sandra: we begin first, gunfire erupting in chicago the same day president biden meets with lori lightfoot, coming in the wake of the most violent weekend in the windy city so far this year, it is not a good situation in chicago, hello, everyone, i am sandra smith here in new york city, hi, benjamin. i am benjamin hall emperor john roberts, in the shootings across chicago yesterday say that that includes two atf agents and the police officer hurt in the morning. sandra: president biden briefly met with lori lightfoot after it was supposed to crack down on the spike in crime, the city is doing absolutely everything they can to stem the violence. chicago police data showing that 100 people were shot and 19 killed over the july 4th weekend. and today a funeral for 20-year-old max lewis, the college student he was struck by a stray bullet through the window of a train while he was
the delta variant in 80% of new covid cases. dr. fauci today saying it is critical to goat fully vaccinated, because the delta variant is doubling up every couple of weeks and so far, vaccines do hold up against it, david. the newest front in this virus. stephanie, thank you. and the news from chicago tonight. two federal agents and a police officer shot and wounded in an unmarked car. late today, chicago s mayor face-to-face with president biden, amid those growing pleas for help. abc s alex perez in chicago. reporter: a chaotic scene in chicago. authorities scrambling after three officers were shot. we need an ambulance. we got three p.o.s shot. get some ambulances over here. reporter: the frantic scene playing out in the early morning hours. two atf agents and one chicago police officer working undercover in an unmarked vehicle when they came under fire. at 5:50 a.m. this morning, officers were fired upon from the street towards the onramp while they were in their car
katie pavlich is standing by. first, peter doocy with what we learned about what we can expect. hi, peter. good afternoon. all kinds of crimes surge in this country, the white house really wants to focus to be on guns. why does the president think there s a 30% increase in car thefts in d.c.? 47% increase in robbery in new york city for a 98% increase in rapes? first, i think if you look at a number of cities across the country, it s driven by gun violence. guns are being trafficked in there from elsewhere. so now the doj will send atf agents in to chicago, l.a., the bay area and new york and washington d.c. hoping to stop this illegal gun trafficking. the u.s. attorneys in those anniversaries areas will
two of those young girls were in wheelchairs, police say the driver and passenger got out of the truck and ran away without helping those girls, police looking for the right now. four after the hour violent crime spiking across the country, us streets are turned into danger zones. jillian: marianne referee joins us with more in a drive-by shooting be killed two teens. reporter: the defund the police movement proving deadly with violent crime up across the country. in miami locals describe a war zone is two more teens are shot in a drive-by shooting and in new york 10-year-old justin wallace was gunned down as he was leaving his aunt s home in queens. davon young was arrested and charged. the motive unclear. the number of shooting victim spiking in new york city up 68% this year compared to 2020. mayor bill deblasio says he has plans. it means we will have atf
mayor bill de blasio says it will allow atf agents to embed directly with the nypd and create a more open stream of intelligence between the two agencies. officers and agents will work to investigate the source of guns coming into the city, identify traffickers and increase gun arrests. the city has seen a surge in shooting incidents this year. water levels at the largest reservoir in the u.s. are expected to reach their lowest point in decades. lake mead at the hoover dam experiencing the effects of a crippling drought in the western u.s. the reservoir providers water and generates electricity for arizona and nevada and other parts of the united states. a massachusetts high school senior s academic achievement is outweighed only by her generosity. at her graduation ceremony the harvard bound student receiving a $4,000 scholarship surprised everyone by asking the school to pay it forward. i am so very grateful for this, but i also know that i am