the family tells us the 26-year-old had an extraordinary life and was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. the man charged was a repeat violent offender. but isn t that exactly what progressives, the media and black lives matter wanted? they said don t prosecute. they said empty the jails. they said reimagine public safety. if the folks in law enforcement that share the goals of reimagining policing. rethinking and reimagining policing. communities efforts to reimagine policing. to reimagine policing. we have to reimagine what policing looks like. we must reimagine what public safety looks like. that s what they said, black america says we just want fairness. equal justice under the law. to be fair, we don t support that. you don t have to take my word for it. a few research polls show black democrats are more likely to backing creased police spending and white folks. we didn t ask for any of this, but if we weren t funding this movement, who was. it feels
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of
running out. governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency for all 67 florida counties. six of them now under mandatory evacuation orders. live just a short time ago desantis gave this warning. the impacts will be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-sleetening storm surge. you don t want to put yourself in harm s way unnecessarily. and doesn t mean you need to go across god s creation to evacuate. just get to the higher ground, get into a safe structure. harris: fox weather and fox news reporters are stationed across the state of florida. we re tracking the storm 24/7 to keep you continuously updated. fox weather s nicole valdez reporting live from tampa. nicole. good morning. mandatory evacuations have been expanded for the tampa bay area and additional 90,000 people are now being told it is time to get out. that as we watch home and business owners put plywood
trump administration and its policies, our dream team standing by to debate. also breaking tragedy on the streets of new york city as a woman pushing a stroller on the upper east side is shot dead in what appears to be a targeted attack. mayor eric adams is on the scene and police say they are on the hunt for the shooter. the baby in that stroller we re told is fine. a young woman describing the horrific scene tonight. i realized that, oh, no, this was serious and there was a gunshot and it really frightened me because i was right there at the park playing and i would have never have thought ever that this would have happened. meanwhile crime up in california, the city council in west hollywood goes to defund the police, at least in part. a report from los angeles and in portland. a a pro life demonstration turns destructive over the weekend. the lightning round with jason rants is coming up later but we begin with the growing push back with some of tuesday s testimony fr