Publicly acknowledged only last week. Their meeting will happen on the sidelines of the g20 summit, another major test for the president on both Foreign Policy and his negotiating skills. Meantime back at home, the fight over health care rages on. Lawmakers are headed home for a week long recess, meaning many republicans will have to defend a hugely unpopular bill directly before their own constituents. Forget phone calls and emails, facetoface showdowns at town halls across the country. So whats President Trump doing to prepare for this momentous week . Cnns ryan nobles is live outside the white house right now. Ryan, i imagine it involves some tweeting. Reporter boris, you laid it out there very well. All of the challenges confronting the president of the United States and this government in general. And yet this morning the president was up and tweeting. And his focus was this feud that he continues to perpetuate with mika not bad people but their low rated show is dominated by their nbc bosses. Too bad. Yet another distraction. Right ahead of this important trip the president is going to take to europe to meet with g20 leaders, expected to have at least a oneonone pull aside with president Vladimir Putin and at the height of this Health Care Battle where republicans are struggling to come up with the 50 votes they need to pass some sort of replacement and reform of obamacare. And this is making it very difficult for republicans who across the board have said that they wish that the president wouldnt have launched this attack against brzezinski and scarborough and instead refocus on the big issues at hand. In terms of white house aides, they never want to talk about the president s tweets. They push that off and try and change the subject saying simply that the president s tweets speak for themselves. They dont provide any context or even talk about whether or not that impacts his agenda. But here it is were talking about it, boris, ahead of a very important week for the president. This feud still not going away. All right. Ryan nobles, thank you. Lets get straight to our panel of cnn political commentators. Joining me now democratic strategist maria cardona, republican strategist Alice Stewart and conservative columnist kaylee mcaniny. Alice, start with you. How does this attack help the president . It doesnt. And it doesnt help the republicans agenda here in washington. Look, im not the first to say as a republican that these are a huge distraction and the president needs to get back oj message and focus. Look, we elected him to go in there and fight for the American People. And not use the oval office as a bully pulpit to sucker punch a female journalist. And for the white house to come out and say people elected him because he is tough and smart and a fighter, i would love to see him be tough with Vladimir Putin, be smart with congress and pass repeal and replace of obamacare and fight against isis. Thats what the American People voted for him for, thats what they would like to see. And all of these tweets are meaningless distraction and truly he needs to get back on message. Ladies, i want to play you some sound from Kellyanne Conway defending the president s tweets. Here it is. Its incredible to watch people play armchair psychologist, out really ridiculing the president s physicalities, his mental state, calling him names that you wouldnt your children to call people on a playground, you would punish them for doing that. And then all of a sudden feining sho feigning shock when he wants to fight back and defend himself and hopefully change the conversation. Calling him names that you dont want your children to call people on a playground. Kaylee, to you, just quick, you know where im going, lyin ted, psycho joe and low iq mika. The president is great at calling names. He uses that effectively, that kind of branding. How can we take the white house seriously when they portray him as a victim . Look, the president does fight back and kellyanne does make a very good point. Lets review some of the things the liberal msnbc journalists have said about President Trump. They have called him a liar, a shmuck, goon, mentally unfit, unbalanced, this is before he ever started tweeting. That was all in one show by the way. Another host called him hitlarian and another host yesterday Chris Matthews insinuated should be assassinated. I would not advice tse the prest the things hes saying specifically, but otherwise hes ju lying done e down and i guess thats what the media expects him to lie down, tie his hands behind his back and not fight back, but hes not going to do that because we have a fighter in the white house. The white house acts as though hes the first president to be attacked. Were talking about the guy that popularized the birther movement. If president obama at the time had taken to twitter and criticized Donald Trumps appearance or his iq or anything of that sort, what would the response be from republicans about obama . Would they say hes just defending himself . Look, president obama would be criticized. Hed be criticized the same way President Trump is being criticized. I said i wouldnt advise him to, you know, level the name calling that hes leveling. That being said, president obama would never be called hitlarian by anyone in the media, there would never be an insinuation that his family should be assassinated from a Mainstream Television anchor Chris Matthews. He was treated with respect. President trump is not treated with respect. Hes treated like a piece of dirt, less than the commander in chief. And i think the media should step back and let him do his job because thats what the American People want. Its debatable because president obama treated media with respect. I want to turn the tables, if youre Sarah Huckabee sanders or Kellyanne Conway and your job is to defend the president s actions, specifically those tweets, how would you go about doing that . I wouldnt. If i were either one of those women, i would quit. Because really theres no other way that you can go home at night and look at yourself in the mirror and look at your children and say that you are doing the right thing for them or doing the right thing for the country or even doing the right thing for your boss. I dont know if these women have actually tried to tell him to cut it out. Because its the wrong thing to do. It is making the country look bad. It is making him look bad. It is making us look awful on the international stage. I dont know if theyre doing that. I kind of doubt it. And even if they are, clearly the president isnt listening to them. And so whatever they do its completely ineffective. I would say i feel bad for them, but i really dont because no one is holding a gun to their head and making them stay in their jobs. That is a decision that they have made themselves. And the fact that they continue to defend this president with the kind of actions that are indefensible, using the bully pulpit to be the bully in chief is not what he was elected for. You know, forgive me, kaylee, he was elected to fight for america, not to fight in the sand when hes on the playground hang on, hang on. I didnt interrupt you. Ill give you a second to respond. Maria, go ahead and finish. He was also elected to take the heat when the heat comes, when the press bad press coverage comes. Maybe he should figure out how to not be so crazy in the oval office and actually govern like a normal president. Wow. Its so interesting to hear you talk about being crazy in the oval office because a lot of women were looking around in the 90s asking where the women were in the clinton administration, stepping down when he did horrific acts in the oval office with a young girl, a young intern and ruined her life. Where were the women quitting then . Now youre upset about Donald Trumps words . Where were you so upset about bill clintons actions in the oval office . Oh, i was one of the ones who criticized bill clinton and many Democratic Women criticized bill clinton. But many did not. So maybe you should go back and look at history if you think that didnt happen or even if you think the conservative media did not criticize bill clinton, or im sorry, barack obama, ask the secret service to see if he was not and his family and his wife and chhis children were no given death threats. Just ask secret service. You know, history is so, you know, people seem to forget it so quickly when its their own guy in the white house. Boris im going to give you a chance to talk here. Sure. From the republican standpoint and i would like to think kelly would agree with me on this, this has been a relatively good week for the administration with regard to the travel ban. Thats a victory in some ways for this administration. They had a strong focus on energy and energy dominance, which is critical in a very strong issue for this presidency. And were coming into the final negotiations for repealing and replacing obamacare, and i think we can certainly get there. And it would just be helpful if the president would focus his efforts and attention on those issues and tweet about those issues. Because tweeting is not just a social thing that people do. It is an official statement from the president of the United States. Thats the way its viewed. Thats what got him into office by using twitter, communicating directly with the people and by passing the media. But at the same time its a double edge sword when you use it in this fashion it becomes a distraction. And thats what were talking about when we could be talking about things that the American People are really concerned with, which is creating jobs, which is making our nation strong and certainly getting a handle on health care. Kaylee, i want to ask you about the president s tweets. Theyre kind of indicative of whats on his mind, right . Theyre a window to what hes preoccupied by. So if he wants the press to focus on jobs, on health care, on helping veterans, shouldnt he tweet about those things and worry less about what a cable news host is saying about him . And he does. Look, if you look the vast majority of his tweets in june were about the issues. But President Trump looks at the history, looks at the past and realizes something. When theres a republican president in office, the media will never focus on energy and jobs and the issues. If its not focusing on the president s tweets, its going to be focusing on some bogus russian Conspiracy Theory where even Dianne Feinstein says her evidence is rumors and newspapers. That will always be the focus, the salacious will always be the focus. We are misleading ourselves, alice, if we think as republicans we can sit here and talk about the issues and have a fair academic debate. Thats never going to happen. I agree with you, stop the name calling. But fighting back against the media thats calling him hitler, calling for the assassination of his soninlaw, fight back until the death because thats the only way were ever going to get past this and talk about the issues. If you cant take the heat, get out of the oval. An impassioned argument, we will continue it soon. Kayleigh, alice. Thanks, boris. Ahead of a bind of a crucial overseas trip for President Trump, reports of major disagreements between the state department and the white house. Plus, out of money, the state of illinois fails to make a midnight deadline to Fund Government services. What this means for lottery winners in the state. And later, the big move. A remarkable undertaking to relocate 500 elephants away from the threat of poaching. And cnn was the only news crew there. Stay with us. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. vo whats your dog foods first ingredient . Corn . Wheat . In new purina one true instinct grain free with beef, real beef is number one. No corn, wheat or soy. Support your dogs whole body health with purina one. Pains kind of selfdefining. Not when it hurts, it hurts. When i cant do something, it makes me feel isolated. With aleve, you can stay strong longer because only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Tylenol cant do that. I get to be present and enjoy what i love. This is my pain. But i am stronger. Aleve. All day strong. All day long. Wise man, im nervous about affecting my good credit score. I see youve planted an uncertainty tree. Chop that thing down. The clarity you seek. Lies within the creditwise app from capital one. Creditwise helps you protect your credit. And its completely free for everyone. Its free for everyone . Do hawks use the stars to navigate . I dont know. Aw, i thought you did. I dont know either. Either way its free for everyone. Cool. Whats in your wallet . Its not just a car, work sfx its your daily retreat. The es and es hybrid. Lease the 2017 es 350 for 329 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Be the you who doesnt cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Be the you who shows up in that dress. Who hugs a friend. Who is done with treatments that dont give you clearer skin. Be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. Stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. Some serious infections require hospitalization. Before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. Before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. Always tell your doctor if you have any signs of infection, have had cancer, if you develop any new skin growths or if anyone in your house needs or has recently received a vaccine. Alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. Some serious allergic reactions can occur. Do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. Most people using stelara® saw 75 clearer skin and the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. Be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. There is major tension brewing right now between the white house and the state department, and its all about jobs. Im talking about the many, many senior positions still empty at the state department more than five months into the trump presidency. Cnns elise labott reports that the man in charge of the state department is no longer keeping his frustrations to himself. Reporter Rex Tillersons frustration with the white house out in the open. The secretary of state coming to blows with President Trumps aides over the process of filling dozens of key vacancies at the state department. I would like it to go faster. Reporter in a meeting first reported by politico, tillerson made clear to chief of staff Reince Priebus johnny desteph no, the head of president ial personnel and jared kushner, the president s soninlaw and senior advisor, he wants to pick his own staff. White house aides describe the discussion as intense and uncomfortable, blaming tillerson for the gridlock. A tillerson aide told cnn, quote, the secretary is working on a process of evaluating people on merit. He wants to put forward the best candidate for the job. The desire for political patronage does not overcome a lack of competence. We have this tradition in washington of lets just bring in our tribe and our tribe will run things. Well, first of all, almost none of these guys have a tribe. Tillerson certainly doesnt have a state department tribe. So he in a sense is building his tribe. And like a lot of really good professionals, i think theres an effort to lets make sure we get the right people in here. You really have had a tremendous life heading up one of the Great Companies of the world, and doing it magnificently. Reporter the president hired the former exxon mobil ceo for his global deal making skills, but americas top diplomat doesnt enjoy the same autonomy. Case in point, while tillerson tries to mediate a dispute between qatar and other gulf countries, President Trump has openly sided with saudi arabia. The nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. Reporter trump is also taken much of mideast policy including the Peace Process off tillersons plate, giving it to kushner instead. If you cant produce peace in the middle east, nobody can. Reporter and as tillerson seeks to reorganize his state department, the white house has pushed him to make major cuts, slashing a whopping 30 to his budget, shocking lawmakers who call the proposal a waste of time. My reaction is its probably dead on arrival. Reporter former deputy secretary of state tony blinken now a cnn Global Affairs analyst, says the end result is a weakened state department unable to shape and execute Foreign Policy. If you look at two things, one, the budget, and show me the money and ill tell you what your priorities are. Clearly state department is not their priority. And second, on personnel, you have to have people to run the place. In the absence of both the state department plays a diminished role. Elise labott joins us now from washington. Elise, thank you so much for taking time with us. It seems like Rex Tillerson is in a bind here. Is this degree of tension normal between the white house and the state department . Look, i think theres always tension, boris, natural tension between cabinet secretaries who want more autonomy over their picks and the white house who, you know, had a lot of people from the campaign and donors that they want to put in these political positions. I think for secretary tillerson its a little bit of a culture shock. If you see that graphic over there, this guy has been in charge the top dog at exxon mobil, one of the Top Companies in the world, not used to really taking orders. And now hes kind of essentially the staffer to the president. So i think its a little bit of a culture shock, but hes trying to make his way through it but also has ideas on how he wants to run the department. Well, now, we have to talk about the g20 summit, right . Its just a few days away. We know President Trump and Vladimir Putin are going to meet. We dont really know the details yet what the format of the meeting is going to be like, but what do you expect . Do you think the president will bring up russian meddling in the election . I dont think hes going to bring it up in a sense of vladimir, you know, stop the meddling and you better not do it again or well, you know, take some action. I think there might be some recognition of the, you know, accusations and investigation swirling around, but i think the president wants to move forward for a better relationship with Vladimir Putin. They have a lot to work on. Russia has been, you know, very active obviously in syria. They need to work on north korea, ukraine, other issues. I dont think thats really going to dominate the meeting although its certainly the elephant in the room. To be a fly on the wall for that. Elise labott, thank you so much for the time. Coming up, health care on hold as Congress Returns home for the holiday recess. And now several republican senators are suggesting their time off in august should be canceled. More on the push to move their agenda forward. Stay with us live in the cnn newsroom. Thats why at comcast were continuing to make4 7. Our services more reliable than ever. Like technology that can update itself. An advanced fibernetwork infrustructure. New, more Reliable Equipment for your home. And a new culture built around customer service. It all adds up to our most Reliable Network ever. One that keeps you connected to what matters most. Well, the nation enjoys a holiday weekend, some worried republicans in Congress Want to skip their Summer Vacations so they can get more done, especially on health care. Ten gop senators signed a letter asking Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to shorten or cancel their monthlong august recess. Congress has about 33 works days left before the fiscal year ends in september. Lets discuss with cnn political commentator scott jennings, and former deputy labor secretary chris lew who ran president obamas transition team. Scott, first to you. Republicans control both houses of congress. Is canceling the august recess really going to be necessary to get their agenda moving forward . I think its too early to tell. And i dont think the health care process is totally dead right now. I think theres movement going on this weekend. I know the data nerds and the spreadsheet junkies are sitting in the Capitol Building working and i know other leaders are working the phones. So well have to see what happens. Of course it would be a devastating blow, i think, to the republican agenda if something doesnt happen by august. Theres an old saying that time kills all deals. I think the more time that passes the less likely it is we get a deal on this. Probably part of the reason mcconnell wanted to get a vote done as early as possible too. No question. The put up or shut up strategy i like because for seven years the republicans have run on this, and it was time to put up or shut up on writing a bill, i think Republican Voters are going to be upset if the party cant come together and get something done. Chris, to you. If these ten gop senators ultimately get their way and the august recess is canceled or shortened, how would democrats respond . Well, look, i think like scott its a little too early to be canceling recesses. I worked on capitol hill for 12 years, and this is a pretty common theme when you are addressing a difficult problem. I think the challenge that senator mcconnell has is that there are serious policy differences between the conservatives and moderates, and he has a very small needle that he is trying to thread. How do you provide coverage for as many people as possible . How do you keep premiums what do you do about the medicaid cuts that will devastate nursing home residents and people with disabilities in rural hospitals . Im not sure more time is going to solve that problem. I think senator mcconnell just needs to forage a path and try to go down there and get votes. Scott, its not necessarily separation of ideological within the republican party, some has to do with frankly messaging. The president tweeted out yesterday that if this version of repeal and replace doesnt work out lets work on repeal first. Mcconnell is not so cool with the idea. What do you think . Mcconnell floated that idea in january and it was some of the more House Freedom caucus and more conservative members who shot that down. Now they seem to be going back to that. Its water under the bridge now. They need to replace this. Simply repealing it and then waiting to see what happens for months and months i dont think is viable. I think theyre closer to a deal on replacement than people think. And so in my view politically it would be smarter to clear the decks totally so that you can get to other things like tax reform, infrastructure spending. This president and this congress there are a couple of bills away from having a really successful set of accomplishments to run on for the midterm. This really needs to be one of them. I do want to play some sound from President Trump because it seems like hes maybe changing his mind about this a little bit. Lets go ahead and play that sound. Theres going to be a period if you repeal it and before you replace it where millions of people could lose were going to do it simultaneously. It will be just fine. Thats what i do. I do a good job. I know how to do this stuff. Were going to repeal it and replace it. Were not going to have like a twoday period. And were not going to have a twoyear period where theres nothing. It will be repealed and replaced. And well know. And it will be Great Health Care for much less. Is this a recognition from the president that health care is a lot more difficult than he thought it was . And isnt this a little bit riskier for republicans if they kind of put themselves under the gun to then have to come up with a replacement later . Well, right now i dont think the disagreement is on repeal. Everybody wants to repeal it. All the disagreement is on the replacement side. So i dont see how waiting a week, two weeks, a month, six months to come up with a replacement plan is going to make it any better. I think they need to work hard during july and find a replacement plan that can pass. I mean, senator mcconnell went home this weekend and made a speech about health care on friday night. And he woke up this morning to a clip in kentucky, the one insurer, anthem, that covers half the state, decided to stay in the exchange, but they asked for a 34 premium increase to do it. And so every day they go home, the news is getting worse and worse and worse. To me that kind of pressure really should tell them we got to find a replacement now. Waiting is not an option. Chris, i want to talk to you about the relationship between trump and mcconnell, specifically because senator mcconnell kind of threw some cold water on this recent idea to repeal now, replace later, something that has been floated before as scott noted. The president likes loyalty. Youve written about loyalty being a twoway street recently. What does this say about the president s relationship with the leader of the senate . Well, its not only his relationship with senator mcconnell. Youve seen this play out in pretty stark terms over the past week, the president taking shots at jeff bezos of amazon, of going after the morning joe hosts. This is a president who ran essentially a small Family Business where he prized loyalty above all else. And maybe you can run a Family Business doing that, but thats not the way washington works. And he will quickly find out not only within people of his administration but also allies on capitol hill. Loyalty in washington is if i think el, its ephemeral, its tractional. Senator mcconnell wants a bill do done but doesnt need President Trump telling him how to do that. The challenge right now is theyve gotten themselves into a very, very difficult situation where youve got a cbo score that is devastating. 22 Million People would lose coverage, you would have premiums that would increase for older americans. You would have 800 billion in medicaid cuts. Its hard to get yourself out of that box right now. And health care is hard. This is what we in the Obama Administration learned in 2009 and 2010, and its one of the reasons why we took nine months to get this bill across the finish line. Gentlemen, we are out of time, but scott, i want to give you just a couple seconds because you had a physical response to something you heard chris say. Well, i do know talking to some people on capitol hill that the president is engaged in the Health Care Battle. He is making calls. I know senator mcconnell is making calls this weekend. And some people have tried to, i think, position the president as not helpful or unhelpful in this. I think hes extremely helpful. If they are to get a deal done, i think he has to be part of it because this has to go back to the house and ultimately to his desk. So i think hes going to be helpful pulling a few senators over the line. If they get to 50plus one, i think well find out in the tick tock afterwards that President Trump made a couple of calls to help get it done. I do have to note some of the harshest criticism over these recent tweets have been from senators you think hed be trying to court, susan collins, Lisa Murkowski for example. Gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us this saturday. Time for a look at some other stories you might have missed. Tennis star Venus Williams says she is heartbroken and devastated after the car crash she was involved in led to the death of an elderly man. The 78yearold died two weeks after the june 9th accident in florida. Police say williams pulled in front of the victims car though she was not issued a criation. The 37yearold tennis star told officers she was stuck in an intersection because of traffic and didnt see the other car coming. Shes now being sued for wrongful death. A pair of tennessee teenagers accused of starting the states deadliest wildfire in a century are no longer facing arson charges. Their defense Attorney Says the state simply cannot prove just by tossing lit matches on to the ground the boys intended to start a fire that wound up killing 14 people. Officials in Great Smoky MountainsNational Park initially let the fire burn, but five days later strong winds sent the flames into gatlinburg and pigeon forage where it burned more than 2,400 buildings. The teens could still face charges for setting a fire inside a National Park. And some welcome news for die hamid karzai who can hards citing increased demand, sony records says it will soon begin pressing vinyl again nearly three decades after it stopped. The company says that interest is coming from older fans and younger customers who have never spun lps before. Im still waiting for the return of cassette tapes. I got some credence tapes ive been looking for for a long time i havent been able to find. Coming up, an evening at a nightclub turns violent in arkansas. 25 people shot. What we know about the victims and what set off the shooting when the cnn newsroom continues. If you have moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis like me, and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a medication. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain. And protect my joints from further damage. Humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. Humira works by targeting and helping to. Block a specific source. Of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Its proven to help relieve pain and. Stop further joint damage in many adults. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas. Where certain fungal infections are common and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Talk to your doctor and visit humira. Com this is humira at work. Lobster and shrimp are teaming up in so many new dishes. Fest, like coastal lobster and shrimp, with shrimp crusted with kettle chips. Or new, overthetop lobster and shrimp overboard. But it cant last, so hurry in. A shooting at a nightclub in little rock, arkansas, early this morning injured at least 28 people. And the moment it happened was captured on video by a club goer. Watch this. [ gunfire ] a tweet from the Little Rock PoliceDepartment Says no one died, but 25 people were shot while three others suffered unrelated injuries. Now, the shooting victims who range in age from 16 to their mid 20s were treated at five separate area hospitals. Police say the shooting happened after some club goers got into an argument. So far no arrests have been made. Officials say the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms will be assisting the Little Rock Police department with that investigation. Meantime, the illinois General Assembly lost its race against the clock to pass a state budget before midnight deadline. The state entered its Third Straight fiscal year without a budget. Cnn affiliate wbbm reporting that the speaker of the house sent a letter to three new york bond houses asking them not to downgrade the States Credit rating to junk. Earlier this week state officials made the unprecedented move of cutting off Lottery Ticket sales. Illinois lottery Officials Say they wont be able to make payments on time to those who win more than 25,000. Meantime, in chicago the Police Department and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms has announced a new local, state and federal strike force aimed at decreasing the spread of illegal guns in the windy city. Our ryan young joins us now from chicago with the details. Ryan, atf agents are going to play a large role in the strike force, but how exactly is it going to work . Reporter yeah, good afternoon, boris. Were told the 20 agents will be moving here permanently. Theyll be combining with 20 Police Officers and state troopers to have a strike force that will be separate than the Police Department. Weve known for quite some time theres an issue when it comes to guns in chicago. Theyre going to be going after illegal gun sales and repeat gun offenders and have prosecutors with them to change the conversation here. In fact we listened to the crime boss talk about how they want to go after these crimes. Listen to what he had to say yesterday. This strike force along with other resources provided by the atf, like the mobile processing van will significantly help our efforts to trace and stop the flow of illegal guns. The team will work in conjunction with the chicago Police Departments bureau of organized crime in the field office of the chicago atf. What makes this partnership unique is it will also have prosecutors from the u. S. Attorney and the Cook County States Attorney Office working alongside the Police Officers and the federal agents. Reporter boris, when you think about this, this city had over 700 murders last year so they definitely want help here with the Police Department. Crime is down about 14 this year, 200 less shootings so far. But when you talk to Police Officers, especially detectives who are working the streets, they would love to have the idea of having this advanced technology that when a gun is shot and they get shell casings or find a gun that it can be processed quickly to give them the information they can go to clear some of these places very quickly because as you know theres a backlog here. But when you talk to Police Officers, they definitely say they need social programs as well to help make sure the Community Members are safe and have other things to do instead of getting involved in some of this criminal activity. Absolutely has to be an allout effort. Ryan young reporting from chicago. Thank you. Coming up, its being called the big move, the remarkable relocation of 500 elephants. Cnn was the only news outlet allowed to come along for this ride, a mustsee cnn exclusive. Youre live in cnn newsroom. This is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people. People who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams theyre handing us more than mail theyre handing us their business and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you thank you so much. Thank you so were a go . Yes we got a yes what does that mean for purchasing . Purchase. Lets do this. Got it. Book the flights hai si si ya ya ya what does that mean for us . We can get stuff. Whats it mean for shipping . Ship the goods. Youre a go you got the green light. That means go oh, yeah. Start saying yes to your companys best ideas. Were gonna hit our launch date scream thank you goodbye let us help with money and knowhow, so you can get business done. American express open. Heres an unusual question. How do you move 500 elephants . The answer of course is very, very carefully. But the real question is why you would need to move 500 elephants. The answer isnt very funny, to save them from extinction. Elephant populations are quickly plummeting across africa, and in a cnn exclusive, David Mckenzie explores a bold idea to help save hundreds and hundreds of elephants in malawi. Reporter the chase from the air. Capture teams at the ready. This is conservation on its absolute largest scale. A record transfer location. Not just a single elephant, entire herds darted. We need to take a Cohesive Group right from the oldest matriarch down to the smallest baby. Here she comes. Hold on. Reporter for the continents most iconic species, the stakes couldnt be higher. Look on the left a large herd of elephants. This is how elephants should be in their natural habitat. Reporter tens of thousands lost each year, but not here. There may be 20 elephant in a herd. Theyve been so successful in this park in protecting the elephants that theres too many here. Reporter humans and elephants are competing for space. Humans are poaching elephants for their ivory. The ied listic view of africa as this vast open landscape where animals can move freely from point a to point b, that doesnt exist anymore. We can now link effectively managed protected areas across africa moving elephants from areas where management has been successful and effective into areas where elephants have been depleted. What were doing here now demonstrates that scale is not a limitation. Reporter but the operation isnt without risk. An adolescent stops breathing. Every time an elephant goes down, its massive weight becomes a danger to itself. This is just one of 500 elephants they hope to move. But with the very survival of the species at stake, each you were doing everything you can to try to revoif the animal. We try to resist tate 10 or 15 minutes. Within a minute or two its too late. Theyre pioneering new methods to lessen the danger. You try to keep the animals as low as possible. Get enemy in as quick as possible. Wake them up as quick at possible, reduces the risk. The epic journey north starts the same day too. It will be repeated several times over the next six weeks. For each new herd. What do you see there. There is an elephant in there. So we brought in six elephants in here last night. There used to be 1500 elephants here. Poachers slaughtered all but 70. But as the gate opens for the new arrivals sam is confident. Is the future bright for elephants here. The future looks bright indeed. The animals have traveled a Long Distance and finally they are going out into sort of freedom. There is hope we can save the species. His team has secured the park for this moment. Its rebirth. David mackenz, cnn,wi. Straight heyde a solemn honor, how the state of arizona is remembering the 18 Granite Mountain hot shots and brave stries. Speaking of heroes after losing her son to leukemia. Leslie morris has transformed her heart break into action. Its really difficult for kids to spend alt of time in of hospital. They get disconnected from family and friends and schools. When we bring them this technology theyre able to dial in and be right in the classroom. Hello phillip. Hi, phillip. You can see their face light right up. It brings such joy. To watch the full story go to cnnheroes. Com. While there if you know someone who deserves to be a cnn hero. Please nominate them. Stay with us well be back in just a moment. vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Theto me than my vacation. Tant so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy to find what i want. Booking. Com gets it. And with their price match, i know im getting the best price every time. Cmon, gary your Summer Vacation is very important. Thats why booking. Com has great offers up to 40 off now through july 4th. Find great deals now at booking. Com booking. Yeah what should i watch . Show me sports. Its so fluffy look at that fluffy unicorn hes so fluffy im gonna die your voice is awesome. The x1 voice remote. Xfinity. The future of awesome. A nashville woman who survived a heart transplant seven years ago welcomed her new born daughter on tuesday. But the time together was short lived. The wife of Nathan Johnson got to hold her baby, feed and burp her but eight hours later the new mother experienced complications and died of unspecified causes. A family friend cliften singer josh which will set aup go fund me page for the daughter and four. He initially roped to raise 40,000 for team johnson. But three days later 380,000 raies was raised. The mother was a strong believer in organ donations and will save 50 lives. Wiefrmds are raging in five states. The good win fire in the Prescott National forest pass reached 25,000 acres and over small part canement. This is a haunting reminder of the firefighters who faith and lost lives in the same part of arizona protecting the city from deadly fire. The four years later is honors the heroes where they fell. Here is how the Granite Mountain hot shots went beyond the call. These are the last images of Granite Mountain hot shots preparing to fight the fire that will kill them. A wind shift sends flames toward the team trapping them in a box canyon. All 19 men died. In the aftermath friends, family and officials worked to preserve the now haloed ground and the memories of those lost. We had to get it right. You had to get it right. The result is a memorial like no other, that will test your heart as well as break it. This is a good example of the whole way. A rugged 7mile trail climbing more than 1,000 feet up the side of a mountain. Is it hard to come here . Yes and no. No, because i know andrew is in hef zbloon 29yearold andrew ash kraft was one of the hot shots killed. His mom remembers him returning from other fires. Smelling of smoke he hugged her. After we lost him i would say to my husband could you put a fire in the fire pit. I need to mel andrew for a mint. On the trail there are plaques every 600 feetpy which means you meet a new member of the crew. Huss andrew desh rays son. The last part of the trail is the hardest of all. 600 feet descent following the same path they did that day. Its tough physically but more emotionally because you end up here. The place where the men made the last stand. Iron crosses where each man was found. They were close in death as in life. Among them karen and jim moriss 28yearold son. Scott was fun loving and adventurous. And he really enjoyed making people laugh. This is a very emotional and very sacred place to me. Its sacred to another family as well. Firefighters can be found here like this montana crew hiking up during aur interview. Four years after the deaths of 19 grant unmountain hot shots, the memorial is a trail for remembering and a path toward healing. Martin savage, cnn, yarnle, arizona. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breakingnous right now police in lyric ark are discussing the maasey shooting at a night club, 25 people shot overnight lets go to that the mayor is speaking is at the podium. Lets rededicate ourselves to what we can do to make the city safe. That