authorities are trying to figure out the motive. they don t think it was premeditated. the police commissioner said vandalism is an example of the failure of the city s criminal justice system. the motive i don t think is clear at this point. it s an individual that is known to us. he has a series of low level arrests and drug arrests. he was issued some earlier this year some appearance tickets and didn t come back to court which is something we see all too often. 50 foot tall tree here on fox square was dedicated this past sunday. part of fox s celebration of the christmastime, it has 10,000 glass ornaments and had 100,000 lights. in a statement fox media president called it a malicious arson attack saying, quote, we won t let this deliberate and act of cowardice deter us. we re in the process of installing a new tree as a message there can be peace,
it and figure it out. dana: good to know we ll rebuild the tree. bill: i found this in oklahoma. they have 140 foot christmas tree there saying it is the tallest one in america. it got split in half this past week. we re taking ideas. dana: i have friends who grew up there in oklahoma. i show it to you at home if i had time. that s the tree. right on, check it out in oklahoma. pacific northwest. dangerous new reality for the people in portland. the police department saying 911 call response times may be delayed due to staffing shortages and sheer number of quote critical incidents. am this nou. announcement coming as the democratic run city breaks the record for homicides with weeks still to go until the new year. jason rantz from seattle radio talk show host. hello to you, sir. they thought they had this thing figured out in portland.
onto the jury to punish scott peterson. in the months ahead a judge will decide if there was juror misconduct and if scott peterson deserves a whole new trial. if that happens it would be a redo of one of the most sensational murder trials in recent history. but today, bill, the resentencing and what will almost certainly be some very emotional victim impact statements from lacey s family and friends. bill: 17 years and counting. thank you, claudia could you wen. dana: no limit to the breakdown of law and order. even the all american christmas tree outside our studios is fair game set on fire. a crime wave sweeping the nation next. a woke city facing a crisis of a whole new level. what portland police are saying about 911 calls that is causing so much anxiety. portland is now on their own. our leaders have spent the last 18 months working on trying to defund the police rather than trying to figure out how to
moving to defund police are seeing a surge in crime especially shoplifting. san francisco they are up8%. forcing walgreens to close 5 for stores in that democratic run city. this sergeant with is the san francisco police department. good morning to you. what do you think? we don t have a supply chain problem. we have a problem of people stealing us blind in these stories. no politician wants to address that. i don t know what they want to do. obviously it s not giving us more help to fight this crime or the d.a. manning up and doing his job and prosecuting people. your goes is as good as mine. bill: walgreens closed 10