and 247 years of independence. tonight, the largest fireworks show on television, with dazzling displays in cities from coast-to-coast, and amazing music to get the party going, including these talented performers. post malone, demi lovato, ludacris, shania twain, darius rucker, zac brown band, leon bridges, the all-american rejects. smashmouth, alanis morissette. clean white t s, duran duran and the united states air force band. now a cnn special event the fourth in america. what a way to kick things off. the united states air force band performing the stirring first of blue march live on cnn. welcome to washington, d.c., on this glorious independence day. crowds are gathering on the national mall and all across the nation s capital. we ll see the lincoln memorial and other monuments light up very soon in one of the biggest fireworks shows in the country. happy fourth of july, i m dana bash with morris sanchez. i m thrilled to be with you and also our viewers on this w
jumped the subway turnstile. he threw multiple punches and gets one officers in a choke hold. prosecutors charged him after he was arrested and then immediately let him go free. a retired nypd lieutenant in disbelief. if this doesn t demonstrate how far things have gotten out of control, i don t know what will. this would never happen years ago. it would never happen like this because they would have the fear of being prosecuted. they would have the fear of repercussions from the police. that s not the conditions today. today cops walk around by themselves, look what we ve come to. harris: instead, the fear is with the people who have to put up with all of this. the citizens. that incident just one example of the out of control crime taking over this particular city new york city, not the only one. check out other democrat-led cities. chicago among them. major crimes in new york are up 40% compared to last year in the city. bryan llenas on the story for us. bryan. well,
all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida