president biden continues to defend his performance on the economy. why fact checkers say the numbers don t add up. the spike in crime could be worse than we think. we ll look at a new report that finds 40% of the country s law enforcement agencies have failed to report crime stats to the fbi in 2021 leaving us wondering what the real picture is. we begin with team coverage of another primary election night. mark meredith is in south carolina where there s a split decision to the two g.o.p. representatives who face off with two trump challengers. and bret baier joins us live in studio tonight to kick off our coverage on what would be a bellwether special election in the texas border district. very interesting one, brett. reporter: shannon, good evening. this is a really big deal. as we go to the big board here, i can tell that you this texas election, a special election in texas 34 which is a district that is essentially 84%, 84% hispanic. there s theboard i said would real
were pulled out. the argument being they were the ones provoking people. the new president, new riots and new calls together again in portland. new york governor andrew cuomo seen tonight walking the grounds of the governor s mansion talking on the phone snuggled into a blanket. mounting calls for him to resign due to allegations of sexual misconduct and covering up covid deaths due to covid-19. although just getting started democrats are piling on calling for him to resign with his steadfast refusal so far. for fewer new york state lawmakers particularly democrats with this assembly and senate threatening with impeachment, something he has a much harder time ignoring. lauren green joins us from new york with the latest allegations against cuomo, good evening, lorne. good evening, shannon. andrew cuomo is really fighting for his political life as he is defending himself against the political avalanche of those calling for him to step down. this afternoon a defiant governo
stands for. reporter: and we should know about this tomorrow. the commission votes tomorrow afternoon. more to come on that. mike? mike: at a time when a lot of new yorkers note the city is filthy and crime is on the rise, they re going to be the wrestling with a statue? laura ingle, thank you so much. joining us thousand to discuss the rise of cancel culture, civil rights attorney robert, atillo and rnc committee woman for california, harmeet dhillon. well come to both of you. thank you. mike: what about this effort to cancel thomas jeff in new york city. well, this is part of a long line of these types of incidents around the country, and i think it s really unfortunate because when you banish history from our memory, you re absolutely committed to repeating some of the mistakes that we have made historically. so thomas jefferson was a great american president, the third president, the second vice president of our country,