concerned we will hold those responsible accountable and on l.a. s soaring murder rate the same spokesman suggested we compare l.a. to other southern california counties such as san bernardino, which has a more conservative d.a. and higher murder rate. a line of defense, harris, that seems to boil down to sure, a lot of people are getting killed here but it is even worse over there. we ll see if d.a. gascon pursues that same line of defense later today. harris: that s so nonsensical and won t work. we got this in, jonathan. thank you very much. abc news is reporting 12 major cities now have hit all-time homicide records. and an official with police there that they talked with it s just crazy. i want to bring in the vice president of the los angeles association of deputy district attorneys.