locations of these shootings this weekend, three people killed there, 11 wounded after multiple shooters in this case opened fire at a crowd. first, polo, begin with what we know about the shooting there in philadelphia. reporter: and, jim, unlike those cold-blooded massacres we saw play out or carried out in buffalo and texas, this started as a street brawl but it took a violent and deadly turn when some of the convince involved according to police used firearms opening fire sending people scrambling for safety. in the end three people were killed with about 11 people injured. investigators believe among the dead was one of the individuals involved in that scuffle, but, still, the police commissioner making it clear that there were also innocent bystanders among the victims and that is fueling her frustration and that of police officials in cities across the country this morning. this is the scene following another mass shooting in the united states, this time in philadelp
disapprove of biden on nearly every key economic concern. 37% approve of his handling of the economic recovery and has worse numbers on issues like gas prices and inflation. nearly 80% of americans say the economy is in extremely or very important factor in how they will vote. the media trying to warn democrats of what s to come. president biden is a serious drag on democratic candidates nationwide. he is badly underwater on all the top issues including the big ones. inflation, gas prices. less than 30% approval rating on the issues we are told by voters are dominating their state of mind. greg: gas prices hit a staggering record high at $4.86 a gallon, doubling since biden s presidency began. the administration is having no problem passing the blame on their economic woes. the price of gasoline is not set by a dial in the oval office and when an oil company is deciding our by our how much to charge you for a gallon of gas, they are not calling the administration to ask
and on the ground they will organize in battleground states such as georgia, arizona, pennsylvania. the groups are worried that a lack of action so far on climate policies could be a drag on democratic voter turnout, especially among one people. the more immediate issue for democrats in the midterms, bread and butter issues, particularly sky high gas prices. aaa says the national average is $4.87 a gallon, up 60 cents in the last month, almost $20 in the last year for pandemic lows. cnn s data reporter hair kree enten joins us with analysis. i wonder have we in the past seen that gas prices have driven voting patterns? to some degree it s not a perfect connection. we can take a look at the yearly growth in gas prices compared to past midterms at this point in the cycle. with he see that this year is off the charts, right? it s ridiculously high, the growth rate right now, i ve done this a few times on air and each
clintons after 20 years and hillary clinton took the brunt of that. she took the brunt for her husband and everything else. we all know that. she was the receptacle of negative polarization in that election. is donald trump going to be that vehicle in 2020? as of now, it does seem like the democratic base is certainly motivated and primed to come out. you look at what happened in 2018 and how their turnout ballooned. certainly republicans had pretty strong turnout. but democrats widely surpassed it. so they re on good footing if they keep their people motivated and excited. yeah, my point was look, i worked on hillary campaign. i actually did african american ad outreach. and what we found was we wanted to tie barack obama to hillary clinton. that didn t work because obama s coattails weren t long enough to drag hillary across the finish line. what we found is voters felt apathetic because the obama, you know, layover effect was really putting a drag on democratic turnout. explai
the other direction. it s a tax hike. not a tax cut. i got exactly your point. you put it directly. and here s what mitch mcconnell was saying. exactly why these 31 democrats signed this letter. if i m up for election, renewal and i am part of a party that allowed taxes to go up in the middle of a deep recession, i don t think i m going to keep my job very long. not only did they want to speak out, they wanted to go on the record saying i don t know what s going to happen but i m not on board with all this. what s going to happen? hang in there. the president hitting the campaign trails today. he s heading to connecticut to stump for a controversial senate candidate richard blumenthal. julie kirtz joins us from washington, d.c. good morning. good morning. the president carried connecticut by an overwhelming majority two years ago. but his standing in the polls has slipped, as you know, and that raises the big question, could president obama be a drag on democratic senate candidat