dangerous people s hands. also this hour, breaking news, a showdown in international waters. the u.s. navy says they stopped iran from suspected attempts to seize two oil tankers. and just 48 hours ago, scorched earth, the new unofficial hottest day in human recordkeeping. we re going to begin the hour, though, with the number 351. that s the total number of mass shootings in the united states so far this year according to the gun violence archive. it affected many american cities this july 4th weekend. a shooting at a block party on sunday in baltimore left two dead and 28 injured. in philadelphia, five were killed including a teen boy. and more than a thousand miles away in fort worth, texas, three people died after gunfire broke out. on independence day, a celebration turned tragic in louisiana leaving three people dead. police there say it was hard to reach victims because of so many parked vehicles belonging to families and friends in the crowds. in our nation s capi
palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
much. that does it for us, a double edition of andrea mitchell reports. follow the show online, on facebook and on twitter. lindsey reiser is in for chris jansing reports right now. good afternoon, everybody. i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. any minute now we ll get an update from philadelphia after the deadliest mass shooting in that city in decades on monday left five people dead. this morning the suspect behind the attack made his first appearance in court where he now faces 11 charges including several counts of murder and aggravated assault. the tragedy and fear of the moment captured in this image from the philadelphia inquirer, a child s mint green bicycle abandoned at the scene. the mayor now demanding change. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of
bringing up that child s mint green bicycle again that was left at the scene, and we just heard from the er doctor and the nurse there as well talking about the toll that this takes not only on the victims, not only on their families but on them and their colleagues in the medical field. one of the things that they talked about is that this tragedy that they experienced over the weekend that it was different. he pointed out that tragedy is not just a weekend kind of thing for people in that community. he says we ve seen an escalation of violence. there have been reports out that the city of philadelphia has seen something like 212 homicides so far this year, not including what happened over the holiday weekend. the reports indicate that the violence is down by 19% from this time last year. but that is little comfort to people in this community who are suffering. as was mentioned by the doctor,