a.c. 360 starts now. the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas, 17 young people murdered five years ago in parkland, florida. today parkland is back in the news but not as an example of how far we ve come in making such massacres a thing of the past. instead it s a reminder that the sister and brotherhood of mass shooting victims, survivors and bereferred is always growing. the families and loved ones of three michigan state university joined that number. it was neither the first nor the 61st such killing this year. according to the gun violence archive it was the 67th. 67 shootings with four or more people shot or killed. the number 68 happened today with four wounded outside a high school in pittsburgh. before we talk about the larger story, though, here s what we know about those who were killed in michigan. alexandria verner was inary junior year and came from the small town of clawson. her high school principal said she was an excellent student and played three s
now. new reporting from the white house this hour ready to go. those are the words of a biden adviser tonight about a 2024 run. and we re going to tell you what else is going on behind the scenes tonight. all new reporting from our phil mattingly at the top of the hour. plus, ron desantis new target is a small liberal arts college. his goal is to turn it into a conservative school and the man desantis putting in charge making double his predecessor. space race, inside china s spy balloon-making operation. famed astrophysicist kneel degrasse tyson is out front. let s go out front. good evening. welcome to this special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. tonight, ready to go. that s an exact quote. those are the words of a biden adviser tonight telling our phil mattingly about the president s plans to announce he s running for re-election. up until last week president biden publicly said he s not ready to make a decision on 2024. he kept using that words, i
tremendous record of accomplishment to run on. i m a bit biased as someone who was just in congress at least you acknowledge it, right? helping to pass this. objectively, to john s point, large-scale transformational legislation, much of which still hasn t taken effect. americans will continue to feel especially when prescription drug costs go down, insulin capped at $35 for medicare recipients in january of this year, he can run on a lot. that stuff when it happened, midterms had not taken effect. it s a fair point to say people hadn t felt it then. they will obviously by the presidential election. harry, when you look at the numbers, how do you see a president who is waiting to formally announce? i think he has got all the time in the world to be perfectly honest with you, erin. if you look at essentially the median president going back 40-plus years, when did they announce? they did not announce until late april, april 30th of the year before the general election. we are s
look, first of all, someone whose parents lived in south carolina 30 years, fascinating to see south carolina be at the center of the political universe, potentially two candidates running, tim scott, nikki haley, potentially democrats having their first primary in south carolina. that s extraordinary. i will say that nikki haley, you know, putting aside she is polished significantly since she was governor, particularly as u.n. her announcement video was to my ears and eyes pitch perfect. i wasn t expecting that. i think she case came out for the microphone. no. i really was impressed on a couple levels. first of all, she drew a clear contrast with donald trump implicitly. made a case of generational change, not only that, she called out the far left for its successes but also highlighted the nation s challenges when it comes to race the regions, mother emanuel church, saying that republicans lost 7 out of the last 8 popular votes and making the case she can expand the base. that
along with other medics because there s been an incident, right? someone had been hit and they run over to help them. so this happens. and then the strike happens. and after the strike, there s the sound of incoming shelling as the camera continues to roll for 20 minutes. this is the context before and after. i mean, so when you say guided, okay, that means it was aimed. but then there s the question of intent. is there any way that the people who fired and aimed the missile did not know who they were aiming at, medics helping ukrainian civilians? so, pete s vehicle the white van that was targeted it doesn t have any clear indication that it is an ambulance. however, pictures taken prior to that event show that they do indeed have a red cross. but other vehicles there that had stopped roughly four to five vehicles that had come to that scene were marked in one way or another that they were an ambulance or aide workers. so, the idea that indeed the