george gascon's office never s responded when i reached out for comment. tucker, i'll send it back to you. >> tucker: bill, thank you. a disaster in slow motion. not even in slow motion. now that the smoke from the last election is clearing andt donald trump is gone, the republic and party has to figur out what it is and what it should be. is it going to be the g.o.p. ofa 2006, foreign wars and corporate tax cuts, the party of john boehner and liz cheney? that is what has been for a long time. or will it become, or is it already something very different from that, something new and potentially much broader? there is a memo this week that seems to answer that question conclusively. the republican party, he writes, is no longer in arm with the chamber of commerce. in fact, it is already the party of the american middle class. we know that because of they are its voters.id consider these numbers. 79% of mechanics in the last election gave to the republican, donald trump. so did 60% of small business owners and 59% of custodians, to the republican party.us whe

his name is george gascon, to have an effect. bill lujan has been following this. give us a sense. >> we're coming to you just outside the fox lot, and ever since george gascon came to l.a., he has made it clear, he believes in rehabilitation, more so than incarceration, and he has made really a laundry list of changes to the criminal justice system here in los angeles, that his critics say our friendly to criminals. he got rid of gun enhancements, gang enhancements, got rid of the d.a. offices delete hard-core gangs unit that prosecuted the worst gang crimes, been around for almost 40 years, and he has completely disbanded the unit. he doesn't believe in the death penalty, refusing to prosecute life without parole, not even allowing his own prosecutors to attend parole hearings, not prosecuting juveniles as adults, in any case, no matter how heinous their crime is. he is actively trying to resentenced up to 30,000 inmates and hiring public defenders to be high level prosecutors on his staff, including two women, one of which pos

his name is george gascon, to have an effect. bill lujan has been following this. give us a sense. >> we're coming to you just outside the fox lot, and ever since george gascon came to l.a., he has made it clear, he believes in rehabilitation, more so than incarceration, and he has made really a laundry list of changes to the criminal justice system here in los angeles, that his critics say our friendly to criminals. he got rid of gun enhancements, gang enhancements, got rid of the d.a. offices delete hard-core gangs unit that prosecuted the worst gang crimes, been around for almost 40 years, and he has completely disbanded the unit. he doesn't believe in the death penalty, refusing to prosecute life without parole, not even allowing his own prosecutors to attend parole hearings, not prosecuting juveniles as adults, in any case, no matter how heinous their crime is. he is actively trying to resentenced up to 30,000 inmates and hiring public defenders to be high level prosecutors on his staff, including two women, one of which pos

critics say george gascon's policies are only going to make things worse, so tucker, sounds like you are going to have plenty of content for "tucker carlson originals" out here in l.a. send it back to you. >> tucker: bill lujan,s" thank you. living proof local journalism is not dead and when you bother to do it, it makes a difference. the first episode of our investigative series "tucker carlson originals" is available on fox nation. that much more to come from the fox studio lot in los angeles. a preview of another episode from our series is straight ahead.th >> announcer: if you don't have fox nation, go to foxnation.com on the break tot sign up. >> announcer: from the fox studio lot, and exclusive never before and seen footage from the hottest premiere in the world of fox, "tucker carlson originals." >> tucker: welcome back coming to you at the fox lot in l.a., the first episode of tucker carlsone originals, easy to see, can stream it on your computer, iphone, television. it's a documentary style. it's a lot more time than your typical table new segment for thanks to fox, we can c

focusing on this guy's predecessor, george gascon who used to be in san francisco but what can you tell us about the da? >> i can tell you a couple things, the safety of all our communities around the country. let me ask you a question. they have a guy putting up to run against me. why does the criminal lawyer become a district attorney. we don't do that. why do arguments wants to become firefighters when we screen them out? why is americans are we not screening out these woke criminal attorneys and people who call themselves progressives? todd: you beat me to the point was when i was in california, steve cooley was the da los angeles, no one would mistake him for a public defender at any point in the process. let's focus on the case itself. the statement from the da's office says given the lack of cooperation from prosecution we are unable to move forward with either of those cases. are there other tools in the da toolbox they keep the guy off the streets that kept him from killing a baby? >> thousands of cases of the prosecutor and many domestic violence trials. any domestic violence

another vote of no-confidence against george gascon. one democrat saying it had to happen. >> put your community before your party. >> that councilman joins us live next. >> download the fox super 6 apps and play for a chance to win 10,$000. all you need to do is predict six outcomes in the super 6 quiz show. topics range from entertainment to sports. it is free to play, download the fox super 6 apps now. bill clinton: right now, the covid-19 vaccines are available to millions of americans. george bush: so, we urge you to get vaccinated when it's available to you. barack obama: that's the first step to ending the pandemic and moving our country forward. it's up to you. >> in november we asked people to put country before party during the 2020 presidential election. i am asking democrats to do the same thing with this, to put your community before your party. >> a vote of no-confidence against los angeles county da george gascon and this time a democrat is behind the push. the city councilman andrew lauro voicing concerns about the polic

griff: la's controversial district attorney george gascon gutting the country's hard-core going to reemerge policing. local law enforcement calling the move a suicide pact. asia courting lost her brother to gaining violence, joins us now. thank you for joining us so that our viewers understand in 2017 your brother's car broke down in los angeles, he was mistaken for a gang member, they shot him 36 times. now you have this da gascon making a drastic move to get the hard-core gang units. what is your reaction? >> i can't believe he is doing that. the work of the gang unit in the da's office that pulled this case to gather. these gangs are very dangerous. innocent people are caught in the crossfire of gang activities so it is a dangerous situation. a wrong move in trying to reform that. >> la county's sheriff alex villanueva, i want you to listen. >> eliminating gun enhancements, multiple victim enhancements, these are tools for prosecutors to keep bad people locked away in the community out of harm's way. griff: do you believe what gascon is doing will make the streets of los angeles more vio

and like what leo was talking about in los angeles would george gascÓn removing the hard-core gang unit the one unit if all other units the hard-core gang unit is the one that you want to stay. this directly affects minority communities the most. which is why poll after poll shows that minority communities do not support the defend the police movement, they want police on their streets. katie: absolutely there's real people and real victims behind those decisions. thank you for talking about it, more hopeful topic next we celebrate second easter during the pin number some people and businesses have adapted to the way they celebrate, we have that and some of our favorite holiday traditions up next. ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 14 day system. with a painless, onesecond scan i can check my glucose without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. you can do it without fingersticks, too. ask your doctor for a prescription for the fre

shannon: los angeles top prosecutor george gascon is giving black lies matter what it wants, or reimagining of the hard-core gang unit of the district attorney's office. the reaction from la county sheriff alex villanueva. good to have you, sheriff. let me start there. the gentleman speaking as we got into the story said this is what gascon told people he was going to do. they voted for him. what is the impact on public safety? >> the impact on public safety is enormous, 125% increase in homicide compared to last year. last year a 36% increase in homicide. is going to pretend this will make us safer. he has a problem and this is only to the benefit of the criminal lobby. it does not make the community safer particularly black and brown communities that face gang violence every day, have to live in fear. in their own homes, they watch tv at night, sit on their own couches so this is a total abdication of his responsibility as district attorney. shannon: this is what we know about the so-called hard-core gang unit in la, 700, more than 700 active cases mostly murders or attempted murders in t

gascon who critics call pro-criminal. they say he is planning to rename the city's hard-core gang unit. the sister of a man killed by a gang member is speaking this, watch. >> i can't believe he is actually making this action. it was actually the work of the gang unit and the hard-core gang unit in the d.a.'s office that kind of pulled this case together. it is really unfortunate because these gangs are very, very real and they are very, very dangerous. in the case of my brother, innocent people are causing cross fire, the gang activity. >> julie: this is no surprise, an uptick in crime where different democratic led counties are reducing their budgets for police. what did they expect was going to happen? that all criminals were going to go into hiding? >> this is exactly what we talked about last summer, to really look closely at procedures. what we did in the trump a administration as we set up some reform principles we believe the law enforcement community could back about what we saw from the left is going very much b

. >> shannon: yeah, and we've got to remember these recent races like the one with george gascon as prosecutor in l.a., he did telegraph during his campaign exactly what his view was going to be on being soft on crime and rolling back some of the crime enhancements. now talking about disbanding or seriously changing the hard-core gang unit. again, folks trying to organize a recall for him because now that this is happening in practice and they see the impact on their communities, they are real concerns. we are going to keep you live with updates and brooklyn center, minnesota, as protests continue past curfew there tonight, the third night of unrest amid the derek chauvin murder trial and now the death of 20-year-old daunte wright over the weekend. we will take you back there on the ground with right after this quick break. oh! don't burn down the duplex. terminix. at visionworks, we want you to feel safe and we want you to see yourself in your new glasses and think, "ooh!" but if you get home and your "ooh" is more of a "hmm..." you have 100 days to change your mind. that's the visionworks di

gascon and the sheriff says that people need to realize that elections have consequences. >> they need to pick and choose very carefully because for them it's very, very easy to say, all cops are bad and let's reformat the defunded the police. they are the very first ones to pick up the 911 yet when someone is crawling over the back gate and trying to get into someone's house. >> those figures up and down the west coast on top of months of black lives matter protests, the ufc professor jody armour says police have to look at how their own conduct has impacted crime and the reputation. >> that reservoir of recent comic resentment is in and of itself a driver of crime. we are not going to get at the spiraling crime problem. >> and the professor argues the funds need to be redirected, leaving problems like homelessness to agencies other than the police. >> then it's law-enforcement's attention to focus on solving violent and serious crimes. >> we agree on how we get to that solution. >> when we look at those numbers particularly in portland, something needs to be done, that's for sure. >>

gascon. is he a d.a. funded by george soros. is he a part of this new class of das that have one agenda. they don't believe anybody should be locked up. he has never prosecuted a case. he doesn't speak with the families before he decides to release the people that killed their family members. but i did something that he wouldn't do. i went and i spoke with the families that have been infected by his senseless policies. take a look. >> i never thought that i would ever have to lose a child say goodbye to a child. >> where somebody was brutally murdered. brutally murdered. he finds that it's okay to go ahead and drop special circumstance charges? >> this new district attorney has turned this justice system that does work completely upside down. >> you know, we were wronged, wronged of husband, robbed of a dad. robbed of my son. lawrence: we reached out to gascon's offices in the department of tempt of correction and rehabilitation for a statement and of course we did hear back. jedediah: there are reports that he could release 20

dagen: well, and it's happening in -- these are left wing liberal cities and you see it with george gascone the district attorney owl in los angeles and other major cities where crime is not treated as crime. and criminals aren't criminals. and victims and the atrocities are just dismissed. and at the same time, you have this narrative of just get rid of -- i mean what did congresswoman talib say, get rid of police forces and jails. maria: yeah. dagen: so that is -- maria: that's right. dagen: that's where the certainly the rhetoric is going. so -- and it's ananthema to talk about public safety. you could say police are here to protect us and somehow that's offensive. maria: when she travels, she has private security, her and aoc spend thousands of dollars on personal security. for the rest of us, defund the police. when we come back, holding beijing accountable, china set to be front and center at today's climate summit. it's ironic given the fact that china is the biggest polluter. what will the biden administration say to beijing on their pollution. and benefits of working from home, you

sources telling foxnews.com los angeles county district attorney george gascon is moving forward to dismantle the gang unit in his office. a number of prosecutor in the hard core gang unit are expected to be transferred to other units despite there being 700 active cases. los angeles county sheriff alex villanueva says the modify will make los angeles less safe telling our l.a. affiliate in part this is not reform. this is beginning to look more like a suicide pact. millions across tennessee are bracing for more rain on top of historic flooding. warnings are in effect through tonight. at least 7 people have died after heavy rain and flash flooding swept the state this past weekend. first responder are going into neighborhoods to rescue people trapped inside flooded homes. and a spectacular selfie beaming back to earth by the mars curiosity rover. the image was captured near a rock formation on the red planet. the rover launched in 2011 was taking its 30th sample. meanwhile, the perseverance rory deploying a small helicopter nicknamed ingenuity. it takes about a full week to deploy. nasa is op

gascon. whittier and lancaster are among the join the list: the democratic d.a. has come under fire over sweeping changes within the office including not seekings the death penalty, reducing the sentencing enhancements and cash bail and charging fewer juveniles as adults. pop star britney spears finally speaking out about her conservatorship in court. she is scheduled to appear at a hearing june 23d. unclear what issues spears will address touring the hearing or whether she will ask to end her conservatorship. she has been under a legal conservatorship for more than 12 years. now to this story, a golfer making an emotional call to his dad after he qualifies for his first pga tournament. watch this. >> i made it jillian: he sunk a 20-foot fourth land the final spot in the value spar championship. he said his parents sacrificed their dreams to help him pursue his. steve: he had worked so long to get to that point. ainsley: that is so cute. that's just so awesome. i have a brother, my dad would

gascon. sheriff alex villanueva tell our that he has had only had one telephone call since he took office. he added the new approach might actually embolden some of the antifa anarchist crowd end quote. nascar driver bowman putting on a show richmond raceway in virginia. check it out. >> final corner of 400 laps alex bowman steals one in richmond. >> wow. >> i can't believe we just did that at richmond. oh my god. >> believe it, buddy. jillian: i was going to say believe it bowman taking the checkered flag at the toyota owners 400. he too long the lead from denny dennyhamlin 10 laps left. third win of bowman's career and first since last march. back to you. pete: jillian, thank you very much. as happened last hour it has continued during head lines still talking about iced brood cold brewed coffee. brian: cold brewed, never meant to be hot. pete: brian kilmeade just learned about this very recently. brian: couple weeks ago. i might make the switch. i was amazed who came up with this? ainsley:

what do you think e when you hear those words from george fast cone? >> honestly are -- gascon? honestly, this is a misguided notion that's happening right now. it's saying that because the mind is not developed until 25, that they can't be held responsible for crimes that they commit. all of us know and understand that's not true. anybody who has children understands that children know at very early ages what's right from wrong. now, does the prefrontal lobe have to do with impulse issues? yes. but that's only one part of the picture that we have to look at here. what we're saying is that the developing brain is -- with the environment and understanding exactly what it can do and what it can't. by not punishing these criminals, in fact, it is okay to commit these offenses. gangs are going to take that as a green light to continue putting these young people out on the treat and committing these offenses, and that's what we're trying to stop. there was no excuse and no reason for my brother to be gunned down, but he was. it was the result of gang violence. will: such a good point

gascon says the woman accused of killing her three children will face murder charges. last week, lilliana cario admitted to killings saying she was protect l them from their father and the children's dad was trying to get custody of his kids saying she was dilution all and he feared for their safety. >> tesla ceo elon musk blasting the washington post reporting on a deadly crash involving what authorities believe was a driver less tesla in texas. he took to twitter writing in part, "your research as a private individual is better than professionals at the wall street journal. that recovered so far showed autopilot was not enabled and this car did not purchase ssd. two men were found dead inside the model s, after it crashed. federal investigators are working to see if the cars full self-driving capability was in use at the time. >> the republican national committee rakes in $17.8 million in fundraising, breaking its own record. the rnc calling in the most cash ever. the president exclusively telling shawn hannity he is committed to helping the gop take back capitol hil

and los angeles county district attorney george gascon is pushing for the elimination of juvenile strikes in sentencing, allowing those 16 and up to commit serious crimes without couple towards the three strike moil. the law gives out life sentences for those who commitment three violent or serious felonies, but gascon says it crowds prisons and hurts people of colorado. and business is buzzing for beekeepers in new york city. they're selling live bees on busy streets in the heart of manhattan. >> it's a nice hobby. it's a nice way to connect with nature, and in a city like this it's fun. jedediah: andrew doing business right out of the back of his truck. his customers say their bees are thriving in the city. and those are your headlines. well, that's interesting. i don't know if i would need bees, maybe some flowers, a plant or two. i don't know if bees would be my thing. pete: i'm very confused. why are we selling bees in new york city? jed, i don't know, you're from around here, why are we selling bees in new york city? jedediah: because you want the sound of the bees buzzing. it's kin