strohmier in for carley shimkus. todd: i am griff jenkins and for todd piro. entered in the chaos but it will smash the windows out of two police cars and sell fireworks towards the officers. at one point a giant mob with the cruiser down a freeway. lauren blanchard has more from washington, good morning, laura. good morning, griff. this is wild and dangerous and dumb. this was saturday. [bleep],! [tire squealing] ashley: so in between the street racing, spinning and forcing a patrol car and one officer injured and several police cars damage. here is the problem they are understaffed from officers on the street to 911 operators. in october just 66% of calls answered within 15 seconds. the actual standard is 90%. they also have to lower minimum job requirements just to fill an unprecedented number of job openings. one councilwoman reported being on hold for 28 minutes saturday night to report the street racing. in 2020 the allston state council voted to slash the polic
police cars. a giant mob forced a cruiser backward down the freeway. lauren has more from washington. good morning, these videos are just as wild as dangerous and dumb. this was a busy intersection saturday night. take a look. oh. [bleep] [engines revving] ashley: at police cars, a crowd swarming and forcing a police car back. one officer was injured, several police cars were damaged. the police department is understaffed from officers on the street and 911 operators. just 60% of calls is answered within seconds. they had to lower minimum job requirements to fill openings. in 2020 the austin city council defunded the police by $150 million. the austin police association tweeted austin policymakers are responsible for the overall safety of citizens and visitors, looked like the wrong decision and they continue to demoralize public safety. austin was one of the safest cities, not anymore. the police budget was reinstated, but not until after officers left. they are strugg
Poklonnaya hill in moscow. Condemned the polish regime, received an inspection and an accusation. An investigation has been launched in poland against the judge who questioned the defense of belarus and there are big plans for the new season. On radio and Television Workers day, well talk about new projects belteleradiocompany. The president of belarus will make a working visit to the Russian Federation on may 8 and 9. On may 8, Alexander Lukashenko will take part in a meeting of the supreme eurasian economic council. Council in moscow. The summit will be an anniversary one. 10 years from the date of signing the agreement on the creation of the ias. The event will be held in a narrow and expanded format. Our president will outline belarus position on the main issues on the agenda and speak about the prospects for the further development of eurasian integration. On may 9, in the morning, our president , along with other invitees leaders will attend a military parade on red square to com
Pontificate about who will occupy the white house next, the president and the public will begin to take account of president obamas legacy. Will he be remembered as a good president . An effective one . Did this president keep his promises . Did he do or at least try to do in office what he said he would do while campaigning . Now my favorite Obama Campaign promise fulfillment is this one. Sasha and malia, i love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the white house. By april, wed all met bo. Sure its a bit silly, but its also a reminder of how few Campaign Promises can be full fided so easily and clearly. The president promised the girls a dog, they got a dog. Score one for president dad. But, dont you have the sneaking suspicion that if adopting bo had required an act of congress, the first daughters might still be waiting . And most president ial promise keeping does require some level of cooperation from the congress. The pres
Antigovernment march is about to begin. The public outcry against the controversial extradition bill has grown louder and the government has shelved it, but not completely scrapped it, and that is why these protesters are out there in front of this parliamentary building. So lets turn oh our anna coren. She is following all of these developments for us live from hong kong. And anna, as weve been covering this, the protesters keep ramming that reinforced glass door with that steel framed trolley, and they appear to have actually penetrated a hole at least there, which has gotten the riot Police Inside very edgy, indeed. So they seem to be getting close to their goal. Yeah, they certainly do, rosemary. Were looking at those live pictures with you. They have been ramming this trolley, this steel cage for almost an hour. These are images that we saw earlier of them ramming that steel cage. So it has been going on now, rosemary, for almost an hour, and those riot police, they are still insi