KAYLEIGH MCENANY, AND JOINING US
TODAY, KENNEDY AND ROB SMITH.
WELCOME.
WE BEGAN WITH A LOOK AT
AMERICA’S CRIME CRISIS.
WE LOOK AT THE DANGERS OF THE
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM.
A WILD FIGHT BROKE OUT AT
MANHATTAN GRAND CENTRAL STATION
AFTER ONE MAN ALLEGEDLY REFUSED
TO GET OUT OF ANOTHER’S WAY.
THE TWO THREW PUNCHES, THEN
TUMBLED DOWN A MOVING ESCALATOR.
THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT.
ANOTHER CHILLING SCENE.
A MAN VICIOUSLY PUSHED ONTO
SUBWAY TRACKS OVER THE WEEKEND
IN THE BRONX.
GOOD SAMARITANS THANKFULLY
RESCUED HIM WITH SECOND TO
SPARE.
THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE
STREETS IN THAT ONE.
THIS ONE YESTERDAY, THE SUSPECT
HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL.
A 48-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AFTER HE
WAS SHOVED IN FRONT OF AN
ONCOMING TRAIN DURING RUSH HOUR
IN QUEENS WHICH MEANS YOU DON’T
HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SAVE
SOMEBODY.
THE TRAGEDY HAPPENED WHEN THE
VICTIM ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED INTO
ANOTHER RIDER, TRIGGERING A
FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO, ACCORDING
TO POLICE.
AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
TRANSIT CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY,
UP BY 41%, COMPARED WITH LAST
YEAR.
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS
INSISTS IT IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.
WELL, WHAT IS IT?
>> DEALING WITH ACTUAL CRIMES,
THOSE EIGHT HOMICIDE, AND
DEALING WITH THE PERCEPTION OF
FEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
THAT’S THE COMBINATION.
I’M GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT
PERCEPTION AND ACTUAL CRIME.
WE CAN’T GET AWAY FROM THE FACT
WE HAVE 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE USING
THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT
AND THOSE AVERAGE OF SIX CRIMES
A DAY IS NOT GIVING THE
IMPRESSION THAT OUR SYSTEM IS
OUT OF CONTROL.
>> Harris: WOW.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BITTEN BY A
PERCEPTION OF CRIME?
>> I HAVE NOT.
HERE’S THE THING WITH ERIC ADD
AFTERMATHS.
A.M.S.
>> HE IS A FORMER REPUBLICAN.
NOW A DEMOCRAT.
THAT’S WHO HE IS NOW.
>> YEAH, HE WILL SAY LOTS OF
THINGS.
THERE WAS A PERCEPTION WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING THIS WAS SOMEBODY
THAT WOULD SUPPORT POLICE, HAVE
REAL TALK ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON
IN THE CITY.
SO NOW WHILE HE HAS DONE THINGS,
THERE ARE MORE POLICE OFFICERS
ON THE STREETS, I AM IN NEW YORK
FOR A LITTLE BIT, I WAS IN
FLORIDA FULL TIME DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND ALL OF THAT STUFF,
BUT I WANT HIM TO TELL THAT LADY
THAT GOT ATTACKED IN THAT
HORRIFIC VIDEO WE SAW, TELL HER
THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IS
PERCEPTION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK SERIOUS
ABOUT THIS.
AND I’LL SAY ONE LAST THING.
I AM A BIG 190 POUND BLACK MAN
SO I HAVE TO WATCH MY BACK IN
NEW YORK CITY IN A WAY I NEVER
HAD TO BEFORE THIS STUFF.
IF I HAVE TO WATCH MY BACK LIKE
THIS, I WONDER HOW OTHER PEOPLE
ARE SORT OF EXPERIENCING THE
CITY.
>> Harris: YOU MEAN EVERYBODY
ELSE MAY NOT BE READY TO PLAY.
>> EVERYBODY ELSE ISN’T AS
PHYSICALLY IMPOSING.
>> SO TRUE, THOUGH.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS MAYOR SAYS?
THIS IS ALL ABOUT GUNS.
KENNEDY, THE MAJORITY OF CRIMES,
EVEN EIGHT KILLINGS SADLY, TWO
OF THEM WITH GUNS, THE REST OF
THEM WITH HANDS, SHOVE, MAYBE
THERE WAS A BUMP THAT SHOVED
SOMEBODY, I DON’T THINK SO.
THIS IS HAND ON HAND COMBAT.
>> ALSO, THE PERCEPTION IS VERY
BAD FOR THE REST OF THE CITY
BECAUSE IF THERE’S A PERCEPTION
THAT NEW YORK IS UNSAFE, PEOPLE
AREN’T GOING TO COME ON VACATION
HERE.
NORMALLY PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE
CITY FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND FOR
NEW YEAR’S EVE TO SEE THE WINDOW
DISPLAYS
DISPLAYS.
IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE ARE SHOVED IN
FRONT OF THE SUBWAY, YOU CAN’T
AFFORD TO OUTBOUNDER EVERYWHERE,
WHY WOULD YOU SPEND YOUR
PRECIOUS VACATION MONEY HERE.
THE PERCEPTION IS SOMETHING
THAT’S DRIVING PEOPLE OUT OF NEW
YORK.
THEY HAVE FRIEND THAT MOVED TO
FLORIDA, JUST LIKE ROB.
THEY’RE LIKE WHAT IS IT LIKE
THERE, IT IS GREAT.
WE’RE AT THE BEACH 12 MONTHS OUT
OF THE YEAR, SCHOOLS HAVE
REMAINED OPEN, BUSINESSES ARE
THRIVING.
THERE ARE FOR RENT SIGNS ON
STREET FRONTS, PEOPLE ARE SCARED
TO TAKE THE SUBWAY.
AND NOW WHEN I RIDE THE SUBWAY,
I ALWAYS STAND IN THE MIDDLE SO
I AM NOT CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF
THE PLATFORM BECAUSE I DON’T
WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO
HAPPEN, THERE ARE WILD EYED
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, THAT’S HOW
THEY DESCRIBED TWO OF THE RECENT
ATTACKERS.
NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE AWARENESS
AND PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING
ALL THE TIME.
THAT’S NOT ENJOYING LIFE, NOT
GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND NOT
JUST PERCEPTION.
>> Harris: SAD WHERE YOU STAND.
YOU’RE IN A HURRY TO GET TO YOUR
JOB, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET IN
AND OUT FASTER SO YOU’RE NOT
LATE FOR WORK, TAKING KID TO
SCHOOL.
THAT SEEMS LIKE ALSO ANOTHER
REALLY, REALLY UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
FOR THE CRIMINALS.
THEY CAN PULL YOU RIGHT OFF THAT
PLATFORM.
EMILY, I MENTIONED OTHER THINGS
PEOPLE ARE USING, HAMMERS, THE
NUMBER OF STABBINGS IS UP
EXPONENTIALLY INSIDE THE SUBWAY.
WHAT IS THE DISCONNECT.
ROB MENTIONED THE POLITICS OF
THIS, BUT WHO IS MAYOR ADAMS
NOW, HE IS NOT WHO HE SAID, HE
IS NOT AS ADVERTISED.
>> I DON’T SEE HIM AS A NEW
YORKER ANY MORE.
A NEW YORKER IS COMMITTED TO
SAFETY.
A NEW YORKER IS COMMITTED TO
ENJOYING THE CITY TO ITS FULLEST
AND EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND ALSO
KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE AND
KNOWING THAT WE CAN RIDE THE
SUBWAY, THAT WE CAN ENJOY TIMES
SQUARE AND PERFORMANCES WITHOUT
MAYBE GETTING STABBED IN THE
BACK.
WHERE YOU STAND ON THE PLATFORM,
THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF
ATTACKS FROM BEHIND.
WE SAW UP TICK OF SEXUAL
ASSAULTS AND RAPES, HORRIFYING
VIDEOS OF WOMEN, ONE REPEAT
OFFENDER WAS RUNNING AFTER THEM.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE EYES IN THE
BACK OF YOUR HEAD.
WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS FOR A
MAYOR WHO WAS SAVVY DURING
CAMPAIGNING, BY SAVVY, I MEAN
HAVING COMMON SENSE, WHY, WHAT
DOES HE HAVE TO GAIN BY
DOWNPLAYING THE CRIME RATE?
IF ANYTHING, IF HE SAID WE ARE
COMMITTED TO LAW AND ORDER IN
THIS TOWN, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
SEEKING OUT ATTACKERS STILL AT
LARGE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
PROTECTING THE ASIAN AMERICAN
POPULATION, BLACK POPULATION,
THE SUBWAY RIDERS, ET CETERA,
THIS WOULD DO A LONG WAY TOWARD
REASSURING THOSE OF US THAT LIVE
HERE, THOSE OF US THAT COMMUTE
HERE, THOSE OF US THAT TRAVEL
HERE, THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
SAFE.
DENYING THE PROBLEM DOES
TECHNOLOGY FOR MAKING US FEEL
LIKE WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS.
BY THE WAY, THAT FATHER OF THREE
THAT WAS STABBED TO DEATH ON A
SUBWAY FORM IN THE NECK, THE
REASON HE WAS STABBED IS BECAUSE
THAT ATTACKER, A RESID VIS AND
STILL AT LARGE WAS HARASSING A
FEMALE POLICE OFFICER AND HE
STEPPED IN.
THERE’S NOTHING TO SHOW FOR
BEING A GOOD CITIZEN HERE OR FOR
IN ANY WAY PROTECTING YOURSELF.
YOU’RE DAMNED NO MATTER WHAT.
>> KAYLEIGH, QUICKLY, WHAT ABOUT
THE POLITICS AT PLAY.
WHAT EMILY IS SAYING, WHAT IS
THE BENEFIT OF TELLING PEOPLE A
LIE THAT CRIME ISN’T AS BAD AS
IT IS, HE CERTAINLY WON’T GET
CALLED ON TO HELP OTHER
DEMOCRATS.
MAYBE HE IS LOOKING TO HAVE FREE
TIME, DOESN’T WANT TO BE
POPULAR.
>> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE IMAGES I HAVE BEEN WATCHING
ON THE SCREEN, THESE ARE REAL
TIME, THE MOST POWERFUL GOP ADS,
BUT NOT FUNDED BY THE GOP,
THEY’RE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE
CRIMINALS OF NEW YORK CITY.
>> Harris: AND TAXPAYERS.
>> AND DERELICT GOVERNOR AND
MAYOR WHO ARE DOING NOTHING
ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
YOU SEE LEE ZELL DID I KNOW
CLOSED THE GAP, BUT THE
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE
IS COMING CLOSE.
AND YOU SEE IT AT PLAY.
PENNSYLVANIA, I WAS STUNNED.
I READ THIS AS WE WERE COMING TO
AIR, A POLITICAL REPORTER ASKED
JOHN FETTERMAN, DEMOCRAT NOMINEE
IN PENNSYLVANIA WHY DOES SOMEONE
WHO COMMITTED FIRST DEGREE
MURDER DESERVE CLEMENCY.
HERE’S HIS ANSWER.
IT IS A VERY SIMPLE CHOICE.
I BELIEVE THE PERFECT METAPHOR
IS SHAW SHANK REDEMPTION,
EVERYONE HAS SEEN AND
UNDERSTANDS.
WOULD YOU WANT MORGAN FREEMAN TO
DIE IN PRISON OR NOT, NEVER MET
ANYONE THAT SAID YEAH, YOU
SHOULD DIE IN PRISON.
THAT’S A FICTIONAL FILM.
THE GOP PUT IT OUT WITH FIVE
MURDERERS THAT FETTERMAN VOTED
TO LET OUT OF PRISON.
A MURDER MURDERED WITH SCISSORS,
A MAN MURDERED WITH GARDEN
SHEERS, 26 TIMES STABBED,
ANOTHER BRAGGED HE WAS THE SON
OF THE DEVIL AND SHOT AND
STABBED SOMEONE, ANOTHER MAN WHO
BEAT SOMEONE TO DEATH WITH A
BASEBALL BAT, THESE ARE NOT
MORGAN FREEMAN, SHAWSHANK
REDEMPTIONS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH REAL
VICTIMS.
JOHN FETTERMAN AND OTHERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE A METAPHOR FOR
WHY.
>> MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE REST OF