"While the grievance industry concentrates on police officers shooting black citizens, the real war is criminals shooting Americans, many of whom are innocent bystanders. In Baltimore, May was the most violent month in more than 40 years, with 43 homicides. Also, arrests in Baltimore were down 56% in May, meaning that some Baltimore police are standing down. In Chicago, 47 Americans were killed in May alone and so far this year homicides are up 13%, with 169 people already violently killed. The vast majority of these murders committed by blacks on other blacks. Here in New York City, the uber-liberal Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered his police officers to end the stop-frisk program designed to get guns off the street. The result: murders are up 15%, non-fatal shootings up nearly 8%. In addition, the New York City infrastructure has collapsed. Cops are angry with de Blasio for not supporting them, therefore low-level offenses such as double parking, aggressive begging and other so-called quality of life offenses are not being enforced. There is no question things are going south in NYC under Mayor de Blasio. It should be noted that in Baltimore, Chicago and New York City, Democrats run the show and their permissive attitudes toward public policy are the primary reason violence is up, social order down. Unless the nation begins to understand that strict policing is necessary to protect lives, this violent trend will continue. That being said, there is a report in the Washington Post today that says police shootings are on the rise. So far this year 385 people have been killed by police - half the victims are white, half minority. More than 80% of those shot were carrying weapons. So you can see that the violent climate emerging in the USA is generating violence. Big time."

The Factor welcomed three men who have witnessed the urban crime situation at close range. "Police have to know that when they are using their discretion they will not be arrested themselves," said Bob Ehrlich, the former Republican governor of Maryland. "Cops in Baltimore are very fearful that the state's attorney and police commissioner do not have their backs. They want to do their jobs, but they're not sure what will happen if they make innocent mistakes." But Pastor Corey Brooks of Chicago insisted that law enforcement is not the answer. "We don't need more policing," he said, "we need more mentoring and a hands-on approach by individuals in our community." The Factor warned Brooks that his approach would actually cost lives: "There will be people dying every weekend in Chicago and you're telling me you don't want more police!" Finally, urban policy analyst Aaron Renn of the conservative Manhattan Institute joined the fray. "Fortunately, New York is very different than Baltimore and Chicago," he said. "The great accomplishment of 'broken windows' policing in New York is not that it made the rich neighborhoods safe, but it made the poor and minority neighborhoods so much safer than they were before. Hopefully Mayor de Blasio can see what's happening."

With much of the world in chaos and ISIS on the march, Charles Krauthammer surveyed the dire situation. "President Obama says we are the most respected country in the world again," Dr. K scoffed, "but you wonder what planet he's living on. Our enemies have no respect for us, nor do our allies. Do you think the Ukrainians respect us, or the Poles or the Saudis or the Lithuanians? There's a revulsion against the United States and these allies that depended on us are left hanging in the wind." The Factor lamented, "There doesn't seem to be a collective outrage among Americans about all this deterioration."

The Factor was joined by former Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee, who defended his former boss's economic performance. "I wasn't that surprised to see the economy contract a little in the most recent quarter," he said, "because the previous two quarters were pretty strong. We're growing at a modest rate, but we're still the fastest growing of the world's major economies." But The Factor argued that growth could be far more robust: "Most Americans feel we never got out of recession. I would like to see lower taxes on business and incentives for businesses to bring back the trillions of dollars they have overseas."

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that half of voters are dissatisfied with President Obama's job performance. The Factor invited reaction from Mary Katharine Ham and Juan Williams. "He is a little lower than Bill Clinton was at this point," Williams said, "but he's about where Ronald Reagan was and of course he's higher than George W. Bush. Republicans in Congress would kill for Obama's numbers." Ham laid out some specific reasons behind the president's declining popularity. "The ISIS situation might have something to do with this - people believe we are losing that fight. There is also this distrust in Washington that has happened on Obama's watch while he has argued that the government can solve problems."

The Factor has demanded that Baltimore report how many people are being charged after that city's riots. Authorities now say that out of 486 people arrested, 191 will face charges. Megyn Kelly opined on those numbers. "These cases are difficult to pursue, "she pointed out, "because you need an eyewitness or you have to go through all the videotape. Also, the cops had to file arrest reports, but they were busy trying to prevent looting and murder and arson and didn't have a lot of time for paperwork. Most of these cases will be pleaded out." Kelly also reported that she is about to conduct an exclusive interview with the family of Josh Duggar, the reality TV star who has been accused of sexual molestation. "We're going to their home on Wednesday, this is the first time the family has spoken out at all about Josh."

Many progressive Americans desperately want Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president. Jesse Watters paid a visit to Berkshire Community College in Massachusetts, where Warren gave a speech last week. He asked a few students what they know about the former professor. Their replies: "Is she a Republican?" ... "I'm going to guess that she's a Democrat" ... "Apparently she's a Cherokee Indian." Watters was barred from even getting close to the populist senator. "She was hiding like Hillary Clinton," he reported, "and I couldn't get near her. I emailed ahead of time, but they ignored me and then she ran away from me. I just wanted to have a pow wow."

Wes Kouba, Dallas, TX: "I am perplexed at why Dana Perino was surprised that the Obama administration ridiculed the judges who ruled against the executive action on immigration amnesty. The administration's response is directly out of 'Rules for Radicals.' Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."

Bill Hamm, Strongsville, OH: "After listening to the Talking Points on America's decline, I realized that President Obama has indeed transformed us as he said he would."

Anthony Flye, Pensacola, FL: "Jesse Watters did not have to go to the inner city to find slackers, he could have found them in the Republican districts of Kentucky or West Virginia."

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