todd: brooke singman with the latest on this morning s hearing. brooke. brooke: a number of key witnesses will testify at this morning s field hearing on violent crime. madeline brame, will testify this morning, along with victims rights new york founder jennifer harrison. we will hear from democratic city councilman robert holden and president of the endowment association. the star witness is jose alba, the former bodega worker charged with murder after stabbing each witness is expected to testify about district attorney alvin bragg s policies, how he enforces the law in new york city and how it impacted their lives. felony convictions are down from three years before alvin bragg took office and the da declined to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year. despite figures, democrats say crime is not an issue in new york city. mayor eric adams insists the big apple is the safest big city in the country. listen. we should be clear, new york city is the safest big city in a
will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills and i will be making an announcement on that tomorrow. and we ll report from pakistan and the deadly flooding there. officials the threat of the country s largest lake bursting its banks is receding. we start with the war in ukraine. the russian president vladimir putin says the sanctions imposed on russia following the invasion of ukraine represent the biggest current threat to the world economy. have a listen. translation: after the pandemic, different challenges arrived that have also been global in nature and pose a danger to the whole world. i m talking about the west s sanctions fever. its brazen and aggressive attempts to force others how to behave, deprive them of their sovereignty and force them into submission. there is nothing unusual about that. this policy has been used by the west for decades. the kremlin has repeatedly tried to downplay the effect of sanctions on its economy. with s