with more. I lucas. Chris christina earlier today on fox israels Prime Minister responded to that speech by the Senate Majority leader. Because i think schumers statements are wholly inappropriate. We are not a Banana Republic the people will choose when they have elections, who they will elect is not something we foisted upon us. President biden said schumer made a good speech and says he was given a heads up on its content in advance.
Moments or a Campaign Rally in atlanta tonight. He is hoping to build on momentum from his state of the e union speech on thursday. Former President Trump also on the stump in the Battleground State as Presumptive Republican nominee. It is the second time in nine days the two are in the same state from the same day. We are watching this but first we begin with an investigation into a deadly Helicopter Crash near the southern border. What happened and the Rio Grande Valley of texas. One Border Patrol agent and two National Guard members were killed. One soldier survived but is in Critical Condition brandnew hour of Fox News Live i am Arthel Neville hi eric. Two for thank you for joining us on eric shawn. Military is not yet said what exactly caused the tragic crash. The Border Security mission theres a recent surge of illegal crossings and Border Agents expect that to continue as spring arrives. Jeff and paul in eagle pass with much more on the crash and the situation there. Eric, we ju
here, like rebuked this call to redirect money to defund this bill system. incarceration and policingi don it is a real political goal. they are not differing positions, i never said we would take funds from police. directing to the consent decree to hire and promote and train more detectivives and impelements laws on the books, never said i was going to cut the police budget. ashley: here is more on the budget. good morning, later this morning, new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn in with no small task, figure out how to stop crime in the city. brandon johnson will need to learn to support police. he says his policies will go after the root causes of crime. chicago police report murders are down slightly from this time last year, but are in the hundreds. motor vehicle thefts are up 130%. just yesterday, a gang went after 10 people in 30 minutes. police are still looking for the suspects, adding to the violence, this past weekend, 25 were shot and six died.
philadelphia yesterday, outgoing chicago mayor lori lightfoot, a democrat, put her party on notice for its rhetoric on crime. as democrats if we do not speak the truth about violent crime in our city, we will be the worst for it. if we say yeah , the police department is spending all this time and resources to rest put a case on and then the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. and if we don t call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with the judges, many of whom don t live in our city and don t care about what s happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and a resident who just want in deserve peace. we gotta say it. she was one of the four black mayors leading america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to be hon
truth about violent crime in our city, we will be the worst for it. if we say yeah, the police department is spending all this time and resources to rest but a case on and then the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. and if we don t call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with the judges, many of whom don t live in our city and don t care about what s happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and a resident who just want in deserve peace. we gotta say it. she was one of the four black mayors leading america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to be honest and forthright about the small numerical number of people who are repeated offenders we have about 2000. people in our city that are extreme result of recidivi