united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they re not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what s the explanation now? what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin s fault out of the president s hands. when the prices come down, it is the president s plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. there is no both way thinking here at all. i very m
Saving a parking spot during a law and order tv shoot as a former nypd officer tells me a record year for violent crime in new york city. over the weekend a string of shoongts across new york city. police confirming that at least 26 victims were impacted by gun violence just since friday. the new york post reporting 12 of those people were shot during a six-hour period on sunday including a 13-year-old girl who was visiting from texas. she was shot in the hand while inside of a bronx store. the violence summer weekend coming as major crime in new york city has spiked 37% according to knows nypd crime stats. grand larceny, auto theft, robbery are all up. the nypd is looking for at least one man you see on a bike and then one of the girls who is assaulted according to investigators over the weekend. two women reported separate incidents less than one hour
The latest crime statistics for the city show in april compared to the same period last year subway crime spiked more than any other category at 53%. while there has been a decrease in murders and shoongts, overall crime including assault and robberies increased city wide by 34%. new yorkers have their own theories for the crime surge. i think maybe the bail reform and state prison reform and socio-economically i think there are a lot of during the pandemic a lot of people lost their jobs and out of work. concerned about crime is not unique to new york city. voters surveyed in los angeles picked crime and public safety as the second most important issue when deciding who to support for mayor. the number one issue, they said, was homelessness. dana. dana: it is a huge issue.