Bret i want to hear marthas one more thing. Should we stay . Martha 104 years old and took her walk tore this little airport and jumped out of an airplane. You would really like this story, you but, you know. Bret that was my kicker. Thanks a lot. Martha you are welcome. Bret see you. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. We begin tonight with a stunning reversal from President Biden in his immigration policy. The president has approved the cop be destruction of about 20 miles of new border wall in south texas. This comes African Democrat Biden pledged that not another foot of wall would be built during his administration. And, again today, he said he still does not believe a border wall is effective. So why is he doing it . White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, President Biden often talks about trusting his experts but that is not what is happening here because it appears that he is tak
Forces say they hit 800 targets in ukraine in just 24 hours also tonight, the arrest warrant issued for an alabama corrections officer who disappeared with a murder suspect the urgent manhunt tornado watches in effect on the heels of that violent outbreak over the weekend the massive wildfires burning in the southwest. the new evacuations there. covid on the rise in at least 44 states now and why new york city is raising its covid alert level. the former nypd officer found guilty for his role in the capitol riot plus the january 6th panel seeking to question three gop lawmakers. what it hopes to learn. and in georgia, the special grand jury seated to investigate donald trump for alleged election interference the war on organized retail crime. the so-called corporate cops working undercover to take down shoplifting rings. and kicking off
The recent videos of retail stores ransacked by organized thieves. tonight, vicky nguyen takes us inside an undercover sting with a team hunting down these shoplifting rings. reporter: stores hit by organized retail crime theft rings that scout, plan, and execute high-value heists, from drugstores to brand-name merchandise. theft costs the retail industry more than $70 billion a year to show you what s at stake, i m in perrysburg township, ohio, a small suburb of toledo. i m surrounded by stolen goods that officers purchased in undercover operations. joining me is detective sergeant todd curtis. tell us why this small town is such a hot spot for organized retail crime perrysburg township is located in the area they call the crossroads of america, which is i-89 and i-75. thieves jump off the interstate, hit the stores, steal the product and be back on the interstate. reporter: curtis leads a team of three detectives who respond almost daily to organized retail crime and track stol
All of this very deliberate in terms of the timing, charles. all of the stolen goods will be marked down and sold online just in team for black friday. so on top of the covid closures and the supply chain issues, this is a 1-2-3 punch for retailers. back to you. charles: thanks, claudia. so are lacks laws to blame for this shoplifting surge? i want to go to joe partenelli who joins us now. so joe, lacks law, lacks bail, lacks prosecution. there s no disincentive to not join one of those organizele shoplifting rings. it s like a free for all over there. it is a free for all. we ve been speaking about this for over a year now, ever since the riots. now it s any incident that they can gather to get everybody together. this is well-planned as the
And their bottom line. in a recent call for example with the investors, home depot said the opioid epidemic had caused a spike in left so profound that it s undercutting the company s revenue, its stock price. the retail federation says in the past year two-third of retail businesses seen a rise of theft by organized shoplifting rings. how did it happen? larry elders, radio host, is joining us tonight. the line you get from the left on shoplifting is people areht hungry. they take things they need. pampers and milk. is that what is going on here? no, that is not what is going on here. this whole thing started, tucker, because of the prison overcrowding and a supreme court case that ruled california s prisons were so overcrowded it was tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment.rn so there was a push to use private prisons or build more prisons and nobody wanted to do that so the voters went to the ballot box and passed