Have basically legalized theft. Police say shoplifters in l. A. Didn t even bother to run, they just casually walked out of a store of carrying a bunch of clothes and we seen this happen before in san francisco when thieves alluded a different highend department store in broad daylight, law enforcement is blaming things like this on proposition 47 which lowers jail sentences for shoplifting arm theft less than $950 worth of goods. Gavin newsom was grilled about that specific lot today but he says it s not to blame. The evidence doesn t back it up on the last three decades we ve seen a significant decline in crime in the state. You are seeing crime increase in red states that have no criminal justice reform commensurate with the crime rates we are seeing here in california. So i think that s an easy scapegoat for a folks come people who never supported those initiatives in the first place. Dagen: business owners and employees that have to deal with the surgeon theft are calling his bluf
Emaskipation, now the cdc director is throwing out the first pitch in fenway park and without a mask. So did the science change? hmm. And leo. Republicans in congress are in the military. How the veterans will expose what s happening in our country. But first, a major memorial day messaging mistake. Instead of marking the weekend by honoring our servicemen and women who pay the ultimate sacrifice, vice president kamala harris tweeting yesterday: enjoy the long weekend with a picture of her. Inch instantly instantly, many americans responded with outrage. Then today she tweeted: throughout our history our servicemen and women have risked everything to defend our freedoms and our country. As we prepare to honor them on memorial day, we remember their service and their sacrifice. Memorial day weekend is especially hard for gold star families, those who lost loved ones in the line of duty of military service. The parents of charles keating, christopher horton and aaron vaughn joined fox fr
and a new online craze, daredevil pilots on a mission for social media clicks. but now the feds are cracking down. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and a massive request from joe biden who asked congress for $33 billion to support ukraine. a clear sign as he sees this war as existential to democracies beyond ukraine. cost of this fight is not cheap, but it will be most costly to allow this to happen. we either back the ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the russians continue their atrocities and aggression in ukraine. this proposal is now in the hands of congress, where already some republicans are raising concerns about the size and scope of the package. the proposal includes more than $20 billion in military and security aid. $8.5 billion in economic health for the ukrainian government and civilians. and $3 billion for humanitarian assistance. ukrainian leaders say more aid and weapons can not arr
investors brushed off comments from the chair of america s central bank, jerome powell, who s ruled out an interest rate cut next month. isaac poole, the global chief investment officer at 0reana financial services gave us his outlook on the interest rates and the markets earlier. what we are seeing here is the market really continuing to expect significant rate cuts from the fed and that has helped drive forward returns, as you say, this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit better than expected economic data is also helping optimism, that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so this is all bit in the next few months. so this is all about expectation for rate cuts, mr optimism because of strong earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut expectations and a growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and
across the region. they re venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs, low prices for their produce, and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy s government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. and in cyprus, farmers blocked the entrance to the european union s offices in nicosia, on thursday. there were also demonstrations in bulgaria. and more tractor protests across spain for the third day in a row, with farmers disrupting traffic in barcelona, and in smaller cities all over the country. they say eu rules to protect the environment make them less competitive. they have also had to compete with imports from ukraine after brussels waived duties and quotas after the russian invasion. this and renewed eu talks on a south america trade d