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manhunt. police say he became enraged and opened fire in a medical facility earlier today. one person was killed, four others critically injured. and in new york city a reportedly homeless man who was acting, quote, erratically on the subway was put into a chokehold by another rider. the homeless man lost consciousness and died. the passenger who restrained him was questioned, then released by police with tno charges. our panel has strong thoughts on what happened there. plus, the culture wars collide with the high school musical, school districts are pulling the plug on some well-known plays. we ll tell you why the adams family is getting canceled. and speaking of school, could you pass an eighth grade history test? it s harder than you d think. i tried it earlier. tonight we ll see how much you and i and our panelists know. okay, but let s begin with updates on two violent crime stories. the man who opened fire in an atlanta medical facility today killing on ....
Leaving but if workers don t feel safe and people don t feel safe, obviously retail is going to be down. i don t believe it s the only reason but it s hard to go to san francisco and see it and think it s not a reason. you have to look at the numbers, though, like crime is down from 2017. it went up a little bit, property crime went up during the pandemic. we have a graphic we can put up right now. but i don t believe, overall crime down, violent crime slightly up, property crime down. compared to 2022, and if you compare it against 5, 10, 15 years ago it s down 40, 60%. and franklin, what about homelessness, i know that comes up as well that people find when there are tent cities and there s a lot of homeless they have to confront in san francisco, that makes it hard for foot traffic. homeless is not a crime, though. if there s a problem with homelessness, it s a problem where the victims are the people who are living without homes, not the retail stores and other people who ....
Have van lathen, mike duhame former political director of the rnc, franklin leonard, and alyssa farah griffin, great to have all of you here tonight. so franklin, how do you see what happened on the subway? well, i think i only have what s been reported thus far. and i think we have to be brutally honest about what that seems to be, a man on the subway was yelling about not having any food, not having any water, that he would prefer to be in jail and was ready to die. another passenger snuck up behind him and put him in a chokehold and held him down and choked the life out of him. while other passengers appeared to have done nothing. one did hold his hands down so he couldn t resist. there was no attempt ostensibly to talk to the man, to offer him assistance. people didn t escape the subway train to avoid what, you know, danger they thought existed. ....
They deal with text messages leading up to january 6th, his state of mind. once he starts providing any sort of documents, it s a slippery slope. it s going to be more difficult for him to hold the line and not the issue here is what type of engagements his counsel has on the subpoena. i think the prosecution and the conviction of steve bannon demonstrate that if they don t have any engagement at all, this could lead to a contempt byline, a referral to doj. if that happens, and doj actually perceives the case, then that case was stand-alone, and outlive the committee, out the subpoena, the house subpoena itself. that would be a big problem. i imagine that is on the minds of his counsel right now. so franklin, to that point, i m glad you brought up steve bannon. as the panic of four months in prison for failing to comply with congressional subpoena. that subpoena, from that ....
so franklin takes his money and uses it to get involved in all sorts of other enterprises. franklin s facility with science, particularly his investigations into electricity, ends up being a calling card that he uses as an entree to the high society. if you will indulge me, an exhibition of natural process. ben franklin inferred with tremendous accuracy that metal conducts electricity, but the early experiments could have killed people. he ll be all right. his experiments in electricity won him his generation s equivalent of the nobel prize. that changed things dramatically. he became this world-famous figure as a scientist. to this day, we use ben franklin lightning rods on our ....