july 4 is going to be our birthday. three years from the big 250 and sadly the perception of the state of the unit, our union, not that great of the people in it, americans. 39% say they are extremely proud of our country. a whopping 48% think america s best days are behind us down from 70% in 2011, that was not too long ago. amazing how relevant the warnings and worries still are from 240 years ago even though we see more patriotic back when our country started. challenge number one, spending. not just 2023 think, key concern from america s survivability in the beginning. benjamin franklin of all people born against dangers of overreliance on debt emphasizing the importance of fiscal responsibly for overall health as a country. thomas jefferson similar concern. he says i place economy among the first was supporting the public and virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. we have problems that. alexander hamilton said national debt, if it s not excessiv
mass shooting in baltimore. investigators were called to a neighborhood just afternoon midnight. this is an absolute tragedy that did not have to happen. it again highlights the impacts and the need to deal with the over proliferation of illegal guns on the streets and the ability for those who should not have them. cnn s isabel rosales joining us now. what is the latest? we are piecing together what happened. what we are hearing from baltimore police is this happened outside at a block party. that s important because that could have given folks really a chance to run away from shooter or shooters. not a lot known yet about the suspect or suspects. this happened in south baltimore in the brooklyn homes neighborhood. this was a working class neighborhood east just about ten miles away from balt baltimore/washington international airport. we are seeing from video on the ground, you see the police tape, an active scene, debris, trash,
total number of casualties? just so we have a concrete number? sure, it s a total of 30 victims. 28 of them are non fatal at this 0.3 or critical to or have been pronounced deceased. all right. thank you, guys. thank you. okay, yeah. i ll stay back here for the follow up questions. our team will put out a media bike. but right now we just don t alright , we are following this breaking news out of baltimore , maryland this morning. we re just getting this update from the police and from officials on the ground there, you hear a mass shooting happened early this morning about 12 30 eastern time block party was happening in the brooklyn homes neighborhood, they say, which is about five miles or so south of baltimore city center. police have not said what led to the shooting in terms of any kind of motive, and they also
canvassing. those 911 calls came in after midnight and we are seeing from video on the ground investigators again looking through that area. broken glass, alcohol cans, debris, trash. this all happening in south baltimore. this is a brooklyn homes neighborhood. this is a working class neighborhood just east of baltimore/washington international airport. here s what we know about the victims so far. 28 people have been injured. nine of them rushed to hospitals. three in critical condition. two people have been killed. one woman found dead there at the scene and another adult has also died. baltimore mayor brandon scott has called the shooting reckless and cowardly. listen. this is an absolute tragedy that did not have to happen. it again highlights the impacts and the need to deal with the over proliferation of guns on our streets and the ability for those who should not have them. we will not stop until we find