philadelphia, they re actually down almost 20% compared to the same time last year. but that other bit of perspective is that it is still, the homicide level here in philadelphia, still much higher than the pre-pandemic levels. so, again, heading into the actual fourth of july holiday, a lot of folks on edge after this mass shooting in the city. audie, phil? thank you for that context, danny. now joining us at the table, joseph, republican strategist and political commentator. natasha alford, senior correspondent at the grillo and elie honig, former assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. welcome to all of you. good to be here. these are tough stories to open the day with. and so far what they have in common, of course, is the connection of weapons, right? different motives, different things going on. we had the mayor of baltimore on yesterday. and he talked about illegal guns in his state, not always the
we are back with news on a famous july 4th tradition. nathan s famous hot dog eating contest in brobrooklyn. contestants have ten minutes to eat as many hot dogs as you can. the men s contest starts next hour where joey chestnut is looking to win his 16th belt. his record? 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. he set the record in 2021. an unusual way to celebrate july 4th. most people think beach day,
sunday. the record-setting storm forced some train lanes and expressways to close and wreaked havoc with yesterday s nascar street race in grant park. this is a live look at new york city from earth cam. a big story tonight from fox 5, preparations underway for nathan s famous hot dog eating contest. approximately 35,000 fans are expected to convene in coney island for the annual competition. men s champion joey chestnut holds the world record for agent 73 hot dogs in 10 minutes. can you say heartburn? that s tonight s live look outside the beltway from special report. we ll be right back.
entering the u.s. uvalde counties will enter the declaration today. san anton grow trailer where 53 people died speaks out about the gruesome conditions she endured. telling the associated press quote people were yelling, some cried. mostly women were calling for it to stop and to open the doors because it was hot. that they couldn t breathe. and travel nightmares plaguing americans at the airports as thousands of flights are canceled or delayed over the holiday weekend. this weekend alone 254 flights were canceled. nor than 3600 were delayed. so far that year more than 120,000 flights will v. been canceled. that s more than the entirety of last year. protesters crashed the stage at this year s nathan s famous hot dog eating contest but defending champion joey chestnut isn t having it putting animal rights activist into head lock before wrestling to the ground.
nathan s hot dog eating contest today, where she will be one of the charges. so are we doing this before? i know it s a start all right, we have some hot dog ice cream here. hot dog ice cream. you have it too? will: she said it too. it s called let the dogs out. it s got nathan s in here, will: don t say that. lawrence: are you kidding me? speak to our reading this right now? lawrence: it doesn t taste like hot dog at all. rachel: i didn t get a hot dog in here though. i m not sure about this. will: i thought that was chocolate chips. is that actually hot dog? lawrence: i think that s a chocolate chip. rachel: i m gonna pass.