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ALL-IMPORTANT MIDTERMS
THAT WILL DECIDE
CONTROL OF CONGRESS.
JUST FOUR DAYS TO GO
FOR CANDIDATES TO MAKE
THEIR CLOSING
ARGUMENTS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
PRESIDENT BIDEN
TOUTING BETTER THAN
EXPECTED NEW JOB
NUMBERS.
AND DONALD TRUMP
TEASING A 2024
PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
WHEN HE COULD MAKE IT
OFFICIAL.
OUR TEAM IN
BATTLEGROUND
PENNSYLVANIA.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT,
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI BREAKING HER
SILENCE ABOUT THE
BRUTAL ATTACK ON HER
HUSBAND.
WHAT SHE SAID TODAY
ABOUT HIS LONG HAUL
AHEAD.
>>> TORNADO WATCHES UP
IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
SEVERE WEATHER ON THE
MOVE.
27 MILLION AT RISK
TONIGHT.
SNOW IN COLORADO
LEADING TO A 100 CAR
PILEUP.
WE'RE TRACKING IT ALL.
>>> TWITTER LAYING OFF
AS MANY AS HALF ITS
EMPLOYEES UNDER NEW
OWNER ELON MUSK.
AND WHY MUSK SAYS
TWITTER HAS SEEN A
MASSIVE DROP IN
REVENUE.
>>> RISING TENSIONS
WITH NORTH KOREA.
THE THREAT THAT LED
SOUTH KOREA TO
SCRAMBLE FIGHTER JETS.
>>> THE HIGHEST FLU
HOSPITALIZATION RATE
IN THE U.S. IN MORE
THAN A DECADE.
AND NEW HOPE FOR
TREATING RSV IN
INFANTS.
>>> CRIME ON THE
BALLOT.
MY REPORT ON CASHLESS
BAIL.
IS THERE REALLY A LINK
TO INCREASED CRIME?
>>> AND 100 YEARS
AFTER ITS DISCOVERY,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE
STILL UNLOCKING THE
SECRETS OF KING TUT'S
TOMB.
>>> THIS IS NBC
"NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH
LESTER HOLT.
>>> GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE.
WE'RE HEADING INTO THE
FINAL WEEKEND OF
CAMPAIGN 2022.
NOW FOUR DAYS BEFORE
THE ELECTION THAT WILL
DECIDE WHICH PARTY
WILL
CONTROL THE LEVERS OF
POWER IN WASHINGTON.
DOWN THE STRETCH,
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE
FACED HEADWINDS OVER A
FRAGILE ECONOMY GOT A
BRIEF REPRIEVE IN THE
FORM OF STRONG JOBS
NUMBERS.
261,000 JOBS ADDED
LAST MONTH.
WHILE THE DRAMA BUILDS
IN THOSE KEY GEORGIA
RACES.
WARNOCK VERSUS WALKER.
AND PENNSYLVANIA,
FETTERMAN VERSUS OZ.
OPRAH WINFREY OFFERING
A LATE ENDORSEMENT IN
THAT CONTEST TODAY.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT
STATE TO BOTH PARTIES
MADE CLEAR AS
PRESIDENTS BIDEN,
TRUMP AND OBAMA HIT
THE GROUND IN PA OVER
THE WEEKEND ON BEHALF
OF THEIR CANDIDATES.
PETER ALEXANDER IS
THERE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
THE POLITICAL POWER
PLAYERS, PRESIDENTS
PAST AND PRESENT
PREPARED TO CONVERGE
ON PENNSYLVANIA.
AS REPUBLICANS BLAME
DEMOCRATS FOR RISING
PRICES, PRESIDENT
BIDEN TODAY WELCOMING
A BETTER THAN EXPECTED
JOBS REPORT.
261,000 NEW HIRES LAST
MONTH.
EVEN AS THE FEDERAL
RESERVE TRIES TO SLOW
THE ECONOMY AND TAME
INFLATION.
>> FOLKS, OUR ECONOMY
CONTINUES TO GROW AND
ADD JOBS EVEN AS GAS
PRICES CONTINUE TO
COME DOWN.
WE GOT A LOT MORE TO
DO.
>> Reporter: BUT FEARS
OF A RECESSION STILL
LINGER WITH COMPANIES
LIKE AMAZON AND APPLE
FREEZING HIRING.
AND LYFT PLANNING TO
LAY OFF 13% OF ITS
STAFF.
REPUBLICANS SEIZING ON
THE SLIGHT UPTICK IN
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
THE RNC SAYING IT IS
THE WORST JOBS REPORT
THIS YEAR.
HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S
TIGHT SENATE RACE,
A SURPRISE ENDORSEMENT
OVERNIGHT.
OPRAH WINFREY WHO GAVE
DR. MEHMET OZ HIS
TV START NEARLY TWO
DECADES AGO
PUBLICALLY BACKING HIS
OPPONENT, JOHN
FETTERMAN.
>> I WILL TELL YOU ALL
THIS, IF I LIVED IN
PENNSYLVANIA, I WOULD
HAVE ALREADY CAST MY
VOTE FOR JOHN
FETTERMAN FOR MANY
REASONS.
>> Reporter: THE OZ
CAMPAIGN RESPONDING IN
A STATEMENT DOCTOR OZ
LOVES OPRAH AND
RESPECTS THE FACT THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT
POLITICS.
THE STATE WILL HOST
DUELING VISITS
TOMORROW WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND BIDEN STUMPING
TOGETHER FOR FETTERMAN
IN PHILADELPHIA.
WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL RALLY
HIS SUPPORTERS FOR OZ
ACROSS THE STATE NEAR
PITTSBURGH.
THE SENATE RACE COULD
BE DECIDED BY THE
SUBURBS OF
PHILADELPHIA THAT
PROPELLED TRUMP IN
2016 BUT PROVED KEY
FOR JOE BIDEN FOUR
YEARS LATER.
DEMOCRAT JESS BROWN, A
MOTHER OF TWO, IS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE
RHETORIC SHE HEARS
FROM REPUBLICANS.
>> I'M SCARED.
I DON'T -- I DON'T
ALIGN WITH THEIR
VALUES.
I DON'T ALIGN WITH THE
HATE.
>> Reporter: ON
TUESDAY SHE'S VOTING
FOR FETTERMAN WHO IS
STILL RECOVERING FROM
A STROKE.
ARE YOU PERSONALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT JOHN
FETTERMAN'S HEALTH?
>> I AM NOT.
IN TERMS OF HIS
ABILITY TO GET THE JOB
DONE AND TO DO A GOOD
JOB AND
TO REPRESENT THE
ISSUES THAT I CARE
ABOUT I'M NOT WORRIED.
HE HAS MY VOTE ON
TUESDAY.
>> Reporter: AN HOUR
AWAY, THIS REPUBLICAN
HOME SCHOOLS TWO OF
HER THREE CHILDREN.
WHAT IS AT STAKE IN
THESE MIDTERMS?
>> I THINK HONESTLY
THE FUTURE OF THE
NATION.
>> Reporter: FOR HER
THE REPUBLICANS'
MESSAGING ON CRIME HAS
HIT CLOSE TO HOME.
>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT
MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S A BIG CONCERN
FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER
MOMS IN THE AREA, IS
THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS
AND OUR FAMILIES.
>> PETER, MR. TRUMP IS
SENDING HIS STRONGEST
SIGNAL YET THAT HE
PLANS TO RUN IN 2024.
>> Reporter: LESTER,
AT A RALLY LAST NIGHT
IN IOWA, MR. TRUMP
REPEATED THE LIE THAT
HE WON THE ELECTION IN
2020 AND SAID THAT HE,
QUOTE, WILL VERY,
VERY, VERY PROBABLY
RUN AGAIN IN 2024.
HE IS LIKELY TO MAKE
IT OFFICIAL THIS MONTH
ACCORDING TO TWO
SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH
HIS THINKING, BUT THEY
SAY THAT TIMING COULD
SLIDE.
LESTER?
>>> PETER, THANK YOU.
ALSO TONIGHT, HOUSE
SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI BREAKING
HER SILENCE ABOUT THE
BRUTAL ATTACK OF HER
HUSBAND AT THEIR HOME.
PAUL PELOSI WAS
RELEASED ON THURSDAY
AFTER NEARLY A WEEK IN
THE HOSPITAL.
SPEAKER PELOSI
TELLING SUPPORTERS
DURING A VIRTUAL
MEETING TODAY THAT HE
STILL HAS A LONG ROAD
AHEAD, BUT THE FAMILY
IS HOPEFUL FOR HIS
RECOVERY.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A
LONG HAUL, BUT HE WILL
BE WELL.
AND IT'S JUST SO
TRAGIC HOW IT
HAPPENED.
BUT,
NONETHELESS, WE HAVE
TO BE OPTIMISTIC.
HE'S SURROUNDED BY
FAMILY, SO THAT'S A
WONDERFUL THING.
>> THE SUSPECT IN THE
ATTACK PLEADED NOT
GUILTY.
THE COURT TODAY SET
HIS NEXT HEARING FOR
NOVEMBER 28th.
>>> WE'RE TRACKING
SEVERE WEATHER ON THE
MOVE TONIGHT.
TORNADO WATCHES UP IN
PARTS OF
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
27 MILLION PEOPLE ON
ALERT IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY FOR THREATS
INCLUDING WIND GUSTS
HIGHER THAN 70 MILES
AN HOUR AS WELL AS
VERY LARGE HAIL AND
FLOODING DOWNPOURS.
IN COLORADO, SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW FALLING
ACROSS THE STATE,
THE SLICK CONDITIONED
BLAMED FOR A 100-CAR
PILEUP THAT CLOSED
DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY
IN DENVER FOR HOURS.
POLICE SAY THERE WERE
NO REPORTS OF DEATHS
AND THE INJURIES
APPEAR TO BE MINOR.
>>> WE'LL TURN NOW TO
THE TURMOIL AT
TWITTER.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT
APPEARING TO BE IN
DISARRAY AFTER AS MANY
AS HALF OF
ITS EMPLOYEES WERE
LAID OFF UNDER NEW
OWNER ELON MUSK.
NOW SEVERAL
ADVERTISERS ARE
FLEEING THE PLATFORM.
HERE'S TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: IT
STARTED LATE THURSDAY.
AS NOW FORMER TWITTER
EMPLOYEES STARTED
LEARNING THEY'RE BEING
LAID OFF.
LOOKS LIKE I'M
UNEMPLOYED, Y'ALL.
TWEETED ONE.
EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT
AND HAVE A
NINE-MONTH-OLD.
JUST GOT CUTOFF FROM
LAPTOP ACCESS, SAID
ANOTHER.
MUSK CHANGED HIS
TWITTER BIO TO TWITTER
COMPLAINT HOTLINE
OPERATOR.
CLASS ACTION ATTORNEYS
ARE REMINDING MUSK HE
MUST GIVE EMPLOYEES
60 DAYS LAYOFF NOTICE
UNDER CALIFORNIA AND
FEDERAL LAW.
>> OUR RECOMMENDATION
IS THAT EMPLOYEES BE
VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
SIGNING AWAY THEIR
RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.
>> Reporter: AMONG
THOSE LET GO TODAY,
CONTENT AND
MISINFORMATION
MONITORS JUST DAYS
BEFORE THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
MUSK INSISTS HE'S A
FREE SPEECH
ABSOLUTIST.
BUT AMID AN UPTICK IN
ANTI-SEMITIC AND
RACIST TWEETS, SOME
BIG ADVERTISERS HAVE
PULLED BACK, INCLUDING
GM, AUDI, VOLKSWAGON,
GENERAL MILLS,
REPORTEDLY PFIZER AND
AD FIRM IPG, PROMPTING
MUSK TO TWEET TWITTER
HAS HAD A MASSIVE DROP
IN REVENUE DUE TO
ACTIVIST GROUPS
PRESSURING ADVERTISERS
EVEN THOUGH NOTHING
HAS
CHANGED WITH CONTENT
MODERATION.
AND WE DID EVERYTHING
WE COULD TO APPEASE
THE ACTIVISTS.
EXTREMELY MESSED UP,
HE SAID.
THEY'RE TRYING TO
DESTROY FREE SPEECH IN
AMERICA.
MUSK IS EXPECTED TO
SOON CHARGE $8 FOR A
VERIFIED CHECK NEXT TO
USERS NAMES,
POTENTIALLY
UNDERMINING AN
AUTHENTICITY CHECK.
>> IT MEANS THAT THE
BLUE CHECKS ARE A
VERIFICATION DEVICE.
THE BLUE CHECK WILL
JUST MEAN THAT YOU
HAVE $8 AND WILL NOT
MEAN THAT YOU ARE WHO
YOU SAY YOU ARE.
>> TOM, MUSK SAYS
ACTIVIST GROUPS ARE
PRESSURING ADVERTISERS
TO LEAVE TWITTER.
WHO IS HE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> Reporter: SEVERAL
GROUPS.
GLAD, THE ADL,
COLOR FOR CHANGE,
THAT'S ONE OF THE
LARGEST ONLINE CIVIL
RIGHTS GROUPS.
THEY SAY THERE IS TOO
MUCH HATE SPEECH ON
TWITTER.
THEY ARE URGING
ADVERTISERS TO
DISASSOCIATE
THEMSELVES FROM THE
PLATFORM.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT.
TOM COSTELLO, THANK
YOU.
>>> TENSIONS ARE
RISING TONIGHT AFTER
NORTH KOREA'S RECORD
BARRAGE OF MISSILE
LAUNCHES THIS WEEK.
SOUTH KOREA SCRAMBLING
ITS FIGHTER JETS TODAY
AFTER ANOTHER MAJOR
SHOW OF FORCE
BY THE NORTH.
RAF SANCHEZ IS IN
SEOUL.
>> Reporter: SOUTH
KOREA TONIGHT
SCRAMBLING 80 OF ITS
FIGHTER JETS INCLUDING
S-30s, INCLUDING A
SWARM OF MILITARY
AIRCRAFTS FROM THE
NORTH.
AMERICAN PILOTS HERE
FOR A JOINT U.S./SOUTH
KOREAN TRAINING
EXERCISE ALSO PUT ON
HIGH ALERT.
KIM JONG-UN'S REGIME
DEMANDING A HALT TO
THE DRILLS WARNING THE
U.S. SHOULD NOT ACT
RASHLY.
THOSE THREATS NOW A
PART OF DAILY LIFE IN
SEOUL.
>> SOUTH KOREA IS
DOING FINE.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE
HERE TELL US DESPITE
THE THREATS FROM NORTH
KOREA, THEY'RE JUST
TRYING TO GET ON WITH
THEIR LIVES, BUT THEY
HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN
THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL
ATTACK, TO FLEE TO
SUBWAY STATIONS LIKE
THIS ONE.
THIS YOUNG MAN STARTS
MILITARY SERVICE NEXT
YEAR.
ARE YOU WORRIED YOU
MAY HAVE TO FIGHT?
>> YES, A LITTLE BIT.
VERY SCARED.
>> Reporter: AT THE UN
SECURITY COUNCIL, THE
U.S. ACCUSING CHINA
AND RUSSIA OF
PROTECTING NORTH KOREA
DIPLOMATICALLY.
>> THESE MEMBERS HAVE
BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO
JUSTIFY THE DPRK'S
REPEATED
VIOLATIONS, AND IN
TURN THEY HAVE ENABLED
THE DPRK AND MADE A
MOCKERY OF THIS
COUNCIL.
>> Reporter: BUT THE
U.S. HAS DEEP
DISAGREEMENTS WITH
RUSSIA AND CHINA OVER
UKRAINE AND TAIWAN,
MEANING THERE IS NOT
MUCH ROOM FOR
COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE BIG POWERS, AND SO
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
IS LIKELY PARALYZED.
LESTER?
>> THANK YOU.
>>> TURNING TO THE
SHOCKWAVES FROM THE
WAR IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA
AGAIN THIS WEEK
THREATENING TO PUT THE
SQUEEZE ON
UKRAINE'S FOOD
EXPORTS.
THAT COULD WORSEN THE
HUNGER CRISIS IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
KEIR SIMMONS IS IN
KENYA FOR US TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THESE
CHILDREN AND THEIR
MOTHERS IN EAST AFRICA
ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES
FROM UKRAINE, BUT THE
CONFLICT HAS REACHED
EVEN THERE.
NOW IN THE HOSPITAL
BECAUSE HE'S SO SICK
AND UNDERFED.
RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT
PUTIN THIS WEEK AGAIN
THREATENED TO STOP
SHIPS FULL OF STAPLE
FOOD BOUND FOR AFRICA
FROM
PASSING THROUGH A
RUSSIAN BLOCKADE OF
THE BLACK SEA.
WE FLEW TO NORTHERN
KENYA AND VISITED THIS
UNICEF-SUPPORTED
HOSPITAL WHERE WE MET
LEYA.
AND SEVERELY
MALNOURISHED SARA.
LEYA SAYS ALL OF HER
LIVESTOCK WHICH SHE
RELIED ON TO FEED HER
FAMILY DIED IN THE
WORSENING DROUGHT
HERE.
HOW MANY MEALS A DAY
DO YOU HAVE AT HOME?
JUST ONE, SHE SAYS.
MARY FROM SUDAN IS
HERE WITH HER
FOUR-MONTH-OLD SON.
SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD NO
MILK FOR HER BABY.
SHE SAYS LIFE IS MUCH
HARDER THAN IT EVER
WAS.
SHE HAS TO DECIDE
WHICH OF HER CHILDREN
GET FOOD.
AS GROUPS LIKE THE
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
FIGHT TO FEED
22 MILLION FACING
STARVATION HERE,
PRIMARILY CAUSED BY
DROUGHT NOW IN ITS
FIFTH YEAR.
FOOD FROM UKRAINE WILL
BE CRUCIAL.
EVERY TIME A YOUNG
PATIENT DIES, THIS MAN
TELLS ME --
>> I FEEL LIKE I'VE
LOST -- LIKE I'M THE
ONE WHO HAS LOST A
CHILD.
>> Reporter: THAT
HOSPITAL LOST 48
CHILDREN THIS YEAR AND
THE CRISIS HERE IS
ESCALATING.
SOMALIA ON THE BRINK
OF FAMINE.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT, KIER.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE NEW ALERT BY
THE CDC.
>>> THE CDC IS WARNING
THIS YEAR'S FLU SEASON
IS GETTING MUCH WORSE
AS THE U.S. SEES A
RESURGENCE IN
RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
TONIGHT SOME PROMISING
NEWS ABOUT AN RSV
TREATMENT FOR BABIES.
HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
THE CDC SAYS THE U.S.
IS SEEING THE HIGHEST
FLU HOSPITALIZATION
RATES IN A DECADE AND
FEWER FLU VACCINES
HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
>> I THINK WHAT IS SO
CONCERNING TO US RIGHT
NOW IS THE RATES OF
OUR
INCREASES IN
POSITIVITY RATES.
>> Reporter: AS FOR
OTHER ILLNESSES,
TODAY HEALTH OFFICIALS
IN
EUROPE APPROVED A NEW
SHOT THAT MUST GO
THROUGH THE REGULATORY
PROCESS HERE IN THE
U.S. AND WOULD NOT BE
AVAILABLE IN TIME FOR
THIS SEASON'S SURGE.
RIGHT NOW MORE THAN
THREE-FOURTHS OF ALL
PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL
BEDS ARE OCCUPIED
NATIONWIDE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST
CHALLENGING ASPECTS
ABOUT TREATING
PATIENTS WITH RSV IS
KNOWING THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO GET WORSE
BEFORE THEY GET
BETTER.
>> Reporter: TYPICALLY
RSV ONLY RESULTS IN
MILD COLD-LIKE
SYMPTOMS BUT CAN BE
SERIOUS IN VERY YOUNG
CHILDREN OR
OLDER ADULTS.
THE CDC ESTIMATES THAT
OVER 500 DIE EACH YEAR
FROM COMPLICATIONS.
THIS WEEK A
SIX-YEAR-OLD PASSED
AWAY IN MICHIGAN.
IN FLORIDA, THIS
THREE-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT
RSV AND NOW PNEUMONIA.
HIS MOM SPOKE WITH US
FROM THE ICU AT JOHNS
HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL IN ST.
PETERSBURG.
>> NOW THAT I KNOW
THIS VIRUS IS NO JOKE.
>> Reporter: THE CDC
SAYS
THE LATEST DATA SHOWS
THAT RSV IS UP
NATIONALLY BUT
DECREASING IN THE
SOUTH AS THE FLU
BEGINS TO SURGE THERE,
PART OF A CYCLE OF
VIRUSES EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WINTER.
GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC
NEWS.
>>> WE'RE BACK IN A
MOMENT.
FACED WITH SUSPENSION.
WHAT NBA STAR KYRIE
IRVING IS
SAYING NOW ABOUT HIS
ANTI-SEMITIC
FIRESTORM.
>>> PLUS, CRIME IS A
>>> WE'RE BACK NOW
WITH AN APOLOGY FROM
BASKETBALL STAR KYRIE
IRVING THAT CAME AFTER
HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM
THE BROOKLYN NETS.
IRVING HAS PREVIOUSLY
PROMOTED AN
ANTI-SEMITIC
FILM ON HIS SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
NOW HE WRITES IN PART,
TO ALL JEWISH FAMILIES
AND COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, I
AM
DEEPLY SORRY TO HAVE
CAUSED YOU PAIN, AND I
APOLOGIZE.
IRVING WAS SUSPENDED
FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE
GAMES WITHOUT PAY.
>>> AS CANDIDATES FINE
TUNE THEIR CLOSING
MESSAGES AHEAD OF
TUESDAY'S VOTE, AN
ISSUE FINDING TRACTION
FOR MANY CAMPAIGNS IS
VOTER WORRIES ABOUT
CRIME.
BUT AS WE FOUND, THE
STATE OF CRIME IN
AMERICA IS NOT ALWAYS
WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
FEAR IS ON THE BALLOT.
CRIME NOW THE
CENTERPIECE OF
CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE
DEPENDS ON IT, BECAUSE
IT DOES.
>> Reporter: FUELED,
SOME ARGUE, NOT BY
REALITY BUT BY VIDEOS
OF RAMPANT
LAWLESSNESS.
>> THEY FILLED THEIR
BAGS
WITH JEWELRY AND THEN
TOOK OFF.
>> Reporter: AND SOME
UNSETTLING HEADLINES.
>> I SEE AN ATTEMPT BY
THE RIGHT WING TO
SCARE PEOPLE INTO
UNWINDING CERTAIN VERY
SMALLER FORMS.
>> Reporter: ALEX IS A
CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY.
YOU KNOW,
WHEN I PICK UP A
TABLOID AND HEAR ABOUT
SOMEBODY BEING PUSHED
ON THE SUBWAY OR
ASSAULTED ON THE
STREET, THAT'S REAL
AND IT'S SCARY.
>> LET ME SAY THIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE
POLICE AND FBI
REPORTED CRIME RATES,
WE ARE AT NEAR
HISTORIC LOWS IN THE
COUNTRY.
CRIME HAS BEEN FALLING
SINCE THE 1990s.
>> Reporter: HERE'S
WHAT WE KNOW.
A FLURRY OF DATA FROM
2021 AND 2022 IS
CONFLICTING AND
INCOMPLETE.
BUT ONE RECENT SURVEY
SHOWS A
SLIGHT DECREASE IN
MURDERS THIS YEAR
COMPARED TO LAST.
WHILE ROBBERY AND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT
UPTICK.
NUMBERS ASIDE, STORIES
OF PEOPLE COMMITTING
CRIMES AFTER BEING
ARRESTED AND RELEASED
HAVE FUELED ONE MAJOR
ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE
PROBABLY HEARD A LOT