as we wrap up a holiday week, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable, the divide over abortion rights, the unease over the economy, an election lie getting more entrenched. we ll talk about all of that, but i want to start today talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting of the july 4th parade in highland park, illinois, outside of chicago. while shattered families are still grappling with all they lost in that senseless slaughter, cnn is learning more about the warning signs from the alleged shooter that despite illinois s red flag law did not prevent him from buying that semi-automatic rifle police say he used last week. the young man spent time at his father s highland park deli growing up, and police were often called to the home for domestic disturbances between the parents. in 2019 police came to briefly confiscate a collection of knives after the then 18-year-old threatened to, quote, kill everyone
this is gbs, the global public square, welcome to all of you in the united states, and around the world, i am coming to you from new york city. today on the program, the assassination of japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe. shot in broad daylight, in a country with almost no gun homicide. we will explore the murder, and his legacy. then, after a stunning series of resignations from his cabinets, boris johnson finally admits it is time to go. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. what happens now? i will ask former top conservative party official, camilla. also, henry kissinger on vladimir putin. the 99-year-old former secretary of state, has met with the russian leader perhaps more than any other american. as the war in ukraine continues to rage, what the west and the world needs to know about that man s intentions. and, space. the final frontier. for international conflict and perhaps even war. i will talk to general john raymon
but first to connell mcshane to where you re paying more at the store. bryan: we haven t seen these types of price increases in 40 plus years. anybody that has put together the family barbecue this weekend knows about that. going out to eat at a restaurant, that used to hit americans the hardest. we have seen a 7% increase in an index of what they called food away from home. but it s heading to the grocery store. food at home prices are up by 11%. it s the largest one-year jump since 1980. the ground beef for the burgers, up 16.5%. from 4.10 to $4.92 a pound. chicken, huge increase. the cost of boneless check breast up more than $1 a pound. 36%. we found these concerns almost always are top of mind. prices are gone up. there s so much going on. it s a hot mess right now. all the prices going up. eggs are going up 22 cents. milk is going up. puts a bill on everybody that has a family. higher food prices are not uniquely american, we should point out. the u.n. says the
and unimaginable loss. young children full of enthusiasm and hope for their future. this next saturday on the 4th, she would have been 10. a look at who was lost this week. hello, i m dana bash in uvalde, texas, where the state of our union is so sad and wondering when enough will really be enough? i m joining you today from a community in shock. a community grieving the 21 people brutally murdered in an elementary school on wednesday. a community so overwhelmed by loss, the parents of 9, 10 and 11-year-olds have to wait weeks to bury their own children because the funeral homes are so busy dealing with the small, broken bodies from robb elementary school rooms 111 and 112. as these patients learn about the excruciating delay by law enforcement officials who waited outside the door where children were trapped with the gunman as they learn about a young man who made violent threats but able to buy a weapon of war. as they call for action from their elected official it is
911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? none at that time. reporter: why? the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. reporter: you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying, please send the police. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. that s not protocol, is it? we re well aware that. reporter: right. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were n