since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there s really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that s if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to sign legislation to reduce gun violence. i didn t say eliminate gun violence. the lawyer in me does not want to lead you astray. how about saving as many innocent lives as possible with some kind of action? whether public defenders in the bipartisan group of negotiators, who s working on a potential deal, said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that will prevent mass killings. a det
The white house across the south lawn to the marine one hospital, which transported him to Walter Reed Medical Center for treatment of his Coronavirus Infection. The white house says he is expected to remain hospitalized for the next few days on the advice of doctors. Put simply, i think its fair to say its been a stunning 24 hours, as stunning as any in the trump error. Around this time last night we learned the president s aide hope hicks tested positive for the virus. The president and first lady were then tested and in a 1 a. M. Tweet the president announced they were both positive. After that tweet we heard nothing from the president , nothing on twitter. We did not see him until he left the white house to board marine one for walter reed. There was no medical information, no medical briefing from white House Doctors or anything released for more than 12 hours and then during that time we got word a bunch of other people in the president s orbit tested positive as well. Two people
The week investors dont want to be left holding the bag in case Something Else drops or happens in another part of the world. Thats why youre seeing this exaggerated return. When i get to 2. 5 is when i start to tell people lets pay attention. Sure. You just mentioned the fates book thing. I noticed over the course of the lat few days its not just facebook. Twitter shares are down, google shares, a lot of the technology shares, shares on social Media Companies that are all looking at the possibility of regulation. Is that another factor here . Yeah, anybody who claims that theyre not a media company, theyre just a utility, is now in a little bit of trouble because thats its not what americans are thinking about this. The europeans are much faster on this sort of thing. They are investigating whether these Companies Really have more responsibility, whether they should be regulated. You know, john, no industry wants to regulate wants anybody else to regulate it so these companies had a c
Situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on republican support for Jeff Sessions after the attorney general and the president took their feud to an ugly new level. Tonight, the senate gop leader is expression total confidence in sessions as some other gop lawmakers are suggesting he may be gone soon. This, as mr. Trump looks for new outlets to vent his anger and frustration after a week of stewing over the criminal convictions of Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. Mr. Trump now picking a fight with google as he tries to distract from his problems and the cloud of the russia investigation. This hour, ill talk with Senate Judiciary Committee Member senator Richard Blumenthal and former defense secretary and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, the president is threatening multiple social media sites right now. Thats right, wolf. President trump started some new f
Ahead of next weeks second president ial debate, joe biden unveils his particular for the criminal justice system. But it will be enough to stave off his attacks on the 1994 crime bill . We begin with what the world has been waiting for for two years. Dozens of members of congress are preparing for tomorrow morning when former special Counsel Robert Mueller will testify before two house committees. The judiciary gets the first crack at 8 30 a. M. And then the Intelligence Committee will pick up the questioning at noon. But, what will we hear from the man who has been famously tight lipped for the past two years in the Justice Department sent mueller a letter just yesterday saying in part any testimony must rhode island remaare you m bound dri boundaries of your report. Attorney work product and president ial communications privileges. But what does all of that mean . With less than 24 hours to go until muellers testimony, lets break it down with phil rucker, White House Bureau chief fo